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Share of housing units built 1940–1949: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of housing units built 1940–1949 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Housing units by year built by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 1940–1949.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 4.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 9 %
RI 6.2 %
DE 3 %
CT 6.2 %
NJ 5.9 %
MD 4.9 %
MA 4.9 %
VT 2.8 %
NH 3 %

Lowest: 0.7 to 2.8 %
Group 2: 2.8 to 3.5 %
Group 3: 3.5 to 4.3 %
Group 4: 4.3 to 5.1 %
Highest: 5.1 to 9 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	9
2	New York	7.1
3	Michigan	6.9
3	Pennsylvania	6.9
5	West Virginia	6.6
6	Connecticut	6.2
6	Rhode Island	6.2
8	New Jersey	5.9
9	Ohio	5.4
10	California	5.2
11	Indiana	5.1
12	Illinois	5
13	Maryland	4.9
13	Massachusetts	4.9
15	Kansas	4.8
16	Wisconsin	4.6
17	Iowa	4.5
17	Oklahoma	4.5
17	Oregon	4.5
20	Montana	4.3
20	Wyoming	4.3
22	Maine	4.1
22	Washington	4.1
24	Nebraska	4
25	Minnesota	3.9
25	Missouri	3.9
27	Louisiana	3.8
27	New Mexico	3.8
27	Virginia	3.8
30	South Dakota	3.7
31	Kentucky	3.5
31	North Dakota	3.5
33	Alabama	3.4
33	Idaho	3.4
33	Tennessee	3.4
36	Delaware	3
36	Mississippi	3
36	New Hampshire	3
36	North Carolina	3
40	Arkansas	2.8
40	Hawaii	2.8
40	Vermont	2.8
43	Utah	2.7
44	Texas	2.4
45	Georgia	2.3
45	South Carolina	2.3
47	Colorado	2.2
48	Florida	1.5
49	Arizona	1.4
50	Alaska	1.3
51	Nevada	0.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP04: Selected Housing Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of housing units built 1940–1949 (%) (1940–1949). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP04; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-built-1940-to-1949/

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