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Share of housing units built 1970–1979: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of housing units built 1970–1979 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Housing units by year built by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 1970–1979.

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

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National value: 13.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 5.3 %
RI 13.6 %
DE 10.8 %
CT 13 %
NJ 11.8 %
MD 13 %
MA 10.8 %
VT 14.2 %
NH 14.3 %

Lowest: 5.3 to 12.1 %
Group 2: 12.1 to 13.6 %
Group 3: 13.6 to 14.2 %
Group 4: 14.2 to 15.4 %
Highest: 15.4 to 22.4 %

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	Alaska	22.4
2	Hawaii	21.3
3	Wyoming	19.4
4	Louisiana	17.1
4	Oklahoma	17.1
6	New Mexico	16.9
7	Oregon	16.7
8	California	16.3
9	North Dakota	15.7
10	Arkansas	15.4
10	West Virginia	15.4
12	Mississippi	15.3
13	Colorado	15.2
14	Idaho	15.1
15	Montana	15
16	Kentucky	14.9
17	Michigan	14.6
18	Florida	14.5
19	Alabama	14.3
19	New Hampshire	14.3
21	Vermont	14.2
22	Illinois	14.1
22	Kansas	14.1
22	Virginia	14.1
25	Arizona	13.9
25	Washington	13.9
27	Missouri	13.8
28	Minnesota	13.7
28	Ohio	13.7
28	Wisconsin	13.7
31	Rhode Island	13.6
32	Maine	13.4
32	Tennessee	13.4
34	Nebraska	13.2
35	Iowa	13.1
35	Utah	13.1
37	Connecticut	13
37	Maryland	13
37	South Dakota	13
40	Indiana	12.6
41	Pennsylvania	12.1
41	Texas	12.1
43	New Jersey	11.8
43	South Carolina	11.8
45	Georgia	11.3
45	North Carolina	11.3
47	Nevada	11
48	Delaware	10.8
48	Massachusetts	10.8
50	New York	9.7
51	District of Columbia	5.3

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 1970–1979 (%) (1970–1979). 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-1970-to-1979/

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