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Average persons per renter-occupied household: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Average persons per renter-occupied household. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Households and average household size by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B11001) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B25010) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 2.24 (United States).

Washington: 2.19Idaho: 2.32Montana: 2.04North Dakota: 1.86Minnesota: 1.89Michigan: 2.07Ohio: 2.04Pennsylvania: 1.99New York: 2.24Vermont: 1.77New Hampshire: 2.01Maine: 1.84Arizona: 2.26California: 2.59New Mexico: 2.15Texas: 2.34Louisiana: 2.24Mississippi: 2.21Alabama: 2.17Florida: 2.36Georgia: 2.33South Carolina: 2.16North Carolina: 2.19Virginia: 2.22District of Columbia: 1.78Maryland: 2.24Delaware: 2.2New Jersey: 2.37Connecticut: 2.16Rhode Island: 2.01Massachusetts: 2.12Oregon: 2.13Utah: 2.4Wyoming: 2.02Nevada: 2.47Colorado: 2.09South Dakota: 2Nebraska: 2.05Kansas: 2.04Oklahoma: 2.23Iowa: 1.95Missouri: 2.02Wisconsin: 1.93Illinois: 2.07Kentucky: 2.14Arkansas: 2.2Tennessee: 2.21West Virginia: 2.02Indiana: 2.08Alaska: 2.24Hawaii: 2.49

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.77 to 2.01
  • Group 2: 2.01 to 2.08
  • Group 3: 2.08 to 2.19
  • Group 4: 2.19 to 2.24
  • Highest: 2.24 to 2.59
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.

1California2.59
2Hawaii2.49
3Nevada2.47
4Utah2.4
5New Jersey2.37
6Florida2.36
7Texas2.34
8Georgia2.33
9Idaho2.32
10Arizona2.26
11Alaska2.24
11Louisiana2.24
11Maryland2.24
11New York2.24
15Oklahoma2.23
16Virginia2.22
17Mississippi2.21
17Tennessee2.21
19Arkansas2.2
19Delaware2.2
21North Carolina2.19
21Washington2.19
23Alabama2.17
24Connecticut2.16
24South Carolina2.16
26New Mexico2.15
27Kentucky2.14
28Oregon2.13
29Massachusetts2.12
30Colorado2.09
31Indiana2.08
32Illinois2.07
32Michigan2.07
34Nebraska2.05
35Kansas2.04
35Montana2.04
35Ohio2.04
38Missouri2.02
38West Virginia2.02
38Wyoming2.02
41New Hampshire2.01
41Rhode Island2.01
43South Dakota2
44Pennsylvania1.99
45Iowa1.95
46Wisconsin1.93
47Minnesota1.89
48North Dakota1.86
49Maine1.84
50District of Columbia1.78
51Vermont1.77

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B11001: Household Type (Including Living Alone)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25010: Average Household Size of Occupied Housing Units by Tenure. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by average persons per renter-occupied household (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables B11001 and B25010; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-households-and-average-household-size-renter-occupied-average-household-size/

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