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Vacant housing units: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Vacant housing units. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Housing units and vacancy rates by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 9.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 10.3 %
RI 7.9 %
DE 12.7 %
CT 6.5 %
NJ 6.9 %
MD 7.1 %
MA 8 %
VT 17.5 %
NH 13.3 %

Lowest: 6.5 to 7.7 %
Group 2: 7.7 to 8.9 %
Group 3: 8.9 to 10.1 %
Group 4: 10.1 to 12.6 %
Highest: 12.6 to 19.5 %

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	Maine	19.5
2	Vermont	17.5
3	Alaska	15.6
4	West Virginia	14.2
5	Alabama	13.9
5	Louisiana	13.9
7	Florida	13.6
8	New Hampshire	13.3
9	Hawaii	12.8
10	Delaware	12.7
11	Mississippi	12.6
12	North Carolina	12.2
13	New Mexico	12.1
14	Montana	11.6
15	Michigan	11.5
16	Arkansas	11
16	Oklahoma	11
16	South Carolina	11
19	District of Columbia	10.3
20	Tennessee	10.2
21	Nevada	10.1
22	New York	10
23	Arizona	9.9
23	Idaho	9.9
25	Georgia	9.8
25	South Dakota	9.8
27	Texas	9.7
28	Wisconsin	9.6
28	Wyoming	9.6
30	Missouri	9.4
31	Kentucky	8.9
32	Oregon	8.6
33	Kansas	8.5
33	Minnesota	8.5
35	North Dakota	8.4
36	Pennsylvania	8.1
37	Massachusetts	8
38	Rhode Island	7.9
38	Virginia	7.9
40	Colorado	7.8
41	Indiana	7.7
42	Iowa	7.6
42	Ohio	7.6
42	Utah	7.6
45	Washington	7.5
46	California	7.3
47	Maryland	7.1
47	Nebraska	7.1
49	New Jersey	6.9
50	Illinois	6.7
51	Connecticut	6.5

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 vacant housing units (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP04; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-vacant-housing-units/

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