U.S. number of households by state and county
Occupied housing units, including people living alone and unrelated people living together.
United States · 2020–2024 · households · count. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS five-year B11001.
- Who is counted
- Households
- Definition
- Occupied housing units, including people living alone and unrelated people living together.
- Source publication date
- 2026-01-29
- Uncertainty
- Source 90% margin of error
- Website calculation or variable
- B11001_001E
- Frozen website snapshot
- apd-2026-10-01-r3 · published October 1, 2026; sources acquired September 30, 2026
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS five-year, B11001 · count. Source uncertainty shown below.
Show accessible data table
| Area | Value (households) | Numerator | Denominator | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 129,227,496 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 209,365 |
| Texas | 10,992,816 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 15,813 |
| California | 13,548,091 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 17,724 |
| New York | 7,722,646 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 12,717 |
| Florida | 8,752,810 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 20,285 |
Number of households: definition and scope
Occupied housing units, including people living alone and unrelated people living together. The headline is the latest value approved within this website’s frozen release. It is not a promise that no newer upstream product exists. The accessible table retains more precision than the rounded headline.
Limitations and comparability
Households differ from families. Group-quarters residents are not households.
The estimate describes the full 2020–2024 ACS period. Compare it with the same five-year product and universe. One-year ACS, model-based products and administrative counts cannot be joined into an unlabeled series.
The direct ACS estimate carries the source 90% margin of error where published. A missing or source-controlled margin of error is identified in the raw file rather than invented. Cross-area associations do not establish individual circumstances or explain what caused a difference.
Source data, calculation and CSV downloads
Use the original selected cells, schema and formula with the immutable release. Summary-file columns use E001/M001; formulas use the corresponding ACS codes ending in E. Percentage numerators and denominators are supplied in the export.
B11001_001E
Original producer file · National source cells · Original table dictionary · All covered areas for this indicator (CSV)
Number of households by state
Same measure, source product and reference period. Alphabetical order; descriptive differences are not significance tests.
| Area | Exact value (households) | Numerator / denominator | 90% MOE / status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,997,247 | Not applicable | ± 6,490 · available |
| Alaska | 270,533 | Not applicable | ± 1,456 · available |
| Arizona | 2,856,081 | Not applicable | ± 6,374 · available |
| Arkansas | 1,205,987 | Not applicable | ± 4,874 · available |
| California | 13,548,091 | Not applicable | ± 17,724 · available |
| Colorado | 2,374,218 | Not applicable | ± 4,232 · available |
| Connecticut | 1,434,007 | Not applicable | ± 3,233 · available |
| Delaware | 402,038 | Not applicable | ± 1,657 · available |
| District of Columbia | 324,491 | Not applicable | ± 1,816 · available |
| Florida | 8,752,810 | Not applicable | ± 20,285 · available |
| Georgia | 4,074,366 | Not applicable | ± 9,635 · available |
| Hawaii | 492,453 | Not applicable | ± 2,224 · available |
| Idaho | 713,005 | Not applicable | ± 2,422 · available |
| Illinois | 5,036,449 | Not applicable | ± 8,009 · available |
| Indiana | 2,716,009 | Not applicable | ± 6,039 · available |
| Iowa | 1,315,707 | Not applicable | ± 3,984 · available |
| Kansas | 1,174,060 | Not applicable | ± 4,246 · available |
| Kentucky | 1,814,469 | Not applicable | ± 5,224 · available |
| Louisiana | 1,804,780 | Not applicable | ± 5,143 · available |
| Maine | 597,159 | Not applicable | ± 2,532 · available |
| Maryland | 2,362,928 | Not applicable | ± 3,782 · available |
| Massachusetts | 2,785,042 | Not applicable | ± 5,182 · available |
| Michigan | 4,076,369 | Not applicable | ± 8,399 · available |
| Minnesota | 2,307,955 | Not applicable | ± 6,063 · available |
| Mississippi | 1,145,431 | Not applicable | ± 4,267 · available |
| Missouri | 2,508,227 | Not applicable | ± 6,821 · available |
| Montana | 458,859 | Not applicable | ± 3,762 · available |
| Nebraska | 797,847 | Not applicable | ± 2,728 · available |
| Nevada | 1,202,593 | Not applicable | ± 3,427 · available |
| New Hampshire | 555,822 | Not applicable | ± 2,236 · available |
| New Jersey | 3,507,701 | Not applicable | ± 5,116 · available |
| New Mexico | 837,414 | Not applicable | ± 2,650 · available |
| New York | 7,722,646 | Not applicable | ± 12,717 · available |
| North Carolina | 4,282,345 | Not applicable | ± 9,120 · available |
| North Dakota | 331,063 | Not applicable | ± 1,699 · available |
| Ohio | 4,863,191 | Not applicable | ± 8,557 · available |
| Oklahoma | 1,562,389 | Not applicable | ± 2,824 · available |
| Oregon | 1,718,422 | Not applicable | ± 4,082 · available |
| Pennsylvania | 5,274,853 | Not applicable | ± 8,848 · available |
| Rhode Island | 441,570 | Not applicable | ± 1,908 · available |
| South Carolina | 2,117,989 | Not applicable | ± 5,782 · available |
| South Dakota | 365,544 | Not applicable | ± 1,728 · available |
| Tennessee | 2,824,277 | Not applicable | ± 6,378 · available |
| Texas | 10,992,816 | Not applicable | ± 15,813 · available |
| Utah | 1,124,822 | Not applicable | ± 2,819 · available |
| Vermont | 273,416 | Not applicable | ± 1,473 · available |
| Virginia | 3,365,732 | Not applicable | ± 7,402 · available |
| Washington | 3,064,820 | Not applicable | ± 5,874 · available |
| West Virginia | 728,655 | Not applicable | ± 3,249 · available |
| Wisconsin | 2,479,480 | Not applicable | ± 5,787 · available |
| Wyoming | 243,318 | Not applicable | ± 1,490 · available |