U.S. renter cost burden by state and county
Cash-rent households spending at least 30% of household income on gross rent, among households with a computable ratio.
United States · 2020–2024 · percent · percentage. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS five-year B25070.
- Who is counted
- Cash-rent households with a computable gross-rent-to-income ratio
- Definition
- Cash-rent households spending at least 30% of household income on gross rent, among households with a computable ratio.
- Source publication date
- 2026-01-29
- Uncertainty
- Derived margin of error not calculated; original component MOEs retained
- Website calculation or variable
- 100 × (B25070_007E + B25070_008E + B25070_009E + B25070_010E) / (B25070_001E − B25070_011E)
- 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, B25070 · percentage. Derived percentage; margin of error not calculated.
Show accessible data table
| Area | Value (percent) | Numerator | Denominator | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51.1168% | 21,422,415 | 41,908,786 | Not calculated |
| Texas | 51.7291% | 1,994,428 | 3,855,522 | Not calculated |
| California | 55.3142% | 3,138,319 | 5,673,625 | Not calculated |
| New York | 52.0904% | 1,733,205 | 3,327,305 | Not calculated |
| Florida | 60.0917% | 1,594,400 | 2,653,280 | Not calculated |
Renter cost burden: definition and scope
Cash-rent households spending at least 30% of household income on gross rent, among households with a computable ratio. 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
The not-computed group is excluded. Derived uncertainty is not calculated; component margins of error are supplied. This is a five-year estimate, not a point-in-time rent measure.
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.
Source count margins of error are retained in the raw download, but a margin of error for this calculated percentage is not supplied. We do not infer significance from point estimates, claim statistically settled ranks, or silently convert missing cells to zero. 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.
100 × (B25070_007E + B25070_008E + B25070_009E + B25070_010E) / (B25070_001E − B25070_011E)
Original producer file · National source cells · Original table dictionary · All covered areas for this indicator (CSV)
Renter cost burden by state
Same measure, source product and reference period. Alphabetical order; descriptive differences are not significance tests.
| Area | Exact value (percent) | Numerator / denominator | 90% MOE / status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 48.8046% | 253,158 / 518,718 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Alaska | 44.6406% | 36,229 / 81,157 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Arizona | 51.4228% | 447,352 / 869,948 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Arkansas | 44.7712% | 159,453 / 356,151 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| California | 55.3142% | 3,138,319 / 5,673,625 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Colorado | 52.8852% | 404,262 / 764,414 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Connecticut | 52.5751% | 237,337 / 451,425 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Delaware | 49.6285% | 50,624 / 102,006 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| District of Columbia | 46.5974% | 84,085 / 180,450 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Florida | 60.0917% | 1,594,400 / 2,653,280 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Georgia | 52.4139% | 676,065 / 1,289,858 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Hawaii | 56.6685% | 94,926 / 167,511 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Idaho | 46.9043% | 86,303 / 183,998 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Illinois | 47.9282% | 737,425 / 1,538,603 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Indiana | 48.0640% | 355,094 / 738,794 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Iowa | 43.9164% | 150,913 / 343,637 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Kansas | 43.4839% | 155,797 / 358,287 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Kentucky | 45.4007% | 232,325 / 511,721 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Louisiana | 54.7736% | 280,905 / 512,847 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Maine | 48.4272% | 67,661 / 139,717 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Maryland | 51.4876% | 372,433 / 723,345 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Massachusetts | 51.7619% | 510,471 / 986,190 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Michigan | 50.4067% | 507,305 / 1,006,424 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Minnesota | 48.1071% | 290,600 / 604,069 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Mississippi | 51.2577% | 149,998 / 292,635 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Missouri | 45.5666% | 336,158 / 737,729 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Montana | 44.7547% | 57,163 / 127,725 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Nebraska | 45.0502% | 111,902 / 248,394 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Nevada | 55.8511% | 254,017 / 454,811 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Hampshire | 48.2229% | 69,100 / 143,293 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Jersey | 51.5597% | 622,327 / 1,207,003 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Mexico | 50.1914% | 113,043 / 225,224 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New York | 52.0904% | 1,733,205 / 3,327,305 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| North Carolina | 48.8745% | 638,780 / 1,306,980 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| North Dakota | 38.8855% | 44,672 / 114,881 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Ohio | 45.9020% | 676,962 / 1,474,800 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Oklahoma | 46.3104% | 222,765 / 481,026 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Oregon | 52.4785% | 312,174 / 594,861 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Pennsylvania | 48.2165% | 721,590 / 1,496,561 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Rhode Island | 47.9641% | 72,880 / 151,947 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| South Carolina | 52.1106% | 276,102 / 529,838 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| South Dakota | 39.7893% | 41,854 / 105,189 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Tennessee | 48.8238% | 413,964 / 847,874 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Texas | 51.7291% | 1,994,428 / 3,855,522 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Utah | 47.2371% | 149,855 / 317,240 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Vermont | 48.3862% | 33,147 / 68,505 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Virginia | 48.5403% | 497,919 / 1,025,785 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Washington | 49.9457% | 526,914 / 1,054,973 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| West Virginia | 48.8515% | 73,950 / 151,377 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Wisconsin | 43.7039% | 327,462 / 749,274 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Wyoming | 43.0689% | 26,642 / 61,859 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |