| New
Jersey Ranks First in the Nation in Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Units, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau
| Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
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|
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|
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| 1 |
Minnesota |
75.8% |
|
26 |
New Mexico |
69.3% |
2 |
West Virginia |
75.4% |
|
26 |
Tennessee |
69.3% |
3 |
Michigan |
74.7% |
|
28 |
Montana |
69.1% |
4 |
Iowa |
73.1% |
|
29 |
Maryland |
69.0% |
5 |
New Hampshire |
73.0% |
|
29 |
South Dakota |
69.0% |
6 |
Delaware |
72.4% |
|
31 |
Arizona |
68.2% |
7 |
Indiana |
72.0% |
|
31 |
Nebraska |
68.2% |
8 |
Maine |
71.8% |
|
31 |
North Carolina |
68.2% |
9 |
Pennsylvania |
71.5% |
|
34 |
Oklahoma |
67.9% |
9 |
Wyoming |
71.5% |
|
35 |
Arkansas |
67.8% |
11 |
Idaho |
71.4% |
|
35 |
Colorado |
67.8% |
12 |
Vermont |
71.1% |
|
35 |
Louisiana |
67.8% |
13 |
Kentucky |
70.6% |
|
38 |
North Dakota |
67.5% |
13 |
Missouri |
70.6% |
|
39 |
NEW JERSEY |
67.3% |
13 |
Utah |
70.6% |
|
40 |
Georgia |
66.8% |
16 |
Alabama |
70.5% |
|
41 |
Texas |
64.7% |
17 |
South Carolina |
70.1% |
|
41 |
Washington |
64.7% |
17 |
Wisconsin |
70.1% |
|
43 |
Massachusetts |
64.0% |
19 |
Illinois |
69.9% |
|
44 |
Oregon |
63.8% |
19 |
Mississippi |
69.9% |
|
45 |
Alaska |
63.0% |
19 |
Ohio |
69.9% |
|
46 |
Rhode Island |
62.7% |
22 |
Florida |
69.6% |
|
47 |
Nevada |
60.7% |
22 |
Virginia |
69.6% |
|
48 |
Hawaii |
59.7% |
24 |
Connecticut |
69.5% |
|
49 |
California |
58.4% |
24 |
Kansas |
69.5% |
|
50 |
New York |
55.3% |
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50
State Average
|
68.49% |
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N.J.
% Below Average |
1.74% |
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