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NJ Ranks 5th in Percent of Renter-Occupied Units that Spend 30 Percent or More of Household Income on Rent or Utilities, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             

1

California

51.7


25

Pennsylvania

42.9

2

Florida

50.9

 

27

New Hampshire

42.6

3

New York

48.3

 

28

Delaware

42.5

4

Oregon

48.1

 

29

North Carolina

42.3

5

Michigan

47.6

 

30

Idaho

42.2

5

New Jersey

47.6

 

30

Virginia

42.2

7

Nevada

46.9

 

32

South Carolina

41.9

8

Colorado

46.5

 

33

Utah

41.6

9

Massachusetts

46.4

 

33

Wisconsin

41.6

10

Illinois

46.1

 

35

Missouri

41.4

11

Washington

46.0

 

36

Mississippi

41.3

12

Vermont

45.7

 

36

Tennessee

41.3

13

Maryland

45.3

 

38

Oklahoma

40.9

13

Rhode Island

45.3

 

39

Montana

40.3

13

Texas

45.3

 

40

Kansas

40.2

16

Connecticut

44.8

 

41

Arkansas

40.0

16

Minnesota

44.8

 

41

Kentucky

40.0

18

Arizona

44.6

 

43

Iowa

39.7

19

New Mexico

44.3

 

44

Alabama

38.8

20

Georgia

44.2

 

45

Alaska

38.7

21

Ohio

44.1

 

46

West Virginia

38.6

22

Hawaii

43.9

 

47

Nebraska

35.6

23

Indiana

43.4

 

48

South Dakota

34.7

23

Maine

43.4

 

49

North Dakota

32.8

25

Louisiana

42.9

 

50

Wyoming

30.6

             
          50 State Average
42.86%
          N.J. % Above Average 11.06%

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