What the Data Shows
Rent-paying households spending at least 35 percent of income on gross rent are compared across the 50 states for 2024. The measure is rent-paying households spending 35 percent or more of household income on gross rent as a share of units where the rent-to-income ratio can be computed and is reported as a percentage. Florida has the highest estimate at 51.7%, 3.6 percentage points above Nevada. South Carolina ranks ninth at 43.1%, making the leading estimate 1.20 times as high; close estimates should be read with their reported 90% margins of error.
Data table
Unit: percent of applicable renter-occupied housing units · Period: 2024
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Florida | 51.7% | 2024 |
| 2 | Nevada | 48.1% | 2024 |
| 3 | California | 46.5% | 2024 |
| 4 | Louisiana | 45.8% | 2024 |
| 5 | Hawaii | 45.4% | 2024 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 44.2% | 2024 |
| 7 | Georgia | 43.5% | 2024 |
| 8 | Texas | 43.1% | 2024 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 43.1% | 2024 |
Sources
Source 1: 2024 ACS 1-Year Detailed Table B25070
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Dataset/table: B25070
Units: counts with 90% margins of error
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Provides the B25070 state estimates and 90% margins of error used to construct this percentage.
Data notes & caveats
ACS values are survey estimates with 90% margins of error. The ranking contains the 50 states only; District of Columbia is a federal district and Puerto Rico is a territory. The percentage denominator is renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent with the rent-to-income ratio computed, not a total formed by adding the ranked percentages.
Methodology
For each state, numerator components B25070:[8,9,10] were divided by the renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent with the rent-to-income ratio computed denominator B25070:[1,11] and multiplied by 100. Component margins of error were combined by root-sum-square; percentage margins follow the Census published proportion procedure with the plus-term fallback when required.
Source consistency notes
Every row uses the 2024 ACS 1-year product, the same detailed-table concept, the same state geography class and the same percentage definition.
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