HOUSEHOLD INCOME SPENT ON RENT AND UTILITIES, 2012
State Percent (1) Rank (2) State Percent (1) Rank (2)
Alabama 42.6% 41 Montana 42.3% 44
Alaska 44.3 39 Nebraska 39.4 47
Arizona 47.7 13 Nevada 48.6 9
Arkansas 42.5 42 New Hampshire 46.1 24
California 54.6 1 New Jersey 51.3 3
Colorado 48.6 9 New Mexico 46.0 25
Connecticut 49.6 8 New York 50.4 4
Delaware 45.6 31 North Carolina 44.8 37
D.C. 45.8 28 North Dakota 31.7 51
Florida 54.2 2 Ohio 45.4 32
Georgia 47.7 13 Oklahoma 42.4 43
Hawaii 50.3 5 Oregon 50.0 6
Idaho 45.8 28 Pennsylvania 45.9 26
Illinois 47.0 17 Rhode Island 47.8 12
Indiana 45.4 32 South Carolina 46.3 23
Iowa 41.5 45 South Dakota 36.7 50
Kansas 40.9 46 Tennessee 45.3 34
Kentucky 42.7 40 Texas 44.5 38
Louisiana 45.7 30 Utah 46.4 20
Maine 47.2 16 Vermont 46.9 18
Maryland 48.0 11 Virginia 46.4 20
Massachusetts 46.8 19 Washington 47.7 13
Michigan 49.8 7 West Virginia 38.9 48
Minnesota 45.3 34 Wisconsin 45.9 26
Mississippi 45.2 36 Wyoming 38.8 49
Missouri 46.4 20 United States 48.1%  

(1) Percent of renter-occupied units spending 30 percent or more on rent and utilities such as electric, gas, water and sewer, and fuel (oil, coal, etc.) if paid by the renter.
(2) States with the same percentages receive the same rank.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau; American Community Survey.