Homeownership by Family Structure
Definition
Ratio of the homeownership rate of one-parent households to two-parent households, 2011.
Calculated by dividing the higher value by the lower value, i.e., two-parent households divided by one-parent households.
A ratio of 1 indicates perfect equality; the higher the ratio, the greater the inequality. For example, the homeownership rate of two-parent households in Rhode Island is 2.4 times higher than for single-parent households.
Description
Homeownership is the primary means of building wealth for most Americans, and research has found that children of homeowners have better outcomes than children of renters, including better grades in school and fewer behavioral problems. This measure describes the disparity in homeownership rates between two-parent and single-parent households. Nationally, 75% of two-parent households are homeowners while only 39% of single-parent households are homeowners, meaning two-parent households are almost two times more likely to be homeowners than one-parent households.
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Homeownership by Family Structure
| State | Homeownership Rate,
2-Parent Households (%) | Homeownership Rate,
1-Parent Households (%) | Ratio | Rank |
| United States |
75.0% |
39.2% |
1.91 |
|
| Alabama |
79.5% |
42.7% |
1.86 |
28 |
| Alaska |
69.8% |
49.5% |
1.41 |
1 |
| Arizona |
67.4% |
39.6% |
1.70 |
12 |
| Arkansas |
75.4% |
38.6% |
1.95 |
37 |
| California |
60.9% |
31.3% |
1.94 |
35 |
| Colorado |
75.3% |
41.2% |
1.83 |
24 |
| Connecticut |
82.2% |
38.1% |
2.16 |
46 |
| Delaware |
80.1% |
48.8% |
1.64 |
6 |
| District of Columbia |
73.2% |
22.5% |
3.26 |
51 |
| Florida |
71.8% |
40.5% |
1.77 |
16 |
| Georgia |
74.8% |
40.1% |
1.87 |
29 |
| Hawaii |
57.7% |
40.4% |
1.43 |
2 |
| Idaho |
73.6% |
43.3% |
1.70 |
10 |
| Illinois |
81.4% |
40.3% |
2.02 |
42 |
| Indiana |
83.0% |
43.0% |
1.93 |
33 |
| Iowa |
85.8% |
46.2% |
1.86 |
27 |
| Kansas |
79.7% |
44.4% |
1.80 |
21 |
| Kentucky |
79.2% |
42.0% |
1.89 |
30 |
| Louisiana |
79.2% |
41.8% |
1.90 |
32 |
| Maine |
85.2% |
47.9% |
1.78 |
18 |
| Maryland |
78.8% |
43.3% |
1.82 |
23 |
| Massachusetts |
80.1% |
34.7% |
2.31 |
49 |
| Michigan |
83.8% |
45.6% |
1.84 |
25 |
| Minnesota |
86.6% |
48.3% |
1.79 |
20 |
| Mississippi |
79.9% |
44.6% |
1.79 |
19 |
| Missouri |
81.9% |
39.1% |
2.10 |
44 |
| Montana |
76.7% |
45.1% |
1.70 |
11 |
| Nebraska |
80.2% |
41.5% |
1.93 |
34 |
| Nevada |
58.6% |
33.2% |
1.77 |
14 |
| New Hampshire |
82.9% |
49.5% |
1.68 |
9 |
| New Jersey |
77.6% |
36.3% |
2.14 |
45 |
| New Mexico |
74.8% |
48.2% |
1.55 |
5 |
| New York |
68.5% |
29.8% |
2.30 |
48 |
| North Carolina |
77.2% |
38.7% |
1.99 |
41 |
| North Dakota |
79.9% |
52.8% |
1.51 |
4 |
| Ohio |
80.0% |
38.8% |
2.06 |
43 |
| Oklahoma |
74.6% |
41.4% |
1.80 |
22 |
| Oregon |
68.2% |
34.3% |
1.99 |
40 |
| Pennsylvania |
84.1% |
45.4% |
1.85 |
26 |
| Rhode Island |
78.5% |
32.8% |
2.39 |
50 |
| South Carolina |
78.3% |
39.9% |
1.96 |
38 |
| South Dakota |
80.9% |
46.7% |
1.73 |
13 |
| Tennessee |
77.7% |
39.4% |
1.97 |
39 |
| Texas |
73.2% |
41.4% |
1.77 |
15 |
| Utah |
78.0% |
46.8% |
1.67 |
7 |
| Vermont |
82.3% |
54.5% |
1.51 |
3 |
| Virginia |
77.3% |
41.0% |
1.89 |
31 |
| Washington |
72.4% |
37.2% |
1.95 |
36 |
| West Virginia |
82.7% |
46.6% |
1.77 |
17 |
| Wisconsin |
84.6% |
37.3% |
2.27 |
47 |
| Wyoming |
78.9% |
47.2% |
1.67 |
8 |
Source
2011 American Community Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2012.
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