1. Geography Cash-paying Median Median Percent $1000+ $1000+ (2000 Percent
Renter-Occupied contract rent contract rent Change (2009 ACS) Census Change
Units (2009 ACS) (2009 ACS) (2000 Census)
United States 35,101,833 $675 $519 30.1% 22.4% 8.3% 168.1%
Hawaii 167,904 $1,106 $721 53.4% 56.4% 22.0% 156.2%
California 4,949,360 $1,002 $677 48.0% 50.2% 19.5% 157.6%
New Jersey 999,842 $922 $672 37.2% 40.0% 11.9% 236.9%
Maryland 608,872 $896 $611 46.6% 39.2% 9.6% 308.3%
Alaska 74,825 $857 $664 29.1% 32.2% 12.7% 153.7%
Massachusetts 831,932 $849 $605 40.3% 37.1% 14.6% 155.3%
Nevada 358,766 $843 $630 33.8% 31.4% 7.0% 351.2%
New York 3,042,953 $822 $605 35.9% 35.8% 13.7% 160.8%
New Hampshire 129,130 $810 $566 43.1% 25.7% 5.3% 387.2%
Connecticut 387,435 $793 $588 34.9% 27.0% 9.4% 187.8%
Florida 2,034,905 $784 $551 42.3% 26.1% 6.8% 282.0%
Virginia 848,929 $777 $550 41.3% 33.1% 11.0% 200.7%
Delaware 81,026 $755 $554 36.3% 17.8% 4.8% 267.8%
Washington 833,977 $746 $593 25.8% 23.9% 9.3% 156.5%
Rhode Island 142,887 $731 $477 53.2% 17.7% 4.1% 329.5%
Colorado 569,225 $721 $611 18.0% 22.1% 11.6% 90.7%
Arizona 674,508 $709 $538 31.8% 19.8% 6.0% 229.7%
Illinois 1,390,524 $684 $525 30.3% 18.4% 7.9% 133.5%
Minnesota 492,398 $672 $521 29.0% 16.7% 5.5% 204.3%
Oregon 499,065 $670 $549 22.0% 13.8% 5.6% 146.2%
Vermont 65,411 $664 $479 38.6% 14.2% 3.1% 355.2%
Utah 220,132 $656 $534 22.8% 14.5% 5.6% 160.3%
Georgia 1,038,196 $622 $505 23.2% 11.3% 4.9% 131.7%
Texas 2,734,343 $605 $490 23.5% 10.9% 4.6% 135.8%
Maine 135,487 $589 $432 36.3% 9.3% 1.7% 433.7%
Wisconsin 645,477 $584 $473 23.5% 7.1% 2.5% 185.1%
Michigan 924,264 $582 $468 24.4% 8.0% 3.6% 122.2%
Idaho 146,087 $567 $443 28.0% 6.4% 2.3% 175.8%
Pennsylvania 1,306,211 $566 $438 29.2% 11.2% 4.0% 184.0%
New Mexico 203,176 $547 $432 26.6% 8.6% 3.3% 159.3%
North Carolina 1,035,654 $541 $431 25.5% 6.9% 2.9% 140.4%
Indiana 659,830 $529 $432 22.5% 4.8% 1.9% 148.2%

2. Geography Cash-paying Median Median Percent $1000+ $1000+ (2000 Percent
Renter-Occupied contract rent contract rent Change (2009 ACS) Census Change
Units (2009 ACS) (2009 ACS) (2000 Census)
Wyoming 55,275 $525 $373 40.8% 7.8% 1.9% 314.4%
Ohio 1,303,550 $519 $423 22.7% 4.8% 2.3% 110.2%
South Carolina 446,513 $516 $397 30.0% 7.2% 2.5% 190.5%
Tennessee 665,771 $511 $408 25.2% 5.5% 2.2% 151.1%
Nebraska 208,643 $503 $412 22.1% 6.2% 2.4% 154.3%
Louisiana 456,589 $501 $365 37.3% 7.7% 1.8% 337.1%
Montana 103,428 $500 $383 30.5% 5.9% 1.7% 237.3%
Missouri 638,991 $494 $384 28.6% 5.1% 1.9% 163.4%
Kansas 309,229 $491 $391 25.6% 6.5% 2.8% 131.2%
Iowa 304,318 $474 $383 23.8% 4.6% 1.5% 195.7%
North Dakota 84,562 $466 $363 28.4% 4.1% 1.4% 199.5%
Oklahoma 406,557 $455 $363 25.3% 3.6% 1.5% 133.6%
Kentucky 445,684 $452 $366 23.5% 3.3% 1.2% 183.9%
South Dakota 88,203 $444 $359 23.7% 3.9% 1.3% 194.8%
Alabama 465,136 $435 $339 28.3% 3.8% 1.3% 201.4%
Mississippi 270,955 $430 $334 28.7% 3.2% 0.9% 270.2%
Arkansas 319,681 $425 $339 25.4% 2.7% 1.1% 136.9%
West Virginia 161,761 $387 $311 24.4% 2.1% 0.7% 193.7%