US Counties With the Highest Occupied Housing Units

3,219 US counties ranked by occupied housing units, from highest to lowest. First are Mineral County, CO (543.18), La Paz County, AZ (535.20) and Terrell County, TX (532.31). The middle one of the 3,219 has 394.32.

What this measures

Homes and apartments that someone lives in. Source: Census ACS 5-year.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

Rank	County	Per 1,000 residents
1	Mineral County, CO	543.18
2	La Paz County, AZ	535.20
3	Terrell County, TX	532.31
4	Pitkin County, CO	527.54
5	San Juan County, CO	524.64
6	Gilpin County, CO	523.40
7	Brewster County, TX	520.82
8	Dolores County, CO	519.08
9	Keweenaw County, MI	517.57
10	Esmeralda County, NV	512.47
11	Hooker County, NE	512.23
12	Garden County, NE	510.49
13	Sheridan County, ND	509.42
14	Montmorency County, MI	508.86
15	Thomas County, NE	507.99
16	Ontonagon County, MI	507.33
17	Hinsdale County, CO	503.73
18	Lancaster County, VA	502.76
19	Treasure County, MT	501.97
20	Saguache County, CO	500.84
21	Ouray County, CO	500.40
22	Decatur County, KS	500.00
23	Petroleum County, MT	498.75
24	Blaine County, NE	498.70
25	San Miguel County, CO	498.13
26	Cameron County, PA	498.10
27	Alcona County, MI	496.22
28	St. Louis city, MO	492.82
29	Eddy County, ND	492.45
30	Graham County, KS	490.86
31	Gogebic County, MI	490.52
32	San Juan County, WA	489.11
33	Comanche County, KS	487.24
34	Jeff Davis County, TX	486.78
35	Sumter County, FL	486.72
36	Roscommon County, MI	485.43
37	Jefferson County, WA	484.98
38	Dickinson County, IA	484.76
39	Trego County, KS	484.52
40	Lane County, KS	484.30
41	Custer County, CO	482.55
42	Clear Creek County, CO	482.15
43	Macon County, NC	481.98
44	Curry County, OR	480.76
45	Presque Isle County, MI	480.60
46	Alexandria city, VA	480.58
47	Aransas County, TX	480.10
48	Fall River County, SD	479.59
49	Deer Lodge County, MT	479.39
50	Cook County, MN	479.32
51	Keith County, NE	478.94
52	District of Columbia, DC	478.46
53	Iron County, WI	478.42
54	Koochiching County, MN	477.82
55	Mora County, NM	476.77
56	New York County, NY	476.34
57	King County, TX	476.19
58	Park County, CO	476.18
59	Quay County, NM	476.09
60	Kidder County, ND	475.57
61	Campbell County, SD	475.35
62	Door County, WI	474.82
63	McIntosh County, ND	474.12
64	Jo Daviess County, IL	473.81
65	Arlington County, VA	473.66
66	Piscataquis County, ME	473.64
67	Columbia County, WA	473.47
68	Niobrara County, WY	472.46
69	Park County, MT	472.26
70	Schoolcraft County, MI	472.14
71	Mackinac County, MI	471.97
72	Grant County, ND	471.00
73	Sierra County, NM	470.77
74	Daniels County, MT	469.82
75	Charlevoix County, MI	468.46
76	Adams County, ND	467.65
77	Rush County, KS	467.37
78	Sawyer County, WI	467.14
79	Price County, WI	466.51
80	Cape May County, NJ	465.88
81	Las Animas County, CO	465.61
82	Amite County, MS	464.83
83	Pierce County, ND	464.53
84	Vilas County, WI	464.46
85	Custer County, SD	464.31
86	Llano County, TX	464.22
87	Morris County, KS	463.81
88	Emmons County, ND	463.75
89	Lincoln County, NM	463.54
90	Osborne County, KS	463.29
91	Grant County, OR	463.11
92	Chaffee County, CO	462.62
93	Wheeler County, OR	462.34
94	Antrim County, MI	462.14
95	Denver County, CO	461.77
96	Russell County, KS	461.37
97	Lake County, MN	461.00
98	Tishomingo County, MS	460.72
99	Gunnison County, CO	460.60
100	Grand County, UT	460.55

Every state, highest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	Per 1,000 residents
1	District of Columbia	478.46
2	Maine	427.68
3	Vermont	417.62
4	North Dakota	417.11
5	Wisconsin	415.14
6	Wyoming	410.82
7	Ohio	409.98
8	Montana	409.64
9	Iowa	407.96
10	West Virginia	404.30
11	Pennsylvania	403.13
12	Missouri	402.84
13	Michigan	401.95
14	Oregon	401.42
15	Nebraska	400.26
16	Colorado	400.22
17	Minnesota	399.56
18	Rhode Island	398.86
19	South Dakota	398.75
20	Kentucky	397.28
21	South Carolina	397.18
22	New Hampshire	397.16
23	Tennessee	396.32
24	North Carolina	395.58
25	Kansas	395.12
26	Massachusetts	395.01
27	Connecticut	394.68
28	Illinois	394.08
29	Delaware	393.90
30	Indiana	393.66
31	Arkansas	392.13
32	Washington	390.21
33	New Mexico	390.12
34	Florida	389.94
35	Alabama	389.59
36	Oklahoma	386.16
37	New York	385.91
38	Louisiana	385.89
39	Arizona	384.80
40	Virginia	384.21
41	Mississippi	383.47
42	Puerto Rico	380.72
43	Maryland	379.13
44	Nevada	376.76
45	New Jersey	375.35
46	Georgia	370.34
47	Idaho	366.46
48	Alaska	364.95
49	Texas	362.58
50	California	342.36
51	Hawaii	338.25
52	Utah	328.68

More on occupied housing units

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