The U.S. Census Bureau released the “Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010” in May for the United States as a whole and specifics for each state. The demographic profiles provide 2010 Census data on age and sex distributions, race, housing occupancy and whether the housing occupants own or rent.
37.2
was the average age of U.S. residents.
2.58
was the average number of people per household.
65.1%
of the occupied housing units in the nation were owned. Delaware and Iowa had home ownership rates of 72.1 percent, the highest in the country.
34.9%
of the occupied housing units in the nation were rented. In New York, 46.7 percent of homes were rented, the highest rental rate in the country.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Demographic Profiles, May 12-26.
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