Table 1: Percent of SSI Needed to Rent a One-Bedroom Housing Unit - 2006

State

% of SSI

 

State

% of SSI

Alabama

78.3%

 

Montana

77.3%

Alaska

76.8%

 

Nebraska

80.7%

Arizona

103.7%

 

Nevada

122.2%

Arkansas

75.7%

 

New Hampshire

120.3%

California

116.3%

 

New Jersey

149.3%

Colorado

108.5%

 

New Mexico

88.0%

Connecticut

113.6%

 

New York

137.5%

Delaware

120.1%

 

North Carolina

95.1%

District of Columbia

188.1%

 

North Dakota

71.7%

Florida

118.6%

 

Ohio

85.4%

Georgia

99.5%

 

Oklahoma

70.2%

Hawaii

169.0%

 

Oregon

96.8%

Idaho

80.7%

 

Pennsylvania

100.0%

Illinois

119.6%

 

Rhode Island

130.1%

Indiana

87.5%

 

South Carolina

89.6%

Iowa

78.1%

 

South Dakota

71.9%

Kansas

81.7%

 

Tennessee

85.4%

Kentucky

75.8%

 

Texas

97.0%

Louisiana

101.5%

 

Utah

93.7%

Maine

95.6%

 

Vermont

99.3%

Maryland

147.9%

 

Virginia

128.4%

Massachusetts

137.5%

 

Washington

97.4%

Michigan

96.5%

 

West Virginia

72.2%

Minnesota

89.8%

 

Wisconsin

79.8%

Mississippi

78.2%

 

Wyoming

75.8%

Missouri

83.0%

 

National Average

113.1%

 


 

Table 2: Percent of SSI Needed to Rent an Efficiency (Studio) Housing Unit - 2006

State

% of SSI

 

State

% of SSI

Alabama

70.1%

 

Montana

66.8%

Alaska

65.9%

 

Nebraska

72.9%

Arizona

89.1%

 

Nevada

103.8%

Arkansas

68.1%

 

New Hampshire

102.1%

California

99.5%

 

New Jersey

132.8%

Colorado

95.3%

 

New Mexico

76.6%

Connecticut

94.5%

 

New York

126.6%

Delaware

106.5%

 

North Carolina

84.6%

District of Columbia

165.0%

 

North Dakota

62.2%

Florida

105.9%

 

Ohio

74.2%

Georgia

92.0%

 

Oklahoma

63.9%

Hawaii

143.2%

 

Oregon

83.0%

Idaho

71.4%

 

Pennsylvania

87.9%

Illinois

104.6%

 

Rhode Island

117.9%

Indiana

77.0%