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Change in Housing Affordability:
1990-2000 By US State and District
Ratio of Median House Value to
Median Household Income

State or District 1990 Rank 2000 Rank Change Rank Standard
Deviations
Alabama 2.255 36 2.493 38 10.6% 32 0.3
Alaska 2.280 34 2.796 19 22.7% 45 1.0
Arizona 2.894 16 2.991 16 3.3% 21 -0.1
Arkansas 2.175 43 2.262 44 4.0% 23 -0.1
California 5.428 2 4.453 2 -18.0% 5 -1.4
Colorado 2.734 19 3.529 7 29.1% 48 1.4
Connecticut 4.235 4 3.094 14 -26.9% 1 -2.0
Delaware 2.859 17 2.752 22 -3.7% 13 -0.6
District of Columbia 3.961 6 3.918 3 -1.1% 17 -0.4
Florida 2.784 18 2.718 24 -2.4% 14 -0.5
Georgia 2.436 26 2.621 28 7.6% 27 0.1
Hawaii 6.248 1 5.464 1 -12.6% 10 -1.1
Idaho 2.296 32 2.829 17 23.2% 47 1.1
Illinois 2.484 22 2.807 18 13.0% 37 0.4
Indiana 1.858 50 2.269 43 22.1% 43 1.0
Iowa 1.735 51 2.090 49 20.5% 41 0.9
Kansas 1.898 49 2.055 51 8.3% 28 0.2
Kentucky 2.223 39 2.575 32 15.8% 39 0.6
Louisiana 2.642 21 2.610 29 -1.2% 15 -0.4
Maine 3.134 11 2.650 27 -15.4% 7 -1.3
Maryland 2.933 14 2.762 21 -5.8% 11 -0.7
Massachusetts 4.389 3 3.677 5 -16.2% 6 -1.3
Michigan 1.937 47 2.588 31 33.6% 49 1.7
Minnesota 2.384 27 2.598 30 9.0% 29 0.2
Mississippi 2.240 38 2.279 42 1.8% 20 -0.2
Missouri 2.249 37 2.370 41 5.4% 25 -0.0
Montana 2.458 23 3.013 15 22.6% 44 1.0
Nebraska 1.922 48 2.242 46 16.7% 40 0.7
Nevada 3.073 12 3.185 10 3.6% 22 -0.1
New Hampshire 3.559 9 2.689 25 -24.5% 2 -1.8
New Jersey 3.939 8 3.097 13 -21.4% 4 -1.7
New Mexico 2.898 15 3.167 11 9.3% 30 0.2
New York 3.956 7 3.427 8 -13.4% 9 -1.2
North Carolina 2.451 25 2.764 20 12.8% 35 0.4
North Dakota 2.176 42 2.150 47 -1.2% 16 -0.4
Ohio 2.191 40 2.532 37 15.6% 38 0.6
Oklahoma 2.019 45 2.117 48 4.8% 24 -0.1
Oregon 2.451 24 3.717 4 51.6% 51 2.8
Pennsylvania 2.377 28 2.419 40 1.7% 19 -0.2
Rhode Island 4.124 5 3.160 12 -23.4% 3 -1.8
South Carolina 2.312 31 2.559 34 10.7% 33 0.3
South Dakota 2.000 46 2.256 45 12.8% 36 0.4
Tennessee 2.338 29 2.558 35 9.4% 31 0.2
Texas 2.180 41 2.066 50 -5.2% 12 -0.7
Utah 2.331 30 3.195 9 37.1% 50 1.9
Vermont 3.209 10 2.729 23 -15.0% 8 -1.3
Virginia 2.712 20 2.687 26 -1.0% 18 -0.4
Washington 2.989 13 3.677 6 23.0% 46 1.1
West Virginia 2.289 33 2.452 39 7.1% 26 0.1
Wisconsin 2.109 44 2.562 33 21.5% 42 1.0
Wyoming 2.273 35 2.549 36 12.1% 34 0.4
United States 2.484   2.848   14.7%    
               
Average of the States       5.8%    
               
Standard Deviation         16.4%    
               
Caculated from US Census Bureau Data          
Inflation based upon CPI-U-RS (2000$)          

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