The data describes the number of housing cost burdened households in the U.S. among renters from 2003 to 2016. A household is considered to be housing cost burdened when the housing costs exceed 30% of the family income. In 2016, there were approx. 43.76 million housing cost burdened households among renters in the U.S.
2003 | 36 |
2008 | 37.76 |
2012 | 41.74 |
2013 | 42.36 |
2014 | 43.18 |
2015 | 43.57 |
2016 | 43.76 |