2012 Fair Market Rent by State

Nationwide Rent Data Map:

Nationwide Fair Market Rent Map

Click on a region to view more detailed rental data.

Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are published by the US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) each year. FY 2012 rates are effective from October 2011 to September 2012. FMR is primarily used to determine the standard payment amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, rents for section 8 housing contracts and deciding payment amounts for other government housing assistance programs.

The HUD conducts a study each year to determine "Fair Market Rents" in each metropolitan area and non-metropolitan county in the country — over 2000 regions in all. The color-coded interactive map above shows Fair Market Rents by County.

The table below shows the average Fair Market Rents for each in each state for different size homes and apartments. Browse to a specific FMR area to see exact Fair Market Rent rates.

Fair Market Rents are described as the 40th percentile of gross rents for typical, non-substandard rental units occupied by recent movers in a local housing market (24 CFR Part 888). The 40th percentile means that the average rent (50th percentile) is slightly higher. Additionally, these are gross rent prices which includes utilities.

Change Year:

State	0 BR	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR	Est. Population
Alabama (AL)	$441	$493	$579	$751	$866	4,447,100
Alaska (AK)	$637	$749	$938	$1,225	$1,360	625,899
Arizona (AZ)	$551	$618	$755	$1,057	$1,203	5,130,632
Arkansas (AR)	$413	$457	$547	$718	$805	2,673,400
California (CA)	$749	$858	$1,059	$1,491	$1,695	33,871,648
Colorado (CO)	$538	$615	$749	$1,019	$1,224	4,301,261
Connecticut (CT)	$796	$960	$1,158	$1,426	$1,659	3,405,565
Delaware (DE)	$690	$765	$874	$1,128	$1,348	783,600
District of Columbia (DC)	$1,166	$1,328	$1,506	$1,943	$2,542	572,059
Florida (FL)	$624	$691	$809	$1,059	$1,179	15,982,378
Georgia (GA)	$504	$547	$630	$803	$905	8,186,453
Guam (GU)	$765	$821	$1,003	$1,461	$1,747	154,805
Hawaii (HI)	$1,043	$1,201	$1,440	$1,940	$2,140	1,211,537
Idaho (ID)	$449	$494	$612	$851	$970	1,293,953
Illinois (IL)	$476	$539	$663	$859	$961	12,307,784
Indiana (IN)	$471	$525	$647	$831	$906	6,080,485
Iowa (IA)	$406	$452	$575	$732	$805	2,926,324
Kansas (KS)	$429	$463	$582	$753	$830	2,688,418
Kentucky (KY)	$411	$457	$555	$721	$792	4,041,769
Louisiana (LA)	$492	$531	$628	$806	$888	4,468,976
Maine (ME)	$491	$564	$681	$879	$989	1,274,923
Maryland (MD)	$819	$918	$1,087	$1,413	$1,734	5,048,644
Massachusetts (MA)	$797	$895	$1,081	$1,313	$1,475	6,349,097
Michigan (MI)	$474	$532	$643	$831	$912	9,938,444
Minnesota (MN)	$455	$524	$653	$839	$950	4,919,479
Mississippi (MS)	$437	$488	$572	$736	$826	2,844,658
Missouri (MO)	$437	$480	$600	$787	$886	5,593,887
Montana (MT)	$432	$479	$594	$795	$886	902,195
Nebraska (NE)	$470	$501	$616	$792	$874	1,711,263
Nevada (NV)	$532	$622	$774	$1,056	$1,200	1,998,257
New Hampshire (NH)	$629	$726	$910	$1,195	$1,364	1,235,786
New Jersey (NJ)	$944	$1,055	$1,245	$1,542	$1,750	8,414,350
New Mexico (NM)	$459	$507	$605	$812	$941	1,819,046
New York (NY)	$722	$763	$905	$1,135	$1,271	18,976,457
North Carolina (NC)	$500	$563	$658	$857	$965	8,049,313
North Dakota (ND)	$446	$495	$607	$831	$945	642,200
Ohio (OH)	$464	$523	$641	$824	$901	11,353,140
Oklahoma (OK)	$423	$463	$563	$749	$817	3,450,654
Oregon (OR)	$484	$566	$691	$980	$1,114	3,421,399
Pennsylvania (PA)	$506	$574	$685	$868	$960	12,281,054
Puerto Rico (PR)	$407	$440	$491	$653	$765	3,808,610
Rhode Island (RI)	$705	$797	$925	$1,119	$1,393	1,048,319
South Carolina (SC)	$495	$543	$625	$791	$886	4,012,012
South Dakota (SD)	$390	$430	$556	$734	$824	754,844
Tennessee (TN)	$429	$475	$573	$746	$817	5,689,283
Texas (TX)	$514	$559	$674	$891	$1,010	20,851,820
Utah (UT)	$520	$566	$675	$922	$1,095	2,233,169
Vermont (VT)	$644	$751	$908	$1,186	$1,385	608,827
Virginia (VA)	$638	$705	$823	$1,082	$1,288	7,074,226
Washington (WA)	$535	$612	$763	$1,067	$1,207	5,894,121
West Virginia (WV)	$418	$471	$565	$728	$821	1,808,344
Wisconsin (WI)	$462	$526	$650	$846	$924	5,363,675
Wyoming (WY)	$483	$525	$636	$838	$997	493,782