The startling number of Americans who are way behind on rent

Based on our analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey data, LendingTree found that more than 8 million U.S. adults live in a household not caught up on rent payments.

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8,070,524 people ages 18 or older in the U.S. aren’t caught up on rent payments. Put another way, 13.17% of the nation’s adult renters live in a household that charges them rent and are behind on payment.

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Nationwide, 3,560,345 adults — 5.81% of adult renters — live in a household that doesn’t pay rent. People in these types of households don’t own their home free and clear or with a mortgage, nor do they live with someone who does.

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The states with the largest share of adults behind on rent payments are New York, Nevada and Louisiana. Across these three states, an average of 19.72% of adult renters are living in households behind on rent payments.

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Mississippi, West Virginia and Alaska are the states where the largest share of people live rent-free. In these three states, an average of 13.21% of adults live in renter-occupied households that aren’t paying rent.

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