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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 Dec 17;15(7):1316–1321. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts254

Table 2.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Multiunit Housing Residents, by State—American Community Survey, 2009

State Sex (%) Age in years (%) Race/ethnicity (%) Poverty status (%)a




Male Female ≤4 5–11 12–17 18–24 25–64 ≥65 NH White NH Black Hispanic NH Asian NH other ≥Poverty <Poverty Unknown
Alabama 43.6 56.4 9.5 9.2 5.1 18.1 48.0 10.1 44.4 45.8 5.2 2.6 2.0 61.0 38.8 0.2
Alaska 49.6 50.4 9.3 8.5 7.2 14.5 55.6 4.9 61.0 8.7 6.9 6.6 16.8 90.1 9.8 0.1
Arizona 49.6 50.4 10.4 8.9 5.8 13.8 50.9 10.2 48.3 6.3 36.4 3.1 5.9 71.6 28.0 0.4
Arkansas 43.7 56.3 11.0 8.9 5.5 18.1 45.8 10.7 54.2 30.8 9.7 1.9 3.4 59.6 40.1 0.3
California 49.2 50.8 9.0 9.2 7.0 11.4 54.8 8.6 32.8 8.1 41.9 14.2 3.0 77.4 22.3 0.3
Colorado 49.3 50.7 8.6 7.4 4.4 14.7 55.1 9.8 61.1 6.3 26.5 2.9 3.2 74.5 25.2 0.3
Connecticut 47.1 52.9 7.4 7.9 6.8 11.2 54.4 12.3 50.3 17.5 24.4 4.8 3.0 78.7 21.1 0.2
Delaware 47.1 52.9 8.2 9.0 7.2 10.8 54.0 10.8 43.2 37.3 12.2 4.7 2.6 81.2 18.0 0.8
DC 46.6 53.4 6.6 6.6 6.2 9.7 60.2 10.7 30.1 54.7 9.6 3.0 2.6 80.8 19.0 0.2
Florida 47.3 52.7 7.6 7.3 5.3 10.9 51.5 17.4 46.0 19.7 30.5 2.3 1.5 78.2 21.6 0.2
Georgia 47.1 52.9 10.0 9.2 6.4 14.9 52.8 6.7 33.4 45.1 15.0 4.2 2.3 69.1 30.5 0.4
Hawaii 50.0 50.0 8.3 7.9 5.5 11.6 55.7 11.0 27.3 3.7 9.0 33.0 27.0 84.7 15.1 0.2
Idaho 47.2 52.8 11.3 7.6 4.8 22.9 43.0 10.4 77.6 1.9 14.1 2.5 3.9 64.8 35.0 0.2
Illinois 47.7 52.3 7.9 8.2 6.0 11.5 55.0 11.4 45.4 23.3 23.0 6.5 1.8 76.9 22.8 0.3
Indiana 46.1 53.9 9.0 7.6 4.7 17.5 49.4 11.8 65.3 20.6 8.4 3.0 2.7 66.6 33.2 0.2
Iowa 47.0 53.0 7.5 6.5 3.7 21.5 44.9 15.9 81.9 6.9 5.8 3.0 2.4 71.4 28.4 0.2
Kansas 46.7 53.3 8.6 6.9 4.7 20.3 47.7 11.8 67.4 14.2 11.4 3.1 3.9 73.7 26.0 0.3
Kentucky 47.1 52.9 9.8 8.2 5.3 16.3 49.6 10.8 73.3 15.4 6.6 1.7 3.0 63.0 36.8 0.2
Louisiana 45.8 54.2 10.2 9.0 6.8 17.8 48.3 7.9 37.5 50.9 7.1 2.5 2.0 64.8 35.1 0.1
Maine 45.9 54.1 8.2 7.0 4.7 14.0 51.1 15.0 86.7 4.4 2.2 1.6 5.1 70.9 27.8 1.3
Maryland 47.0 53.0 8.4 8.6 6.6 10.1 56.0 10.3 39.8 42.6 9.5 5.3 2.8 85.0 14.7 0.3
Massachusetts 47.3 52.7 7.0 7.2 5.8 10.1 57.5 12.4 63.7 9.9 16.7 6.9 2.8 80.9 18.9 0.2
Michigan 45.4 54.6 7.0 6.5 5.4 16.0 50.3 14.8 62.9 24.1 5.6 4.5 2.9 68.3 31.4 0.3
Minnesota 46.7 53.3 7.7 6.5 4.4 15.1 51.3 15.0 71.5 12.4 7.3 4.8 4.0 76.6 23.1 0.3
Mississippi 45.1 54.9 11.8 10.2 6.4 18.8 45.4 7.4 31.6 60.6 4.2 1.6 2.0 56.3 43.1 0.6
Missouri 45.2 54.8 8.6 6.6 4.9 16.9 49.6 13.4 65.5 23.6 5.0 2.5 3.4 69.5 30.3 0.2
Montana 45.6 54.4 10.3 7.6 2.8 20.0 47.0 12.3 82.4 0.1 6.3 1.2 10.0 65.2 34.3 0.5
Nebraska 46.6 53.4 7.9 6.4 4.0 20.4 46.0 15.3 73.2 9.2 11.0 4.1 2.5 72.8 26.4 0.8
Nevada 50.9 49.1 9.1 9.5 6.3 10.6 54.5 10.0 43.8 11.8 34.3 5.6 4.5 75.9 23.6 0.5
New Hampshire 48.0 52.0 6.6 6.6 6.2 14.3 53.5 12.8 86.2 2.5 5.9 3.2 2.2 80.2 19.0 0.8
New Jersey 48.0 52.0 7.8 8.3 6.8 8.9 56.1 12.1 39.4 20.2 28.6 9.6 2.2 82.6 17.1 0.3
New Mexico 45.5 54.5 10.3 9.9 6.7 13.6 49.5 10.0 37.7 4.5 44.8 2.0 11.0 66.7 33.2 0.1
New York 47.5 52.5 7.2 8.2 6.9 9.7 55.7 12.3 41.5 20.6 26.1 9.7 2.1 79.2 20.6 0.2
North Carolina 45.8 54.2 8.7 8.0 5.5 17.9 50.6 9.3 47.5 34.7 11.5 3.1 3.2 70.1 29.6 0.3
North Dakota 46.4 53.6 6.7 5.7 2.1 24.9 45.4 15.2 85.4 3.1 3.4 1.2 6.9 76.5 23.5 0.0
Ohio 46.1 53.9 8.3 7.6 5.2 13.4 52.7 12.8 66.0 24.0 4.9 2.4 2.7 66.9 32.7 0.4
Oklahoma 48.5 51.5 9.9 7.9 4.6 20.5 46.8 10.3 58.2 16.8 11.9 2.4 10.7 64.1 35.5 0.4
Oregon 48.1 51.9 8.9 8.3 5.2 15.5 52.1 10.0 67.9 3.2 19.7 4.3 4.9 70.3 29.4 0.3
Pennsylvania 46.6 53.4 7.3 8.1 6.8 11.4 52.5 13.9 61.6 22.1 10.2 4.0 2.1 77.2 22.4 0.4
Rhode Island 47.2 52.8 7.2 8.2 7.0 9.7 54.0 13.9 60.6 8.6 23.4 4.1 3.3 76.4 23.4 0.2
South Carolina 45.7 54.3 9.4 9.7 6.0 15.8 49.6 9.5 49.4 40.2 6.1 2.3 2.0 67.1 32.4 0.5
South Dakota 44.5 55.5 9.0 6.1 2.4 21.3 43.8 17.4 79.8 2.7 3.7 3.0 10.8 72.5 27.4 0.1
Tennessee 45.8 54.2 9.8 8.2 5.7 15.1 51.5 9.7 57.0 31.4 7.5 2.1 2.0 64.2 35.4 0.4
Texas 49.5 50.5 10.7 10.0 6.2 15.0 51.5 6.6 32.9 18.6 41.9 4.8 1.8 68.5 31.2 0.3
Utah 49.4 50.6 10.7 8.1 4.4 23.9 45.2 7.7 72.2 1.7 19.1 3.3 3.7 71.6 28.2 0.2
Vermont 45.9 54.1 7.4 5.6 4.7 17.4 50.5 14.4 91.8 2.5 1.4 1.3 3.0 77.5 22.3 0.2
Virginia 47.5 52.5 8.9 8.0 5.8 13.0 56.0 8.3 47.3 27.3 13.3 8.7 3.4 82.9 16.7 0.4
Washington 48.0 52.0 8.2 7.3 5.4 14.4 54.5 10.2 63.7 6.6 15.2 8.5 6.1 76.3 23.4 0.3
West Virginia 45.5 54.5 8.1 5.0 4.2 21.5 49.5 11.7 84.6 6.9 2.1 1.8 4.6 59.2 40.8 0.0
Wisconsin 47.6 52.4 7.0 7.9 5.6 17.1 49.6 12.8 71.1 12.8 9.5 3.5 3.2 70.7 28.8 0.5
Wyoming 49.3 50.7 10.7 7.7 2.6 22.4 46.6 10.0 75.5 2.6 14.4 0.7 6.8 75.5 24.5 0.0
United States 47.6 52.4 8.4 8.3 6.1 12.8 53.3 11.2 48.0 19.2 23.0 6.8 3.0 75.3 24.4 0.3

Note. DC = District of Columbia; NH = non-Hispanic.

a

Poverty status was defined using 2009 U.S. Census Bureau thresholds.