Chart: Over half of Latinx households are rent-burdened: Rent as a percentage of household income in the past 12 months, Latinx and white households who rent their homes, 2018

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Over half of Latinx households are rent-burdened: Rent as a percentage of household income in the past 12 months, Latinx and white households who rent their homes, 2018

Gross rent as a percentage of household income in the past 12 months	Latinx	White
Less than 30%	45.1%	54.3%
30% or more	54.9%	45.7%

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Notes: White refers to non-Latinx whites; persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race. Latinx households are households in which the head of household is Latinx. White households are households in which the head of household is white.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, [Table S0201].

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