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FRC Statistic · FRC-021 · 2025 federal record

Which state has the highest FHA denial rate?

31.4%

HI had the highest observed FHA denial rate in 2025 at 31.4%, followed by DC at 29.6% and IL at 27.5%, while ID (15.0%) and UT (15.2%) were lowest, a roughly 2x spread across states, per FinanceRateCalc analysis of the complete CFPB HMDA 2025 FHA dataset (1,187,606 decisioned FHA applications in 2025).

Regenerated from the repository's data files on 2026-09-22 by scripts/build_stat_pages.py; universe per universes.json. An earlier hand-written version (2026-07-21) carried different figures; see corrections.

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Source: CFPB HMDA 2025 (1,187,606 decisioned FHA applications), processed by FinanceRateCalc · methodology · all statistics

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