U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Annual Statistics: 2007 


Table 20.  Homeownership Rates by Race and Ethnicity of Householder:  1994 to 2007





                                                             1994      1995   1996\1       1997      1998      1999      2000      2001      2002   2002\r





U.S. total.............................................     64.0      64.7      65.4      65.7      66.3      66.8      67.4      67.8      67.9      67.9



  White, total.........................................     67.7      68.7      69.1      69.3      70.0      70.5      71.1      71.6      71.8      71.7

    Non-Hispanic White …………............................     70.0      70.9      71.7      72.0      72.6      73.2      73.8      74.3      74.5      74.7

  Black, total.........................................     42.3      42.7      44.1      44.8      45.6      46.3      47.2      47.7      47.3      47.4

  All Other Races, total...............................     47.7      47.2      51.0      52.5      53.0      53.7      53.5      54.2      54.7      54.5

      American Indian or Alaskan Native……………………….           51.7      55.8      51.6      51.7      54.3      56.1      56.2      55.4      54.6      54.0

      Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander………………..     51.3      50.8      50.8      52.8      52.6      53.1      52.8      53.9      54.7      54.6

      Other............................................     36.1      37.4        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA        NA



  Hispanic or Latino...................................     41.2      42.1      42.8      43.3      44.7      45.5      46.3      47.3      48.2      47.0

  Non-Hispanic.........................................     65.9      66.7      67.4      67.8      68.3      68.9      69.5      69.9      70.0      70.2







                                                             2003      2004      2005      2006      2007





U.S. total.............................................     68.3      69.0      68.9      68.8      68.1



  White alone, total...................................     72.1      72.8      72.7      72.6      72.0

    Non-Hispanic White alone...........................     75.4      76.0      75.8      75.8      75.2

  Black alone, total...................................     48.1      49.1      48.2      47.9      47.2

  All Other Races alone, total\2.......................     56.0      58.6      59.2      59.9      59.2

      American Indian or Alaskan Native alone...…………..      54.3      55.6      58.2      58.2      56.9

      Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander alone..     56.3      59.8      60.1      60.8      60.0



  Hispanic or Latino...................................     46.7      48.1      49.5      49.7      49.7

  Non-Hispanic.........................................     70.8      71.5      71.2      71.2      70.5

Footnotes: \1 Beginning in 1996 to 2002, those answering 'other' for race were allocated to one of the 4 race categories- White, Black, American Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo (one category), or Asian or Native Hawaiian.

NA - Not Applicable.

\2 Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Americn Indian or Alaska Native (only one race reported) and Two or more races.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: January 07, 2009