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




First Quarter 2007


Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  First Quarter:  2006 and 2007
         (in percent)
                                    90-percent
                    First    First confidence 90-percent confidence
Age of householder Quarter  Quarter interval  interval (±)a
                    2006     2007   of 2007   of difference

United States.....    68.5     68.4      0.5           0.4

    Under 25 years    23.6     25.2      1.5           1.4
    25 to 29 years    41.0     40.7      1.4           1.4
    30 to 34 years    56.5     54.0      1.4           1.4
    35 to 39 years    66.5     65.7      1.3           1.2
    40 to 44 years    71.2     70.8      1.2           1.1
    45 to 49 years    74.6     74.5      1.1           1.2
    50 to 54 years    77.1     77.2      1.1           1.2
    55 to 59 years    80.5     79.8      0.8           0.9
    60 to 64 years    82.2     81.3      0.9           0.9
    65 to 69 years    81.9     82.8      1.4           1.2
    70 to 74 years    83.1     82.8      1.5           1.3
    75 years and o    78.2     79.0      1.1           1.0

      Under 35 yea    42.3     41.7      0.9           0.8
      35 to 44 yea    68.9     68.3      0.9           0.8
      45 to 54 yea    75.8     75.8      0.8           0.8
      55 to 64 yea    81.2     80.4      0.6           0.6
      65 years and    80.3     80.9      0.8           0.7
aA 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliablilty.  
The larger the confidence interval is, in relation to the size of the estimate, 
the less reliable the estimate.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division