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First Quarter 2008 


Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  First Quarter: 2007 and 2008
          (in percent)
                                    90-percent
                    First    First  confidence   90-percent confidence
Age of householder Quarter  Quarter interval     interval (±)a
                    2007     2008   of 2008 rate of difference

United States.....    68.4     67.8      0.5           0.4

 Under 25 years...    25.2     23.6      1.5           1.4
 25 to 29 years...    40.7     39.7      1.4           1.4
 30 to 34 years...    54.0     54.8      1.4           1.4
 35 to 39 years...    65.7     64.7      1.3           1.3
 40 to 44 years...    70.8     68.6      1.3           1.2
 45 to 49 years...    74.5     73.8      1.1           1.2
 50 to 54 years...    77.2     76.3      1.1           1.2
 55 to 59 years...    79.8     80.1      0.8           0.8
 60 to 64 years...    81.3     80.8      0.9           0.9
 65 to 69 years...    82.8     81.1      1.4           1.2
 70 to 74 years...    82.8     82.3      1.5           1.3
 75 years and over..  79.0     78.2      1.1           1.0

   Under 35 years...  41.7     41.3      0.9           0.8
   35 to 44 years...  68.3     66.7      0.9           0.9
   45 to 54 years...  75.8     75.0      0.8           0.8
   55 to 64 years...  80.4     80.4      0.6           0.6
   65 years and over. 80.9     79.9      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