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




Second Quarter 2008

Table 7. Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder: Second Quarter: 2007 and 2008

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Age of householder Second Quarter 2007 Second Quarter 2008 90-percent confidence interval (±) (a)
of 2008 rate of difference
United States 68.2 68.1 0.5 0.4
Under 25 years 23.6 23.3 1.5 1.4
25 to 29 years 41.7 39.8 1.4 1.4
30 to 34 years 54.6 54.4 1.4 1.4
35 to 39 years 65.1 65.2 1.3 1.2
40 to 44 years 69.9 70.0 1.2 1.2
45 to 49 years 74.4 73.7 1.1 1.2
50 to 54 years 76.7 77.1 1.1 1.2
55 to 59 years 80.1 79.4 0.8 0.8
60 to 64 years 81.3 81.1 0.9 0.9
65 to 69 years 82.1 82.0 1.4 1.2
70 to 74 years 82.1 81.6 1.6 1.4
75 years and over 78.9 78.5 1.1 1.0
Under 35 years 41.9 41.2 0.9 0.8
35 to 44 years 67.6 67.6 0.9 0.9
45 to 54 years 75.5 75.4 0.8 0.8
55 to 64 years 80.6 80.1 0.6 0.6
65 years and over 80.5 80.2 0.8 0.7
Footnotes:
In percent.
(a) A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability. 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