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




Fourth Quarter 2007


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

United States.....    68.9     67.8      0.5           0.4

    Under 25 years    25.7     24.9      1.5           1.4
    25 to 29 years    41.8     39.4      1.4           1.4
    30 to 34 years    55.8     53.9      1.4           1.4
    35 to 39 years    66.5     64.3      1.3           1.2
    40 to 44 years    71.1     70.1      1.2           1.2
    45 to 49 years    75.3     73.7      1.1           1.2
    50 to 54 years    77.6     76.7      1.1           1.2
    55 to 59 years    79.9     79.4      0.8           0.9
    60 to 64 years    81.6     81.5      0.9           0.9
    65 to 69 years    82.7     80.9      1.4           1.2
    70 to 74 years    83.6     82.5      1.6           1.3
    75 years and over 79.3     78.8      1.1           1.0

    Under 35 years    42.8     41.0      0.9           0.8
    35 to 44 years    68.9     67.2      0.9           0.8
    45 to 54 years    76.4     75.1      0.8           0.8
    55 to 64 years    80.7     80.4      0.6           0.6
    65 years and over 81.2     80.3      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