Table 2a. Households Owning Asset Types, by Selected Characteristics: 1991
(Excludes persons in group quarters. For meaning of symbols, see text)
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Percent owning--
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Interest Stocks
earning Other and Equity in Other IRA
Characteristics Number of assets at interest- Regular mutual business Equity in Equity in Rental real U.S. or
households financial earning checking fund or motor own property estate savings KEOGH Other
(thousands) institutions/1 assets/2 accounts shares profession vehicles home equity equity bonds accounts assets/3
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Total......................... 94,692 73.2 9.0 46.0 20.7 11.7 86.4 64.7 9.0 10.7 18.1 22.9 2.8
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF
HOUSEHOLDER
White........................... 81,409 76.6 10.0 48.2 22.9 12.7 89.6 67.6 9.7 11.7 19.4 25.2 3.1
Black........................... 10,768 46.1 1.7 30.7 5.6 4.2 63.4 45.0 4.1 4.1 8.9 5.7 0.7
Hispanic origin/4............... 6,407 53.3 1.7 32.7 5.7 7.2 76.2 41.0 6.7 5.2 7.4 7.4 0.4
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER
Less than 35 years.............. 25,031 66.8 3.7 42.2 12.9 9.0 85.9 38.8 3.7 4.5 15.9 10.8 1.1
35 to 44 years.................. 21,514 75.0 7.4 48.8 21.3 16.0 91.4 67.4 9.3 10.8 23.2 25.8 2.2
45 to 54 years.................. 14,934 74.1 11.2 53.7 25.4 16.9 91.5 76.5 12.6 15.5 21.0 32.8 3.9
55 to 64 years.................. 12,575 73.9 11.2 50.1 25.1 14.2 89.1 78.3 13.3 16.9 19.3 38.8 4.4
65 years and over............... 20,638 78.0 14.1 39.8 23.7 5.3 76.5 76.6 10.1 10.8 12.4 17.7 3.5
65 to 69 years................ 6,435 75.8 14.4 42.5 25.6 8.6 85.9 81.5 12.1 14.0 15.4 33.3 4.0
70 to 74 years................ 5,439 78.0 14.2 40.7 24.5 5.5 82.4 80.9 11.2 12.5 13.8 19.5 3.2
75 years and over............. 8,764 79.7 13.8 37.2 21.7 2.7 65.8 70.3 8.1 7.3 9.4 5.3 3.2
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER
Less than 12 years.............. 22,243 54.8 3.5 37.0 7.9 6.5 73.3 59.5 6.2 7.2 8.2 9.3 1.1
High school: 4 years........... 30,187 72.1 6.1 47.3 16.7 10.9 88.2 65.9 7.6 9.5 17.1 19.2 1.7
College: 1 to 3 years...... 21,202 78.3 8.1 51.2 22.6 12.8 90.7 62.6 8.7 11.5 22.3 22.7 2.7
4 or more years... 21,059 89.1 19.9 48.6 38.2 17.3 93.3 70.7 14.5 15.3 25.7 42.8 6.2
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE OF
HOUSEHOLDER
Married-couple households....... 52,269 80.2 11.0 51.5 25.2 16.3 96.3 78.6 11.3 14.2 23.2 30.2 3.2
Less than 35 years............ 12,283 74.1 4.3 46.8 15.2 12.7 96.3 56.3 4.8 6.3 21.1 14.9 0.9
35 to 54 years................ 23,097 81.2 10.8 56.2 27.0 20.5 96.7 82.9 12.7 15.0 26.8 33.5 3.2
55 to 64 years................ 7,849 81.4 14.3 54.6 29.0 19.2 97.1 88.8 16.0 21.8 23.8 47.7 5.4
65 years and over............. 9,040 84.9 17.7 43.1 30.6 8.1 94.3 89.0 12.2 16.3 16.6 27.6 4.5
Male householder................ 15,261 68.1 6.7 39.6 17.2 9.2 83.7 46.0 7.6 8.1 13.1 16.0 2.7
Less than 35 years............ 5,721 68.6 4.7 40.8 13.8 7.9 85.9 27.4 4.3 3.6 12.5 8.3 1.7
35 to 54 years................ 5,400 68.8 6.3 41.6 19.8 13.3 85.7 52.5 9.9 11.8 15.9 24.6 3.5
55 to 64 years................ 1,514 58.6 5.9 40.6 17.4 7.4 81.9 57.1 9.5 11.0 9.5 21.7 3.2
65 years and over............. 2,627 71.2 12.1 32.1 19.3 4.7 75.7 66.7 8.9 8.2 10.7 11.9 3.1
Female householder.............. 27,162 62.4 6.5 39.2 14.2 4.3 69.0 48.5 5.6 5.4 10.9 12.7 1.9
Less than 35 years............ 7,027 52.4 1.9 35.3 8.1 3.6 67.8 17.4 1.3 2.0 9.4 5.6 1.1
35 to 54 years................ 7,951 59.2 5.5 41.4 13.4 6.4 80.1 49.5 5.2 6.7 13.8 17.5 1.7
55 to 64 years................ 3,211 62.5 6.1 43.8 19.4 5.1 72.8 62.6 8.5 7.9 13.1 25.3 2.7
65 years and over............. 8,972 73.1 11.1 38.6 18.0 2.6 58.7 67.0 8.5 6.0 8.8 9.5 2.5
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF
HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65 YEARS
Total......................... 74,053 71.8 7.6 47.8 19.9 13.5 89.2 61.4 8.7 10.6 19.6 24.3 2.6
With labor force activity....... 64,091 75.3 7.7 49.8 21.0 15.1 92.2 62.8 8.9 11.0 21.1 25.4 2.6
With job entire period........ 58,644 77.3 8.0 50.8 21.9 15.9 93.0 64.4 9.3 11.3 22.0 26.4 2.8
With job part of period....... 3,819 57.8 5.2 43.9 11.6 8.1 89.2 49.5 4.7 8.9 12.4 14.7 1.2
No job during period, spend
time looking or on layoff.... 1,629 44.7 3.4 29.3 10.5 1.8 71.5 36.4 4.3 3.5 8.6 14.3 1.0
No labor force activity......... 9,962 49.7 6.5 34.8 12.8 3.3 69.8 52.6 7.5 8.6 10.3 17.3 2.1
MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Lowest quintile................. 18,977 43.2 2.3 31.0 5.8 6.6 58.4 43.8 4.4 3.7 4.4 5.1 0.6
Second quintile................. 18,912 65.8 5.1 44.0 11.5 8.7 87.0 55.7 6.0 7.0 10.4 12.2 1.2
Third quintile.................. 18,969 77.4 7.5 49.5 16.2 10.0 93.0 64.3 7.4 10.0 17.0 19.9 2.1
Fourth quintile................. 18,928 86.2 8.8 54.0 25.4 12.8 96.3 74.0 9.9 12.7 24.0 29.4 2.9
Highest quintile................ 18,905 93.4 21.3 51.8 44.8 20.5 97.4 86.0 17.6 20.0 34.6 48.1 7.0
HOUSEHOLD NET WORTH
Negative or zero................ 11,376 35.6 0.9 33.6 3.5 5.0 52.1 14.2 1.0 1.3 6.2 2.2 0.3
$1 to $4,999.................... 13,223 52.7 0.8 39.2 3.4 3.4 83.4 15.0 0.4 1.1 7.4 2.8 0.3
$5,000 to $9,999................ 6,183 70.2 3.1 47.6 7.6 7.0 91.2 38.2 1.9 2.4 12.7 7.9 0.2
$10,000 to $24,999.............. 10,591 73.0 2.9 50.8 13.6 6.9 90.5 66.7 2.7 5.3 16.4 13.4 1.3
$25,000 to $49,999.............. 11,603 76.4 4.4 52.8 17.6 10.2 92.0 83.2 5.7 8.9 18.8 18.6 1.5
$50,000 to $99,999.............. 14,769 83.7 6.3 50.9 22.5 12.3 91.7 89.5 9.0 12.3 23.6 27.2 2.4
$100,000 to $249,999............ 16,838 91.8 15.9 47.6 35.6 17.1 94.0 93.7 16.8 18.4 27.2 42.7 3.9
$250,000 to $499,999............ 6,687 92.8 29.5 45.8 50.0 26.6 94.4 94.6 27.0 27.7 26.2 54.6 9.0
$500,000 and over............... 3,420 96.1 50.0 45.2 63.7 36.8 96.2 95.7 39.7 38.3 26.0 62.7 18.3
REGION
Northeast....................... 19,007 78.4 9.7 41.9 24.4 11.0 78.4 62.7 9.8 8.6 24.7 27.7 1.9
Midwest......................... 24,376 76.6 9.8 48.5 21.9 12.7 88.0 68.4 9.5 9.8 21.1 25.0 2.9
South........................... 32,049 65.1 6.9 45.9 16.9 10.9 88.1 66.5 7.5 12.0 13.6 17.7 2.3
West............................ 19,260 77.1 10.8 47.2 22.0 12.5 89.5 59.0 10.2 11.7 15.2 24.2 4.3
TENURE
Owner........................... 61,283 81.5 11.9 50.1 26.9 14.3 93.4 100.0 12.5 14.1 22.6 30.6 3.6
Renter.......................... 33,409 57.9 3.7 38.5 9.5 6.9 73.7 0.0 2.8 4.3 9.7 8.8 1.3
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1/Includes passbook savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposits, and interest-earning checking accounts.
2/Includes money market funds, U.S. Government securities, municipal and corporate bonds, and other interest-earning assets.
3/Includes mortgage held form sales of real estate, amount dure from sale of a business, unit trust, and other financial investments.
4/Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: January 28, 2005
