Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1995 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Metropolitan area Inside Metropolitan Areas............... 61.2 61.4 61.3 61.3 61.3 61.4 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............... 62.4 63.9 59.0 64.7 69.9 70.3 **Atlanta, GA............................... 57.5 58.5 61.0 61.5 61.0 62.3 Baltimore, MD............................. 58.8 58.2 60.4 62.9 63.0 62.8 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ........................ 58.6 59.5 61.2 60.9 61.4 61.5 **Birmingham, AL............................ 68.6 65.6 63.6 64.1 65.7 68.3 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................... 55.9 56.3 56.6 55.6 55.0 56.4 Buffalo, NY............................... 64.1 63.8 61.4 62.3 61.4 63.0 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC....... 63.0 62.3 63.0 64.8 64.8 67.3 **Chicago, IL............................... 54.7 55.3 55.7 56.1 56.9 56.5 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN...................... 63.8 64.5 62.7 60.9 57.9 59.5 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2............. 64.7 65.3 65.4 64.5 64.5 64.4 **Columbus, OH.............................. 59.2 63.4 61.9 60.3 61.8 64.4 **Dallas, TX................................ 51.2 50.4 51.2 53.0 54.0 52.9 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................... 62.8 62.6 63.3 66.6 67.6 68.9 Denver, CO................................ 60.7 60.6 61.3 58.4 55.7 58.1 Detroit, MI............................... 70.5 71.3 72.3 72.7 71.4 69.2 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3...................... 74.3 69.7 66.1 68.2 68.2 67.1 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................... 64.8 62.0 63.7 66.8 61.4 66.2 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC... 68.2 69.1 66.9 67.2 68.2 67.6 * Hartford, CT.............................. 68.3 64.9 62.2 63.9 65.5 59.4 Honolulu, HI.............................. 50.0 50.3 52.2 52.2 52.9 53.3 **Houston, TX............................... 56.3 60.0 57.2 54.9 53.9 53.6 **Indianapolis, IN.......................... 61.4 63.8 59.2 56.7 55.3 56.1 Jacksonville, FL.......................... 61.0 60.5 57.4 58.5 61.0 59.2 **Kansas City, MO-KS........................ 63.8 63.3 64.1 63.0 61.7 64.0 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA................ 48.3 48.6 48.5 47.4 47.9 48.0 **Louisville, KY-IN......................... 66.4 70.6 72.8 69.6 69.3 68.6 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS......................... 60.2 61.7 61.2 61.6 60.8 58.9 * Miami, FL\4............................... 47.9 51.6 48.9 47.8 47.9 50.1 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ.......... 67.5 69.6 71.2 73.0 72.4 70.9 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.................. 65.9 68.7 68.9 71.9 72.2 70.7 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............... 64.2 65.8 64.5 62.4 62.5 63.0 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ........................ 76.6 76.7 75.0 76.9 76.1 74.2 Nashville, TN............................. 60.6 58.5 55.6 53.9 57.3 54.1 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY........................ 81.8 83.6 79.0 77.4 81.8 80.9 **New Orleans, LA........................... 59.9 58.5 56.7 56.7 59.9 58.0 New York, NY.............................. 32.1 32.9 32.7 34.3 34.0 33.0 **Newark, NJ................................ 62.0 62.8 61.6 62.9 60.7 62.7 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA... 57.2 58.6 62.5 63.4 62.6 63.0 * Oakland, CA............................... 57.0 59.1 59.4 56.2 54.2 53.9 Oklahoma City, OK......................... 67.8 69.8 68.8 67.5 65.1 61.9 * Orange County, CA\6....................... 57.3 59.4 55.7 52.9 55.1 57.4 **Orlando, FL............................... 71.2 69.4 67.0 67.2 66.8 65.4 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ....................... 69.8 68.9 70.5 71.8 73.6 73.5 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7........................ 61.8 62.5 66.1 65.4 64.3 65.4 **Pittsburgh, PA............................ 70.5 71.3 72.2 71.7 71.9 71.7 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............... 65.2 65.4 64.9 64.0 66.5 67.1 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.... 63.0 61.2 62.2 62.4 59.5 59.2 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................... 71.5 70.7 73.6 71.9 69.4 66.6 **Rochester, NY............................. 61.7 64.3 66.3 65.6 65.9 64.0 Sacramento, CA............................ 54.3 53.1 49.4 51.7 53.5 56.0 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.................. 71.2 71.7 70.8 72.8 73.6 73.8 **San Antonio, TX........................... 60.1 58.1 57.2 58.0 57.9 56.7 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.............. 65.9 64.9 66.6 65.3 60.0 60.1 * San Diego, CA............................. 53.6 55.0 51.7 48.7 51.2 54.8 San Francisco, CA......................... 48.7 48.2 52.8 52.3 48.8 53.8 * San Jose, CA.............................. 50.9 55.4 61.2 63.4 63.2 62.4 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9............ 63.0 63.8 64.0 64.7 64.8 65.0 **St. Louis, MO-IL.......................... 64.8 62.1 59.3 58.5 59.4 60.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL........ 67.6 67.2 66.8 65.6 67.0 69.9 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10................ 60.2 61.9 62.4 63.0 63.2 62.4 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 Metropolitan area Inside Metropolitan Areas............... 61.6 62.0 61.5 61.7 62.7 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............... 70.7 69.2 68.9 66.8 64.7 **Atlanta, GA............................... 62.8 62.1 61.9 59.4 64.1 Baltimore, MD............................. 62.5 61.9 61.8 61.9 64.4 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ........................ 61.8 60.0 59.3 59.1 61.4 **Birmingham, AL............................ 70.2 70.4 70.0 70.6 67.4 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................... 58.1 57.9 57.4 57.5 59.2 Buffalo, NY............................... 65.9 65.2 64.7 62.9 64.1 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC....... 65.1 64.3 63.7 68.0 72.6 **Chicago, IL............................... 56.6 56.0 55.3 57.4 64.6 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN...................... 61.0 64.3 64.1 66.4 64.5 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2............. 62.9 62.5 62.1 63.7 70.2 **Columbus, OH.............................. 68.1 66.5 66.1 62.0 58.9 **Dallas, TX................................ 51.5 52.9 52.2 53.6 58.7 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................... 68.3 66.3 65.8 63.7 61.1 Denver, CO................................ 59.4 61.1 60.7 61.7 65.9 Detroit, MI............................... 69.3 72.0 71.7 70.3 69.6 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3...................... 68.3 69.7 69.4 69.0 68.8 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................... 65.5 60.5 60.0 58.4 59.9 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC... 68.8 72.1 71.9 71.2 71.3 * Hartford, CT.............................. 60.3 59.2 58.7 61.2 66.1 Honolulu, HI.............................. 52.6 52.4 51.9 51.5 49.1 **Houston, TX............................... 53.2 55.4 54.8 54.4 56.2 **Indianapolis, IN.......................... 59.6 59.5 59.0 57.3 63.7 Jacksonville, FL.......................... 63.2 62.1 61.7 63.9 66.6 **Kansas City, MO-KS........................ 66.3 63.9 63.6 63.0 69.2 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA................ 48.5 49.5 48.7 48.9 48.1 **Louisville, KY-IN......................... 66.1 67.4 67.1 69.5 69.9 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS......................... 58.7 55.9 55.3 52.8 61.6 * Miami, FL\4............................... 50.5 52.3 51.6 51.4 50.9 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ.......... 71.7 73.8 73.3 71.2 72.9 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.................. 66.5 61.7 61.2 59.5 62.4 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............... 61.5 60.1 59.7 62.5 66.6 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ........................ 74.4 75.3 75.0 74.3 76.5 Nashville, TN............................. 56.8 54.2 53.8 56.3 62.5 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY........................ 80.0 80.2 80.0 78.7 79.6 **New Orleans, LA........................... 53.1 52.1 51.6 56.5 58.3 New York, NY.............................. 34.0 34.0 33.4 33.5 32.8 **Newark, NJ................................ 62.6 61.1 60.5 60.7 64.0 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA... 64.1 64.9 64.5 64.7 62.5 * Oakland, CA............................... 52.2 56.3 55.7 58.1 57.0 Oklahoma City, OK......................... 61.0 66.2 65.6 68.2 69.6 * Orange County, CA\6....................... 58.4 59.7 58.7 58.6 58.8 **Orlando, FL............................... 61.0 60.6 60.2 59.6 61.7 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ....................... 71.5 71.5 71.2 69.6 69.1 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7........................ 68.7 70.3 69.7 69.5 66.2 **Pittsburgh, PA............................ 71.3 70.8 70.6 70.8 71.6 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............... 62.4 59.2 58.8 57.3 60.3 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.... 58.3 59.6 59.2 57.8 56.9 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................... 64.5 67.3 66.6 65.9 65.4 **Rochester, NY............................. 66.1 70.7 70.4 68.4 68.0 Sacramento, CA............................ 60.4 64.1 63.7 59.0 58.3 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.................. 71.1 69.9 69.4 71.4 74.4 **San Antonio, TX........................... 54.1 54.5 54.1 56.4 54.9 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.............. 63.8 65.3 64.7 62.6 61.8 * San Diego, CA............................. 55.5 56.1 55.4 56.6 57.8 San Francisco, CA......................... 53.5 50.3 49.9 47.9 53.8 * San Jose, CA.............................. 63.7 64.2 63.7 60.7 58.7 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9............ 64.1 65.0 64.5 63.4 61.0 **St. Louis, MO-IL.......................... 60.5 66.1 65.7 69.0 66.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL........ 68.5 67.2 66.9 66.0 68.1 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10................ 62.8 63.0 62.1 61.5 62.3 * Boundaries did not change as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more central city/cities added or deleted. ** Boundaries changed as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more county/counties added or deleted. Note to data users: An error was found in the 1994 geographic conversions of metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data to reflect 1980 definitions. A similar error was found in the January 1995 data. The corrected rates are shown above as of May 1996. Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. Note: Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. \1 Formerly titled Boston, MA. \2 Includes former Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA \3 Formerly titled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL. \4 Formerly titled Miami-Hialeh, FL. \5 Formerly titled Milwaukee, WI. \6 Formerly titled Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA. \7 Formerly titled Phoenix, AZ. \8 Formerly titled Portland, OR. \9 Formerly titled Seattle, WA. \10 Formerly titled Washington, DC-MD-VA. rRevised.