Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1996 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 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 1996 Inside Metropolitan Areas............. 61.6 62.0 61.5 61.7 62.7 63.4 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 70.7 69.2 68.9 66.8 64.7 64.4 **Atlanta, GA............................. 62.8 62.1 61.9 59.4 64.1 68.4 Baltimore, MD........................... 62.5 61.9 61.8 61.9 64.4 65.6 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 61.8 60.0 59.3 59.1 61.4 62.4 **Birmingham, AL.......................... 70.2 70.4 70.0 70.6 67.4 64.8 **Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 58.1 57.9 57.4 57.5 59.2 60.2 Buffalo, NY............................. 65.9 65.2 64.7 62.9 64.1 66.4 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 65.1 64.3 63.7 68.0 72.6 72.9 **Chicago, IL............................. 56.6 56.0 55.3 57.4 64.6 65.8 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 61.0 64.3 64.1 66.4 64.5 70.5 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 62.9 62.5 62.1 63.7 70.2 74.0 **Columbus, OH............................ 68.1 66.5 66.1 62.0 58.9 58.6 **Dallas, TX.............................. 51.5 52.9 52.2 53.6 58.7 60.3 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 68.3 66.3 65.8 63.7 61.1 59.5 Denver, CO.............................. 59.4 61.1 60.7 61.7 65.9 65.5 Detroit, MI............................. 69.3 72.0 71.7 70.3 69.6 71.6 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 68.3 69.7 69.4 69.0 68.8 67.5 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 65.5 60.5 60.0 58.4 59.9 60.3 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 68.8 72.1 71.9 71.2 71.3 68.3 * Hartford, CT............................ 60.3 59.2 58.7 61.2 66.1 66.5 Honolulu, HI............................ 52.6 52.4 51.9 51.5 49.1 49.1 **Houston, TX............................. 53.2 55.4 54.8 54.4 56.2 56.3 **Indianapolis, IN........................ 59.6 59.5 59.0 57.3 63.7 69.6 Jacksonville, FL........................ 63.2 62.1 61.7 63.9 66.6 66.6 **Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 66.3 63.9 63.6 63.0 69.2 69.5 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 48.5 49.5 48.7 48.9 48.1 46.8 **Louisville, KY-IN....................... 66.1 67.4 67.1 69.5 69.9 71.2 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 58.7 55.9 55.3 52.8 61.6 61.3 * Miami, FL\4............................. 50.5 52.3 51.6 51.4 50.9 51.9 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 71.7 73.8 73.3 71.2 72.9 70.4 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 66.5 61.7 61.2 59.5 62.4 62.4 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 61.5 60.1 59.7 62.5 66.6 71.3 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 74.4 75.3 75.0 74.3 76.5 76.8 Nashville, TN........................... 56.8 54.2 53.8 56.3 62.5 66.5 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 80.0 80.2 80.0 78.7 79.6 81.4 **New Orleans, LA......................... 53.1 52.1 51.6 56.5 58.3 59.8 New York, NY............................ 34.0 34.0 33.4 33.5 32.8 33.0 **Newark, NJ.............................. 62.6 61.1 60.5 60.7 64.0 62.7 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 64.1 64.9 64.5 64.7 62.5 65.6 * Oakland, CA............................. 52.2 56.3 55.7 58.1 57.0 57.2 Oklahoma City, OK....................... 61.0 66.2 65.6 68.2 69.6 66.9 * Orange County, CA\6..................... 58.4 59.7 58.7 58.6 58.8 61.5 **Orlando, FL............................. 61.0 60.6 60.2 59.6 61.7 66.5 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 71.5 71.5 71.2 69.6 69.1 69.4 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 68.7 70.3 69.7 69.5 66.2 65.1 **Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 71.3 70.8 70.6 70.8 71.6 71.2 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 62.4 59.2 58.8 57.3 60.3 61.5 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 58.3 59.6 59.2 57.8 56.9 57.0 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 64.5 67.3 66.6 65.9 65.4 62.1 **Rochester, NY........................... 66.1 70.7 70.4 68.4 68.0 68.4 Sacramento, CA.......................... 60.4 64.1 63.7 59.0 58.3 56.9 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 71.1 69.9 69.4 71.4 74.4 75.9 **San Antonio, TX......................... 54.1 54.5 54.1 56.4 54.9 57.1 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 63.8 65.3 64.7 62.6 61.8 62.9 * San Diego, CA........................... 55.5 56.1 55.4 56.6 57.8 54.9 San Francisco, CA....................... 53.5 50.3 49.9 47.9 53.8 50.4 * San Jose, CA............................ 63.7 64.2 63.7 60.7 58.7 59.6 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 64.1 65.0 64.5 63.4 61.0 62.5 **St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 60.5 66.1 65.7 69.0 66.7 66.9 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 68.5 67.2 66.9 66.0 68.1 68.0 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 62.8 63.0 62.1 61.5 62.3 63.1 Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 and later data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. rRevised. * 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. \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.