Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  Second Quarter:  2004 and 2005



                                          90-percent       90-percent

                        Second   Second   confidence       confidence

Age of householder      Quarter  Quarter  interval (±)<sup>a</sup>    interval (±)<sup>a</sup>

                         2004     2005    of 2005 rate     of difference



United States.......      69.2     68.6       0.5           0.4



    Under 25 years..      25.7     25.9       1.5           1.4

    25 to 29 years..      40.8     39.9       1.5           1.4

    30 to 34 years..      57.6     56.8       1.4           1.3

    35 to 39 years..      66.1     65.8       1.3           1.2

    40 to 44 years..      72.3     71.3       1.2           1.1

    45 to 49 years..      77.1     74.9       1.1           1.2

    50 to 54 years..      76.8     77.9       1.1           1.2

    55 to 59 years..      81.6     81.0       0.8           0.9

    60 to 64 years..      83.4     81.8       0.9           0.9

    65 to 69 years..      83.5     81.8       1.5           1.3

    70 to 74 years..      83.5     83.2       1.5           1.3

    75 years and over..   78.8     78.2       1.1           1.0



     Under 35 years..     43.6     42.8       0.9           0.8

     35 to 44 years..     69.4     68.7       0.9           0.8

     45 to 54 years..     77.0     76.3       0.8           0.8

     55 to 64 years..     82.4     81.3       0.6           0.6

     65 years and over..  81.1     80.3       0.8           0.7



<sup>a</sup>A 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.