Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1997 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Inside Metropolitan Areas........ 61.2 61.4 61.3 61.3 61.3 61.4 61.6 Akron, OH.......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........ 62.4 63.9 59.0 64.7 69.9 70.3 70.7 **Atlanta, GA........................ 57.5 58.5 61.0 61.5 61.0 62.3 62.8 **Austin-San Marcos, TX.............. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Baltimore, MD...................... 58.8 58.2 60.4 62.9 63.0 62.8 62.5 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ................. 58.6 59.5 61.2 60.9 61.4 61.5 61.8 **Birmingham, AL..................... 68.6 65.6 63.6 64.1 65.7 68.3 70.2 **Boston, MA-NH\1.................... 55.9 56.3 56.6 55.6 55.0 56.4 58.1 Buffalo, NY........................ 64.1 63.8 61.4 62.3 61.4 63.0 65.9 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 63.0 62.3 63.0 64.8 64.8 67.3 65.1 **Chicago, IL........................ 54.7 55.3 55.7 56.1 56.9 56.5 56.6 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN............... 63.8 64.5 62.7 60.9 57.9 59.5 61.0 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2...... 64.7 65.3 65.4 64.5 64.5 64.4 62.9 **Columbus, OH....................... 59.2 63.4 61.9 60.3 61.8 64.4 68.1 **Dallas, TX......................... 51.2 50.4 51.2 53.0 54.0 52.9 51.5 * Dayton-Springfield, OH............. 62.8 62.6 63.3 66.6 67.6 68.9 68.3 Denver, CO......................... 60.7 60.6 61.3 58.4 55.7 58.1 59.4 Detroit, MI........................ 70.5 71.3 72.3 72.7 71.4 69.2 69.3 **Fresno, CA......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3............... 74.3 69.7 66.1 68.2 68.2 67.1 68.3 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............ 64.8 62.0 63.7 66.8 61.4 66.2 65.5 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI.. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point,NC 68.2 69.1 66.9 67.2 68.2 67.6 68.8 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC NA NA NA NA NA NA NA * Hartford, CT....................... 68.3 64.9 62.2 63.9 65.5 59.4 60.3 Honolulu, HI....................... 50.0 50.3 52.2 52.2 52.9 53.3 52.6 **Houston, TX........................ 56.3 60.0 57.2 54.9 53.9 53.6 53.2 **Indianapolis, IN................... 61.4 63.8 59.2 56.7 55.3 56.1 59.6 Jacksonville, FL................... 61.0 60.5 57.4 58.5 61.0 59.2 63.2 **Kansas City, MO-KS................. 63.8 63.3 64.1 63.0 61.7 64.0 66.3 **Las Vegas, NV-AZ................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA......... 48.3 48.6 48.5 47.4 47.9 48.0 48.5 **Louisville, KY-IN.................. 66.4 70.6 72.8 69.6 69.3 68.6 66.1 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS.................. 60.2 61.7 61.2 61.6 60.8 58.9 58.7 * Miami, FL\4........................ 47.9 51.6 48.9 47.8 47.9 50.1 50.5 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ... 67.5 69.6 71.2 73.0 72.4 70.9 71.7 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5........... 65.9 68.7 68.9 71.9 72.2 70.7 66.5 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........ 64.2 65.8 64.5 62.4 62.5 63.0 61.5 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ................. 76.6 76.7 75.0 76.9 76.1 74.2 74.4 Nashville, TN...................... 60.6 58.5 55.6 53.9 57.3 54.1 56.8 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY................. 81.8 83.6 79.0 77.4 81.8 80.9 80.0 **New Orleans, LA.................... 59.9 58.5 56.7 56.7 59.9 58.0 53.1 New York, NY....................... 32.1 32.9 32.7 34.3 34.0 33.0 34.0 **Newark, NJ......................... 62.0 62.8 61.6 62.9 60.7 62.7 62.6 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,VA 57.2 58.6 62.5 63.4 62.6 63.0 64.1 * Oakland, CA........................ 57.0 59.1 59.4 56.2 54.2 53.9 52.2 Oklahoma City, OK.................. 67.8 69.8 68.8 67.5 65.1 61.9 61.0 **Omaha, NE-IA....................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA * Orange County, CA\6................ 57.3 59.4 55.7 52.9 55.1 57.4 58.4 **Orlando, FL........................ 71.2 69.4 67.0 67.2 66.8 65.4 61.0 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ................ 69.8 68.9 70.5 71.8 73.6 73.5 71.5 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7................. 61.8 62.5 66.1 65.4 64.3 65.4 68.7 **Pittsburgh, PA..................... 70.5 71.3 72.2 71.7 71.9 71.7 71.3 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........ 65.2 65.4 64.9 64.0 66.5 67.1 62.4 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI 63.0 61.2 62.2 62.4 59.5 59.2 58.3 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC..... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Richmond-Petersburg, VA............ 71.5 70.7 73.6 71.9 69.4 66.6 64.5 **Rochester, NY...................... 61.7 64.3 66.3 65.6 65.9 64.0 66.1 Sacramento, CA..................... 54.3 53.1 49.4 51.7 53.5 56.0 60.4 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT........... 71.2 71.7 70.8 72.8 73.6 73.8 71.1 **San Antonio, TX.................... 60.1 58.1 57.2 58.0 57.9 56.7 54.1 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA....... 65.9 64.9 66.6 65.3 60.0 60.1 63.8 * San Diego, CA...................... 53.6 55.0 51.7 48.7 51.2 54.8 55.5 San Francisco, CA.................. 48.7 48.2 52.8 52.3 48.8 53.8 53.5 * San Jose, CA....................... 50.9 55.4 61.2 63.4 63.2 62.4 63.7 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton..... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9..... 63.0 63.8 64.0 64.7 64.8 65.0 64.1 **St. Louis, MO-IL................... 64.8 62.1 59.3 58.5 59.4 60.7 60.5 **Syracuse, NY....................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 67.6 67.2 66.8 65.6 67.0 69.9 68.5 Tucson, AZ......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Tulsa, OK.......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Ventura, CA........................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10......... 60.2 61.9 62.4 63.0 63.2 62.4 62.8 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL..... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 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. NA Not Available \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. Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1997 - Continued 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 1997 Inside Metropolitan Areas........ 62.0 61.5 61.7 62.7 63.4 63.7 Akron, OH.......................... NA NA 64.5 63.6 65.4 63.3 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........ 69.2 68.9 66.8 64.7 64.4 70.5 **Atlanta, GA........................ 62.1 61.9 59.4 64.1 68.4 69.4 **Austin-San Marcos, TX.............. NA NA 56.5 60.1 56.7 52.3 Baltimore, MD...................... 61.9 61.8 61.9 64.4 65.6 71.6 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ................. 60.0 59.3 59.1 61.4 62.4 59.9 **Birmingham, AL..................... 70.4 70.0 70.6 67.4 64.8 65.0 **Boston, MA-NH\1.................... 57.9 57.4 57.5 59.2 60.2 59.5 Buffalo, NY........................ 65.2 64.7 62.9 64.1 66.4 67.7 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 64.3 63.7 68.0 72.6 72.9 74.5 **Chicago, IL........................ 56.0 55.3 57.4 64.6 65.8 65.4 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN............... 64.3 64.1 66.4 64.5 70.5 73.9 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2...... 62.5 62.1 63.7 70.2 74.0 72.6 **Columbus, OH....................... 66.5 66.1 62.0 58.9 58.6 56.1 **Dallas, TX......................... 52.9 52.2 53.6 58.7 60.3 59.0 * Dayton-Springfield, OH............. 66.3 65.8 63.7 61.1 59.5 63.0 Denver, CO......................... 61.1 60.7 61.7 65.9 65.5 67.5 Detroit, MI........................ 72.0 71.7 70.3 69.6 71.6 71.8 **Fresno, CA......................... NA NA 60.5 51.5 51.6 55.2 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3............... 69.7 69.4 69.0 68.8 67.5 67.8 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............ 60.5 60.0 58.4 59.9 60.3 60.5 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI.. NA NA 70.3 75.0 72.5 69.0 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point,NC 72.1 71.9 71.2 71.3 68.3 69.5 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC NA NA 71.6 69.8 71.5 73.0 * Hartford, CT....................... 59.2 58.7 61.2 66.1 66.5 66.2 Honolulu, HI....................... 52.4 51.9 51.5 49.1 49.1 48.5 **Houston, TX........................ 55.4 54.8 54.4 56.2 56.3 58.1 **Indianapolis, IN................... 59.5 59.0 57.3 63.7 69.6 71.0 Jacksonville, FL................... 62.1 61.7 63.9 66.6 66.6 67.4 **Kansas City, MO-KS................. 63.9 63.6 63.0 69.2 69.5 68.7 **Las Vegas, NV-AZ................... NA NA 50.3 55.1 56.8 57.2 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA......... 49.5 48.7 48.9 48.1 46.8 47.7 **Louisville, KY-IN.................. 67.4 67.1 69.5 69.9 71.2 72.9 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS.................. 55.9 55.3 52.8 61.6 61.3 55.5 * Miami, FL\4........................ 52.3 51.6 51.4 50.9 51.9 52.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ... 73.8 73.3 71.2 72.9 70.4 67.5 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5........... 61.7 61.2 59.5 62.4 62.4 63.3 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........ 60.1 59.7 62.5 66.6 71.3 71.9 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ................. 75.3 75.0 74.3 76.5 76.8 76.7 Nashville, TN...................... 54.2 53.8 56.3 62.5 66.5 69.8 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY................. 80.2 80.0 78.7 79.6 81.4 80.6 **New Orleans, LA.................... 52.1 51.6 56.5 58.3 59.8 61.1 New York, NY....................... 34.0 33.4 33.5 32.8 33.0 33.4 **Newark, NJ......................... 61.1 60.5 60.7 64.0 62.7 60.6 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,VA 64.9 64.5 64.7 62.5 65.6 61.8 * Oakland, CA........................ 56.3 55.7 58.1 57.0 57.2 59.3 Oklahoma City, OK.................. 66.2 65.6 68.2 69.6 66.9 65.0 **Omaha, NE-IA....................... NA NA 65.2 66.3 67.2 66.5 * Orange County, CA\6................ 59.7 58.7 58.6 58.8 61.5 64.6 **Orlando, FL........................ 60.6 60.2 59.6 61.7 66.5 62.5 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ................ 71.5 71.2 69.6 69.1 69.4 71.4 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7................. 70.3 69.7 69.5 66.2 65.1 65.5 **Pittsburgh, PA..................... 70.8 70.6 70.8 71.6 71.2 72.7 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........ 59.2 58.8 57.3 60.3 61.5 61.1 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI 59.6 59.2 57.8 56.9 57.0 59.5 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC..... NA NA 58.9 62.3 65.2 66.7 Richmond-Petersburg, VA............ 67.3 66.6 65.9 65.4 62.1 62.1 **Rochester, NY...................... 70.7 70.4 68.4 68.0 68.4 65.9 Sacramento, CA..................... 64.1 63.7 59.0 58.3 56.9 54.8 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT........... 69.9 69.4 71.4 74.4 75.9 74.3 **San Antonio, TX.................... 54.5 54.1 56.4 54.9 57.1 59.9 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA....... 65.3 64.7 62.6 61.8 62.9 60.9 * San Diego, CA...................... 56.1 55.4 56.6 57.8 54.9 55.2 San Francisco, CA.................. 50.3 49.9 47.9 53.8 50.4 48.9 * San Jose, CA....................... 64.2 63.7 60.7 58.7 59.6 63.8 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton..... NA NA 68.1 67.2 72.0 73.1 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9..... 65.0 64.5 63.4 61.0 62.5 63.1 **St. Louis, MO-IL................... 66.1 65.7 69.0 66.7 66.9 68.0 **Syracuse, NY....................... NA NA 68.5 64.7 61.7 62.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 67.2 66.9 66.0 68.1 68.0 68.7 Tucson, AZ......................... NA NA 57.8 54.9 51.7 54.4 Tulsa, OK.......................... NA NA 65.9 65.9 64.4 61.2 Ventura, CA........................ NA NA 60.7 69.5 69.3 67.6 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10......... 63.0 62.1 61.5 62.3 63.1 64.6 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL..... NA NA 72.3 74.9 73.3 69.2 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. NA Not Available \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.