Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 2002
 
 
                                         1986     1987     1988     1989     1990     1991
 
 
    Inside Metropolitan Areas........    61.2     61.4     61.3     61.3     61.3     61.4
 
  Akron, OH..........................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
**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
**Austin-San Marcos, TX..............       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
  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
**Fresno, CA.........................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
* 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
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI..       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point    68.2     69.1     66.9     67.2     68.2     67.6
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
* 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
**Las Vegas, NV-AZ...................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
* 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    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
**Omaha, NE-IA.......................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
* 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
 
Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 2002 - Contin
 
 
                                         1986     1987     1988     1989     1990     1991
 
 
**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    63.0     61.2     62.2     62.4     59.5     59.2
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC.....       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
  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
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton.....       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
**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
**Syracuse, NY.......................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.    67.6     67.2     66.8     65.6     67.0     69.9
  Tucson, AZ.........................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
  Tulsa, OK..........................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
  Ventura, CA........................       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.........    60.2     61.9     62.4     63.0     63.2     62.4
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.....       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA       NA
 
Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 2002 - Contin
 
 
                                         1992     1993    1993/r    1994     1995     1996
 
 
    Inside Metropolitan Areas........    61.6     62.0     61.5     61.7     62.7     63.4
 
  Akron, OH..........................       NA       NA       NA    64.5     63.6     65.4
**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
**Austin-San Marcos, TX..............       NA       NA       NA    56.5     60.1     56.7
  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
**Fresno, CA.........................       NA       NA       NA    60.5     51.5     51.6
* 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
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI..       NA       NA       NA    70.3     75.0     72.5
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point    68.8     72.1     71.9     71.2     71.3     68.3
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC       NA       NA       NA    71.6     69.8     71.5
* 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
**Las Vegas, NV-AZ...................       NA       NA       NA    50.3     55.1     56.8
* 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    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
**Omaha, NE-IA.......................       NA       NA       NA    65.2     66.3     67.2
* 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
 
Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 2002 - Contin
 
 
                                         1992     1993    1993/r    1994     1995     1996
 
 
**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    58.3     59.6     59.2     57.8     56.9     57.0
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC.....       NA       NA       NA    58.9     62.3     65.2
  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
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton.....       NA       NA       NA    68.1     67.2     72.0
**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
**Syracuse, NY.......................       NA       NA       NA    68.5     64.7     61.7
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.    68.5     67.2     66.9     66.0     68.1     68.0
  Tucson, AZ.........................       NA       NA       NA    57.8     54.9     51.7
  Tulsa, OK..........................       NA       NA       NA    65.9     65.9     64.4
  Ventura, CA........................       NA       NA       NA    60.7     69.5     69.3
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.........    62.8     63.0     62.1     61.5     62.3     63.1
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.....       NA       NA       NA    72.3     74.9     73.3
 
Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 2002 - Contin
 
 
                                         1997     1998     1999     2000     2001     2002
 
 
    Inside Metropolitan Areas........    63.7     64.2     64.7     65.5     66.1     66.1
 
  Akron, OH..........................    63.3     65.2     66.9     63.6     63.8     65.3
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........    70.5     71.5     73.1     71.1     70.0     74.9
**Atlanta, GA........................    69.4     67.9     69.0     67.7     66.6     68.9
**Austin-San Marcos, TX..............    52.3     54.8     53.2     54.7     57.7     56.3
  Baltimore, MD......................    71.6     68.0     68.4     68.2     68.0     71.8
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ.................    59.9     61.2     63.9     63.2     64.7     64.5
**Birmingham, AL.....................    65.0     66.6     70.5     69.9     70.8     68.5
**Boston, MA-NH\1....................    59.5     58.3     58.3     58.7     59.0     59.8
  Buffalo, NY........................    67.7     67.6     67.7     72.5     75.1     72.6
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC    74.5     74.7     72.5     75.8     73.6     73.1
**Chicago, IL........................    65.4     65.4     65.2     66.4     67.8     67.8
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN...............    73.9     75.0     73.1     72.5     71.6     72.0
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2......    72.6     73.0     72.1     72.0     72.8     73.0
**Columbus, OH.......................    56.1     60.0     57.9     61.6     64.7     67.8
**Dallas, TX.........................    59.0     58.9     61.1     62.4     62.8     61.5
* Dayton-Springfield, OH.............    63.0     63.2     63.1     62.8     61.2     63.8
  Denver, CO.........................    67.5     68.5     68.9     68.2     67.7     69.3
  Detroit, MI........................    71.8     72.8     74.2     75.3     76.1     75.5
**Fresno, CA.........................    55.2     54.3     53.8     56.2     63.3     64.9
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3...............    67.8     68.3     71.7     76.3     76.1     73.6
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............    60.5     58.3     58.2     62.4     62.3     61.4
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI..    69.0     72.5     79.8     80.1     78.9     72.6
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point    69.5     68.0     67.6     68.9     70.4     70.3
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC    73.0     74.9     76.0     76.5     75.9     74.1
* Hartford, CT.......................    66.2     66.2     66.7     69.7     70.0     65.2
  Honolulu, HI.......................    48.5     51.2     56.0     56.8     55.4     56.4
**Houston, TX........................    58.1     59.6     57.4     53.6     55.9     56.7
**Indianapolis, IN...................    71.0     68.5     67.1     67.5     70.9     74.3
  Jacksonville, FL...................    67.4     67.5     66.5     70.4     68.4     65.9
**Kansas City, MO-KS.................    68.7     66.2     68.6     73.6     75.0     75.1
**Las Vegas, NV-AZ...................    57.2     57.4     60.8     61.9     62.1     62.3
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.........    47.7     48.1     48.1     49.0     50.1     50.6
**Louisville, KY-IN..................    72.9     70.9     68.2     70.2     75.7     73.2
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS..................    55.5     59.7     59.8     61.1     66.4     66.0
* Miami, FL\4........................    52.7     53.1     53.7     56.2     58.8     55.4
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ...    67.5     66.4     66.9     69.7     69.7     67.4
  Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5...........    63.3     64.4     64.3     67.5     66.4     67.6
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........    71.9     72.2     73.4     73.1     73.5     74.1
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ.................    76.7     79.8     83.8     83.5     85.1     85.7
  Nashville, TN......................    69.8     70.4     69.6     67.9     67.7     69.3
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY.................    80.6     80.8     78.6     79.7     82.6     84.3
**New Orleans, LA....................    61.1     58.2     57.5     64.6     62.0     59.9
  New York, NY.......................    33.4     34.0     33.9     34.1     33.4     34.7
**Newark, NJ.........................    60.6     59.6     59.2     60.3     61.3     63.6
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News    61.8     63.8     64.2     70.1     71.5     74.5
* Oakland, CA........................    59.3     62.0     61.1     60.3     58.5     60.5
  Oklahoma City, OK..................    65.0     69.2     68.3     70.5     69.1     68.4
**Omaha, NE-IA.......................    66.5     66.8     67.6     69.6     67.6     67.7
* Orange County, CA\6................    64.6     63.2     60.9     62.3     65.8     65.8
**Orlando, FL........................    62.5     62.3     62.4     60.5     63.0     65.5
 
Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 2002 - Contin
 
 
                                         1997     1998     1999     2000     2001     2002
 
 
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ................    71.4     72.2     74.8     74.7     73.6     73.8
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7.................    65.5     66.6     68.7     70.7     69.2     69.2
**Pittsburgh, PA.....................    72.7     73.9     73.2     71.8     71.8     71.7
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........    61.1     62.7     60.9     62.1     65.3     65.9
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI    59.5     59.4     60.0     61.2     59.6     59.6
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC.....    66.7     64.7     65.1     65.6     62.9     63.8
  Richmond-Petersburg, VA............    62.1     63.6     70.9     74.1     76.2     70.6
**Rochester, NY......................    65.9     61.7     60.2     65.2     63.8     64.9
  Sacramento, CA.....................    54.8     58.7     59.2     61.6     66.4     64.9
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT...........    74.3     73.0     73.9     72.1     72.9     75.2
**San Antonio, TX....................    59.9     62.2     64.4     66.6     67.4     68.8
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.......    60.9     61.9     62.3     62.6     62.4     63.4
* San Diego, CA......................    55.2     55.7     56.0     59.1     64.0     63.3
  San Francisco, CA..................    48.9     49.0     51.3     48.9     48.6     46.3
* San Jose, CA.......................    63.8     63.7     57.8     60.9     63.0     57.5
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton.....    73.1     71.4     72.6     71.8     73.3     72.3
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.....    63.1     66.3     66.9     63.4     66.0     64.4
**St. Louis, MO-IL...................    68.0     69.9     71.7     70.6     70.9     72.8
**Syracuse, NY.......................    62.7     64.1     60.4     59.2     59.2     59.0
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.    68.7     70.0     69.9     70.0     70.7     70.5
  Tucson, AZ.........................    54.4     60.3     62.0     60.5     64.4     61.3
  Tulsa, OK..........................    61.2     60.1     63.9     65.2     66.1     61.9
  Ventura, CA........................    67.6     65.7     63.3     66.2     74.4     70.5
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.........    64.6     64.5     65.6     67.1     69.5     69.1
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.....    69.2     69.5     73.7     71.3     68.8     68.4
 
 
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.