Table 18.  Homeownership Rates for the South, by Age of Householder,
           and for Married-couple Families:  1982 to 1995          
                                                                         
                                                                         
                           1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989
                                                                         
South, total.............. 66.7  67.0  67.0  66.4  66.1  66.3  65.8  65.9
   Less than 25 years..... 23.5  23.4  21.8  21.4  22.6  19.9  19.1  19.8
   25 to 29 years......... 41.2  41.5  41.6  40.8  39.9  39.4  37.9  37.9
   30 to 34 years......... 58.3  56.2  56.8  55.8  54.9  54.9  54.5  53.6
   35 to 39 years......... 68.3  67.8  67.4  66.6  66.3  65.6  64.4  64.6
   40 to 44 years......... 73.4  74.3  74.1  72.7  71.6  72.5  72.2  69.9
   45 to 49 years......... 76.4  76.2  77.0  77.2  75.4  76.1  76.3  75.7
   50 to 54 years......... 80.2  80.3  80.2  79.6  80.0  79.0  79.4  79.9
   55 to 59 years......... 81.5  81.8  82.1  80.7  80.9  81.7  80.8  80.9
   60 to 64 years......... 82.6  82.7  82.6  82.8  82.6  82.4  81.1  82.0
   65 to 69 years......... 81.1  81.7  82.4  82.1  81.1  81.8  82.9  82.8
   70 to 74 years......... 78.6  79.2  79.7  81.5  82.6  82.9  81.4  82.6
   75 years and over...... 76.9  78.1  77.6  76.7  76.5  77.4  77.3  77.3
                                                                         
     Less than 35 years... 43.2  43.0  42.9  42.2  42.1  41.6  40.9  40.6
     35 to 44 years....... 70.7  70.8  70.5  69.4  68.7  68.8  68.0  67.2
     45 to 54 years....... 78.4  78.3  78.6  78.4  77.6  77.5  77.8  77.6
     55 to 64 years....... 82.0  82.3  82.4  81.8  81.7  82.1  80.9  81.4
     65 years and over.... 78.8  79.6  79.7  79.8  79.7  80.3  80.2  80.5
                                                                         
                                                                         
Married couple families... 78.7  78.8  78.8  78.7  78.9  79.3  79.6  78.8
                                                                        
   Less than 25 years..... 36.5  36.7  35.6  35.2  36.4  33.2  33.4  31.5 
   25 to 29 years......... 55.7  56.6  56.3  55.2  56.0  55.2  53.9  53.8 
   30 to 34 years......... 71.5  69.2  69.9  69.9  68.5  70.1  70.6  67.8 
   35 to 39 years......... 79.1  78.7  78.7  78.6  79.6  78.6  78.1  78.7 
   40 to 44 years......... 83.4  83.9  83.7  83.9  83.2  83.9  84.1  82.2 
   45 to 49 years......... 86.3  85.6  86.2  85.8  85.1  86.4  86.5  86.0 
   50 to 54 years......... 88.8  88.4  88.5  88.0  88.4  87.1  89.0  90.1 
   55 to 59 years......... 90.3  89.7  89.9  89.5  90.2  90.5  89.6  89.7 
   60 to 64 years......... 91.2  90.6  90.7  91.5  91.5  90.9  90.6  90.5 
   65 to 69 years......... 89.3  91.5  91.3  91.3  90.2  90.6  92.1  91.6 
   70 to 74 years......... 90.5  90.0  88.5  89.9  91.9  92.1  91.7  91.6 
   75 years and over...... 86.9  88.2  87.2  86.5  88.0  89.6  88.5  90.2 
                                                                          
     Less than 35 years... 58.5  58.5  58.7  58.3  58.5  58.8  59.0  57.0 
     35 to 44 years....... 81.1  81.1  81.0  81.0  81.2  81.1  80.9  80.4 
     45 to 54 years....... 87.6  87.0  87.3  86.9  86.7  86.7  87.7  87.9 
     55 to 64 years....... 90.7  90.2  90.3  90.5  90.9  90.7  90.1  90.1 
     65 years and over.... 88.9  90.0  89.2  89.4  90.0  90.7  90.9  91.1
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
                           1990  1991  1992  1993 1993/r  1994 1995     
                                                                      
South, total.............. 65.7  66.1  65.8  66.1  65.7  65.6  66.7  
                                                                    
   Less than 25 years..... 18.4  18.3  17.5  18.8  18.7  18.0  18.7
   25 to 29 years......... 37.2  35.7  36.2  35.8  35.4  35.1  36.8
   30 to 34 years......... 51.2  52.4  51.2  51.7  51.5  52.0  54.6
   35 to 39 years......... 63.9  62.6  60.2  61.9  61.5  61.7  63.4
   40 to 44 years......... 70.4  70.2  69.8  69.7  69.3  68.6  69.1
   45 to 49 years......... 75.0  74.9  75.0  74.4  74.2  74.3  73.9
   50 to 54 years......... 78.8  78.4  78.0  77.9  78.0  77.8  78.6
   55 to 59 years......... 80.2  81.3  80.6  80.5  80.7  79.6  80.6
   60 to 64 years......... 82.2  83.1  84.2  83.0  83.2  82.0  82.8
   65 to 69 years......... 82.5  84.3  83.0  83.3  83.2  83.2  84.2
   70 to 74 years......... 83.0  82.5  83.1  83.7  83.7  84.3  84.1
   75 years and over...... 78.7  79.4  78.7  78.4  78.4  79.4  80.5
                                                                   
     Less than 35 years... 39.3  39.4  39.1  39.4  39.0  38.8  40.6
     35 to 44 years....... 67.0  66.3  64.8  65.6  65.2  64.9  66.1
     45 to 54 years....... 76.7  76.5  76.3  76.0  75.9  75.9  76.0
     55 to 64 years....... 81.2  82.2  82.4  81.8  81.9  80.8  81.7
     65 years and over.... 81.0  81.7  81.2  81.3  81.3  81.9  82.6
                                                                   
                                                                   
Married couple families... 78.5  79.1  79.2  79.4  79.0  79.5  80.0
                                                                   
   Less than 25 years..... 30.5  31.0  29.7  31.1  31.0  31.9  31.2
   25 to 29 years......... 52.1  51.3  51.9  51.2  50.7  51.5  53.6
   30 to 34 years......... 65.8  67.4  67.1  67.4  67.0  67.8  69.8
   35 to 39 years......... 77.3  76.4  75.0  76.6  76.3  76.8  77.1
   40 to 44 years......... 82.7  82.7  81.6  82.0  81.9  81.9  82.2
   45 to 49 years......... 85.8  85.1  86.0  85.4  85.3  85.8  85.2
   50 to 54 years......... 87.4  88.2  88.2  87.5  87.4  87.9  88.6
   55 to 59 years......... 89.9  90.8  89.8  90.4  90.4  89.4  89.8
   60 to 64 years......... 91.5  91.8  93.4  92.6  92.6  91.2  91.2
   65 to 69 years......... 92.2  93.6  93.4  93.3  93.2  93.5  93.2
   70 to 74 years......... 92.7  92.8  93.2  93.0  92.8  93.9  94.5
   75 years and over...... 90.8  90.7  89.5  90.1  90.0  90.2  92.2
                                                                   
     Less than 35 years... 55.5  56.5  56.6  56.5  56.0  57.1  58.6
     35 to 44 years....... 79.9  79.5  78.3  79.2  79.0  79.2  79.5
     45 to 54 years....... 86.5  86.5  86.9  86.3  86.2  86.8  86.7
     55 to 64 years....... 90.7  91.3  91.6  91.5  91.5  90.2  90.5
     65 years and over.... 91.9  92.4  92.0  92.1  92.0  92.5  93.2
                                                                   
rRevised.