Table 12.  Homeownership Rates by Area:  1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, and 1980 to 1995 
                                                                          
                                                                             
                                1960   1965   1970   1975   1980   1981   1982
                                                                             
                                                                            
United States.................  62.1   63.3   64.2   64.6   65.6   65.4   64.8
  Inside Metropolitan Areas/1.   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    In central cities/1.......   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    Not in central cities                                                      
    (suburbs)/1...............   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
                                                                               
  Northeast...................  55.5   57.7   58.1   59.2   60.8   60.8   61.1 
  Midwest.....................  66.4   68.6   69.5   70.2   69.8   69.7   69.4 
  South.......................  63.4   64.4   66.0   66.0   68.7   68.2   66.7 
  West........................  62.2   59.3   60.0   60.8   60.0   60.2   59.4 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                1983   1984   1985   1986   1987   1988   1989 
                                                                               
                                                                               
United States.................  64.6   64.5   63.9   63.8   64.0   63.8   63.9
  Inside Metropolitan Areas/1.   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)  61.2   61.4   61.3   61.3
    In central cities/1.......   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)  48.5   48.7   48.3   48.7
    Not in central cities                                                     
    (suburbs)/1...............   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)  70.8   70.8   70.6   70.2
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)  72.3   72.8   72.6   72.8
                                                                              
  Northeast...................  61.5   61.2   60.8   61.4   61.7   61.3   62.0
  Midwest.....................  69.3   68.4   66.9   66.9   67.3   67.5   67.7
  South.......................  67.0   67.0   66.4   66.1   66.3   65.8   65.9
  West........................  58.2   58.5   59.0   58.3   58.4   58.5   57.8
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                             
                                1990   1991   1992   1993  1993/r  1994   1995
                                                                              
                                                                              
United States.................  63.9   64.1   64.1   64.5   64.0   64.0   64.7
  Inside Metropolitan Areas/1.  61.3   61.4   61.6   62.0   61.5   61.7   62.7
    In central cities/1.......  48.7   48.7   49.3   49.2   48.6   48.5   49.5
    Not in central cities                                                     
    (suburbs)/1...............  70.1   70.2   70.1   70.7   70.3   70.3   71.2
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1  73.2   73.2   72.8   72.9   72.6   72.0   72.7
                                                                              
  Northeast...................  62.6   62.3   62.5   62.4   61.8   61.5   62.0
  Midwest.....................  67.5   67.2   67.2   67.4   67.1   67.7   69.2
  South.......................  65.7   66.1   65.8   66.1   65.7   65.6   66.7
  West........................  58.0   58.6   59.3   60.4   59.9   59.4   59.2
                                                                             
Note to data users: An error was found in the 1994 geographic conversions of
metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data to reflect 1980 definitions.  A similar error
was found in the January 1995 data.  The corrected rates are shown above as of
May 1996. Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan
definitions, while 1995 data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan
definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. 
                                                                             
NA Not available.                                                            
rRevised.                                                                    
1Rates for 1986 to 1994 are not comparable to earlier years.  Rates for 1995
  and later are later and not directly comparable to earlier years. See
  Source and Accuracy section for explanation.