Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas:  1986 to 1996


                                              1986     1987     1988     1989     1990     1991


    Inside Metropolitan Areas.............    61.2     61.4     61.3     61.3     61.3     61.4

**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
  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
* 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
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC.    68.2     69.1     66.9     67.2     68.2     67.6
* 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
* 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, VA.    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
* 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
**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-MA..    63.0     61.2     62.2     62.4     59.5     59.2
  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
**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
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL......    67.6     67.2     66.8     65.6     67.0     69.9
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10..............    60.2     61.9     62.4     63.0     63.2     62.4


                                              1992     1993   1993/r     1994     1995     1996

    Inside Metropolitan Areas.............    61.6     62.0     61.5     61.7     62.7     63.4

**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
  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
* 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
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC.    68.8     72.1     71.9     71.2     71.3     68.3
* 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
* 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, VA.    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
* 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
**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-MA..    58.3     59.6     59.2     57.8     56.9     57.0
  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
**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
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL......    68.5     67.2     66.9     66.0     68.1     68.0
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10..............    62.8     63.0     62.1     61.5     62.3     63.1

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.

\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.