U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Third Quarter 2008

Table 7. Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder: Third Quarter 2007 and 2008

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Age of householder Third Quarter 2007 Third Quarter 2008 90-percent confidence interval (±) (a)
of 2008 rate of difference
United States 68.2 67.9 0.5 0.4
Under 25 years 25.3 23.4 1.5 1.4
25 to 29 years 40.5 41.1 1.4 1.4
30 to 34 years 55.3 52.6 1.5 1.4
35 to 39 years 65.1 64.4 1.3 1.2
40 to 44 years 70.8 69.8 1.2 1.2
45 to 49 years 73.5 73.8 1.1 1.2
50 to 54 years 77.1 76.6 1.1 1.2
55 to 59 years 80.3 79.3 0.8 0.9
60 to 64 years 82.0 80.9 0.8 0.9
65 to 69 years 80.8 81.4 1.4 1.2
70 to 74 years 82.2 81.2 1.6 1.4
75 years and over 78.2 78.8 1.1 1.0
Under 35 years 42.0 41.0 0.9 0.8
35 to 44 years 68.1 67.2 0.9 0.9
45 to 54 years 75.2 75.2 0.8 0.8
55 to 64 years 81.1 80.0 0.6 0.6
65 years and over 79.9 80.1 0.8 0.7
Footnotes
In percent.
(a)  A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliablilty.  The larger the confidence interval is, in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division