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




Annual Statistics: 2007


Table B-6.  Confidence Intervals of Standard Errors of Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder,
  and for Married-Couple families for the Regions:  2007

                               90-Percent Confidence Interval (+/-)\1 of Estimated Homeownership Rate for:

                                    Northeast       Midwest          South           West


Total..........................           0.8           0.9            0.8            1.1
   Less than 25 years..........           2.9           2.2            1.8            2.2
   25 to 29 years..............           2.6           2.2            1.7            2.2
   30 to 34 years..............           2.6           2.2            1.7            2.2
   35 to 39 years..............           2.4           2.0            1.7            2.1
   40 to 44 years..............           2.2           1.8            1.6            2.1
   45 to 49 years..............           1.9           1.6            1.4            1.8
   50 to 54 years..............           2.0           1.6            1.3            1.9
   55 to 59 years..............           1.3           1.0            0.8            1.2
   60 to 64 years..............           1.4           1.1            0.9            1.3
   65 to 69 years..............           2.8           2.3            1.7            2.6
   70 to 74 years..............           3.2           2.6            1.7            2.9
   75 years and over...........           2.1           1.8            1.3            2.1

     Less than 35 years........           1.6           1.3            1.0            1.3
     35 to 44 years............           2.1           1.8            1.5            1.9
     45 to 54 years............           1.4           1.1            1.0            1.3
     55 to 64 years............           1.0           0.8            0.6            0.9
     65 years and over.........           1.5           1.3            0.9            1.4


Married-couple families........           0.9           0.8            0.9            1.3
   Less than 25 years..........           9.2           6.1            4.4            5.2
   25 to 29 years..............           4.7           3.3            2.6            3.5
   30 to 34 years..............           3.4           2.4            2.2            2.9
   35 to 39 years..............           3.5           2.0            1.8            2.6
   40 to 44 years..............           3.0           1.7            1.7            2.3
   45 to 49 years..............           2.0           1.4            1.3            2.0
   50 to 54 years..............           2.0           1.3            1.3            1.9
   55 to 59 years..............           1.2           0.9            0.8            1.2
   60 to 64 years..............           1.4           0.9            0.8            1.2
   65 to 69 years..............           3.0           1.8            1.3            2.4
   70 to 74 years..............           3.6           2.1            1.5            3.0
   75 years and over...........           2.9           2.0            1.6            2.5
                                                        0.0            0.0            0.0
     Less than 35 years........           2.7           1.9            1.6            2.1
     35 to 44 years............           2.3           1.7            1.6            2.2
     45 to 54 years............           1.4           1.0            0.9            1.4
     55 to 64 years............           0.9           0.6            0.6            0.9
     65 years and over.........           1.8           1.1            0.9            1.5


\1 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability.  The larger the confidence interval is, in
     relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 20, 2008