U.S. Census Bureau
 Census of Housing




Historical Census of Housing Tables

Homeownership by Selected Demographic and Housing Characteristics

Homeownership rates in the United States and each state are presented for homes within different types of structures, one-person households, recent movers, and householders by age.

Generally, homeownership rates rose in each decade since 1950, except in the 1980s when it remained unchanged ¾ increasing from 55 percent in 1950 to 66 percent in 2000.  But, there was considerable variability among different household and housing types.

Homeownership of one-family detached homes rose significantly in the 1950s, modestly in the 1960s and 1970s, dropped slightly in the 1980s, and shows an extremely small increased in the 1990s, reaching 87 percent in 2000 (see graph).

For apartments in buildings with 5 or more units, homeownership rates have always been very low.  But, even for these, rates almost tripled from 1950 (4.1 percent) to 2000 (11 percent).

Mobile homes (manufactured housing), like one-family detached homes, have always had very high homeownership rates.  In 2000, 79 percent of mobile homes were owned.

Among those who live alone, homeownership rates remained in the low 40 percents from 1950 to 1980, rising to 49 percent in 1980 and over 50 percent in 2000.  In 1950, homeownership rates for one-person households were highest in three Midwest states: Iowa, Kansas, and North Dakota.  However, in 2000, the highest rates were primarily found in the South, such as West Virginia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Florida.

The homeownership rate among recent movers was consistently in the lower 30 percents from 1960 to 1980, dropped to 29 percent in 1990, and rebounded to 34 percent in 2000.  The trend in Arizona was similar but more dramatic.  Its homeownership rate among recent movers was consistently in the lower 40 percents, dropped to 28 percent in 1990, and rose to 39 percent in 2000.  Recent movers are defined as those who move into their homes in the 15 months prior to the decennial census.

Among young homeowners, those under 35 years of age, the homeownership rate was fairly consistent over time.  Between 1940 and 1990 it was in the low 40 percents, and dropped slightly to 39 percent in 2000.  Rates for this group are not available prior to 1970 at the national level and are not available at the state level prior to 1980.

Older householders (65 years and over) have always had high homeownership rates.  Their homeownership rate increased from 68 percent in 1950 to 78 percent in 2000, rising fastest between 1980 (70 percent) and 1990 (75 percent).  In 1960, only a small number of states had homeownership rates for older householders at 80 percent or more.  By 2000, almost one-half of the states had rates at that level, with Utah topping the list at 87 percent.  State homeownership rates are not available for this group prior to 1960.

OWNERSHIP RATES:  2000
  Units in Structure Age of householder
 
Total
1, detached 5 or more Mobile home 1-person households Recent movers Under 35 65 and over
United States 66.2% 86.8% 11.1% 79.2% 52.1% 34.2% 39.1% 78.1%
Alabama 72.5% 85.2% 4.0% 80.8% 59.9% 39.2% 49.1% 82.3%
Alaska 62.5% 85.1% 12.5% 73.5% 48.4% 28.8% 35.6% 76.6%
Arizona 68.0% 87.4% 6.2% 80.8% 56.3% 39.0% 40.4% 83.9%
Arkansas 69.4% 81.3% 2.8% 75.9% 57.6% 35.4% 43.5% 81.4%
California 56.9% 80.9% 8.6% 78.9% 45.8% 29.5% 27.8% 75.1%
Colorado 67.3% 87.1% 13.3% 78.1% 52.9% 37.7% 40.5% 79.1%
Connecticut 66.8% 92.3% 17.1% 82.4% 49.9% 35.1% 38.0% 74.8%
Delaware 72.3% 91.2% 9.0% 83.1% 60.3% 41.2% 46.5% 82.9%
District of Columbia 40.8% 86.2% 14.9% 33.0% 33.0% 18.7% 17.2% 60.0%
Florida 70.1% 87.8% 32.4% 81.7% 61.0% 39.1% 40.2% 84.6%
Georgia 67.5% 85.8% 5.1% 74.2% 54.7% 36.1% 42.8% 80.7%
Hawaii 56.5% 75.0% 32.5% 70.4% 44.5% 21.0% 24.5% 75.1%
Idaho 72.4% 85.5% 3.6% 76.1% 60.7% 37.5% 45.8% 84.3%
Illinois 67.3% 90.2% 19.3% 79.0% 52.4% 35.9% 40.9% 77.9%
Indiana 71.4% 87.8% 2.9% 79.9% 55.8% 36.3% 47.0% 80.3%
Iowa 72.3% 87.1% 5.8% 83.4% 56.6% 37.3% 45.6% 80.7%
Kansas 69.2% 84.4% 2.9% 77.3% 54.0% 33.6% 40.7% 80.7%
Kentucky 70.8% 85.7% 6.3% 79.4% 57.7% 36.3% 46.9% 81.6%
Louisiana 67.9% 83.7% 4.3% 80.8% 55.5% 33.1% 42.7% 81.2%
Maine 71.6% 89.9% 5.2% 81.9% 53.7% 35.8% 45.1% 76.2%
Maryland 67.7% 90.9% 13.7% 78.4% 53.1% 35.3% 40.9% 76.9%
Massachusetts 61.7% 93.0% 14.4% 86.0% 43.4% 31.0% 32.6% 69.0%
Michigan 73.8% 90.1% 5.8% 86.1% 58.7% 40.8% 49.3% 81.5%
Minnesota 74.6% 94.3% 9.2% 87.3% 55.4% 40.9% 50.8% 77.1%
Mississippi 72.3% 83.8% 2.6% 79.8% 62.8% 38.1% 49.2% 84.3%
Missouri 70.3% 86.6% 6.5% 77.7% 54.7% 36.9% 44.1% 79.7%
Montana 69.1% 82.3% 5.5% 76.0% 54.5% 34.6% 38.5% 79.1%
Nebraska 67.4% 84.4% 2.9% 72.9% 51.1% 30.9% 37.9% 79.2%
Nevada 60.9% 86.2% 6.7% 80.3% 47.7% 34.0% 38.1% 74.9%
New Hampshire 69.7% 92.0% 9.5% 85.0% 50.1% 40.7% 41.9% 75.7%
New Jersey 65.6% 92.8% 13.6% 83.9% 50.1% 36.8% 38.7% 74.9%
New Mexico 70.0% 82.9% 3.5% 80.1% 57.2% 34.9% 43.9% 83.3%
New York 53.0% 89.9% 13.9% 79.9% 38.2% 26.6% 27.5% 62.9%
North Carolina 69.4% 83.8% 6.3% 73.7% 57.8% 36.4% 43.9% 82.0%
North Dakota 66.6% 87.8% 6.0% 86.4% 47.7% 28.7% 36.2% 74.0%
Ohio 69.1% 88.7% 5.6% 80.7% 52.9% 32.9% 42.1% 78.9%
Oklahoma 68.4% 80.8% 2.8% 78.8% 56.6% 32.7% 40.1% 83.0%
Oregon 64.3% 83.4% 3.5% 82.1% 50.3% 30.1% 32.8% 78.4%
Pennsylvania 71.3% 91.0% 7.5% 80.6% 54.2% 34.6% 44.1% 77.8%
Rhode Island 60.0% 90.3% 7.4% 81.6% 41.3% 27.7% 32.2% 66.2%
South Carolina 72.2% 85.1% 9.1% 77.7% 61.3% 39.5% 48.0% 84.4%
South Dakota 68.2% 83.7% 3.4% 81.0% 49.6% 33.9% 42.6% 73.5%
Tennessee 69.9% 86.1% 4.4% 75.6% 56.2% 36.0% 44.5% 81.8%
Texas 63.8% 84.1% 3.2% 79.3% 48.2% 31.1% 35.6% 81.4%
Utah 71.5% 89.9% 10.7% 81.6% 59.1% 36.0% 46.1% 86.9%
Vermont 70.6% 89.2% 10.3% 79.7% 53.9% 35.7% 41.1% 77.9%
Virginia 68.1% 86.8% 11.6% 76.0% 55.5% 34.7% 39.6% 80.7%
Washington 64.6% 84.9% 9.7% 80.1% 49.3% 30.7% 34.8% 77.8%
West Virginia 75.2% 85.9% 3.3% 78.8% 63.1% 38.1% 49.9% 84.5%
Wisconsin 68.4% 91.1% 5.7% 84.8% 49.3% 32.4% 40.2% 75.0%
Wyoming 70.0% 83.4% 3.9% 75.5% 55.6% 35.4% 40.8% 81.5%
HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES:  1990

           Units in Structure     1-                Age of        
                                  person         householder   
            1, de-   5 or  Mobile house- Recent  Under  65 and                     
      Total tached   more  homes  holds  movers   35    over 

US    64.2%  85.5%   9.6%  79.8%  48.7%  28.8%  39.6%  75.2%

AL    70.5%  83.8%   3.0%  81.0%  57.2%  32.8%  48.5%  79.4%
AK    56.1%  80.5%   9.1%  71.4%  43.2%  22.5%  34.6%  74.3%
AZ    64.2%  84.4%   5.5%  80.6%  50.7%  28.4%  37.7%  81.1%
AR    69.6%  80.9%   2.5%  75.2%  58.1%  31.6%  45.1%  79.9%
CA    55.6%  79.9%   7.7%  82.8%  43.7%  26.1%  29.7%  72.5%
CO    62.2%  82.7%   9.4%  77.5%  45.1%  25.8%  37.2%  75.4%
CT    65.6%  92.4%  15.8%  87.5%  47.8%  27.0%  41.0%  71.6%
DE    70.2%  90.8%   7.0%  83.9%  55.5%  37.4%  47.9%  79.1%
DC    38.9%  86.0%  13.7%  48.4%  29.7%  15.4%  17.0%  54.4%
FL    67.2%  85.9%  30.5%  82.7%  57.4%  33.4%  39.7%  81.9%
GA    64.9%  83.5%   4.0%  74.8%  50.8%  28.6%  41.9%  76.6%
HI    53.9%  73.7%  30.0%  64.1%  40.8%  22.5%  24.6%  71.9%
ID    70.1%  82.1%   3.4%  77.4%  56.3%  34.0%  43.8%  83.2%
IL    64.2%  89.1%  14.4%  78.0%  46.8%  30.4%  39.9%  73.9%
IN    70.2%  86.9%   2.1%  81.3%  53.5%  32.9%  47.2%  78.4%
IA    70.0%  84.3%   4.3%  81.4%  54.6%  31.9%  43.2%  79.8%
KS    67.9%  83.1%   2.7%  75.0%  53.2%  28.1%  41.6%  80.7%
KY    69.6%  84.7%   4.2%  78.3%  56.1%  32.7%  47.0%  79.2%
LA    65.9%  82.2%   3.4%  81.5%  53.2%  24.8%  42.8%  79.1%
ME    70.5%  90.6%   3.7%  85.6%  51.9%  31.1%  48.6%  73.6%
MD    65.0%  89.9%  10.8%  79.1%  49.6%  33.0%  42.7%  73.7%
MA    59.3%  92.5%  11.5%  88.6%  39.7%  22.3%  33.7%  64.0%
MI    71.0%  88.1%   4.7%  84.9%  53.7%  34.6%  47.6%  78.8%
MN    71.8%  92.8%   7.9%  86.9%  50.9%  33.7%  50.6%  75.2%
MS    71.5%  82.7%   2.0%  80.4%  61.9%  33.1%  49.5%  82.1%
MO    68.8%  86.0%   5.6%  77.6%  52.0%  30.9%  45.1%  76.7%
MT    67.3%  80.3%   3.5%  77.3%  51.3%  30.0%  41.1%  77.9%
NE    66.5%  82.2%   2.9%  73.6%  50.3%  26.9%  39.0%  79.4%
NV    54.8%  82.8%   3.9%  79.4%  40.1%  28.5%  32.7%  68.2%
NH    68.2%  91.7%   8.3%  88.9%  48.2%  29.2%  46.4%  72.9%
NJ    64.9%  92.8%  12.2%  89.9%  46.6%  30.8%  42.1%  71.2%
NM    67.4%  81.1%   2.7%  80.2%  53.4%  30.1%  43.9%  81.2%
NY    52.2%  91.1%  12.9%  82.6%  34.6%  24.1%  32.3%  57.2%
NC    68.0%  82.1%   5.3%  74.4%  55.4%  31.0%  44.2%  79.2%
ND    65.6%  86.2%   5.0%  86.0%  46.4%  25.9%  38.7%  74.1%
OH    67.5%  88.1%   4.2%  81.1%  49.5%  29.9%  42.7%  76.4%
OK    68.1%  80.6%   2.5%  79.5%  56.4%  26.9%  41.5%  82.9%
OR    63.1%  80.2%   2.8%  80.9%  47.6%  30.6%  33.1%  78.0%
PA    70.6%  91.1%   6.0%  80.9%  52.4%  32.3%  47.2%  76.1%
RI    59.5%  91.1%   5.7%  88.3%  39.5%  23.5%  35.8%  62.0%
SC    69.8%  83.2%   6.3%  77.2%  58.4%  32.5%  46.8%  81.5%
SD    66.1%  81.0%   2.2%  78.1%  48.2%  29.7%  42.5%  73.3%
TN    68.0%  85.2%   3.4%  74.8%  53.0%  30.9%  43.7%  78.8%
TX    60.9%  81.1%   2.7%  77.9%  45.3%  22.1%  34.3%  79.8%
UT    68.1%  87.6%   7.4%  80.9%  52.2%  27.8%  42.1%  84.9%
VT    69.0%  89.4%   6.3%  82.2%  51.1%  32.7%  45.3%  75.0%
VA    66.3%  85.6%  11.0%  78.1%  53.4%  31.6%  41.6%  78.1%
WA    62.6%  82.4%   7.1%  80.1%  45.8%  28.8%  35.4%  76.7%
WV    74.1%  84.6%   3.2%  79.3%  61.7%  33.2%  50.3%  82.2%
WI    66.7%  89.5%   4.2%  82.4%  46.8%  28.3%  40.7%  74.0%
WY    67.8%  80.4%   3.2%  78.1%  53.2%  29.7%  44.0%  80.6%


HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES:  1980

           Units in Structure     1-                Age of        
                                  person         householder   
            1, de-   5 or  Mobile house- Recent  Under  65 and                     
      Total tached   more  homes  holds  movers   35    over 

US    64.4%  85.6%  10.2%  79.8%  43.5%  33.5%  43.8%  70.1%

AL    70.1%  81.9%  10.5%  80.4%  53.7%  38.3%  52.2%  74.8%
AK    58.3%  82.5%  10.9%  78.0%  41.1%  32.5%  42.9%  71.0%
AZ    68.3%  83.7%  13.3%  79.6%  51.8%  41.6%  46.4%  79.5%
AR    70.5%  79.8%  12.9%  73.6%  56.5%  39.5%  50.4%  76.8%
CA    55.9%  80.2%   9.2%  83.3%  35.8%  28.5%  32.5%  64.6%
CO    64.5%  84.6%  12.5%  80.8%  42.6%  36.5%  44.8%  71.3%
CT    63.9%  92.4%   9.7%  81.8%  38.9%  30.9%  40.3%  65.9%
DE    69.1%  89.0%   8.0%  79.4%  47.8%  35.2%  48.2%  72.5%
DC    35.5%  84.8%  11.4%  25.1%  22.3%  16.5%  15.3%  48.6%
FL    68.3%  86.2%  33.3%  80.6%  53.6%  42.2%  43.5%  77.0%
GA    65.0%  82.0%   8.1%  75.3%  46.2%  34.5%  46.5%  70.2%
HI    51.7%  73.8%  27.0%  59.2%  33.7%  24.5%  27.6%  64.5%
ID    72.0%  83.2%  11.4%  81.6%  54.3%  40.4%  52.5%  81.0%
IL    62.6%  88.8%  13.7%  78.1%  40.4%  31.2%  42.7%  67.3%
IN    71.7%  87.2%   6.0%  80.1%  51.8%  37.3%  52.6%  76.8%
IA    71.8%  85.4%   6.4%  83.7%  53.1%  37.4%  51.6%  77.5%
KS    70.2%  83.6%   7.4%  75.7%  53.0%  36.1%  47.9%  79.4%
KY    70.0%  83.0%   8.9%  77.9%  53.2%  37.0%  52.4%  76.0%
LA    65.5%  81.2%  10.7%  81.0%  48.2%  35.2%  47.0%  74.3%
ME    70.9%  89.9%   5.2%  84.9%  49.9%  34.1%  52.9%  71.9%
MD    62.0%  88.8%   8.3%  78.2%  40.0%  30.5%  40.4%  67.0%
MA    57.5%  93.1%   5.9%  82.8%  31.8%  24.7%  35.6%  56.4%
MI    72.7%  89.9%   7.7%  83.8%  50.4%  39.0%  53.4%  76.9%
MN    71.7%  92.1%   7.8%  86.8%  45.5%  37.3%  53.5%  71.8%
MS    71.0%  80.3%  14.3%  79.3%  58.2%  40.2%  53.3%  77.1%
MO    69.6%  86.3%   8.1%  77.9%  49.0%  36.7%  49.3%  73.2%
MT    68.6%  81.7%  11.4%  80.3%  47.4%  38.0%  49.3%  73.8%
NE    68.4%  83.2%   5.7%  77.6%  48.0%  35.2%  47.1%  76.4%
NV    59.6%  83.9%   8.4%  79.8%  39.1%  34.3%  41.7%  66.0%
NH    67.6%  91.3%   6.0%  86.8%  44.1%  35.6%  49.0%  68.5%
NJ    62.0%  93.1%   5.7%  83.7%  36.4%  31.1%  39.8%  63.7%
NM    68.1%  80.7%  13.6%  80.2%  50.9%  38.7%  48.2%  77.6%
NY    48.6%  91.6%   6.1%  78.9%  25.6%  22.5%  29.9%  49.1%
NC    68.4%  79.8%  12.5%  73.0%  52.6%  36.5%  49.0%  75.4%
ND    68.7%  87.1%  10.4%  88.5%  45.7%  36.5%  49.7%  72.4%
OH    68.4%  88.8%   6.3%  82.3%  45.1%  33.4%  48.2%  72.0%
OK    70.7%  82.0%   9.1%  80.7%  55.8%  38.3%  49.7%  79.8%
OR    65.1%  81.9%   7.2%  83.9%  45.5%  33.8%  42.5%  75.6%
PA    69.9%  90.3%   7.1%  81.2%  47.1%  34.2%  49.7%  71.8%
RI    58.8%  91.2%   3.9%  82.1%  33.0%  26.4%  38.9%  56.1%
SC    70.2%  80.7%  15.9%  75.7%  55.2%  39.0%  52.9%  75.9%
SD    69.3%  83.3%   8.0%  78.8%  48.6%  37.2%  50.6%  72.3%
TN    68.6%  83.7%   8.4%  72.5%  50.2%  35.5%  48.5%  74.7%
TX    64.3%  81.7%   9.5%  78.0%  45.9%  31.8%  41.7%  77.1%
UT    70.7%  88.8%  12.4%  83.2%  51.2%  37.4%  50.9%  82.7%
VT    68.7%  88.1%   8.1%  81.3%  47.5%  34.3%  49.5%  71.0%
VA    65.6%  84.4%  10.6%  79.4%  46.2%  34.4%  44.1%  74.4%
WA    65.6%  83.0%  10.5%  82.8%  43.8%  34.4%  43.8%  72.5%
WV    73.6%  82.8%  12.5%  81.1%  57.9%  42.1%  57.0%  78.2%
WI    68.2%  89.9%   6.0%  81.5%  43.5%  31.8%  46.7%  71.5%
WY    69.2%  82.1%  13.1%  80.6%  49.4%  45.7%  53.5%  77.6%

Mobile homes in 1980 included a handful of units that were classified as 
"A boat, tent, van, etc.".

HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES:  1970

           Units in Structure     1-                Age of        
                                  person         householder   
            1, de-   5 or  Mobile house- Recent  Under  65 and                     
      Total tached   more  homes  holds  movers   35    over 

US    62.9%  81.6%   5.2%  84.5%  42.4%  31.4%  41.2%  67.5%

AL    66.7%  74.8%   2.6%  82.9%  53.4%  35.7%  ...    69.5%
AK    50.3%  74.9%   3.0%  80.1%  35.5%  27.6%  ...    68.9%
AZ    65.3%  76.4%  10.9%  82.2%  47.5%  39.6%  ...    72.9%
AR    66.7%  72.5%   6.0%  78.9%  56.6%  35.0%  ...    73.2%
CA    54.9%  75.5%   4.9%  87.0%  30.7%  24.2%  ...    59.9%
CO    63.4%  80.4%   5.3%  85.8%  39.8%  32.0%  ...    68.3%
CT    62.5%  90.9%   4.3%  87.5%  37.8%  28.6%  ...    63.6%
DE    68.0%  85.1%   1.3%  80.4%  46.2%  34.7%  ...    71.4%
DC    28.2%  79.3%   3.5%  63.4%  13.4%   8.6%  ...    41.9%
FL    68.6%  82.9%  19.4%  86.2%  53.5%  42.2%  ...    74.7%
GA    61.1%  74.2%   2.0%  80.3%  44.9%  33.1%  ...    65.3%
HI    46.9%  66.5%  11.6%  49.7%  25.0%  20.0%  ...    58.5%
ID    70.1%  77.5%   7.4%  84.2%  55.7%  36.8%  ...    78.7%
IL    59.4%  85.7%   5.2%  84.0%  37.4%  28.8%  ...    64.2%
IN    71.7%  83.7%   4.7%  84.9%  56.6%  37.2%  ...    78.6%
IA    71.7%  81.5%   4.7%  87.5%  58.9%  36.9%  ...    79.8%
KS    69.1%  78.4%   7.1%  85.5%  58.8%  31.7%  ...    81.0%
KY    66.9%  76.7%   3.8%  82.1%  53.5%  33.1%  ...    74.4%
LA    63.1%  74.7%   3.3%  83.5%  49.0%  31.1%  ...    69.1%
ME    70.1%  88.6%   5.4%  87.9%  51.5%  36.2%  ...    72.6%
MD    58.8%  85.2%   1.5%  83.3%  36.2%  25.0%  ...    64.4%
MA    57.5%  92.3%   2.8%  87.3%  31.7%  24.9%  ...    54.8%
MI    74.4%  89.4%   5.5%  88.7%  52.5%  41.0%  ...    78.0%
MN    71.5%  89.5%   2.5%  90.2%  46.8%  34.9%  ...    74.1%
MS    66.3%  71.8%   4.3%  80.2%  57.0%  37.6%  ...    71.7%
MO    67.2%  83.0%   5.1%  81.6%  49.2%  34.6%  ...    71.9%
MT    65.7%  76.3%   6.9%  84.2%  47.4%  30.7%  ...    71.6%
NE    66.4%  77.6%   3.7%  84.7%  52.4%  31.8%  ...    75.9%
NV    58.5%  77.2%   5.3%  82.6%  35.0%  33.5%  ...    61.9%
NH    68.2%  90.4%   5.2%  86.9%  46.1%  38.2%  ...    67.5%
NJ    60.9%  91.8%   3.1%  85.3%  35.0%  31.5%  ...    60.0%
NM    66.4%  74.0%   7.9%  83.5%  50.3%  33.2%  ...    75.4%
NY    47.3%  90.7%   6.5%  86.6%  24.4%  24.4%  ...    45.9%
NC    65.4%  72.6%   3.2%  78.6%  53.8%  34.6%  ...    73.5%
ND    68.4%  82.5%   5.0%  87.2%  51.3%  29.6%  ...    75.4%
OH    67.7%  85.9%   2.6%  85.5%  46.4%  33.3%  ...    71.3%
OK    69.2%  76.5%   4.0%  85.1%  57.6%  34.0%  ...    77.9%
OR    66.1%  77.9%   4.6%  87.6%  47.1%  32.5%  ...    73.7%
PA    68.8%  87.7%   3.8%  86.0%  46.2%  33.4%  ...    70.2%
RI    57.9%  88.9%   4.0%  86.7%  34.4%  24.9%  ...    56.0%
SC    66.1%  72.0%   5.0%  79.8%  54.1%  38.7%  ...    70.4%
SD    69.6%  78.2%   5.8%  85.5%  57.2%  33.5%  ...    78.0%
TN    66.7%  77.6%   2.2%  81.0%  51.1%  33.9%  ...    72.2%
TX    64.7%  76.3%   2.6%  84.0%  50.1%  31.0%  ...    74.8%
UT    69.3%  84.9%   5.6%  84.4%  50.9%  30.2%  ...    78.4%
VT    69.1%  87.7%   5.6%  87.0%  48.2%  39.3%  ...    69.0%
VA    62.0%  78.9%   1.4%  84.4%  42.8%  29.0%  ...    72.5%
WA    66.8%  81.2%   4.2%  85.7%  42.9%  32.0%  ...    70.3%
WV    68.9%  76.2%   6.3%  84.9%  55.9%  35.7%  ...    74.1%
WI    69.1%  87.8%   2.6%  88.5%  48.0%  33.3%  ...    74.0%
WY    66.4%  74.4%   7.7%  86.2%  49.9%  34.7%  ...    73.8%



HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES:  1960

           Units in Structure     1-                Age of        
                                  person         householder   
            1, de-   5 or  Mobile house- Recent  Under  65 and                     
      Total tached   more  homes  holds  movers   35    over 

US    61.9%  78.3%   4.6%  88.3%  40.8%  34.0%  ...    68.8%

AL    59.7%  67.7%   4.1%  88.3%  47.7%  31.9%  ...    66.3%
AK    48.3%  71.4%   2.5%  85.1%  37.2%  26.9%  ...    72.1%
AZ    63.9%  71.5%   9.1%  83.7%  44.6%  42.0%  ...    71.1%
AR    61.4%  65.8%  12.7%  86.3%  54.0%  30.7%  ...    71.2%
CA    58.4%  75.6%   4.2%  83.5%  31.3%  32.3%  ...    61.9%
CO    63.8%  78.4%   4.9%  90.6%  39.5%  35.5%  ...    68.9%
CT    61.9%  88.2%   4.7%  92.1%  37.4%  35.0%  ...    66.8%
DE    66.9%  79.4%   7.5%  82.5%  46.2%  39.2%  ...    73.8%
DC    30.0%  80.7%   3.9%  89.6%  11.9%  10.0%  ...    43.7%
FL    67.5%  79.6%   9.3%  89.5%  50.4%  45.3%  ...    76.4%
GA    56.2%  66.8%   3.5%  84.2%  43.7%  29.7%  ...    64.0%
HI    41.1%  57.3%   5.6%  36.0%  17.5%  18.3%  ...    52.9%
ID    70.5%  77.3%   8.5%  92.2%  53.8%  41.0%  ...    78.4%
IL    57.8%  82.2%   5.3%  89.6%  34.7%  30.7%  ...    66.9%
IN    71.1%  81.0%   5.5%  88.8%  55.8%  39.4%  ...    80.0%
IA    69.1%  76.6%   6.1%  90.8%  57.2%  39.6%  ...    80.0%
KS    68.9%  75.9%   8.2%  90.4%  59.4%  36.3%  ...    81.7%
KY    64.3%  72.2%   7.6%  86.0%  51.8%  33.2%  ...    74.9%
LA    59.0%  70.4%   6.2%  91.4%  43.7%  32.0%  ...    66.2%
ME    66.5%  85.4%   7.8%  90.1%  49.8%  33.6%  ...    72.7%
MD    64.5%  81.8%   5.3%  86.7%  40.0%  35.1%  ...    70.7%
MA    55.9%  88.8%   4.2%  94.4%  29.9%  30.1%  ...    55.8%
MI    74.4%  87.4%   4.3%  91.2%  51.4%  41.0%  ...    79.8%
MN    72.1%  86.3%   4.6%  92.7%  46.7%  40.7%  ...    76.3%
MS    57.7%  62.6%   5.8%  90.5%  51.1%  29.6%  ...    67.9%
MO    64.3%  79.5%   4.9%  86.1%  44.6%  35.8%  ...    70.9%
MT    64.0%  74.3%   7.5%  91.0%  44.2%  32.9%  ...    71.1%
NE    64.8%  73.8%   6.0%  90.8%  54.0%  34.5%  ...    78.6%
NV    56.3%  70.3%   8.3%  85.6%  34.7%  34.4%  ...    63.7%
NH    65.1%  86.0%   6.9%  92.9%  44.1%  37.4%  ...    68.2%
NJ    61.3%  88.8%   3.9%  93.4%  36.7%  36.3%  ...    64.8%
NM    65.3%  71.7%  18.6%  87.6%  50.5%  39.0%  ...    77.5%
NY    44.8%  88.5%   4.0%  92.4%  21.4%  25.1%  ...    47.2%
NC    60.1%  65.9%   3.1%  83.3%  50.1%  30.0%  ...    73.6%
ND    68.4%  77.3%   8.2%  92.3%  52.6%  37.0%  ...    78.7%
OH    67.4%  83.2%   3.7%  89.6%  48.1%  36.5%  ...    74.9%
OK    67.0%  73.3%   6.8%  87.3%  55.3%  35.3%  ...    76.1%
OR    69.3%  79.1%   5.0%  92.3%  46.4%  39.4%  ...    75.2%
PA    68.3%  83.6%   6.0%  90.1%  44.5%  36.2%  ...    73.2%
RI    54.5%  85.6%   5.1%  82.3%  33.4%  28.0%  ...    59.1%
SC    57.3%  62.5%   3.6%  84.5%  46.9%  30.1%  ...    66.4%
SD    67.2%  73.6%   7.7%  90.5%  56.9%  38.6%  ...    78.3%
TN    63.7%  72.3%   3.8%  83.5%  48.5%  33.8%  ...    72.1%
TX    64.8%  72.6%   4.2%  87.7%  50.3%  35.2%  ...    75.4%
UT    71.7%  86.0%   4.1%  89.1%  48.9%  39.2%  ...    77.4%
VT    66.0%  83.1%   5.9%  91.7%  46.2%  34.8%  ...    69.6%
VA    61.3%  73.9%   2.2%  87.1%  44.4%  32.1%  ...    75.0%
WA    68.5%  81.3%   4.7%  89.8%  42.4%  36.5%  ...    71.1%
WV    64.3%  70.6%  11.1%  87.8%  51.0%  30.7%  ...    74.2%
WI    68.6%  84.3%   3.7%  91.7%  49.1%  35.5%  ...    76.5%
WY    62.2%  71.1%   7.4%  89.8%  42.5%  35.2%  ...    72.9%

Homeownership rates for householders 65 and over estimated from
  the report "Housing of Senior Citizens" (Volume VII).


HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES:  1950

           Units in Structure     1-                Age of        
                                  person         householder   
            1, de-   5 or  Mobile house- Recent  Under  65 and                     
      Total tached   more  homes  holds  movers   35    over 

US    55.0%  73.0%   4.1%  79.4%  42.1%  ...    ...    67.9%

AL    49.4%  57.8%   3.2%  78.4%  42.1%  ...    ...    ...  
AK    54.5%  ...    ...    ...    53.1%  ...    ...    ...  
AZ    56.4%  65.0%   5.6%  77.7%  40.7%  ...    ...    ...  
AR    54.5%  59.2%   7.2%  62.1%  49.6%  ...    ...    ...  
CA    54.3%  72.1%   4.8%  74.9%  33.6%  ...    ...    ...  
CO    58.1%  73.6%   5.1%  84.1%  40.9%  ...    ...    ...  
CT    51.1%  84.2%   4.1%  88.1%  36.7%  ...    ...    ...  
DE    58.9%  72.8%   5.6%  89.0%  46.3%  ...    ...    ...  
DC    32.3%  80.4%   3.4%  75.2%  13.7%  ...    ...    ...  
FL    57.6%  69.5%   6.6%  86.7%  47.0%  ...    ...    ...  
GA    46.5%  56.3%   3.4%  76.7%  40.1%  ...    ...    ...  
HI    33.0%  ...    ...    ...    14.7%  ...    ...    ...  
ID    65.5%  73.4%   7.1%  79.2%  55.9%  ...    ...    ...  
IL    50.1%  77.0%   5.3%  80.8%  35.7%  ...    ...    ...  
IN    65.5%  78.3%   5.7%  81.4%  56.5%  ...    ...    ...  
IA    63.4%  72.4%   7.5%  80.9%  58.3%  ...    ...    ...  
KS    63.9%  73.5%   8.3%  84.2%  58.8%  ...    ...    ...  
KY    58.7%  68.0%   5.8%  78.8%  52.6%  ...    ...    ...  
LA    50.3%  61.4%   4.8%  86.6%  38.7%  ...    ...    ...  
ME    62.8%  83.2%   6.1%  83.7%  54.3%  ...    ...    ...  
MD    56.3%  75.8%   3.0%  82.9%  42.9%  ...    ...    ...  
MA    47.9%  86.8%   3.5%  86.1%  33.6%  ...    ...    ...  
MI    67.5%  85.2%   3.8%  82.8%  52.8%  ...    ...    ...  
MN    66.4%  82.3%   6.3%  82.0%  49.2%  ...    ...    ...  
MS    47.8%  52.5%   5.4%  72.7%  41.3%  ...    ...    ...  
MO    57.7%  75.8%   5.5%  80.7%  45.3%  ...    ...    ...  
MT    60.3%  71.8%   6.1%  77.4%  46.0%  ...    ...    ...  
NE    60.6%  69.6%   6.0%  82.5%  54.6%  ...    ...    ...  
NV    48.7%  58.7%   7.9%  72.8%  36.4%  ...    ...    ...  
NH    58.1%  83.6%   5.7%  84.0%  46.6%  ...    ...    ...  
NJ    53.1%  84.8%   3.6%  83.1%  39.0%  ...    ...    ...  
NM    58.8%  67.0%   9.1%  83.6%  47.7%  ...    ...    ...  
NY    37.9%  84.4%   2.8%  78.9%  22.7%  ...    ...    ...  
NC    53.3%  60.3%   3.9%  75.6%  50.0%  ...    ...    ...  
ND    66.2%  74.8%   7.4%  77.0%  58.1%  ...    ...    ...  
OH    61.1%  80.3%   4.4%  81.5%  49.6%  ...    ...    ...  
OK    60.0%  67.7%   5.2%  80.7%  53.5%  ...    ...    ...  
OR    65.3%  77.4%   4.3%  81.4%  46.7%  ...    ...    ...  
PA    59.7%  79.1%   6.6%  83.8%  43.2%  ...    ...    ...  
RI    45.3%  81.8%   5.5%  87.3%  34.0%  ...    ...    ...  
SC    45.1%  51.2%   3.4%  83.1%  40.6%  ...    ...    ...  
SD    62.2%  69.9%   6.3%  80.7%  55.7%  ...    ...    ...  
TN    56.5%  66.3%   3.8%  68.6%  46.8%  ...    ...    ...  
TX    56.7%  65.8%   4.9%  77.9%  48.9%  ...    ...    ...  
UT    65.3%  83.2%   5.5%  70.8%  50.9%  ...    ...    ...  
VT    61.3%  81.1%   5.9%  80.8%  51.1%  ...    ...    ...  
VA    55.1%  70.0%   2.9%  81.2%  47.5%  ...    ...    ...  
WA    65.0%  79.2%   3.8%  78.4%  44.5%  ...    ...    ...  
WV    55.0%  63.6%   6.6%  79.1%  48.0%  ...    ...    ...  
WI    63.5%  80.9%   4.8%  71.8%  55.2%  ...    ...    ...  
WY    54.0%  65.3%   5.4%  74.3%  43.1%  ...    ...    ...  

Alaska and Hawaii are NOT included in US total for 1950.



Contact the Physical and Social Characteristics Branch at 301-763-3237 or visit ask.census.gov for further information.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004