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Home Ownership Rates

The homeownership rate declined in 2010 for the sixth straight year according to the Housing Vacancy Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau in conjunction with the Current Population Survey.

The home ownership rate for 2010 was 66.9%, down from 67.4% in 2009.  

By region, home ownership in 2010 was highest in the Midwest at 70.8%, followed by the South (69.0%), the Northeast (64.1%) and the West (61.4%).

A distribution of housing units by occupancy follows for the US:

Type of Occupancy 2001 Estimate (000) 2002 Estimate (000) 2003 Estimate (000) 2004 Estimate (000) 2005 Estimate (000) 2006 Estimate (000) 2007 Estimate (000) 2008* Estimate (000) 2009 Estimate (000)* 2010 Estimate (000)
All Housing Units 121,478 119,297 120,834 122,187 123,925 126,012 127,958 129,019 129,944 130,599
Occupied 107,010 104,965 105,560 106,588 108,231 109,575 110,306 110,475 111,159 111,860
Owner-occupied 72,593 71,278 72,054 73,575 74,553 75,380 75,159 74,931 74,892 74,791
Renter-occupied 34,417 33,687 33,506 33,013 33,678 34,195 35,147 35,544 36,267 37.069
Vacant (including year-round and seasonal) 14,470 14,332 15,274 15,599 15,694 16,437 17,652 18,543 18,785 18,739
*Revised

The state with the highest home ownership rate in 2010 was West Virginia (79.0%), followed by New Hampshire (74.9%) and Mississippi/South Carolina (both at 74.8%). The state with the lowest home ownership rate in 2009 was the District of Columbia (45.6%), followed by New York (54.5%) and Hawaii/California (both at 56.1%).  Maps illustrating home ownership rate by state in Adobe Acrobat format are as follows

Home Ownership Rates

Change in Home Ownership Rates

The following table illustrates 2001-2010 home ownership by age of householder:

Age of Householder 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Less than 35 years 41.2% 41.3% 42.2% 43.1% 43.0% 42.6% 41.7% 41.0% 39.7% 39.1%
35 to 44 years 68.2% 68.6% 68.3% 69.2% 69.3% 68.9% 67.8% 67.0% 66.2% 65.0%
45 to 54 years 76.7% 76.3% 76.6% 77.2% 76.6% 76.2% 75.4% 75.0% 74.4% 73.5%
55 to 64 years 81.3% 81.1% 81.4% 81.7% 81.2% 80.9% 80.6% 80.1% 79.5% 79.0%
65 years or over 80.3% 80.6% 80.5% 81.1% 80.6% 80.9% 80.4% 80.1% 80.5% 80.5%

The following table illustrates 2001-2010 home ownership rate by type of household:

Type of Household 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
All Households 67.8% 67.9% 68.3% 69.0% 68.9% 68.8% 68.1% 67.8% 67.4% 66.9%
Married Couple Families 82.9% 82.9% 83.3% 84.0% 84.2% 84.1% 83.8% 83.4% 82.8% 82.1%
Male Householder Family, No Wife Present 57.9% 57.3% 57.9% 59.6% 59.1% 58.9% 57.4% 57.6% 56.9% 56.9%
Female Householder Family, No Husband Present 49.9% 49.2% 49.6% 50.9% 51.0% 51.3% 49.9% 49.5% 49.2% 48.6%
One-Person Household, Male Householder 48.2% 48.6% 50.0% 50.5% 50.3% 50.5% 50.2% 50.6% 50.9% 51.3%
One-Person Household, Female Householder 59.0% 59.6% 59.1% 59.9% 59.6% 59.8% 59.1% 58.6% 58.6% 58.6%

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