Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2000 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Inside Metropolitan Areas........ 61.2 61.4 61.3 61.3 61.3 61.4 Akron, OH.......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA **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 **Austin-San Marcos, TX.............. NA NA NA NA NA NA 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 **Fresno, CA......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA * 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 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI.. NA NA NA NA NA NA **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 68.2 69.1 66.9 67.2 68.2 67.6 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC NA NA NA NA NA NA * 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 **Las Vegas, NV-AZ................... NA NA NA NA NA NA * 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 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 **Omaha, NE-IA....................... NA NA NA NA NA NA * 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 Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2000 - Continued 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 **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 63.0 61.2 62.2 62.4 59.5 59.2 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC..... NA NA NA NA NA NA 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 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton..... NA NA NA NA NA NA **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 **Syracuse, NY....................... NA NA NA NA NA NA Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 67.6 67.2 66.8 65.6 67.0 69.9 Tucson, AZ......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA Tulsa, OK.......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA Ventura, CA........................ NA NA NA NA NA NA **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10......... 60.2 61.9 62.4 63.0 63.2 62.4 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL..... NA NA NA NA NA NA Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2000 - Continued 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 Inside Metropolitan Areas........ 61.6 62.0 61.5 61.7 62.7 63.4 Akron, OH.......................... NA NA NA 64.5 63.6 65.4 **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 **Austin-San Marcos, TX.............. NA NA NA 56.5 60.1 56.7 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 **Fresno, CA......................... NA NA NA 60.5 51.5 51.6 * 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 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI.. NA NA NA 70.3 75.0 72.5 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 68.8 72.1 71.9 71.2 71.3 68.3 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC NA NA NA 71.6 69.8 71.5 * 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 **Las Vegas, NV-AZ................... NA NA NA 50.3 55.1 56.8 * 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 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 **Omaha, NE-IA....................... NA NA NA 65.2 66.3 67.2 * 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 Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2000 - Continued 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 **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 58.3 59.6 59.2 57.8 56.9 57.0 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC..... NA NA NA 58.9 62.3 65.2 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 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton..... NA NA NA 68.1 67.2 72.0 **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 **Syracuse, NY....................... NA NA NA 68.5 64.7 61.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 68.5 67.2 66.9 66.0 68.1 68.0 Tucson, AZ......................... NA NA NA 57.8 54.9 51.7 Tulsa, OK.......................... NA NA NA 65.9 65.9 64.4 Ventura, CA........................ NA NA NA 60.7 69.5 69.3 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10......... 62.8 63.0 62.1 61.5 62.3 63.1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL..... NA NA NA 72.3 74.9 73.3 Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2000 - Continued 1997 1998 1999 2000 Inside Metropolitan Areas........ 63.7 64.2 64.7 65.5 Akron, OH.......................... 63.3 65.2 66.9 63.6 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........ 70.5 71.5 73.1 71.1 **Atlanta, GA........................ 69.4 67.9 69.0 67.7 **Austin-San Marcos, TX.............. 52.3 54.8 53.2 54.7 Baltimore, MD...................... 71.6 68.0 68.4 68.2 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ................. 59.9 61.2 63.9 63.2 **Birmingham, AL..................... 65.0 66.6 70.5 69.9 **Boston, MA-NH\1.................... 59.5 58.3 58.3 58.7 Buffalo, NY........................ 67.7 67.6 67.7 72.5 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 74.5 74.7 72.5 75.8 **Chicago, IL........................ 65.4 65.4 65.2 66.4 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN............... 73.9 75.0 73.1 72.5 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2...... 72.6 73.0 72.1 72.0 **Columbus, OH....................... 56.1 60.0 57.9 61.6 **Dallas, TX......................... 59.0 58.9 61.1 62.4 * Dayton-Springfield, OH............. 63.0 63.2 63.1 62.8 Denver, CO......................... 67.5 68.5 68.9 68.2 Detroit, MI........................ 71.8 72.8 74.2 75.3 **Fresno, CA......................... 55.2 54.3 53.8 56.2 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3............... 67.8 68.3 71.7 76.3 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............ 60.5 58.3 58.2 62.4 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI.. 69.0 72.5 79.8 80.1 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 69.5 68.0 67.6 68.9 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC 73.0 74.9 76.0 76.5 * Hartford, CT....................... 66.2 66.2 66.7 69.7 Honolulu, HI....................... 48.5 51.2 56.0 56.8 **Houston, TX........................ 58.1 59.6 57.4 53.6 **Indianapolis, IN................... 71.0 68.5 67.1 67.5 Jacksonville, FL................... 67.4 67.5 66.5 70.4 **Kansas City, MO-KS................. 68.7 66.2 68.6 73.6 **Las Vegas, NV-AZ................... 57.2 57.4 60.8 61.9 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA......... 47.7 48.1 48.1 49.0 **Louisville, KY-IN.................. 72.9 70.9 68.2 70.2 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS.................. 55.5 59.7 59.8 61.1 * Miami, FL\4........................ 52.7 53.1 53.7 56.2 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ... 67.5 66.4 66.9 69.7 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5........... 63.3 64.4 64.3 67.5 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........ 71.9 72.2 73.4 73.1 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ................. 76.7 79.8 83.8 83.5 Nashville, TN...................... 69.8 70.4 69.6 67.9 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY................. 80.6 80.8 78.6 79.7 **New Orleans, LA.................... 61.1 58.2 57.5 64.6 New York, NY....................... 33.4 34.0 33.9 34.1 **Newark, NJ......................... 60.6 59.6 59.2 60.3 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 61.8 63.8 64.2 70.1 * Oakland, CA........................ 59.3 62.0 61.1 60.3 Oklahoma City, OK.................. 65.0 69.2 68.3 70.5 **Omaha, NE-IA....................... 66.5 66.8 67.6 69.6 * Orange County, CA\6................ 64.6 63.2 60.9 62.3 **Orlando, FL........................ 62.5 62.3 62.4 60.5 Table 14. Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1999 - Continued 1997 1998 1999 2000 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ................ 71.4 72.2 74.8 74.7 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7................. 65.5 66.6 68.7 70.7 **Pittsburgh, PA..................... 72.7 73.9 73.2 71.8 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........ 61.1 62.7 60.9 62.1 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI 59.5 59.4 60.0 61.2 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HIll, NC..... 66.7 64.7 65.1 65.6 Richmond-Petersburg, VA............ 62.1 63.6 70.9 74.1 **Rochester, NY...................... 65.9 61.7 60.2 65.2 Sacramento, CA..................... 54.8 58.7 59.2 61.6 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT........... 74.3 73.0 73.9 72.1 **San Antonio, TX.................... 59.9 62.2 64.4 66.6 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA....... 60.9 61.9 62.3 62.6 * San Diego, CA...................... 55.2 55.7 56.0 59.1 San Francisco, CA.................. 48.9 49.0 51.3 48.9 * San Jose, CA....................... 63.8 63.7 57.8 60.9 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton..... 73.1 71.4 72.6 71.8 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9..... 63.1 66.3 66.9 63.4 **St. Louis, MO-IL................... 68.0 69.9 71.7 70.6 **Syracuse, NY....................... 62.7 64.1 60.4 59.2 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 68.7 70.0 69.9 70.0 Tucson, AZ......................... 54.4 60.3 62.0 60.5 Tulsa, OK.......................... 61.2 60.1 63.9 65.2 Ventura, CA........................ 67.6 65.7 63.3 66.2 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10......... 64.6 64.5 65.6 67.1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL..... 69.2 69.5 73.7 71.3 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. NA Not Available \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.