Table 18. Homeownership Rates for the South, by Age of Householder, and for Married-couple Families: 1982 to 1996 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 South, total.......... 66.7 67.0 67.0 66.4 66.1 66.3 65.8 65.9 Less than 25 years. 23.5 23.4 21.8 21.4 22.6 19.9 19.1 19.8 25 to 29 years..... 41.2 41.5 41.6 40.8 39.9 39.4 37.9 37.9 30 to 34 years..... 58.3 56.2 56.8 55.8 54.9 54.9 54.5 53.6 35 to 39 years..... 68.3 67.8 67.4 66.6 66.3 65.6 64.4 64.6 40 to 44 years..... 73.4 74.3 74.1 72.7 71.6 72.5 72.2 69.9 45 to 49 years..... 76.4 76.2 77.0 77.2 75.4 76.1 76.3 75.7 50 to 54 years..... 80.2 80.3 80.2 79.6 80.0 79.0 79.4 79.9 55 to 59 years..... 81.5 81.8 82.1 80.7 80.9 81.7 80.8 80.9 60 to 64 years..... 82.6 82.7 82.6 82.8 82.6 82.4 81.1 82.0 65 to 69 years..... 81.1 81.7 82.4 82.1 81.1 81.8 82.9 82.8 70 to 74 years..... 78.6 79.2 79.7 81.5 82.6 82.9 81.4 82.6 75 years and over.. 76.9 78.1 77.6 76.7 76.5 77.4 77.3 77.3 Less than 35 years 43.2 43.0 42.9 42.2 42.1 41.6 40.9 40.6 35 to 44 years... 70.7 70.8 70.5 69.4 68.7 68.8 68.0 67.2 45 to 54 years... 78.4 78.3 78.6 78.4 77.6 77.5 77.8 77.6 55 to 64 years... 82.0 82.3 82.4 81.8 81.7 82.1 80.9 81.4 65 years and over 78.8 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.7 80.3 80.2 80.5 1990 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 South, total.......... 65.7 66.1 65.8 66.1 65.7 65.6 66.7 67.5 Less than 25 years. 18.4 18.3 17.5 18.8 18.7 18.0 18.7 21.9 25 to 29 years..... 37.2 35.7 36.2 35.8 35.4 35.1 36.8 38.0 30 to 34 years..... 51.2 52.4 51.2 51.7 51.5 52.0 54.6 53.7 35 to 39 years..... 63.9 62.6 60.2 61.9 61.5 61.7 63.4 62.4 40 to 44 years..... 70.4 70.2 69.8 69.7 69.3 68.6 69.1 70.1 45 to 49 years..... 75.0 74.9 75.0 74.4 74.2 74.3 73.9 75.5 50 to 54 years..... 78.8 78.4 78.0 77.9 78.0 77.8 78.6 78.2 55 to 59 years..... 80.2 81.3 80.6 80.5 80.7 79.6 80.6 81.4 60 to 64 years..... 82.2 83.1 84.2 83.0 83.2 82.0 82.8 83.9 65 to 69 years..... 82.5 84.3 83.0 83.3 83.2 83.2 84.2 86.3 70 to 74 years..... 83.0 82.5 83.1 83.7 83.7 84.3 84.1 85.4 75 years and over.. 78.7 79.4 78.7 78.4 78.4 79.4 80.5 81.1 Less than 35 years 39.3 39.4 39.1 39.4 39.0 38.8 40.6 41.1 35 to 44 years... 67.0 66.3 64.8 65.6 65.2 64.9 66.1 62.4 45 to 54 years... 76.7 76.5 76.3 76.0 75.9 75.9 76.0 76.6 55 to 64 years... 81.2 82.2 82.4 81.8 81.9 80.8 81.7 82.6 65 years and over 81.0 81.7 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.9 82.6 83.8 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 South, total.......... 66.7 67.0 67.0 66.4 66.1 66.3 65.8 65.9 Married couple families 78.7 78.8 78.8 78.7 78.9 79.3 79.6 78.8 Less than 25 years. 36.5 36.7 35.6 35.2 36.4 33.2 33.4 31.5 25 to 29 years..... 55.7 56.6 56.3 55.2 56.0 55.2 53.9 53.8 30 to 34 years..... 71.5 69.2 69.9 69.9 68.5 70.1 70.6 67.8 35 to 39 years..... 79.1 78.7 78.7 78.6 79.6 78.6 78.1 78.7 40 to 44 years..... 83.4 83.9 83.7 83.9 83.2 83.9 84.1 82.2 45 to 49 years..... 86.3 85.6 86.2 85.8 85.1 86.4 86.5 86.0 50 to 54 years..... 88.8 88.4 88.5 88.0 88.4 87.1 89.0 90.1 55 to 59 years..... 90.3 89.7 89.9 89.5 90.2 90.5 89.6 89.7 60 to 64 years..... 91.2 90.6 90.7 91.5 91.5 90.9 90.6 90.5 65 to 69 years..... 89.3 91.5 91.3 91.3 90.2 90.6 92.1 91.6 70 to 74 years..... 90.5 90.0 88.5 89.9 91.9 92.1 91.7 91.6 75 years and over.. 86.9 88.2 87.2 86.5 88.0 89.6 88.5 90.2 Less than 35 years 58.5 58.5 58.7 58.3 58.5 58.8 59.0 57.0 35 to 44 years... 81.1 81.1 81.0 81.0 81.2 81.1 80.9 80.4 45 to 54 years... 87.6 87.0 87.3 86.9 86.7 86.7 87.7 87.9 55 to 64 years... 90.7 90.2 90.3 90.5 90.9 90.7 90.1 90.1 65 years and over 88.9 90.0 89.2 89.4 90.0 90.7 90.9 91.1 1990 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 South, total.......... 65.7 66.1 65.8 66.1 65.7 65.6 66.7 67.5 Married couple families 78.5 79.1 79.2 79.4 79.0 79.5 80.0 80.7 Less than 25 years. 30.5 31.0 29.7 31.1 31.0 31.9 31.2 34.9 25 to 29 years..... 52.1 51.3 51.9 51.2 50.7 51.5 53.6 56.4 30 to 34 years..... 65.8 67.4 67.1 67.4 67.0 67.8 69.8 69.1 35 to 39 years..... 77.3 76.4 75.0 76.6 76.3 76.8 77.1 76.6 40 to 44 years..... 82.7 82.7 81.6 82.0 81.9 81.9 82.2 81.0 45 to 49 years..... 85.8 85.1 86.0 85.4 85.3 85.8 85.2 87.2 50 to 54 years..... 87.4 88.2 88.2 87.5 87.4 87.9 88.6 88.8 55 to 59 years..... 89.9 90.8 89.8 90.4 90.4 89.4 89.8 90.8 60 to 64 years..... 91.5 91.8 93.4 92.6 92.6 91.2 91.2 91.9 65 to 69 years..... 92.2 93.6 93.4 93.3 93.2 93.5 93.2 94.6 70 to 74 years..... 92.7 92.8 93.2 93.0 92.8 93.9 94.5 94.5 75 years and over.. 90.8 90.7 89.5 90.1 90.0 90.2 92.2 93.2 Less than 35 years 55.5 56.5 56.6 56.5 56.0 57.1 58.6 59.5 35 to 44 years... 79.9 79.5 78.3 79.2 79.0 79.2 79.5 78.8 45 to 54 years... 86.5 86.5 86.9 86.3 86.2 86.8 86.7 87.9 55 to 64 years... 90.7 91.3 91.6 91.5 91.5 90.2 90.5 91.3 65 years and over 91.9 92.4 92.0 92.1 92.0 92.5 93.2 94.1 rRevised.