Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  Second Quarter:  2006 and 2007

         (in percent)

                                    90-percent

                   Second   Second  confidence    90-percent confidence

Age of householder Quarter  Quarter interval (±)a interval (±)a

                    2006     2007   of 2007 rate  of difference



United States.....    68.7     68.2      0.5           0.4



    Under 25 years    24.5     23.6      1.5           1.4

    25 to 29 years    41.4     41.7      1.4           1.4

    30 to 34 years    55.6     54.6      1.4           1.4

    35 to 39 years    66.3     65.1      1.3           1.2

    40 to 44 years    71.3     69.9      1.2           1.1

    45 to 49 years    75.0     74.4      1.1           1.2

    50 to 54 years    77.8     76.7      1.1           1.2

    55 to 59 years    81.1     80.1      0.8           0.8

    60 to 64 years    80.9     81.3      0.9           0.9

    65 to 69 years    82.2     82.1      1.4           1.2

    70 to 74 years    81.9     82.1      1.5           1.4

    75 years and over 79.2     78.9      1.1           1.0



    Under 35 years    42.4     41.9      0.9           0.8

    35 to 44 years    68.9     67.6      0.9           0.8

    45 to 54 years    76.3     75.5      0.8           0.8

    55 to 64 years    81.0     80.6      0.6           0.6

    65 years and over 80.6     80.5      0.8           0.7

aA 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliablilty.  

The larger the confidence interval is, in relation to the size of the estimate,

the less reliable the estimate.