Table 20.  Homeownership Rates by Race and Ethnicity of Householder:  1994 to 2005





                                          1994    1995 1996\1     1997    1998    1999    2000    2001    2002 2002\r





U.S. total............................   64.0    64.7    65.4    65.7    66.3    66.8    67.4    67.8    67.9    67.9



  White, total........................   67.7    68.7    69.1    69.3    70.0    70.5    71.1    71.6    71.8    71.7

    Non-Hispanic White ����...........   70.0    70.9    71.7    72.0    72.6    73.2    73.8    74.3    74.5    74.7

  Black, total........................   42.3    42.7    44.1    44.8    45.6    46.3    47.2    47.7    47.3    47.4

  All Other Races, total..............   47.7    47.2    51.0    52.5    53.0    53.7    53.5    54.2    54.7    54.5

      American Indian or Alaskan Nativ   51.7    55.8    51.6    51.7    54.3    56.1    56.2    55.4    54.6    54.0

      Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific   51.3    50.8    50.8    52.8    52.6    53.1    52.8    53.9    54.7    54.6

      Other...........................   36.1    37.4      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA      NA



  Hispanic or Latino..................   41.2    42.1    42.8    43.3    44.7    45.5    46.3    47.3    48.2    47.0

  Non-Hispanic........................   65.9    66.7    67.4    67.8    68.3    68.9    69.5    69.9    70.0    70.2







                                          2003    2004    2005





U.S. total............................   68.3    69.0    68.9



  White alone, total..................   72.1    72.8    72.7

    Non-Hispanic White alone..........   75.4    76.0    75.8

  Black alone, total..................   48.1    49.1    48.2

  All Other Races alone, total\2......   56.0    58.6    59.2

      American Indian or Alaskan Nativ   54.3    55.6    58.2

      Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific   56.3    59.8    60.1



  Hispanic or Latino..................   46.7    48.1    49.5

  Non-Hispanic........................   70.8    71.5    71.2









\1 Beginning in 1996 to 2002, those answering 'other' for race were allocated to one of the 4 race categories--

White, Black, American Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo (one category), or Asian or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

NA - Not Applicable.

\2 Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Americn Indian or Alaska Native (only one race reported) and Two or more races.