Table 18. Homeownership Rates for the South, by Age of Householder, and for Married-couple Families: 1982 to 1997 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 South, total.......... 66.7 67.0 67.0 66.4 66.1 66.3 65.8 65.9 65.7 Less than 25 years. 23.5 23.4 21.8 21.4 22.6 19.9 19.1 19.8 18.4 25 to 29 years..... 41.2 41.5 41.6 40.8 39.9 39.4 37.9 37.9 37.2 30 to 34 years..... 58.3 56.2 56.8 55.8 54.9 54.9 54.5 53.6 51.2 35 to 39 years..... 68.3 67.8 67.4 66.6 66.3 65.6 64.4 64.6 63.9 40 to 44 years..... 73.4 74.3 74.1 72.7 71.6 72.5 72.2 69.9 70.4 45 to 49 years..... 76.4 76.2 77.0 77.2 75.4 76.1 76.3 75.7 75.0 50 to 54 years..... 80.2 80.3 80.2 79.6 80.0 79.0 79.4 79.9 78.8 55 to 59 years..... 81.5 81.8 82.1 80.7 80.9 81.7 80.8 80.9 80.2 60 to 64 years..... 82.6 82.7 82.6 82.8 82.6 82.4 81.1 82.0 82.2 65 to 69 years..... 81.1 81.7 82.4 82.1 81.1 81.8 82.9 82.8 82.5 70 to 74 years..... 78.6 79.2 79.7 81.5 82.6 82.9 81.4 82.6 83.0 75 years and over.. 76.9 78.1 77.6 76.7 76.5 77.4 77.3 77.3 78.7 Less than 35 year 43.2 43.0 42.9 42.2 42.1 41.6 40.9 40.6 39.3 35 to 44 years... 70.7 70.8 70.5 69.4 68.7 68.8 68.0 67.2 67.0 45 to 54 years... 78.4 78.3 78.6 78.4 77.6 77.5 77.8 77.6 76.7 55 to 64 years... 82.0 82.3 82.4 81.8 81.7 82.1 80.9 81.4 81.2 65 years and over 78.8 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.7 80.3 80.2 80.5 81.0 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 1997 South, total.......... 66.1 65.8 66.1 65.7 65.6 66.7 67.5 68.0 Less than 25 years. 18.3 17.5 18.8 18.7 18.0 18.7 21.9 21.6 25 to 29 years..... 35.7 36.2 35.8 35.4 35.1 36.8 38.0 37.7 30 to 34 years..... 52.4 51.2 51.7 51.5 52.0 54.6 53.7 53.9 35 to 39 years..... 62.6 60.2 61.9 61.5 61.7 63.4 62.4 63.2 40 to 44 years..... 70.2 69.8 69.7 69.3 68.6 69.1 70.1 70.8 45 to 49 years..... 74.9 75.0 74.4 74.2 74.3 73.9 75.5 76.2 50 to 54 years..... 78.4 78.0 77.9 78.0 77.8 78.6 78.2 79.7 55 to 59 years..... 81.3 80.6 80.5 80.7 79.6 80.6 81.4 81.9 60 to 64 years..... 83.1 84.2 83.0 83.2 82.0 82.8 83.9 83.5 65 to 69 years..... 84.3 83.0 83.3 83.2 83.2 84.2 86.3 85.8 70 to 74 years..... 82.5 83.1 83.7 83.7 84.3 84.1 85.4 85.7 75 years and over.. 79.4 78.7 78.4 78.4 79.4 80.5 81.1 82.1 Less than 35 year 39.4 39.1 39.4 39.0 38.8 40.6 41.1 40.8 35 to 44 years... 66.3 64.8 65.6 65.2 64.9 66.1 62.4 63.2 45 to 54 years... 76.5 76.3 76.0 75.9 75.9 76.0 76.6 77.8 55 to 64 years... 82.2 82.4 81.8 81.9 80.8 81.7 82.6 82.7 65 years and over 81.7 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.9 82.6 83.8 84.1 Table 18. Homeownership Rates for the South, by Age of Householder, and for Married-couple Families: 1982 to 1997 - Continued 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 South, total.......... 66.7 67.0 67.0 66.4 66.1 66.3 65.8 65.9 65.7 Married couple familie 78.7 78.8 78.8 78.7 78.9 79.3 79.6 78.8 78.5 Less than 25 years. 36.5 36.7 35.6 35.2 36.4 33.2 33.4 31.5 30.5 25 to 29 years..... 55.7 56.6 56.3 55.2 56.0 55.2 53.9 53.8 52.1 30 to 34 years..... 71.5 69.2 69.9 69.9 68.5 70.1 70.6 67.8 65.8 35 to 39 years..... 79.1 78.7 78.7 78.6 79.6 78.6 78.1 78.7 77.3 40 to 44 years..... 83.4 83.9 83.7 83.9 83.2 83.9 84.1 82.2 82.7 45 to 49 years..... 86.3 85.6 86.2 85.8 85.1 86.4 86.5 86.0 85.8 50 to 54 years..... 88.8 88.4 88.5 88.0 88.4 87.1 89.0 90.1 87.4 55 to 59 years..... 90.3 89.7 89.9 89.5 90.2 90.5 89.6 89.7 89.9 60 to 64 years..... 91.2 90.6 90.7 91.5 91.5 90.9 90.6 90.5 91.5 65 to 69 years..... 89.3 91.5 91.3 91.3 90.2 90.6 92.1 91.6 92.2 70 to 74 years..... 90.5 90.0 88.5 89.9 91.9 92.1 91.7 91.6 92.7 75 years and over.. 86.9 88.2 87.2 86.5 88.0 89.6 88.5 90.2 90.8 Less than 35 year 58.5 58.5 58.7 58.3 58.5 58.8 59.0 57.0 55.5 35 to 44 years... 81.1 81.1 81.0 81.0 81.2 81.1 80.9 80.4 79.9 45 to 54 years... 87.6 87.0 87.3 86.9 86.7 86.7 87.7 87.9 86.5 55 to 64 years... 90.7 90.2 90.3 90.5 90.9 90.7 90.1 90.1 90.7 65 years and over 88.9 90.0 89.2 89.4 90.0 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.9 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 1997 South, total.......... 66.1 65.8 66.1 65.7 65.6 66.7 67.5 68.0 Married couple familie 79.1 79.2 79.4 79.0 79.5 80.0 80.7 81.8 Less than 25 years. 31.0 29.7 31.1 31.0 31.9 31.2 34.9 37.5 25 to 29 years..... 51.3 51.9 51.2 50.7 51.5 53.6 56.4 54.3 30 to 34 years..... 67.4 67.1 67.4 67.0 67.8 69.8 69.1 70.5 35 to 39 years..... 76.4 75.0 76.6 76.3 76.8 77.1 76.6 78.3 40 to 44 years..... 82.7 81.6 82.0 81.9 81.9 82.2 81.0 83.4 45 to 49 years..... 85.1 86.0 85.4 85.3 85.8 85.2 87.2 87.6 50 to 54 years..... 88.2 88.2 87.5 87.4 87.9 88.6 88.8 90.2 55 to 59 years..... 90.8 89.8 90.4 90.4 89.4 89.8 90.8 91.3 60 to 64 years..... 91.8 93.4 92.6 92.6 91.2 91.2 91.9 92.5 65 to 69 years..... 93.6 93.4 93.3 93.2 93.5 93.2 94.6 94.1 70 to 74 years..... 92.8 93.2 93.0 92.8 93.9 94.5 94.5 93.8 75 years and over.. 90.7 89.5 90.1 90.0 90.2 92.2 93.2 93.2 Less than 35 year 56.5 56.6 56.5 56.0 57.1 58.6 59.5 60.1 35 to 44 years... 79.5 78.3 79.2 79.0 79.2 79.5 78.8 80.8 45 to 54 years... 86.5 86.9 86.3 86.2 86.8 86.7 87.9 88.8 55 to 64 years... 91.3 91.6 91.5 91.5 90.2 90.5 91.3 91.9 65 years and over 92.4 92.0 92.1 92.0 92.5 93.2 94.1 93.7 /r Revised.