Homeownership Rates 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910 1900 United States 66.2% 64.2% 64.4% 62.9% 61.9% 55.0% 43.6% 47.8% 45.6% 45.9% 46.5% Alabama 72.5% 70.5% 70.1% 66.7% 59.7% 49.4% 33.6% 34.2% 35.0% 35.1% 34.4% Alaska 62.5% 56.1% 58.3% 50.3% 48.3% 54.5% NA NA NA NA NA Arizona 68.0% 64.2% 68.3% 65.3% 63.9% 56.4% 47.9% 44.8% 42.8% 49.2% 57.5% Arkansas 69.4% 69.6% 70.5% 66.7% 61.4% 54.5% 39.7% 40.1% 45.1% 46.6% 47.7% California 56.9% 55.6% 55.9% 54.9% 58.4% 54.3% 43.4% 46.1% 43.7% 49.5% 46.3% Colorado 67.3% 62.2% 64.5% 63.4% 63.8% 58.1% 46.3% 50.7% 51.6% 51.5% 46.6% Connecticut 66.8% 65.6% 63.9% 62.5% 61.9% 51.1% 40.5% 44.5% 37.6% 37.3% 39.0% Delaware 72.3% 70.2% 69.1% 68.0% 66.9% 58.9% 47.1% 52.1% 44.7% 40.7% 36.3% Dist. of Columbia 40.8% 38.9% 35.5% 28.2% 30.0% 32.3% 29.9% 38.6% 30.3% 25.2% 24.0% Florida 70.1% 67.2% 68.3% 68.6% 67.5% 57.6% 43.6% 42.0% 42.5% 44.2% 46.8% Georgia 67.5% 64.9% 65.0% 61.1% 56.2% 46.5% 30.8% 30.6% 30.9% 30.5% 30.6% Hawaii 56.5% 53.9% 51.7% 46.9% 41.1% 33.0% NA NA NA NA NA Idaho 72.4% 70.1% 72.0% 70.1% 70.5% 65.5% 57.9% 57.0% 60.9% 68.1% 71.6% Illinois 67.3% 64.2% 62.6% 59.4% 57.8% 50.1% 40.3% 46.5% 43.8% 44.1% 45.0% Indiana 71.4% 70.2% 71.7% 71.7% 71.1% 65.5% 53.1% 57.3% 54.8% 54.8% 56.1% Iowa 72.3% 70.0% 71.8% 71.7% 69.1% 63.4% 51.5% 54.7% 58.1% 58.4% 60.5% Kansas 69.2% 67.9% 70.2% 69.1% 68.9% 63.9% 51.0% 56.0% 56.9% 59.1% 59.1% Kentucky 70.8% 69.6% 70.0% 66.9% 64.3% 58.7% 48.0% 51.3% 51.6% 51.6% 51.5% Louisiana 67.9% 65.9% 65.5% 63.1% 59.0% 50.3% 36.9% 35.0% 33.7% 32.2% 31.4% Maine 71.6% 70.5% 70.9% 70.1% 66.5% 62.8% 57.3% 61.7% 59.6% 62.5% 64.8% Maryland 67.7% 65.0% 62.0% 58.8% 64.5% 56.3% 47.4% 55.2% 49.9% 44.0% 40.0% Massachusetts 61.7% 59.3% 57.5% 57.5% 55.9% 47.9% 38.1% 43.5% 34.8% 33.1% 35.0% Michigan 73.8% 71.0% 72.7% 74.4% 74.4% 67.5% 55.4% 59.0% 58.9% 61.7% 62.3% Minnesota 74.6% 71.8% 71.7% 71.5% 72.1% 66.4% 55.2% 58.9% 60.7% 61.9% 63.5% Mississippi 72.3% 71.5% 71.0% 66.3% 57.7% 47.8% 33.3% 32.5% 34.0% 34.0% 34.5% Missouri 70.3% 68.8% 69.6% 67.2% 64.3% 57.7% 44.3% 49.9% 49.5% 51.1% 50.9% Montana 69.1% 67.3% 68.6% 65.7% 64.0% 60.3% 52.0% 54.5% 60.5% 60.0% 56.6% Nebraska 67.4% 66.5% 68.4% 66.4% 64.8% 60.6% 47.1% 54.3% 57.4% 59.1% 56.8% Nevada 60.9% 54.8% 59.6% 58.5% 56.3% 48.7% 46.1% 47.1% 47.6% 53.4% 66.2% New Hampshire 69.7% 68.2% 67.6% 68.2% 65.1% 58.1% 51.7% 55.0% 49.8% 51.2% 53.9% New Jersey 65.6% 64.9% 62.0% 60.9% 61.3% 53.1% 39.4% 48.4% 38.3% 35.0% 34.3% New Mexico 70.0% 67.4% 68.1% 66.4% 65.3% 58.8% 57.3% 57.4% 59.4% 70.6% 68.5% New York 53.0% 52.2% 48.6% 47.3% 44.8% 37.9% 30.3% 37.1% 30.7% 31.0% 33.2% North Carolina 69.4% 68.0% 68.4% 65.4% 60.1% 53.3% 42.4% 44.5% 47.4% 47.3% 46.6% North Dakota 66.6% 65.6% 68.7% 68.4% 68.4% 66.2% 49.8% 58.6% 65.3% 75.7% 80.0% Ohio 69.1% 67.5% 68.4% 67.7% 67.4% 61.1% 50.0% 54.4% 51.6% 51.3% 52.5% Oklahoma 68.4% 68.1% 70.7% 69.2% 67.0% 60.0% 42.8% 41.3% 45.5% 45.4% 54.2% Oregon 64.3% 63.1% 65.1% 66.1% 69.3% 65.3% 55.4% 59.1% 54.8% 60.1% 58.7% Pennsylvania 71.3% 70.6% 69.9% 68.8% 68.3% 59.7% 45.9% 54.4% 45.2% 41.6% 41.2% Rhode Island 60.0% 59.5% 58.8% 57.9% 54.5% 45.3% 37.4% 41.2% 31.1% 28.3% 28.6% South Carolina 72.2% 69.8% 70.2% 66.1% 57.3% 45.1% 30.6% 30.9% 32.2% 30.8% 30.6% South Dakota 68.2% 66.1% 69.3% 69.6% 67.2% 62.2% 45.0% 53.1% 61.5% 68.2% 71.2% Tennessee 69.9% 68.0% 68.6% 66.7% 63.7% 56.5% 44.1% 46.2% 47.7% 47.0% 46.3% Texas 63.8% 60.9% 64.3% 64.7% 64.8% 56.7% 42.8% 41.7% 42.8% 45.1% 46.5% Utah 71.5% 68.1% 70.7% 69.3% 71.7% 65.3% 61.1% 60.9% 60.0% 64.8% 67.8% Vermont 70.6% 69.0% 68.7% 69.1% 66.0% 61.3% 55.9% 59.8% 57.5% 58.5% 60.4% Virginia 68.1% 66.3% 65.6% 62.0% 61.3% 55.1% 48.9% 52.4% 51.1% 51.5% 48.8% Washington 64.6% 62.6% 65.6% 66.8% 68.5% 65.0% 57.0% 59.4% 54.7% 57.3% 54.5% West Virginia 75.2% 74.1% 73.6% 68.9% 64.3% 55.0% 43.7% 45.9% 46.8% 49.5% 54.6% Wisconsin 68.4% 66.7% 68.2% 69.1% 68.6% 63.5% 54.4% 63.2% 63.6% 64.6% 66.4% Wyoming 70.0% 67.8% 69.2% 66.4% 62.2% 54.0% 48.6% 48.3% 51.9% 54.5% 55.2%