2010 Census Shows Second Highest Homeownership Rate on Record Despite Largest Decrease since 1940
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief,Housing Characteristics: 2010, that shows the homeownership rate is the second highest on record, behind only 2000, since homeownership data collection began in 1890. However, the rate decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 65.1 percent between 2000 and 2010. The decrease is the largest since the period from 1930 to 1940.