Victoria Heller wrote:
> > Less than half of Minneapolis households own homes (according to our
2000
> > census) compared with the national average of 70%.
Conor Donnelly wrote:
> I'd appreciate a more specific census reference because it sounds like
you're
> comparing our city with the nation as a whole which is not appropriate.
Mr Donnelly is correct. Comparing core cities with a national average is
not apples to apples. Even trying to compare core city to core city is
difficult as some core cities are truely core cities like here in the Twin
Cities and some have expanded to the "suburbs" through annexation. So the
only real comparable statistic is urban area to urban area.
The Twin Cities has always had a strong history towards home ownership.
2001 homeownership statistics by metropolitan area:
2001
Buffalo, NY 75.1
Philadelphia, PA-NJ 73.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 73.5
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 72.9
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH 72.8
Pittsburgh, PA 71.8
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 71.6
Indianapolis, IN. 70.9
Washington, DC 69.5
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 69.2
Baltimore, MD 68
Chicago, IL 67.8
Denver, CO 67.7
Atlanta, GA 66.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 66.4
Sacramento, CA 66.4
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA 66
Orange County, CA 65.8
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 65.3
San Diego, CA 64
Orlando, FL 63
San Jose, CA 63
Dallas, TX 62.8
Las Vegas, NV-AZ 62.1
New Orleans, LA 62
Syracuse, NY 59.2
Boston, MA-NH 59
Miami, FL 58.8
Houston, TX. 55.9
Honolulu, HI. 55.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 50.1
San Francisco, CA 48.6
New York, NY 33.4
For the wonks:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/annual01/ann01ind.html
Carol Becker
Longfellow
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