Race and Home Ownership from the End of the Civil War to the Present Appendix

Web Appendix Figure 1: Owner-Occupancy Rates by Race, Core Sample, Ages 25-34 100 90 80 70 60 White households 50 gap=29 40 30 gap=14 20 Black households 10 0 1870 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Appendix Figure 2: Owner-Occupancy Rates by Race, Core Sample, Ages 55-64 100 90 White households 80 70 gap=20 60 50 gap=62 40 30 20 Black households 10 0 1870 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Web Appendix Table 5: Rates of Owner-Occupancy per 100 Households: Male Household Heads, Ages 25-34, Not in School, in Labor Force (Core Sample), IPUMS Census Years Year White Black Racial Gap (White – Black) 1870 42.2 [40.0] 4.9 [4.6] 37.3 [34.4] 1900 31.2 12.9 18.3 1910 29.8 13.6 16.2 1920 29.5 12.0 17.5 1930 27.9 10.8 17.1 1940 24.2 9.8 14.4 1960 55.4 26.0 29.4 1970 57.3 33.3 24.0 1980 63.0 42.5 20.5 1990 57.4 32.9 25.7 2000 58.8 36.6 25.3 2000 - 1870 16.6 31.7 - 12.0 [- 9.1] 1910 - 1870 -12.4 8.7 - 21.1 1960 - 1940 31.2 16.2 15.0 Source: see Appendix Table 1. Figures in this table are computed the same way as in Appendix Table 1, except that household heads are between the ages of 25 and 34. Web Appendix Table 6: Rates of Owner-Occupancy per 100 Households: Male Household Heads, Ages 55-64, Not in School, in Labor Force (Core Sample), IPUMS Census Years Year White Black Racial Gap (White – Black) 1870 72.0 [68.2] 10.7 [10.1] 61.7 [58.1] 1900 67.6 33.2 34.4 1910 65.7 36.1 29.6 1920 66.0 38.0 28.0 1930 67.7 40.0 27.7 1940 61.7 36.6 25.1 1960 73.5 53.2 20.3 1970 79.0 60.2 18.8 1980 85.7 71.3 14.4 1990 87.0 73.3 13.7 2000 87.8 73.4 14.4 15.8 62.7 - 46.9 2000 - 1870 1910 - 1870 -6.3 26.1 - 32.4 1960 - 1940 11.8 16.6 - 5.3 Source: see Appendix Table 1. Figures in this table are computed the same way as in Appendix Table 1, except that household heads are between the ages of 55 and 64. The more pronounced and persistent narrowing of the ownership gap by the end of the life-cycle is consistent with an historical interpretation that emphasizes changes in blacks’ permanent income and educational attainment. Figure 2 in the article showed the relationship between the ownership gap and the income gap for older households in the core sample. Below, Web Appendix Figure 3 shows a similar pattern that strongly links the gap in ownership to the gap in average educational attainment. Web Appendix Figure 3: Ownership Gap and Educational Attainment Gap, 1940-2000, Ages 55-64 from Core Sample White-Black ownership gap 26 1940 22 1960 18 1970 14 1980 10 -0.35 -0.3 -0.25 -0.2 2000 1990 -0.15 (Black-White)/White, average years of education -0.1 -0.05