Table 2. Households Owning Asset Types, by Selected Characteristics: 1993
(Excludes persons in group quarters. For meaning of symbols, see text)
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Percent owning--
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Interest Stck Eqty
earning Other & in Other IRA
Characteristics Number of assets@ int.- Reg. mut bus. Eqty Equity Rental real U.S. or
households fin. earning chckng fnd or mtr own prprty estate svngs KEGH Other
(thousands) inst/1 assts/2 acct shrs prof. veh home eqty equity bnds acc assets/3
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Total......................... 96,468 71.1 8.6 45.9 20.9 10.8 85.7 64.3 8.4 9.3 18.5 23.1 2.5
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER
White........................... 82,190 74.6 9.6 48.2 23.0 11.8 88.7 67.3 8.9 10.2 19.8 25.5 2.8
Black........................... 11,248 45.5 1.8 29.6 6.2 3.3 64.5 45.0 4.3 3.7 10.3 6.3 0.5
Hispanic origin/4............... 7,403 50.7 2.1 33.1 6.1 6.1 74.4 41.1 5.4 5.1 8.0 7.8 0.5
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER
Less than 35 years.............. 24,361 64.5 3.8 44.3 14.2 8.2 85.0 38.7 3.7 4.3 15.6 11.6 1.1
35 to 44 years.................. 22,790 71.0 7.2 48.6 20.4 14.0 89.2 64.3 7.6 8.9 22.5 24.0 2.0
45 to 54 years.................. 16,258 73.0 9.7 52.4 25.6 16.2 90.5 74.5 10.8 13.2 22.8 31.4 3.1
55 to 64 years.................. 12,291 73.3 11.9 47.6 25.1 14.0 89.5 80.4 13.5 15.0 20.4 37.7 3.7
65 years and over............... 20,768 76.1 13.0 38.8 22.9 4.4 76.6 76.9 10.0 9.4 13.4 20.4 3.5
65 to 69 years................ 6,132 74.4 13.2 42.4 24.5 7.1 85.1 82.2 11.1 12.3 16.3 35.1 3.0
70 to 74 years................ 5,504 76.3 13.1 39.3 22.4 4.5 80.8 78.0 9.1 9.9 15.2 23.4 4.0
75 years and over............. 9,131 77.1 12.7 36.0 22.2 2.5 68.4 72.6 9.7 7.3 10.3 8.7 3.5
EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER
Less than 12 years.............. 21,025 52.7 3.0 36.4 6.9 5.5 72.1 58.9 6.0 5.6 7.5 8.6 0.7
High school: 4 years........... 30,637 68.4 5.5 47.5 15.9 10.1 86.6 65.0 7.3 8.3 17.6 19.4 1.4
College: 1 to 3 years...... 22,398 75.7 8.0 50.6 22.4 11.6 90.2 62.0 7.7 9.5 21.4 22.0 2.3
4 or more years... 22,408 87.4 18.8 47.9 39.3 16.2 92.7 70.7 13.0 14.0 27.3 42.6 5.8
TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD BY AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER
Married-couple households....... 52,891 78.7 10.2 50.4 26.3 15.2 95.6 78.2 10.7 12.4 24.5 29.9 3.0
Less than 35 years............ 12,141 72.3 4.6 48.0 17.6 11.4 95.2 56.7 5.1 6.1 21.2 15.2 1.3
35 to 54 years................ 23,983 79.5 9.6 54.7 27.5 19.0 96.1 81.1 11.0 13.2 28.0 31.8 2.7
55 to 64 years................ 7,568 80.8 13.3 50.6 30.5 18.6 96.6 89.5 16.2 18.6 25.6 45.8 4.7
65 years and over............. 9,199 83.5 16.7 42.4 31.1 7.3 93.7 89.7 12.6 13.3 18.7 31.4 4.6
Male householder................ 15,397 64.6 7.0 40.1 17.0 9.1 82.3 45.6 6.6 7.3 12.7 17.0 2.0
Less than 35 years............ 5,285 65.4 3.6 43.9 15.0 7.2 84.5 25.2 3.7 3.2 11.0 9.2 1.1
35 to 54 years................ 6,157 62.7 7.3 40.7 17.1 12.4 83.6 50.1 7.4 9.3 14.9 23.0 2.3
55 to 64 years................ 1,437 63.2 12.7 42.0 21.1 11.9 83.0 63.8 10.8 11.8 13.2 26.5 3.4
65 years and over............. 2,518 68.1 10.0 29.5 18.5 3.5 74.1 66.7 8.5 8.5 10.5 13.5 2.3
Female householder.............. 28,180 60.4 6.5 40.5 12.8 3.7 69.0 48.5 5.2 4.8 10.6 13.5 1.8
Less than 35 years............ 6,935 50.1 2.6 37.9 7.8 3.4 67.4 17.5 1.2 1.9 9.1 7.0 0.6
35 to 54 years................ 8,908 57.7 5.2 44.5 13.0 5.6 76.8 47.4 4.5 4.8 13.3 17.1 1.9
55 to 64 years................ 3,286 60.5 8.4 43.4 14.4 4.3 75.9 66.6 8.7 8.2 11.4 23.9 1.7
65 years and over............. 9,050 70.8 10.0 37.7 15.9 1.7 60.0 66.6 7.7 5.8 8.7 11.1 2.7
LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY OF HOUSEHOLDERS UNDER 65 YEARS
Total......................... 75,700 69.7 7.4 47.9 20.3 12.6 88.2 60.9 8.0 9.3 20.0 23.8 2.2
With labor force activity....... 65,258 73.2 7.5 49.8 21.5 14.1 91.2 62.1 8.2 9.5 21.3 24.8 2.2
With job entire period........ 59,235 75.4 7.9 50.7 22.4 15.1 92.4 64.1 8.5 9.9 22.3 25.9 2.3
With job part of period....... 3,512 58.0 4.1 46.6 13.9 6.2 84.6 45.7 5.8 7.1 13.5 15.5 1.1
No job during period, spend
time looking or on layoff.... 2,511 43.9 3.4 34.6 9.3 2.1 72.6 38.2 4.9 4.6 9.2 12.9 1.6
No labor force activity......... 10,442 47.9 6.8 35.4 13.0 3.3 69.3 53.2 6.7 8.4 11.4 17.4 2.1
Interest Stck Eqty
earning Other & in Other IRA
Characteristics Number of assets@ int.- Reg. mut bus. Eqty Equity Rental real U.S. or
households fin. earning chckng fnd or mtr own prprty estate svngs KEGH Other
(thousands) inst/1 assts/2 acct shrs prof. veh home eqty equity bnds acc assets/3
MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Lowest quintile................. 19,327 42.2 2.6 31.7 4.4 6.1 58.2 41.5 3.5 3.5 4.7 5.4 0.7
Second quintile................. 19,306 62.9 5.1 42.7 11.6 7.5 85.1 55.9 5.9 5.9 10.2 14.0 1.3
Third quintile.................. 19,279 73.7 7.3 49.3 18.1 9.6 93.1 63.4 7.6 8.9 17.4 20.5 1.8
Fourth quintile................. 19,305 84.6 9.1 52.7 26.0 11.6 95.8 74.8 9.1 11.1 25.6 28.3 2.7
Highest quintile................ 19,252 92.2 19.1 53.2 44.3 19.4 96.4 86.0 16.1 17.3 34.8 47.1 5.9
HOUSEHOLD NET WORTH
Negative or zero................ 11,623 34.4 0.8 33.3 3.6 4.2 49.9 11.0 0.6 1.1 5.9 3.6 0.2
$1 to $4,999.................... 13,769 50.3 0.8 41.7 3.5 3.4 82.0 13.9 0.6 1.0 7.3 3.2 0.2
$5,000 to $9,999................ 6,121 64.7 2.0 48.3 8.8 6.3 91.1 36.3 1.5 2.7 13.6 8.7 0.7
$10,000 to $24,999.............. 10,344 71.7 2.9 51.2 13.4 8.3 90.4 62.9 2.9 5.2 15.9 13.2 1.0
$25,000 to $49,999.............. 11,668 73.9 4.5 50.6 16.4 9.4 90.5 84.5 5.5 6.5 18.7 17.3 1.3
$50,000 to $99,999.............. 15,627 81.4 7.2 50.9 21.5 10.7 91.4 91.4 8.6 10.3 22.6 25.0 1.6
$100,000 to $249,999............ 17,458 90.1 14.5 47.2 35.6 15.4 93.8 95.0 14.3 16.5 28.0 43.2 3.6
$250,000 to $499,999............ 6,485 93.4 30.7 44.7 54.2 24.6 95.8 95.7 26.4 25.3 31.7 60.1 9.5
$500,000 and over............... 3,373 94.2 44.8 42.1 67.9 35.5 95.1 94.7 40.3 34.6 31.1 64.7 16.5
REGION
Northeast....................... 19,851 75.7 9.5 42.8 22.3 10.1 76.4 59.9 8.6 7.3 22.1 25.9 2.1
Midwest......................... 24,909 75.2 9.2 47.5 22.0 12.1 87.9 69.2 8.4 9.1 22.7 25.7 2.4
South........................... 32,012 63.9 7.0 43.6 18.5 9.6 87.7 66.2 7.2 10.4 14.1 19.2 2.1
West............................ 19,683 73.0 9.7 50.7 21.8 12.0 89.0 59.5 10.2 9.9 16.9 23.1 3.5
TENURE
Owner........................... 62,036 80.1 11.4 49.1 26.9 13.4 92.7 100.0 11.7 12.4 23.4 30.4 3.3
Renter.......................... 34,432 54.8 3.6 40.1 9.9 6.1 73.1 0.0 2.6 3.8 9.8 9.8 1.0
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1/Includes passbook savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposits, and interest-earning checking accounts.
2/Includes money market funds, U.S. Government securities, municipal and corporate bonds, and other interest-earning assets.
3/Includes mortgage held form sales of real estate, amount dure from sale of a business, unit trust, and other financial investments.
4/Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.