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Scale Range: 17.8% – 80.2%
Definition: This indicator provides the homeownership rate in the neighborhood where the average poor child of different racial/ethnic groups lives. For instance, if the value is 60% for poor Hispanic children, this statistic is interpreted as "The average poor Hispanic child in this metro area lives in a neighborhood where the homeownership rate is 60%."
Notes: Poverty rates defined as of 1999. Children are those under 18. Excludes metro areas with less than 5,000 children of the specified racial/ethnic group.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census, Summary File 3.