According to the U.S Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract , USA Statistics in Brief, there were 109.6 million occupied housing units in the US in 2006 (the most recent year listed) and 68.8% were owner-occupied (http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/files/house.html).
That would indicate that there were 75.4 million people who owned their own homes at that time.
But the actual number must be much higher because so many homes are owned in joint title.
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