U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Annual Statistics: 2002


  Table B-4.  Standard Errors for Vacancy Rates and Homeownership Rates by Metropol
 
                                               Rental      Homeowner
                                              vacancy        vacancy  Homeownership
                                                 rate           rate           rate
 
    Inside Metropolitan Areas.........           0.1            0.1            0.1
 
  Akron, OH...........................           2.5            0.7            2.1
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.........           1.6            0.4            1.8
**Atlanta, GA.........................           1.4            0.4            1.1
**Austin-San Marcos, TX...............           2.1            0.7            2.0
  Baltimore, MD.......................           1.0            0.3            1.0
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................           1.1            0.4            1.6
**Birmingham, AL......................           1.8            0.6            1.6
**Boston, MA-NH\1.....................           0.7            0.1            1.0
  Buffalo, NY.........................           1.8            0.3            1.5
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.           1.6            0.7            1.4
**Chicago, IL.........................           0.7            0.2            0.6
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................           1.4            0.4            1.3
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2.......           1.4            0.3            1.0
**Columbus, OH........................           1.6            0.5            1.4
**Dallas, TX..........................           1.2            0.3            1.2
* Dayton-Springfield, OH..............           1.5            0.7            1.8
  Denver, CO..........................           1.0            0.4            1.0
  Detroit, MI.........................           0.9            0.3            0.8
**Fresno, CA..........................           1.1            0.6            1.3
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3................           1.8            0.5            1.7
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX.............           2.3            0.7            2.7
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI...           1.7            0.3            1.6
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point,           1.8            0.6            1.5
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC.           1.9            0.7            1.5
* Hartford, CT........................           0.9            0.5            1.3
  Honolulu, HI........................           0.8            0.3            1.1
**Houston, TX.........................           1.2            0.3            1.1
**Indianapolis, IN....................           1.5            0.6            1.3
  Jacksonville, FL....................           1.6            0.4            1.8
**Kansas City, MO-KS..................           1.2            0.3            1.0
**Las Vegas, NV.......................           1.0            0.3            0.9
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA..........           0.4            0.1            0.7
**Louisville, KY-IN...................           1.4            0.5            1.5
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................           2.1            0.7            1.8
* Miami, FL\4.........................           1.3            0.4            1.4
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ....           1.5            0.5            1.7
  Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5............           1.2            0.4            1.3
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI.........           0.8            0.2            0.9
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................           0.8            0.4            1.1
  Nashville, TN.......................           1.6            0.7            1.8
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY..................           1.0            0.2            0.9
**New Orleans, LA.....................           1.5            0.4            1.7
  New York, NY........................           0.4            0.2            0.6
**Newark, NJ..........................           1.0            0.3            1.3
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,           1.0            0.5            1.5
* Oakland, CA.........................           1.3            0.3            1.6
  Oklahoma City, OK...................           1.6            0.5            1.4
**Omaha, NE-IA........................           1.3            0.3            1.1
* Orange County, CA\6.................           1.1            0.4            1.5
**Orlando, FL.........................           1.5            0.4            1.4
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................           0.7            0.3            0.7
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7..................           1.2            0.4            1.0
**Pittsburgh, PA......................           1.1            0.3            1.0
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8.........           1.1            0.4            1.1
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-           0.6            0.1            0.8
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC......           1.8            0.7            1.5
  Richmond-Petersburg, VA.............           1.9            0.5            1.9
**Rochester, NY.......................           1.0            0.4            1.4
  Sacramento, CA......................           1.6            0.5            1.7
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............           1.5            0.5            1.9
**San Antonio, TX.....................           0.9            0.4            1.0
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA........           1.0            0.4            1.0
* San Diego, CA.......................           2.1            0.4            1.7
  San Francisco, CA...................           1.3            0.5            1.5
* San Jose, CA........................           1.3            0.5            1.8
**Scrantin-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA..           1.6            0.5            2.0
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9......           1.5            0.2            1.9
**St. Louis, MO-IL....................           1.1            0.3            1.2
**Syracuse, NY........................           2.6            0.8            2.4
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..           1.2            0.4            1.1
  Tucson, AZ..........................           2.2            0.6            2.0
  Tulsa, OK...........................           1.8            0.7            1.6
  Ventura, CA.........................           2.3            0.0            3.1
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10..........           0.6            0.2            0.6
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL......           1.5            0.4            1.5
 
 
Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions,
while 1995 and later data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definition
See Source and Accuracy section for explanation.
 
rRevised.
 
*  Boundaries did not change as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population
   and Housing; one or more central city/cities added or deleted.
** Boundaries changed as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population
   and Housing; one or more county/counties added or deleted.
NA Not Available
 
\1  Formerly titled Boston, MA.
\2  Includes former Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA
\3  Formerly titled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL.
\4  Formerly titled Miami-Hialeh, FL.
\5  Formerly titled Milwaukee, WI.
\6  Formerly titled Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA.
\7  Formerly titled Phoenix, AZ.
\8  Formerly titled Portland, OR.
\9  Formerly titled Seattle, WA.
\10 Formerly titled Washington, DC-MD-VA.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004