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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)
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Annual Statistics: 2004
Table 9. Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
United States: 2003 and 2004
(Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding)
90-Percent
Confidence Interval (+/- 2004
Type 2003 2004 of 2004 of Percent
estimate estimate Estimate difference of total
All housing units........ 120,834 122,187 281 388 100
Occupied............... 105,560 106,588 297 409 87
Owner occupied....... 72,054 73,575 298 410 60
Renter occupied...... 33,506 33,013 236 325 27
Vacant................. 15,274 15,599 171 235 13
Year-round vacant.... 11,631 11,884 151 207 10
For rent........... 3,676 3,802 88 120 3
For sale only...... 1,308 1,307 52 71 1
Rented or sold,
awaiting occupancy. 976 991 45 62 1
Held off market.... 5,671 5,784 108 147 5
For occasional use 1,989 1,967 63 87 2
Temporarily occupied
by persons with usual
residence elsewhere 994 1,068 47 63 1
For other reasons.. 2,688 2,749 75 102 2
Seasonal vacant..... 3,643 3,715 87 119 3
\1 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability. The larger the confidence
interval is, in relation to the size of the estiamte, the less reliable the estimate.
Go to Housing Vacancies and Homeownership Annual Statistics: 2004
Contact Bob Callis or Linda Cavanaugh at (301)763-3199 or visit ask.census.gov for further information on the Housing Vacancy Survey.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 17, 2005
