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




First Quarter 2006 


Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
                United States:  First Quarter 2005 and 2006

(Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding)


                                    First     First       90-Percent
                                   quarter   quarter Confidence Interval(±)a   2006
Type                                 2005      2006    of 2006       of       Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference  of total

All housing units.................  123,341   125,373       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  107,755   109,289       320        293        87
    Owner occupied................   74,488    74,883       630        431        60
    Renter occupied...............   33,267    34,406       539        414        27

  Vacant..........................   15,586    16,084       354        313        13
    Year-round vacant.............   11,984    12,176       347        300        10
      For rent....................    3,765     3,685       170        191         3
      For sale only...............    1,388     1,580        95        117         1
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........      916     1,070        72         97         1
      Held off market.............    5,915     5,841       247        216         5
        For occasional use........    1,974     1,837       141        125         1
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,247     1,328       120        103         1
        For other reasons.........    2,694     2,676       170        148         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,602     3,908       227        195         3
	
	
    aA 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 estimate, the less reliable the estimate.
    (X)  Not Applicable.  Since the number of housing units is set equal to an independent national 
	measure, there is no sampling error, and hence no confidence interval.
NOTE:  Since first quarter 2003, the Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey (CPS/HVS) estimates 
have been controlled to independent housing unit counts.  Doing so should make the CPS/HVS estimate of 
housing units more comparable to other Census Bureau housing surveys.

Go to Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: First Quarter 2006
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division