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




First Quarter 2007 


Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
                United States:  First Quarter 2006 and 2007

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


                                    First     First          90-Percent
                                   quarter   quarter   Confidence Interval (±)a 2007
Type                                 2006      2007    of 2007       of       Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference of total

All housing units.................  125,373   127,266       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  109,289   109,704       316        283        86
    Owner occupied................   74,883    75,006       630        430        59
    Renter occupied...............   34,406    34,698       540        417        27

  Vacant..........................   16,084    17,562       368        321        14
    Year-round vacant.............   12,176    13,392       362        307        11
      For rent....................    3,685     3,956       176        194         3
      For sale only...............    1,580     2,179       112        131         2
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,070     1,088        72        101         1
      Held off market.............    5,841     6,169       254        218         5
        For occasional use........    1,837     1,977       146        125         2
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,328     1,252       117        103         1
        For other reasons.........    2,676     2,940       178        151         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,908     4,170       234        202         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 2007
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