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First Quarter 2008 


Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
                United States:  First Quarter 2007 and 2008

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


                                    First     First        90-Percent
                                   quarter   quarter   Confidence Interval   (±)a 2008
Type                                 2007      2008    of 2008       of       Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference   of total

All housing units.................  127,266   129,386       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  109,704   110,824       303        275        86
    Owner occupied................   75,006    75,145       629        430        58
    Renter occupied...............   34,698    35,678       544        419        28

  Vacant..........................   17,562    18,563       376        331        14
    Year-round vacant.............   13,392    13,853       368        316        11
      For rent....................    3,956     4,063       179        198         3
      For sale only...............    2,179     2,277       114        142         2
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,088     1,054        71        101         1
      Held off market.............    6,169     6,459       259        223         5
        For occasional use........    1,977     2,049       149        128         2
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,252     1,205       115        101         1
        For other reasons.........    2,940     3,205       185        158         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    4,170     4,711       249        212         4
	
    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 2008
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