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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)


First Quarter 2009

Table 1. Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the United States: 1960 and 1965 to 2009

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Year Rental Vacancy Rates Homeowner Vacancy Rates
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
2009 10.1       2.7      
2008 10.1 10.0 9.9 10.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9
2007 10.1 9.5 9.8 9.6 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.8
2006 9.5 9.6 9.9 9.8 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.7
2005 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0
2004 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
2003 9.4 9.6 9.9 10.2 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8
2002(r) 9.1 8.4 9.0 9.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
2002 9.1 8.5 9.1 9.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
2001 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.8 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.8
2000 7.9 8.0 8.2 7.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6
1999 8.2 8.1 8.2 7.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6
1998 7.7 8.0 8.2 7.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
1997 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7
1996 7.9 7.8 8.0 7.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7
1995 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6
1994 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6
1993(r) 7.8 7.6 7.0 6.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
1993 7.9 7.6 7.1 6.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
1992 7.4 7.7 7.3 7.1 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5
1991 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.3 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6
1990 7.5 7.0 7.2 7.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
1989(r) 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.1 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8
1989 7.3 7.3 7.3 6.8 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6
1988 8.0 7.7 7.8 7.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
1987 7.4 7.5 8.1 7.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
1986 6.9 7.3 7.5 7.7 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6
1985 6.3 6.2 6.8 6.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.6
1984 5.6 5.5 6.0 6.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7
1983 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6
1982 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6
1981 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4
1980 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.0 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
1979(r) 5.1 5.5 5.7 5.4 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3
1979 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
1978 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1
1977 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0
1976 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
1975 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.4 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2
1974 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3
1973 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2
1972 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
1971 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.6 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0
1970 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
1969 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0
1968 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.4 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
1967 7.3 6.9 7.0 6.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3
1966 8.3 7.4 7.4 7.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
1965 8.5 8.2 7.8 8.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5
1960 8.0 8.0 8.3 8.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Footnotes
(r)  Revised
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division