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




Second Quarter 2006 


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

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


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

All housing units.................  123,732   125,800       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  107,850   109,450       319        291        87
    Owner occupied................   73,974    75,227       629        431        60
    Renter occupied...............   33,876    34,223       538        415        27

  Vacant..........................   15,882    16,350       357        316        13
    Year-round vacant.............   11,970    12,376       350        301        10
      For rent....................    3,720     3,676       170        191         3
      For sale only...............    1,370     1,729       100        119         1
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,073     1,186        75        104         1
      Held off market.............    5,807     5,785       246        214         5
        For occasional use........    1,946     1,850       142        125         1
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,112     1,204       115         98         1
        For other reasons.........    2,749     2,731       172        149         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,912     3,974       229        200         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: Second Quarter 2006
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division