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




Second Quarter 2007 


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

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


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

All housing units.................  125,800   127,728       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  109,450   110,341       308        279        86
    Owner occupied................   75,227    75,283       629        429        59
    Renter occupied...............   34,223    35,058       542        417        27

  Vacant..........................   16,350    17,387       366        322        14
    Year-round vacant.............   12,376    13,057       358        306        10
      For rent....................    3,676     3,731       171        191         3
      For sale only...............    1,729     2,037       108        131         2
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,186     1,199        76        106         1
      Held off market.............    5,785     6,090       252        217         5
        For occasional use........    1,850     2,023       148        126         2
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,204     1,109       110         98         1
        For other reasons.........    2,731     2,958       178        152         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,974     4,330       239        205         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.

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