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




Third Quarter 2006 


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

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


                                    Third     Third    90-Percent
                                   quarter   quarter   Confidence Interval(+) 2006
Type                                 2005      2006    of 2006       of       Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference  of total

All housing units.................  124,119   126,225       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  108,431   109,629       317        288        87
    Owner occupied................   74,588    75,646       628        430        60
    Renter occupied...............   33,843    33,984       537        415        27

  Vacant..........................   15,688    16,595       359        316        13
    Year-round vacant.............   11,854    12,606       353        301        10
      For rent....................    3,773     3,808       173        193         3
      For sale only...............    1,481     1,935       105        125         2
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,191     1,159        74        106         1
      Held off market.............    5,409     5,704       245        210         5
        For occasional use........    1,799     1,850       142        122         1
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,020     1,121       111         94         1
        For other reasons.........    2,590     2,733       172        147         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,834     3,989       229        199         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