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Third Quarter 2007 


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

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


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

All housing units.................  126,224   128,189       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  109,629   110,299       309        278        86
    Owner occupied................   75,646    75,181       629        429        59
    Renter occupied...............   33,984    35,118       542        417        27

  Vacant..........................   16,595    17,890       371        325        14
    Year-round vacant.............   12,606    13,334       361        309        10
      For rent....................    3,808     3,866       174        194         3
      For sale only...............    1,935     2,074       109        135         2
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........    1,159     1,224        76        106         1
      Held off market.............    5,704     6,170       254        217         5
        For occasional use........    1,850     1,967       146        125         2
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,121     1,086       109         95         1
        For other reasons.........    2,733     3,117       183        154         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,989     4,558       245        208         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: Third Quarter 2007
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