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Fourth Quarter 2005 


Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
                United States:  Fourth Quarter 2004 and 2005

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


                                    Fourth    Fourth      90-Percent
                                   quarter   quarter Confidence interval(±)a 2005
Type                                 2004      2005    of 2005       of     Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference of total

All housing units.................  122,740   124,509       (X)        (X)       100

  Occupied........................  107,546   108,888       325        296        87
    Owner occupied................   74,413    75,163       629        430        60
    Renter occupied...............   33,133    33,725       535        413        27

  Vacant..........................   15,194    15,621       350        310        13
    Year-round vacant.............   11,675    11,857       343        296        10
      For rent....................    3,731     3,626       169        190         3
      For sale only...............    1,375     1,566        95        116         1
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........      901     1,059        71         97         1
      Held off market.............    5,668     5,606       243        212         5
        For occasional use........    1,916     1,819       141        124         1
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,152     1,133       111         97         1
        For other reasons.........    2,600     2,654       169        146         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,519     3,764       223        192         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: Fourth Quarter 2005
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
Last Revised: January 31, 2006