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Second Quarter 2004

Table 3. Characteristics of Unfurnished Apartments Completed During the
         Fourth Quarter of 2003 and of Those Rented Within 3 Months(Revised)

Not Seasonally Adjusted

(Privately financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished, rental apartments
in buildings with five units or more. Data regarding number of bedrooms
and asking rent are collected at the initial interview, i.e., 3 months
following completion. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Medians and percents are computed using unrounded data.)

                              Total                                 Per-
                             unfur-               Per-              cent
                             nished               cent             rented
                             apart-                 of             within
                              ments   Standard   total   Standard      3   Standard
                          completed     error*   units     error*  months    error*

U.S. Total                    38,500     4,030      100       (X)      58       2.5

Units renting for:
Less than $650                 5,000       950       13       2.3      70       7.0
$650 to $749                   4,600       590       12       1.7      57       5.6
$750 to $849                   6,300     1,350       16       2.7      65       3.6
$850 to $949                   4,200       820       11       1.6      54       5.4
$950 to $1,049                 3,900       550       10       1.1      61       5.7
$1,050 or more                14,500     2,050       38       3.0      50       5.2
Median asking rent              $929       $38      (X)       (X)    $887       $34

Units with
 fewer than
 2 bedrooms                   12,800     1,120       33       2.0      61       3.3
Less than $650                 2,200       500        6       1.3      76       6.9
$650 to $749                   1,800       280        5       0.8      70       4.6
$750 to $849                   2,100       280        5       0.7      61       3.0
$850 to $949                   1,700       490        4       1.0      41      10.2
$950 to $1,049                 1,100       130        3       (Z)      62       4.5
$1,050 or more                 4,000       570       10       1.5      57       6.7
Median asking rent              $869       $40      (X)       (X)    $829       $35

Units with
 2 bedrooms
 or more                      25,700     3,180       67       2.0      56       3.2
Less than $650                 2,900       660        7       1.7      65       8.7
$650 to $749                   2,800       500        7       1.4      49       7.4
$750 to $849                   4,200     1,330       11       2.9      68       4.5
$850 to $949                   2,500       460        7       1.0      63       5.2
$950 to $1,049                 2,800       530        7       1.1      60       7.8
$1,050 to $1,149               3,000       880        8       1.8      50      13.4
$1,150 or more                 7,500     1,210       19       2.2      47       6.2
Median asking rent              $967       $38       (X)       (X)   $920       $46

Units with:
0 bedrooms                     1,200       240        3       0.6      67       6.8
1 bedroom                     11,600     1,030       30       1.8      60       3.4
2 bedrooms                    20,000     2,400       52       1.9      56       3.4
3 bedrooms or more             5,700     1,050       15       1.8      55       4.7




* One standard error (68-percent confidence interval)	    X Not applicable.
Z Fewer than 50 units or less than one-half of 1 percent.


Go to Detailed Tables for Second Quarter 2004 Absorptions
Contact Alan Friedman or Venus Anderson at 301-763-3199 or mail to alan.friedman@census.gov or Venus.K.Anderson@census.gov for further information on the Survey of Market Absorption of Apartments Data.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: November 15, 2004