Table B-3. 90-Percent Confidence Interval of Standard Errors of Vacancy Rates and Homeownership Rates by State: 2005 90-Percent Confidence Interval (+/-)\1 of Rental Homeowner Homeownership vacancy rate vacancy rate rate United States..................... 0.3 0.1 0.5 Alabama............................ 2.3 0.5 1.8 Alaska............................... 1.5 0.5 2.0 Arizona.............................. 1.8 0.3 1.8 Arkansas........................... 2.0 0.5 2.0 California........................... 0.5 0.2 0.8 Colorado........................... 1.6 0.5 1.5 Connecticut.......................... 1.2 0.3 1.3 Delaware............................. 1.8 0.3 1.5 District of Columbia............ 1.0 0.5 1.6 Florida.............................. 1.0 0.3 1.0 Georgia.............................. 1.5 0.5 1.5 Hawaii............................... 1.2 0.3 2.0 Idaho................................ 1.8 0.5 2.0 Illinois............................. 1.2 0.3 1.2 Indiana.............................. 2.0 0.5 1.5 Iowa................................. 1.6 0.3 1.3 Kansas............................... 1.8 0.5 1.6 Kentucky............................. 1.8 0.5 1.6 Louisiana........................... 2.0 0.5 2.0 Maine................................ 1.3 0.3 1.5 Maryland............................. 1.2 0.3 1.3 Massachusetts................ 1.2 0.3 1.6 Michigan............................. 1.5 0.3 1.2 Minnesota........................... 1.5 0.3 1.2 Mississippi......................... 2.6 0.5 2.0 Missouri............................. 1.6 0.5 1.5 Montana............................. 2.0 0.3 2.0 Nebraska............................ 1.5 0.3 1.6 Nevada.............................. 1.3 0.5 1.8 New Hampshire................... 1.2 0.3 1.3 New Jersey........................ 1.2 0.3 1.5 New Mexico..................... 1.8 0.5 2.1 New York............................. 0.5 0.3 1.0 North Carolina................... 1.6 0.5 1.5 North Dakota...................... 1.6 0.3 2.0 Ohio................................. 1.3 0.3 1.2 Oklahoma........................... 2.0 0.5 1.8 Oregon............................... 1.5 0.5 1.8 Pennsylvania.................... 1.2 0.3 1.2 Rhode Island....................... 1.2 0.3 1.6 South Carolina................... 1.8 0.5 1.8 South Dakota.................... 1.5 0.5 1.6 Tennessee......................... 1.6 0.3 1.6 Texas................................ 1.0 0.3 1.0 Utah................................. 1.8 0.5 2.0 Vermont.............................. 1.2 0.2 1.6 Virginia............................. 1.2 0.3 1.3 Washington......................... 1.2 0.3 1.5 West Virginia........................ 2.5 0.5 1.6 Wisconsin.......................... 1.3 0.3 1.5 Wyoming............................. 1.5 0.3 1.8 \1 A 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.