Table 6. Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1995 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/ 1990 Metropolitan area Inside Metropolitan Areas.............. 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 **Atlanta, GA............................ 1.7 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.6 Baltimore, MD.......................... 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................... 0.9 1.3 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.5 **Birmingham, AL......................... 1.6 1.9 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.8 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................ 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 Buffalo, NY............................ 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.... 1.7 1.5 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.6 **Chicago, IL............................ 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.8 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................... 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.3 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2.......... 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.0 **Columbus, OH........................... 1.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.1 **Dallas, TX............................. 2.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.1 2.1 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................. 1.4 2.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.9 Denver, CO............................. 2.4 2.7 2.0 3.7 3.7 2.6 Detroit, MI............................ 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3................... 2.1 1.7 2.4 1.7 2.0 2.3 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................ 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 4.6 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 0.7 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 * Hartford, CT........................... 0.2 0.7 0.9 3.7 3.7 2.9 Honolulu, HI........................... 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 **Houston, TX............................ 3.7 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 **Indianapolis, IN....................... 3.4 1.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 Jacksonville, FL....................... 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.6 **Kansas City, MO-KS..................... 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.4 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............. 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 **Louisville, KY-IN...................... 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.7 1.0 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................... 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.7 * Miami, FL\4............................ 3.3 3.0 1.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ....... 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.7 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5............... 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN............... 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.3 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................... 0.4 0.7 2.2 1.8 1.8 2.9 Nashville, TN.......................... 0.9 0.3 2.9 1.5 1.5 2.4 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY..................... 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 **New Orleans, LA........................ 2.3 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.5 New York, NY........................... 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 **Newark, NJ............................. 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 1.1 2.4 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 * Oakland, CA............................ 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.5 Oklahoma City, OK...................... 6.3 4.3 2.1 4.1 4.4 2.7 * Orange County, CA\6.................... 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 **Orlando, FL............................ 2.2 1.5 2.0 3.4 4.5 1.9 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................... 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7..................... 2.2 4.6 2.7 2.8 3.3 2.2 **Pittsburgh, PA......................... 1.8 1.5 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.1 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............ 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.4 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA. 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................ 0.8 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 **Rochester, NY.......................... 0.5 2.6 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 Sacramento, CA......................... 1.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 1.7 1.1 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............... 1.7 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.8 **San Antonio, TX........................ 1.8 2.0 1.4 4.4 4.4 3.3 * San Bernardino-Riverside............... 1.1 3.3 3.0 1.5 1.5 3.2 * San Diego, CA.......................... 1.3 1.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 2.8 San Francisco, CA...................... 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.0 * San Jose, CA........................... 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9......... 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 **St. Louis, MO-IL....................... 0.8 1.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.0 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..... 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.6 3.2 2.4 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\............... 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.2 Metropolitan area 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 Inside Metropolitan Areas.............. 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 2.0 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.4 **Atlanta, GA............................ 1.6 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.1 Baltimore, MD.......................... 1.3 0.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.2 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................... 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 **Birmingham, AL......................... 2.2 2.2 1.3 1.3 0.7 1.1 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................ 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 Buffalo, NY............................ 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.... 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 **Chicago, IL............................ 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.8 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................... 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2.......... 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 **Columbus, OH........................... 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.1 **Dallas, TX............................. 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................. 1.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 Denver, CO............................. 1.5 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.4 Detroit, MI............................ 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3................... 2.4 1.9 3.1 3.2 1.6 1.5 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................ 2.6 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.3 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 * Hartford, CT........................... 2.0 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.0 Honolulu, HI........................... 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 **Houston, TX............................ 3.2 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 **Indianapolis, IN....................... 1.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.6 1.6 Jacksonville, FL....................... 3.1 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7 **Kansas City, MO-KS..................... 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.0 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............. 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 2.5 **Louisville, KY-IN...................... 2.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.7 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................... 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 2.5 1.6 * Miami, FL\4............................ 2.7 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.9 0.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ....... 0.6 1.1 2.2 2.2 0.9 0.9 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5............... 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN............... 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.6 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................... 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 Nashville, TN.......................... 1.9 1.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.1 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY..................... 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 **New Orleans, LA........................ 2.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.7 0.5 New York, NY........................... 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8 **Newark, NJ............................. 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.6 1.7 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 2.3 2.7 1.6 1.7 2.3 2.6 * Oakland, CA............................ 1.9 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.2 Oklahoma City, OK...................... 1.7 3.1 2.2 2.2 1.3 1.7 * Orange County, CA\6.................... 0.5 2.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.2 **Orlando, FL............................ 1.6 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.2 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................... 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7..................... 2.2 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 **Pittsburgh, PA......................... 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............ 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA. 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.4 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................ 4.2 4.4 1.3 1.3 2.3 0.9 **Rochester, NY.......................... 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.6 0.7 Sacramento, CA......................... 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.0 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............... 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 **San Antonio, TX........................ 2.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.6 * San Bernardino-Riverside............... 4.0 3.9 2.5 2.6 4.0 3.3 * San Diego, CA.......................... 2.7 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.6 San Francisco, CA...................... 1.0 2.6 1.8 1.9 1.7 0.9 * San Jose, CA........................... 0.9 2.2 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.2 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9......... 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 **St. Louis, MO-IL....................... 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..... 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.2 1.6 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............. 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.8 Note to data users: An error was found in the 1994 geographic conversions of metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data to reflect 1980 definitions. A similar error was found in the January 1995 data. The corrected rates are shown above as of May 1996. Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. * Boundaries did not change as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more central city/cities added or deleted. ** Boundaries changed as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing; one or more county/counties added or deleted. Note: Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. \1 Formerly titled Boston, MA. \2 Includes former Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA \3 Formerly titled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL. \4 Formerly titled Miami-Hialeh, FL. \5 Formerly titled Milwaukee, WI. \6 Formerly titled Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA. \7 Formerly titled Phoenix, AZ. \8 Formerly titled Portland, OR. \9 Formerly titled Seattle, WA. \10 Formerly titled Washington, DC-MD-VA.