Table 6. Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1996 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/r 1990 1991 Inside Metropolitan Areas............. 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 ** Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 2.0 ** Atlanta, GA........................... 1.7 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.6 1.6 Baltimore, MD......................... 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.3 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ.................... 0.9 1.3 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.3 ** Birmingham, AL........................ 1.6 1.9 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.8 2.2 ** Boston, MA-NH\1....................... 0.7 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.3 Buffalo, NY........................... 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC... 1.7 1.5 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.5 ** Chicago, IL........................... 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.5 ** Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................. 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.2 ** Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2......... 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.8 ** Columbus, OH.......................... 1.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 ** Dallas, TX............................ 2.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.1 2.1 2.0 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................ 1.4 2.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.0 Denver, CO............................ 2.4 2.7 2.0 3.7 3.7 2.6 1.5 Detroit, MI........................... 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................. 2.1 1.7 2.4 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.4 ** Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............... 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 4.6 2.6 ** Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 0.7 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 * Hartford, CT.......................... 0.2 0.7 0.9 3.7 3.7 2.9 2.0 Honolulu, HI.......................... 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 ** Houston, TX........................... 3.7 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 3.2 ** Indianapolis, IN...................... 3.4 1.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.5 Jacksonville, FL...................... 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.6 3.1 ** Kansas City, MO-KS.................... 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.6 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............ 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.4 ** Louisville, KY-IN..................... 1.4 1.9 2.0 0.4 0.7 1.0 2.0 ** Memphis, TN-AR-MS..................... 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.7 * Miami, FL\4........................... 3.3 3.0 1.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ...... 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.7 0.6 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.............. 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 ** Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........... 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.3 1.5 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ.................... 0.4 0.7 2.2 1.8 1.8 2.9 1.9 Nashville, TN......................... 0.9 0.3 2.9 1.5 1.5 2.4 1.9 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY.................... 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.8 ** New Orleans, LA....................... 2.3 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.2 New York, NY.......................... 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.9 ** Newark, NJ............................ 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 ** Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 1.1 2.4 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 * Oakland, CA........................... 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.5 1.9 Oklahoma City, OK..................... 6.3 4.3 2.1 4.1 4.4 2.7 1.7 * Orange County, CA\6................... 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 0.5 ** Orlando, FL........................... 2.2 1.5 2.0 3.4 4.5 1.9 1.6 ** Philadelphia, PA-NJ................... 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 ** Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7.................... 2.2 4.6 2.7 2.8 3.3 2.2 2.2 ** Pittsburgh, PA........................ 1.8 1.5 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.0 ** Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........... 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.4 0.8 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.3 Richmond-Petersburg, VA............... 0.8 0.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 4.2 ** Rochester, NY......................... 0.5 2.6 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.4 Sacramento, CA........................ 1.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 1.7 1.1 1.2 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.............. 1.7 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.6 ** San Antonio, TX....................... 1.8 2.0 1.4 4.4 4.4 3.3 2.3 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.......... 1.1 3.3 3.0 1.5 1.5 3.2 4.0 * San Diego, CA......................... 1.3 1.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 2.8 2.7 San Francisco, CA..................... 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.0 1.0 * San Jose, CA.......................... 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 0.9 ** Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9........ 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.1 ** St. Louis, MO-IL...................... 0.8 1.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.3 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.... 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.6 3.2 2.4 4.3 ** Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............ 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.2 2.3 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 Inside Metropolitan Areas............. 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 ** Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY........... 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.8 ** Atlanta, GA........................... 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.1 1.2 Baltimore, MD......................... 0.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.4 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ.................... 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.6 ** Birmingham, AL........................ 2.2 1.3 1.3 0.7 1.1 1.6 ** Boston, MA-NH\1....................... 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.8 Buffalo, NY........................... 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.2 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC... 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.1 ** Chicago, IL........................... 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.4 ** Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................. 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.4 ** Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2......... 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.9 ** Columbus, OH.......................... 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.2 ** Dallas, TX............................ 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 1.7 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................ 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 0.7 Denver, CO............................ 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.9 Detroit, MI........................... 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................. 1.9 3.1 3.2 1.6 1.5 2.5 ** Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX............... 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.3 0.8 ** Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.8 * Hartford, CT.......................... 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 Honolulu, HI.......................... 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.3 ** Houston, TX........................... 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.2 ** Indianapolis, IN...................... 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.6 1.6 1.8 Jacksonville, FL...................... 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 ** Kansas City, MO-KS.................... 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.0 1.2 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............ 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 2.5 2.5 ** Louisville, KY-IN..................... 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.3 ** Memphis, TN-AR-MS..................... 1.0 0.8 0.8 2.5 1.6 2.0 * Miami, FL\4........................... 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.9 0.7 2.0 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ...... 1.1 2.2 2.2 0.9 0.9 1.2 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.............. 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.1 ** Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI........... 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.8 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ.................... 1.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 0.8 Nashville, TN......................... 1.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.7 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY.................... 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.9 ** New Orleans, LA....................... 1.3 1.7 1.7 0.7 0.5 1.3 New York, NY.......................... 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.8 2.4 ** Newark, NJ............................ 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.6 1.7 2.8 ** Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 2.7 1.6 1.7 2.3 2.6 1.3 * Oakland, CA........................... 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.2 1.9 Oklahoma City, OK..................... 3.1 2.2 2.2 1.3 1.7 0.7 * Orange County, CA\6................... 2.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.0 ** Orlando, FL........................... 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.2 2.4 ** Philadelphia, PA-NJ................... 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.4 ** Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7.................... 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.0 ** Pittsburgh, PA........................ 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.8 ** Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8........... 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.7 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.4 1.4 Richmond-Petersburg, VA............... 4.4 1.3 1.3 2.3 0.9 2.1 ** Rochester, NY......................... 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.6 0.7 1.0 Sacramento, CA........................ 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.0 2.6 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.............. 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.0 ** San Antonio, TX....................... 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.6 0.8 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.......... 3.9 2.5 2.6 4.0 3.3 3.4 * San Diego, CA......................... 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.6 1.4 San Francisco, CA..................... 2.6 1.8 1.9 1.7 0.9 0.5 * San Jose, CA.......................... 2.2 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.7 ** Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9........ 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.9 ** St. Louis, MO-IL...................... 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.2 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.... 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.2 1.6 2.6 ** Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............ 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.8 2.5 Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions, while 1995 and later data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions. See Source and Accuracy section for explanation. rRevised. * 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. \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.