Table 1. Absorption Rates for Unfurnished Apartments Completed by Geographic
Area: 2001
(Privately financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished, rental apartments in buildings
with five units or more.  Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Percents are computed using unrounded data)

                                            Percent                  Percent absorbed in:
                                               of              3           6           9           12
Geographic areas              Total           total         months      months      months      months

United States, total         193,100           100          64          82          91          95
 Inside metropolitan areas   180,300            91          63          81          90          95
  In central cities           80,400            41          64          82          91          95
  Not in central cities       99,900            50          62          91          90          95
 Outside metropolitan areas   12,800             9          75          90          96         100

Northeast                     16,500             8          83          94          96          98
Midwest                       31,600            17          67          84          92          96
South                         97,400            49          60          80          90          95
West                          47,600            26          64          81          90          95