Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1995 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/ 1990 Metropolitan area Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.2 7.7 7.8 7.2 7.4 7.1 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............... 4.8 7.0 9.3 6.4 7.1 7.2 **Atlanta, GA............................... 6.3 6.4 9.7 12.5 12.5 11.6 Baltimore, MD............................. 6.7 8.3 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.2 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ........................ 3.6 3.2 8.6 5.2 5.2 6.6 **Birmingham, AL............................ 5.2 5.5 8.4 7.7 7.7 5.2 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................... 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 6.0 Buffalo, NY............................... 3.5 6.2 7.1 1.9 1.9 3.4 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC....... 6.5 5.7 6.1 6.7 7.2 5.9 **Chicago, IL............................... 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN...................... 6.6 6.9 6.1 7.3 7.3 6.3 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2............. 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.4 7.8 **Columbus, OH.............................. 6.7 8.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 5.0 **Dallas, TX................................ 17.2 16.2 17.9 14.4 14.6 12.3 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................... 5.3 6.5 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.0 Denver, CO................................ 8.4 11.0 12.3 12.9 12.9 8.9 Detroit, MI............................... 5.0 7.6 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3...................... 9.8 12.2 10.9 11.0 11.5 8.0 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................... 16.1 14.2 13.6 11.6 11.6 8.9 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC... 7.8 6.1 9.0 7.9 7.9 7.9 * Hartford, CT.............................. 3.7 6.1 7.1 8.2 8.2 11.2 Honolulu, HI.............................. 5.0 5.5 4.1 5.1 5.1 3.8 **Indianapolis, IN.......................... 7.1 9.1 8.9 5.4 5.4 6.1 Jacksonville, FL.......................... 11.1 12.4 11.6 12.8 13.3 9.5 **Kansas City, MO-KS........................ 12.5 11.7 8.8 7.5 8.1 9.9 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA................ 3.5 4.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.2 **Louisville, KY-IN......................... 15.9 17.8 11.5 11.7 11.7 7.5 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS......................... 5.9 5.5 8.3 8.9 8.9 10.2 * Miami, Fl\4 8.5 8.9 9.3 4.7 4.7 6.3 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ.......... 2.9 4.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 5.2 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.................. 3.1 2.8 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.6 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............... 3.9 5.3 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.5 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ........................ 3.2 2.9 4.0 5.9 5.9 8.3 Nashville, TN............................. 5.3 8.0 8.4 10.3 11.2 11.3 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY........................ 3.9 6.3 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.5 **New Orleans, LA........................... 12.8 16.5 15.3 12.9 12.9 13.8 New York, NY.............................. 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 4.7 **Newark, NJ................................ 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.1 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA... 7.5 12.5 11.2 9.1 9.1 9.2 * Oakland, CA............................... 5.9 5.5 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.3 Oklahoma City, OK......................... 21.1 23.6 17.8 18.0 18.0 22.6 * Orange County, CA\6....................... 2.5 3.8 7.3 6.5 6.5 4.8 **Orlando, FL............................... 12.2 11.6 11.8 9.5 10.1 10.1 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ....................... 4.5 4.6 6.3 7.1 7.1 9.6 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7........................ 13.2 13.8 12.3 11.6 11.6 10.3 **Pittsburgh, PA............................ 10.1 9.3 9.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............... 5.3 5.3 5.0 2.7 2.7 3.3 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.... 4.3 4.6 5.0 8.7 8.7 9.4 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................... 8.3 3.9 7.9 5.6 5.6 5.3 **Rochester, NY............................. 4.3 5.8 9.1 4.8 4.8 5.6 Sacramento, CA............................ 10.2 8.7 5.9 8.0 8.0 7.4 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.................. 10.6 11.9 12.0 11.2 11.2 7.8 **San Antonio, TX........................... 13.9 17.8 16.6 12.9 13.2 11.7 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.............. 7.5 7.9 10.1 10.3 10.3 9.9 * San Diego, CA............................. 5.4 6.2 8.5 6.6 6.6 6.9 San Francisco, CA......................... 4.6 4.9 3.5 2.8 2.8 4.2 * San Jose, CA.............................. 4.6 4.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 4.6 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9............ 3.1 4.7 4.1 5.7 5.7 3.1 **St. Louis, MO-IL.......................... 6.6 6.9 7.6 8.9 8.9 10.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL........ 14.7 11.3 13.3 11.0 11.3 10.4 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10................ 3.7 4.8 4.6 5.8 5.8 6.7 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.6 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............... 12.7 7.1 6.1 6.1 9.7 10.2 **Atlanta, GA............................... 12.9 11.2 9.6 9.3 6.1 9.8 Baltimore, MD............................. 7.4 7.0 8.5 8.5 8.9 6.4 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ........................ 6.4 6.0 5.7 5.5 2.8 2.6 **Birmingham, AL............................ 4.4 5.5 6.6 6.6 4.9 9.9 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................... 7.2 7.0 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.4 Buffalo, NY............................... 6.3 7.5 5.4 5.4 7.7 8.5 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC....... 8.9 9.3 5.7 5.6 6.2 4.2 **Chicago, IL............................... 7.3 8.4 7.3 7.3 8.2 7.9 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN...................... 3.8 5.7 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.6 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2............. 6.9 7.3 9.6 9.4 8.0 8.3 **Columbus, OH.............................. 6.3 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.4 **Dallas, TX................................ 10.7 9.0 10.7 10.6 8.4 7.4 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................... 4.5 6.6 7.6 7.4 6.8 11.1 Denver, CO................................ 6.3 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.9 Detroit, MI............................... 7.4 8.7 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.0 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3...................... 8.2 6.4 6.3 6.4 7.3 7.4 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................... 8.7 9.3 9.1 9.0 7.9 7.6 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC... 6.9 8.5 6.4 6.3 6.7 5.0 * Hartford, CT.............................. 5.0 6.9 9.0 8.8 6.8 8.8 Honolulu, HI.............................. 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.9 5.0 5.4 **Houston, TX............................... 11.9 11.7 12.0 11.8 8.5 10.2 **Indianapolis, IN.......................... 6.4 9.5 9.8 9.7 3.5 6.3 Jacksonville, FL.......................... 9.1 10.8 8.1 8.3 6.5 5.9 **Kansas City, MO-KS........................ 12.3 10.8 13.2 13.1 11.8 14.0 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA................ 6.7 8.2 9.5 9.5 8.7 9.7 **Louisville, KY-IN......................... 10.7 9.3 15.3 15.2 9.5 5.6 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS......................... 10.8 10.2 7.5 7.4 6.8 8.8 * Miami, FL\4............................... 6.6 6.0 3.6 3.5 4.6 5.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ.......... 7.4 7.8 7.7 7.5 4.6 5.5 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5.................. 6.2 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.2 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............... 6.7 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.9 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ........................ 16.2 8.4 6.8 6.7 6.2 2.1 Nashville, TN............................. 8.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 2.7 4.2 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY........................ 6.2 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.2 4.9 **New Orleans, LA........................... 10.3 6.7 6.7 6.6 8.4 5.9 New York, NY.............................. 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2 **Newark, NJ................................ 6.4 7.7 8.8 8.7 9.1 10.8 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA... 16.2 10.1 10.4 10.5 12.9 9.3 * Oakland, CA............................... 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.5 10.8 8.2 Oklahoma City, OK......................... 15.5 15.0 21.2 21.2 14.4 11.8 * Orange County, CA\6....................... 5.8 6.8 8.6 8.6 7.3 7.1 **Orlando, FL............................... 11.2 14.4 10.7 10.8 13.1 9.1 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ....................... 11.9 8.7 12.3 12.4 11.0 10.8 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7........................ 9.6 9.2 7.6 7.3 7.7 6.6 **Pittsburgh, PA............................ 4.9 7.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.7 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............... 6.5 5.6 6.6 6.6 2.7 2.8 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.... 8.9 8.5 8.7 8.8 6.5 6.8 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................... 14.7 15.8 10.1 10.0 7.6 10.8 **Rochester, NY............................. 3.7 3.6 7.8 7.7 6.0 8.4 Sacramento, CA............................ 8.4 8.5 10.3 10.6 10.2 12.0 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT.................. 3.6 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.2 4.7 **San Antonio, TX........................... 7.6 6.0 3.5 3.4 4.1 5.5 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA.............. 8.9 8.6 10.3 10.3 10.4 8.7 * San Diego, CA............................. 6.3 8.3 7.8 7.8 6.4 8.7 San Francisco, CA......................... 3.3 4.1 5.8 5.9 3.9 5.4 * San Jose, CA.............................. 3.9 9.4 7.3 7.3 4.3 2.9 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9............ 5.4 5.3 6.4 6.2 8.3 7.3 **St. Louis, MO-IL.......................... 12.8 10.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 5.6 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL........ 10.6 8.8 9.0 9.1 8.3 6.4 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10................ 7.9 8.8 8.4 8.0 8.6 8.3 Note to data users: An error was found in the 1994 geographic conversions of metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data to reflect 1980 definitions. A similar error as 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. 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. 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.