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.