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.