Table 7.  Percent Distribution by Type of Unit, by Area:  1960, 1970,
          1975 and 1980 to 1995
                       
(Percent distribution may not add to 100, due to rounding) 
                       
Area and type                1960  1970  1975  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984
 
UNITED STATES         
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100 
Year-round vacant...........  7.4   6.3   6.6   6.8   6.8   6.9   7.2   7.4 
  For rent..................  3.0   1.9   2.1   1.8   1.7   1.8   1.9   2.0 
  For sale only.............  0.8   0.6   0.7   0.8   0.8   0.9   0.9   1.0 
  Rented or sold,                                                          
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.4   0.6   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.6   0.7   0.7 
  Held off market...........  3.2   3.2   3.1   3.5   3.6   3.6   3.6   3.7 
    For occasional use......  (NA)  0.9   0.8   0.9   1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  0.6   0.6   0.7   0.7   0.6   0.7   0.7 
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  1.7   1.7   1.9   1.9   2.0   2.0   2.0 
                                                                            
Seasonal  vacant............  2.7   2.5   2.1   2.4   2.2   2.0   1.9   1.9 
Occupied.................... 89.9  91.2  91.3  90.8  91.0  91.1  90.9  90.6 
                                                                            
                             1985  1986 1987/2 1988  1989 1989/r  1990  1991
                                                                           
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100
Year-round vacant...........  7.6   7.9   8.1   8.2   8.1   8.8   8.6   8.5
  For rent..................  2.3   2.6   2.7   2.7   2.5   2.6   2.5   2.6
  For sale only.............  1.0   0.9   1.0   0.9   0.9   1.0   1.0   1.0  
  Rented or sold,                                                           
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.6   0.7   0.6   0.6 
  Held off market...........  3.6   3.6   3.8   3.9   4.1   4.6   4.5   4.4 
    For occasional use......  1.0   1.0   1.0   1.2   1.2   1.5   1.4   1.4 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  0.7   0.7   0.8   0.9   0.9   1.0   1.0   1.0 
    For other reasons.......  1.9   1.9   2.0   1.9   1.9   2.1   2.1   2.0
                                                                          
Seasonal  vacant............  2.1   2.4   3.0   3.0   2.8   2.7   2.8   2.7
Occupied.................... 90.3  89.8  88.9  88.8  89.1  88.5  88.7  88.8
                                                                          
                                                                         
                             1992  1993 1993/r 1994  1995               
                                                                       
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100             
Year-round vacant...........  8.2   8.1   8.2   8.3   8.5            
  For rent..................  2.6   2.5   2.6   2.6   2.6           
  For sale only.............  0.9   0.8   0.8   0.9   0.9
  Rented or sold,                                       
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.6   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.7 
  Held off market...........  4.2   4.2   4.2   4.2   4.3 
    For occasional use......  1.3   1.4   1.4   1.5   1.5 
    Temporarily occupied                                  
     by persons with URE/1..  0.9   0.9   0.9   0.7   0.7 
    For other reasons.......  1.9   1.9   1.9   2.0   2.1 
                                                          
Seasonal  vacant............  2.8   2.8   2.7   2.7   2.8 
Occupied.................... 89.0  89.1  89.1  89.0  88.8 
                                                          
                                                          
Area and type                1960  1970  1975  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984

INSIDE METROPOLITAN AREAS/3                                               
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100 
Year-round vacant...........  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  For rent..................  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)
  For sale only.............  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
  Rented or sold,                                                            
   awaiting occupancy.......  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
  Held off market...........  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
    For occasional use......  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
    Temporarily occupied                                                     
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
                                                                             
Seasonal  vacant............  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
Occupied....................  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
                                                                             
                                                                             
                             1985  1986 1987/2 1988  1989 1989/r  1990  1991  
                                                                              
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100   
Year-round vacant...........  (NA)  7.6   7.9   8.1   7.9   8.3   8.1   8.0   
  For rent..................  (NA)  2.8   2.9   3.0   2.8   2.8   2.7   2.9   
  For sale only.............  (NA)  0.9   0.9   0.9   0.9   1.0   1.0   1.0   
  Rented or sold,                                                            
   awaiting occupancy.......  (NA)  0.8   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.6 
  Held off market...........  (NA)  3.2   3.3   3.5   3.6   3.9   3.7   3.6 
    For occasional use......  (NA)  0.7   0.8   0.9   1.0   1.1   1.0   1.0 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  0.8   0.8   0.9   0.9   0.9   1.0   0.9 
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  1.7   1.7   1.7   1.7   1.9   1.8   1.7 
                                                                            
Seasonal  vacant............  (NA)  1.0   1.3   1.3   1.2   1.2   1.2   1.2 
Occupied....................  (NA) 91.4  90.8  91.0  90.8  90.4  90.7  90.8 
                                                                           
                                                                            
                             1992  1993 1993/r 1994  1995                  
                                                                           
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100                 
                                                                         
Year-round vacant...........  7.8   7.8   7.8   7.8   8.0               
  For rent..................  2.8   2.9   2.9   2.8   2.8              
  For sale only.............  0.9   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.9             
  Rented or sold,                                                    
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.6   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.7           
  Held off market...........  3.5   3.5   3.5   3.5   3.6          
    For occasional use......  0.9   0.9   0.9   1.0   1.1         
    Temporarily occupied                                         
     by persons with URE/1..  0.9   0.8   0.8   0.7   0.7       
    For other reasons.......  1.7   1.7   1.8   1.8   1.8      
                                                              
Seasonal  vacant............  1.2   1.2   1.2   1.3   1.6    
Occupied.................... 91.0  91.0  91.0  90.9  90.4   
                                                           
Area and type                1960  1970  1975  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984 

OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREAS/3                                               
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100 
Year-round vacant...........  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
  For rent..................  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
  For sale only.............  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
  Rented or sold,                                                            
   awaiting occupancy.......  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
  Held off market...........  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
    For occasional use......  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
    Temporarily occupied                                                     
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
                                                                             
Seasonal vacant.............  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
Occupied....................  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA)  (NA) 
                                                                             
                                                                             
                             1985  1986 1987/2 1988  1989 1989/r  1990  1991 
                                                                             
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100  
Year-round vacant...........  (NA)  8.7   8.9   8.6   8.6  10.4  10.2  10.0  
  For rent..................  (NA)  2.1   1.9   1.8   1.6   1.9   1.8   1.8  
  For sale only.............  (NA)  1.1   1.2   1.0   1.0   1.1   1.1   1.1  
  Rented or sold,                                                           
   awaiting occupancy.......  (NA)  0.5   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.5 
  Held off market...........  (NA)  5.0   5.3   5.3   5.5   6.8   6.7   6.6 
    For occasional use......  (NA)  1.8   1.9   2.0   2.1   2.8   2.8   2.7 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  0.6   0.7   0.8   0.9   1.0   1.1   1.3 
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  2.6   2.6   2.5   2.5   3.0   2.9   2.7 
                                                                            
Seasonal vacant.............  (NA)  6.8   8.3   8.4   7.8   7.5   7.5   7.4 
Occupied....................  (NA) 84.5  82.8  83.0  83.6  82.1  82.3  82.6 
                                                                            
                                                                           
                              1992 1993 1993/r  1994 1995                  
                                                                           
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100                  
Year-round vacant...........  9.5   9.1   9.3   9.9  10.1                  
  For rent..................  1.7   1.6   1.6   2.0   2.0                  
  For sale only.............  0.9   0.9   0.9   0.9   1.0                  
  Rented or sold,                                                          
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.5   0.5   0.5   0.6   0.7                  
  Held off market...........  6.4   6.2   6.3   6.4   6.5                  
    For occasional use......  2.7   2.7   2.8   2.8   2.8                  
    Temporarily occupied                                                   
     by persons with URE/1..  1.2   1.0   1.1   0.8   0.7                  
    For other reasons.......  2.6   2.4   2.5   2.8   3.0                  
                                                                           
Seasonal vacant.............  7.7   8.0   7.5   7.3   7.0                  
Occupied.................... 82.8  82.8  83.2  82.8  82.8                  

Area and type                1960  1970  1975  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984 
NORTHEAST                                                                   
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100 
Year-round vacant...........  4.6   4.3   5.3   6.2   6.2   6.0   6.0   5.8 
  For rent..................  2.0   1.1   1.6   1.6   1.4   1.3   1.5   1.4 
  For sale only.............  0.4   0.4   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.5 
  Rented or sold,                                                          
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.5   0.6   0.6   0.8   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.7 
  Held off market...........  1.7   2.2   2.5   3.2   3.6   3.5   3.3   3.3 
    For occasional use......  (NA)  0.3   0.5   0.7   0.8   0.8   0.7   0.6 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  0.6   0.6   0.7   0.8   0.8   0.7   0.7 
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  1.3   1.4   1.8   2.0   1.9   1.9   2.0 
                                                                            
Seasonal vacant.............  5.0   4.7   3.8   3.9   3.7   3.3   3.3   3.3 
Occupied.................... 90.4  91.0  90.9  89.9  90.1  90.7  90.7  90.9 
                                                                            
                                                                            
                             1985  1986 1987/2 1988  1989 1989/r  1990  1991
                                                                            
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100 
Year-round vacant...........  5.7   5.8   6.1   6.6   6.6   6.8   6.8   7.0 
  For rent..................  1.3   1.4   1.5   1.7   1.7   1.7   2.2   2.5 
  For sale only.............  0.5   0.5   0.7   0.9   0.8   0.9   0.9   0.8 
  Rented or sold,                                                           
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.6   0.6   0.5   0.5 
  Held off market...........  3.1   3.1   3.2   3.3   3.5   3.6   3.2   3.2 
    For occasional use......  0.7   0.7   0.6   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.7   0.8 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  0.7   0.7   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.8   0.8 
    For other reasons.......  1.8   1.7   1.7   1.7   1.9   2.0   1.7   1.6 
                                                                            
Seasonal vacant.............  3.8   4.0   4.6   4.6   4.2   4.1   4.2   4.0 
Occupied.................... 90.6  90.2  89.4  88.8  89.2  89.1  89.0  89.0 
                                                                           
                                                                          
                             1992  1993 1993/r 1994  1995                
                                                                        
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100              
Year-round vacant...........  7.1   7.2   7.2   7.7   8.1             
  For rent..................  2.5   2.6   2.6   2.6   2.6            
  For sale only.............  0.7   0.7   0.7   0.8   0.8           
  Rented or sold,                                                  
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.5   0.5   0.5   0.6   0.6         
  Held off market...........  3.3   3.4   3.4   3.6   4.1        
    For occasional use......  0.8   1.0   1.0   1.2   1.3       
    Temporarily occupied                                       
     by persons with URE/1..  0.8   0.7   0.7   0.6   0.7     
    For other reasons.......  1.7   1.6   1.6   1.8   2.0    
                                                            
Seasonal vacant.............  3.9   4.0   3.9   3.8   3.6  
Occupied.................... 89.0  88.9  88.9  88.5  88.3 
                                                         
                         
                                                       
Area and type                1960  1970  1975  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  
                                                      
MIDWEST                                             
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100  
Year-round vacant...........  7.0   6.1   5.8   6.9   6.5   7.0   6.9   6.9   6.9 
  For rent..................  2.8   1.7   1.7   1.8   1.8   1.9   1.9   1.8   1.9
  For sale only.............  0.7   0.6   0.6   1.0   0.9   1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0
  Rented or sold,                                                            
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.4   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.7
  Held off market...........  3.1   3.2   2.9   3.4   3.2   3.5   3.4   3.4   3.3
    For occasional use......  (NA)  0.7   0.5   0.6   0.5   0.6   0.5   0.5   0.5
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  (NA)  0.6   0.7   0.5   0.5   0.5   0.7   0.6   0.6
    For other reasons.......  (NA)  1.9   1.8   2.3   2.2   2.4   2.2   2.2   2.1 

Seasonal vacant.............  2.2   2.4   1.9   1.7   1.6   1.6   1.6   1.5   1.5 
Occupied.................... 90.8  91.5  92.3  91.4  91.9  91.4  91.5  91.6  91.6
                                                                              
                             1985  1986 1987/2 1988  1989 1989/r  1990  1991 
                                                                            
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100   100   100   100
Year-round vacant...........  6.9   7.1   6.9   6.9   6.8   7.3   7.0   7.0 
  For rent..................  1.9   2.3   2.2   2.2   2.1   2.2   2.0   2.2 
  For sale only.............  1.0   0.9   0.9   0.8   0.8   0.9   0.8   0.8 
  Rented or sold,                                                           
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.7   0.7   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6 
  Held off market...........  3.3   3.2   3.3   3.4   3.3   3.6   3.5   3.4 
    For occasional use......  0.5   0.5   0.5   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6   0.6 
    Temporarily occupied                                                    
     by persons with URE/1..  0.6   0.6   0.7   0.9   0.9   1.0   0.9   0.9 
    For other reasons.......  2.1   2.1   2.0   1.9   1.8   2.0   2.0   1.9

Seasonal vacant.............  1.5   1.7   2.3   2.3   2.7   2.6   2.6   2.5
Occupied.................... 91.6  91.3  90.8  90.8  90.5  90.1  90.4  90.5
                                                                          
                                                                         
                             1992  1993 1993/r 1994  1995
                                                       
All housing units...........  100   100   100   100   100
Year-round vacant...........  6.7   6.5   6.6   6.9   7.1
  For rent..................  2.2   2.1   2.1   2.2   2.2
  For sale only.............  0.7   0.7   0.7   0.7   0.8  
  Rented or sold,       
   awaiting occupancy.......  0.6   0.6   0.6   0.7   0.7
  Held off market...........  3.2   3.1   3.2   3.3   3.4
    For occasional use......  0.5   0.5   0.5   0.6   0.7
    Temporarily occupied                                 
     by persons with URE/1..  0.9   0.8   0.8   0.7   0.6
    For other reasons.......  1.9   1.8   1.9   2.0   2.1
                                                         
Seasonal vacant.............  2.6   2.8   2.5   2.6   2.5
Occupied.................... 90.7  90.7  90.9  90.4  90.3
                                                         
Note to data users: An error was found in the 1994 geographic conversions of
metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data to reflect 1980 definitions.  A similar error
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.