Table B-3.  90-Percent Confidence Interval of Standard Errors of Vacancy Rates and

                    Homeownership Rates by State:  2005



                                                       90-Percent

                                                       Confidence

                                                       Interval (+/-)\1 of



                                           Rental          Homeowner        Homeownership

                                        vacancy rate      vacancy rate           rate



United States.....................                  0.3               0.1                 0.5



Alabama............................                 2.3               0.5                 1.8

Alaska...............................               1.5               0.5                 2.0

Arizona..............................               1.8               0.3                 1.8

Arkansas...........................                 2.0               0.5                 2.0

California...........................               0.5               0.2                 0.8

Colorado...........................                 1.6               0.5                 1.5

Connecticut..........................               1.2               0.3                 1.3

Delaware.............................               1.8               0.3                 1.5

District of Columbia............                    1.0               0.5                 1.6

Florida..............................               1.0               0.3                 1.0

Georgia..............................               1.5               0.5                 1.5

Hawaii...............................               1.2               0.3                 2.0

Idaho................................               1.8               0.5                 2.0

Illinois.............................               1.2               0.3                 1.2

Indiana..............................               2.0               0.5                 1.5

Iowa.................................               1.6               0.3                 1.3

Kansas...............................               1.8               0.5                 1.6

Kentucky.............................               1.8               0.5                 1.6

Louisiana...........................                2.0               0.5                 2.0

Maine................................               1.3               0.3                 1.5

Maryland.............................               1.2               0.3                 1.3

Massachusetts................                       1.2               0.3                 1.6

Michigan.............................               1.5               0.3                 1.2

Minnesota...........................                1.5               0.3                 1.2

Mississippi.........................                2.6               0.5                 2.0

Missouri.............................               1.6               0.5                 1.5

Montana.............................                2.0               0.3                 2.0

Nebraska............................                1.5               0.3                 1.6

Nevada..............................                1.3               0.5                 1.8

New Hampshire...................                    1.2               0.3                 1.3

New Jersey........................                  1.2               0.3                 1.5

New Mexico.....................                     1.8               0.5                 2.1

New York.............................               0.5               0.3                 1.0

North Carolina...................                   1.6               0.5                 1.5

North Dakota......................                  1.6               0.3                 2.0

Ohio.................................               1.3               0.3                 1.2

Oklahoma...........................                 2.0               0.5                 1.8

Oregon...............................               1.5               0.5                 1.8

Pennsylvania....................                    1.2               0.3                 1.2

Rhode Island.......................                 1.2               0.3                 1.6

South Carolina...................                   1.8               0.5                 1.8

South Dakota....................                    1.5               0.5                 1.6

Tennessee.........................                  1.6               0.3                 1.6

Texas................................               1.0               0.3                 1.0

Utah.................................               1.8               0.5                 2.0

Vermont..............................               1.2               0.2                 1.6

Virginia.............................               1.2               0.3                 1.3

Washington.........................                 1.2               0.3                 1.5

West Virginia........................               2.5               0.5                 1.6

Wisconsin..........................                 1.3               0.3                 1.5

Wyoming.............................                1.5               0.3                 1.8





\1 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability.  The larger the confidence interval is, in

     relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate.