Table 1.  Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates by Area:
          1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, and 1980 to 1995 
                                                  
Area                            1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982 1983
                                                                      
Rental units                                                         
                                                                    
United States................... 8.1  8.3  5.3  6.0  5.4  5.0  5.3  5.7
                                                                      
  Inside Metropolitan Areas.....  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
    In central cities/1.........  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
    Not in central cities/1                                            
    (suburbs)...................  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1..  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
                                                                       
  Northeast..................... 4.9  5.6  2.7  4.1  4.2  3.7  3.7  4.0
  Midwest....................... 8.3  7.2  5.8  5.7  6.0  5.9  6.3  6.1
  South......................... 9.5  9.0  7.2  7.7  6.0  5.4  5.8  6.9
  West..........................11.0 11.9  5.6  6.2  5.2  5.1  5.4  5.2
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/1990
Rental units                                                           
                                                                       
United States................... 5.9  6.5  7.3  7.7  7.7  7.1  7.4  7.2
                                                                       
  Inside Metropolitan Areas.....  NA   NA  7.2  7.7  7.8  7.2  7.4  7.1
    In central cities/1.........  NA   NA  7.6  8.3  8.4  7.9  7.9  7.8
    Not in central cities/1                                            
    (suburbs)...................  NA   NA  6.6  6.9  7.0  6.3  6.6  6.3
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1..  NA   NA  8.2  7.8  7.3  6.6  7.7  7.6
                                                                       
  Northeast..................... 3.7  3.5  3.9  4.1  4.8  4.7  4.7  6.1
  Midwest....................... 5.9  5.9  6.9  6.8  6.9  6.5  6.8  6.4
  South......................... 7.9  9.1 10.1 10.9 10.1  9.1  9.7  8.8
  West.......................... 5.2  6.2  7.1  7.3  7.7  6.9  7.1  6.6
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                1991 1992 1993 1993/1994 1995 
Rental units                                                           
                                                                       
United States................... 7.4  7.4  7.4  7.3  7.4  7.6
                                                             
  Inside Metropolitan Areas..... 7.5  7.4  7.6  7.5  7.3  7.6
    In central cities/1......... 8.0  8.3  8.3  8.2  8.2  8.4
    Not in central cities/1                                  
    (suburbs)................... 6.8  6.4  6.7  6.6  6.4  6.6
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1.. 7.3  7.0  6.4  6.5  7.7  7.9
                                                             
  Northeast..................... 6.9  6.9  7.1  7.0  7.1  7.2
  Midwest....................... 6.7  6.7  6.6  6.6  6.8  7.2
  South......................... 8.9  8.2  8.0  7.9  8.0  8.3
  West.......................... 6.5  7.1  7.5  7.4  7.1  7.5
                                                             
                                                                 
                                1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982 1983 
Homeowner Units                                                        
                                                                      
United States................... 1.3  1.5  1.0  1.2  1.4  1.4  1.5  1.5
                                                                       
  Inside Metropolitan Areas.....  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
    In central cities/1.........  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
    Not in central cities/1                                           
    (suburbs)...................  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1..  NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
                                                                       
  Northeast..................... 1.0  1.0  0.8  1.0  1.1  1.1  1.0  1.0
  Midwest....................... 1.2  1.2  1.0  1.0  1.6  1.4  1.6  1.5
  South......................... 1.6  2.0  1.2  1.5  1.3  1.3  1.6  1.8
  West.......................... 1.4  1.9  1.1  1.5  1.6  1.7  1.9  1.8
                                                                       
                                                                      
                                1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/1990 
Homeowner Units                                                        
                                                                      
United States...................  1.7  1.7  1.6  1.7  1.6  1.6 1.8  1.7
                                                                      
  Inside Metropolitan Areas.....  NA   NA   1.5  1.6  1.6  1.6 1.7  1.7
    In central cities/1.........  NA   NA   2.0  2.1  2.0  2.1 2.2  2.2
    Not in central cities/1                                            
    (suburbs)...................  NA   NA   1.3  1.3  1.4  1.4 1.5  1.5
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1..  NA   NA   1.8  1.9  1.6  1.6 1.9  1.8
                                                                       
  Northeast.....................  0.8  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.6  1.5 1.5  1.6
  Midwest.......................  1.6  1.6  1.5  1.4  1.2  1.3 1.4  1.3
  South.........................  2.0  2.1  2.1  2.0  1.9  2.0 2.2  2.1
  West..........................  2.0  2.1  1.6  1.8  1.6  1.4 1.6  1.8
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                1991 1992 1993 1993/1994 1995
Homeowner Units                     
                                   
United States................... 1.7  1.5  1.4  1.4  1.5  1.5
                                                             
  Inside Metropolitan Areas..... 1.7  1.6  1.4  1.4  1.5  1.5
    In central cities/1......... 2.2  1.8  1.7  1.7  1.9  2.1
    Not in central cities/1                                  
    (suburbs)................... 1.4  1.4  1.2  1.2  1.3  1.3
  Outside Metropolitan Areas/1.. 1.8  1.5  1.4  1.5  1.5  1.6
                                                             
  Northeast..................... 1.5  1.3  1.3  1.3  1.5  1.5
  Midwest....................... 1.3  1.2  1.1  1.1  1.1  1.3
  South......................... 2.2  1.7  1.6  1.7  1.7  1.7
  West.......................... 1.7  1.9  1.4  1.4  1.6  1.7
                                                             
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. 
                                                                  
rRevised.                                                         
1Rates for 1986 to 1994 are not comparable to earlier years.  Rates
for 1995 and later are not directly comparable to earlier years. See
Source and Accuracy section for explanation.   
NA Not available.