Table B-4.  Standard Errors for Vacancy Rates and Homeownership Rates by Metropolitan Area:  1999

                                              Rental      Homeowner
                                             vacancy        vacancy  Homeownership
                                                rate           rate           rate

    Inside Metropolitan Areas.........           0.1            0.1            0.1

  Akron, OH...........................           2.2            0.1            2.1
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.........           2.3            0.4            1.9
**Atlanta, GA.........................           1.2            0.2            1.1
**Austin-San Marcos, TX...............           1.9            0.2            2.1
  Baltimore, MD.......................           1.2            0.3            1.3
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................           0.9            0.2            1.6
**Birmingham, AL......................           2.6            0.3            1.9
**Boston, MA-NH\1.....................           0.6            0.1            1.0
  Buffalo, NY.........................           2.0            0.4            1.6
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.           1.4            0.3            1.4
**Chicago, IL.........................           0.5            0.1            0.6
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................           1.6            0.2            1.3
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2.......           1.2            0.2            1.0
**Columbus, OH........................           1.3            0.2            1.5
**Dallas, TX..........................           1.1            0.3            1.2
* Dayton-Springfield, OH..............           1.9            0.4            1.7
  Denver, CO..........................           1.0            0.2            1.2
  Detroit, MI.........................           0.8            0.1            0.8
**Fresno, CA..........................           2.2            0.5            2.6
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3................           1.3            0.4            1.3
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX.............           1.4            0.3            1.7
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI...           1.5            0.2            1.4
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point,           1.5            0.3            1.5
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC.           2.0            0.5            1.7
* Hartford, CT........................           1.8            0.3            1.7
  Honolulu, HI........................           1.2            0.2            1.3
**Houston, TX.........................           1.1            0.1            1.1
**Indianapolis, IN....................           2.2            0.3            1.9
  Jacksonville, FL....................           1.6            0.3            1.8
**Kansas City, MO-KS..................           1.2            0.2            1.4
**Las Vegas, NV.......................           1.2            0.3            1.2
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA..........           0.5            0.1            0.6
**Louisville, KY-IN...................           1.9            0.2            1.8
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................           1.9            0.5            2.0
* Miami, FL\4.........................           1.3            0.2            1.4
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ....           0.9            0.2            1.7
  Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5............           1.4            0.2            1.7
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI.........           0.8            0.1            1.1
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................           1.3            0.4            1.2
  Nashville, TN.......................           1.4            0.4            2.0
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY..................           0.6            0.1            1.0
**New Orleans, LA.....................           2.1            0.3            1.7
  New York, NY........................           0.4            0.1            0.6
**Newark, NJ..........................           0.9            0.2            1.3
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News,           1.3            0.4            1.8
* Oakland, CA.........................           1.1            0.2            1.6
  Oklahoma City, OK...................           1.8            0.3            1.5
**Omaha, NE-IA........................           1.4            0.2            1.4
* Orange County, CA\6.................           1.0            0.2            1.5
**Orlando, FL.........................           1.3            0.3            1.6
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................           0.8            0.1            0.7
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7..................           1.1            0.2            1.0
**Pittsburgh, PA......................           1.2            0.2            1.0
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8.........           1.2            0.3            1.4
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-           0.7            0.1            1.0
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC......           1.7            0.3            1.5
  Richmond-Petersburg, VA.............           2.5            0.6            2.2
**Rochester, NY.......................           1.8            0.3            1.7
  Sacramento, CA......................           1.5            0.2            1.9
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............           1.2            0.2            1.1
**San Antonio, TX.....................           1.6            0.4            1.8
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA........           1.3            0.3            1.4
* San Diego, CA.......................           1.0            0.3            1.5
  San Francisco, CA...................           1.1            0.1            1.8
* San Jose, CA........................           0.9            0.1            1.9
**Scrantin-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA..           1.9            0.5            1.9
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9......           1.0            0.3            1.4
**St. Louis, MO-IL....................           1.3            0.2            1.2
**Syracuse, NY........................           2.2            0.4            2.3
  Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..           1.1            0.3            1.1
  Tucson, AZ..........................           1.9            0.4            2.0
  Tulsa, OK...........................           1.8            0.4            1.7
  Ventura, CA.........................           1.2            0.3            3.0
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10..........           0.6            0.2            0.7
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL......           2.3            0.4            1.5


Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions,
while 1995 and later 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.
NA Not Available

\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.