Table 1.  Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the United States:
           1960 and 1965 to 1995
                                                         
                                                        
                    Rental vacancy rate                     Homeowner vacancy rate
                                                      
                                                      
 Year                                                          
        First     Second    Third     Fourth    First     Second    Third     Fourth 
        quarter   quarter   quarter   quarter   quarter   quarter   quarter   quarter 
                                                    
 1995..... 7.4                                     1.5 
 1994..... 7.5       7.4       7.2       7.4       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.6
 1993\r... 7.8       7.6       7.0       6.9       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.4
                                                             
 1993..... 7.9       7.6       7.1       6.9       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.4 
 1992..... 7.4       7.7       7.3       7.1       1.5       1.6       1.6       1.5
 1991..... 7.5       7.3       7.6       7.3       1.7       1.8       1.8       1.6
 1990..... 7.5       7.0       7.2       7.2       1.7       1.7       1.7       1.7
 1989\r... 7.5       7.4       7.6       7.1       1.7       1.7       1.9       1.8
                                                               
 1989..... 7.3       7.3       7.3       6.8       1.5       1.6       1.8       1.6
 1988..... 8.0       7.7       7.8       7.3       1.6       1.6       1.6       1.6
 1987..... 7.4       7.5       8.1       7.8       1.7       1.7       1.7       1.6
 1986..... 6.9       7.3       7.5       7.7       1.5       1.7       1.6       1.6
 1985..... 6.3       6.2       6.8       6.7       1.8       1.9       1.8       1.6
 1984..... 5.6       5.5       6.0       6.3       1.6       1.7       1.7       1.7
 1983..... 5.7       5.5       5.8       5.5       1.4       1.5       1.6       1.6
 1982..... 5.3       5.1       5.3       5.5       1.4       1.6       1.5       1.6
 1981..... 5.2       5.0       5.0       5.0       1.3       1.3       1.5       1.4
 1980..... 5.2       5.6       5.7       5.0       1.3       1.4       1.4       1.4
 1979\r... 5.1       5.5       5.7       5.4       1.1       1.1       1.2       1.3
                                                      
 1979..... 4.8       5.0       5.2       5.0       1.0       1.1       1.1       1.1
 1978..... 5.0       5.1       5.0       5.0       1.0       0.9       1.0       1.1
 1977..... 5.1       5.3       5.4       5.1       1.3       1.3       1.1       1.0
 1976..... 5.5       5.8       5.7       5.3       1.2       1.2       1.3       1.2
 1975..... 6.1       6.3       6.2       5.4       1.2       1.2       1.4       1.2
 1974..... 6.2       6.3       6.2       6.0       1.2       1.1       1.2       1.3
 1973..... 5.7       5.8       5.8       5.8       1.0       0.9       1.1       1.2
 1972..... 5.3       5.5       5.8       5.6       1.0       1.0       0.9       1.0
 1971..... 5.3       5.3       5.6       5.6       1.0       0.9       1.0       1.0
 1970..... 5.4       5.4       5.3       5.2       1.0       1.0       1.1       1.1
 1969..... 5.6       5.7       5.5       5.1       1.0       1.0       1.1       1.0
 1968..... 6.1       6.2       5.9       5.4       1.1       1.1       1.2       1.2
 1967..... 7.3       6.9       7.0       6.2       1.4       1.3       1.4       1.3
 1966..... 8.3       7.4       7.4       7.7       1.5       1.5       1.4       1.3
 1965..... 8.5       8.2       7.8       8.5       1.7       1.5       1.6       1.5
 1960..... 8.0       8.0       8.3       8.4       1.2       1.3       1.3       1.3
                                                            
 \r Revised.                    

Source: U.S. Census Bureau