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Housing Vacancy Survey - Historical Table 7
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership
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Table 7.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the United States:  1965 to Present
(Numbers in thousands)


                           1965     1966     1967     1968     1969     1970

All housing units        64,213   65,212   66,014   67,171   68,479   69,778

Vacant                    6,712    6,726    6,538    6,218    6,218    6,137
Year-round vacant         4,853    4,909    4,762    4,446    4,437    4,391
For rent                  1,884    1,778    1,566    1,392    1,296    1,299
For sale only               548      522      499      439      408      427
Rented or sold              330      349      348      389      402      427
Held off market           2,092    2,261    2,349    2,227    2,332    2,238
Occ'l use                   504      546      571      551      619      615
URE                         379      434      460      438      454      429
Other                     1,209    1,280    1,318    1,238    1,258    1,195

Seasonal                  1,860    1,817    1,776    1,772    1,782    1,746

Total occupied           57,501   58,486   59,476   60,952   62,261   63,640
Owner                    36,230   37,109   37,842   38,918   40,049   40,834
Renter                   21,271   21,377   21,634   22,034   22,211   22,806


                           1971     1972     1973     1974     1975     1976

All housing units        71,320   73,313   75,407   77,462   78,821   80,189

Vacant                    6,238    6,368    6,558    6,904    6,896    6,774
Year-round vacant         4,559    4,665    4,851    5,155    5,202    5,190
For rent                  1,353    1,421    1,521    1,661    1,647    1,546
For sale only               422      432      467      557      591      598
Rented or sold              478      516      524      543      536      564
Held off market           2,307    2,297    2,340    2,393    2,429    2,482
Occ'l use                   652      642      588      617      649      705
URE                         416      419      433      452      470      467
Other                     1,239    1,237    1,320    1,325    1,309    1,310

Seasonal                  1,680    1,703    1,706    1,750    1,694    1,584

Total occupied           65,081   66,945   68,849   70,558   71,925   73,415
Owner                    41,816   43,096   44,424   45,615   46,463   47,518
Renter                   23,266   23,849   24,425   24,943   25,462   25,897


                           1977     1978     1979  1979/r      1980     19811/

All housing units        81,645   83,496   85,061   85,735   87,739   88,988

Vacant                    6,861    6,948    7,129    7,589    8,101    7,967
Year-round vacant         5,224    5,260    5,415    5,893    5,996    6,034
For rent                  1,472    1,433    1,431    1,579    1,575    1,500
For sale only               574      524      566      607      734      746
Rented or sold              651      650      640      705      623      585
Held off market           2,528    2,653    2,778    3,003    3,064    3,203
Occ'l use                   707      689      710      794      814      884
URE                         438      467      541      591      568      605
Other                     1,383    1,498    1,528    1,618    1,683    1,715

Seasonal                  1,637    1,688    1,714    1,696    2,106    1,934

Total occupied           74,784   76,548   77,932   78,146   79,638   81,020
Owner                    48,461   49,739   51,086   50,972   52,223   53,007
Renter                   26,324   26,810   26,847   27,174   27,415   28,013


                        1981/2      1982     1983     1984     1985     19863/

All housing units        90,862   91,876   93,044   95,256   97,333   99,318

Vacant                    8,070    8,145    8,479    8,910    9,446   10,173
Year-round vacant         6,136    6,369    6,693    7,080    7,400    7,821
For rent                  1,524    1,670    1,810    1,934    2,221    2,588
For sale only               759      843      862      947    1,006      937
Rented or sold              595      554      633      664      664      683
Held off market           3,259    3,302    3,389    3,535    3,510    3,614
Occ'l use                   909      959      926      992      977      991
URE                         615      588      642      622      659      741
Other                     1,735    1,754    1,821    1,921    1,875    1,883

Seasonal                  1,934    1,776    1,787    1,830    2,046    2,352

Total occupied           82,793   83,731   84,565   86,346   87,887   89,145
Owner                    54,084   54,237   54,671   55,671   56,152   56,844
Renter                   28,709   29,495   29,894   30,675   31,736   32,302


                        1987/r      1988     1989  1989/r      1990     1991

All housing units       101,811  103,653  104,970  105,729  106,283  107,276

Vacant                   11,294   11,633   11,481   12,240   12,059   12,023
Year-round vacant         8,265    8,533    8,518    9,349    9,128    9,137
For rent                  2,752    2,802    2,611    2,732    2,662    2,780
For sale only               978      968      986    1,082    1,064    1,070
Rented or sold              688      678      661      705      660      602
Held off market           3,848    4,085    4,260    4,830    4,742    4,686
Occ'l use                 1,066    1,213    1,297    1,565    1,485    1,494
URE                         787      887      948    1,014    1,068    1,084
Other                     1,996    1,985    2,014    2,251    2,189    2,107

Seasonal                  3,029    3,100    2,963    2,891    2,931    2,886

Total occupied           90,517   92,020   93,489   93,489   94,224   95,253
Owner                    57,915   58,700   59,755   59,755   60,248   61,010
Renter                   32,602   33,320   33,734   33,734   33,976   34,242


                           1992     1993  1993/r      1994     1995     1996

All housing units       108,316  109,716  109,611  110,952  112,655  114,139

Vacant                   11,926   11,988   11,894   12,257   12,669   13,155
Year-round vacant         8,932    8,883    8,937    9,229    9,570    9,945
For rent                  2,769    2,791    2,809    2,858    2,946    3,008
For sale only               970      887      894      953    1,022    1,082
Rented or sold              628      624      625      772      810      834
Held off market           4,564    4,581    4,609    4,646    4,793    5,022
Occ'l use                 1,443    1,510    1,508    1,612    1,667    1,709
URE                       1,011      980      994      815      801      852
Other                     2,111    2,091    2,108    2,219    2,325    2,461

Seasonal                  2,994    3,105    2,957    3,028    3,099    3,209

Total occupied           96,391   97,728   97,717   98,695   99,985  100,984
Owner                    61,823   62,998   62,533   63,136   64,739   66,041
Renter                   34,568   34,730   35,184   35,558   35,246   34,943

                           1997     1998     1999     2000     2001     2002

All housing units       115,621  117,282  119,044  119,628  121,480  123,318
Year-round vacant        10,114   10,516   10,848   10,439   10,916   11,272
For rent                  2,978    3,046    3,119    3,024    3,203    3,497
For sale only             1,133    1,205    1,184    1,148    1,301    1,277
Rented or sold              867      927      956      856      882      877
Held off market           5,136    5,338    5,589    5,411    5,530    5,621
Occ'l use                 1,818    1,792    1,948    1,892    1,887    1,902
URE                         885      910      965    1,037    1,064    1,035
Other                     2,433    2,636    2,676    2,482    2,579    2,684

Seasonal                  3,305    3,232    3,268    3,469    3,554    3,507

Vacant                   13,419   13,748   14,116   13,908   14,470   14,779

Total occupied          102,202  103,534  104,928  105,720  107,010  108,539
Owner                    67,143   68,638   70,097   71,250   72,593   73,713
Renter                   35,059   34,896   34,831   34,470   34,417   34,826

                        2002/r      2003    2004     2005     2006     2007

All housing units       119,297  120,834  122,187  123,925  126,012  127,958
Year-round vacant        10,771   11,631   11,884   11,916   12,459   13,276
For rent                  3,347    3,676    3,802    3,721    3,737    3,848
For sale only             1,220    1,308    1,307    1,451    1,836    2,117
Rented or sold              842      976      991    1,060    1,108    1,130
Held off market           5,362    5,671    5,784    5,684    5,778    6,181
Occ'l use                 1,819    1,989    1,967    1,884    1,858    1,993
URE                         995      994    1,068    1,128    1,198    1,139
Other                     2,548    2,688    2,749    2,672    2,722    3,049

Seasonal                  3,561    3,643    3,715    3,778    3,978    4,376

Vacant                   14,332   15,274   15,599   15,694   16,437   17,652

Total occupied          104,965  105,560  106,588  108,231  109,575  110,306
Owner                    71,278   72,054   73,575   74,553   75,380   75,159
Renter                   33,687   33,506   33,013   33,678   34,195   35,147


Source:  Current Population Survey, Series H-111, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233


1/Unrevised numbers before revisions in processing procedures were employed.
2/Revised numbers reflecting revisions in processing procedures.
3/Beginning in 1986, seasonal vacant mobile homes were included in the count of
vacant seasonal housing units.
4/Seasonal vacant housing units were underestimated prior to 1987.
r/Revised.





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