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 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




First Quarter 1996: Table 4


Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
          United States:  First Quarter 1996             
                                                        
(Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding)
                                                                     
                                    First Quarter 1996              
                                                                   
                                                 Standard    Percent
          Type                                   error on    Distri-
                                    Estimate     estimate     bution
                                                                   
All housing units.................   113,258         239        100
                                                                  
  Occupied........................   100,472         246         89
    Owner occupied................    65,453         240         58
    Renter occupied...............    35,019         198         31
                                                                   
  Vacant..........................    12,786         128         11
    Year-round vacant.............     9,656         113          9
      For rent....................     3,026          64          3
      For sale only...............     1,066          38          1
      Rented or sold,                                              
      awaiting occupancy..........       723          32          1
      Held off market.............     4,841          81          4
        For occasional use........     1,604          47          1
        Temporarily occupied                                       
        by persons with                                            
        usual residence elsewhere.       853          34          1
        For other reasons.........     2,384          57          2
                                                                   
    Seasonal vacant...............     3,130          65          3
   
Source: U.S. Census Bureau    

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004