U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Annual Statistics: 2007


  Table B-4.  90-Percent Confidence Intervals of Standard Errors of Vacancy Rates and
                    Homeownership Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Area:  2007

                                                                               90-Percent
                                                                               Confidence
                                                                            Interval (+/-)\1 of

                                                                      Rental          Homeowner       Homeownership
                                                                    vacancy rate     vacancy rate           rate

*Akron, OH ................................................              3.9              1.8                 3.9
*Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ..............................              2.5              1.2                 3.6
 Alburquerque, NM..........................................              2.5              1.0                 2.6
 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.........................              3.6              0.8                 3.8
*Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA\1......................              1.6              0.7                 1.6
*Austin-Round Rock, TX\2...................................              2.1              0.7                 2.8
 Bakersfield, CA……………………………………….                                         3.9              1.2                 4.4
*Baltimore-Towson, MD\3....................................              1.8              0.7                 1.6
*Baton Rouge, LA……………………………………….                                         2.6              1.2                 4.4
*Birmingham-Hoover, AL\4...................................              4.3              1.2                 3.3
*Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH\5..........................              1.2              0.5                 1.8
 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT...........................              1.8              1.0                 2.3
*Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Tonawanda, NY\6.......................              2.6              0.8                 3.3
*Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC\7.......................              2.6              1.2                 3.0
*Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL\8...........................              1.2              0.5                 1.2
*Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN\9.........................              2.5              1.0                 2.6
*Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH/4\10..........................              2.8              1.0                 2.3
*Columbia, SC………………………………………….                                           3.5              1.2                 3.9
*Columbus, OH..............................................              2.6              1.0                 2.8
*Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX\11.........................              1.3              0.5                 1.6
*Dayton, OH................................................              4.1              1.0                 4.1
*Denver-Aurora, CO\12......................................              1.6              0.7                 1.8
*Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI\13.............................              2.1              0.7                 1.5
 El Paso, TX…………………………………………….                                           3.5              1.5                 4.6
*Fresno, CA………………………………………………                                            2.5              0.5                 4.4
*Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI\14...............................              4.8              1.0                 3.5
*Greensboro-High Point, NC\15..............................              3.3              1.5                 4.6
*Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT\16...............              1.6              0.3                 2.0
*Honolulu, HI..............................................              1.2              0.5                 2.0
*Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX\17.........................              1.6              0.7                 1.6
*Indianapolis, IN..........................................              3.3              1.2                 2.5
*Jacksonville, FL..........................................              3.3              1.3                 3.1
*Kansas City, MO-KS........................................              2.0              0.7                 1.6
*Las Vegas-Paradise, NV\18.................................              1.5              0.8                 1.8
*Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA \19..................              0.5              0.3                 1.2
*Louisville, KY-IN.........................................              3.3              1.5                 3.5
*Memphis, TN-AR-MS.........................................              2.1              1.0                 2.6
*Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL\20..................              1.5              0.7                 1.6
*Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI.........................              2.0              0.7                 2.5
*Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ..................              1.2              0.5                 1.5
*Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN\21....................              2.5              1.0                 3.0
 New Haven-Milford, CT.....................................              2.0              0.8                 2.5
*New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA\22........................              3.3              1.6                 3.8
*New York-Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY\23..........              0.5              0.3                 0.8
*Oklahoma City, OK.........................................              2.3              1.0                 3.0
*Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA...............................              2.3              0.8                 2.5
*Orlando, FL...............................................              2.6              1.5                 2.6
 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA…………………                                 3.1              1.2                 4.1
*Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA .......................              1.6              0.5                 1.5
*Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ\24............................              1.6              0.8                 1.8
*Pittsburgh, PA............................................              2.1              0.8                 2.1
*Portland-Vancuver-Beaverton, OR-WA\25.....................              1.2              0.7                 2.1
 Poughkeepsie-Newburg-Middletown, NJ.......................              4.8              0.3                 4.8
*Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI-MA\26................              2.3              0.8                 3.0
*Raliegh-Cary, NC\27.......................................              3.6              1.0                 3.5
*Richmond, VA\28...........................................              3.5              1.0                 3.0
*Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA\29...................              1.6              0.8                 2.0
*Rochester, NY.............................................              3.0              0.8                 3.5
*Sacramento-Arden-Arade-Roserville, CA\30..................              2.0              1.2                 2.6
*St. Louis, MO-IL..........................................              2.0              0.5                 2.0
*Salt Lake City, UT\31.....................................              2.0              0.8                 2.5
*San Antonio, TX ..........................................              2.8              1.0                 3.0
*San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos\32..........................              1.5              0.8                 2.3
*San Francisco-Oakland-Freemont, CA\33.....................              1.2              0.5                 1.8
*San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA\34.....................              1.5              0.5                 3.0
*Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA..............................              1.2              0.5                 1.8
 Springfield, MA...........................................              3.0              1.2                 4.4
*Syracuse, NY………………………………………….                                           4.3              1.8                 4.8
*Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.......................              2.3              1.0                 2.1
*Toledo, OH………………………………………………..                                          3.6              1.5                 4.4
*Tucson, AZ ...............................................              3.1              1.2                 3.8
*Tulsa, OK.................................................              3.3              1.3                 3.3
*Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA\35................              2.5              1.2                 3.1
*Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV\36...........              1.5              0.5                 1.6
 Worchester, MA............................................              3.1              0.7                 4.1

 \1 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability.  The larger the confidence interval is, in
      relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate.



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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 20, 2008