Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989\r 1990 Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.2 7.7 7.8 7.2 7.4 7.1 Akron, OH............................... NA NA NA NA NA NA **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 4.8 7.0 9.3 6.4 7.1 7.2 **Atlanta, GA............................. 6.3 6.4 9.7 12.5 12.5 11.6 **Austin-San Marcos, TX................... NA NA NA NA NA NA Baltimore, MD........................... 6.7 8.3 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.2 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 3.6 3.2 8.6 5.2 5.2 6.6 **Birmingham, AL.......................... 5.2 5.5 8.4 7.7 7.7 5.2 **Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 6.0 Buffalo, NY............................. 3.5 6.2 7.1 1.9 1.9 3.4 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 6.5 5.7 6.1 6.7 7.2 5.9 **Chicago, IL............................. 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 6.6 6.9 6.1 7.3 7.3 6.3 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.4 7.8 **Columbus, OH............................ 6.7 8.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 5.0 **Dallas, TX.............................. 17.2 16.2 17.9 14.4 14.6 12.3 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 5.3 6.5 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.0 Denver, CO.............................. 8.4 11.0 12.3 12.9 12.9 8.9 Detroit, MI............................. 5.0 7.6 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 **Fresno, CA.............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 9.8 12.2 10.9 11.0 11.5 8.0 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 16.1 14.2 13.6 11.6 11.6 8.9 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... NA NA NA NA NA NA **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 7.8 6.1 9.0 7.9 7.9 7.9 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... NA NA NA NA NA NA * Hartford, CT............................ 3.7 6.1 7.1 8.2 8.2 11.2 Honolulu, HI............................ 5.0 5.5 4.1 5.1 5.1 3.8 **Houston, TX............................. 18.0 18.3 14.4 12.3 12.5 9.6 **Indianapolis, IN........................ 7.1 9.1 8.9 5.4 5.4 6.1 Jacksonville, FL........................ 11.1 12.4 11.6 12.8 13.3 9.5 **Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 12.5 11.7 8.8 7.5 8.1 9.9 **Las Vegas, NV........................... NA NA NA NA NA NA * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 3.5 4.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.2 **Louisville, KY-IN....................... 15.9 17.8 11.5 11.7 11.7 7.5 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 5.9 5.5 8.3 8.9 8.9 10.2 * Miami, FL\4............................. 8.5 8.9 9.3 4.7 4.7 6.3 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 2.9 4.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 5.2 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 3.1 2.8 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.6 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 3.9 5.3 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.5 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 3.2 2.9 4.0 5.9 5.9 8.3 Nashville, TN........................... 5.3 8.0 8.4 10.3 11.2 11.3 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 3.9 6.3 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.5 **New Orleans, LA......................... 12.8 16.5 15.3 12.9 12.9 13.8 New York, NY............................ 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 4.7 **Newark, NJ.............................. 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.1 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 7.5 12.5 11.2 9.1 9.1 9.2 * Oakland, CA............................. 5.9 5.5 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.3 Oklahoma City, OK....................... 21.1 23.6 17.8 18.0 18.0 22.6 **Omaha, NE-IA............................ NA NA NA NA NA NA * Orange County, CA\6..................... 2.5 3.8 7.3 6.5 6.5 4.8 **Orlando, FL............................. 12.2 11.6 11.8 9.5 10.1 10.1 Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989\r 1990 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 4.5 4.6 6.3 7.1 7.1 9.6 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 13.2 13.8 12.3 11.6 11.6 10.3 **Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 10.1 9.3 9.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 5.3 5.3 5.0 2.7 2.7 3.3 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 4.3 4.6 5.0 8.7 8.7 9.4 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... NA NA NA NA NA NA Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 8.3 3.9 7.9 5.6 5.6 5.3 **Rochester, NY........................... 4.3 5.8 9.1 4.8 4.8 5.6 Sacramento, CA.......................... 10.2 8.7 5.9 8.0 8.0 7.4 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 10.6 11.9 12.0 11.2 11.2 7.8 **San Antonio, TX......................... 13.9 17.8 16.6 12.9 13.2 11.7 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 7.5 7.9 10.1 10.3 10.3 9.9 * San Diego, CA........................... 5.4 6.2 8.5 6.6 6.6 6.9 San Francisco, CA....................... 4.6 4.9 3.5 2.8 2.8 4.2 * San Jose, CA............................ 4.6 4.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 4.6 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... NA NA NA NA NA NA **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 3.1 4.7 4.1 5.7 5.7 3.1 **St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 6.6 6.9 7.6 8.9 8.9 10.7 **Syracuse, NY............................ NA NA NA NA NA NA Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 14.7 11.3 13.3 11.0 11.3 10.4 Tucson, AZ.............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA Tulsa, OK............................... NA NA NA NA NA NA Ventura, CA............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 3.7 4.8 4.6 5.8 5.8 6.7 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... NA NA NA NA NA NA Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 1991 1992 1993 1993\r 1994 1995 Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.6 Akron, OH............................... NA NA NA NA 4.7 5.6 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 12.7 7.1 6.1 6.1 9.7 10.2 **Atlanta, GA............................. 12.9 11.2 9.6 9.3 6.1 9.8 **Austin-San Marcos, TX................... NA NA NA NA 7.2 4.8 Baltimore, MD........................... 7.4 7.0 8.5 8.5 8.9 6.4 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 6.4 6.0 5.7 5.5 2.8 2.6 **Birmingham, AL.......................... 4.4 5.5 6.6 6.6 4.9 9.9 **Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 7.2 7.0 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.4 Buffalo, NY............................. 6.3 7.5 5.4 5.4 7.7 8.5 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 8.9 9.3 5.7 5.6 6.2 4.2 **Chicago, IL............................. 7.3 8.4 7.3 7.3 8.2 7.9 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 3.8 5.7 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.6 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 6.9 7.3 9.6 9.4 8.0 8.3 **Columbus, OH............................ 6.3 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.4 **Dallas, TX.............................. 10.7 9.0 10.7 10.6 8.4 7.4 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 4.5 6.6 7.6 7.4 6.8 11.1 Denver, CO.............................. 6.3 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.9 Detroit, MI............................. 7.4 8.7 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.0 **Fresno, CA.............................. NA NA NA NA 13.1 8.5 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 8.2 6.4 6.3 6.4 7.3 7.4 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 8.7 9.3 9.1 9.0 7.9 7.6 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... NA NA NA NA 13.5 9.6 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 6.9 8.5 6.4 6.3 6.7 5.0 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... NA NA NA NA 5.7 3.6 * Hartford, CT............................ 5.0 6.9 9.0 8.8 6.8 8.8 Honolulu, HI............................ 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.9 5.0 5.4 **Houston, TX............................. 11.9 11.7 12.0 11.8 8.5 10.2 **Indianapolis, IN........................ 6.4 9.5 9.8 9.7 3.5 6.3 Jacksonville, FL........................ 9.1 10.8 8.1 8.3 6.5 5.9 **Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 12.3 10.8 13.2 13.1 11.8 14.0 **Las Vegas, NV........................... NA NA NA NA 6.5 7.3 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 6.7 8.2 9.5 9.5 8.7 9.7 **Louisville, KY-IN....................... 10.7 9.3 15.3 15.2 9.5 5.6 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 10.8 10.2 7.5 7.4 6.8 8.8 * Miami, FL\4............................. 6.6 6.0 3.6 3.5 4.6 5.7 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 7.4 7.8 7.7 7.5 4.6 5.5 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 6.2 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.2 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 6.7 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.9 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 16.2 8.4 6.8 6.7 6.2 2.1 Nashville, TN........................... 8.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 2.7 4.2 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 6.2 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.2 4.9 **New Orleans, LA......................... 10.3 6.7 6.7 6.6 8.4 5.9 New York, NY............................ 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2 **Newark, NJ.............................. 6.4 7.7 8.8 8.7 9.1 10.8 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 16.2 10.1 10.4 10.5 12.9 9.3 * Oakland, CA............................. 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.5 10.8 8.2 Oklahoma City, OK....................... 15.5 15.0 21.2 21.2 14.4 11.8 **Omaha, NE-IA............................ NA NA NA NA 7.4 5.8 * Orange County, CA\6..................... 5.8 6.8 8.6 8.6 7.3 7.1 **Orlando, FL............................. 11.2 14.4 10.7 10.8 13.1 9.1 Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 1991 1992 1993 1993\r 1994 1995 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 11.9 8.7 12.3 12.4 11.0 10.8 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 9.6 9.2 7.6 7.3 7.7 6.6 **Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 4.9 7.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.7 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 6.5 5.6 6.6 6.6 2.7 2.8 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 8.9 8.5 8.7 8.8 6.5 6.8 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... NA NA NA NA 6.2 8.1 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 14.7 15.8 10.1 10.0 7.6 10.8 **Rochester, NY........................... 3.7 3.6 7.8 7.7 6.0 8.4 Sacramento, CA.......................... 8.4 8.5 10.3 10.6 10.2 12.0 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 3.6 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.2 4.7 **San Antonio, TX......................... 7.6 6.0 3.5 3.4 4.1 5.5 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 8.9 8.6 10.3 10.3 10.4 8.7 * San Diego, CA........................... 6.3 8.3 7.8 7.8 6.4 8.7 San Francisco, CA....................... 3.3 4.1 5.8 5.9 3.9 5.4 * San Jose, CA............................ 3.9 9.4 7.3 7.3 4.3 2.9 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... NA NA NA NA 7.5 6.4 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 5.4 5.3 6.4 6.2 8.3 7.3 **St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 12.8 10.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 5.6 **Syracuse, NY............................ NA NA NA NA 7.2 12.7 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 10.6 8.8 9.0 9.1 8.3 6.4 Tucson, AZ.............................. NA NA NA NA 7.7 3.5 Tulsa, OK............................... NA NA NA NA 4.6 7.9 Ventura, CA............................. NA NA NA NA 6.3 6.5 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 7.9 8.8 8.4 8.0 8.6 8.3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... NA NA NA NA 9.4 6.8 Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.7 8.0 Akron, OH............................... 6.3 6.3 4.8 10.1 8.1 8.2 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 16.1 12.1 20.4 12.5 9.3 7.8 **Atlanta, GA............................. 10.5 10.2 9.6 9.8 9.3 11.9 **Austin-San Marcos, TX................... 8.8 8.4 9.3 8.2 4.6 8.8 Baltimore, MD........................... 7.1 10.7 6.0 7.2 5.4 9.9 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 1.9 2.2 2.9 2.8 1.9 3.3 **Birmingham, AL.......................... 8.6 8.9 14.5 18.6 23.3 17.6 **Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 5.9 4.0 4.1 3.1 2.7 2.9 Buffalo, NY............................. 16.5 15.4 16.8 14.9 17.5 19.8 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 4.5 8.8 10.4 7.9 8.8 9.5 **Chicago, IL............................. 7.9 8.2 7.8 6.5 6.9 9.1 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 7.8 10.3 11.5 11.9 10.6 11.5 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 8.4 10.1 10.3 11.3 8.4 12.2 **Columbus, OH............................ 9.4 8.1 7.9 7.4 10.5 11.0 **Dallas, TX.............................. 8.9 6.8 5.9 7.2 9.2 6.5 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 10.6 11.6 10.9 11.0 8.2 8.4 Denver, CO.............................. 5.2 2.4 4.0 5.6 4.6 6.0 Detroit, MI............................. 8.8 7.2 7.4 8.5 8.7 9.9 **Fresno, CA.............................. 10.9 10.1 10.6 7.1 8.7 4.9 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 8.6 9.3 5.7 8.1 6.2 7.1 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 5.6 6.9 6.8 6.1 6.9 8.1 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... 15.6 13.6 6.2 7.3 6.9 12.9 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 3.3 7.9 6.3 8.7 8.9 8.8 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... 9.9 9.8 13.4 10.3 7.6 11.0 * Hartford, CT............................ 8.1 9.0 13.2 9.2 10.9 10.8 Honolulu, HI............................ 4.7 6.4 6.3 7.6 4.9 8.0 **Houston, TX............................. 8.0 9.8 9.6 9.8 13.4 11.1 **Indianapolis, IN........................ 6.8 10.3 10.5 13.3 12.3 9.1 Jacksonville, FL........................ 7.2 5.8 6.8 7.1 9.9 4.6 **Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 7.9 6.8 7.5 6.7 8.8 9.2 **Las Vegas, NV........................... 7.4 6.3 9.4 9.4 10.7 13.2 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 8.7 8.0 6.9 5.1 4.7 3.4 **Louisville, KY-IN....................... 4.1 3.7 7.9 9.2 7.2 10.8 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 5.9 3.3 6.6 9.2 7.1 8.8 * Miami, FL\4............................. 8.3 10.0 9.8 8.5 8.8 8.3 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 6.1 2.6 3.5 2.3 4.0 3.7 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 7.4 8.4 8.9 6.5 5.9 5.3 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.9 5.1 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 2.5 4.3 4.2 6.2 4.0 4.9 Nashville, TN........................... 3.9 6.6 5.4 4.4 3.5 7.5 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 5.1 4.3 4.9 1.9 2.7 3.8 **New Orleans, LA......................... 6.8 9.3 12.3 16.3 15.5 8.2 New York, NY............................ 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.6 **Newark, NJ.............................. 11.4 6.2 3.7 4.6 6.2 3.3 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 6.5 5.7 7.6 4.2 6.8 7.0 * Oakland, CA............................. 6.8 4.4 6.0 4.6 4.2 4.0 Oklahoma City, OK....................... 10.7 10.0 12.2 14.9 16.0 9.7 **Omaha, NE-IA............................ 7.2 5.1 7.9 9.0 7.6 10.0 * Orange County, CA\6..................... 5.9 6.2 4.4 4.2 2.2 3.9 **Orlando, FL............................. 11.0 6.5 4.7 6.8 7.4 9.2 Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 10.0 11.4 10.3 10.8 8.3 9.5 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 8.0 6.3 7.4 9.2 9.6 10.0 **Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 8.7 10.3 10.4 12.5 10.3 5.8 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 5.2 5.2 7.7 7.4 6.4 7.1 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 7.1 6.9 5.7 4.8 4.8 4.9 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... 10.0 11.9 15.3 11.8 13.8 13.0 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 10.1 7.5 5.2 11.0 6.1 10.0 **Rochester, NY........................... 6.7 7.1 6.8 10.3 11.6 7.9 Sacramento, CA.......................... 8.1 5.0 4.9 6.2 5.6 8.6 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 4.6 5.4 6.4 8.5 6.5 7.0 **San Antonio, TX......................... 7.0 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.5 12.2 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 8.6 9.3 9.2 8.1 7.5 4.1 * San Diego, CA........................... 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.2 4.0 4.5 San Francisco, CA....................... 3.1 1.7 2.5 3.3 3.1 3.4 * San Jose, CA............................ 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.1 3.0 5.2 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... 9.2 14.6 7.5 7.4 3.0 5.7 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 7.1 3.4 2.6 3.9 5.4 8.6 **St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 5.9 7.8 10.3 9.9 16.4 17.8 **Syracuse, NY............................ 13.6 12.2 14.8 8.6 10.7 13.9 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 7.4 6.2 7.1 9.2 9.5 12.0 Tucson, AZ.............................. 10.3 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.1 13.1 Tulsa, OK............................... 7.7 8.6 6.8 9.8 10.8 7.1 Ventura, CA............................. 5.4 2.1 4.2 1.3 3.0 4.9 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 8.8 8.1 8.3 6.6 7.0 6.9 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... 10.0 14.8 11.8 19.2 22.9 18.0 Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 2002 2002\r 2003 2004 Inside Metropolitan Areas............... 8.8 8.7 9.6 10.2 Akron, OH............................... 14.3 14.5 15.9 17.6 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 6.4 6.6 7.9 6.9 **Atlanta, GA............................. 15.0 15.0 16.8 18.5 **Austin-San Marcos, TX................... 11.8 12.0 14.8 12.8 Baltimore, MD........................... 8.4 8.5 8.8 7.6 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 **Birmingham, AL.......................... 12.0 12.3 15.4 13.1 **Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 4.3 4.3 5.9 6.0 Buffalo, NY............................. 12.8 13.2 8.1 13.0 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 11.8 11.6 14.5 12.2 **Chicago, IL............................. 11.5 11.4 13.7 15.4 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 10.1 10.1 10.6 13.6 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 15.4 15.5 15.8 13.9 **Columbus, OH............................ 12.7 12.7 15.4 18.9 **Dallas, TX.............................. 11.5 11.6 12.4 12.8 * Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 7.3 7.4 11.1 15.0 Denver, CO.............................. 9.1 8.7 12.9 14.4 Detroit, MI............................. 12.0 12.1 11.8 14.3 **Fresno, CA.............................. 6.5 6.6 7.9 5.9 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 6.1 6.0 8.1 7.7 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 10.9 11.2 14.0 12.8 **Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... 8.8 8.8 9.9 8.2 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 12.4 12.1 12.4 11.9 **Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... 12.7 13.0 12.5 11.0 * Hartford, CT............................ 4.6 4.5 9.8 11.0 Honolulu, HI............................ 5.6 5.5 7.0 5.8 **Houston, TX............................. 12.7 12.9 15.8 15.6 **Indianapolis, IN........................ 11.2 11.1 12.4 14.3 Jacksonville, FL........................ 7.4 7.3 9.7 11.6 **Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 11.2 11.3 11.0 13.1 **Las Vegas, NV........................... 11.9 10.9 11.4 10.4 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 3.8 3.9 3.2 3.8 **Louisville, KY-IN....................... 7.0 7.2 8.5 9.5 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 * Miami, FL\4............................. 8.3 7.9 8.8 12.9 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 6.4 6.1 9.6 6.0 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 7.6 7.6 11.8 9.7 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 6.2 6.1 8.1 9.3 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 2.4 2.4 6.3 7.9 Nashville, TN........................... 7.1 7.1 7.8 9.3 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 6.3 6.5 5.5 7.5 **New Orleans, LA......................... 7.9 8.1 7.6 7.7 New York, NY............................ 4.6 4.6 4.4 5.2 **Newark, NJ.............................. 6.1 6.0 7.7 6.9 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 3.4 3.5 10.3 15.1 * Oakland, CA............................. 5.8 6.0 6.8 9.5 Oklahoma City, OK....................... 11.8 11.9 13.2 15.7 **Omaha, NE-IA............................ 12.0 12.1 10.0 8.0 * Orange County, CA\6..................... 5.0 5.1 5.9 3.6 **Orlando, FL............................. 10.0 9.7 14.6 10.4 Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2004 - Continued 2002 2002\r 2003 2004 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 8.6 8.6 10.9 12.8 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 14.0 13.2 12.0 12.6 **Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 9.0 9.1 10.5 13.1 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 9.6 9.3 10.8 12.8 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 5.1 4.9 5.6 8.3 **Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... 13.7 13.2 18.1 18.6 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 8.5 8.7 12.3 13.7 **Rochester, NY........................... 8.1 8.4 9.1 8.9 Sacramento, CA.......................... 6.3 6.6 7.2 5.7 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 7.7 7.4 9.4 9.6 **San Antonio, TX......................... 14.7 14.7 13.9 14.4 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.9 * San Diego, CA........................... 7.5 7.8 6.0 6.5 San Francisco, CA....................... 5.2 5.4 7.8 6.9 * San Jose, CA............................ 6.6 6.6 9.5 6.8 **Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... 5.1 5.1 5.8 6.8 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 9.1 8.9 12.7 10.8 **St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 6.0 6.2 8.4 8.9 **Syracuse, NY............................ 12.3 12.6 18.1 10.3 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 11.4 11.1 9.9 10.3 Tucson, AZ.............................. 11.4 10.6 11.8 6.8 Tulsa, OK............................... 13.1 13.1 10.5 13.8 Ventura, CA............................. 4.5 4.6 1.5 3.7 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 8.4 8.3 9.6 10.2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... 7.9 7.7 11.0 8.1 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. \r Revised. * 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.