Table 9.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the

                United States:  2003 and 2004

 

(Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding)

 

 

                                                     90-Percent

                                               Confidence Interval (+/-    2004

Type                           2003    2004      of 2004        of       Percent

                            estimate   estimate  Estimate   difference  of total

 

All housing units........   120,834    122,187         281         388      100

 

  Occupied...............   105,560    106,588         297         409       87

    Owner occupied.......    72,054     73,575         298         410       60

    Renter occupied......    33,506     33,013         236         325       27

 

  Vacant.................    15,274     15,599         171         235       13

    Year-round vacant....    11,631     11,884         151         207       10

      For rent...........     3,676      3,802          88         120        3

      For sale only......     1,308      1,307          52          71        1

      Rented or sold,

      awaiting occupancy.       976        991          45          62        1

      Held off market....     5,671      5,784         108         147        5

        For occasional use    1,989      1,967          63          87        2

        Temporarily occupied

        by persons with usual

        residence elsewhere     994      1,068          47          63        1

        For other reasons..   2,688      2,749          75         102        2

                            

     Seasonal vacant.....     3,643      3,715          87         119        3

 

 

\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 estiamte, the less reliable the estimate.