Table 4. Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2006 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989\r 1990 United States..... 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 Alabama........... 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.5 Alaska............ 2.4 4.5 5.6 3.8 3.8 2.6 Arizona........... 2.2 3.6 2.5 2.8 3.4 2.5 Arkansas.......... 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.3 2.5 California........ 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.8 Colorado.......... 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.7 3.8 2.2 Connecticut....... 0.4 0.5 1.5 2.7 2.7 2.4 Delaware.......... 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.6 2.1 District of Columb 2.5 2.0 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.4 Florida........... 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.2 2.7 Georgia........... 1.4 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 Hawaii............ 0.8 1.1 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 Idaho............. 2.6 3.2 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.5 Illinois.......... 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.9 1.3 Indiana........... 1.8 2.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.5 Iowa.............. 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.8 0.8 Kansas............ 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.8 3.2 2.0 Kentucky.......... 1.7 1.8 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.7 Louisiana......... 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.4 1.7 Maine............. 1.1 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.0 Maryland.......... 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.7 Massachusetts..... 0.7 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.4 Michigan.......... 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 Minnesota......... 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.2 Mississippi....... 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.6 Missouri.......... 1.3 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.8 Montana........... 2.0 2.3 2.9 2.3 2.3 3.0 Nebraska.......... 2.9 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.6 Nevada............ 3.3 3.4 3.8 2.4 2.4 2.7 New Hampshire..... 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.7 New Jersey........ 0.7 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 New Mexico........ 1.7 2.3 2.4 1.9 2.4 2.4 New York.......... 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8 North Carolina.... 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 North Dakota...... 2.5 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.4 3.6 Ohio.............. 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oklahoma.......... 4.6 3.2 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.1 Oregon............ 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.8 Pennsylvania...... 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.1 1.2 1.1 Rhode Island...... 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.1 South Carolina.... 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.0 South Dakota...... 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.1 1.7 1.2 Tennessee......... 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.4 Texas............. 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.2 2.5 Utah.............. 2.9 2.3 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.9 Vermont........... 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.9 Virginia.......... 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.7 Washington........ 1.6 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.8 West Virginia..... 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.8 2.9 Wisconsin......... 1.8 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 Wyoming........... 3.3 3.2 2.8 1.7 2.5 2.0 Table 4. Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2006 - Continued 1991 1992 1993 1993\r 1994 1995 United States..... 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 Alabama........... 2.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 Alaska............ 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 Arizona........... 2.1 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.9 Arkansas.......... 3.0 1.7 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.5 California........ 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.1 Colorado.......... 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.5 0.8 0.9 Connecticut....... 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 Delaware.......... 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.8 District of Columb 2.9 3.3 2.3 2.1 3.5 3.9 Florida........... 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.1 Georgia........... 1.4 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.2 Hawaii............ 1.4 2.5 3.1 3.0 2.0 2.0 Idaho............. 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 Illinois.......... 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 Indiana........... 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 Iowa.............. 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0 Kansas............ 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.2 2.3 Kentucky.......... 1.6 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.6 Louisiana......... 1.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.8 Maine............. 1.5 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.1 Maryland.......... 1.7 1.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.3 Massachusetts..... 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 Michigan.......... 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.3 Minnesota......... 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.5 Mississippi....... 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 Missouri.......... 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.2 Montana........... 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.6 1.8 1.0 Nebraska.......... 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 Nevada............ 3.0 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.4 New Hampshire..... 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.2 1.8 1.1 New Jersey........ 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 New Mexico........ 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 New York.......... 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 North Carolina.... 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 North Dakota...... 2.3 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 Ohio.............. 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.2 Oklahoma.......... 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 Oregon............ 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.8 Pennsylvania...... 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.4 Rhode Island...... 1.5 0.7 1.6 1.7 2.0 1.9 South Carolina.... 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.4 2.6 South Dakota...... 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.9 Tennessee......... 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.5 Texas............. 2.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 Utah.............. 1.7 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.2 Vermont........... 1.4 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.9 1.9 Virginia.......... 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 Washington........ 1.4 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 West Virginia..... 2.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.9 Wisconsin......... 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9 Wyoming........... 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 Table 4. Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2006 - Continued 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 United States..... 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 Alabama........... 1.8 1.7 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.4 Alaska............ 1.7 1.3 2.7 1.8 1.5 1.1 Arizona........... 1.7 2.8 2.8 1.9 1.6 2.1 Arkansas.......... 1.4 1.4 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.5 California........ 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.1 Colorado.......... 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.0 Connecticut....... 2.0 1.5 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.9 Delaware.......... 1.4 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 1.5 District of Columb 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.5 1.9 3.3 Florida........... 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.0 Georgia........... 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.2 Hawaii............ 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.8 Idaho............. 1.1 0.8 1.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 Illinois.......... 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.7 Indiana........... 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.6 Iowa.............. 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.6 2.6 Kansas............ 1.8 1.9 2.4 1.8 1.7 2.3 Kentucky.......... 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.0 Louisiana......... 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.9 Maine............. 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.8 Maryland.......... 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.9 1.5 1.7 Massachusetts..... 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 Michigan.......... 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.7 Minnesota......... 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 Mississippi....... 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.8 2.0 1.6 Missouri.......... 2.0 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.4 Montana........... 1.4 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.6 Nebraska.......... 2.0 1.5 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.0 Nevada............ 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.4 New Hampshire..... 1.6 2.2 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.5 New Jersey........ 1.6 2.0 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.9 New Mexico........ 1.3 2.2 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 New York.......... 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.5 North Carolina.... 1.4 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.9 North Dakota...... 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.8 3.2 Ohio.............. 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.5 Oklahoma.......... 1.6 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.4 Oregon............ 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 Pennsylvania...... 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 Rhode Island...... 1.6 1.2 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.8 South Carolina.... 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.7 South Dakota...... 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.2 Tennessee......... 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.4 Texas............. 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.6 Utah.............. 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 Vermont........... 1.4 1.5 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.3 Virginia.......... 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.2 2.5 Washington........ 1.4 1.2 0.9 2.3 1.9 1.7 West Virginia..... 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 Wisconsin......... 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.2 Wyoming........... 1.4 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.2 Table 4. Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2006 - Continued 2002 2002\r 2003 2004 2005 2006 United States..... 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.4 Alabama........... 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.8 Alaska............ 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.7 Arizona........... 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.2 3.0 Arkansas.......... 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.9 California........ 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.9 Colorado.......... 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.8 2.7 3.0 Connecticut....... 1.6 1.6 1.7 0.9 1.3 2.1 Delaware.......... 2.4 2.4 1.7 1.4 1.7 2.6 District of Columb 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.0 3.7 Florida........... 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.7 2.0 4.3 Georgia........... 1.8 1.8 2.6 2.2 2.7 3.4 Hawaii............ 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.3 0.6 1.0 Idaho............. 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.2 Illinois.......... 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.3 Indiana........... 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.5 2.4 3.2 Iowa.............. 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.7 Kansas............ 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.1 Kentucky.......... 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.2 3.4 Louisiana......... 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 Maine............. 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.9 Maryland.......... 1.3 1.3 2.4 1.8 1.3 2.1 Massachusetts..... 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.8 Michigan.......... 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.7 3.4 Minnesota......... 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.5 2.0 Mississippi....... 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.4 1.8 1.6 Missouri.......... 2.0 2.0 2.4 3.1 2.6 2.8 Montana........... 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.2 1.9 Nebraska.......... 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.8 2.6 Nevada............ 2.4 2.3 2.4 3.2 3.0 3.0 New Hampshire..... 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.4 New Jersey........ 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.6 New Mexico........ 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.7 New York.......... 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.8 North Carolina.... 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2 North Dakota...... 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.3 1.1 Ohio.............. 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.7 Oklahoma.......... 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 Oregon............ 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 Pennsylvania...... 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.6 Rhode Island...... 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.3 South Carolina.... 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.4 South Dakota...... 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.6 1.9 2.0 Tennessee......... 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.4 1.7 1.8 Texas............. 1.5 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.2 Utah.............. 1.8 1.9 2.8 1.9 1.6 2.1 Vermont........... 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.2 Virginia.......... 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.0 1.3 1.8 Washington........ 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.3 West Virginia..... 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.7 2.0 Wisconsin......... 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.5 1.6 1.2 Wyoming........... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.4 \r Revised.