Table 9. Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the United States: 2005 and 2006 (Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding) 90-Percent Confidence Interval +/- 2006 Type 2005 2006 of 2006 of Percent estimate estimate Estimate difference of total All housing units....... 123,925 126,012 (X) (X) 100 Occupied.............. 108,231 109,575 252 235 87 Owner occupied...... 74,553 75,380 563 481 60 Renter occupied..... 33,678 34,195 480 424 27 Vacant................ 15,694 16,437 284 257 13 Year-round vacant... 11,916 12,459 295 266 10 For rent.......... 3,721 3,737 136 141 3 For sale only..... 1,451 1,836 72 78 1 Rented or sold, awaiting occupancy 1,060 1,108 49 62 1 Held off market... 5,684 5,778 209 191 5 For occasional u 1,884 1,858 121 111 1 Temporarily occupied by persons with usual residence 1,128 1,198 97 88 1 For other reason 2,672 2,722 145 133 2 Seasonal vacant..... 3,778 3,978 197 182 3 (X) Not applicable. Since the number of housing units is set equal to an independent national measure, there is no sampling error, and hence no confidence interval. \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.