Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 61 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 1996 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/r 1990 1991 Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.2 7.7 7.8 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.5 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............ 4.8 7.0 9.3 6.4 7.1 7.2 12.7 **Atlanta, GA............................ 6.3 6.4 9.7 12.5 12.5 11.6 12.9 Baltimore, MD.......................... 6.7 8.3 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.2 7.4 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................... 3.6 3.2 8.6 5.2 5.2 6.6 6.4 **Birmingham, AL......................... 5.2 5.5 8.4 7.7 7.7 5.2 4.4 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................ 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 6.0 7.2 Buffalo, NY............................ 3.5 6.2 7.1 1.9 1.9 3.4 6.3 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.... 6.5 5.7 6.1 6.7 7.2 5.9 8.9 **Chicago, IL............................ 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 7.3 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................... 6.6 6.9 6.1 7.3 7.3 6.3 3.8 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2.......... 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.4 7.8 6.9 **Columbus, OH........................... 6.7 8.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 5.0 6.3 **Dallas, TX............................. 17.2 16.2 17.9 14.4 14.6 12.3 10.7 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................. 5.3 6.5 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.0 4.5 Denver, CO............................. 8.4 11.0 12.3 12.9 12.9 8.9 6.3 Detroit, MI............................ 5.0 7.6 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.4 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3................... 9.8 12.2 10.9 11.0 11.5 8.0 8.2 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................ 16.1 14.2 13.6 11.6 11.6 8.9 8.7 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 7.8 6.1 9.0 7.9 7.9 7.9 6.9 * Hartford, CT........................... 3.7 6.1 7.1 8.2 8.2 11.2 5.0 Honolulu, HI........................... 5.0 5.5 4.1 5.1 5.1 3.8 3.8 **Houston, TX............................ 18.0 18.3 14.4 12.3 12.5 9.6 11.9 **Indianapolis, IN....................... 7.1 9.1 8.9 5.4 5.4 6.1 6.4 Jacksonville, FL....................... 11.1 12.4 11.6 12.8 13.3 9.5 9.1 **Kansas City, MO-KS..................... 12.5 11.7 8.8 7.5 8.1 9.9 12.3 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............. 3.5 4.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.7 **Louisville, KY-IN...................... 15.9 17.8 11.5 11.7 11.7 7.5 10.7 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................... 5.9 5.5 8.3 8.9 8.9 10.2 10.8 * Miami, FL\4............................ 8.5 8.9 9.3 4.7 4.7 6.3 6.6 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ....... 2.9 4.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 5.2 7.4 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5............... 3.1 2.8 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.6 6.2 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............ 3.9 5.3 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.7 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................... 3.2 2.9 4.0 5.9 5.9 8.3 16.2 Nashville, TN.......................... 5.3 8.0 8.4 10.3 11.2 11.3 8.8 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY..................... 3.9 6.3 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.5 6.2 **New Orleans, LA........................ 12.8 16.5 15.3 12.9 12.9 13.8 10.3 New York, NY........................... 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 4.7 5.1 **Newark, NJ............................. 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.1 6.4 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 7.5 12.5 11.2 9.1 9.1 9.2 16.2 * Oakland, CA............................ 5.9 5.5 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.3 4.6 Oklahoma City, OK...................... 21.1 23.6 17.8 18.0 18.0 22.6 15.5 * Orange County, CA\6.................... 2.5 3.8 7.3 6.5 6.5 4.8 5.8 **Orlando, FL............................ 12.2 11.6 11.8 9.5 10.1 10.1 11.2 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................... 4.5 4.6 6.3 7.1 7.1 9.6 11.9 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7..................... 13.2 13.8 12.3 11.6 11.6 10.3 9.6 **Pittsburgh, PA......................... 10.1 9.3 9.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 4.9 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............ 5.3 5.3 5.0 2.7 2.7 3.3 6.5 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA. 4.3 4.6 5.0 8.7 8.7 9.4 8.9 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................ 8.3 3.9 7.9 5.6 5.6 5.3 14.7 **Rochester, NY.......................... 4.3 5.8 9.1 4.8 4.8 5.6 3.7 Sacramento, CA......................... 10.2 8.7 5.9 8.0 8.0 7.4 8.4 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............... 10.6 11.9 12.0 11.2 11.2 7.8 3.6 **San Antonio, TX........................ 13.9 17.8 16.6 12.9 13.2 11.7 7.6 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA........... 7.5 7.9 10.1 10.3 10.3 9.9 8.9 * San Diego, CA.......................... 5.4 6.2 8.5 6.6 6.6 6.9 6.3 San Francisco, CA...................... 4.6 4.9 3.5 2.8 2.8 4.2 3.3 * San Jose, CA........................... 4.6 4.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 4.6 3.9 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9......... 3.1 4.7 4.1 5.7 5.7 3.1 5.4 **St. Louis, MO-IL....................... 6.6 6.9 7.6 8.9 8.9 10.7 12.8 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..... 14.7 11.3 13.3 11.0 11.3 10.4 10.6 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............. 3.7 4.8 4.6 5.8 5.8 6.7 7.9 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 1996 Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.7 **Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............ 7.1 6.1 6.1 9.7 10.2 16.1 **Atlanta, GA............................ 11.2 9.6 9.3 6.1 9.8 10.5 Baltimore, MD.......................... 7.0 8.5 8.5 8.9 6.4 7.1 * Bergen-Passaic, NJ..................... 6.0 5.7 5.5 2.8 2.6 1.9 **Birmingham, AL......................... 5.5 6.6 6.6 4.9 9.9 8.6 **Boston, MA-NH\1........................ 7.0 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.4 5.9 Buffalo, NY............................ 7.5 5.4 5.4 7.7 8.5 16.5 * Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC.... 9.3 5.7 5.6 6.2 4.2 4.5 **Chicago, IL............................ 8.4 7.3 7.3 8.2 7.9 7.9 **Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN................... 5.7 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.6 7.8 **Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2.......... 7.3 9.6 9.4 8.0 8.3 8.4 **Columbus, OH........................... 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.4 9.4 **Dallas, TX............................. 9.0 10.7 10.6 8.4 7.4 8.9 * Dayton-Springfield, OH................. 6.6 7.6 7.4 6.8 11.1 10.6 Denver, CO............................. 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.9 5.2 Detroit, MI............................ 8.7 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.0 8.8 * Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3................... 6.4 6.3 6.4 7.3 7.4 8.6 **Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................ 9.3 9.1 9.0 7.9 7.6 5.6 **Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 8.5 6.4 6.3 6.7 5.0 3.3 * Hartford, CT........................... 6.9 9.0 8.8 6.8 8.8 8.1 Honolulu, HI........................... 3.4 3.9 3.9 5.0 5.4 4.7 **Houston, TX............................ 11.7 12.0 11.8 8.5 10.2 8.0 **Indianapolis, IN....................... 9.5 9.8 9.7 3.5 6.3 6.8 Jacksonville, FL....................... 10.8 8.1 8.3 6.5 5.9 7.2 **Kansas City, MO-KS..................... 10.8 13.2 13.1 11.8 14.0 7.9 * Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA............. 8.2 9.5 9.5 8.7 9.7 8.7 **Louisville, KY-IN...................... 9.3 15.3 15.2 9.5 5.6 4.1 **Memphis, TN-AR-MS...................... 10.2 7.5 7.4 6.8 8.8 5.9 * Miami, FL\4............................ 6.0 3.6 3.5 4.6 5.7 8.3 * Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ....... 7.8 7.7 7.5 4.6 5.5 6.1 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5............... 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.2 7.4 **Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............ 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.9 3.9 * Monmouth-Ocean, NJ..................... 8.4 6.8 6.7 6.2 2.1 2.5 Nashville, TN.......................... 4.3 4.9 4.9 2.7 4.2 3.9 * Nassau-Suffolk, NY..................... 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.2 4.9 5.1 **New Orleans, LA........................ 6.7 6.7 6.6 8.4 5.9 6.8 New York, NY........................... 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.5 **Newark, NJ............................. 7.7 8.8 8.7 9.1 10.8 11.4 **Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 10.1 10.4 10.5 12.9 9.3 6.5 * Oakland, CA............................ 5.1 4.5 4.5 10.8 8.2 6.8 Oklahoma City, OK...................... 15.0 21.2 21.2 14.4 11.8 10.7 * Orange County, CA\6.................... 6.8 8.6 8.6 7.3 7.1 5.9 **Orlando, FL............................ 14.4 10.7 10.8 13.1 9.1 11.0 **Philadelphia, PA-NJ.................... 8.7 12.3 12.4 11.0 10.8 10.0 **Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7..................... 9.2 7.6 7.3 7.7 6.6 8.0 **Pittsburgh, PA......................... 7.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.7 8.7 **Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............ 5.6 6.6 6.6 2.7 2.8 5.2 * Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA. 8.5 8.7 8.8 6.5 6.8 7.1 Richmond-Petersburg, VA................ 15.8 10.1 10.0 7.6 10.8 10.1 **Rochester, NY.......................... 3.6 7.8 7.7 6.0 8.4 6.7 Sacramento, CA......................... 8.5 10.3 10.6 10.2 12.0 8.1 * Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT............... 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.2 4.7 4.6 **San Antonio, TX........................ 6.0 3.5 3.4 4.1 5.5 7.0 * San Bernardino-Riverside, CA........... 8.6 10.3 10.3 10.4 8.7 8.6 * San Diego, CA.......................... 8.3 7.8 7.8 6.4 8.7 6.0 San Francisco, CA...................... 4.1 5.8 5.9 3.9 5.4 3.1 * San Jose, CA........................... 9.4 7.3 7.3 4.3 2.9 1.8 **Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9......... 5.3 6.4 6.2 8.3 7.3 7.1 **St. Louis, MO-IL....................... 10.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 5.6 5.9 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL..... 8.8 9.0 9.1 8.3 6.4 7.4 **Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10............. 8.8 8.4 8.0 8.6 8.3 8.8 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. rRevised. * 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. \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.