Table 2.  Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by Area:  Second Quarter 1996 and 1995                                           
        
                                                Standard    
                          Second      Second    error on    Standard
 Rental vacancy rates     quarter     quarter       1996    error on
                            1996        1995        rate  difference
                                                                    
                                                                    
 United States............  7.8         7.7         0.2         0.2 
                                                                   
   Inside MAs.............  7.5         7.6         0.2         0.3
     In central cities....  7.8         8.5         0.3         0.4
     Not in central cities                                         
     (suburbs)............  7.2         6.5         0.3         0.4
   Outside MAs............  8.8         8.2         0.5         0.6
                                                                   
  Northeast...............  7.6         7.5         0.4         0.6
  Midwest.................  7.2         7.1         0.4         0.5
  South...................  8.6         8.2         0.3         0.4
  West....................  7.2         7.7         0.3         0.5
                                                                 
                                                                   
 Homeowner vacancy rates                                        
                                                                   
 United States............  1.5         1.6         0.1         0.1
                                                                   
   Inside MAs.............  1.4         1.6         0.1         0.1
     In central cities....  1.7         2.2         0.1         0.2
     Not in central cities                                         
     (suburbs)............  1.2         1.3         0.1         0.1
   Outside MAs............  1.9         1.5         0.1         0.2
                                                                   
  Northeast...............  1.4         1.5         0.1         0.2
  Midwest.................  1.1         1.3         0.1         0.1
  South...................  1.9         1.8         0.1         0.1
  West....................  1.3         1.8         0.1         0.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau