Table 3. Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2002 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/r 1990 United States.... 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.1 7.4 7.2 Alabama.......... 5.0 5.0 6.8 6.0 6.9 8.1 Alaska........... 15.3 15.9 14.3 11.0 11.0 6.8 Arizona.......... 13.1 12.7 11.8 10.2 10.5 10.7 Arkansas......... 7.4 7.8 8.5 6.4 8.0 7.9 California....... 4.9 5.4 6.2 5.8 5.9 6.0 Colorado......... 13.6 11.6 13.0 11.7 12.4 10.2 Connecticut...... 5.0 4.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 7.5 Delaware......... 4.9 5.5 6.9 5.6 6.7 6.0 District of Colum 3.5 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.1 7.7 Florida.......... 11.0 11.0 10.5 9.1 9.5 9.0 Georgia.......... 6.2 6.1 7.5 9.3 10.0 9.4 Hawaii........... 5.7 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.6 Idaho............ 8.8 9.0 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.4 Illinois......... 6.9 5.9 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.1 Indiana.......... 7.5 8.2 7.9 6.0 6.2 5.3 Iowa............. 9.5 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.5 7.8 Kansas........... 10.3 9.4 10.1 8.5 9.3 7.8 Kentucky......... 6.5 7.9 6.5 6.7 7.2 5.8 Louisiana........ 12.1 15.6 13.6 12.4 13.2 13.1 Maine............ 5.1 5.4 5.1 6.0 6.0 9.7 Maryland......... 5.3 6.9 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.2 Massachusetts.... 3.8 3.6 4.4 5.0 5.0 6.9 Michigan......... 5.0 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.3 Minnesota........ 4.9 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.5 Mississippi...... 9.1 10.7 9.8 9.6 10.5 8.7 Missouri......... 9.7 8.8 7.5 7.7 8.3 9.6 Montana.......... 8.1 10.3 9.3 8.9 9.7 8.1 Nebraska......... 8.3 6.7 7.0 6.2 6.6 6.5 Nevada........... 11.8 9.5 9.3 10.9 10.9 8.4 New Hampshire.... 4.9 7.7 6.7 7.7 7.7 9.7 New Jersey....... 4.0 3.9 5.1 4.6 4.6 5.9 New Mexico....... 9.3 10.7 8.8 11.1 12.7 13.7 New York......... 2.9 3.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 4.9 North Carolina... 7.0 6.1 7.0 6.7 7.4 7.2 North Dakota..... 9.3 8.9 7.0 7.9 7.9 8.0 Ohio............. 6.3 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.5 Oklahoma......... 17.2 18.9 15.8 13.2 14.7 14.6 Oregon........... 7.0 6.1 6.0 4.0 4.2 3.3 Pennsylvania..... 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 7.2 Rhode Island..... 4.9 4.8 5.0 7.4 7.4 9.6 South Carolina... 6.2 9.1 10.6 8.4 9.1 8.4 South Dakota..... 8.4 6.9 6.8 6.1 7.1 5.3 Tennessee........ 6.0 7.6 7.2 8.0 9.1 9.5 Texas............ 16.2 17.1 14.5 12.2 12.5 9.7 Utah............. 21.5 21.5 25.8 10.1 10.6 12.6 Vermont.......... 4.7 4.8 2.6 2.9 2.9 6.2 Virginia......... 6.0 7.0 7.3 6.2 6.6 5.8 Washington....... 4.2 4.7 4.2 5.4 5.5 3.3 West Virginia.... 9.1 8.8 10.6 10.7 11.5 8.2 Wisconsin........ 4.7 4.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 3.3 Wyoming.......... 15.0 16.8 12.0 10.5 12.1 7.9 Table 3. Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2002 - Continued 1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995 United States.... 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.6 Alabama.......... 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.8 7.2 8.5 Alaska........... 5.7 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.5 6.0 Arizona.......... 9.6 9.5 7.6 7.4 8.8 7.2 Arkansas......... 8.6 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.8 7.4 California....... 6.2 7.5 8.2 8.2 7.9 8.5 Colorado......... 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.9 5.3 4.3 Connecticut...... 7.7 8.3 11.2 11.1 11.4 15.2 Delaware......... 8.0 9.1 8.3 8.4 8.3 10.6 District of Colum 8.8 9.7 8.5 7.7 10.3 12.9 Florida.......... 9.1 8.7 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.8 Georgia.......... 9.7 8.9 7.3 7.3 9.1 11.3 Hawaii........... 5.8 5.8 7.1 6.8 7.4 6.3 Idaho............ 3.9 2.7 4.4 3.7 3.6 4.5 Illinois......... 6.5 7.0 6.2 6.3 6.8 7.4 Indiana.......... 6.2 7.0 7.3 7.2 5.0 5.2 Iowa............. 7.0 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.9 5.3 Kansas........... 6.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 9.0 6.2 Kentucky......... 7.6 8.7 8.6 8.5 7.6 5.1 Louisiana........ 9.5 7.8 7.1 7.2 9.4 9.6 Maine............ 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.4 11.0 8.6 Maryland......... 6.7 7.2 8.8 8.7 8.1 5.7 Massachusetts.... 8.3 8.8 7.9 7.8 7.1 6.2 Michigan......... 7.2 7.7 8.0 7.9 8.9 8.8 Minnesota........ 6.6 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.2 6.7 Mississippi...... 7.8 7.4 8.1 8.0 7.9 13.2 Missouri......... 11.1 9.9 9.1 9.4 10.1 10.0 Montana.......... 6.6 4.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Nebraska......... 8.1 7.5 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.5 Nevada........... 8.5 9.0 9.5 9.1 6.1 6.8 New Hampshire.... 11.0 9.5 6.6 6.7 7.7 5.4 New Jersey....... 7.7 6.9 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.6 New Mexico....... 13.2 7.8 3.7 3.5 5.1 4.8 New York......... 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.9 6.3 North Carolina... 7.7 7.0 6.0 5.6 6.1 8.2 North Dakota..... 6.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.1 6.7 Ohio............. 5.4 6.2 7.0 7.1 6.8 7.4 Oklahoma......... 9.5 9.7 11.6 11.5 8.9 10.3 Oregon........... 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.6 3.9 4.0 Pennsylvania..... 7.1 7.0 7.3 7.5 8.0 8.0 Rhode Island..... 9.6 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.0 7.1 South Carolina... 11.1 10.0 11.2 10.6 12.3 9.3 South Dakota..... 4.5 3.1 4.4 4.3 5.3 5.9 Tennessee........ 8.5 6.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.4 Texas............ 9.6 8.9 9.1 8.9 7.9 8.2 Utah............. 14.9 14.6 13.1 15.7 7.1 12.3 Vermont.......... 6.5 5.3 5.1 5.2 10.3 5.3 Virginia......... 10.3 8.2 7.5 7.7 8.9 7.6 Washington....... 4.1 4.1 5.6 5.0 5.9 6.0 West Virginia.... 6.3 5.4 5.6 6.0 8.5 7.6 Wisconsin........ 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.0 4.6 5.7 Wyoming.......... 7.7 6.7 5.0 5.5 6.7 5.0 Table 3. Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2002 - Continued 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 United States.... 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.4 Alabama.......... 8.7 7.3 9.7 13.5 14.4 14.2 Alaska........... 5.9 7.4 5.8 6.5 6.9 5.2 Arizona.......... 10.2 9.1 9.3 10.6 10.7 10.9 Arkansas......... 7.2 8.1 13.1 11.4 11.4 13.4 California....... 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.0 4.5 4.2 Colorado......... 6.1 3.7 5.3 6.8 5.4 9.1 Connecticut...... 10.7 7.7 9.2 7.3 8.6 8.0 Delaware......... 7.7 8.5 11.2 9.9 10.6 10.5 District of Colum 13.4 13.2 12.6 12.0 11.7 12.5 Florida.......... 9.0 9.5 8.8 10.3 10.8 11.5 Georgia.......... 11.6 11.2 12.0 10.3 9.7 12.3 Hawaii........... 6.0 7.1 6.9 7.6 5.3 8.2 Idaho............ 5.8 6.8 5.5 6.1 6.7 6.0 Illinois......... 7.9 8.5 7.4 6.9 7.8 9.0 Indiana.......... 6.9 7.2 8.1 11.5 10.6 10.3 Iowa............. 5.5 6.4 6.0 7.3 6.9 8.2 Kansas........... 9.9 9.4 8.4 7.7 9.2 10.1 Kentucky......... 5.8 9.4 8.3 10.1 9.5 10.1 Louisiana........ 7.8 8.4 9.7 12.8 11.2 8.8 Maine............ 7.2 6.1 6.2 7.4 6.0 4.9 Maryland......... 6.7 8.0 5.7 5.5 4.6 7.6 Massachusetts.... 5.8 5.2 5.7 4.7 3.5 3.3 Michigan......... 10.2 8.9 8.3 10.2 9.6 10.9 Minnesota........ 5.5 4.7 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.5 Mississippi...... 13.2 11.5 9.9 11.2 11.6 13.5 Missouri......... 8.6 8.9 9.2 9.9 15.0 17.4 Montana.......... 5.1 5.0 5.8 5.4 7.5 6.6 Nebraska......... 6.6 6.3 7.3 9.9 7.4 9.3 Nevada........... 7.1 7.5 9.3 9.7 11.6 12.0 New Hampshire.... 5.6 6.2 3.9 4.4 3.2 3.3 New Jersey....... 7.7 5.5 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.3 New Mexico....... 7.1 9.5 10.2 12.5 13.2 12.7 New York......... 6.9 6.2 6.6 6.1 5.5 5.3 North Carolina... 8.0 9.7 11.5 10.8 11.2 12.4 North Dakota..... 8.5 8.3 9.9 10.6 11.7 9.9 Ohio............. 8.1 8.9 8.7 9.8 9.0 9.6 Oklahoma......... 11.0 11.4 12.9 14.0 15.2 12.0 Oregon........... 5.9 5.4 7.7 7.6 6.8 6.8 Pennsylvania..... 8.7 10.1 9.1 10.3 8.3 7.3 Rhode Island..... 7.2 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.3 3.9 South Carolina... 14.1 15.1 16.7 16.4 15.5 17.3 South Dakota..... 9.9 12.6 9.4 10.0 7.7 8.2 Tennessee........ 5.4 7.2 7.4 8.2 7.1 9.5 Texas............ 8.0 8.4 8.6 9.3 10.8 10.3 Utah............. 13.4 14.4 14.6 10.1 7.6 7.2 Vermont.......... 4.2 3.7 5.7 3.6 3.8 6.1 Virginia......... 7.4 6.3 8.4 9.0 7.7 7.9 Washington....... 5.6 4.4 6.2 5.1 4.9 7.8 West Virginia.... 5.8 7.5 9.5 9.4 10.0 11.0 Wisconsin........ 5.5 4.9 6.4 6.0 4.7 4.8 Wyoming.......... 6.4 8.2 9.8 10.3 8.1 7.8 Table 3. Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2002 - Continued 2002 United States.... 9.0 Alabama.......... 13.2 Alaska........... 5.7 Arizona.......... 12.3 Arkansas......... 10.8 California....... 4.9 Colorado......... 11.0 Connecticut...... 4.7 Delaware......... 8.8 District of Colum 11.6 Florida.......... 10.5 Georgia.......... 14.5 Hawaii........... 7.3 Idaho............ 6.2 Illinois......... 11.0 Indiana.......... 11.7 Iowa............. 8.5 Kansas........... 11.6 Kentucky......... 9.4 Louisiana........ 8.2 Maine............ 5.7 Maryland......... 7.4 Massachusetts.... 4.9 Michigan......... 10.5 Minnesota........ 6.7 Mississippi...... 15.2 Missouri......... 9.3 Montana.......... 6.9 Nebraska......... 10.2 Nevada........... 14.4 New Hampshire.... 3.4 New Jersey....... 5.0 New Mexico....... 11.5 New York......... 5.8 North Carolina... 15.3 North Dakota..... 11.5 Ohio............. 11.1 Oklahoma......... 13.9 Oregon........... 8.5 Pennsylvania..... 7.9 Rhode Island..... 4.2 South Carolina... 15.3 South Dakota..... 9.8 Tennessee........ 10.4 Texas............ 12.5 Utah............. 6.6 Vermont.......... 3.8 Virginia......... 8.2 Washington....... 7.9 West Virginia.... 12.1 Wisconsin........ 6.4 Wyoming.......... 7.4 rRevised.