Table 9.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the

                United States:  2004 and 2005



(Estimates are in thousands and may not add to total, due to rounding)





                                                            90-Percent

                                              Confidence Interval (+/     2005

Type                             2004  2,005    of 2005       of      Percent

                            estimate estimate  Estimate   difference of total



All housing units...........  122,187  123,925       (X)         (X)      100



  Occupied..................  106,588  108,231        263         247      87

    Owner occupied..........   73,575   74,553        566         482      60

    Renter occupied.........   33,013   33,678        477         422      27



  Vacant....................   15,599   15,694        278         254      13

    Year-round vacant.......   11,884   11,916        289         263      10

      For rent..............    3,802    3,721        136         141       3

      For sale only.........    1,307    1,451         64          71       1

      Rented or sold,

      awaiting occupancy....      991    1,060         47          61       1

      Held off market.......    5,784    5,684        207         191       5

        For occasional use..    1,967    1,884        121         113       2

        Temporarily occupied

        by persons with

        usual residence else    1,068    1,128         94          85       1

        For other reasons...    2,749    2,672        144         133       2



    Seasonal vacant.........    3,715    3,778        192         179       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.