Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the
                United States:  First Quarter 2003 and 2002

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


                                    First     First    Standard
                                   quarter   quarter   error on  Standard     2003
Type                                 2003     2002r      2003    error on   Percent
                                   estimate  estimate  estimate difference  of total

All housing units.................  120,249   118,721       217        319       100

  Occupied........................  105,407   104,421       228        334        88
    Owner occupied................   71,645    70,811       227        333        60
    Renter occupied...............   33,762    33,610       182        266        28

  Vacant..........................   14,842    14,300       128        186        12
    Year-round vacant.............   11,319    10,755       113        164         9
      For rent....................    3,553     3,393        65         94         3
      For sale only...............    1,242     1,197        39         56         1
      Rented or sold,
      awaiting occupancy..........      825       759        32         45         1
      Held off market.............    5,699     5,406        82        118         5
        For occasional use........    1,992     1,780        49         69         2
        Temporarily occupied
        by persons with
        usual residence elsewhere.    1,145     1,073        37         53         1
        For other reasons.........    2,562     2,553        55         81         2

    Seasonal vacant...............    3,523     3,545        65         95         3
rRevised
NOTE:  The Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS) estimates are now controlled to independent
housing unit counts.  This should make the CPS/HVS counts of housing units more comparable to other Census Bureau
housing surveys.