Table 4.  Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the

                United States:  Fourth Quarter 2003 and 2004



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





                                    Fourth    Fourth         90-Percent

                                   quarter   quarter Confidence Interval<font size="-1">(+/-)</font><sup>a</sup>   2004

Type                                 2003      2004    of 2004       of          Percent

                                   estimate  estimate  estimate  difference      of total



All housing units.................  121,415   122,740       353        500       100



  Occupied........................  105,858   107,546       373        528        88

    Owner occupied................   72,650    74,413       376        531        61

    Renter occupied...............   33,208    33,133       297        420        27



  Vacant..........................   15,557    15,194       213        303        12

    Year-round vacant.............   11,807    11,675       189        268        10

      For rent....................    3,809     3,731       109        155         3

      For sale only...............    1,331     1,375        67         94         1

      Rented or sold,

      awaiting occupancy..........    1,013       901        54         79         1

      Held off market.............    5,654     5,668       134        189         5

        For occasional use........    1,964     1,916        79        112         2

        Temporarily occupied

        by persons with

        usual residence elsewhere.      951     1,152        61         83         1

        For other reasons.........    2,739     2,600        92        131         2



    Seasonal vacant...............    3,750     3,519       106        153         3



    a\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 estimate, 

	the less reliable the estimate.

NOTE:  The Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey (CPS/HVS) estimates are 

now controlled to independent housing unit estimates.  This should make the CPS/HVS 

estimate of housing units more  comparable to other Census Bureau housing surveys.