Table 2.  Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates, by Area:  Fourth Quarter 1994 and 1993 
                  
 
                                                  Rental vacancy rate                       Homeowner vacancy rate 

                                        Fourth   Fourth    Standard     Standard    Fourth   Fourth    Standard     Standard
                                       quarter  quarter    error on     error on   quarter  quarter    error on     error on
                                          1994    1993r   1994 rate   difference      1994    1993r   1994 rate   difference
                        
 United States........................     7.4      6.9         0.2          0.2       1.6      1.4         0.1          0.1 
                                                                           
   Inside MAs.........................     7.2      7.0         0.2          0.3       1.6      1.4         0.1          0.1 
     In central cities................     7.7      7.5         0.3          0.4       2.1      1.9         0.1          0.2 
     Not in central cities (suburbs)..     6.5      6.3         0.3          0.4       1.4      1.1         0.1          0.1 
   Outside MAs........................     8.2      6.5         0.4          0.6       1.8      1.4         0.1          0.2 
                                                                            
  Northeast...........................     7.1      6.4         0.4          0.5       1.6      1.4         0.1          0.2 
  Midwest.............................     6.8      6.2         0.4          0.5       1.2      1.1         0.1          0.1 
  South...............................     8.3      7.4         0.3          0.4       1.9      1.5         0.1          0.1 
  West................................     6.8      7.1         0.3          0.5       1.6      1.5         0.1          0.2 
  
 r Revised.             
 Note:  The metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data are now comparable to earlier data;
        see page 4 for explanation.          

Source: U.S. Census Bureau