Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002
1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/r 1990
Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.2 7.7 7.8 7.2 7.4 7.1
Akron, OH............................... NA NA NA NA NA NA
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 4.8 7.0 9.3 6.4 7.1 7.2
**Atlanta, GA............................. 6.3 6.4 9.7 12.5 12.5 11.6
**Austin-San Marcos, TX................... NA NA NA NA NA NA
Baltimore, MD........................... 6.7 8.3 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.2
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 3.6 3.2 8.6 5.2 5.2 6.6
**Birmingham, AL.......................... 5.2 5.5 8.4 7.7 7.7 5.2
**Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 6.0
Buffalo, NY............................. 3.5 6.2 7.1 1.9 1.9 3.4
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 6.5 5.7 6.1 6.7 7.2 5.9
**Chicago, IL............................. 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.6
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 6.6 6.9 6.1 7.3 7.3 6.3
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.4 6.4 7.8
**Columbus, OH............................ 6.7 8.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 5.0
**Dallas, TX.............................. 17.2 16.2 17.9 14.4 14.6 12.3
* Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 5.3 6.5 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.0
Denver, CO.............................. 8.4 11.0 12.3 12.9 12.9 8.9
Detroit, MI............................. 5.0 7.6 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.6
**Fresno, CA.............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 9.8 12.2 10.9 11.0 11.5 8.0
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 16.1 14.2 13.6 11.6 11.6 8.9
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... NA NA NA NA NA NA
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 7.8 6.1 9.0 7.9 7.9 7.9
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... NA NA NA NA NA NA
* Hartford, CT............................ 3.7 6.1 7.1 8.2 8.2 11.2
Honolulu, HI............................ 5.0 5.5 4.1 5.1 5.1 3.8
**Houston, TX............................. 18.0 18.3 14.4 12.3 12.5 9.6
**Indianapolis, IN........................ 7.1 9.1 8.9 5.4 5.4 6.1
Jacksonville, FL........................ 11.1 12.4 11.6 12.8 13.3 9.5
**Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 12.5 11.7 8.8 7.5 8.1 9.9
**Las Vegas, NV........................... NA NA NA NA NA NA
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 3.5 4.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.2
**Louisville, KY-IN....................... 15.9 17.8 11.5 11.7 11.7 7.5
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 5.9 5.5 8.3 8.9 8.9 10.2
* Miami, FL\4............................. 8.5 8.9 9.3 4.7 4.7 6.3
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 2.9 4.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 5.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 3.1 2.8 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.6
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 3.9 5.3 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.5
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 3.2 2.9 4.0 5.9 5.9 8.3
Nashville, TN........................... 5.3 8.0 8.4 10.3 11.2 11.3
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 3.9 6.3 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.5
**New Orleans, LA......................... 12.8 16.5 15.3 12.9 12.9 13.8
New York, NY............................ 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 4.7
**Newark, NJ.............................. 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.9 4.1
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 7.5 12.5 11.2 9.1 9.1 9.2
* Oakland, CA............................. 5.9 5.5 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.3
Oklahoma City, OK....................... 21.1 23.6 17.8 18.0 18.0 22.6
**Omaha, NE-IA............................ NA NA NA NA NA NA
* Orange County, CA\6..................... 2.5 3.8 7.3 6.5 6.5 4.8
**Orlando, FL............................. 12.2 11.6 11.8 9.5 10.1 10.1
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
1986 1987 1988 1989 1989/r 1990
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 4.5 4.6 6.3 7.1 7.1 9.6
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 13.2 13.8 12.3 11.6 11.6 10.3
**Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 10.1 9.3 9.3 8.3 8.3 8.3
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 5.3 5.3 5.0 2.7 2.7 3.3
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 4.3 4.6 5.0 8.7 8.7 9.4
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... NA NA NA NA NA NA
Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 8.3 3.9 7.9 5.6 5.6 5.3
**Rochester, NY........................... 4.3 5.8 9.1 4.8 4.8 5.6
Sacramento, CA.......................... 10.2 8.7 5.9 8.0 8.0 7.4
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 10.6 11.9 12.0 11.2 11.2 7.8
**San Antonio, TX......................... 13.9 17.8 16.6 12.9 13.2 11.7
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 7.5 7.9 10.1 10.3 10.3 9.9
* San Diego, CA........................... 5.4 6.2 8.5 6.6 6.6 6.9
San Francisco, CA....................... 4.6 4.9 3.5 2.8 2.8 4.2
* San Jose, CA............................ 4.6 4.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 4.6
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... NA NA NA NA NA NA
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 3.1 4.7 4.1 5.7 5.7 3.1
**St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 6.6 6.9 7.6 8.9 8.9 10.7
**Syracuse, NY............................ NA NA NA NA NA NA
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 14.7 11.3 13.3 11.0 11.3 10.4
Tucson, AZ.............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA
Tulsa, OK............................... NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ventura, CA............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 3.7 4.8 4.6 5.8 5.8 6.7
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... NA NA NA NA NA NA
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995
Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.6
Akron, OH............................... NA NA NA NA 4.7 5.6
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 12.7 7.1 6.1 6.1 9.7 10.2
**Atlanta, GA............................. 12.9 11.2 9.6 9.3 6.1 9.8
**Austin-San Marcos, TX................... NA NA NA NA 7.2 4.8
Baltimore, MD........................... 7.4 7.0 8.5 8.5 8.9 6.4
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 6.4 6.0 5.7 5.5 2.8 2.6
**Birmingham, AL.......................... 4.4 5.5 6.6 6.6 4.9 9.9
**Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 7.2 7.0 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.4
Buffalo, NY............................. 6.3 7.5 5.4 5.4 7.7 8.5
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 8.9 9.3 5.7 5.6 6.2 4.2
**Chicago, IL............................. 7.3 8.4 7.3 7.3 8.2 7.9
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 3.8 5.7 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.6
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 6.9 7.3 9.6 9.4 8.0 8.3
**Columbus, OH............................ 6.3 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.4
**Dallas, TX.............................. 10.7 9.0 10.7 10.6 8.4 7.4
* Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 4.5 6.6 7.6 7.4 6.8 11.1
Denver, CO.............................. 6.3 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.9
Detroit, MI............................. 7.4 8.7 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.0
**Fresno, CA.............................. NA NA NA NA 13.1 8.5
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 8.2 6.4 6.3 6.4 7.3 7.4
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 8.7 9.3 9.1 9.0 7.9 7.6
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... NA NA NA NA 13.5 9.6
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 6.9 8.5 6.4 6.3 6.7 5.0
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... NA NA NA NA 5.7 3.6
* Hartford, CT............................ 5.0 6.9 9.0 8.8 6.8 8.8
Honolulu, HI............................ 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.9 5.0 5.4
**Houston, TX............................. 11.9 11.7 12.0 11.8 8.5 10.2
**Indianapolis, IN........................ 6.4 9.5 9.8 9.7 3.5 6.3
Jacksonville, FL........................ 9.1 10.8 8.1 8.3 6.5 5.9
**Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 12.3 10.8 13.2 13.1 11.8 14.0
**Las Vegas, NV........................... NA NA NA NA 6.5 7.3
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 6.7 8.2 9.5 9.5 8.7 9.7
**Louisville, KY-IN....................... 10.7 9.3 15.3 15.2 9.5 5.6
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 10.8 10.2 7.5 7.4 6.8 8.8
* Miami, FL\4............................. 6.6 6.0 3.6 3.5 4.6 5.7
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 7.4 7.8 7.7 7.5 4.6 5.5
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 6.2 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.2
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 6.7 5.5 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.9
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 16.2 8.4 6.8 6.7 6.2 2.1
Nashville, TN........................... 8.8 4.3 4.9 4.9 2.7 4.2
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 6.2 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.2 4.9
**New Orleans, LA......................... 10.3 6.7 6.7 6.6 8.4 5.9
New York, NY............................ 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2
**Newark, NJ.............................. 6.4 7.7 8.8 8.7 9.1 10.8
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 16.2 10.1 10.4 10.5 12.9 9.3
* Oakland, CA............................. 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.5 10.8 8.2
Oklahoma City, OK....................... 15.5 15.0 21.2 21.2 14.4 11.8
**Omaha, NE-IA............................ NA NA NA NA 7.4 5.8
* Orange County, CA\6..................... 5.8 6.8 8.6 8.6 7.3 7.1
**Orlando, FL............................. 11.2 14.4 10.7 10.8 13.1 9.1
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
1991 1992 1993 1993/r 1994 1995
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 11.9 8.7 12.3 12.4 11.0 10.8
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 9.6 9.2 7.6 7.3 7.7 6.6
**Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 4.9 7.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.7
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 6.5 5.6 6.6 6.6 2.7 2.8
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 8.9 8.5 8.7 8.8 6.5 6.8
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... NA NA NA NA 6.2 8.1
Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 14.7 15.8 10.1 10.0 7.6 10.8
**Rochester, NY........................... 3.7 3.6 7.8 7.7 6.0 8.4
Sacramento, CA.......................... 8.4 8.5 10.3 10.6 10.2 12.0
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 3.6 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.2 4.7
**San Antonio, TX......................... 7.6 6.0 3.5 3.4 4.1 5.5
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 8.9 8.6 10.3 10.3 10.4 8.7
* San Diego, CA........................... 6.3 8.3 7.8 7.8 6.4 8.7
San Francisco, CA....................... 3.3 4.1 5.8 5.9 3.9 5.4
* San Jose, CA............................ 3.9 9.4 7.3 7.3 4.3 2.9
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... NA NA NA NA 7.5 6.4
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 5.4 5.3 6.4 6.2 8.3 7.3
**St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 12.8 10.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 5.6
**Syracuse, NY............................ NA NA NA NA 7.2 12.7
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 10.6 8.8 9.0 9.1 8.3 6.4
Tucson, AZ.............................. NA NA NA NA 7.7 3.5
Tulsa, OK............................... NA NA NA NA 4.6 7.9
Ventura, CA............................. NA NA NA NA 6.3 6.5
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 7.9 8.8 8.4 8.0 8.6 8.3
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... NA NA NA NA 9.4 6.8
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Inside Metropolitan Areas 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.7 8.0
Akron, OH............................... 6.3 6.3 4.8 10.1 8.1 8.2
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 16.1 12.1 20.4 12.5 9.3 7.8
**Atlanta, GA............................. 10.5 10.2 9.6 9.8 9.3 11.9
**Austin-San Marcos, TX................... 8.8 8.4 9.3 8.2 4.6 8.8
Baltimore, MD........................... 7.1 10.7 6.0 7.2 5.4 9.9
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 1.9 2.2 2.9 2.8 1.9 3.3
**Birmingham, AL.......................... 8.6 8.9 14.5 18.6 23.3 17.6
**Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 5.9 4.0 4.1 3.1 2.7 2.9
Buffalo, NY............................. 16.5 15.4 16.8 14.9 17.5 19.8
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 4.5 8.8 10.4 7.9 8.8 9.5
**Chicago, IL............................. 7.9 8.2 7.8 6.5 6.9 9.1
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 7.8 10.3 11.5 11.9 10.6 11.5
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 8.4 10.1 10.3 11.3 8.4 12.2
**Columbus, OH............................ 9.4 8.1 7.9 7.4 10.5 11.0
**Dallas, TX.............................. 8.9 6.8 5.9 7.2 9.2 6.5
* Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 10.6 11.6 10.9 11.0 8.2 8.4
Denver, CO.............................. 5.2 2.4 4.0 5.6 4.6 6.0
Detroit, MI............................. 8.8 7.2 7.4 8.5 8.7 9.9
**Fresno, CA.............................. 10.9 10.1 10.6 7.1 8.7 4.9
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 8.6 9.3 5.7 8.1 6.2 7.1
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 5.6 6.9 6.8 6.1 6.9 8.1
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... 15.6 13.6 6.2 7.3 6.9 12.9
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 3.3 7.9 6.3 8.7 8.9 8.8
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... 9.9 9.8 13.4 10.3 7.6 11.0
* Hartford, CT............................ 8.1 9.0 13.2 9.2 10.9 10.8
Honolulu, HI............................ 4.7 6.4 6.3 7.6 4.9 8.0
**Houston, TX............................. 8.0 9.8 9.6 9.8 13.4 11.1
**Indianapolis, IN........................ 6.8 10.3 10.5 13.3 12.3 9.1
Jacksonville, FL........................ 7.2 5.8 6.8 7.1 9.9 4.6
**Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 7.9 6.8 7.5 6.7 8.8 9.2
**Las Vegas, NV........................... 7.4 6.3 9.4 9.4 10.7 13.2
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 8.7 8.0 6.9 5.1 4.7 3.4
**Louisville, KY-IN....................... 4.1 3.7 7.9 9.2 7.2 10.8
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 5.9 3.3 6.6 9.2 7.1 8.8
* Miami, FL\4............................. 8.3 10.0 9.8 8.5 8.8 8.3
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 6.1 2.6 3.5 2.3 4.0 3.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 7.4 8.4 8.9 6.5 5.9 5.3
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.9 5.1
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 2.5 4.3 4.2 6.2 4.0 4.9
Nashville, TN........................... 3.9 6.6 5.4 4.4 3.5 7.5
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 5.1 4.3 4.9 1.9 2.7 3.8
**New Orleans, LA......................... 6.8 9.3 12.3 16.3 15.5 8.2
New York, NY............................ 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.6
**Newark, NJ.............................. 11.4 6.2 3.7 4.6 6.2 3.3
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 6.5 5.7 7.6 4.2 6.8 7.0
* Oakland, CA............................. 6.8 4.4 6.0 4.6 4.2 4.0
Oklahoma City, OK....................... 10.7 10.0 12.2 14.9 16.0 9.7
**Omaha, NE-IA............................ 7.2 5.1 7.9 9.0 7.6 10.0
* Orange County, CA\6..................... 5.9 6.2 4.4 4.2 2.2 3.9
**Orlando, FL............................. 11.0 6.5 4.7 6.8 7.4 9.2
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 10.0 11.4 10.3 10.8 8.3 9.5
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 8.0 6.3 7.4 9.2 9.6 10.0
**Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 8.7 10.3 10.4 12.5 10.3 5.8
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 5.2 5.2 7.7 7.4 6.4 7.1
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 7.1 6.9 5.7 4.8 4.8 4.9
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... 10.0 11.9 15.3 11.8 13.8 13.0
Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 10.1 7.5 5.2 11.0 6.1 10.0
**Rochester, NY........................... 6.7 7.1 6.8 10.3 11.6 7.9
Sacramento, CA.......................... 8.1 5.0 4.9 6.2 5.6 8.6
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 4.6 5.4 6.4 8.5 6.5 7.0
**San Antonio, TX......................... 7.0 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.5 12.2
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 8.6 9.3 9.2 8.1 7.5 4.1
* San Diego, CA........................... 6.0 5.1 5.1 4.2 4.0 4.5
San Francisco, CA....................... 3.1 1.7 2.5 3.3 3.1 3.4
* San Jose, CA............................ 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.1 3.0 5.2
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... 9.2 14.6 7.5 7.4 3.0 5.7
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 7.1 3.4 2.6 3.9 5.4 8.6
**St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 5.9 7.8 10.3 9.9 16.4 17.8
**Syracuse, NY............................ 13.6 12.2 14.8 8.6 10.7 13.9
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 7.4 6.2 7.1 9.2 9.5 12.0
Tucson, AZ.............................. 10.3 10.0 6.3 9.0 9.1 13.1
Tulsa, OK............................... 7.7 8.6 6.8 9.8 10.8 7.1
Ventura, CA............................. 5.4 2.1 4.2 1.3 3.0 4.9
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 8.8 8.1 8.3 6.6 7.0 6.9
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... 10.0 14.8 11.8 19.2 22.9 18.0
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
2002
Inside Metropolitan Areas............... 8.8
Akron, OH............................... 14.3
**Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY............. 6.4
**Atlanta, GA............................. 15.0
**Austin-San Marcos, TX................... 11.8
Baltimore, MD........................... 8.4
* Bergen-Passaic, NJ...................... 3.9
**Birmingham, AL.......................... 12.0
**Boston, MA-NH\1......................... 4.3
Buffalo, NY............................. 12.8
* Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC..... 11.8
**Chicago, IL............................. 11.5
**Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN.................... 10.1
**Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH\2........... 15.4
**Columbus, OH............................ 12.7
**Dallas, TX.............................. 11.5
* Dayton-Springfield, OH.................. 7.3
Denver, CO.............................. 9.1
Detroit, MI............................. 12.0
**Fresno, CA.............................. 6.5
* Ft. Lauderdale, FL\3.................... 6.1
**Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX................. 10.9
**Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI....... 8.8
**Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC. 12.4
**Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC..... 12.7
* Hartford, CT............................ 4.6
Honolulu, HI............................ 5.6
**Houston, TX............................. 12.7
**Indianapolis, IN........................ 11.2
Jacksonville, FL........................ 7.4
**Kansas City, MO-KS...................... 11.2
**Las Vegas, NV........................... 11.9
* Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA.............. 3.8
**Louisville, KY-IN....................... 7.0
**Memphis, TN-AR-MS....................... 12.2
* Miami, FL\4............................. 8.3
* Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterton, NJ........ 6.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI\5................ 7.6
**Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI............. 6.2
* Monmouth-Ocean, NJ...................... 2.4
Nashville, TN........................... 7.1
* Nassau-Suffolk, NY...................... 6.3
**New Orleans, LA......................... 7.9
New York, NY............................ 4.6
**Newark, NJ.............................. 6.1
**Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA. 3.4
* Oakland, CA............................. 5.8
Oklahoma City, OK....................... 11.8
**Omaha, NE-IA............................ 12.0
* Orange County, CA\6..................... 5.0
**Orlando, FL............................. 10.0
Table 5. Rental Vacancy Rates for the 75 Largest Metropolitan Areas: 1986 to 2002 - Continued
**Philadelphia, PA-NJ..................... 8.6
**Phoenix-Mesa, AZ\7...................... 14.0
**Pittsburgh, PA.......................... 9.0
**Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA\8............. 9.6
* Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, RI-MA.. 5.1
**Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.......... 13.7
Richmond-Petersburg, VA................. 8.5
**Rochester, NY........................... 8.1
Sacramento, CA.......................... 6.3
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT................ 7.7
**San Antonio, TX......................... 14.7
* San Bernardino-Riverside, CA............ 5.0
* San Diego, CA........................... 7.5
San Francisco, CA....................... 5.2
* San Jose, CA............................ 6.6
**Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, PA...... 5.1
**Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA\9.......... 9.1
**St. Louis, MO-IL........................ 6.0
**Syracuse, NY............................ 12.3
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL...... 11.4
Tucson, AZ.............................. 11.4
Tulsa, OK............................... 13.1
Ventura, CA............................. 4.5
**Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV\10.............. 8.4
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL.......... 7.9
Data from 1986 to 1994 are based on 1980 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions,
while 1995 and later data are based on 1990 metropolitan/nonmetropolitan definitions.
See Source and Accuracy section for explanation.
rRevised.
* Boundaries did not change as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population
and Housing; one or more central city/cities added or deleted.
** Boundaries changed as a result of the 1990 Decennial Census of Population
and Housing; one or more county/counties added or deleted.
NA Not Available
\1 Formerly titled Boston, MA.
\2 Includes former Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA
\3 Formerly titled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL.
\4 Formerly titled Miami-Hialeh, FL.
\5 Formerly titled Milwaukee, WI.
\6 Formerly titled Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA.
\7 Formerly titled Phoenix, AZ.
\8 Formerly titled Portland, OR.
\9 Formerly titled Seattle, WA.
\10 Formerly titled Washington, DC-MD-VA.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
