Rental Vacancy Rates vs Owner Vacancy rates for 45yrs

Rental and Homeowner Vacancy Rates for the United States: 1965 to 2010

Year	Rental Vacancy Rates				Homeowner Vacancy Rates
	First quarter	Second quarter	Third quarter	Fourth Quarter	First quarter	Second quarter	Third quarter	Fourth Quarter
2010	10.6				2.6
2009	10.1	10.6	11.1	10.7	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.7
2008	10.1	10.0	9.9	10.1	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.9
2007	10.1	9.5	9.8	9.6	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.8
2006	9.5	9.6	9.9	9.8	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.7
2005	10.1	9.8	9.9	9.6	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.0
2004	10.4	10.2	10.1	10.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
2003	9.4	9.6	9.9	10.2	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8
2002(r)	9.1	8.4	9.0	9.3	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
2002	9.1	8.5	9.1	9.4	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
2001	8.2	8.3	8.4	8.8	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.8
2000	7.9	8.0	8.2	7.8	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.6
1999	8.2	8.1	8.2	7.9	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.6
1998	7.7	8.0	8.2	7.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
1997	7.5	7.9	7.9	7.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7
1996	7.9	7.8	8.0	7.7	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.7
1995	7.4	7.7	7.7	7.7	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.6
1994	7.5	7.4	7.2	7.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.6
1993(r)	7.8	7.6	7.0	6.9	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
1993	7.9	7.6	7.1	6.9	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
1992	7.4	7.7	7.3	7.1	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.5
1991	7.5	7.3	7.6	7.3	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.6
1990	7.5	7.0	7.2	7.2	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
1989(r)	7.5	7.4	7.6	7.1	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8
1989	7.3	7.3	7.3	6.8	1.5	1.6	1.8	1.6
1988	8.0	7.7	7.8	7.3	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
1987	7.4	7.5	8.1	7.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6
1986	6.9	7.3	7.5	7.7	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.6
1985	6.3	6.2	6.8	6.7	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.6
1984	5.6	5.5	6.0	6.3	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7
1983	5.7	5.5	5.8	5.5	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6
1982	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.6
1981	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.0	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.4
1980	5.2	5.6	5.7	5.0	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4
1979(r)	5.1	5.5	5.7	5.4	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3
1979	4.8	5.0	5.2	5.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1
1978	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.1
1977	5.1	5.3	5.4	5.1	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.0
1976	5.5	5.8	5.7	5.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2
1975	6.1	6.3	6.2	5.4	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.2
1974	6.2	6.3	6.2	6.0	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.3
1973	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.2
1972	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.6	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0
1971	5.3	5.3	5.6	5.6	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
1970	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
1969	5.6	5.7	5.5	5.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0
1968	6.1	6.2	5.9	5.4	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2
1967	7.3	6.9	7.0	6.2	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3
1966	8.3	7.4	7.4	7.7	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3
1965	8.5	8.2	7.8	8.5	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.5
Footnotes (r)  Revised
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division