Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2016
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
1986 1987 1988 1989  1989r1 1990 1991
United States..................... 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.1 7.4 7.2 7.4
Alabama............................ 5.0 5.0 6.8 6.0 6.9 8.1 7.2
Alaska................................. 15.3 15.9 14.3 11.0 11.0 6.8 5.7
Arizona............................... 13.1 12.7 11.8 10.2 10.5 10.7 9.6
Arkansas........................... 7.4 7.8 8.5 6.4 8.0 7.9 8.6
California.............................. 4.9 5.4 6.2 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.2
Colorado........................... 13.6 11.6 13.0 11.7 12.4 10.2 5.8
Connecticut........................... 5.0 4.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 7.5 7.7
Delaware............................. 4.9 5.5 6.9 5.6 6.7 6.0 8.0
District of Columbia............ 3.5 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.1 7.7 8.8
Florida................................ 11.0 11.0 10.5 9.1 9.5 9.0 9.1
Georgia.............................. 6.2 6.1 7.5 9.3 10.0 9.4 9.7
Hawaii.................................. 5.7 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.6 5.8
Idaho..................................... 8.8 9.0 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.4 3.9
Illinois................................... 6.9 5.9 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.1 6.5
Indiana.............................. 7.5 8.2 7.9 6.0 6.2 5.3 6.2
Iowa...................................... 9.5 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.5 7.8 7.0
Kansas................................. 10.3 9.4 10.1 8.5 9.3 7.8 6.9
Kentucky............................. 6.5 7.9 6.5 6.7 7.2 5.8 7.6
Louisiana........................... 12.1 15.6 13.6 12.4 13.2 13.1 9.5
Maine.................................. 5.1 5.4 5.1 6.0 6.0 9.7 10.8
Maryland................................ 5.3 6.9 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.2 6.7
Massachusetts................ 3.8 3.6 4.4 5.0 5.0 6.9 8.3
Michigan.............................. 5.0 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.2
Minnesota........................... 4.9 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.5 6.6
Mississippi......................... 9.1 10.7 9.8 9.6 10.5 8.7 7.8
Missouri............................... 9.7 8.8 7.5 7.7 8.3 9.6 11.1
Montana............................. 8.1 10.3 9.3 8.9 9.7 8.1 6.6
Nebraska............................ 8.3 6.7 7.0 6.2 6.6 6.5 8.1
Nevada.............................. 11.8 9.5 9.3 10.9 10.9 8.4 8.5
New Hampshire................... 4.9 7.7 6.7 7.7 7.7 9.7 11.0
New Jersey........................ 4.0 3.9 5.1 4.6 4.6 5.9 7.7
New Mexico..................... 9.3 10.7 8.8 11.1 12.7 13.7 13.2
New York............................. 2.9 3.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 4.9 5.5
North Carolina................... 7.0 6.1 7.0 6.7 7.4 7.2 7.7
North Dakota...................... 9.3 8.9 7.0 7.9 7.9 8.0 6.2
Ohio...................................... 6.3 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.4
Oklahoma........................... 17.2 18.9 15.8 13.2 14.7 14.6 9.5
Oregon................................ 7.0 6.1 6.0 4.0 4.2 3.3 5.1
Pennsylvania.................... 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 7.2 7.1
Rhode Island....................... 4.9 4.8 5.0 7.4 7.4 9.6 9.6
South Carolina................... 6.2 9.1 10.6 8.4 9.1 8.4 11.1
South Dakota.................... 8.4 6.9 6.8 6.1 7.1 5.3 4.5
Tennessee......................... 6.0 7.6 7.2 8.0 9.1 9.5 8.5
Texas................................ 16.2 17.1 14.5 12.2 12.5 9.7 9.6
Utah........................................ 21.5 21.5 25.8 10.1 10.6 12.6 14.9
Vermont.............................. 4.7 4.8 2.6 2.9 2.9 6.2 6.5
Virginia................................. 6.0 7.0 7.3 6.2 6.6 5.8 10.3
Washington......................... 4.2 4.7 4.2 5.4 5.5 3.3 4.1
West Virginia........................ 9.1 8.8 10.6 10.7 11.5 8.2 6.3
Wisconsin.......................... 4.7 4.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 3.3 4.6
Wyoming............................. 15.0 16.8 12.0 10.5 12.1 7.9 7.7
Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2016 - Continued
1992 1993 1993r2 1994 1995 1996 1997
United States..................... 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.7
Alabama............................ 6.4 6.3 6.8 7.2 8.5 8.7 7.3
Alaska................................. 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.5 6.0 5.9 7.4
Arizona............................... 9.5 7.6 7.4 8.8 7.2 10.2 9.1
Arkansas........................... 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.8 7.4 7.2 8.1
California.............................. 7.5 8.2 8.2 7.9 8.5 7.2 6.5
Colorado........................... 5.8 4.7 4.9 5.3 4.3 6.1 3.7
Connecticut........................... 8.3 11.2 11.1 11.4 15.2 10.7 7.7
Delaware............................. 9.1 8.3 8.4 8.3 10.6 7.7 8.5
District of Columbia............ 9.7 8.5 7.7 10.3 12.9 13.4 13.2
Florida................................ 8.7 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.8 9.0 9.5
Georgia.............................. 8.9 7.3 7.3 9.1 11.3 11.6 11.2
Hawaii.................................. 5.8 7.1 6.8 7.4 6.3 6.0 7.1
Idaho..................................... 2.7 4.4 3.7 3.6 4.5 5.8 6.8
Illinois................................... 7.0 6.2 6.3 6.8 7.4 7.9 8.5
Indiana.............................. 7.0 7.3 7.2 5.0 5.2 6.9 7.2
Iowa...................................... 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.9 5.3 5.5 6.4
Kansas................................. 5.9 6.1 6.2 9.0 6.2 9.9 9.4
Kentucky............................. 8.7 8.6 8.5 7.6 5.1 5.8 9.4
Louisiana........................... 7.8 7.1 7.2 9.4 9.6 7.8 8.4
Maine.................................. 10.7 10.4 10.4 11.0 8.6 7.2 6.1
Maryland................................ 7.2 8.8 8.7 8.1 5.7 6.7 8.0
Massachusetts................ 8.8 7.9 7.8 7.1 6.2 5.8 5.2
Michigan.............................. 7.7 8.0 7.9 8.9 8.8 10.2 8.9
Minnesota........................... 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.2 6.7 5.5 4.7
Mississippi......................... 7.4 8.1 8.0 7.9 13.2 13.2 11.5
Missouri............................... 9.9 9.1 9.4 10.1 10.0 8.6 8.9
Montana............................. 4.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 5.1 5.0
Nebraska............................ 7.5 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.5 6.6 6.3
Nevada.............................. 9.0 9.5 9.1 6.1 6.8 7.1 7.5
New Hampshire................... 9.5 6.6 6.7 7.7 5.4 5.6 6.2
New Jersey........................ 6.9 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.6 7.7 5.5
New Mexico..................... 7.8 3.7 3.5 5.1 4.8 7.1 9.5
New York............................. 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.9 6.3 6.9 6.2
North Carolina................... 7.0 6.0 5.6 6.1 8.2 8.0 9.7
North Dakota...................... 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.1 6.7 8.5 8.3
Ohio...................................... 6.2 7.0 7.1 6.8 7.4 8.1 8.9
Oklahoma........................... 9.7 11.6 11.5 8.9 10.3 11.0 11.4
Oregon................................ 4.9 5.5 5.6 3.9 4.0 5.9 5.4
Pennsylvania.................... 7.0 7.3 7.5 8.0 8.0 8.7 10.1
Rhode Island....................... 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.0 7.1 7.2 6.0
South Carolina................... 10.0 11.2 10.6 12.3 9.3 14.1 15.1
South Dakota.................... 3.1 4.4 4.3 5.3 5.9 9.9 12.6
Tennessee......................... 6.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.4 5.4 7.2
Texas................................ 8.9 9.1 8.9 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.4
Utah........................................ 14.6 13.1 15.7 7.1 12.3 13.4 14.4
Vermont.............................. 5.3 5.1 5.2 10.3 5.3 4.2 3.7
Virginia................................. 8.2 7.5 7.7 8.9 7.6 7.4 6.3
Washington......................... 4.1 5.6 5.0 5.9 6.0 5.6 4.4
West Virginia........................ 5.4 5.6 6.0 8.5 7.6 5.8 7.5
Wisconsin.......................... 4.9 4.6 4.0 4.6 5.7 5.5 4.9
Wyoming............................. 6.7 5.0 5.5 6.7 5.0 6.4 8.2
Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2016 - Continued
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002r3 2003
United States..................... 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.4 9.0 8.9 9.8
Alabama............................ 9.7 13.5 14.4 14.2 13.2 13.4 14.0
Alaska................................. 5.8 6.5 6.9 5.2 5.7 5.9 8.6
Arizona............................... 9.3 10.6 10.7 10.9 12.3 11.2 12.0
Arkansas........................... 13.1 11.4 11.4 13.4 10.8 10.7 12.7
California.............................. 6.0 5.0 4.5 4.2 4.9 5.0 5.4
Colorado........................... 5.3 6.8 5.4 9.1 11.0 10.5 12.2
Connecticut........................... 9.2 7.3 8.6 8.0 4.7 4.6 9.1
Delaware............................. 11.2 9.9 10.6 10.5 8.8 8.7 10.5
District of Columbia............ 12.6 12.0 11.7 12.5 11.6 10.8 10.7
Florida................................ 8.8 10.3 10.8 11.5 10.5 10.2 11.5
Georgia.............................. 12.0 10.3 9.7 12.3 14.5 14.2 14.7
Hawaii.................................. 6.9 7.6 5.3 8.2 7.3 7.3 8.9
Idaho..................................... 5.5 6.1 6.7 6.0 6.2 6.4 9.7
Illinois................................... 7.4 6.9 7.8 9.0 11.0 10.9 12.0
Indiana.............................. 8.1 11.5 10.6 10.3 11.7 12.1 12.8
Iowa...................................... 6.0 7.3 6.9 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.3
Kansas................................. 8.4 7.7 9.2 10.1 11.6 11.6 10.5
Kentucky............................. 8.3 10.1 9.5 10.1 9.4 9.6 9.9
Louisiana........................... 9.7 12.8 11.2 8.8 8.2 8.3 8.8
Maine.................................. 6.2 7.4 6.0 4.9 5.7 5.6 6.1
Maryland................................ 5.7 5.5 4.6 7.6 7.4 7.5 9.4
Massachusetts................ 5.7 4.7 3.5 3.3 4.9 4.9 5.2
Michigan.............................. 8.3 10.2 9.6 10.9 10.5 10.5 10.5
Minnesota........................... 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.5 6.7 6.6 7.9
Mississippi......................... 9.9 11.2 11.6 13.5 15.2 15.4 15.8
Missouri............................... 9.2 9.9 15.0 17.4 9.3 9.2 9.5
Montana............................. 5.8 5.4 7.5 6.6 6.9 7.0 8.5
Nebraska............................ 7.3 9.9 7.4 9.3 10.2 10.2 10.0
Nevada.............................. 9.3 9.7 11.6 12.0 14.4 13.6 11.6
New Hampshire................... 3.9 4.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 6.0
New Jersey........................ 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.3 5.0 4.8 6.3
New Mexico..................... 10.2 12.5 13.2 12.7 11.5 10.7 11.4
New York............................. 6.6 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.6
North Carolina................... 11.5 10.8 11.2 12.4 15.3 13.6 15.0
North Dakota...................... 9.9 10.6 11.7 9.9 11.5 11.2 9.8
Ohio...................................... 8.7 9.8 9.0 9.6 11.1 11.0 11.8
Oklahoma........................... 12.9 14.0 15.2 12.0 13.9 14.0 12.8
Oregon................................ 7.7 7.6 6.8 6.8 8.5 8.4 9.9
Pennsylvania.................... 9.1 10.3 8.3 7.3 7.9 7.9 10.0
Rhode Island....................... 5.3 5.1 5.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 5.2
South Carolina................... 16.7 16.4 15.5 17.3 15.3 15.7 16.2
South Dakota.................... 9.4 10.0 7.7 8.2 9.8 9.5 12.8
Tennessee......................... 7.4 8.2 7.1 9.5 10.4 10.4 8.3
Texas................................ 8.6 9.3 10.8 10.3 12.5 12.6 14.1
Utah........................................ 14.6 10.1 7.6 7.2 6.6 6.5 8.2
Vermont.............................. 5.7 3.6 3.8 6.1 3.8 3.8 4.0
Virginia................................. 8.4 9.0 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.0 9.0
Washington......................... 6.2 5.1 4.9 7.8 7.9 7.6 10.1
West Virginia........................ 9.5 9.4 10.0 11.0 12.1 11.9 11.9
Wisconsin.......................... 6.4 6.0 4.7 4.8 6.4 6.5 8.9
Wyoming............................. 9.8 10.3 8.1 7.8 7.4 7.5 9.4
Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2016 - Continued
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
United States..................... 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.7 10.0 10.6 10.2
Alabama............................ 14.8 13.2 13.4 15.3 15.3 14.4 12.1
Alaska................................. 7.0 7.9 8.5 7.7 8.7 7.9 5.6
Arizona............................... 11.3 11.6 9.3 9.6 14.1 17.7 14.9
Arkansas........................... 13.5 13.7 13.5 11.8 13.4 13.0 11.4
California.............................. 5.4 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.4 7.6 7.5
Colorado........................... 12.7 13.5 10.5 10.1 8.3 10.9 7.9
Connecticut........................... 8.4 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.6 8.3 10.7
Delaware............................. 11.0 11.3 12.2 15.0 13.4 12.4 9.9
District of Columbia............ 11.3 7.7 7.8 9.6 8.6 9.9 9.0
Florida................................ 11.7 10.1 10.7 13.7 16.9 17.8 15.1
Georgia.............................. 16.3 14.6 13.0 13.1 14.5 14.3 12.3
Hawaii.................................. 7.7 5.1 5.5 6.3 7.2 9.2 8.1
Idaho..................................... 9.8 7.0 7.4 8.1 10.3 11.0 8.8
Illinois................................... 14.8 13.4 12.6 10.4 10.0 10.8 11.0
Indiana.............................. 12.9 14.2 14.0 13.3 14.8 11.9 11.8
Iowa...................................... 9.4 13.1 13.5 10.9 8.9 8.5 8.1
Kansas................................. 13.6 12.8 11.3 11.1 10.3 10.5 11.3
Kentucky............................. 11.3 11.2 9.8 10.4 9.9 12.1 10.4
Louisiana........................... 7.3 8.8 7.9 8.8 10.3 11.4 12.5
Maine.................................. 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.4 7.6 7.7 6.2
Maryland................................ 8.2 8.8 10.2 11.4 11.3 11.1 10.5
Massachusetts................ 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.7 6.5 6.0 6.6
Michigan.............................. 13.0 13.1 18.1 17.0 14.6 13.3 13.1
Minnesota........................... 9.1 10.5 8.9 7.6 6.8 8.4 8.3
Mississippi......................... 12.5 13.2 12.9 9.4 11.4 16.0 15.6
Missouri............................... 10.3 13.8 11.3 11.7 11.3 11.1 11.6
Montana............................. 9.7 10.3 7.9 6.0 5.6 6.6 5.7
Nebraska............................ 9.5 10.3 10.2 10.2 9.0 8.9 7.2
Nevada.............................. 10.6 8.4 9.1 9.8 14.0 14.2 13.4
New Hampshire................... 4.8 5.1 6.0 5.7 7.5 7.4 7.2
New Jersey........................ 6.2 6.2 7.3 6.8 6.4 9.7 9.1
New Mexico..................... 8.1 7.7 8.1 9.3 7.6 9.5 6.3
New York............................. 6.1 5.1 5.8 6.1 5.7 5.7 6.8
North Carolina................... 13.3 13.8 11.7 12.4 12.8 12.8 12.0
North Dakota...................... 10.4 8.5 8.9 7.6 8.2 7.0 7.4
Ohio...................................... 13.0 13.4 12.3 11.9 10.5 10.7 11.5
Oklahoma........................... 13.9 12.6 11.2 9.8 9.0 10.8 10.9
Oregon................................ 11.8 8.3 7.5 5.9 5.4 6.2 5.5
Pennsylvania.................... 11.7 10.0 10.6 10.0 9.5 9.0 8.8
Rhode Island....................... 6.1 7.7 7.5 9.5 8.7 8.4 7.1
South Carolina................... 14.7 10.0 10.6 10.6 13.4 16.2 13.9
South Dakota.................... 11.2 8.8 8.3 8.9 8.5 8.3 9.5
Tennessee......................... 10.0 10.3 10.5 9.2 12.1 12.8 12.5
Texas................................ 13.9 13.6 13.5 13.8 12.3 13.0 13.3
Utah........................................ 8.9 7.0 5.7 5.5 7.4 8.3 7.2
Vermont.............................. 4.7 4.4 3.6 4.9 3.5 5.4 6.1
Virginia................................. 11.4 7.8 8.3 9.7 10.0 10.3 10.5
Washington......................... 9.6 6.8 6.3 4.5 5.3 7.4 7.0
West Virginia........................ 10.0 11.9 10.8 9.6 11.4 9.5 8.2
Wisconsin.......................... 9.1 9.0 8.2 7.9 8.8 9.1 8.6
Wyoming............................. 5.6 6.0 4.6 5.4 4.7 6.3 8.3
Rental Vacancy Rates, by State: 1986 to 2016 - Continued
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
United States..................... 9.5 8.7 8.3 7.6 7.1 6.9
Alabama............................ 14.2 11.1 11.8 14.0 14.9 14.6
Alaska................................. 5.8 4.7 5.3 6.8 6.8 8.1
Arizona............................... 12.4 11.4 10.8 9.5 7.7 6.8
Arkansas........................... 12.6 10.6 13.2 14.7 11.3 11.1
California.............................. 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.5 4.1 3.6
Colorado........................... 7.4 5.8 6.8 4.9 5.3 4.7
Connecticut........................... 9.5 7.4 7.7 5.8 6.3 7.0
Delaware............................. 11.2 9.3 8.6 7.4 6.4 8.1
District of Columbia............ 8.4 7.8 7.7 6.5 5.4 5.8
Florida................................ 14.9 13.1 10.3 10.1 8.0 8.1
Georgia.............................. 10.0 9.9 10.6 9.7 8.0 7.2
Hawaii.................................. 9.4 10.2 10.1 8.3 8.7 10.6
Idaho..................................... 8.9 7.1 6.4 6.1 5.8 6.0
Illinois................................... 10.2 9.5 9.6 9.2 7.5 7.6
Indiana.............................. 13.0 12.5 13.1 10.8 9.2 9.8
Iowa...................................... 7.2 6.3 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.4
Kansas................................. 8.7 8.0 10.0 8.8 12.0 11.1
Kentucky............................. 10.5 7.2 8.8 6.5 7.7 7.3
Louisiana........................... 11.7 12.6 8.8 8.4 10.0 11.4
Maine.................................. 6.1 5.3 5.5 5.1 4.4 4.0
Maryland................................ 10.1 9.3 8.6 7.5 8.1 7.5
Massachusetts................ 5.8 6.5 7.3 5.6 4.2 4.1
Michigan.............................. 13.2 11.9 9.8 8.2 7.4 7.5
Minnesota........................... 7.3 5.9 6.6 5.6 4.9 4.2
Mississippi......................... 14.5 11.0 13.6 11.1 10.4 9.6
Missouri............................... 10.8 10.4 11.0 9.9 9.1 9.1
Montana............................. 4.9 5.9 5.2 4.0 3.9 6.0
Nebraska............................ 8.1 7.5 6.5 5.5 5.9 6.5
Nevada.............................. 11.0 11.9 13.1 9.7 8.0 6.7
New Hampshire................... 7.5 7.2 6.4 5.6 5.7 4.6
New Jersey........................ 8.8 11.2 7.8 6.2 5.5 5.5
New Mexico..................... 7.4 7.0 9.6 10.8 10.3 9.5
New York............................. 6.5 5.5 5.7 4.9 5.1 5.2
North Carolina................... 11.3 11.2 9.6 8.1 9.8 8.3
North Dakota...................... 9.8 6.9 8.2 8.6 9.6 15.4
Ohio...................................... 10.5 9.3 8.2 7.4 7.8 6.9
Oklahoma........................... 10.1 9.5 10.4 11.4 8.3 11.2
Oregon................................ 4.0 4.9 3.9 4.1 4.6 4.4
Pennsylvania.................... 8.6 9.1 10.0 8.7 7.2 6.3
Rhode Island....................... 7.9 6.8 6.1 6.7 4.4 3.7
South Carolina................... 11.6 9.7 11.2 12.0 8.9 8.8
South Dakota.................... 9.2 8.9 7.4 8.3 6.4 7.3
Tennessee......................... 12.0 11.6 8.9 8.5 7.5 7.4
Texas................................ 12.3 10.4 10.1 9.5 9.6 9.4
Utah........................................ 6.4 7.7 6.7 8.6 5.1 5.7
Vermont.............................. 4.2 4.2 5.7 5.0 4.5 4.5
Virginia................................. 9.9 9.5 7.3 7.4 6.6 7.0
Washington......................... 6.0 5.9 4.5 4.9 4.6 3.8
West Virginia........................ 7.9 8.1 10.6 9.1 8.3 8.7
Wisconsin.......................... 6.6 6.3 6.3 4.6 5.3 5.3
Wyoming............................. 6.5 5.4 7.6 8.0 9.8 12.2
Footnotes:
r1 Revised to include year-round vacant mobile homes.
r2 Revised based on the 1990 Census.
r3 Revised based on the 2000 Census.