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occupied housing units look very good. Vacancy rates reported by Census 2000 and Census <br /> 2010 indicated no change in the vacancy rates for the State of Hawaii (12 percent) and the <br /> County of Maui (23 percent). The County of Honolulu's vacancy rate decreased by 1 percent, <br /> from 9 percent in 2000 to 8 percent in 2010. The vacancy rates for both Hawaii County and <br /> Kauai County were higher in 2010 than in 2000, Hawaii's climbing from 15 to 18 percent and <br /> Kauai's from 20 to 22 percent. <br /> The Census estimate that would match the inventory is the estimate of units available to the <br /> housing market, or "available units'. Available units are total housing units minus those used for <br /> purposes other than housing non-institutionalized residents of Hawai i. Our summary of those <br /> data show that they seem more reliable than the estimates of occupied housing units after 2005, <br /> and, with the exception of the County of Maui, data appear to be more reliable each year. <br /> AVAILABLE HOUSING UNITS AND HHPS HOUSING INVENTORY <br /> Figure 4 shows U.S. Census/ACS data and HHPS housing inventory housing unit estimates for <br /> the past two decades. Census estimates are shown for total housing units (top line), occupied <br /> housing units (bottom line), and available housing units. Available housing units are the sum of <br /> occupied units and vacant units available for sale or rent. That is, it excludes hotel units and <br /> other residential units reserved for occasional or agricultural use. The dots indicate HHPS <br /> inventory total units in each of the five studies. <br /> Figure 4: Inventory and Census Housing Unit Estimates, 1990 to 2010 <br /> 550,000 <br /> 500,000 • <br /> • <br /> 450,000 <br /> 400,000 <br /> —Total <br /> —Available <br /> 350,000 <br /> —Occupied <br /> • Inventory HPS <br /> 300,000 <br /> CO oi,' A;�, A�l il As oi0 00 O,' Off' 03 Off` 00 01 O16 00 'y0 <br /> 1� 1� 10 10 10 10 10 'y0 ti0 10' ti0 ,LO ,ti0 ,y0 ,ti0 ,ti0 ,ti0 ,ti0 ,ti0 ,ti0 ,y0 <br /> C.�'OSJS C.��zJ� PLS PL5 V_ PL5 PL5 PL5 V <br /> Sources: U.S. Census 1990,2000, and 2010,ACS 2002-2009, HHPS 1992, 1997, 2003, 2006, and 2010. <br /> Note: No data for available units were found for intercensal years between 1990 and 1999. DBEDT housing unit <br /> estimate and HHPS inventory estimates are nearly identical. <br /> Hawaii Housing Planning Study,2011 -Inventory Report Page 16 <br /> 0 SMS, Inc. November,2011 <br />