Table 1.
The title is "Housing Affordability Was Low and Deteriorated Rapidly in Nine California MSAs." This table lists nine metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in California, their Housing Affordability Index (HAI) as of December 2000, and the percent change over the five-year period from 1995 through 2000. In Salinas, the HAI was 40, a change of -46%. In San Francisco, the HAI was 57, a change of -25%. In Santa Rosa, the HAI was 59, a change of -19%. In Oakland, the HAI was 61, a change of -15%. In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, the HAI was 63, a change of -19%. In San Diego, the HAI was 68, a change of -22%. In San Jose, the HAI was 73, a change of -19%. In Vallejo-Fairfield- Napa, the HAI was 74, a change of -30%. In Orange County, the HAI was 75, a change of -19%. In the United States as a whole, the HAI was 115, a change of -4%.