Historical Data

 

iconTable 3. New Privately Owned Housing Units Under Construction: 1970-Present*

 


Period


Total

In Structures With

MSAs

Regions

1 Unit

2 Units

3 and 4 units

5 Units or More

Inside

Outside

North-east

Mid-west

South

West

Annual Data

1970

922.0 381.1 22.8 27.3 490.8 NA NA 197.1 189.3 359.2 176.4

1971

1,254.0 504.9 26.7 37.8 684.6 NA NA 236.6 278.5 494.4 244.4

1972

1,542.1 612.5 36.4 46.4 846.8 NA NA 264.4 306.8 669.1 301.8

1973

1,454.4 521.7 31.0 48.0 853.6 NA NA 239.4 293.1 650.2 271.7

1974

1000.8 441.1 19.4 29.1 511.3 NA NA 178.0 218.8 418.9 185.1

1975

794.3 447.5 20.1 27.4 299.4 563.2 231.1 130.2 195.1 298.1 171.0

1976

922.0 562.6 22.7 31.8 304.9 658.5 263.5 125.4 232.1 333.3 231.2

1977

1,208.0 729.8 34.0 44.9 399.3 862.5 345.5 145.5 284.6 457.3 320.6

1978

1,310.2 764.5 36.1 47.3 462.2 968.0 342.2 158.3 309.2 497.6 345.2

1979

1,140.1 638.7 31.3 46.7 423.4 820.1 320.0 146.7 232.5 449.3 311.6

1980

896.1 514.5 28.3 40.3 313.1 620.9 275.2 120.1 171.4 376.7 227.9

1981

682.4 381.7 16.5 29.0 255.3 458.9 223.5 103.2 109.7 299.7 169.8

1982

720.0 399.7 16.5 24.9 278.9 511.7 208.3 98.6 112.4 344.0 165.0

1983

1,002.8 523.9 19.0 39.1 420.8 757.8 245.0 120.8 122.6 520.6 238.8

1984

1,050.5 556.0 20.9 42.5 431.0 814.1 236.4 152.5 137.3 488.9 271.7

1985

1,062.5 538.6 20.6 34.9 468.4 885.1 177.4 186.6 143.8 437.5 294.7

1986

1,073.5 583.1 19.3 28.4 442.7 899.7 173.8 218.9 165.7 387.3 301.5

1987

987.3 590.6 17.3 22.5 356.9 820.6 166.7 221.7 158.7 342.5 264.4

1988

919.4 569.6 16.1 24.1 309.5 757.5 161.9 201.6 148.1 308.2 261.6

1989

850.3 535.1 11.9 25.1 278.1 686.7 163.6 158.8 145.5 282.1 263.9

1990

711.4 449.1 10.9 15.1 236.3 553.9 157.5 121.6 133.4 242.3 214.1

1991

606.3 433.5 9.1 14.5 149.2 458.4 147.9 103.9 122.4 208.5 171.6

1992

612.4 472.7 5.6 11.3 122.8 453.1 159.4 81.4 137.8 228.4 164.8

1993

680.1 543.0 6.5 12.4 118.2 521.0 159.1 89.3 154.4 265.4 170.9

1994

762.2 557.8 9.1 12.9 182.5 597.6 164.5 96.3 173.5 312.1 180.3

1995

775.9 547.2 8.4 12.7 207.7 620.1 155.8 86.3 172.0 331.4 186.3

1996

792.3 550.0 9.0 19.1 214.3 629.9 162.4 85.2 178.0 337.6 191.4

1997

846.7 554.6 11.2 20.7 260.2 684.4 163.2 87.1 181.9 364.8 213.0

1998

970.8 659.1 8.3 20.5 282.9 794.8 176.0 98.5 201.2 428.5 242.6

1999

952.8 647.6 9.0 12.1 284.1 786.1 166.6 103.5 202.5 422.3 224.5

2000

933.8 623.4 10.2 19.5 280.7 759.8 173.9 110.0 186.6 397.6 239.5
2001 959.4 638.3 11.8 16.7 292.6 790.6 168.7 116.1 195.9 396.5 250.9
2002 1,001.4 670.8 10.9 15.5 304.1 817.7 183.4 125.3 207.2 413.5 255.4

Monthly Data (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates)

2002

January

1,004 675

NA

299

NA

114 205 422 263

February

1,011 681

NA

299

NA

114 205 428 264

March

1,015 676

NA

306

NA

118 203 431 263

April

1,011 682

NA

298

NA

116 200 430 265

May

1,014 683

NA

303

NA

117 201 428 268

June

1,017 685

NA

304

NA

118 206 430 263

July

1,025 694

NA

302

NA

121 211 429 264
August 1,010 681 NA 303 NA 120 205 428 257
September 1,024 691 NA 307 NA 124 207 432 261
October 1,031 699 NA 306 NA 126 210 426 269
November 1,031 695 NA 309 NA 125 211 430 265
December 1,043 706 NA 310 NA 126 215 434 268
January 1,054 720 NA 308 NA 125 217 438 274
February 1,053 720 NA 307 NA 121 217 439 276
March 1,060 725 NA 311 NA 124 218 442 276

*Components may not add to totals because of rounding. Units in thousands.

Sources: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce; and Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development

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