Historical Data

 

icon Table 2. New Privately Owned Housing Units Started: 1968–Present*

 

Period Total In Structures With MSAs Regions
1 Unit 2 Units 3 and 4 Units 5 Units or More Inside Outside North-east Midwest South West
Annual Data

1968

1,507.6 899.4 46.0 34.9 527.3 1,096.4 411.2 226.8 368.6 618.5 293.7

1969

1,466.8 810.6 43.0 42.0 571.2 1,078.7 388.0 206.1 348.7 588.4 323.5

1970

1,433.6 812.9 42.4 42.4 535.9 1,017.9 415.7 217.9 293.5 611.6 310.5

1971

2,052.2 1,151.0 55.1 65.2 780.9 1,501.8 550.4 263.8 434.1 868.7 485.6

1972

2,356.6 1,309.2 67.1 74.2 906.2 1,720.4 636.2 329.5 442.8 1,057.0 527.4

1973

2,045.3 1,132.0 54.2 64.1 795.0 1,495.4 549.9 277.3 439.7 899.4 428.8

1974

1,337.7 888.1 33.2 34.9 381.6 922.5 415.3 183.2 317.3 552.8 284.5

1975

1,160.4 892.2 34.5 29.5 204.3 760.3 400.1 149.2 294.0 442.1 275.1

1976

1,537.5 1,162.4 44.0 41.9 289.2 1,043.5 494.1 169.2 400.1 568.5 399.6

1977

1,987.1 1,450.9 60.7 61.0 414.4 1,377.3 609.8 201.6 464.6 783.1 537.9

1978

2,020.3 1,433.3 62.2 62.8 462.0 1,432.1 588.2 200.3 451.2 823.7 545.2

1979

1,745.1 1,194.1 56.1 65.9 429.0 1,240.6 504.6 177.9 349.2 747.5 470.5

1980

1,292.2 852.2 48.8 60.7 330.5 913.6 378.7 125.4 218.1 642.7 306.0

1981

1,084.2 705.4 38.2 52.9 287.7 759.8 324.3 117.3 165.2 561.6 240.0

1982

1,062.2 662.6 31.9 48.1 319.6 784.8 277.4 116.7 149.1 591.0 205.4

1983

1,703.0 1,067.6 41.8 71.7 522.0 1,351.1 351.9 167.6 217.9 935.2 382.3

1984

1,749.5 1,084.2 38.6 82.8 544.0 1,414.6 334.9 204.1 243.4 866.0 436.0

1985

1,741.8 1,072.4 37.0 56.4 576.1 1,493.9 247.9 251.7 239.7 782.3 468.2

1986

1,805.4 1,179.4 36.1 47.9 542.0 1,546.3 259.1 293.5 295.8 733.1 483.0

1987

1,620.5 1,146.4 27.8 37.5 408.7 1,372.2 248.2 269.0 297.9 633.9 419.8

1988

1,488.1 1,081.3 23.4 35.4 348.0 1,243.0 245.1 235.3 274.0 574.9 403.9

1989

1,376.1 1,003.3 19.9 35.3 317.6 1,128.1 248.0 178.5 265.8 536.2 395.7

1990

1,192.7 894.8 16.1 21.4 260.4 946.9 245.7 131.3 253.2 479.3 328.9

1991

1,013.9 840.4 15.5 20.1 137.9 789.2 224.7 112.9 233.0 414.1 254.0

1992

1,199.7 1,029.9 12.4 18.3 139.0 931.5 268.2 126.7 287.8 496.9 288.3

1993

1,287.6 1,125.7 11.1 18.3 132.6 1,031.9 255.8 126.5 297.7 561.8 301.7

1994

1,457.0 1,198.4 14.8 20.2 223.5 1,183.1 273.9 138.2 328.9 639.1 350.8

1995

1,354.1 1,076.2 14.3 19.4 244.1 1,106.4 247.6 117.7 290.1 615.0 331.3

1996

1,476.8 1,160.9 16.4 28.8 270.8 1,211.4 265.5 132.1 321.5 661.9 361.4

1997

1,474.0 1,133.7 18.1 26.4 295.8 1,221.3 252.7 136.8 303.6 670.3 363.3

1998

1,616.9 1,271.4 15.7 26.9 302.9 1,349.9 267.0 148.5 330.5 743.0 394.9

1999

1,640.9 1,302.4 15.0 16.9 306.6 1,367.7 273.2 155.7 347.3 746.0 391.9

2000

1,568.7 1,230.9 15.2 23.5 299.1 1,297.3 271.4 154.5 317.5 713.6 383.1

2001

1,602.7 1,273.3 17.2 19.3 292.8 1,329.4 273.3 149.2 330.4 732.0 391.1

2002

1,704.9 1,358.6 14.0 24.4 307.9 1,398.1 306.8 158.7 349.6 781.5 415.5
Monthly Data (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates)
2002  

May

1,752 1,389

NA

326

NA

163 364 811 414

June

1,709 1,359

NA

303

NA

176 344 779 410

July

1,666 1,329

NA

306

NA

159 367 753 387

August

1,630 1,249

NA

350

NA

169 333 768 360

September

1,810 1,449

NA

324

NA

176 389 805 440

October

1,653 1,366

NA

254

NA

145 321 702 485

November

1,760 1,403

NA

323

NA

144 379 807 430

December

1,815 1,462

NA

318

NA

162 386 792 475

2003

 

January

1,828 1,509

NA

278

NA

145 349 820 514

February

1,640 1,312

NA

298

NA

142 279 759 460

March

1,742 1,393

NA

313

NA

155 351 814 422

April

1,627 1,357

NA

239

NA

150 319 724 434

May

1,738 1,388

NA

326

NA

142 361 785 450

June

1,803 1,462

NA

312

NA

156 358 803 486

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

Source: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

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