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 Midwest 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 1,001.2 668.8 10.9 15.5 306.0 817.7 183.4 125.0 207.1 413.0 256.0
Monthly Data (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates)
2002  

April

1,011 680 NA 300 NA 117 199 430 265

May

1,012 681 NA 303 NA 117 200 428 267

June

1,021 688 NA 304 NA 118 206 431 266

July

1,024 692 NA 303 NA 120 209 429 266

August

1,011 682 NA 303 NA 120 205 428 258

September

1,024 691 NA 307 NA 124 207 432 261

October

1,026 696 NA 304 NA 125 208 426 267

November

1,030 694 NA 309 NA 125 211 429 265

December

1,039 703 NA 309 NA 127 214 432 266

2003

 

January

1,054 721 NA 307 NA 126 218 436 274

February

1,052 719 NA 307 NA 121 217 437 277

March

1,053 724 NA 304 NA 124 214 441 274

April

1,046 724 NA 298 NA 122 211 436 277

May

1,047 722 NA 302 NA 119 213 436 279

June

1,052 727 NA 301 NA 118 212 439 283

*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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