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 1,359.7 14.0 24.4 306.3 1,398.1 306.8 158.7 349.1 781.6 415.5
Monthly Data (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates)
2002  

January

1,713 1,344 NA 302 NA 162 352 814 385

February

1,788 1,472 NA 273 NA 143 371 832 442

March

1,675 1,298 NA 328 NA 165 343 767 400

April

1,566 1,261 NA 278 NA 132 277 786 371

May

1,742 1,380 NA 325 NA 163 366 800 413

June

1,692 1,344 NA 302 NA 176 339 771 406

July

1,652 1,319 NA 302 NA 158 362 748 384

August

1,631 1,249 NA 351 NA 169 334 768 360

September

1,808 1,452 NA 320 NA 175 386 809 438

October

1,660 1,375 NA 253 NA 144 321 706 489
November 1,761 1,404 NA 323 NA 144 381 806 430
December 1,824 1,464 NA 324 NA 162 389 800 473
January 1,834 1,512 NA 280 NA 143 351 825 515
February 1,644 1,313 NA 302 NA 143 283 756 462
March 1,780 1,414 NA 329 NA 157 355 827 441

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

Source: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

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