Number of new privately owned U.S. housing units authorized 2013

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 15, 2014
The graph shows the number of new privately owned homes that were authorized in the United States from 1970 to 2013. In 2005, the number of new privately owned housing units in structure with one unit amounted to approximately 1.7 million.

New privately owned housing units authorized in the U.S. from 1970 to 2013, by number of units (in thousands)

Characteristic1 unit2 units3 and 4 units5 units or more
1970 646.8 43 45.1 616.7
1975 675.5 34.1 29.8 199.8
1980 710.4 53.8 60.7 365.7
1985 956.5 54 66.1 656.6
1990 793.9 26.7 27.6 262.6
1995 997.3 32.2 31.5 271.5
2000 1,198.1 30.6 34.3 329.3
2005 1,682 39.3 44.7 389.3
2006 1,378.2 35.3 41.3 384.1
2007 979.9 28.1 31.5 359
2008 575.6 16.8 17.6 295.4
2009 441.1 10.7 10 121.1
2010 447.3 10.8 11.2 135.3
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of units authorized in thousands1 unit2 units3 and 4 units5 units or more1970197519801985199019952000200520062007200820092010201120122013*
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January 2014

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United States

Survey time period

1970 to 2013

Supplementary notes

Authorized in permit-issuing places.
* Preliminary figure.
Figures for the period 1970 to 1990 come from earlier publications.

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