USA STATISTICS IN BRIEF -
Households, Housing, and Construction
HOUSEHOLDS \1 Households (million) One person households, percent of total Persons per household Families, total (million) Families with children under 18 years (million) Percent one-parent HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION Total housing units \1 (million) Occupied housing units (million) Percent owner-occupied
2000 104.7 25.5 2.6 72.0 34.6 27.0
2001 108.2 26.0 2.6 73.8 35.4 26.0
2002 109.3 26.3 2.6 74.3 35.7 27.0
2003 111.3 26.4 2.6 75.6 36.0 28.0
2004 112.0 26.4 2.6 76.2 35.9 28.0
2005 113.3 26.6 2.6 76.9 36.2 29.0
2006 114.4 26.6 2.6 77.4 36.5 28.0
2007 116.0 26.8 2.6 78.4 36.8 28.0
119.6 105.7 67.4
121.5 107.0 67.8 864 388 1,637 1,603 908 4,734
119.3 105.0 67.9 873 422 1,748 1,705 973 4,975
120.8 105.6 68.3 921 476 1,889 1,848 1,086 5,443
122.2 106.6 69.0 1,023 565 2,070 1,956 1,203 5,958
123.9 108.2 68.9 1,132 641 2,155 2,068 1,283 6,180
126.0 109.6 68.8 1,192 641 1,839 1,801 1,051 5,677
128.0 110.3 68.1 1,162 525 1,398 1,355 776 4,939
Value of new construction, total (billion dollars) 831 Residential buildings (billion dollars) 374 Building permits \2 (1,000) 1,592 Housing starts (1,000) 1,569 New home sales (1,000) 877 Existing home sales (1,000) 4,603
FOOTNOTE \1 Beginning 2003, based on 2000 census population controls and an expanded sample. \2 Beginning 2004, based on 20,000 place series (previously 19,000 series)