Housing Permits: March 2007 - March 2008 Annual
Percent
State or Region Mar-07 Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Change
New England
Connecticut 538 517 260 467 -13.2
Maine 503 206 167 297 -41.0
Massachusetts 1,141 538 451 987 -13.5
New Hampshire 350 346 180 225 -35.7
Rhode Island 164 82 57 98 -40.2
Vermont 253 62 58 138 -45.5
Total 2,949 1,751 1,173 2,212 -25.0
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware 489 295 250 434 -11.2
Maryland 2,366 1,113 1,238 1,311 -44.6
New Jersey 1,734 1,488 1,230 2,002 15.5
New York 5,311 3,022 2,259 2,038 -61.6
Pennsylvania* 3,100 1,746 1,695 2,099 -32.3
Total 13,000 7,664 6,672 7,884 -39.4
Midwest
Illinois 4,310 2,336 1,443 1,662 -61.4
Indiana 2,474 892 1,127 1,229 -50.3
Iowa 1,186 504 277 630 -46.9
Michigan 1,561 686 649 613 -60.7
Minnesota 1,510 485 383 772 -48.9
Ohio 2,915 1,452 1,146 1,525 -47.7
Wisconsin 1,592 807 888 1,014 -36.3
Total 15,548 7,162 5,913 7,445 -52.1
South
Alabama 2,058 1,558 1,515 1,452 -29.4
Arkansas 1,323 655 1,085 540 -59.2
District of Columbia 67 66 60 27 -59.7
Florida 12,202 7,314 5,870 5,328 -56.3
Georgia 7,370 3,465 3,245 3,018 -59.1
Kentucky 1,691 647 768 807 -52.3
Louisiana 1,857 1,561 1,311 1,494 -19.5
Mississippi 2,307 861 1,127 1,196 -48.2
North Carolina 8,554 5,375 5,396 5,348 -37.5
Oklahoma 1,599 887 808 1,177 -26.4
South Carolina 3,732 2,492 2,081 2,487 -33.4
Tennessee 3,565 1,749 1,671 2,439 -31.6
Texas 16,433 11,666 11,216 13,041 -20.6
Virginia 3,710 2,920 2,427 2,900 -21.8
West Virginia 352 343 275 231 -34.4
Total 66,820 41,559 38,855 41,485 -37.9
West
Alaska 106 78 62 75 -29.2
Arizona 6,154 2,670 2,151 2,417 -60.7
California 13,245 5,043 6,227 4,656 -64.8
Colorado 2,544 1,650 1,996 1,537 -39.6
Hawaii 587 325 384 305 -48.0
Idaho 1,613 456 484 708 -56.1
Kansas 1,056 923 688 592 -43.9
Missouri 2,097 1,180 836 941 -55.1
Montana 386 133 231 224 -42.0
Nebraska 591 678 240 385 -34.9
Nevada 2,292 467 1,750 699 -69.5
New Mexico 907 466 711 552 -39.1
North Dakota 153 70 56 220 43.8
Oregon 2,142 656 1,459 1,170 -45.4
South Dakota 466 112 144 275 -41.0
Utah 1,858 763 698 931 -49.9
Washington 4,393 2,004 2,538 2,479 -43.6
Wyoming 315 123 118 193 -38.7
Total 40,905 17,797 20,773 18,359 -55.1
Northeast 15,949 9,415 7,845 10,096 -36.7
Midwest 15,548 7,162 5,913 7,445 -52.1
Northeast and Midwest 31,497 16,577 13,758 17,541 -44.3
South 66,820 41,559 38,855 41,485 -37.9
West 40,905 17,797 20,773 18,359 -55.1
South and West 107,725 59,356 59,628 59,844 -44.4
U.S. Total 139,222 75,933 73,386 77,385 -44.4
*The Census Bureau
has encountered periodic difficulties collecting housing permit data
for Pennsylvania from third-party providers and consequently the year-to-year
change in that state’s permits may reflect data collection issues
rather than actual variations.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau and Northeast-Midwest Institute calculations.
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