Number of private housing units started in the United States 2000-2017

Number of private housing units started in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in thousands)

The data describes the number of private housing units started in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017. There were approx. 1.2 million new privately owned housing units starts in the U.S. in 2017.

2000 1568.7
2001 1602.7
2002 1704.9
2003 1847.7
2004 1955.8
2005 2068.3
2006 1800.9
2007 1355
2008 905.5
2009 554
2010 586.9
2011 608.8
2012 780.6
2013 924.9
2014 1003
2015 1111.8
2016 1174.3
2017 1202.1