1.36M
2026 (thru Jul) (latest)
HOUSING STARTS
units per year · 1959–2026 · higher is better · FRED HOUST
1.54M
1959
2.36M
high · 1972
0.55M
low · 2009
−12%
since 1959
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Census new privately-owned housing units started, annual average of monthly seasonally-adjusted annual rates. FRED serves thousands; converted to units.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Housing Starts | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.36M | +0% |
| 2025 | 1.36M | −1% |
| 2024 | 1.37M | −4% |
| 2023 | 1.42M | −8% |
| 2022 | 1.55M | −3% |
| 2021 | 1.60M | +15% |
| 2020 | 1.39M | +8% |
| 2019 | 1.29M | +4% |
| 2018 | 1.25M | +3% |
| 2017 | 1.20M | +2% |
| 2016 | 1.18M | +6% |
| 2015 | 1.11M | +11% |
| 2014 | 1.00M | +8% |
| 2013 | 0.93M | +18% |
| 2012 | 0.78M | +28% |
| 2011 | 0.61M | +5% |
| 2010 | 0.59M | +6% |
| 2009 | 0.55M | −38% |
| 2008 | 0.90M | −33% |
| 2007 | 1.34M | −26% |
| 2006 | 1.81M | −13% |
| 2005 | 2.07M | +6% |
| 2004 | 1.95M | +5% |
| 2003 | 1.85M | +8% |
| 2002 | 1.71M | +7% |
| 2001 | 1.60M | +2% |
| 2000 | 1.57M | −4% |
| 1999 | 1.65M | +2% |
| 1998 | 1.62M | +10% |
| 1997 | 1.47M | +0% |
| 1996 | 1.47M | +8% |
| 1995 | 1.36M | −6% |
| 1994 | 1.45M | +12% |
| 1993 | 1.29M | +8% |
| 1992 | 1.20M | +19% |
| 1991 | 1.01M | −16% |
| 1990 | 1.20M | −13% |
| 1989 | 1.38M | −7% |
| 1988 | 1.49M | −9% |
| 1987 | 1.63M | −10% |
| 1986 | 1.81M | +4% |
| 1985 | 1.74M | −1% |
| 1984 | 1.77M | +4% |
| 1983 | 1.71M | +61% |
| 1982 | 1.06M | −4% |
| 1981 | 1.10M | −16% |
| 1980 | 1.30M | −24% |
| 1979 | 1.72M | −14% |
| 1978 | 2.00M | +2% |
| 1977 | 1.96M | +28% |
| 1976 | 1.53M | +32% |
| 1975 | 1.16M | −13% |
| 1974 | 1.33M | −35% |
| 1973 | 2.04M | −13% |
| 1972 | 2.36M | +16% |
| 1971 | 2.04M | +42% |
| 1970 | 1.43M | −3% |
| 1969 | 1.49M | −1% |
| 1968 | 1.50M | +17% |
| 1967 | 1.28M | +10% |
| 1966 | 1.17M | −21% |
| 1965 | 1.47M | −5% |
| 1964 | 1.54M | −3% |
| 1963 | 1.59M | +9% |
| 1962 | 1.46M | +11% |
| 1961 | 1.31M | +4% |
| 1960 | 1.26M | −18% |
| 1959 | 1.54M | — |
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