Current Estimates

Highlights

The estimated number of housing units in Michigan increased by 5.8 percent from April 2000 to July 2005. Michigan's rate of housing growth ranks 32nd highest in the nation. Michigan's rate of housing growth from 1990 to 2000 also ranked 32nd highest in the nation.

Michigan's estimated 5.8 percent increase in housing units was considerably higher than its estimated 1.8 percent growth in population. The number of housing units typically grows faster than the number of people when average household size decreases and when the number of second homes increases. The number of housing units grew faster than estimated population in every state except Rhode Island, Alaska, Connecticut, and California.

Although Michigan's estimated rate of housing growth ranked 32nd in the nation, its estimated rate of population growth ranked only 42nd. Other states with much lower rankings of population growth than housing growth include South Dakota, Iowa, North Dakota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Minnesota, Alabama, and Kansas. States with much higher rankings of population growth than housing growth include Montana, Alaska, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, California, and Maryland.

State Level Data

Estimated Number of Housing Units in the U.S. by State: 2000-2005 (xls)   (pdf)

County Level Data

Estimated Number of Housing Units in Michigan by County: 2000-2005 (xls)   (pdf)

Previous Estimates

Links to previously released estimates are provided for research and reference purposes. The estimates listed below have been superseded by new releases.

2000-2004

States: 2000-04 (xls)
States: 2000-04 (pdf)
Counties: 2000-04 (xls)
Counties: 2000-04 (pdf)

2000-2003

Counties: 2000-03 (xls) 
Counties: 2000-03 (pdf)
Analysis 2000-03 by Kurt Metzger, Michigan Metropolitan Information Center.

2000-2002

States: 2000-02 (xls) 
States: 2000-02 (pdf) 
Counties: 2000-02 (xls) 
Counties: 2000-02 (pdf)