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Indiana in 2003

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2003 the FHFA house price index for Indiana changed +1.4%, against +4.5% for the United States and +2.0% in 2002.

39,421 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (31,891 single-family), −0.4% on 2002; the national total was 1,889,214.

+1.4%Indiana index, 2002–2003US +4.5%
39,421housing units permitted in 200331,891 single-family
82 of 92counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.5%
1,889,214units permitted nationally in 2003
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Counties in 2003

Ranked by the county index change from 2002 to 2003 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2003; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2003Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Blackford County+5.3%47274.0
Vermillion County+4.8%38382.5
Pulaski County+3.6%62625.0
Starke County+3.5%1181045.0
LaGrange County+3.2%1771774.3
Ohio County+3.2%633110.5
Lawrence County+3.1%43210.9
Kosciusko County+3.0%5864817.2
Monroe County+2.9%1,1736608.2
Scott County+2.9%89763.6
Steuben County+2.9%3212799.2
Warren County+2.9%56566.6
Warrick County+2.8%5324798.0
Jackson County+2.7%1821743.8
Jasper County+2.7%2582527.6
Sullivan County+2.7%440.2
Washington County+2.7%22220.8
Parke County+2.6%39392.3
Clark County+2.3%9097377.0
Gibson County+2.2%46441.4
Greene County+2.2%000.0
Posey County+2.2%94943.8
Elkhart County+2.1%1,1751,0365.6
Floyd County+2.1%4764685.8
Vanderburgh County+2.1%1,0558015.8
Wayne County+2.1%1381312.1
Jay County+2.0%44442.2
Newton County+2.0%51513.6
Dearborn County+1.9%3743107.2
Franklin County+1.9%1021024.4
LaPorte County+1.9%4173963.7
Randolph County+1.9%58522.4
Clay County+1.8%19190.7
Delaware County+1.8%5632905.0
Lake County+1.8%3,0082,0426.0
St. Joseph County+1.8%1,0629423.9
Tipton County+1.8%50503.3
White County+1.8%95953.8
Crawford County+1.7%220.2
Montgomery County+1.7%1771594.5
Dubois County+1.6%2251835.1
Harrison County+1.6%1861804.6
Pike County+1.6%30302.5
Brown County+1.5%1441429.1
Fountain County+1.5%1080.6
Porter County+1.5%1,0909806.2
Vigo County+1.5%2982352.8
Jefferson County+1.4%1251033.8
Madison County+1.4%5814994.3
Marshall County+1.4%1791713.8
Union County+1.4%29214.2
Wells County+1.4%1091033.8
Boone County+1.2%4904726.1
Hamilton County+1.2%4,5883,88211.9
Hancock County+1.2%99779511.0
Hendricks County+1.2%2,6922,15513.9
Noble County+1.2%2482125.2
Whitley County+1.2%2102086.0
Marion County+1.1%4,9783,7205.0
Decatur County+1.0%127914.8
DeKalb County+1.0%2522385.7
Fulton County+1.0%24241.2
Howard County+1.0%3533084.2
Putnam County+1.0%52381.4
Switzerland County+1.0%13113113.1
Daviess County+0.9%17170.5
Huntington County+0.9%1661664.5
Johnson County+0.9%1,3359557.7
Ripley County+0.9%2081697.1
Allen County+0.8%2,3121,9535.7
Bartholomew County+0.8%2832833.3
Shelby County+0.8%1621403.5
Wabash County+0.8%86782.8
Carroll County+0.7%1281286.2
Adams County+0.6%98982.7
Cass County+0.5%53531.4
Morgan County+0.5%3463324.6
Tippecanoe County+0.4%1,3768837.2
Henry County+0.3%94941.9
Miami County+0.3%1611054.7
Rush County+0.3%58583.5
Clinton County+0.1%72642.2
Knox County−0.1%39391.1
Orange County−0.1%110.1
Jennings County−0.4%1391295.0
Perry County−0.5%40382.1
Spencer County−0.7%1081085.4
Owen County−0.9%330.1
Fayette County−1.2%59592.5
Grant County−1.2%1861442.8
Benton County−2.6%15151.7
Martin County−4.0%330.3

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Indiana by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 35,715 units (27,905 single-family, 7,810 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 37,219 units (29,863 single-family, 7,356 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 35,241 units (28,118 single-family, 7,123 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 40,709 units (31,618 single-family, 9,091 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 41,469 units (33,408 single-family, 8,061 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 37,903 units (30,417 single-family, 7,486 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 39,117 units (32,376 single-family, 6,741 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 39,596 units (30,794 single-family, 8,802 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 39,421 units (31,891 single-family, 7,530 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 39,233 units (32,172 single-family, 7,061 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 38,476 units (32,116 single-family, 6,360 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 29,069 units (24,438 single-family, 4,631 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 23,841 units (19,232 single-family, 4,609 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 16,631 units (11,780 single-family, 4,851 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 12,555 units (9,666 single-family, 2,889 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 13,083 units (9,773 single-family, 3,310 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 12,618 units (9,324 single-family, 3,294 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 13,781 units (10,112 single-family, 3,669 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 17,950 units (12,089 single-family, 5,861 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 17,816 units (12,140 single-family, 5,676 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 18,483 units (12,646 single-family, 5,837 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 18,713 units (14,068 single-family, 4,645 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 21,664 units (16,075 single-family, 5,589 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 21,480 units (16,416 single-family, 5,064 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 22,309 units (16,308 single-family, 6,001 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 24,919 units (18,979 single-family, 5,940 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 29,860 units (22,225 single-family, 7,635 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 28,245 units (18,728 single-family, 9,517 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 27,055 units (17,046 single-family, 10,009 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 26,633 units (20,082 single-family, 6,551 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 29,076 units (19,877 single-family, 9,199 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Indiana by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.