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New Mexico in 2003

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

In 2003 the FHFA house price index for New Mexico changed +3.7%, against +4.5% for the United States and +3.1% in 2002.

13,759 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (11,865 single-family), +14.0% on 2002; the national total was 1,889,214.

+3.7%New Mexico index, 2002–2003US +4.5%
13,759housing units permitted in 200311,865 single-family
25 of 27counties with a rising indexmedian county +3.9%
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
Cibola County+8.4%000.0
Lea County+6.8%38290.5
Santa Fe County+6.8%5615613.6
Los Alamos County+6.4%110935.7
Union County+6.0%000.0
Colfax County+5.9%68685.6
Curry County+5.7%1611013.5
Roosevelt County+5.7%50292.7
Taos County+5.7%2072076.0
San Juan County+5.1%3673053.0
San Miguel County+4.5%000.0
Doña Ana County+4.3%1,7671,2317.7
Lincoln County+4.3%1951829.8
Eddy County+3.9%67671.1
Rio Arriba County+3.9%10100.3
Chaves County+3.8%55550.9
McKinley County+3.3%24240.4
Otero County+3.3%1681682.4
Bernalillo County+2.8%6,5695,4729.8
Socorro County+2.7%860.5
Valencia County+2.7%3293294.0
Grant County+2.4%000.0
Sandoval County+2.3%1,0381,0216.5
Luna County+1.8%95353.7
Torrance County+1.4%000.0
Sierra County−1.0%330.3
Quay County−8.5%000.0

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in New Mexico by year05,00010,00015,0001995: 11,009 units (8,619 single-family, 2,390 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 10,180 units (8,842 single-family, 1,338 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 10,265 units (8,182 single-family, 2,083 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 10,312 units (9,217 single-family, 1,095 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 9,716 units (8,595 single-family, 1,121 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 8,869 units (8,190 single-family, 679 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 9,989 units (8,950 single-family, 1,039 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 12,066 units (10,361 single-family, 1,705 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 13,759 units (11,865 single-family, 1,894 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 12,555 units (11,674 single-family, 881 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 14,180 units (13,417 single-family, 763 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 13,573 units (12,294 single-family, 1,279 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 9,206 units (8,234 single-family, 972 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 6,070 units (5,224 single-family, 846 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 4,642 units (4,140 single-family, 502 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 4,533 units (4,006 single-family, 527 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 4,067 units (3,399 single-family, 668 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 4,672 units (3,220 single-family, 1,452 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 5,161 units (3,568 single-family, 1,593 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 4,799 units (4,055 single-family, 744 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 4,599 units (3,925 single-family, 674 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 4,863 units (3,816 single-family, 1,047 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 4,741 units (4,114 single-family, 627 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 4,813 units (4,394 single-family, 419 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 5,020 units (4,285 single-family, 735 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 5,219 units (4,418 single-family, 801 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 7,753 units (5,465 single-family, 2,288 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 8,633 units (7,155 single-family, 1,478 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 8,511 units (6,835 single-family, 1,676 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 7,572 units (6,488 single-family, 1,084 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 7,747 units (6,296 single-family, 1,451 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in New Mexico 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.