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Pennsylvania in 2000
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2000 the FHFA house price index for Pennsylvania changed +4.5%, against +8.3% for the United States and +2.4% in 1999.
41,076 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (34,501 single-family), −3.7% on 1999; the national total was 1,592,267.
Counties in 2000
Ranked by the county index change from 1999 to 2000 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2000; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2000 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKean County | +12.7% | 88 | 88 | 2.3 |
| Wayne County | +9.9% | 253 | 253 | 4.9 |
| Huntingdon County | +8.4% | 180 | 178 | 4.2 |
| Bucks County | +8.3% | 2,768 | 2,368 | 4.3 |
| Tioga County | +7.8% | 196 | 172 | 4.8 |
| Chester County | +6.8% | 3,051 | 2,912 | 5.5 |
| Mercer County | +6.6% | 432 | 303 | 4.0 |
| Philadelphia County | +6.6% | 1,333 | 95 | 0.8 |
| Crawford County | +6.5% | 240 | 227 | 2.9 |
| Montgomery County | +6.4% | 3,058 | 2,780 | 3.5 |
| Elk County | +5.8% | 99 | 99 | 3.3 |
| Potter County | +5.6% | 105 | 105 | 6.6 |
| Armstrong County | +5.5% | 151 | 97 | 2.4 |
| Warren County | +5.4% | 88 | 88 | 2.4 |
| Monroe County | +5.3% | 1,630 | 1,481 | 9.8 |
| Columbia County | +5.1% | 259 | 206 | 3.9 |
| Perry County | +5.0% | 165 | 156 | 3.5 |
| Somerset County | +5.0% | 240 | 210 | 3.3 |
| Butler County | +4.9% | 1,030 | 857 | 5.1 |
| Venango County | +4.9% | 129 | 101 | 2.6 |
| Adams County | +4.7% | 639 | 600 | 5.9 |
| Washington County | +4.7% | 876 | 794 | 4.2 |
| Allegheny County | +4.6% | 2,706 | 1,865 | 2.2 |
| Centre County | +4.5% | 653 | 554 | 4.1 |
| Mifflin County | +4.4% | 120 | 120 | 2.6 |
| Delaware County | +4.3% | 1,142 | 886 | 2.0 |
| Blair County | +3.1% | 226 | 212 | 1.9 |
| Wyoming County | +3.1% | 98 | 98 | 3.8 |
| Lawrence County | +3.0% | 270 | 177 | 3.2 |
| Westmoreland County | +3.0% | 999 | 865 | 2.9 |
| Beaver County | +2.9% | 467 | 457 | 2.8 |
| Lehigh County | +2.7% | 1,344 | 1,208 | 3.5 |
| Montour County | +2.7% | 62 | 62 | 3.5 |
| Snyder County | +2.6% | 121 | 110 | 3.1 |
| Cumberland County | +2.5% | 1,008 | 926 | 3.6 |
| Pike County | +2.5% | 475 | 469 | 7.6 |
| Northampton County | +2.4% | 1,312 | 1,091 | 4.0 |
| Fayette County | +2.3% | 352 | 292 | 2.9 |
| Lackawanna County | +2.3% | 520 | 370 | 2.4 |
| Dauphin County | +2.2% | 780 | 648 | 2.7 |
| Lancaster County | +2.2% | 2,016 | 1,704 | 3.6 |
| Schuylkill County | +2.0% | 352 | 289 | 2.4 |
| Berks County | +1.8% | 1,809 | 1,583 | 4.1 |
| Erie County | +1.8% | 704 | 574 | 2.6 |
| Franklin County | +1.5% | 714 | 594 | 4.4 |
| Lebanon County | +1.5% | 514 | 514 | 3.5 |
| Lycoming County | +1.5% | 313 | 283 | 2.8 |
| York County | +1.4% | 2,009 | 1,714 | 4.2 |
| Cambria County | +1.3% | 220 | 211 | 1.7 |
| Clarion County | +1.1% | 120 | 114 | 3.3 |
| Carbon County | +0.6% | 207 | 205 | 3.1 |
| Indiana County | +0.6% | 335 | 135 | 4.0 |
| Clinton County | +0.5% | 137 | 127 | 3.6 |
| Bedford County | +0.2% | 175 | 153 | 3.7 |
| Bradford County | +0.2% | 159 | 159 | 2.7 |
| Luzerne County | +0.1% | 603 | 568 | 1.8 |
| Clearfield County | −0.4% | 186 | 186 | 2.4 |
| Northumberland County | −1.0% | 169 | 163 | 1.9 |
| Union County | −1.8% | 111 | 111 | 2.6 |
| Fulton County | — | 49 | 49 | 3.4 |
| Greene County | — | 106 | 82 | 3.1 |
| Jefferson County | — | 143 | 143 | 3.3 |
| Juniata County | — | 49 | 49 | 2.1 |
| Sullivan County | — | 25 | 25 | 4.3 |
| Susquehanna County | — | 130 | 130 | 3.4 |
Permits by year, 1995–2025
Housing units authorised in Pennsylvania 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.