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Utah in 2003

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

In 2003 the FHFA house price index for Utah changed +0.4%, against +4.5% for the United States and +0.8% in 2002.

22,525 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (18,417 single-family), +16.5% on 2002; the national total was 1,889,214.

+0.4%Utah index, 2002–2003US +4.5%
22,525housing units permitted in 200318,417 single-family
19 of 27counties with a rising indexmedian county +0.6%
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
Rich County+8.7%11510342.8
Carbon County+4.2%40381.9
Iron County+2.9%3523315.2
Uintah County+2.9%1031032.7
San Juan County+2.4%28281.9
Emery County+2.3%13131.3
Millard County+2.3%43403.1
Kane County+2.2%12412414.4
Washington County+2.0%2,7292,31312.8
Beaver County+1.8%38365.2
Wayne County+1.2%19197.3
Box Elder County+1.0%3923506.0
Sevier County+0.7%83813.6
Cache County+0.6%9267306.4
Salt Lake County+0.4%7,1025,1265.8
Summit County+0.2%62858714.6
Utah County+0.2%4,2713,2545.6
Davis County+0.1%2,8532,6517.5
Weber County+0.1%1,4801,3545.3
Wasatch County−0.1%2692697.0
Tooele County−0.2%4154054.7
Morgan County−0.3%89736.7
Juab County−0.5%70705.2
Duchesne County−0.6%1201205.8
Sanpete County−0.8%53491.7
Garfield County−1.2%747414.1
Grand County−1.2%73537.5

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Utah by year020,00040,0001995: 20,898 units (15,246 single-family, 5,652 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 23,481 units (16,663 single-family, 6,818 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 19,263 units (14,818 single-family, 4,445 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 20,862 units (16,287 single-family, 4,575 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 20,455 units (16,624 single-family, 3,831 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 17,638 units (14,712 single-family, 2,926 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 18,887 units (15,005 single-family, 3,882 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 19,327 units (15,731 single-family, 3,596 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 22,525 units (18,417 single-family, 4,108 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 24,267 units (20,236 single-family, 4,031 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 27,799 units (24,019 single-family, 3,780 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 25,873 units (22,595 single-family, 3,278 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 20,292 units (16,480 single-family, 3,812 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 10,905 units (7,084 single-family, 3,821 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 9,982 units (6,314 single-family, 3,668 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 9,171 units (6,883 single-family, 2,288 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 9,983 units (6,860 single-family, 3,123 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 13,007 units (9,969 single-family, 3,038 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 15,818 units (11,857 single-family, 3,961 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 17,510 units (11,282 single-family, 6,228 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 18,297 units (12,523 single-family, 5,774 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 22,662 units (15,210 single-family, 7,452 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 24,679 units (17,247 single-family, 7,432 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 25,574 units (18,545 single-family, 7,029 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 28,779 units (18,191 single-family, 10,588 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 31,775 units (22,301 single-family, 9,474 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 39,058 units (24,423 single-family, 14,635 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 31,749 units (19,132 single-family, 12,617 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 25,361 units (14,913 single-family, 10,448 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 23,902 units (17,674 single-family, 6,228 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 26,775 units (16,774 single-family, 10,001 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Utah 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.