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Washington in 2001

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

In 2001 the FHFA house price index for Washington changed +5.3%, against +6.7% for the United States and +6.4% in 2000.

38,345 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (26,736 single-family), −1.7% on 2000; the national total was 1,636,676.

+5.3%Washington index, 2000–2001US +6.7%
38,345housing units permitted in 200126,736 single-family
37 of 37counties with a rising indexmedian county +5.2%
1,636,676units permitted nationally in 2001
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Counties in 2001

Ranked by the county index change from 2000 to 2001 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2001; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2001Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Adams County+9.6%31311.4
Wahkiakum County+9.5%991.8
Skamania County+7.8%35352.8
Clallam County+6.8%3443294.4
Pierce County+6.6%5,7344,1076.1
Franklin County+6.5%4514514.4
Island County+6.3%5855186.8
Kitsap County+6.2%1,1381,1264.0
King County+6.1%9,9674,3524.3
Benton County+6.0%1,0949304.9
Jefferson County+6.0%2392307.0
Stevens County+5.9%1451452.9
Douglas County+5.7%1961394.2
Lewis County+5.7%1741662.0
San Juan County+5.6%1711719.2
Kittitas County+5.5%3212816.6
Snohomish County+5.4%5,3963,7876.2
Mason County+5.3%3933735.5
Klickitat County+5.2%96923.9
Skagit County+5.2%7195055.4
Lincoln County+5.1%28282.3
Thurston County+5.1%1,4791,4334.9
Whatcom County+5.1%1,4449816.1
Clark County+4.5%3,8743,2947.3
Spokane County+4.1%2,2231,4754.0
Asotin County+3.9%52422.3
Cowlitz County+3.8%4112883.6
Yakima County+3.7%4543031.8
Walla Walla County+3.6%1671572.7
Grays Harbor County+3.5%2182072.8
Whitman County+3.3%106692.2
Chelan County+3.0%2592513.2
Grant County+2.9%1871831.8
Okanogan County+2.2%1821674.0
Columbia County+2.1%441.0
Pacific County+0.5%54502.2
Pend Oreille County+0.4%46463.2
Ferry County—31314.1
Garfield County—000.0

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Washington by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 38,160 units (26,772 single-family, 11,388 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 39,597 units (27,015 single-family, 12,582 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 41,089 units (27,776 single-family, 13,313 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 45,727 units (28,644 single-family, 17,083 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 42,752 units (28,111 single-family, 14,641 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 39,021 units (25,471 single-family, 13,550 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 38,345 units (26,736 single-family, 11,609 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 40,200 units (30,239 single-family, 9,961 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 42,825 units (33,091 single-family, 9,734 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 50,089 units (36,489 single-family, 13,600 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 52,988 units (41,407 single-family, 11,581 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 50,033 units (35,611 single-family, 14,422 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 47,397 units (30,390 single-family, 17,007 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 28,919 units (17,440 single-family, 11,479 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 17,011 units (12,991 single-family, 4,020 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 20,691 units (14,702 single-family, 5,989 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 20,864 units (13,159 single-family, 7,705 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 28,118 units (16,508 single-family, 11,610 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 32,962 units (18,396 single-family, 14,566 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 33,898 units (17,905 single-family, 15,993 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 40,374 units (19,797 single-family, 20,577 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 44,077 units (22,463 single-family, 21,614 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 45,794 units (23,115 single-family, 22,679 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 47,746 units (23,676 single-family, 24,070 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 48,424 units (23,300 single-family, 25,124 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 43,881 units (23,542 single-family, 20,339 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 56,941 units (25,076 single-family, 31,865 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 49,030 units (20,400 single-family, 28,630 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 37,097 units (18,056 single-family, 19,041 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 37,778 units (19,136 single-family, 18,642 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 34,913 units (17,780 single-family, 17,133 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Washington 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.