The United States population has grown 5% between 2010 and 2017. With that growth comes the need for more housing. Overall, the number of housing units increased by 4% during that same period, according to Census data.
That growth hasn’t been uniform across the states, with each individual jurisdiction dealing with its own factors related to demographics and the economy.
While four states experienced a drop in population from 2010 to 2017 — West Virginia, Illinois, Vermont and Connecticut — every state saw the number of housing units grow. Generally, the states with the highest population growth had the biggest increases in housing as well. North Dakota, where the population grew 12%, or more than 80,000 to 755,000, also saw the number of housing units grow by 18%, from 318,000 to 375,000.
