Joshua Brugeman
Nate Geisler
UP 504
Assignment 3

 

 

2007 Trends in LEED Certification, Total U.S. Building Permits, and U.S. Population (by State)
Data sorted by top 25 states according to 2007 LEED Certifications
States
  
2007 LEED Projects*
Percent of Total U.S. LEED Projects 2007
2007 Building Permits
Percent of Total U.S. Building Permits 2007
Population 7/1/2007
Percent of Total U.S. Population 2007
Population Increase 2000 - 2007
Percent of Population Increase 2000 - 2007
California 826 15.9%      
104,788
7.6%
36,553,215
12.1%
     
2,681,560
7.9%
New York 381 7.3%        
55,736
4.0%
19,297,729
6.4%
       
320,908
1.7%
Texas 356 6.9%      
174,391
12.6%
23,904,380
7.9%
     
3,052,581
14.6%
Florida 330 6.4%      
104,292
7.6%
18,251,243
6.1%
     
2,268,419
14.2%
Illinois 234 4.5%        
42,666
3.1%
12,852,548
4.3%
       
432,901
3.5%
Virginia 232 4.5%        
36,621
2.7%
7,712,091
2.6%
       
633,061
8.9%
Washington 187 3.6%        
44,944
3.3%
6,468,424
2.1%
       
574,284
9.7%
Pennsylvania 182 3.5%        
33,776
2.4%
12,432,792
4.1%
       
151,738
1.2%
North Carolina 175 3.4%        
82,907
6.0%
9,061,032
3.0%
     
1,014,541
12.6%
District of Columbia 173 3.3%          
2,028
0.1%
588,292
0.2%
         
16,233
2.8%
Georgia 162 3.1%        
70,322
5.1%
9,544,750
3.2%
     
1,357,934
16.6%
Colorado 160 3.1%        
30,420
2.2%
4,861,515
1.6%
       
559,496
13.0%
Maryland 151 2.9%        
19,940
1.4%
5,618,344
1.9%
       
321,836
6.1%
Massachusetts 140 2.7%        
14,874
1.1%
6,449,755
2.1%
       
100,650
1.6%
Ohio 131 2.5%        
32,828
2.4%
11,466,917
3.8%
       
113,772
1.0%
Arizona 119 2.3%        
49,072
3.6%
6,338,755
2.1%
     
1,208,140
23.5%
Michigan 99 1.9%        
18,690
1.4%
10,071,822
3.3%
       
133,340
1.3%
Oregon 93 1.8%        
21,773
1.6%
3,747,455
1.2%
       
326,019
9.5%
New Jersey 86 1.7%        
25,828
1.9%
8,685,920
2.9%
       
271,573
3.2%
Wisconsin 84 1.6%        
21,322
1.5%
5,601,640
1.9%
       
237,925
4.4%
Minnesota 67 1.3%        
17,529
1.3%
5,197,621
1.7%
       
278,129
5.7%
Nevada 63 1.2%        
27,168
2.0%
2,565,382
0.9%
       
567,125
28.4%
Connecticut 61 1.2%          
7,576
0.5%
3,502,309
1.2%
         
96,707
2.8%
Indiana 60 1.2%        
24,130
1.7%
6,345,289
2.1%
       
264,768
4.4%
New Mexico 57 1.1%          
9,239
0.7%
1,969,915
0.7%
       
150,869
8.3%
Total U.S.        5,194     
1,380,470
 
300,981,442
  
20,196,555
 
Sources:
* U.S. Green Building Council, LEED Certified Project List
** U.S. Census Bureau.  Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits.  December 2007 Year-to-Date
*** Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau.  Cumulative Estimates of Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico and Region and State Rankings: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (NST-EST2007-02)