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Statistical Supplement | September 2004

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2004

4.37  Applications for Loans for One- to Four-Family Homes Reported under HMDA, 2003 By Purpose of Loan and Characteristics of Applicant and Census Tract
Characteristic Home purchase Home refinancing Home improvement
Government-backed1 Conventional
Number Percent Memo
Percentage of
characteristic's
home purchase loans
Number Percent Memo
Percentage of
characteristic's
home purchase loans
Number Percent Number Percent
Applicant  
  Racial/ethnic identity  
1 American Indian or Alaskan Native 4,759 .5 14.7 27,703 .4 85.3 80,665 .4 8,279 .7
2 Asian or Pacific Islander 13,852 1.5 4.0 336,447 5.4 96.0 855,508 4.3 24,548 2.1
3 Black 122,375 13.0 20.5 475,171 7.6 79.5 1,394,845 7.0 132,032 11.1
4 Hispanic 157,844 16.8 18.6 688,980 11.0 81.4 1,574,877 7.9 136,623 11.5
5 White 602,978 64.0 11.9 4,464,612 71.4 88.1 15,118,062 75.5 846,202 70.9
6 Other 10,577 1.1 9.9 95,742 1.5 90.1 491,170 2.5 19,239 1.6
7 All 29,355 3.1 15.1 164,935 2.6 84.9 519,310 2.6 26,025 2.2
 
8 Total 941,740 100.0 13.1 6,253,590 100.0 86.9 20,034,437 100.0 1,192,948 100.0
 
  Income (percentage of MSA median)2  
9 Less than 50 128,373 15.1 21.0 483,869 8.3 79.0 1,647,694 8.5 179,386 14.5
10 50-79 309,200 36.4 21.4 1,132,751 19.4 78.6 3,822,933 19.8 283,030 22.9
11 80-99 161,642 19.0 17.0 787,698 13.5 83.0 2,751,648 14.2 180,078 14.6
12 100-119 105,335 12.4 12.8 718,315 12.3 87.2 2,482,877 12.8 152,223 12.3
13 120 or more 145,533 17.1 5.1 2,723,448 46.6 94.9 8,644,677 44.7 439,827 35.6
 
14 Total 850,083 100.0 12.7 5,846,081 100.0 87.3 19,349,829 100.0 1,234,544 100.0
Census Tract  
  Racial/ethnic composition (minorities as percentage of population)  
15 Less than 10 202,451 23.5 10.6 1,710,944 28.2 89.4 6,732,090 31.7 399,396 33.1
16 10-19 190,132 22.1 12.2 1,369,878 22.6 87.8 4,749,112 22.3 246,404 20.4
17 20-49 276,433 32.1 13.5 1,772,943 29.2 86.5 5,776,945 27.2 303,079 25.1
18 50-79 114,937 13.4 13.7 726,434 12.0 86.3 2,359,834 11.1 135,389 11.2
19 80-100 76,239 8.9 13.5 486,605 8.0 86.5 1,636,195 7.7 123,618 10.2
 
20 Total 860,192 100.0 12.4 6,066,804 100.0 87.6 21,254,176 100.0 1,207,886 100.0
 
  Income3  
21 Low 20,809 2.4 11.8 154,910 2.5 88.2 392,276 1.8 39,182 3.2
22 Moderate 179,031 20.6 16.0 938,156 15.4 84.0 2,963,988 13.9 230,459 18.5
23 Middle 479,158 55.0 14.9 2,746,775 45.0 85.1 9,963,219 46.7 625,202 50.3
24 Upper 191,457 22.0 7.8 2,259,474 37.0 92.2 8,008,474 37.5 347,765 28.0
 
25 Total 870,455 100.0 12.5 6,099,315 100.0 87.5 21,327,957 100.0 1,242,608 100.0
 
  Location4  
26 Central city 394,977 45.0 14.1 2,405,600 39.2 85.9 7,760,633 36.2 476,426 37.9
27 Non-central city 483,098 55.0 11.5 3,735,738 60.8 88.5 13,703,485 63.8 780,666 62.1
 
25 Total 878,075 100.0 12.5 6,141,338 100.0 87.5 21,464,118 100.0 1,257,092 100.0

Note. Lenders reported 34,322,045 applications for home loans in 2003. Not all characteristics were reported for all applications; thus, the number of applications being distributed by characteristic varies by characteristic.

1. Loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Farmers Home Administration.   Return to table

2. Median family income of the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in which the property related to the loan is located.   Return to table

3. Census tracts are categorized by the median family income for the tract relative to the median family income for the MSA in which the tract is located. Categories are defined as follows: Low income, median family income for census tract less than 50 percent of median family income for MSA; Moderate income, median family income for census tract at least 50 and less than 80 percent of MSA median; Middle income, median family income at least 80 percent and less than 120 percent of MSA median; Upper income, median family income 120 percent and greater of MSA median.   Return to table

4. For census tracts located in MSAs.   Return to table

Source. FFIEC, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

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