The number of community associations in the United States grew from 10,000 in 1970 and 222,500 in 2000 to 333,600 in 2014, according to results of CAI’s National and State Statistical Review for 2014. While final 2015 data is not yet available, CAI estimates the year will end with between 336,000 and 338,000 associations.
National and State Statistical Review for 2014
U.S. community associations, housing units and residents
Year Communities Housing Units Residents
1970 10,000 .7 million 2.1 million
2000 222,500 17.8 45.2
2014 333,600 26.7 66.7
The review found an estimated 66.7 million Americans—20.7 percent of the U.S. population in 2014—lived in common-interest communities, including homeowners associations, condominium communities and cooperatives. Homeowners associations account for 51 to 55 percent of the 333,600 associations, with condominiums representing 42 to 45 percent and cooperatives 3 to 4 percent.
States with the most associations are Florida (47,100), California (43,300), Texas (19,400) and Illinois (18,150).
See the National and State Statistical Review for 2014 for more information on homeowners associations, condominium communities, cooperatives and other common-interest communities.
The information in the review was developed by Clifford J. Treese, CIRMS, president of Association Data, Inc., in Mountain House, Calif., and a past president of both CAI and the Foundation for Community Association Research.
For even more detailed statistical data, see the Community Association Fact Book published by the Foundation for Community Association Research.
