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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2200 N. PEARL ST.
DALLAS, TX 75201-2272

August 19, 2004

Notice 04-56

TO: The Chief Executive Officer of each
financial institution and others concerned
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District
SUBJECT
Availability of 2003 Data on Mortgage Lending Transactions;
Availability of Data on Small Business, Small Farm, and Community
Development Lending
DETAILS
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has announced the
availability of data on 2003 mortgage lending transactions at 8,121 financial institutions covered
by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) in metropolitan statistical areas throughout the
nation. These data include disclosure statements for each financial institution, aggregate data for
each metropolitan statistical area, and nationwide summary statistics regarding lending patterns.
The location of a central depository for a metropolitan statistical area can be obtained
by calling the FFIEC at (703) 516-5588. The FFIEC distributes the disclosure statements to
institutions and central depositories in electronic form only. In addition, the FFIEC makes
HMDA data available directly to the public in CD-ROM format and at the FFIEC’s web site at
www.ffiec.gov/hmda.
An order form, which gives descriptions of the various reports, prices, and formats, is
available at www.ffiec.gov/hmda/orderform.htm. Advance orders will be filled when the data
become available.
In addition, the FFIEC has announced the availability of data on small business, small
farm, and community development lending reported by certain commercial banks and thrifts.

For additional copies, bankers and others are encouraged to use one of the following toll-free numbers in contacting the Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas: Dallas Office (800) 333-4460; El Paso Branch Intrastate (800) 592-1631, Interstate (800) 351-1012;
Houston Branch Intrastate (800) 392-4162, Interstate (800) 221-0363; San Antonio Branch Intrastate (800) 292-5810.

-2These institutions include independent commercial banks and savings associations with total
assets of $250 million or more and institutions of any size if owned by a holding company with
assets of $1 billion or more.
The FFIEC has prepared a disclosure statement from the 2003 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) data reported—in electronic form—for each reporting commercial bank and
savings association. The FFIEC also has prepared aggregate disclosure statements of small
business and small farm lending for each of the metropolitan statistical areas and each of the
non-metropolitan counties in the United States and its territories. These statements have been
distributed to central depositories throughout the nation, where they are available for public
inspection. Central depository locations and an order form for other available data can be found
at the following Internet address:
www.ffiec.gov/cra
The FFIEC’s press releases, fact sheets, and order forms describing the various
reports and formats available can be found at www.ffiec.gov/hmcrpr/hm072604.htm and
www.ffiec.gov/hmcrpr/cra072604.htm.
ATTACHMENT
The FFIEC’s press releases, fact sheets, and order forms describing the various
reports and formats available are attached.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please contact Eugene Coy, Banking Supervision Department,
at (214) 922-6201. Paper copies of this notice or previous Federal Reserve Bank notices can be
printed from our web site at www.dallasfed.org/htm/pubs/notices.html.

What's New

Press Releases

About the FFIEC
Press Releases
Reports

Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council

For Immediate Release

Press Release
July 26, 2004

Reporting Forms
Handbooks & Catalogues
Enforcement Actions
and Orders
On-line Information Systems

Other FFIEC Sites
Examiner Education Office
Appraisal Subcommittee
HMDA
CRA
Financial Institution Call Report Data

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the
availability of data for the year 2003 regarding mortgage lending transactions at 8,121
financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) in
metropolitan statistical areas throughout the nation. These data include disclosure
statements for each financial institution, aggregate data for each metropolitan statistical
area, and nationwide summary statistics regarding lending patterns. A fact sheet and the
nationwide summary statistics are attached to this press release; the following provides a
general overview.
The FFIEC prepares and distributes the individual disclosure statements and the
aggregate reports on behalf of its member agencies-the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Federal Reserve Board, National Credit Union Administration, Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, and Office of Thrift Supervision-and the Department
of Housing and Urban Development. Lenders are required to make the disclosure
statements available at their home offices within three business days of receiving the
statements. In addition, for other metropolitan statistical areas in which they have
offices, lenders must either make a copy of the statements available at one branch per
metropolitan statistical area or provide a copy upon written request. The disclosure
statements and aggregate reports are now available for public inspection at central
depositories throughout the nation.
The HMDA data cover home purchase and home improvement loans and contain
information about loan originations, loan purchases, and applications that did not result
in a loan. In 2002, the Federal Reserve Board revised Regulation C, which implements
HMDA, to require lenders to collect and report additional data on home loans, including
loan pricing information, lien status (secured by a first or subordinate lien, or unsecured),
and whether a loan or application relates to a manufactured home.1 Lenders must begin
collecting these additional data in 2004 for submission by March 1, 2005 and publication
in late summer or early fall 2005.
The 2003 data include a total of 42 million reported loans and applications (table 1),
which is an increase of about 33 percent from 2002, primarily due to a significant
increase in refinancing activity (approximately 41 percent). The number of home
purchase loans extended in 2003 compared with 2002 varied by race and ethnicity.
From 2002 to 2003, the number of such loans increased 11 percent for whites, 15
percent for blacks, 16 percent for Asians, and 18 percent for Hispanics. Lending to
Native Americans fell 5 percent from 2002 to 2003.
From 1993 to 2003, the annual number of home purchase loans to Hispanics rose 236
percent; to Asians, 163 percent; to blacks, 106 percent. Over this same period, lending
to Native Americans and whites increased more modestly, 50 percent and 44 percent,
respectively. (The period 1993 to 2003 is used because HMDA coverage in 1993 was
expanded to include significantly more independent mortgage companies than
previously had been covered under HMDA.) Refer to table 7, attached, for year-to-year
changes during the period 1993 to 2003.
The number of home purchase loans extended to all income groups increased modestly
from 2002 to 2003. Applicants with incomes less than 80 percent of the median for the

metropolitan statistical area experienced an increase of 6 percent; applicants with
incomes 80-99 percent of the median, 8 percent; applicants with incomes 100-119
percent of the median, 10 percent; and applicants with incomes 120 percent or more
above the median, 13 percent. During the 1993 to 2003 period, the number of home
purchase loans to applicants with incomes less than 80 percent of the median for the
metropolitan statistical area increased by 102 percent; to applicants with incomes 80-99
percent of the median, 70 percent; to applicants with incomes 100-119 percent of the
median, 66 percent; and to applicants with incomes 120 percent or more above the
median, 88 percent. Refer to table 7 for year-to-year changes during the period.
In 2003, the denial rate for conventional home purchase loans remained the same as in
2002. Denial rates fell from 1999 to 2002, after rising for most of the past decade
(information not shown in tables). In 1993, the overall denial rate for conventional
home purchase loans was 17 percent; by 1998 this rate had increased to 29 percent. The
denial rate fell to 28 percent in 1999; to 27 percent in 2000; to 21 percent in 2001; and
to 14 percent in 2002 and 2003.
Denial rates continue to vary among racial and ethnic groups. From 2002 to 2003,
denial rates changed modestly for some ethnic and racial groups. From 2002 to 2003,
denial rates for conventional home purchase loans fell from 26 to 24 percent for black
applicants. Native Americans and Asian applicants experienced a slight rise in denial
rates for conventional home purchase loans from 2002 to 2003, from 23 percent to 24
percent, and from 10 percent to 11 percent, respectively. Denial rates for whites and
Hispanics remained the same, at 12 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
Changes reflected in the 2000 Decennial Census complicate 2002 to 2003 comparisons
of lending in census tracts grouped by racial or income characteristics. In the 2000
Decennial Census, many census tracts experienced changes in physical boundaries and in
demographic characteristics. In 2003, for the first time lenders were required to use
these changed census tract boundaries to report property location for loans and
applications. In 2002, lenders were required to use the 1990 Decennial Census tract
boundaries and demographics.
To facilitate comparison of the 2003 data with previous years' data, the 2003 data were
adjusted by assigning to the 2000 census tract boundaries their 1990 census tract
demographic characteristics (table 8). The adjusted 2003 data show that from 2002 to
2003, census tracts with 80 to 100 percent minority population experienced the
greatest increase in home purchase lending, 15 percent; such lending increased 9 percent
for census tracts with less than 10 percent minority population; 8 percent for tracts
with 10-19 percent minority population and for tracts with 20-49 percent minority
population; and 10 percent for tracts with 50-79 percent minority population.
Home purchase lending also varies by the income level of census tracts (table 8).
Adjusted 2003 data show that low- and moderate-income census tracts taken together
experienced the largest increase, 16 percent, in home purchase lending. Such lending for
middle- and upper-income census tracts increased by 9 percent, respectively, from 2002
to 2003, according to the adjusted 2003 data.
In 2003, the proportion of home loan applications missing race or ethnicity data fell
for the second consecutive year. This is a reversal of the trend from 1993 to 2001,
when the incidence of applications missing race or ethnicity data increased from 8
percent to 30 percent. The proportion of applications lacking the data fell to 17
percent in 2003, down from 28 percent in 2002 (table 9).
The decline in applications missing race and ethnicity data may be due in part to a
recent change in reporting requirements. Until January 1, 2003, lenders were not
required to request information on an applicant's race or ethnicity and sex when an
application was taken entirely by telephone. Because the growth in missing data on race
or ethnicity could complicate analyses of changes in home mortgage lending over time,
the Federal Reserve Board revised the rule regarding telephone applications. For all
applications taken on or after January 1, 2003, lenders are required to ask applicants for
race, ethnicity, and sex information in telephone applications. For applications taken in
person or by mail or electronic means (such as by facsimile or the Internet), a lender
must request the information. In all cases, an applicant has the option not to provide

the information.
The location of the central depository for a metropolitan statistical area can be
obtained by calling the FFIEC at 703/516-5588. The FFIEC distributes the disclosure
statements to institutions and central depositories in electronic form only. In addition,
the FFIEC makes HMDA data directly available to the public in CD-ROM format and at
the FFIEC web site (www.ffiec.gov/hmda). An order form gives descriptions of the
various reports, prices, and formats. It is available for printing from the FFIEC web site
(www.ffiec.gov/hmda/orderform.htm). Advance orders will be filled when the data
become available.
The HMDA data also include information on loans that are sold, showing the type of
purchaser of the loan. Among other things, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) uses this information in assessing the performance of Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac in meeting their legislatively mandated affordable housing goals.
The FFIEC also provides data from the nation's seven private mortgage insurance (PMI)
companies. The 2003 PMI data include information on approximately 2.9 million
applications for mortgage insurance; about 1.5 million applications were to insure home
purchase mortgages, and about 1.4 million were to insure mortgages to refinance existing
obligations. By August, these data will be available-at individual PMI companies, at the
central depositories in each metropolitan statistical area, and from the FFIEC-in the
same types of reports and in the same formats as the HMDA data.
Questions about a HMDA report for a specific lender should be directed to the lender's
supervisory agency at the number listed below:
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - 877/275-3342; hearing impaired 800/925-4618
Federal Reserve Board, HMDA Assistance Line - 202/452-2016
National Credit Union Administration, Office of Examination - 703/518-6360
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Compliance Division - 202/874-4428
Office of Thrift Supervision, Consumer Programs - 202/906-6315
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing - 202/755-7530.
Tables are in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Fact Sheet on 2003 Data (with Tables) (Note: Tables are in PDF)
HMDA Data Order Forms and Item Descriptions ( PDF)
Footnotes
1. 67 FR 7222 (Feb. 15, 2002); 67 FR 43218 (June 27, 2004).
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit
Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision

What's New
About the FFIEC

Reports - Nationwide Summary Statistics for
2003 HMDA Data
Fact Sheet (July 2004)

Reports

The following nationwide summary statistics are based on data compiled by the Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) for institutions covered by the
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. 1

Reporting Forms

The Data

Handbooks & Catalogues

For 2003, the FFIEC prepared 65,808 disclosure statements for 8,121 lenders, with a
separate statement for each metropolitan statistical area in which a lender had an office
or could be deemed to have an office under Regulation C, based on the number of
applications and loans (table 1). The data reflect the lending activity of 4,050
commercial banks; 638 savings associations; 1,903 credit unions; and 1,530 mortgage
companies (of which 1,186 were independent mortgage companies).

Press Releases

Enforcement Actions
and Orders
On-line Information Systems

Other FFIEC Sites
Examiner Education Office
Appraisal Subcommittee
HMDA
CRA
Financial Institution Call Report Data

Applications Received and Loans Made
In 2003, lenders covered by HMDA reported a total of about 42 million loans and
applications that did not result in an origination (table 1). The total volume of reported
home loan applications and purchases increased in 2003 by 33 percent from 2002,
primarily due to a significant increase (41 percent) in refinancing activity. The 2003
data show that lenders acted on approximately 34 million applications for home
purchase loans, home improvement loans, and refinancings (compared with
approximately 26 million in 2002), and they purchased about 7 million loans (compared
with 5 million in 2002). The number of applications for home purchase loans in 2003
increased from 2002 levels by 10 percent. Requests for refinancings accounted for 72
percent of all home loan applications (data not shown in tables). This proportion is
about 9 percent higher than in 2002, when applications for refinancings accounted for
about 66 percent of all applications. The increased volume and share of applications for
refinancings resulted primarily from a sharp drop in interest rates on mortgage loans.
Loan Programs and Changes in Lending Volume by Race and Income
Lending institutions tend to specialize in different types of home loans. For example, in
the case of home purchase loans, mortgage companies tend to do most of the
government-backed lending, including FHA and VA loans, accounting for about 83
percent of all such originations in 2003. Depository institutions, particularly
commercial banks, do most of the home improvement (84 percent) and multifamily
lending (90 percent). (Data not shown in tables.)
Lower-income households rely more heavily on government-backed loans than do
higher-income households (table 2). The low downpayment requirements and the ability
to finance closing costs make FHA and VA loans particularly attractive to lower-income
households and first-time homebuyers, who are likely to have fewer financial resources
than other homebuyers. Dollar limits on the amount of FHA loan insurance or VA loan
guarantees make these government-backed loans unavailable or less attractive to
households seeking to buy more expensive properties.
Applications for different types of home purchase loans vary across racial and ethnic
groups and income categories (table 2). For example, in 2003, 19 percent of Hispanic
applicants and 21 percent of black applicants for home purchase loans applied for
government-backed mortgages; the comparable rates for Asians, whites, and Native
Americans were 4 percent, 12 percent, and 15 percent, respectively. Moreover, 21
percent of home purchase loan applicants with incomes less than 80 percent of the
median family income for their metropolitan statistical areas applied for

government-backed loans; by contrast, 5 percent of applicants with incomes of at least
120 percent of the metropolitan statistical area median applied for such loans (derived
from table 2, government-backed memo item). In addition, loan applicants seeking to
buy a home in low- or moderate-income neighborhoods were more likely to apply for
government-backed loans than those seeking to buy homes in upper-income
neighborhoods. In central cities and neighborhoods with greater proportions of minority
residents, applications for government-backed loans accounted for a higher share of all
home purchase loan applications, than did such applications in non-central cities and
neighborhoods with smaller proportions of minority residents.
For conventional and government-backed home purchase lending, lending to Asians,
Hispanics, blacks, and whites was up about 16 percent, 18 percent, 15 percent, and 11
percent, respectively, from 2002 to 2003; Native Americans experienced a 5 percent
decline in such lending from 2002 to 2003 (table 7).
Home purchase lending increased for all income categories from 2002 to 2003.
Applicants with incomes 120 percent or more above the median for the metropolitan
statistical area experienced the greatest expansion, 13 percent; over the same period,
home purchase lending increased by 10 percent for applicants with incomes 100-119
percent of the median, 8 percent for applicants with incomes 80-99 percent of the
median, and 6 percent for applicants with incomes less than 80 percent of the median
(table 7).
Denial Rates
The overall denial rate for conventional home purchase loans in 2003 was 14 percent, a
rate unchanged from 2002, but well below the rate in 2001 (21 percent). A large portion
of this decline can be attributed to a significant drop in 2002 and in 2003 of the number
of applications for manufactured home loans, which have very high denial rates.2 (Data
not shown in tables). In 2002, the roughly two-dozen reporters categorized by HUD as
manufactured home loan specialists denied about 60 percent of all the applications they
received for conventional home purchase loans, and in 2003, they denied about 61
percent of those applications. This proportion represents a marginal decline from
earlier years, when these lenders denied about two-thirds of all their applicants. In 2002
and in 2003, there was a sharp contraction from 2001 in reported manufactured home
loan activity. (Data not shown in tables.) The number of applications for conventional
home purchase loans submitted to these lenders in 2002 dropped 65 percent from 2001,
and in 2003 fell 37 percent from 2002, reflecting difficulties in the manufactured
housing market. If the manufactured home purchase loan applications and denials
reported by these lenders are excluded from both the 2002 and 2003 data, the denial
rates for conventional home purchase loan applications would have been 11.5 percent in
2002 (instead of 14 percent) and 12.4 percent in 2003 (instead of 14 percent).
The HMDA data show that denial rates for home purchase loan applications vary with
income. For example, in 2003 the denial rate for conventional home purchase loans for
lower-income applicants was 19 percent as compared with 9 percent for higher-income
applicants (derived from table 3).
Denial rates for conventional home purchase loans continue to vary among applicants
by race or ethnicity and by income. In 2003, 24 percent of black applicants, 24 percent
of Native American applicants, 18 percent of Hispanic applicants, 12 percent of white
applicants, and 11 percent of Asian applicants were denied conventional home purchase
loans (table 3). These rates of denial are little changed from 2002: denial rates for
conventional home purchase loans in 2002 were 26 percent for blacks, 23 percent for
Native Americans, 18 percent for Hispanics, 12 percent for whites, and 10 percent for
Asians. The denial rates from 2002 to 2003 follow the general pattern of declining
denial rates since 1998. This pattern is in contrast to the experience over the longer
period from 1993 to 1998, when denial rates for all ethnic and racial groups increased
substantially.
Differences in the income levels of the racial or ethnic groups account for some of the
differences among them in denial rates for 2003. However, other factors are more
important given that for all income groups, white and Asian applicants experienced
lower rates of denial than Native American, black, or Hispanic applicants (table 4). The

extent to which racial discrimination may account for remaining differences in denial
rates across racial and ethnic lines cannot be determined solely from the HMDA data
reported by lenders.
Many lenders report reasons for denial of loan applications; in 2003, as in prior years,
the reason most frequently cited for the denial of a single-family home loan application,
regardless of the applicant's race or ethnic status, was poor or no credit history (data not
shown in tables). This factor was cited in 36 percent of the denials for Native
Americans, 33 percent of the denials for blacks, 30 percent of the denials for whites, 28
percent of the denials for Hispanics, and in 19 percent of the denials for Asians.
The Impact of the 2000 Decennial Census on assessing changes in lending by
census tract characteristics, 2002 to 2003
Changes reflected in the 2000 Decennial Census complicate 2002 to 2003 comparisons
of lending in census tracts grouped by racial or income characteristics. In the 2000
Decennial Census, many census tracts experienced changes in physical boundaries and in
demographic characteristics. Lenders were required to use these changed census tract
boundaries to report property location for loans and applications for the first time in
2003. In 2002, lenders were required to use the 1990 Decennial Census tract boundaries
and demographics.
Between the 1990 and the 2000 Decennial Census, substantial changes occurred in
neighborhood demographic characteristics (table 8, memo item). In 1990, 43 percent of
all census tracts had a population that was less than 10 percent minority (derived from
data shown in the 1990 column); in 2000, only 28 percent of the census tracts had a
population that was less than 10 percent minority (derived from data shown in 2000
column). Moreover, the number of census tracts that were over 80 percent minority
increased by about 50 percent from 1990 to 2000. Changes in the distribution of census
tracts by relative median family income were much less significant.
To facilitate comparison of the 2003 data with previous years' data, the 2003 data were
adjusted by assigning to the 2000 census tract boundaries their 1990 census tract
demographic characteristics (table 8). The adjusted 2003 data show that from 2002 to
2003, census tracts with 80 to 100 percent minority population experienced the
greatest increase in home purchase lending, 15 percent; such lending increased 9 percent
for census tracts with less than 10 percent minority population; 8 percent for tracts
with 10-19 percent minority population and 8 percent for tracts with 20-49 percent
minority population; and 10 percent for tracts with 50-79 percent minority population.
Home purchase lending also varies by the income level of census tracts (table 8).
Adjusted 2003 data show that low- and moderate-income census tracts taken together
experienced the largest increase, 16 percent, in home purchase lending. Such lending for
middle- and upper-income census tracts increased by 9 percent, respectively, from 2002
to 2003, according to the adjusted 2003 data.
Missing Information on Race and Ethnicity
Until recently, lenders were not required to collect information on an applicant's race or
ethnicity and sex for applications taken entirely by telephone. From 1993 to 2001, the
incidence of applications of all types lacking race or ethnicity data grew from 8 percent
to 30 percent. However, as of January 1, 2003, lenders are required to ask applicants for
race, ethnicity, and sex information in telephone applications. For applications taken in
person or by mail or electronic means (such as by facsimile or the Internet), a lender
must request the information. In all cases, an applicant has the option not to provide
the information.
The 2003 HMDA data suggest that the change in reporting requirements may have
reduced the incidence of applications and loans reported without data on race or
ethnicity. The proportion of applications of all types lacking race or ethnicity data fell
to 17 percent in 2003, down from 28 percent in 2002 (table 9). For home purchase loan
applications, the proportion of applications missing race or ethnicity data is lower than
the proportion for other application types, but follows the same general pattern.
Applications for home purchase loans lacking information on race or ethnicity grew

from about 4 percent in 1993 to about 18 percent in 2001, involving roughly 1.4
million loan applications in 2001. In 2002, the percentage of such applications fell to
15 percent, but involved roughly 1.1 million applications; in 2003, the percentage fell
to 12 percent and involved roughly 1 million applications. The same pattern is observed
for home purchase loans originated. In 1993, 3 percent of such loans lacked information
about race or ethnicity; by 2001, 13 percent lacked this information. In 2002, the
proportion of home purchase loans missing the information fell to 12 percent, and in
2003 it fell to 10 percent.
Attachments:
Tables 1 through 9
Tables are in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Footnotes
1.The FFIEC has also compiled insurance data submitted by seven major private mortgage insurance (PMI)
companies under the auspices of the Mortgage Insurance Companies of America. These data, which relate to
application decisions made by the PMI companies during 2003, show about 2.9 million applications for
PMI (about 1.5 million for home purchase loans, and 1.4 million for refinancings). These data are available
from the individual companies, and-in the same formats as the HMDA data-at the central depositories and
from the FFIEC.
2. These calculations are based on the list of lenders identified by HUD as manufactured home lending
specialists in 2002, which was the most recent list available at the time of this publication.

1. Residential lending activity reported by financial institutions covered by HMDA, 1981-2003
Year

Number of loans1 (millions)

Number of reporting
institutions2

Number of MSA disclosure
reports

1981

1.28

8,094

10,945

1982

1.13

8,258

11,357

1983

1.71

8,050

10,970

1984

1.86

8,491

11,799

1985

1.98

8,072

12,567

1986

2.83

8,898

12,329

1987

3.42

9,431

13,033

1988

3.39

9,319

13,919

1989

3.13

9,203

14,154

3

6.59

9,332

24,041

1991

7.89

9,358

25,934

1992

12.01

9,073

28,782

1993

15.38

9,650

35,069

1994

12.20

9,858

37,742

1995

11.23

9,539

36,611

1996

14.81

9,328

42,936

4

16.41

7,925

47,416

1998

24.66

7,837

57,294

1999

22.91

7,833

56,966

2000

19.24

7,713

52,776

2001

27.58

7,631

53,066

2002

31.24

7,771

57,429

2003

41.56

8,121

65,808

1990

1997

1. Before 1990, includes only loans originated by covered institutions; beginning in 1990 (first year under the revised
reporting system), includes loans originated and purchased, applications approved but not accepted by the applicant,
applications denied or withdrawn, and applications closed because information was incomplete.
2. Beginning with data for 1989, HMDA was amended to extend coverage to mortgage lending subsidiaries of bank
holding companies and savings and loan holding companies, and to savings and loan service corporations. Congress
expanded HMDA coverage effective beginning with data for 1990, to include most types of mortgage lenders, including
independent mortgage companies. Beginning with data for 1993, coverage of independent mortgage companies was
significantly increased by an amendment taking into account lending volume as well as asset size.
3. Revised from preliminary figures published in Glenn B. Canner and Dolores S. Smith, “Home Mortgage Disclosure
Act: Expanded Data on Residential Lending,” Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 77 (November 1991), p. 861, to reflect
corrections and the reporting of additional data.
4. First year since HMDA was enacted that the asset exemption threshold for coverage of depository institutions was
increased to account for the effects of inflation.
SOURCE. For this and subsequent tables, FFIEC, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.

2. Applications for one- to four-family home loans under HMDA, grouped by purpose of loan and distributed by characteristic of applicant and census tract, 2003
Home purchase
Government-backed1
Characteristic
APPLICANT
Racial/ethnic identity
American Indian/Alaskan
Native
Asian/Pacific Islander
Black
Hispanic
White
Other
Joint (white/minority)
Total
Income (percentage of MSA
median)2
Less than 50
50-79
80-99
100-119
120 or more
Total
CENSUS TRACT
Racial composition
(minorities as percentage of
population)
Less than 10
10-19
20-49
50-79
80-100
Total

Home refinancing

Conventional
Memo:

Number

Percent

Memo:

Number

Percent

Home improvement

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

4,759
13,852
122,375
157,844
602,978
10,577
29,355
941,740

0.5
1.5
13.0
16.8
64.0
1.1
3.1
100.0

14.7
4.0
20.5
18.6
11.9
9.9
15.1
13.1

27,703
336,447
475,171
688,980
4,464,612
95,742
164,935
6,253,590

0.4
5.4
7.6
11.0
71.4
1.5
2.6
100.0

85.3
96.0
79.5
81.4
88.1
90.1
84.9
86.9

80,665
855,508
1,394,845
1,574,877
15,118,062
491,170
519,310
20,034,437

0.4
4.3
7.0
7.9
75.5
2.5
2.6
100.0

8,279
24,548
132,032
136,623
846,202
19,239
26,025
1,192,948

0.7
2.1
11.1
11.5
70.9
1.6
2.2
100.0

128,373
309,200
161,642
105,335
145,533
850,083

15.1
36.4
19.0
12.4
17.1
100.0

21.0
21.4
17.0
12.8
5.1
12.7

483,869
1,132,751
787,698
718,315
2,723,448
5,846,081

8.3
19.4
13.5
12.3
46.6
100.0

79.0
78.6
83.0
87.2
94.9
87.3

1,647,694
3,822,933
2,751,648
2,482,877
8,644,677
19,349,829

8.5
19.8
14.2
12.8
44.7
100.0

179,386
283,030
180,078
152,223
439,827
1,234,544

14.5
22.9
14.6
12.3
35.6
100.0

202,451
190,132
276,433
114,937
76,239
860,192

23.5
22.1
32.1
13.4
8.9
100.0

10.6
12.2
13.5
13.7
13.5
12.4

1,710,944
1,369,878
1,772,943
726,434
486,605
6,066,804

28.2
22.6
29.2
12.0
8.0
100.0

89.4
87.8
86.5
86.3
86.5
87.6

6,732,090
4,749,112
5,776,945
2,359,834
1,636,195
21,254,176

31.7
22.3
27.2
11.1
7.7
100.0

399,396
246,404
303,079
135,389
123,618
1,207,886

33.1
20.4
25.1
11.2
10.2
100.0

2. (continued)
Home purchase
Government-backed
Characteristic
Income3
Low
Moderate
Middle
Upper
Total
Location4
Central city
Non-central city
Total

Number

Percent

20,809
179,031
479,158
191,457
870,455

2.4
20.6
55.0
22.0
100.0

394,977
483,098
878,075

45.0
55.0
100.0

Home refinancing

Conventional
Memo:

Memo:

Number

Percent

Home improvement

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

11.8
16.0
14.9
7.8
12.5

154,910
938,156
2,746,775
2,259,474
6,099,315

2.5
15.4
45.0
37.0
100.0

88.2
84.0
85.1
92.2
87.5

392,276
2,963,988
9,963,219
80,084,747
93,404,230

0.4
3.2
10.7
85.7
100.0

39,182
230,459
625,202
347,765
1,242,608

3.2
18.5
50.3
28.0
100.0

14.1
11.5
12.5

2,405,600
3,735,738
6,141,338

39.2
60.8
100.0

85.9
88.5
87.5

7,760,633
13,703,485
21,464,118

36.2
63.8
100.0

476,426
780,666
1,257,092

37.9
62.1
100.0

Note: Lenders reported 34,322,045 applications for home loans in 2003, but applicant and geographic information was not reported for all applications. Thus, the distribution of
applications varies in number by characteristic.
1. Loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Rural Housing Service.
2. Median for a metropolitan statistical area is median family income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the property related to the loan is located.
3. Census tracts are categorized by the median family income for the tract relative to the median family income for the metropolitan statistical area in which the tract is located.
Categories are defined as follows: Low income for census tract less than 50 percent of median family income for metropolitan statistical area; Moderate income, median family
income for census tract 50 percent to 79 percent of metropolitan statistical area median; Middle income, median family income 80 percent to 119 percent of metropolitan
statistical area median; Upper income, median family income 120 percent or more of metropolitan statistical area median.
4. For census tracts located in metropolitan statistical areas.

3. Disposition of conventional home purchase loan applications, by characteristics of applicant, 2003
Percentage distribution by number of applications

Type of disposition
Applicant characteristics

Approved

Denied Withdrawn File closed

Total

Race/ethnic identity
American Indian/Alaskan Native

63.7

24.0

9.5

2.7

100

Asian/Pacific Islander

78.0

11.4

8.2

2.4

100

Black

63.6

24.3

8.9

3.2

100

Hispanic

70.2

18.4

8.5

2.8

100

White

79.8

11.6

6.8

1.8

100

Other

71.2

15.3

10.1

3.3

100

76.9

11.8

9.4

1.9

100

Less than 50

64.0

25.5

8.1

2.4

100

50-79

74.5

15.7

7.3

2.4

100

80-99

77.8

12.5

7.4

2.3

100

100-119

79.3

11.1

7.5

2.1

100

120 or more

80.9

9.3

7.8

2.0

100

Joint (white/minority)
Income (percentage of MSA median)

1

1. Metropolitan statistical median is median family income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the
property to the loan is located.

4. Disposition of conventional home purchase loan applications, by income and race of applicant, 2003
Percent distribution by number of applications
Type of disposition
Applicant characteristics

Approved

Denied

Withdrawn

File closed

Total

Less than 50
American Indian/Alaskan Native

52.2

36.2

9.2

2.4

100

Asian/Pacific Islander

70.4

17.3

9.2

3.1

100

Black

55.8

33.1

7.8

3.3

100

Hispanic

59.9

29.7

7.5

2.8

100

White

69.2

22.4

6.5

1.9

100

American Indian/Alaskan Native

64.3

23.6

9.3

2.8

100

Asian/Pacific Islander

78.7

12.1

6.9

2.3

100

Black

64.6

23.5

8.2

3.8

100

Hispanic

68.9

20.5

7.6

3.0

100

White

79.4

12.8

6.0

1.9

100

American Indian/Alaskan Native

69.8

17.9

9.6

2.7

100

Asian/Pacific Islander

80.0

10.8

7.0

2.3

100

Black

67.6

20.3

8.5

3.5

100

Hispanic

71.6

17.8

7.9

2.7

100

White

82.2

9.9

6.1

1.8

100

American Indian/Alaskan Native

70.9

15.6

10.0

3.5

100

Asian/Pacific Islander

80.2

10.4

7.3

2.2

100

Black

68.6

19.3

8.7

3.4

100

Hispanic

73.0

16.4

8.1

2.6

100

White

83.6

8.5

6.2

1.7

100

American Indian/Alaskan Native

74.0

14.0

9.4

2.7

100

Asian/Pacific Islander

78.8

10.6

8.2

2.4

100

Black

69.7

18.0

9.5

2.8

100

Hispanic

74.2

14.5

8.5

2.9

100

White

84.5

7.3

6.6

1.6

100

50-79

80-99

100-119

120 or more

5. Conventional home purchase loans by racial or ethnic group and income of borrowers, 1993-2003
Number of loans and percentage change

Borrower and census
tract characteristic

1993

1994

1995

1996

Number of loans

Percentage change

Year

Period

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

19931994

19961997

19951996

19941995

19971998

19981999

Memo:
19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

Percentage
change
1993-2003

Borrower
Racial/ethnic identity
American Indian

8,638

10,691

10,712

11,368

11,254

13,175

20,965

19,820

11,728

14,244

14,844

23.8

.2

6.1

-1.0

17.1

59.1

-5.5

-40.8

21.5

4.2

71.8

Asian

78,671

93,319

85,571

91,547

103,192

118,486

138,453

152,715

159,065

193,931

230,126

18.6

-8.3

7.0

12.7

14.8

16.9

10.3

4.2

21.9

18.7

192.5

Black

81,322

125,796

138,034

135,944

139,544

158,266

178,108

180,445

166,321

189,817

248,518

54.7

9.7

-1.5

2.6

13.4

12.5

1.3

-7.8

14.1

30.9

205.6

Hispanic

91,345

129,695

134,982

135,683

132,808

162,365

197,731

225,539

252,057

314,951

417,667

42.0

4.1

.5

-2.1

22.3

21.8

14.1

11.8

25.0

32.6

357.2

2,281,450 2,205,360 2,354,024 2,402,232 2,760,370 2,800,695 2,666,849 2,654,809 2,822,776 3,239,564

15.7

-3.3

6.7

2.0

14.9

1.5

-4.8

-0.5

6.3

14.8

64.3

White

1,971,153

Income (percentage
of MSA median)1
Less than 80

407,059

516,824

494,007

558,162

571,125

712,690

818,572

803,625

796,138

892,776 1,018,652

27.0

-4.4

13.0

2.3

24.8

14.9

-1.8

-0.9

12.1

14.1

150.2

80-99

248,402

295,734

282,925

315,681

323,000

386,811

411,327

407,703

421,845

476,251

546,548

19.1

-4.3

11.6

2.3

19.8

6.3

-.9

3.5

12.9

14.8

120.0

100-119

246,294

285,044

268,682

299,878

306,796

367,248

381,458

380,762

396,689

442,731

509,760

15.7

-5.7

11.6

2.3

19.7

3.9

-.2

4.2

11.6

15.1

107.0

120 or more

950,597

1,069,305 1,047,464 1,172,762 1,251,561 1,450,085 1,506,628 1,572,914 1,610,825 1,718,553 1,980,357

12.5

-2.0

12.0

6.7

15.9

3.9

4.4

2.4

6.7

15.2

108.3

5. (continued)

Borrower and census
tract characteristic

1993

1994

1995

1996

Number of loans

Percentage change

Year

Period

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

19931994

19951996

19941995

19961997

19971998

Memo:

19981999

19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

Percentage
change
1993-2003

Census Tract
Racial composition
(minorities as a
percentage of
population)
Less than 10

11.1

-3.7

14.6

3.1

17.0

3.7

-1.7

2.9

5.8

-28.4

17.4

10-19

1,077,879 1,197,432 1,153,284 1,321,350 1,362,339 1,594,523 1,653,163 1,625,595 1,672,287 1,768,552 1,265,537
386,443

460,110

437,355

510,044

548,938

664,749

705,721

718,107

747,682

819,564

990,047

19.1

-4.9

16.6

7.6

21.1

6.2

1.8

4.1

9.6

20.8

156.2

20-49

272,690

337,292

322,835

370,646

398,713

493,515

556,203

591,202

616,421

711,096 1,213,156

23.7

-4.3

14.8

7.6

23.8

12.7

6.3

4.3

15.4

70.6

344.9

50-79

81,628

101,817

98,145

105,828

113,049

136,923

156,478

171,565

175,933

208,014

449,202

24.7

-3.6

7.8

6.8

21.1

14.3

9.6

2.5

18.2

115.9

450.3

80-100

43,263

56,329

56,545

55,981

59,347

71,529

86,815

98,868

99,112

125,122

261,894

30.2

.4

-1.0

6.0

20.5

21.4

13.9

0.2

26.2

109.3

505.4

Low or moderate

185,014

224,434

232,659

255,204

268,463

323,795

366,187

393,374

388,519

449,042

644,757

21.3

3.7

9.7

5.2

20.6

13.1

7.4

-1.2

15.6

43.6

248.5

Middle

897,645 1,053,155 1,010,219 1,145,439 1,185,276 1,416,359 1,526,200 1,566,251 1,629,058 1,803,996 1,891,076

17.3

-4.1

13.4

3.5

19.5

7.8

2.6

4.0

10.7

4.8

110.7

Upper

783,695

12.0

-5.7

16.8

6.6

19.0

3.9

-1.4

4.1

6.7

19.5

112.7

Income of census
tract2

877,527

827,855

966,599 1,030,747 1,226,778 1,274,545 1,256,511 1,307,542 1,395,165 1,666,649

1. MSA median is median family income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the property related to the loan is located.
2. Census tracts are categorized by the median family income for the tract relative to the median income for the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in which the tract is located. Categories are defined
as follows: low or moderate, median family income for census tract less than 80 percent of median family income for MSA; middle income, median family income for census tract 80 percent to
119 percent of MSA median; upper income, median family income 120 percent or more of MSA median.

6. Government-backed home purchase loans by racial or ethnic group and income of borrowers, 1993-2003
Number of loans and percentage change

Borrower and census
tract characteristic

1993

1994

1995

1996

Number of loans

Percentage change

Year

Period

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

19931994

19941995

19951996

19961997

19971998

19981999

Memo:
19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

Percentage
change
1993-2003

Borrower
Racial/ethnic identity
American Indian

3,298

3,295

2,850

3,743

3,679

4,912

5,158

5,094

3,551

4,508

3,006

-.1

-13.5

31.3

-1.7

33.5

5.0

-1.2

-30.3

27.0

-33.3

-8.9

Asian

12,698

11,662

11,813

13,797

14,998

15,214

16,989

15,728

16,086

12,978

10,281

-8.2

1.3

16.8

8.7

1.4

11.7

-7.4

2.3

-19.3

-20.8

-19.0

Black

81,057

92,514

102,237

111,748

117,689

120,827

131,956

126,227

118,922

101,674

86,140

14.1

10.5

9.3

5.3

2.6

9.2

-4.3

-5.8

-14.5

-15.3

+6.3

Hispanic

66,089

71,761

81,067

109,343

121,574

132,274

150,789

148,775

153,752

134,942

110,862

8.6

13.0

34.9

11.2

8.8

14.0

-1.3

3.3

-12.2

-17.8

67.7

606,619

522,932

512,701

583,962

594,837

621,826

640,173

558,689

602,733

518,956

478,316

-13.8

-2.0

13.9

1.9

4.5

3.0

-12.7

7.9

-13.9

-7.8

-21.2

White
Income (percentage
of MSA median)1
Less than 80

260,387

250,708

244,011

310,788

349,829

380,605

424,215

388,162

420,698

379,248

329,206

-3.7

-2.7

27.4

12.6

8.8

11.5

-8.5

8.4

-9.9

-13.2

26.4

80-99

148,963

140,168

142,470

168,753

173,160

178,973

193,107

179,307

184,730

148,285

127,482

-5.9

1.6

18.4

2.6

3.4

7.9

-7.1

3.0

-19.7

-14.0

-14.4

100-119

110,821

100,398

105,308

118,066

117,922

122,536

131,331

122,585

125,655

97,859

83,778

-9.4

4.9

12.1

-.1

3.9

7.2

-6.7

2.5

-22.1

-14.4

-24.4

120 or more

165,111

146,654

157,666

173,402

164,429

170,384

177,860

169,660

170,771

136,691

114,237

-11.2

7.5

10.0

-5.2

3.6

4.4

-4.6

0.7

-20.0

-16.4

-30.2

6. (continued)

Borrower and census
tract characteristic

1993

1994

1995

1996

Number of loans

Percentage change

Year

Period

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

19931994

19941995

19951996

19961997

19971998

19981999

Memo:
19992000

Percentage
change
2000- 2001- 20022001 2002 2003 1993-2003

Census Tract
Racial composition
(minorities as a
percentage of
population)
Less than 10

285,148 246,603 246,410 297,036 312,574 329,303 360,012 328,597 364,709 309,897 161,091

-13.5

-.1

20.5

5.2

5.4

9.3

-8.7

11.0 -15.0

-48.0

-43.5

10-19

163,988 148,902 152,157 180,104 182,787 196,643 213,278 196,082 208,670 174,786 150,565

-9.2

2.2

18.4

1.5

7.6

8.5

-8.1

6.4 -16.2

-13.9

-8.2

20-49

163,230 159,599 162,391 192,504 197,994 213,323 227,165 211,882 215,533 181,683 212,108

-2.2

1.7

18.5

2.9

7.7

6.5

-6.7

1.7 -15.7

16.7

29.9

50-79

46,295

46,085

48,272

57,631

61,929

65,120

68,911

65,295

63,593

53,134

82,038

-.5

4.7

19.4

7.5

5.2

5.8

-5.2

-2.6 -16.4

54.4

77.2

80-100

27,138

27,943

32,580

39,405

43,993

44,513

47,000

46,376

44,040

36,901

50,961

3.0

16.6

20.9

11.6

1.2

5.6

-1.3

-5.0 -16.2

38.1

87.8

Low or moderate

107,348 100,613 110,075 133,729 142,008 145,386 155,393 153,313 153,064 131,727 142,561

-6.3

9.4

21.5

6.2

2.4

6.9

-1.3

-0.2 -13.9

8.2

32.8

Middle

405,250 375,626 376,620 447,372 467,774 500,665 541,348 503,237 532,983 454,075 371,338

-7.3

.3

18.8

4.6

7.0

8.1

-7.0

5.9 -14.8

-18.2

-8.4

Upper

178,137 158,462 161,753 193,611 198,742 212,015 229,603 201,888 219,098 177,675 148,859

-11.0

2.1

19.7

2.7

6.7

8.3

-12.1

8.5 -18.9

-16.2

-16.4

Income of census
tract2

1. MSA median is median family income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the property related to the loan is located.
2. Census tracts are categorized by the median family income for the tract relative to the median income for the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in which the tract is located. Categories are
defined as follows: low or moderate, median family income for census tract less than 80 percent of median family income for MSA; middle income, median family income for census tract 80
percent to 119 percent of MSA median; upper income, median family income 120 percent or more of MSA median.

7.

All home purchase loans by racial or ethnic group and income of borrowers, 1993-20031
Number of loans and percentage change

Borrower characteristic

1993

1994

1995

1996

Number of loans

Percentage change

Year

Period

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

19941995

19931994

19951996

19961997

19971998

Memo:

19981999

19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

Percentage
change
1993-2003

Borrower
Racial/ethnic identity
American Indian

11,936

13,986

13,562

15,111

14,933

18,087

26,123

24,914

15,279

18,752

17,850

17.2

-3.0

11.4

-1.2

21.1

44.4

-4.6

-38.7

22.7

-4.8

49.5

Asian

91,369

104,981

97,384

105,344

118,190

133,700

155,442

168,443

175,151

206,909

240,407

14.9

-7.2

8.2

12.2

13.1

16.3

8.4

4.0

18.1

16.2

163.1

Black

162,379

218,310

240,268

247,692

257,233

279,093

310,064

306,672

285,243

291,491

334,658

34.4

10.1

3.1

3.9

8.5

11.1

-1.1

-7.0

2.2

14.8

106.1

Hispanic

157,434

201,456

216,049

245,026

254,382

294,639

348,520

374,314

405,809

449,893

528,529

28.0

7.2

13.4

3.8

15.8

18.3

7.4

8.4

10.9

17.5

235.7

2,577,772 2,804,382 2,718,061 2,937,986 2,997,069 3,382,196 3,440,868 3,225,538 3,257,542 3,341,732 3,717,880

8.8

-3.1

8.1

2.0

12.9

1.7

-6.3

1.0

2.6

11.3

44.2

White
Income (percentage
of MSA median)2
Less than 80

667,446

767,532

738,015

868,950

920,954 1,093,295 1,242,787 1,191,787 1,216,836 1,272,024 1,347,858

15.0

-3.8

17.7

6.0

18.7

13.7

-4.1

2.1

4.5

6.0

101.9

80-99

397,365

435,902

425,395

484,434

496,160

565,784

604,434

587,010

606,575

624,536

674,030

9.7

-2.4

13.9

2.4

14.0

6.8

-2.9

3.3

3.0

7.9

69.6

100-119

357,115

385,442

373,991

417,944

424,718

489,784

512,789

503,347

522,344

540,590

593,538

7.9

-3.0

11.8

1.6

15.3

4.7

-1.8

3.8

3.5

9.8

66.2

1,115,708 1,215,959 1,205,130 1,346,164 1,415,990 1,620,469 1,684,488 1,742,574 1,781,596 1,855,244 2,094,594

9.0

-.9

11.7

5.2

14.4

4.0

3.4

2.2

4.1

12.9

87.7

120 or more

7. (continued)

Borrower characteristic

1993

1994

1995

1996

Number of loans

Percentage change

Year

Period

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

19941995

19931994

19951996

19961997

19971998

Memo:

19981999

19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

Percentage
change
1993-2003

Census Tract
Racial composition
(minorities as a
percentage of
population)
Less than 10

5.9

-3.1

15.6

3.5

14.9

4.6

-2.9

4.2

2.0

-31.4

4.7

10-19

1,363,027 1,444,035 1,399,694 1,618,386 1,674,913 1,923,826 2,013,175 1,954,192 2,036,996 2,078,449 1,426,628
550,431

609,012

589,512

690,148

731,725

861,392

918,999

914,189

956,352

994,350 1,140,612

10.6

-3.2

17.1

6.0

17.7

6.7

-0.5

4.6

4.0

14.7

107.2

20-49

435,920

496,891

485,225

563,150

596,707

706,838

783,368

803,084

831,954

892,779 1,425,264

14.0

-2.3

16.1

6.0

18.5

10.8

2.5

3.6

7.3

59.6

227.0

50-79

127,923

147,902

146,416

163,459

174,978

202,043

225,389

236,860

239,526

261,148

531,240

15.6

-1.0

11.6

7.0

15.5

11.6

5.1

1.1

9.0

103.4

315.3

80-100

70,401

84,272

89,124

95,386

103,340

116,042

133,815

145,244

143,152

162,023

312,855

19.7

5.8

7.0

8.3

12.3

15.3

8.5

-1.4

13.2

93.1

344.4

292,362

325,047

342,731

388,933

410,471

469,181

521,580

546,687

541,583

580,769

787,318

11.2

5.4

13.5

5.5

14.3

11.2

4.8

-0.9

7.2

35.6

169.3

1,302,895 1,428,781 1,386,839 1,592,811 1,653,050 1,917,024 2,067,548 2,069,488 2,162,041 2,258,071 2,262,414

9.7

-2.9

14.9

3.8

16.0

7.9

0.1

4.5

4.4

0.0

73.6

7.7

-4.5

17.2

6.0

17.0

4.5

-3.0

4.7

3.0

15.4

88.8

Income of census
tract3
Low or moderate
Middle
Upper

961,832 1,035,989

989,608 1,160,210 1,229,489 1,438,793 1,504,148 1,458,399 1,526,640 1,572,840 1,815,508

1. Includes both conventional and government-backed home purchase loans.
2. MSA median is median family income of the metropolitan statistical area in which the property related to the loan is located.
3. Census tracts are categorized by the median family income for the tract relative to the median income for the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in which the tract is located. Categories are
defined as follows: low or moderate, median family income for census tract less than 80 percent of median family income for MSA; middle income, median family income for census tract 80
percent to 119 percent of MSA median; upper income, median family income 120 percent or more of MSA median.

8. Home purchase lending by census tract characteristic using both 2000 Decennial Census and 1990 Decennial Census1
Number of loans2

Actual

Borrower characteristic

2002

Adjusted

2003

2003

Percent change
2002-2003

Actual

Memo:
Number of census tracts

Adjusted

1990

2000

2000
Adjusted

Racial composition (minorities
as a percentage of population)
Less than 10

2,060,183

1,426,628

2,244,462

-30.8

8.94

20,110

14,236

21,102

10-19

988,080

1,140,612

1,072,011

15.4

8.49

7,775

9,435

9,126

20-49

889,672

1,425,264

963,710

60.2

8.32

8,794

12,888

9,960

50-79

259,980

531,240

285,921

104.3

9.98

4,218

6,818

4,597

80-100

162,030

312,855

185,561

93.1

14.52

5,481

8,288

5,696

565,155

782,038

653,101

38.4

15.56

13,305

16,063

13,853

Middle

2,231,713

2,250,929

2,422,769

0.9

8.56

20,937

22,121

23,400

Upper

1,561,004

1,801,984

1,703,763

15.4

9.15

10,688

13,105

13,199

Income of census tract3
Low or moderate

1. Actual figures are those reported in 2002 or 2003 HMDA data filings excluding Puerto Rico (information on the 1990
characteristics for the 2000 census tract boundaries in Puerto Rico were not available). The 2002 figures were reported using 1990
census tract boundaries and 1990 census tract demographic characteristics. The 2003 data figures were reported using 2000
census tract boundaries and 2000 census tract characteristics. The 2003 adjusted figures assign to each 2000 census tract area its
1990 characteristics.
2. Includes both conventional and government-backed home purchase loans.
3. Census tracts are categorized by the median family income for the tract relative to the median income for the metropolitan
statistical area (MSA) in which the tract is located. Categories are defined as follows: low or moderate, median family income for
census tract less than 80 percent of median family income for MSA; middle income, median family income for census tract 80
percent to 119 percent of MSA median; upper income, median family income 120 percent or more of MSA median.

9. Applications for home loans missing race or ethnicity information, 1993-2003
Total home loan applications
Missing

Home purchase loan applications

Year

Total

Percent

Total

Missing

Percent

1993

13,618,477

1,027,218

7.5

4,508,448

199,772

4.4

1994

10,719,915

954,746

8.9

5,200,102

183,824

1995

9,955,171

1,037,202

10.4

5,484,332

1996

13,009,405

1,818,411

14.0

1997

14,330,133

2,525,962

1998

21,436,038

1999

Home purchase loans
Total

Missing

Percent

3,187,693

102,777

3.2

3.5

3,539,531

87,721

2.5

200,087

3.6

3,495,749

101,790

2.9

6,306,937

286,663

4.5

3,806,337

135,320

3.6

17.6

6,748,794

415,011

6.1

3,955,104

191,821

4.8

4,289,640

20.0

7,949,787

724,626

9.1

4,549,997

302,606

6.7

19,905,868

4,452,654

22.4

8,426,010

845,851

10.0

4,849,772

407,983

8.4

2000

16,834,211

4,698,040

27.9

8,266,535

1,210,527

14.6

4,782,957

528,594

11.1

2001

23,821,375

7,074,462

29.7

7,672,299

1,377,297

18.0

4,932,839

637,902

12.9

2002

26,440,691

7,261,344

27.5

7,399,799

1,105,118

14.9

5,095,866

604,300

11.9

2003

34,322,045

5,872,941

17.1

8,154,140

958,798

11.8

5,574,752

531,441

9.5

What's New

Press Releases

About the FFIEC
Press Releases
Reports

Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council

For Immediate Release

Press Release
July 26, 2004

Reporting Forms
Handbooks & Catalogues
Enforcement Actions
and Orders
On-line Information Systems

Other FFIEC Sites
Examiner Education Office
Appraisal Subcommittee
HMDA
CRA
Financial Institution Call Report Data

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the
availability of data on small business, small farm, and community development lending
reported by certain commercial banks and thrifts.
The regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) require the
reporting of data on these types of lending by independent commercial banks and
savings associations having total assets of $250 million or more, and by commercial
banks and savings associations of any size owned by a holding company having assets of
$1 billion or more. Analysis of Call Report and Thrift Financial Report data indicates
that reporting institutions account for about 91 percent of the number of small business
loans and about 33 percent of the number of small farm loans extended by all
commercial banks and savings associations.
The 2003 CRA data reflect originations and purchases of small business, small farm, and
community development loans from 2,103 institutions, including 1,635 commercial
banks and 468 savings associations. (See attached fact sheet and related tables.)
Approximately 8 million small business loans, totaling $279 billion, and approximately
289,000 small farm loans, totaling $17 billion, were reported for 2003. The number of
small business loans reported in 2003 increased by 6 percent from 2002; the total dollar
amount of these loans increased by about 10 percent from 2002 to 2003. The number
of small farm loans reported in 2003 increased by 13 percent from 2002; the total
dollar amount of these loans also increased by 7 percent.
The small business and small farm lending data reported under the CRA regulations are
more limited than the data reported on home mortgage lending under the Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The CRA data include information on loans
originated or purchased, not on applications that are denied by the institution or
withdrawn by the applicant. The CRA data are not reported on an
application-by-application basis; rather, the CRA data are aggregated into three
loan-size categories and then reported at the census tract level.
About 38 percent of the small business loans reported for 2003 were extended to
borrowers with revenues of $1 million or less, up from 31 percent in 2002, and down
sharply from a high point of 60 percent in 1999. The decrease in the share of lending to
small firms since 1999 is primarily the result of a substantial increase in reported lines of
credit, renewals of such lines with larger limits, and credit card lending to larger firms.
The proportion of small farm loans made to borrowers with revenues of $1 million or
less in 2003 was 89 percent, about the same percentage as in 2002. The vast majority of
reported small business loans (93 percent) and small farm loans (83 percent) extended in
2003 were for amounts under $100,000. Small business loans were heavily concentrated
in central city and suburban areas, as are both the U.S. population and U.S. businesses.
Small farm loans were heavily concentrated in rural areas.
The variation in small business lending among census tracts grouped into income
categories generally parallels the distribution of the population and businesses among
these categories. In lower-income areas, most small business loans are made in central
city census tracts; in higher-income areas, small business loans are most frequently made
in suburban census tracts. Most small farm loans are made in rural areas regardless of area

income. A comparison of small business lending activity in low-, moderate-, middle-, and
upper-income areas in 2003 with 2002 shows that the areas' shares of the number and
dollar amount of loans remained about the same.
In 2003, commercial banks and savings associations reported community development
loans that totaled approximately $42.3 billion. The dollar amount of community
development loans increased by about 52 percent from 2002 to 2003. The number of
these loans is larger than in 2002, up about 20 percent to 36,830.
A community development loan has as its primary purpose affordable housing for lowor moderate-income individuals, community services targeted to these individuals,
activities that promote economic development by financing small businesses or small
farms, or activities that revitalize or stabilize low- or moderate-income neighborhoods.
Under CRA regulations, retail institutions may not report community development
loans as small business or small farm loans, or as home mortgage loans under HMDA
(except for multifamily dwelling loans).
The FFIEC has prepared a disclosure statement from the reported 2003 CRA data, in
electronic form, for each reporting commercial bank and savings association. The
FFIEC also has prepared aggregate disclosure statements of small business and small farm
lending for each of the metropolitan statistical areas and each of the non-metropolitan
counties in the United States and its territories, and has distributed these statements to
central depositories throughout the nation where they are available for public
inspection. The 2003 CRA data will be available on the FFIEC web site today
(www.ffiec.gov/cra). An order form for CRA data and related items, with descriptions of
the various reports and formats available, is attached to this release and is also available
on the FFIEC web site. Central depository locations and an order form for other data
available from the FFIEC (including data on home mortgage loans reported under
HMDA) can be found on the FFIEC web site.

Attachments:
Fact Sheet on 2003 Data (with tables) (Note: Tables are in PDF)
CRA Data Order Form and Item Descriptions (PDF)

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit
Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision

What's New
About the FFIEC

Reports - Findings from Analysis of Nationwide
Summary Statistics for 2003 Community Reinvestment Act Data
Fact Sheet (July 2004)

Reports

The following analysis of nationwide summary statistics is based on data compiled by the
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) for institutions reporting under
the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.

Reporting Forms

Background

Handbooks & Catalogues

The CRA is intended to encourage federally insured commercial banks and savings
associations to help meet the credit needs of the local communities in which they are
chartered. The CRA regulations require larger commercial banks and savings associations to
report data on their small business, small farm, and community development lending. The
institutions subject to these requirements generally include independent institutions with
total assets of $250 million or more and institutions of any size if owned by a holding
company that has assets of $1 billion or more. Under the CRA regulations, small business
loans are loans of $1 million or less; small farm loans are loans of $500,000 or less. The
small business and small farm lending data, when coupled with information reported about
the geographic locations that constitute each reporting institution's local CRA assessment
area(s), make it possible to better evaluate the performance of reporting institutions under
the CRA lending test.1

Press Releases

Enforcement Actions
and Orders
On-line Information Systems

Other FFIEC Sites
Examiner Education Office
Appraisal Subcommittee
HMDA
CRA
Financial Institution Call Report Data

The small business and small farm lending data reported under the CRA regulations differ
from the data reported on home mortgage lending under the Home Mortgage Disclosure
Act (HMDA) in several respects. Unlike the HMDA data, the CRA data include
information only on loans originated or purchased, not on applications that are denied by
the institution or withdrawn by the applicant. In addition, the CRA data do not include
information about applicant income, sex, or racial or ethnic background, although the CRA
data do indicate whether a loan is extended to a borrower with annual revenues of $1
million or less. Finally, the CRA data are not reported application-by-application, as
HMDA data are, but rather are aggregated into three loan-size categories and then reported
at the census tract level.
CRA data are a valuable tool for many different types of analyses. At the same time, the
analysis of CRA data poses challenges. For example, lending institutions are asked to report
the geographic location of the small business or small farm receiving the loan. However,
the borrower may have used those funds to support business activities in other locations.
Thus, assessment of the data may categorize a loan by the characteristics of the reported
geography (typically a census tract) even though the funds are used to support the activities
of a firm's offices in a location with different characteristics.
While CRA data provide information on extensions of credit in a geographic area, they do
not indicate the amount or nature of the overall demand for credit there. Caution should be
used in drawing conclusions from analyses using only CRA data, as differences in local loan
volume may reflect differences in local demand, among other things. Indeed, CRA
performance assessments by the supervisory agencies focus on evaluating the volume and
distribution of lending in the context of local credit needs.
General Description of the 2003 CRA Data
A total of 2,103 lenders reported data on small business and small farm lending in 2003,
including 1,635 commercial banks and 468 savings associations (table 1). Most of the
reporting institutions (75 percent) had assets under $1 billion, including 12 percent (256
institutions) that had assets under $250 million (derived from table 3) and are required to
report data because they are owned by a holding company that has assets of $1 billion or
more. Compared with 2002, the number of reporters has slightly increased (up 6 percent).
Reporting institutions' small business and small farm lending is a significant portion of total

small business and small farm lending by commercial banks and savings associations.
Analysis of Call Report data on small loans to businesses and farms indicates that CRA
reporters account for about 91 percent of the small business loans outstanding measured by
number of loans (77 percent measured by dollars) and 33 percent of the small farm loans
outstanding measured by number of loans (39 percent measured by dollars) extended by all
commercial banks and savings associations (table 1).
In the aggregate, about 8 million small business loans, totaling $279 billion, and about
289,000 small farm loans, totaling $17 billion, were reported having been originated or
purchased in 2003 (table 2). Unlike home mortgage lending, a well developed secondary
market for small business loans does not exist, and the CRA data reflect this.2 Most
reported small business and small farm loans were originations; about 2 percent of the small
business loans and less than 1 percent of the small farm loans were reported as purchases
from another institution (derived from table 2).
The CRA data provide information about the size of small business and small farm loans.
For small business loans, the maximum loan size reported is $1 million; for small farm
loans the maximum is $500,000. In 2003, the average small business loan was
approximately $34,800, up slightly from $33,500 in 2002. The average small farm loan in
2003 was about $59,900, down from $63,300 in 2002 (derived from table 2). Measured by
number of loans, 93 percent of the small business loans and 83 percent of the small farm
loans were for amounts under $100,000 (table 2). Measured by dollars, the distribution
differs: only 32 percent of the small business loan dollars and 36 percent of the small farm
loan dollars were extended through loans of less than $100,000 (table 2).
The CRA data include information on how many of the reported loans were extended to
businesses or farms with revenues of $1 million or less. Such firms fall within generally
accepted definitions of a small business, although somewhat larger firms are also often
categorized as being a small business or small farm. For 2003, 38 percent of the reported
small business loans and 89 percent of the small farm loans (measured by number of loans)
were extended to firms with revenues of $1 million or less (table 2). The data also show
that, on average, loans to firms with revenues under $1 million are larger than loans to
larger firms. For example, for 2003, the average business loan to small firms was about
$42,250 while the average loan to larger businesses was roughly $30,300 (derived from
table 2). This relationship is contrary to expectations and to relationships found in years
prior to 2000 when small business loans to small firms were on average about two-thirds the
size of loans to larger firms. The change in the pattern reflects a substantial increase in the
volume of credit card lending to larger businesses in the past few years. Such loans tend to
be for relatively small amounts.
Most of the reported small business loans (about 78 percent measured by number of loans
and 92 percent measured by dollars) were either originated or purchased by commercial
banks (data not shown). This preponderance of commercial banks in small business lending
is consistent with data provided by other sources, including the Federal Reserve's 1987,
1993, and 1998 National Surveys of Small Business Finances, which show that commercial
banks are the predominant source of credit for small businesses.3
Larger commercial banks and savings associations (those with assets of $1 billion or more)
originated or purchased about 76 percent by dollars of the reported small business loans
(table 3). These larger banks and savings associations represent a minority, however, of the
institutions reporting such loans. No significant differences between commercial banks and
savings associations were observed in this regard; larger institutions did the majority of
small business lending within their institutional categories (data not shown). The overall
pattern differs for small farm loans, where larger institutions accounted for less than half of
the loans. These patterns are little changed from previous years.
Reconciling the Numbers
The 2003 CRA data show a large increase (about 170 percent) over the 2002 data in the
total number of small business loans purchased, with nearly all of the increase occurring in
loans of $100,000 or less (data not shown in tables). These changes appear to be primarily
the consequence of the purchase of small business loan portfolios by two large commercial
banks.
The proportion of small business loans extended to smaller firms at 38 percent is down
sharply from a high point of 60 percent in 1999, but up from 31 percent in 2002. The

overall decline in the share of lending to small firms since 1999 is primarily a consequence
of a substantial increase in reported lines of credit, renewals of such lines with larger limits,
and credit card lending to larger firms. In addition, the decline reflects a change in the data
collection practices of some banks that no longer request revenue-size information from
business customers and as a result, no longer report which, if any, small business loans are to
small firms.
The Geographic Distribution of Small Business and Small Farm Lending
The availability of information about the geographic location of businesses and farms
receiving credit provides an opportunity to examine the distribution of small business and
small farm lending across areas grouped by their socio-demographic and economic
characteristics. Information on the distribution of businesses and population provide some
context within which to view these distributions.
CRA performance assessments include an analysis of the distribution of small business and
small farm loans (of all types) across census tracts grouped into four neighborhood income
categories: low-, moderate-, middle-, and upper-income.4 Overall, the distribution of the
number and the dollar amounts of small business loans across these categories parallels the
distribution of population and businesses across these four income groups (table 4.1 and
table 4.2 ).5 For example, low-income areas include about 4.6 percent of the population
and about 4.2 percent of the businesses, and received about 3.6 percent of the number and
about 4.4 percent of the total dollar amount of small business loans.6
Low- and moderate-income areas' shares of the number and dollar amount of loans
remained about the same in 2003 as in 2002. The same year-over-year pattern is observed
for lending in middle- and upper-income areas.
In the distribution of small business lending reported under the CRA across central city,
suburban, and rural areas, small business loans are heavily concentrated in U.S. central city
and suburban areas (about 83 percent of the number or dollar amount of all small business
loans), as are the bulk of the U.S. population and the number of businesses (table 4.1 and
table 4.2 ). In lower-income areas, most small business loans (about 86 percent) occur in
central city census tracts; in higher-income areas, small business loans are most frequently
made in suburban census tracts. Most small farm loans are made in rural areas regardless of
area income (about 71 percent of the number of loans and 70 percent of the dollar amount
of such lending) (table 4.3 and table 4.4).
Community Development Lending
In addition to information about small business and small farm lending, institutions covered
by the CRA data-reporting requirements also disclose the number and dollar amount of their
community development loans. Among the 2,103 institutions reporting in 2003, about 63
percent extended community development loans (derived from table 5 ). For 2003,
institutions reported 36,830 community development loans totaling $42.3 billion (table 5
). The total number of reported community development loans is higher than in 2002, up
about 20 percent measured by number of loans and 52 percent by dollars. Rules allowing
institutions to report renewals as additional loans may account for some of the increased
lending, as may more aggressive outreach activities. However, part of the increase in
lending is attributable to underreporting in previous years by several lenders.
As in earlier years, on average, community development loans are much larger ($1.15
million) than the typical small business loan ($34,800) reported in the CRA data. Larger
lenders (assets of $1 billion or more) extended the bulk of community development loans.
Tables are in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Footnotes
1.The regulations that implement the CRA provide three performance tests for large retail institutions: a
lending test, an investment test, and a service test. The lending test focuses primarily on the geographic
distribution of lending, considering the proportion of loans extended within the institution's local
community and the distribution of these loans among different types of borrowers and neighborhoods.
2. The one exception is for small business loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. See
"Report to Congress on Markets for Small Business and Commercial Mortgage Related Securities," Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve System and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (September 1996).
3.See Rebel A. Cole, John D. Wolken, and R. Louise Woodburn, "Bank and Nonbank Competition for Small
Business Credit: Evidence from the 1987 and 1993 National Surveys of Business Finances," Federal Reserve
Bulletin, vol. 82, no. 11 (November 1996), pp. 983-995; and Marianne P. Bitler, Alicia M. Robb, and John D.
Wolken, "Financial Services Used by Small Businesses: Evidence from the 1998 Survey of Small Business
Finances," Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 87, no. 4 (April 2001), pp. 183-206.
4.For purposes of the regulations, a low-income census tract has a median family income that is less than 50
percent of the median family income for the broader area (the metropolitan area containing the tract or the
entire non-metropolitan area of the state); a moderate-income tract, 50 percent to less than 80 percent; a
middle-income tract, 80 percent to less than 120 percent; and an upper-income tract, 120 percent or more.
5. Beginning with 1998 data, institutions filing CRA data were allowed to report that the census tract location
of a firm or farm receiving a loan was unknown. For 2003, 4.9 percent of the reported small business loans by
number and 1.2 percent by dollar amount included such a designation.
6. Data on the share of population across census tract income categories is derived from the 2000 Census of
Population and Housing (most current available). Data on the share of businesses across census tract income
categories is derived from information from Dun and Bradstreet files of businesses. Calculations exclude
agricultural-related firms.

1. Small loans to businesses and farms, 1996-2003
Year
1996

Item

1997

1998

4

1999

20014

2000

2002

2003

Total business loans
number ................................ 2,424,966

2,560,795

2,736,389

3,287,974

5,110,001

6,094,606

7,556,999

8,004,463

dollar (thousands of
dollars) ................................
149,718,193

159,401,302

161,211,231

174,538,571

179,056,204

224,914,485

253,225,288

278,612,596

Percent to small firms

1

by number ................................

55.9

50.0

54.5

60.2

41.7

40.0

31.0

37.8

by dollars................................

43.1

42.1

47.0

48.5

45.9

44.8

44.2

45.8

217,356

212,822

206,267

220,587

204,318

235,417

256,117

288,739

dollar (thousands of
dollars) ................................
10,480,989

11,192,400

11,373,691

12,302,881

11,634,880

14,330,467

16,222,070

17,297,590

Total farm loans
number ................................

Percent to small farms

1

by number ................................

88.4

89.5

90.4

90.6

90.2

90.0

88.5

88.8

by dollars................................

81.4

81.3

83.0

83.7

83.8

83.6

83.0

83.0

by number of loans................................
65.9

71.0

67.8

67.8

83.7

84.0

88.0

90.5

by amount of loans ................................
67.5

69.4

69.4

72.4

75.6

75.0

76.9

77.1

by number of loans................................
22.2

24.1

24.9

28.0

30.6

32.3

32.2

33.3

by amount of loans ................................
27.9

28.4

30.1

34.1

37.5

38.2

38.1

38.5

3.7

1.2

1.9

1.0

.5

.4

.1

.1

100 to 249 ................................

19.7

6.5

5.5

1.4

.8

13.8

.5

.4

250 to 999 ................................

16.1

15.7

20.3

15.9

18.8

13.2

25.1

12.5

1,000 or more ................................ 60.6

76.6

72.3

81.8

79.8

72.6

74.3

86.9

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

less than 100................................

1.6

1.4

0.8

1.0

.6

1.0

.4

.4

100 to 249 ................................

5.7

3.5

3.2

2.2

2.0

2.7

1.6

1.5

250 to 999 ................................

22.4

20.9

22.7

21.6

23.0

21.8

23.6

22.6

1,000 or more ................................ 70.3

74.2

73.3

75.2

74.4

74.5

74.4

75.6

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Activity of CRA reporters
as a percentage of2
All small loans to
businesses

All small loans to farms

Distribution of business
loans by asset size of
lender
by number of loans
(percent)
less than 100................................

Total ................................
by amount of loans
(percent)

Total ................................

100

1. Continued
Year
Item

1996

1997

19984

1999

2000

20014

2002

2003

Distribution of farm loans by asset size of lender
by number of loans (percent)
9.8

6.4

4.9

4.9

2.2

1.2

1.0

100 to 249 ...................................................................... 14.2

10.4

8.2

6.6

4.8

3.4

2.5

2.5

42.7

49.1

44.2

less than 100 ................................................................

1.5

250 to 999 ...................................................................... 34.5

37.4

38.7

37.7

46.7

1,000 or more................................................................

41.5

45.8

48.2

50.8

46.3

52.6

47.4

51.8

Total.......................................................................

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

6.4

5.1

3.5

4.0

1.7

.9

.7

1.2

2.8

2.3

2.4

by amount of loans (percent)
less than 100 ................................................................

100 to 249 ...................................................................... 11.5

8.2

6.6

5.6

4.0

250 to 999 ...................................................................... 31.7

34.2

36.0

36.3

42.7

38.8

43.2

44.6

1,000 or more................................................................

52.5

53.9

54.1

51.5

57.5

53.8

51.8

100

100

100

100

Total.......................................................................

50.4
100

100

100

100

4.7

4.6

4.3

3.6

3.6

4.0

3.7

3.6

Distribution of business loans by income of census
tract3
by number of loans
low .................................................................................

moderate ........................................................................ 15.9

16.0

15.5

14.6

14.6

15.2

15.2

17.0

middle ............................................................................ 49.4

49.1

49.5

50.1

50.2

50.1

50.5

47.6

upper .............................................................................. 29.5

29.8

30.3

31.2

31.2

30.3

30.3

31.6

.4

.4

.2

100

100

100

income not reported .......................................................

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

Total.......................................................................

100

100

100

100

100

by amount of loans
5.6

5.4

5.2

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.7

4.4

moderate ........................................................................ 16.0

16.0

15.7

15.5

15.4

15.2

15.2

17.9

middle ............................................................................ 46.8

46.5

46.8

47.1

47.6

47.6

47.9

45.4

upper .............................................................................. 30.9

31.4

31.6

31.7

31.5

31.7

31.7

31.9

.7

.7

.7

.5

.6

.6

.4

100

100

100

1635

low .................................................................................

income not reported .......................................................

.7
100

100

100

100

100

commercial banks .......................................................... 1583

1421

1576

1450

1471

1443

1495

475

290

461

470

469

491

468

1911

1941

1912

1986

2103

Total.......................................................................
Memo:
Number of reporters
savings associations .......................................................

496

Total....................................................................... 2079

1896

1866

1. Business and farms with revenues of $1 million or less.
2. Percentages reflect the ratio of activity by CRA reporters to activity by all lenders. Calculations based on information
reported in the June Call Reports for commercial banks and the Thrift Financial Reports for savings associations.
3. low income: census tract median family income less than 50 percent of MA median family income or nonmetropolitan
portion of state median family income; moderate income: 50-79 percent; middle income: 80-120 percent; upper income: 120
percent or more. Excludes loans where census tract or block number area was not reported.
4. Revised to reflect correction of reported data.
Source: FFIEC

2. Originations and purchases of small loans to businesses and farms, by size of loan, 2003
MEMO
Loans to firms
with revenues
of $1 million
or less

Size of loan (dollars)
Type of borrower
and loan

All loans
100,000 or less
Total

100,001 to 250,000

Percent

Total

Percent

More than 250,000
Total

Percent

Total

Percent

Total

Percent

Number of Loans
Business
Originations
Purchases
Total

7,292,914
161,812
7,454,726

93.0
97.6
93.1

282,417
1,677
284,094

3.6
1.0
3.5

263,410
2,233
265,643

3.4
1.3
3.3

7,838,741
165,722
8,004,463

100
100
100

2,974,963
47,565
3,022,528

38.0
28.7
37.8

238,134
1,080
239,214

83.0
61.3
82.8

34,791
395
35,186

12.1
22.4
12.2

14,053
286
14,339

4.9
16.2
5.0

286,978
1,761
288,739

100
100
100

255,724
556
256,280

89.1
31.6
88.8

7,531,048
162,892
7,693,940

92.7
97.3
92.8

317,208
2,072
319,280

3.9
1.2
3.8

277,463
2,519
279,982

3.4
1.5
3.4

8,125,719
167,483
8,293,202

100
100
100

3,230,687
48,121
3,278,808

39.8
28.7
39.5

50.7 272,313,660
19.4
6,298,936
50.0 278,612,596

100 126,313,174
100
1,410,054
100 127,723,228

46.4
22.4
45.8

30.0
49.3
30.2

100
100
100

14,309,511
55,902
14,365,413

83.8
25.6
83.0

100 140,622,685
100
1,465,956
100 142,088,641

48.6
22.5
48.0

Farm
Originations
Purchases
Total
All
Originations
Purchases
Total

Amount of loans (thousands of dollars)
Business
Originations
Purchases
Total

84,954,912
4,811,538
89,766,450

31.2
76.4
32.2

49,343,910
262,290
49,606,200

6,149,487
42,896
6,192,383

36.0
19.7
35.8

5,811,988
67,650
5,879,638

91,104,399
4,854,434
95,958,833

31.5
74.5
32.4

55,155,898
329,940
55,485,838

18.1 138,014,838
4.2
1,225,108
17.8 139,239,946

Farm
Originations
Purchases
Total

34.0
31.0
34.0

5,118,167
107,402
5,225,569

17,079,642
217,948
17,297,590

All
Originations
Purchases
Total

19.1 143,133,005
5.1
1,332,510
18.8 144,465,515

49.5 289,393,302
20.4
6,516,884
48.8 295,910,186

3. Originations and purchases of small loans to businesses and farms, grouped by type of borrower
and loan and distributed by size of lending institution, 2003
Institutions, by asset size
(millions of dollars)
Type of borrower
and loan

Less than 100
Total

100 to 249

Percent

Total

All institutions

250 to 999

Percent

Total

1,000 or more

Percent

Total

Percent

Total

Percent

Number of loans
Business
Originations
Purchases
Total

11,417

0.1

35,510

0.5

1,001,225

12.8

6,790,589

86.6

7,838,741

243

0.1

235

0.1

2,655

1.6

162,589

98.1

165,722

100
100

11,660

0.1

35,745

0.4

1,003,880

12.5

6,953,178

86.9

8,004,463

100

4,334

1.5

7,105

2.5

127,292

44.4

148,247

51.7

286,978

100

5

0.3

5

0.3

433

24.6

1,318

74.8

1,761

100

4,339

1.5

7,110

2.5

127,725

44.2

149,565

51.8

288,739

100

15,751

0.2

42,615

0.5

1,128,517

13.9

6,938,836

85.4

8,125,719

100

248

0.1

240

0.1

3,088

1.8

163,907

97.9

167,483

100

15,999

0.2

42,855

0.5

1,131,605

13.6

7,102,743

85.6

8,293,202

100

22.8 205,056,068

75.3 272,313,660

100

11.2

86.6

6,298,936

100

22.6 210,509,008

75.6 278,612,596

100

51.6 17,079,642

100

65.5

217,948

100

Farm
Originations
Purchases
Total
All
Originations
Purchases
Total

Amount of loans (thousands of dollars)
Business
Originations
Purchases
Total

1,104,855

0.4

4,026,362

1.5

62,126,375

83,786

1.3

56,509

0.9

705,701

1,188,641

0.4

4,082,871

1.5

62,832,076

205,300

1.2

411,965

2.4

7,641,378

44.7

8,820,999

1,279

0.6

1,510

0.7

72,314

33.2

142,845

206,579

1.2

413,475

2.4

7,713,692

44.6

8,963,844

51.8 17,297,590

100

1,310,155

0.5

4,438,327

1.5

69,767,753

24.1 213,877,067

73.9 289,393,302

100

85,065

1.3

58,019

0.9

778,015

11.9

85.9

6,516,884

100

1,395,220

0.5

4,496,346

1.5

70,545,768

74.2 295,910,186

100

5,452,940

Farm
Originations
Purchases
Total
All
Originations
Purchases
Total

5,595,785

23.8 219,472,852

MEMO
Number of
institutions
reporting

99

157

1,322

525

2,103

Number of
institutions
extending
loans

88

151

1,244

478

1,961

4.1. Number of small loans to businesses, grouped by neighborhood characteristics and distributed by
amount of lending, 2003
MEMO
Distribution of U.S.
businesess and
population (percent)
Characteristics of
neighborhood

100,000 or less
Businesses Population

MEMO
Number of loans
to firms
with revenues of
$1 million or less

Number of loans, by size category (dollars)

100,001 to 250,000

More than 250,000
to 1 million

MEMO
MEMO
MEMO
Percent of
Percent of
Percent of
Percent
Percent
Percent
small
small
small
business
business
business
loans
loans
loans

All

Total

MEMO
Percent of
Percent
small
business
loans

Total

MEMO
Percent of
small
business
loans

Location
35.6
44.7
19.6
100.0

92.1
93.4
92.7
92.8

36.2
46.7
17.1
100.0

4.0
3.3
4.2
3.7

39.2
41.3
19.5
100.0

3.9
3.3
3.0
3.5

41.5
43.6
14.9
100.0

2,783,010
3,530,391
1,302,790
7,616,191

100
100
100
100

0.0

0.0

100.0

100.0

99.3

5.2

93.1

---

0.4

0.5

3.5

---

0.3

0.4

388,272

100

4.9

106,804

27.5

3.3

- - - 8,004,463

100

- - - 3,022,528

37.8

3.7
0.5
0.1
4.2

3.9
0.5
0.1
4.6

90.8
92.3
90.6
91.0

3.0
0.4
0.1
3.5

4.4
3.7
5.4
4.4

3.7
0.4
0.1
4.2

4.7
4.0
4.0
4.6

4.2
0.5
0.1
4.8

236,692
31,115
4,579
272,386

100
100
100
100

3.1
0.4
0.1
3.6

79,584
10,508
2,007
92,099

33.6
33.8
43.8
33.8

Moderate (50 to 79)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

10.1
6.1
2.5
18.6

11.1
6.9
2.5
20.5

91.8
93.3
92.9
92.4

9.3
5.7
1.9
16.9

4.1
3.3
4.1
3.8

10.4
5.1
2.1
17.6

4.1
3.4
3.0
3.7

11.2
719,668
5.5
432,284
1.6
143,943
18.3 1,295,895

100
100
100
100

9.4
5.7
1.9
17.0

257,702
154,896
64,583
477,181

35.8
35.8
44.9
36.8

Middle (80 to 119)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

12.4
22.5
14.2
49.1

12.8
23.5
14.1
50.4

92.5
93.4
93.1
93.1

12.8
22.8
12.0
47.7

3.8
3.4
4.0
3.7

13.1
20.8
13.0
46.9

3.7
3.2
2.8
3.2

13.7
980,948
21.0 1,728,504
9.8
913,143
44.5 3,622,595

100
100
100
100

12.9 369,292
22.7 632,696
12.0 412,547
47.6 1,414,535

37.6
36.6
45.2
39.0

Upper (120 or more)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

9.4
15.3
3.1
27.8

7.7
13.8
2.9
24.4

92.2
93.5
91.2
92.9

10.9
17.7
3.1
31.6

4.0
3.2
5.0
3.6

11.7
15.0
4.2
31.0

3.8
3.3
3.8
3.5

12.0
832,734
16.5 1,335,259
3.4
240,103
32.0 2,408,096

100
100
100
100

10.9
17.5
3.2
31.6

333,135
485,365
108,037
926,537

40.0
36.3
45.0
38.5

Income not reported
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1

87.8
90.0
81.0
87.8

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2

5.6
4.6
8.3
5.6

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3

6.6
5.4
10.7
6.6

12,968
3,229
1,022
17,219

100
100
100
100

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2

3,881
865
626
5,372

29.9
26.8
61.3
31.2

Subtotal

100.0

100.0

92.8

100.0

3.7

100.0

3.5

100.0 7,616,191

100

100.0 2,915,724

38.3

Tract not known
Total

0.0

0.0

99.3

5.2

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.4

388,272

100

4.9

106,804

27.5

100.0

100.0

93.1

---

3.5

---

3.3

- - - 8,004,463

100

- - - 3,022,528

37.8

Central City
Suburban
Rural
Subtotal

35.8
44.3
19.9
100.0

Tract not known
Total

Low (less than 50)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

36.5 1,043,594
46.4 1,284,330
17.1 587,800
100.0 2,915,724

37.5
36.4
45.1
38.3

Area Income

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.4

Memo:
Number of loans
Subtotal
Tracts not known
Total
Number of
businesses
(millions)
Population
(millions)

7.5
285.2

7,069,208

282,535

385,518

1,559

264,448
1,195

7,454,726

284,094

265,643

4.2. Amount of small loans to businesses, grouped by neighborhood characteristics and distributed by
amount of lending, 2003
MEMO
Amount of loans
to firms
with revenues of
$1 million or less

Amount of loans (thousands of dollars)
100,000 or less
Characteristics of
neighborhood
Percent

100,001 to 250,000

MEMO
Percent of
small
business
loans

Percent

MEMO
Percent of
small
business
loans

More than
250,000
to 1 million
MEMO
Percent of
small
Percent
business
loans

All

Total

Percent

MEMO
Percent of
small
business
loans

Total

MEMO
Percent of
small
business
loans

Location
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Subtotal

29.8
32.2
35.3
31.7

37.7
44.1
18.1
100.0

17.7
17.1
20.6
17.9

39.6
41.6
18.8
100.0

52.5
50.7
44.1
50.3

41.9
43.8
14.3
100.0

110,551,430
119,864,182
44,947,652
275,363,264

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

40.1
43.5
16.3
100.0

48,529,116
52,251,271
25,801,459
126,581,846

43.9
43.6
57.4
46.0

Tract not known
Total

72.1
32.2

2.6
---

7.8
17.8

0.5
---

20.1
50.0

0.5
---

3,249,332
278,612,596

100.0
100.0

1.2
---

1,141,382
127,723,228

35.1
45.8

26.9
29.7
31.3
27.3

3.3
0.4
0.1
3.8

17.4
16.2
22.1
17.4

3.8
0.4
0.1
4.3

55.7
54.1
46.6
55.4

4.3
0.5
0.1
4.9

10,747,973
1,244,810
193,238
12,186,021

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

3.9
0.5
0.1
4.4

4,051,658
441,925
104,356
4,597,939

37.7
35.5
54.0
37.7

29.0
31.5
35.7
30.4

9.7
5.4
2.0
17.1

17.8
16.9
20.4
17.8

10.6
5.1
2.0
17.7

53.1
51.6
43.9
51.7

11.2
5.6
1.6
18.4

29,339,701
14,934,355
4,904,063
49,178,119

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

10.7
5.4
1.8
17.9

11,913,911
6,034,606
2,717,823
20,666,340

40.6
40.4
55.4
42.0

30.4
32.2
36.7
32.8

12.8
21.4
12.6
46.9

17.6
17.6
20.5
18.3

13.1
20.7
12.5
46.4

52.0
50.2
42.8
48.9

13.8
21.0
9.3
44.1

36,770,284
58,133,362
30,137,430
125,041,076

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

13.4
21.1
10.9
45.4

16,610,081
25,746,921
17,137,426
59,494,428

45.2
44.3
56.9
47.6

31.0
32.5
30.9
31.8

11.7
16.9
3.4
31.9

17.8
16.6
21.1
17.5

11.8
15.3
4.1
31.2

51.2
50.9
48.0
50.7

12.2
16.7
3.3
32.2

32,911,415
45,387,266
9,615,699
87,914,380

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

12.0
16.5
3.5
31.9

15,737,508
19,992,172
5,799,502
41,529,182

47.8
44.0
60.3
47.2

Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

23.1
25.6
24.6
23.6

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3

16.6
17.4
14.8
16.6

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.4

60.3
57.0
60.6
59.8

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.5

782,057
164,389
97,222
1,043,668

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.4

215,958
35,647
42,352
293,957

27.6
21.7
43.6
28.2

Subtotal

31.7

100.0

17.9

100.0

50.3

100.0

275,363,264

100.0

100.0

126,581,846

46.0

Tract not known
Total

72.1
32.2

2.6
---

7.8
17.8

0.5
---

20.1
50.0

0.5
---

3,249,332
278,612,596

100.0
100.0

1.2
---

1,141,382
127,723,228

35.1
45.8

Area Income
Low (less than 50)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Moderate (50 to 79)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Middle (80 to 119)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Upper (120 or more)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Income not reported

Memo:
Amount of loans
Subtotal
Tracts not known
Total

87,422,685

49,353,142

2,343,765

253,058

138,587,437
652,509

89,766,450

49,606,200

139,239,946

4.3. Number of small loans to farms, grouped by neighborhood characteristics and distributed by
amount of lending, 2003
MEMO
Share of U.S.
population
(percent)
Characteristics of
neighborhood

100,000 or less
Population

MEMO
Number of loans
to farms
with revenues of
$1 million or less

Number of loans, by size category (dollars)

100,001 to 250,000

More than 250,000
to 1 million

MEMO
MEMO
MEMO
Percent of
Percent of
Percent of
Percent
Percent
Percent
small
small
small
farm
farm
farm
loans
loans
loans

All

Total

MEMO
Percent of
Percent
small
farm
loans

Total

MEMO
Percent of
small
farm
loans

Location
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Subtotal

35.6
44.7
19.6
100.0

82.3
81.6
83.0
82.7

8.2
20.5
71.3
100.0

Tract not known
Total

0.0

93.8

1.8

100.0

82.8

---

Low (less than 50)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

3.9
0.5
0.1
4.6

90.0
88.3
88.4
89.2

0.3
0.1
0.2
0.6

Moderate (50 to 79)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

11.1
6.9
2.5
20.5

88.1
83.2
82.9
83.7

Middle (80 to 119)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

12.8
23.5
14.1
50.4

Upper (120 or more)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Income not reported
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

11.6
12.5
12.4
12.3

7.7
21.1
71.2
100.0

6.2
5.9
4.6
5.0

3.5

0.5

2.7

12.2

---

5.0

5.2
4.8
9.8
6.8

0.1
0.0
0.2
0.3

4.8
6.9
1.8
3.9

1.4
2.1
5.8
9.3

6.5
10.6
12.0
10.9

0.7
1.8
5.7
8.1

81.1
80.9
83.1
82.6

4.0
15.2
59.4
78.6

13.0
13.2
12.4
12.6

7.7
13.8
2.9
24.4

80.3
83.7
82.5
82.4

2.4
3.2
5.8
11.5

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1

81.8
91.7
100.0
86.5

Subtotal

100.0

82.7

Tract not known
Total

0.0

93.8

1.8

100.0

82.8

---

10.1
24.6
65.3
100.0

23,279
59,130
201,705
284,114

100
100
100
100

0.9

4,625

100

---

288,739

100

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.4

827
145
553
1,525

100
100
100
100

5.4
6.2
5.1
5.4

1.4
2.5
6.0
9.9

3,698
5,787
16,565
26,050

4.3
16.6
59.4
80.4

5.9
5.9
4.5
4.9

4.9
18.5
53.3
76.6

12.7
10.6
12.4
12.0

2.6
2.7
5.9
11.2

7.0
5.7
5.1
5.7

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

9.1
8.3
0.0
8.1

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

100.0

12.3

8.2
20.8
71.0
100.0

19,623
50,398
182,638
252,659

84.3
85.2
90.5
88.9

1.6

3,621

78.3

---

256,280

88.8

0.3
0.1
0.2
0.5

675
112
447
1,234

81.6
77.2
80.8
80.9

100
100
100
100

1.3
2.0
5.8
9.2

3,036
4,884
14,887
22,807

82.1
84.4
89.9
87.6

11,626
44,174
167,935
223,735

100
100
100
100

4.1
15.5
59.1
78.7

9,953
37,951
152,291
200,195

85.6
85.9
90.7
89.5

3.5
3.6
6.0
13.1

7,106
9,012
16,649
32,767

100
100
100
100

2.5
3.2
5.9
11.5

5,944
7,441
15,010
28,395

83.6
82.6
90.2
86.7

9.1
0.0
0.0
5.4

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

22
12
3
37

100
100
100
100

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

15
10
3
28

68.2
83.3
100.0
75.7

100.0

5.0

100.0

284,114

100

100.0

252,659

88.9

3.5

0.5

2.7

0.9

4,625

100

1.6

3,621

78.3

12.2

---

5.0

---

288,739

100

---

256,280

88.8

Area Income

Memo:
Number of loans
Subtotal
Tracts not known
Total

Population
(millions)

285.2

234,876

35,026

4,338

160

14,212
127

239,214

35,186

14,339

4.4. Amount of small loans to farms, grouped by neighborhood characteristics and distributed by
amount of lending, 2003
MEMO
Amount of loans
to farms
with revenues of
$1 million or less

Amount of loans (thousands of dollars)
100,000 or less
Characteristics of
neighborhood
Percent

100,001 to 250,000

MEMO
Percent of
small
farm
loans

Percent

MEMO
Percent of
small
farm
loans

More than
250,000
to 1 million
MEMO
Percent of
small
Percent
farm
loans

All

Total

Percent

MEMO
Percent of
small
farm
loans

Total

MEMO
Percent of
small
farm
loans

Location
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Subtotal

29.0
31.6
37.9
35.8

6.6
19.1
74.3
100.0

33.1
33.7
34.3
34.0

8.0
21.5
70.6
100.0

37.9
34.7
27.8
30.1

10.3
24.9
64.8
100.0

1,407,899
3,721,247
12,059,621
17,188,767

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

8.2
21.6
70.2
100.0

1,044,518
2,813,633
10,418,214
14,276,365

74.2
75.6
86.4
83.1

Tract not known
Total

31.3
35.8

0.5
---

25.3
34.0

0.5
---

43.4
30.2

0.9
---

108,823
17,297,590

100.0
100.0

0.6
---

89,048
14,365,413

81.8
83.0

24.2
21.3
52.3
35.1

0.1
0.0
0.2
0.4

25.2
17.0
34.4
27.9

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.3

50.6
61.7
13.3
37.0

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.5

30,836
7,038
25,101
62,975

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

0.2
0.0
0.1
0.4

18,875
3,469
20,777
43,121

61.2
49.3
82.8
68.5

29.2
28.6
35.8
33.4

0.8
1.6
5.8
8.1

25.1
31.1
33.3
31.9

0.7
1.8
5.6
8.2

45.7
40.3
30.9
34.6

1.5
2.7
5.9
10.0

165,985
341,879
991,175
1,499,039

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1.0
2.0
5.8
8.7

109,197
239,029
844,612
1,192,838

65.8
69.9
85.2
79.6

29.7
32.4
38.3
36.6

3.5
15.1
62.2
80.8

35.3
34.2
34.4
34.4

4.4
16.8
58.9
80.1

35.0
33.4
27.3
29.0

4.9
18.5
52.8
76.3

732,708
2,868,834
10,010,794
13,612,336

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

4.3
16.7
58.2
79.2

555,656
2,216,848
8,671,443
11,443,947

75.8
77.3
86.6
84.1

28.1
29.4
36.5
32.7

2.2
2.4
6.1
10.7

33.0
32.9
33.5
33.3

2.7
2.8
5.9
11.4

38.9
37.7
30.0
34.0

3.6
3.7
6.0
13.2

476,847
503,118
1,032,330
2,012,295

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

2.8
2.9
6.0
11.7

360,053
353,961
881,161
1,595,175

75.5
70.4
85.4
79.3

17.9
49.7
100.0
32.1

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

19.7
50.3
0.0
23.1

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

62.4
0.0
0.0
44.8

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

1,523
378
221
2,122

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

737
326
221
1,284

48.4
86.2
100.0
60.5

Subtotal

35.8

100.0

34.0

100.0

30.1

100.0

17,188,767

100.0

100.0

14,276,365

83.1

Tract not known
Total

31.3
35.8

0.5
---

25.3
34.0

0.5
---

43.4
30.2

0.9
---

108,823
17,297,590

100.0
100.0

0.6
---

89,048
14,365,413

81.8
83.0

Area Income
Low (less than 50)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Moderate (50 to 79)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Middle (80 to 119)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Upper (120 or more)
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total
Income not reported
Central City
Suburban
Rural
Total

Memo:
Amount of loans
Subtotal
Tracts not known
Total

6,158,343

5,852,075

34,040

27,563

5,178,349
47,220

6,192,383

5,879,638

5,225,569

5. Community development lending, 2003
Number of loans

Amount of loans
(thousands of dollars)

MEMO: CRA reporters

Asset size of lender
(millions of dollars)
Total

Percent

Total

Percent

Number

Percent

Community development
loans
Number
extending

Percent
extending

Institution assets
Less than 100
100 to 249

85

0.2

142,118

0.3

99

4.7

34

2.6

401

1.1

184,044

0.4

157

7.5

57

4.3

9,443

25.6

4,647,137

11.0

1,322

62.9

807

60.8

1000 or more

26,901

73.0

37,295,043

88.2

525

25.0

430

32.4

All

36,830

100.0

42,268,342

100.0

2,103

100.0

1,328

100.0

449

1.2

1,016,203

2.4

...

...

27

2.0

250 to 999

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FFIEC AND FRB USE ONLY

FFIEC Account/Order Number: ________

SELECTION LIST
There is an additional charge for each year/MA/institution requested (see
attached item descriptions)

QTY

UNIT
COST

TOTAL

$ 50.00

$

Disclosure Statement (Item #001)
Data Type (see box on page 9): HMDA____, PMIC____
Indicate year(s): ______, ______
(Specify Respondent ID selections in ascending order; use back of form if additional
space is required.)
Indicate Institution Name:

Respondent/Agency ID and
Zip Code:

Institution
Name: __________________________ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/-/_/
Zip Code: /_/_/_/_/_/
Institution
Name: __________________________ /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/-/_/
Zip Code: /_/_/_/_/_/
Note: Only available for HMDA years 1990 – 1996 and PMIC years 1994 – 1996.
Beginning with the release of calendar year 2004 data in 2005, the hardcopy report will
no longer be available. Cost of hardcopy report by institution is $50 per year/institution.

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL
CRA/HMDA DATA ORDER FORM
(HMDA ELECTRONIC ITEMS)

FFIEC AND FRB USE ONLY

FFIEC Account/Order Number: ________

SELECTION LIST
There is an additional charge for each year requested (see attached item
descriptions)

QTY

UNIT
COST

TOTAL

$

$50.00

____ LAR & TS Raw Data on CD-ROM (Item #102b)
Indicate year(s): ______, ______, ______
Data Type (see box on page 9): HMDA____, PMIC____
Note: Not available from FFIEC for HMDA years prior to 2001. Not available for
PMIC years prior to 1995.

$

$150.00
(cartridge)

____ Reporter Panel (Item #103)
Indicate year(s): ______, ______, ______
Data Type (see box on page 9): HMDA____, PMIC____
Select: __ Cartridge in __ EBCDIC or __ ASCII
Note: All reporter panel data, except the reporter’s agency group code and parent
information (where appropriate) are included on the LAR & TS Raw Data and the
Aggregate & Disclosure (A&D) CD-ROMs for 1997 – 2002. Beginning with 2003
and years thereafter, all data on the cartridge tape will be included on the raw data and
A&D CD-ROMs and the reporter panel cartridge tape product will not be available.
Not available from the FFIEC for HMDA reporting years prior to 2001.

$10.00

Aggregate and Disclosure Reports on CD-ROM (Item #302)

$

Indicate year(s): ______, ______
Data Type (see box on page 9): HMDA____, PMIC____
Note: Not available from FFIEC for HMDA years prior to 2001. Not available for
PMIC years prior to 1994.

GRAND TOTAL/HMDA ELECTRONIC ITEMS

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL
CRA/HMDA DATA ORDER FORM
(HMDA PREPARATION ITEMS)

FFIEC AND FRB USE ONLY

FFIEC Account/Order Number: ________

SELECTION LIST
There is an additional charge for each year requested (see attached item
descriptions)

QTY

UNIT
COST

TOTAL

$

$ 5.00

A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!
Indicate year(s): ______, ______, ______

Note: The most current edition dated January 1, 2004, is available in paper format
(Item #010) or on the Internet at www.ffiec.gov/hmda.
The 2003 edition is only available on the Internet.
The 1998 edition used for calendar year 2002 data is available in paper format
(Item #010) or on the Internet.

GRAND TOTAL/HMDA PREPARATION ITEMS

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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL
HMDA DATA ORDER FORM
ITEM DESCRIPTIONS
• Unless otherwise specified, reports using HMDA data are available beginning with 1990. HMDA data generally become available by August
of the year following the reporting year, and data through calendar year 2003 are now available. Reports using census data and the HUD
Median Family Income numbers become available earlier in the year. Please e-mail HMDAHELP@FRB.GOV or view the Internet at
www.ffiec.gov/hmda or refer to the HMDA Assistance Line at (202) 452-2016 for the latest release of these reports.
• There is an additional charge for each year, MA, and/or institution requested.
• Charges for duplicate requests apply.

Seven Private Mortgage Insurance Companies (PMIC) (formerly known as Mortgage Insurance Companies of America
(MICA)) have a voluntary agreement with the FFIEC to compile and provide data on mortgage insurance applications.
(Beginning in 1999, the number was reduced from eight to seven companies.) These data are available beginning with data for
calendar years 1994 through 2003 (unless otherwise noted in the item description). The FFIEC makes the PMIC data available
in products and formats similar to those for the HMDA data. The following items are available for PMIC data: Disclosure
Statements (Item #001); Aggregate Reports (Item #002); the National Aggregate Report (Item #005); LAR & TS Raw Data
(Item #102); Reporter Panel (Item #103); and Aggregate and Disclosure Reports on CD-ROM (Item #302). The data are
collected annually, and charges do not differ from the FFIEC data. When ordering items, be sure to specify the data type. The
FFIEC HMDA data include those institutions required to report HMDA under Regulation C, and the PMIC data include the
mortgage insurers reporting private mortgage insurance data as agreed upon with the FFIEC.

Aggregate and Disclosure Reports on CD-ROM: The Aggregate Reports and individual lender Disclosure Statements for each MA are
available from the FFIEC on CD-ROM at a cost of $10 for years 2001 and forward only. (Item #302) For 1997 and years thereafter, Aggregate
and Disclosure data are also available via the Internet at www.ffiec.gov/hmda.
The Aggregate and Disclosure Reports on CD-ROM are also available from the FFIEC for PMIC data. These data are not available prior to 1994
(see above box). For 2000 and years thereafter, data are available via the Internet at www.ffiec.gov/hmda/online_rpts.htm.
Aggregate Report: This report is sorted by MA. The report aggregates the mortgage and home improvement lending information within an MA,
regardless of whether the institution has a home or branch office in that MA. It is in the same format as the disclosure statement; however,
individual institution’s data cannot be identified. The Aggregate Reports are available from the FFIEC only on CD-ROM for years 2001 and
forward at a cost of $10 for each MA requested (see Item #302). Those interested in the Aggregate Reports for years prior to 2001 should contact
the National Technical Information Service at www.NTIS.gov. For 1997 and years thereafter, aggregate data are also available via the Internet at
www.ffiec.gov/hmda.
The Aggregate Reports are also available for PMIC data, however, they are not available prior to 1994 (see above box). Data on CD-ROM are
available from the FFIEC for years 1994 and forward at a cost of $10. For 2000 and years thereafter, data are available via the Internet at
www.ffiec.gov/hmda/online_rpts.htm.
A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right: The Guide was developed to assist those who prepare the HMDA report for their institutions.
It also contains an executive summary for management officials that explains the responsibilities of institutions that are subject to HMDA. The
Guide provides a summary of responsibilities and requirements, directions for assembling the necessary tools, and step-by-step instructions for
reporting HMDA data. It includes information about obtaining data from the Bureau of the Census, and contains a listing of MA, state, and county
codes. Appendices include Regulation C: the Instructions for Completion of the HMDA-LAR; Form and Instructions of the Government
Monitoring Information; and the Staff Commentary on Regulation C.
The most recent edition of the HMDA Guide dated January 1, 2004 is available in paper format and via the web (www.ffiec.gov/hmda). This
edition lists additional MSA/MD changes made by OMB in December 2003. An insert page was added to the paper copies of the 2004 HMDA
Guide to reflect these changes.

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The 2003 edition of the HMDA Guide dated January 1, 2003 is available via the web (www.ffiec.gov/hmda). It contains minor differences from
the 1998 edition and is to be used for collecting and processing calendar year 2003 data.
The 1998 edition of the HMDA Guide is offered in paper format and on the Internet (www.ffiec.gov/hmda). A Guide Information Letter that
highlighted the major changes for the 2002 processing year is on the FFIEC web site. If you must refile HMDA data for calendar year 2002, the
1998 edition along with the 2002 information letter should be used for guidance on collecting and reporting the data.
Disclosure Statement: The Disclosure Statement summarizes mortgage and home improvement lending information from data that are prepared
yearly by individual institutions. For 1996 and years thereafter, a supplemental report discloses data for property located outside of MAs in which
the institution has a home or branch office. The Disclosure Statement is available from the FFIEC in hardcopy for years 1990 - 1996 at a cost of
$50.00 (Item #001). (Beginning with the release of calendar year 2004 data in 2005, distribution on hardcopy will no longer be offered from the
FFIEC.) The Disclosure Statement is also available from the FFIEC on CD-ROM for years 2001 and forward at a cost of $10 (Item #302). For
1997 and years thereafter, data are available via the Internet at www.ffiec.gov/hmda.
The Disclosure Statements are also available for PMIC data, however, they are not available prior to 1994 (see box on page 9). Hardcopy reports
are available from the FFIEC for years 1994 – 1999 at a cost of $50. The Disclosure Statement is also available from the FFIEC on CD-ROM for
years 1994 and forward at a cost of $10 (Item #302). For 2000 and years thereafter, data are available via the Internet at
www.ffiec.gov/hmda/online_rpts.htm.
Loan Application Register (LAR) and Transmittal Sheet (TS) Raw Data on CD-ROM: The LAR & TS data are collected by a financial
institution as a result of applications for, and originations and purchases of, home-purchase loans (including refinances) and home-improvement
loans for each calendar year. The 2003 LAR data total over 41.6 million records and 8,121 TSs. The following should be noted:
•

Data are not certified as error free.

•

For reasons of privacy, the two date fields and loan application numbers are omitted from each record.

•

To form a unique identifier for an institution, the Respondent ID and single character Agency Code must be used. To
form a unique loan record identifier, the Respondent ID, Agency Code, and Loan Sequence Number must be used.
For additional information, review the file formats located under the Information tab on the CD-ROM.

LAR and TS data are distributed from the FFIEC on CD-ROM at a cost of $50.00 for years 2001 and forward only (Item #102b). Those interested
in this data distributed on cartridge tape or CD-ROM for years 1990 - 2000 should contact the National Technical Information Service
(www.NTIS.gov).
All Reporter Panel (Item #103) data, except the reporter’s agency group code and parent information (where appropriate) are included on the LAR
& TS Raw Data CD-ROM for 1997 – 2002. Beginning with 2003 and years thereafter, all panel data on the cartridge tape will be included on the
raw data CD-ROM, and the reporter panel cartridge tape product will not be available.
The user has the ability to do the following:
•

Download the data contained on the compact discs to a file.

•

Search by MA, State, County, or Respondent ID and save to a file.

•

Import the file created from a download or search into a software package or
mainframe application. It is important to consider the space limitations
of each application prior to loading the data into that application.

These LAR and TS files are also available from the FFIEC for PMIC data beginning with 1995 (see box on page 9).

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National Aggregate Reports: These reports are a nationwide summation of the individual MA Aggregate Reports. They indicate the number and
dollar amounts of lending, cross tabulated by loan, applicant, and geographic characteristics. For 1997 and years thereafter, data are available on
the Internet at www.ffiec.gov/hmda. Those interested in this data distributed on cartridge tape or CD-ROM for years 1990 – 2000 should contact
the National Technical Information Service (www.NTIS.gov).
The National Aggregate Reports are also available from the FFIEC for PMIC data; however, they are not available prior to 1994 (see box on page
9). For 2000 and years thereafter, data are available via the Internet at www.ffiec.gov/hmda/online_rpts.htm.
Reporter Panel: This is the universe of all institutions that reported under HMDA. The Reporter Panel information is taken from the database at
the same time that the final aggregate and disclosure reports are prepared for the institutions, central depositories, and the public. From 1997 –
2002 all panel data except the reporter’s agency group code (other lender code) and parent information (where appropriate) were included on the
LAR and TS Raw Data CD-ROM.
Beginning with 2003 and years thereafter, the reporter panel product on cartridge tape is not available for purchase via the FFIEC Data Order
Form. Instead, a fixed flat file (ReporterPanel.dat) that contains the panel data and additional information from the transmittal sheet is included on
the LAR and TS Raw Data and Aggregate and Disclosure Reports CD-ROMs.
For years 2001 and 2002, the HMDA reporter panel product is available from the FFIEC for $150. A format description is included with each
order (Item #103). Those interested in the HMDA reporter panel information for years 1990 – 2000 should contact the National Technical
Information Service (www.NTIS.gov).
The majority of the PMIC Reporter Panel data are also available from the FFIEC for calendar years 1994 and thereafter. PMIC reporters do not
report parent information or assets. All the necessary panel information has been included in a fixed flat file (PMICInfo.dat) on the PMIC TS and
LAR Raw Data and Aggregate and Disclosure CD-ROMs since 1997.

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