The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports figures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicate shipment of HUD Code homes hit 4,405 in January, a 3.8 percent increase over the 4,242 homes shipped in Jan., 2013. As MHProNews.com has learned, the top ten shipment states remain the same as last month. Shown with cumulative totals since the industry began growing again in Aug. 2011 are: Texas (27,635); Louisiana, 10,468; Florida, 6,959; North Carolina, 6.141; Alabama, 5,954; Kentucky, 5,404; Mississippi, 5,329; California, 4,491; Tennessee, 4,337; and Oklahoma, 4,292.

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