[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Economic Report of the President - - - - - - - - - - - - H. Doc. 104-161
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Table B-51.--New construction activity, 1959-95
[Value put in place, billions of dollars; monthly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]
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Private construction                                Public construction
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Residential          Nonresidential buildings and other
Total  new               buildings\1\                   construction\1\
Year or month             construction          -----------------------------------------------------------------                     State
Total               New                                                   Total   Federal     and
Total\2\  housing   Total   Commercial\3\  Industrial  Other\4\                    local\5\
units
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1959................................       55.4        39.3      24.3     19.2     15.1         3.9          2.1         9.0     16.1     3.7      12.3

1960................................       54.7        38.9      23.0     17.3     15.9         4.2          2.9         8.9     15.9     3.6      12.2
1961................................       56.4        39.3      23.1     17.1     16.2         4.7          2.8         8.7     17.1     3.9      13.3
1962................................       60.2        42.3      25.2     19.4     17.2         5.1          2.8         9.2     17.9     3.9      14.0
1963................................       64.8        45.5      27.9     21.7     17.6         5.0          2.9         9.7     19.4     4.0      15.4

series

1964................................       72.1        51.9      30.5     24.1     21.4         6.8          3.6        11.0     20.2     3.7      16.5

1965................................       78.0        56.1      30.2     23.8     25.8         8.1          5.1        12.6     21.9     3.9      18.0
1966................................       81.2        57.4      28.6     21.8     28.8         8.1          6.6        14.1     23.8     3.8      20.0
1967................................       83.0        57.6      28.7     21.5     28.8         8.0          6.0        14.9     25.4     3.3      22.1
1968................................       92.4        65.0      34.2     26.7     30.8         9.0          6.0        15.8     27.4     3.2      24.2
1969................................       99.8        72.0      37.2     29.2     34.8        10.8          6.8        17.2     27.8     3.2      24.6

1970................................      100.7        72.8      35.9     27.1     37.0        11.2          6.6        19.2     27.9     3.1      24.8
1971................................      117.3        87.6      48.5     38.7     39.1        13.1          5.5        20.5     29.7     3.8      25.9
1972................................      133.3       103.3      60.7     50.1     42.6        15.7          4.8        22.1     30.0     4.2      25.8
1973................................      146.8       114.5      65.1     54.6     49.4        18.1          6.4        24.9     32.3     4.7      27.6
1974................................      147.5       109.3      56.0     43.4     53.4        18.1          8.1        27.2     38.1     5.1      33.0

1975................................      145.6       102.3      51.6     36.3     50.7        14.3          8.3        28.2     43.3     6.1      37.2
1976................................      165.4       121.5      68.3     50.8     53.2        14.1          7.4        31.6     44.0     6.8      37.2
1977................................      193.1       150.0      92.0     72.2     58.0        16.4          8.0        33.7     43.1     7.1      36.0
1978................................      230.2       180.0     109.8     85.6     70.2        20.6         11.5        38.2     50.1     8.1      42.0
1979................................      259.8       203.2     116.4     89.3     86.8        28.3         15.6        42.8     56.6     8.6      48.1

1980................................      259.7       196.1     100.4     69.6     95.7        34.6         14.6        46.6     63.6     9.6      54.0
1981................................      272.0       207.3      99.2     69.4    108.0        40.2         18.0        49.8     64.7    10.4      54.3
1982................................      260.6       197.5      84.7     57.0    112.9        44.1         18.5        50.2     63.1    10.0      53.1
1983................................      294.9       231.5     125.5     94.6    106.0        43.9         13.8        48.2     63.5    10.6      52.9
1984................................      348.8       278.6     153.8    113.8    124.8        59.1         14.8        50.8     70.2    11.2      59.0

1985................................      377.4       299.5     158.5    114.7    141.1        72.6         17.1        51.3     77.8    12.0      65.8
1986................................      407.7       323.1     187.1    133.2    136.0        69.5         14.9        51.6     84.6    12.4      72.2
1987................................      419.4       328.7     194.7    139.9    134.1        68.9         15.0        50.1     90.6    14.1      76.6
1988................................      432.3       337.5     198.1    138.9    139.4        71.5         16.5        51.5     94.7    12.3      82.5
1989................................      443.7       345.5     196.6    139.2    148.9        73.9         20.4        54.6     98.2    12.2      86.0

1990................................      442.2       334.7     182.9    128.0    151.8        72.5         23.8        55.4    107.5    12.1      95.4
1991................................      403.4       293.3     157.8    110.6    135.5        54.8         22.3        58.4    110.1    12.8      97.3
1992................................      435.0       315.7     187.9    129.6    127.8        45.0         20.7        62.1    119.3    14.4     104.9
1993................................      464.5       339.2     210.5    144.1    128.7        46.9         19.5        62.3    125.3    14.4     110.9
1994................................      506.9       376.6     238.9    167.9    137.7        52.7         21.1        63.9    130.3    14.4     116.0

1994: Jan...........................      487.2       360.2     228.7    159.8    131.5        48.2         19.2        64.1    127.0    14.1     112.9
Feb...........................      488.9       363.0     232.5    163.4    130.5        46.6         19.7        64.2    125.9    15.0     110.9
Mar...........................      493.9       369.5     235.4    165.7    134.1        50.4         20.1        63.6    124.4    12.5     111.9
Apr...........................      495.6       371.1     237.5    167.9    133.6        52.0         20.5        61.0    124.5    13.0     111.5
May...........................      501.2       374.8     239.9    169.7    135.0        53.0         20.4        61.5    126.3    13.3     113.0
June..........................      505.8       377.0     239.8    169.1    137.2        52.6         20.1        64.5    128.8    14.0     114.8

July..........................      509.6       378.4     240.5    170.0    137.9        52.0         20.2        65.7    131.2    13.6     117.6
Aug...........................      509.9       379.7     240.1    169.3    139.6        52.1         21.3        66.2    130.2    14.0     116.2
Sept..........................      518.3       384.5     242.2    170.6    142.2        54.5         21.9        65.9    133.9    14.5     119.4
Oct...........................      521.3       382.9     240.5    168.3    142.5        55.0         21.9        65.6    138.3    16.4     121.9
Nov...........................      520.2       387.1     242.4    169.3    144.6        56.3         25.1        63.2    133.1    15.4     117.7
Dec...........................      521.8       386.1     243.6    169.7    142.5        58.1         22.8        61.7    135.7    16.9     118.8

1995: Jan...........................      521.1       384.8     241.9    168.6    142.9        58.6         22.7        61.5    136.2    16.0     120.3
Feb...........................      521.4       383.7     240.2    167.2    143.4        59.3         23.4        60.7    137.8    16.0     121.8
Mar...........................      523.5       383.3     237.9    163.9    145.4        60.8         23.9        60.7    140.2    16.5     123.6
Apr...........................      522.1       382.2     234.1    159.8    148.1        60.3         24.7        63.1    139.9    14.8     125.1
May...........................      514.5       376.1     231.3    156.4    144.8        57.1         24.8        62.9    138.4    15.5     122.9
June..........................      518.9       377.5     228.4    153.2    149.1        61.5         24.4        63.2    141.4    14.7     126.8

July..........................      528.2       385.2     232.4    157.6    152.8        63.5         24.4        64.9    143.0    14.6     128.3
Aug...........................      526.5       383.6     232.3    161.0    151.3        63.0         24.2        64.1    143.0    16.0     127.0
Sept p........................      532.3       384.9     235.6    163.9    149.3        61.5         24.1        63.7    147.4    15.8     131.5
Oct p.........................      546.9       390.9     237.4    166.3    153.5        64.9         25.3        63.3    155.9    18.2     137.7
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\1\ Beginning 1960, farm residential buildings included in residential buildings; prior to 1960, included in nonresidential buildings and other
construction.
\2\ Includes residential improvements, not shown separately. Prior to 1964, also includes nonhousekeeping units (hotels, motels, etc.).
\3\ Office buildings, warehouses, stores, restaurants, garages, etc., and, beginning 1964, hotels and motels; prior to 1964 hotels and motels are
included in total residential.
\4\ Religious, educational, hospital and institutional, miscellaneous nonresidential, farm (see also footnote 1), public utilities (telecommunications,
gas, electric, railroad, and petroleum pipelines), and all other private.
\5\ Includes Federal grants-in-aid for State and local projects.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.