[Economic Report of the President (2000)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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Table B-54.--New housing units started and authorized, 1959-99
[Thousands of units; monthly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]
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New housing units started                         New private housing units
-----------------------------------------------------------              authorized\2\
Private and          Private (farm and nonfarm)\1\    ---------------------------------------
public\1\      --------------------------------------                 Type of structure
Year or month                     ---------------------                Type of structure                ----------------------------
----------------------------
Total                Total                      5 units    Total                2 to 4  5 units
(farm and   Nonfarm             1 unit    2 to 4     or                 1 unit    units      or
nonfarm)                                 units     more                                    more
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1959.................................................    1,553.7   1,531.3   1,517.0   1,234.0        282.9         1,208.3      938.3     77.1    192.9

1960.................................................    1,296.1   1,274.0   1,252.2     994.7        257.5           998.0      746.1     64.6    187.4
1961.................................................    1,365.0   1,336.8   1,313.0     974.3        338.7         1,064.2      722.8     67.6    273.8
1962.................................................    1,492.5   1,468.7   1,462.9     991.4        471.5         1,186.6      716.2     87.1    383.3
1963.................................................    1,634.9   1,614.8   1,603.2   1,012.4        590.7         1,334.7      750.2    118.9    465.6
1964.................................................    1,561.0   1,534.0   1,528.8     970.5    108.4    450.0    1,285.8      720.1    100.8    464.9

1965.................................................    1,509.7   1,487.5   1,472.8     963.7     86.6    422.5    1,239.8      709.9     84.8    445.1
1966.................................................    1,195.8   1,172.8   1,164.9     778.6     61.1    325.1      971.9      563.2     61.0    347.7
1967.................................................    1,321.9   1,298.8   1,291.6     843.9     71.6    376.1    1,141.0      650.6     73.0    417.5
1968.................................................    1,545.4   1,521.4   1,507.6     899.4     80.9    527.3    1,353.4      694.7     84.3    574.4
1969.................................................    1,499.5   1,482.3   1,466.8     810.6     85.0    571.2    1,323.7      625.9     85.2    612.7

1970.................................................    1,469.0     (\3\)   1,433.6     812.9     84.8    535.9    1,351.5      646.8     88.1    616.7
1971.................................................    2,084.5     (\3\)   2,052.2   1,151.0    120.3    780.9    1,924.6      906.1    132.9    885.7
1972.................................................    2,378.5     (\3\)   2,356.6   1,309.2    141.3    906.2    2,218.9    1,033.1    148.6  1,037.2
1973.................................................    2,057.5     (\3\)   2,045.3   1,132.0    118.3    795.0    1,819.5      882.1    117.0    820.5
1974.................................................    1,352.5     (\3\)   1,337.7     888.1     68.1    381.6    1,074.4      643.8     64.3    366.2

1975.................................................    1,171.4     (\3\)   1,160.4     892.2     64.0    204.3      939.2      675.5     63.9    199.8
1976.................................................    1,547.6     (\3\)   1,537.5   1,162.4     85.9    289.2    1,296.2      893.6     93.1    309.5
1977.................................................    2,001.7     (\3\)   1,987.1   1,450.9    121.7    414.4    1,690.0    1,126.1    121.3    442.7
1978.................................................    2,036.1     (\3\)   2,020.3   1,433.3    125.0    462.0    1,800.5    1,182.6    130.6    487.3
1979.................................................    1,760.0     (\3\)   1,745.1   1,194.1    122.0    429.0    1,551.8      981.5    125.4    444.8

1980.................................................    1,312.6     (\3\)   1,292.2     852.2    109.5    330.5    1,190.6      710.4    114.5    365.7
1981.................................................    1,100.3     (\3\)   1,084.2     705.4     91.1    287.7      985.5      564.3    101.8    319.4
1982.................................................    1,072.1     (\3\)   1,062.2     662.6     80.0    319.6    1,000.5      546.4     88.3    365.8
1983.................................................    1,712.5     (\3\)   1,703.0   1,067.6    113.5    522.0    1,605.2      901.5    133.6    570.1
1984.................................................    1,755.8     (\3\)   1,749.5   1,084.2    121.4    544.0    1,681.8      922.4    142.6    616.8

1985.................................................    1,745.0     (\3\)   1,741.8   1,072.4     93.4    576.1    1,733.3      956.6    120.1    656.6
1986.................................................    1,807.1     (\3\)   1,805.4   1,179.4     84.0    542.0    1,769.4    1,077.6    108.4    583.5
1987.................................................    1,622.7     (\3\)   1,620.5   1,146.4     65.3    408.7    1,534.8    1,024.4     89.3    421.1
1988.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,488.1   1,081.3     58.8    348.0    1,455.6      993.8     75.7    386.1
1989.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,376.1   1,003.3     55.2    317.6    1,338.4      931.7     67.0    339.8

1990.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,192.7     894.8     37.5    260.4    1,110.8      793.9     54.3    262.6
1991.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,013.9     840.4     35.6    137.9      948.8      753.5     43.1    152.1
1992.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,199.7   1,029.9     30.7    139.0    1,094.9      910.7     45.8    138.4
1993.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,287.6   1,125.7     29.4    132.6    1,199.1      986.5     52.3    160.2
1994.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,457.0   1,198.4     35.0    223.5    1,371.6    1,068.5     62.2    241.0

1995.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,354.1   1,076.2     33.7    244.1    1,332.5      997.3     63.7    271.5
1996.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,476.8   1,160.9     45.2    270.8    1,425.6    1,069.5     65.8    290.3
1997.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,474.0   1,133.7     44.5    295.8    1,441.1    1,062.4     68.5    310.3
1998.................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,616.9   1,271.4     42.6    302.9    1,612.3    1,187.6     69.2    355.5
1999................................................      (\4\)     (\3\)   1,663.0   1,331.7     31.7    299.6    1,640.2    1,231.8     66.4    342.0

1998:Jan.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,527     1,227       49      251      1,578      1,165       68      345
Feb..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,644     1,283       68      293      1,661      1,200       77      384
Mar..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,583     1,234       44      305      1,606      1,162       72      372
Apr..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,542     1,235       43      264      1,529      1,155       57      317
May..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,541     1,221       50      270      1,549      1,174       64      311
June.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,626     1,274       45      307      1,531      1,143       73      315

July.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,719     1,306       41      372      1,626      1,191       74      361
Aug..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,615     1,264       50      301      1,670      1,202       72      396
Sept.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,576     1,251       27      298      1,569      1,171       70      328
Oct..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,698     1,298       40      360      1,726      1,210       69      447
Nov..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,654     1,375       30      249      1,688      1,254       63      371
Dec..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,750     1,383       29      338      1,708      1,296       77      335

1999:Jan.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,820     1,393       57      370      1,778      1,279       79      420
Feb..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,752     1,380       27      345      1,738      1,306       72      360
Mar..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,746     1,394       33      319      1,654      1,242       69      343
Apr..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,577     1,260       30      287      1,572      1,214       67      291
May..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,668     1,389       26      253      1,591      1,243       59      289
June.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,607     1,305       29      273      1,641      1,241       64      336

July.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,680     1,332       39      309      1,641      1,247       63      331
Aug..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,655     1,289       31      335      1,619      1,210       66      343
Sept.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,637     1,295       38      304      1,506      1,171       63      272
Oct..............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,642     1,339       25      278      1,594      1,178       62      354
Nov.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,598     1,299       24      275      1,612      1,200       68      344
Dec.............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,712     1,402       30      280      1,622      1,228       70      324
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\1\Units in structures built by private developers for sale upon completion to local public housing authorities under the Department of Housing and
Urban Development ``Turnkey'' program are classified as private housing. Military housing starts, including those financed with mortgages insured by
FHA under Section 803 of the National Housing Act, are included in publicly owned starts and excluded from total private starts.
\2\Authorized by issuance of local building permit: in 19,000 permit-issuing places beginning 1994; in 17,000 places for 1984-93; in 16,000 places for
1978-83; in 14,000 places for 1972-77; in 13,000 places for 1967-71; in 12,000 places for 1963-66; and in 10,000 places prior to 1963.
\3\Not available separately beginning January 1970.
\4\Series discontinued December 1988.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.