[Economic Report of the President (2001)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-56.--New housing units started and authorized, 1959-2000
[Thousands of units; monthly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]
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New housing units started                   New private housing units authorized
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Private and          Private (farm and nonfarm)\1\    ---------------------------------------
public\1\      --------------------------------------                 Type of structure
Year or month                     ---------------------                Type of structure                ----------------------------
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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\)   1,666.5   1,334.9     31.9    299.7    1,663.5    1,246.7     65.8    351.1

1999: Jan............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,804     1,393       53      358      1,745      1,269       79      397
Feb............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,738     1,379       25      334      1,748      1,308       69      371
Mar............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,737     1,377       33      327      1,681      1,255       65      361
Apr............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,561     1,248       31      282      1,595      1,223       65      307
May............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,649     1,368       26      255      1,639      1,253       60      326
June...........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,562     1,269       29      264      1,696      1,266       63      367

July...........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,704     1,348       40      316      1,673      1,263       64      346
Aug............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,657     1,285       31      341      1,658      1,233       66      359
Sept...........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,628     1,290       38      300      1,553      1,200       65      288
Oct............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,636     1,343       26      267      1,636      1,204       62      370
Nov............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,663     1,344       25      294      1,678      1,238       68      372
Dec............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,769     1,441       30      298      1,683      1,266       68      349

2000: Jan............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,744     1,361       32      351      1,762      1,317       65      380
Feb............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,822     1,324       40      458      1,661      1,223       67      371
Mar............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,630     1,327       16      287      1,597      1,238       68      291
Apr............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,652     1,310       30      312      1,559      1,164       58      337
May............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,591     1,258       26      307      1,511      1,150       62      299
June...........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,571     1,227       39      305      1,528      1,127       61      340

July...........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,527     1,201       43      283      1,511      1,117       55      339
Aug............................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,519     1,229       41      249      1,486      1,140       66      280
Sept...........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,537     1,226       41      270      1,518      1,157       65      296
Oct ..........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,528     1,225       41      262      1,546      1,191       66      289
Nov ..........................................      (\4\)     (\3\)     1,562     1,220       44      298      1,586      1,173       66      347
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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.