[Economic Report of the President (2002)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-55.--New construction activity, 1962-2001
[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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Total                Residential     Nonresidential buildings and other
new                 buildings\1\              construction\1\
Year or month                    construc-          -------------------------------------------------------                     State
tion     Total               New               Com-                      Total   Federal     and
Total\2\  housing   Total     mer-   Indus-  Other\4\                    local\5\
units           cial\3\   trial
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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

New series

1964.............................................      75.1      54.9      30.5     24.1     24.4      7.9     5.0      11.5     20.2     3.7      16.5
1965.............................................      81.9      60.0      30.2     23.8     29.7      9.4     7.2      13.1     21.9     3.9      18.0
1966.............................................      85.8      61.9      28.6     21.8     33.3      9.4     9.3      14.6     23.8     3.8      20.0
1967.............................................      87.2      61.8      28.7     21.5     33.1      9.3     8.4      15.4     25.4     3.3      22.1
1968.............................................      96.8      69.4      34.2     26.7     35.2     10.4     8.5      16.3     27.4     3.2      24.2
1969.............................................     104.9      77.2      37.2     29.2     39.9     12.5     9.6      17.8     27.8     3.2      24.6

1970.............................................     105.9      78.0      35.9     27.1     42.1     13.0     9.3      19.8     27.9     3.1      24.8
1971.............................................     122.4      92.7      48.5     38.7     44.2     15.3     7.8      21.1     29.7     3.8      25.9
1972.............................................     139.1     109.1      60.7     50.1     48.4     18.8     6.7      22.9     30.0     4.2      25.8
1973.............................................     153.8     121.4      65.1     54.6     56.3     21.7     9.0      25.6     32.3     4.7      27.6
1974.............................................     155.2     117.0      56.0     43.4     61.1     21.7    11.5      27.9     38.1     5.1      33.0
1975.............................................     152.6     109.3      51.6     36.3     57.8     17.2    11.7      28.9     43.3     6.1      37.2
1976.............................................     172.1     128.2      68.3     50.8     59.9     17.0    10.5      32.4     44.0     6.8      37.2
1977.............................................     200.5     157.4      92.0     72.2     65.4     19.7    11.3      34.5     43.1     7.1      36.0
1978.............................................     239.9     189.7     109.8     85.6     79.9     24.7    16.2      39.0     50.1     8.1      42.0
1979.............................................     272.9     216.2     116.4     89.3     99.8     34.0    22.0      43.7     56.6     8.6      48.1

1980.............................................     273.9     210.3     100.4     69.6    109.9     41.7    20.5      47.7     63.6     9.6      54.0
1981.............................................     289.1     224.4      99.2     69.4    125.1     48.7    25.4      51.0     64.7    10.4      54.3
1982.............................................     279.3     216.3      84.7     57.0    131.6     53.9    26.1      51.6     63.1    10.0      53.1
1983.............................................     311.9     248.4     125.8     95.0    122.6     53.4    19.5      49.8     63.5    10.6      52.9
1984.............................................     370.2     300.0     155.0    114.6    144.9     71.6    20.9      52.4     70.2    11.2      59.0
1985.............................................     403.4     325.6     160.5    115.9    165.1     88.1    24.1      52.9     77.8    12.0      65.8
1986.............................................     433.5     348.9     190.7    135.2    158.2     84.0    21.0      53.2     84.6    12.4      72.2
1987.............................................     446.6     356.0     199.7    142.7    156.3     83.2    21.2      52.0     90.6    14.1      76.6
1988.............................................     462.0     367.3     204.5    142.4    162.8     86.4    23.2      53.2     94.7    12.3      82.5
1989.............................................     477.5     379.3     204.3    143.2    175.1     89.2    28.8      57.1     98.2    12.2      86.0

1990.............................................     476.8     369.3     191.1    132.1    178.2     85.8    33.6      58.8    107.5    12.1      95.4
1991.............................................     432.6     322.5     166.3    114.6    156.2     62.2    31.4      62.6    110.1    12.8      97.3
1992.............................................     463.7     347.8     199.4    135.1    148.4     53.2    29.0      66.2    115.8    14.4     101.5
1993.............................................     491.0     375.1     225.1    150.9    150.0     57.9    23.6      68.5    116.0    14.4     101.5
1994.............................................     539.2     419.0     258.6    176.4    160.4     64.4    28.9      67.1    120.2    14.4     105.8
1995.............................................     557.8     427.9     247.4    171.4    180.5     75.4    35.5      69.7    129.9    15.8     114.2
1996.............................................     615.9     476.6     281.1    191.1    195.5     87.0    38.2      70.4    139.3    15.3     123.9
1997.............................................     653.4     502.7     289.0    198.1    213.7     99.0    37.6      77.1    150.7    14.1     136.6
1998.............................................     704.7     551.4     314.6    224.0    236.8    110.6    40.5      85.7    153.3    14.3     139.0
1999.............................................     763.8     596.3     350.6    251.3    245.7    120.4    32.6      92.6    167.5    14.0     153.5

2000.............................................     815.4     640.6     374.3    264.9    266.3    133.5    32.1     100.7    174.9    13.8     161.1

2000: Jan........................................     820.0     632.8     382.9    269.7    249.9    125.1    29.3      95.5    187.3    13.0     174.2
Feb........................................     820.3     645.3     387.7    272.1    257.6    130.6    29.6      97.4    175.0    14.8     160.1
Mar........................................     833.0     648.7     386.9    274.3    261.8    130.2    31.1     100.5    184.3    15.0     169.2
Apr........................................     817.7     639.3     381.1    272.5    258.2    130.6    31.9      95.7    178.4    13.5     164.8
May........................................     814.0     640.6     376.8    270.5    263.8    131.9    33.3      98.6    173.4    13.1     160.3
June.......................................     802.7     634.5     371.0    266.5    263.5    131.7    33.8      98.0    168.2    14.0     154.2

July.......................................     792.3     627.7     364.1    260.3    263.6    132.6    34.0      97.0    164.5    12.2     152.3
Aug........................................     804.0     630.7     364.0    258.7    266.6    135.1    32.6      98.9    173.3    14.4     158.9
Sept.......................................     815.4     638.9     364.4    257.4    274.5    137.6    31.4     105.5    176.6    13.6     162.9
Oct........................................     820.8     644.8     370.3    257.5    274.6    137.8    32.1     104.7    176.0    14.8     161.2
Nov........................................     826.7     651.1     374.3    259.9    276.8    136.4    33.3     107.1    175.7    13.9     161.8
Dec........................................     838.7     660.8     379.6    263.5    281.3    140.9    31.4     109.0    177.9    13.7     164.1

2001: Jan........................................     859.8     673.7     386.1    269.1    287.6    141.3    35.9     110.4    186.1    14.8     171.3
Feb........................................     869.3     681.8     398.9    275.4    283.0    140.5    33.4     109.1    187.5    15.0     172.6
Mar........................................     869.1     681.2     395.1    273.9    286.1    143.9    34.8     107.4    188.0    14.2     173.7
Apr........................................     870.8     677.4     392.2    274.7    285.3    139.8    34.7     110.8    193.4    13.6     179.8
May........................................     869.6     670.8     394.3    278.8    276.5    133.1    31.9     111.5    198.7    13.8     184.9
June.......................................     861.6     665.3     391.5    278.5    273.8    131.8    33.0     109.1    196.2    13.6     182.6

July.......................................     863.7     667.8     395.7    280.0    272.1    130.8    34.6     106.6    196.0    13.3     182.7
Aug........................................     856.6     663.1     399.6    280.2    263.6    125.2    31.9     106.5    193.5    14.0     179.6
Sept.......................................     851.9     660.2     398.1    279.3    262.1    125.9    31.3     104.9    191.6    14.3     177.4
Oct........................................     858.6     653.0     398.3    279.1    254.7    125.2    25.6     103.9    205.6    15.6     189.9
Nov ......................................     865.1     650.0     389.6    277.5    260.4    125.5    25.6     109.3    215.1    14.1     201.0
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\1\ Includes farm residential buildings.
\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, 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.