[Economic Report of the President (2002)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-56.--New private housing units started, authorized, and completed, and houses sold, 1959-2001 [Thousands; monthly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New housing units started New housing units authorized \1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Type of structure Type of structure housing New Year or month --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- units houses 2 to 4 5 units 2 to 4 5 units completed sold Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit units or more -----------------------------------------------------------------------------\2\------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1959............................................... 1,517.0 1,234.0 283.0 1,208.3 938.3 77.1 192.9 ......... ....... 1960............................................... 1,252.2 994.7 257.5 998.0 746.1 64.6 187.4 ......... ....... 1961............................................... 1,313.0 974.3 338.7 1,064.2 722.8 67.6 273.8 ......... ....... 1962............................................... 1,462.9 991.4 471.5 1,186.6 716.2 87.1 383.3 ......... ....... 1963............................................... 1,603.2 1,012.4 590.8 1,334.7 750.2 118.9 465.6 ......... 560 1964............................................... 1,528.8 970.5 108.3 450.0 1,285.8 720.1 100.8 464.9 ......... 565 1965............................................... 1,472.8 963.7 86.7 422.5 1,240.6 709.9 84.8 445.9 ......... 575 1966............................................... 1,164.9 778.6 61.2 325.1 971.9 563.2 61.0 347.7 ......... 461 1967............................................... 1,291.6 843.9 71.7 376.1 1,141.0 650.6 73.0 417.5 ......... 487 1968............................................... 1,507.6 899.4 80.7 527.3 1,353.4 694.7 84.3 574.4 1,319.8 490 1969............................................... 1,466.8 810.6 85.1 571.2 1,322.3 624.8 85.2 612.4 1,399.0 448 1970............................................... 1,433.6 812.9 84.9 535.9 1,351.5 646.8 88.1 616.7 1,418.4 485 1971............................................... 2,052.2 1,151.0 120.5 780.9 1,924.6 906.1 132.9 885.7 1,706.1 656 1972............................................... 2,356.6 1,309.2 141.2 906.2 2,218.9 1,033.1 148.6 1,037.2 2,003.9 718 1973............................................... 2,045.3 1,132.0 118.2 795.0 1,819.5 882.1 117.0 820.5 2,100.5 634 1974............................................... 1,337.7 888.1 68.0 381.6 1,074.4 643.8 64.3 366.2 1,728.5 519 1975............................................... 1,160.4 892.2 64.0 204.3 939.2 675.5 63.9 199.8 1,317.2 549 1976............................................... 1,537.5 1,162.4 85.8 289.2 1,296.2 893.6 93.1 309.5 1,377.2 646 1977............................................... 1,987.1 1,450.9 121.7 414.4 1,690.0 1,126.1 121.3 442.7 1,657.1 819 1978............................................... 2,020.3 1,433.3 125.1 462.0 1,800.5 1,182.6 130.6 487.3 1,867.5 817 1979............................................... 1,745.1 1,194.1 122.0 429.0 1,551.8 981.5 125.4 444.8 1,870.8 709 1980............................................... 1,292.2 852.2 109.5 330.5 1,190.6 710.4 114.5 365.7 1,501.6 545 1981............................................... 1,084.2 705.4 91.2 287.7 985.5 564.3 101.8 319.4 1,265.7 436 1982............................................... 1,062.2 662.6 80.1 319.6 1,000.5 546.4 88.3 365.8 1,005.5 412 1983............................................... 1,703.0 1,067.6 113.5 522.0 1,605.2 901.5 133.6 570.1 1,390.3 623 1984............................................... 1,749.5 1,084.2 121.4 543.9 1,681.8 922.4 142.6 616.8 1,652.2 639 1985............................................... 1,741.8 1,072.4 93.5 576.0 1,733.3 956.6 120.1 656.6 1,703.3 688 1986............................................... 1,805.4 1,179.4 84.0 542.0 1,769.4 1,077.6 108.4 583.5 1,756.4 750 1987............................................... 1,620.5 1,146.4 65.1 408.7 1,534.8 1,024.4 89.3 421.1 1,668.8 671 1988............................................... 1,488.1 1,081.3 58.7 348.0 1,455.6 993.8 75.7 386.1 1,529.8 676 1989............................................... 1,376.1 1,003.3 55.3 317.6 1,338.4 931.7 67.0 339.8 1,422.8 650 1990............................................... 1,192.7 894.8 37.6 260.4 1,110.8 793.9 54.3 262.6 1,308.0 534 1991............................................... 1,013.9 840.4 35.6 137.9 948.8 753.5 43.1 152.1 1,090.8 509 1992............................................... 1,199.7 1,029.9 30.9 139.0 1,094.9 910.7 45.8 138.4 1,157.5 610 1993............................................... 1,287.6 1,125.7 29.4 132.6 1,199.1 986.5 52.3 160.2 1,192.7 666 1994............................................... 1,457.0 1,198.4 35.2 223.5 1,371.6 1,068.5 62.2 241.0 1,346.9 670 1995............................................... 1,354.1 1,076.2 33.8 244.1 1,332.5 997.3 63.7 271.5 1,312.6 667 1996............................................... 1,476.8 1,160.9 45.3 270.8 1,425.6 1,069.5 65.8 290.3 1,412.9 757 1997............................................... 1,474.0 1,133.7 44.5 295.8 1,441.1 1,062.4 68.5 310.3 1,400.5 804 1998............................................... 1,616.9 1,271.4 42.6 302.9 1,612.3 1,187.6 69.2 355.5 1,474.2 886 1999............................................... 1,640.9 1,302.4 31.9 306.6 1,663.5 1,246.7 65.8 351.1 1,604.9 880 2000............................................... 1,568.7 1,230.9 38.7 299.1 1,592.3 1,198.1 64.9 329.3 1,573.7 877 2001 ............................................. 1,603.1 1,274.7 36.1 292.3 1,610.8 1,221.2 68.2 321.3 1,566.7 900 2000: Jan.......................................... 1,677 1,298 31 348 1,780 1,327 67 386 1,563 878 Feb.......................................... 1,745 1,265 45 435 1,736 1,257 70 409 1,671 870 Mar.......................................... 1,583 1,298 21 264 1,656 1,255 66 335 1,709 904 Apr.......................................... 1,626 1,276 35 315 1,595 1,194 60 341 1,608 843 May.......................................... 1,573 1,228 22 323 1,540 1,180 70 290 1,675 853 June......................................... 1,560 1,199 56 305 1,566 1,155 65 346 1,532 793 July......................................... 1,477 1,148 49 280 1,534 1,149 57 328 1,489 881 Aug.......................................... 1,531 1,228 48 255 1,544 1,169 67 308 1,583 839 Sept......................................... 1,508 1,196 36 276 1,549 1,173 67 309 1,526 902 Oct.......................................... 1,527 1,218 38 271 1,562 1,212 66 284 1,509 922 Nov.......................................... 1,559 1,209 44 306 1,614 1,203 64 347 1,548 882 Dec.......................................... 1,532 1,236 37 259 1,553 1,187 60 306 1,527 1,001 2001: Jan.......................................... 1,666 1,336 40 290 1,724 1,283 60 381 1,424 938 Feb.......................................... 1,623 1,288 25 310 1,663 1,228 68 367 1,531 959 Mar.......................................... 1,592 1,208 45 339 1,627 1,209 70 348 1,478 953 Apr.......................................... 1,626 1,295 42 289 1,587 1,218 66 303 1,569 899 May.......................................... 1,610 1,285 29 296 1,621 1,205 67 349 1,499 882 June......................................... 1,634 1,292 54 288 1,587 1,225 78 284 1,643 889 July......................................... 1,660 1,290 41 329 1,571 1,211 62 298 1,583 877 Aug.......................................... 1,559 1,271 27 261 1,571 1,210 71 290 1,620 871 Sept......................................... 1,585 1,265 46 274 1,528 1,164 65 299 1,543 854 Oct.......................................... 1,518 1,225 33 260 1,485 1,140 61 284 1,577 851 Nov ........................................ 1,625 1,248 37 340 1,595 1,211 66 318 1,576 895 Dec ........................................ 1,570 1,293 14 263 1,654 1,247 74 333 1,654 946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Authorized by issuance of local building permits in: 19,000 permit-issuing places beginning 1994; 17,000 places for 1984-93; 16,000 places for 1978- 83; 14,000 places for 1972-77; 13,000 places for 1967-71; 12,000 places for 1963-66; and 10,000 places prior to 1963. \2\ Monthly data derived. Note.--Data beginning 1999 for new housing units started and completed and for new houses sold are based on new estimation methods and are not directly comparable with earlier data. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.