[Economic Report of the President (2004)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-55.--New construction activity, 1964-2003
[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  construction
Total                buildings\1\   ------------------------------------------------------
Year or month               new             -------------------                                                                          State
construc-   Total               New                                Com-    Manu-              Total   Federal    and
tion                       housing   Total   Lodging  Office    mer-     fac-   Other\5\                     local
Total\2\    units                            cial\4\   turing
\3\
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1964.............................      75.1      54.9      30.5     24.1     24.4  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     20.2     3.7     16.5
1965.............................      81.9      60.0      30.2     23.8     29.7  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     21.9     3.9     18.0
1966.............................      85.8      61.9      28.6     21.8     33.3  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     23.8     3.8     20.0
1967.............................      87.2      61.8      28.7     21.5     33.1  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     25.4     3.3     22.1
1968.............................      96.8      69.4      34.2     26.7     35.2  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     27.4     3.2     24.2
1969.............................     104.9      77.2      37.2     29.2     39.9  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     27.8     3.2     24.6

1970.............................     105.9      78.0      35.9     27.1     42.1  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     27.9     3.1     24.8
1971.............................     122.4      92.7      48.5     38.7     44.2  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     29.7     3.8     25.9
1972.............................     139.1     109.1      60.7     50.1     48.4  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     30.0     4.2     25.8
1973.............................     153.8     121.4      65.1     54.6     56.3  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     32.3     4.7     27.6
1974.............................     155.2     117.0      56.0     43.4     61.1  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     38.1     5.1     33.0
1975.............................     152.6     109.3      51.6     36.3     57.8  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     43.3     6.1     37.2
1976.............................     172.1     128.2      68.3     50.8     59.9  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     44.0     6.8     37.2
1977.............................     200.5     157.4      92.0     72.2     65.4  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     43.1     7.1     36.0
1978.............................     239.9     189.7     109.8     85.6     79.9  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     50.1     8.1     42.0
1979.............................     272.9     216.2     116.4     89.3     99.8  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     56.6     8.6     48.1

1980.............................     273.9     210.3     100.4     69.6    109.9  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     63.6     9.6     54.0
1981.............................     289.1     224.4      99.2     69.4    125.1  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     64.7    10.4     54.3
1982.............................     279.3     216.3      84.7     57.0    131.6  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     63.1    10.0     53.1
1983.............................     311.9     248.4     125.8     95.0    122.6  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     63.5    10.6     52.9
1984.............................     370.2     300.0     155.0    114.6    144.9  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     70.2    11.2     59.0
1985.............................     403.4     325.6     160.5    115.9    165.1  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     77.8    12.0     65.8
1986.............................     433.5     348.9     190.7    135.2    158.2  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     84.6    12.4     72.2
1987.............................     446.6     356.0     199.7    142.7    156.3  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     90.6    14.1     76.6
1988.............................     462.0     367.3     204.5    142.4    162.8  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     94.7    12.3     82.5
1989.............................     477.5     379.3     204.3    143.2    175.1  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........     98.2    12.2     86.0

1990.............................     476.8     369.3     191.1    132.1    178.2  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........    107.5    12.1     95.4
1991.............................     432.6     322.5     166.3    114.6    156.2  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........    110.1    12.8     97.3
1992.............................     463.7     347.8     199.4    135.1    148.4  .......  ......  .......  .......  ........    115.8    14.4    101.5
1993.............................     491.0     375.1     225.1    150.9    150.0      4.6    20.0     34.4     23.4      67.7    116.0    14.4    101.5
1994.............................     539.2     419.0     258.6    176.4    160.4      4.7    20.4     39.6     28.8      66.9    120.2    14.4    105.8
1995.............................     557.8     427.9     247.4    171.4    180.5      7.1    23.0     44.1     35.4      70.9    129.9    15.8    114.2
1996.............................     615.9     476.6     281.1    191.1    195.5     10.9    26.5     49.4     38.1      70.6    139.3    15.3    123.9
1997.............................     653.4     502.7     289.0    198.1    213.7     12.9    32.8     53.1     37.6      77.3    150.7    14.1    136.6
1998.............................     705.7     551.4     314.6    224.0    236.8     14.8    40.4     55.7     40.5      85.4    154.3    14.3    140.0
1999.............................     766.1     596.3     350.6    251.3    245.8     16.0    45.1     59.4     32.6      92.8    169.7    14.0    155.7

2000.............................     828.8     642.6     374.5    265.0    268.2     16.3    52.4     64.1     31.8     103.6    186.1    14.2    172.0
2001.............................     852.6     652.5     388.3    279.4    264.2     14.5    49.7     63.6     29.5     106.8    200.1    15.1    185.0
2002.............................     860.9     650.5     421.5    298.5    229.0     10.3    35.1     58.2     16.6     108.7    210.4    16.3    194.1

2002: Jan........................     863.7     653.0     399.2    281.2    253.8     11.6    39.7     63.4     21.4     117.7    210.7    15.1    195.6
Feb........................     868.7     654.6     409.5    287.4    245.0     10.8    37.9     60.6     19.8     116.0    214.2    16.7    197.4
Mar........................     858.1     655.1     411.7    292.0    243.4     10.7    36.3     62.3     18.5     115.6    203.0    16.1    186.9
Apr........................     863.6     657.8     415.4    293.5    242.4     11.8    37.5     61.4     17.9     113.8    205.7    16.1    189.6
May........................     861.5     650.1     417.3    294.9    232.8     11.5    35.8     58.8     17.7     108.9    211.5    16.5    195.0
June.......................     855.0     646.9     420.1    297.0    226.8     10.5    34.3     57.7     17.0     107.2    208.1    16.1    192.0

July.......................     858.7     648.2     423.9    299.5    224.3     10.0    34.7     55.4     16.1     108.1    210.5    16.5    194.0
Aug........................     848.6     638.1     423.6    298.7    214.6      9.5    33.9     56.6     15.1      99.5    210.5    16.4    194.0
Sept.......................     854.9     641.5     425.7    302.1    215.8      9.4    33.6     57.8     14.2     100.8    213.3    16.0    197.3
Oct........................     861.9     651.1     429.9    305.7    221.2      9.7    33.5     57.4     14.6     106.1    210.8    17.0    193.8
Nov........................     870.0     656.4     434.4    310.0    222.0      9.0    33.2     56.9     14.6     108.2    213.6    16.6    197.0
Dec........................     872.1     658.2     441.5    315.6    216.8      8.9    32.1     52.3     13.9     109.6    213.8    16.7    197.2

2003: Jan........................     883.2     667.6     450.0    323.6    217.6      9.2    30.8     56.8     14.0     106.7    215.6    16.8    198.8
Feb........................     876.5     665.1     448.5    322.8    216.5      9.3    29.7     54.8     13.6     109.2    211.4    16.7    194.7
Mar........................     875.2     668.8     447.1    321.7    221.6     10.1    29.7     55.6     14.0     112.2    206.5    16.1    190.4
Apr........................     871.9     662.8     443.9    320.3    218.9     10.4    29.3     54.7     13.9     110.6    209.1    17.6    191.5
May........................     871.9     660.9     444.9    324.2    216.1     10.8    28.6     55.3     14.2     107.2    210.9    17.7    193.2
June.......................     878.8     661.5     444.4    326.3    217.1     10.3    29.3     56.9     14.5     106.0    217.2    17.8    199.5

July.......................     892.6     674.3     457.1    333.4    217.2      9.2    28.5     58.2     13.6     107.6    218.3    17.6    200.7
Aug........................     901.4     681.2     466.8    342.1    214.4      9.5    29.1     58.4     14.1     103.4    220.2    18.5    201.7
Sept.......................     913.8     692.5     475.7    350.5    216.7      9.4    29.8     57.0     14.0     106.5    221.4    18.6    202.8
Oct........................     923.8     702.4     486.2    358.9    216.2      9.7    30.3     56.3     14.0     105.9    221.4    18.1    203.4
Nov p......................     934.5     710.8     495.7    368.4    215.1      9.6    31.1     56.7     13.8     104.0    223.7    18.0    205.7
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\1\ Includes farm residential buildings.
\2\ Includes residential improvements, not shown separately.
\3\ New single- and multi-family units.
\4\ Including farm.
\5\ Health care, educational, religious, public safety, amusement and recreation, transportation, communication, power, highway and street, sewage and
waste disposal, water supply, and conservation and development.

Note.--Data beginning 1993 reflect reclassification.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.