[Economic Report of the President (2005)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-55.--New construction activity, 1964-2004
[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.............................     828.2     642.6     374.5    265.0    268.2     16.3    52.4     64.1     31.8     103.6    185.5    14.2    171.4
2001.............................     858.3     652.5     388.3    279.4    264.2     14.5    49.7     63.6     29.5     106.8    205.8    15.1    190.7
2002.............................     871.3     651.7     421.9    298.8    229.8     10.5    35.3     59.2     16.4     108.4    219.6    16.6    203.1
2003.............................     915.7     690.0     476.1    345.9    213.9      9.9    30.4     57.7     14.2     101.6    225.7    17.6    208.2

2003: Jan........................     898.6     671.5     456.6    325.9    214.8      9.4    30.6     56.8     13.6     104.5    227.1    17.4    209.7
Feb........................     891.7     667.9     455.6    325.0    212.3      9.4    29.2     54.5     13.6     105.8    223.8    17.4    206.4
Mar........................     890.0     671.2     457.2    326.2    214.0     10.1    29.2     56.8     14.2     103.8    218.7    16.4    202.4
Apr........................     892.9     672.3     458.9    326.6    213.4      9.6    29.3     57.4     14.0     103.1    220.6    18.0    202.6
May........................     901.0     678.3     461.5    330.0    216.8     13.9    28.8     58.4     14.9     100.9    222.7    18.2    204.5
June.......................     906.8     677.8     465.1    334.5    212.7      9.8    30.5     59.0     14.7      98.8    229.0    17.9    211.1

July.......................     909.4     681.1     472.5    341.5    208.6      9.4    30.1     59.0     13.9      96.1    228.4    17.6    210.8
Aug........................     922.0     691.7     481.0    350.2    210.8      9.6    30.2     60.4     14.3      96.3    230.2    18.2    212.0
Sept.......................     930.8     701.2     487.6    358.2    213.6      9.6    30.5     57.9     14.8     100.8    229.5    18.1    211.5
Oct........................     942.2     714.1     495.6    366.4    218.6     10.0    32.5     58.1     14.9     103.0    228.0    17.6    210.4
Nov........................     947.7     721.1     504.2    375.6    216.9      9.4    32.1     57.0     14.4     104.0    226.6    16.8    209.8
Dec........................     948.9     727.0     511.3    381.7    215.7      9.3    31.5     56.7     13.6     104.6    222.0    16.3    205.7

2004: Jan........................     946.5     724.0     513.9    383.5    210.1      8.7    29.2     56.9     13.8     101.6    222.6    17.1    205.4
Feb........................     952.2     732.1     516.4    384.9    215.7     10.1    32.0     56.8     13.8     102.9    220.1    15.6    204.5
Mar........................     973.9     738.7     522.2    391.1    216.5     11.1    32.2     56.4     13.9     103.0    235.2    17.1    218.1
Apr........................     986.4     747.5     525.9    397.8    221.6     11.4    33.1     58.9     13.4     104.8    238.9    17.8    221.1
May........................     992.8     756.4     535.5    407.5    220.9     11.2    32.4     60.0     14.3     103.1    236.3    17.2    219.2
June.......................     996.4     758.9     538.5    409.8    220.4     11.9    33.1     61.3     13.0     101.1    237.4    16.9    220.5

July.......................   1,005.1     767.1     543.3    411.7    223.8     12.3    32.8     63.5     14.3     100.9    238.0    17.7    220.3
Aug........................   1,007.9     777.0     552.7    419.5    224.3     12.7    32.3     63.6     14.4     101.2    231.0    17.9    213.1
Sept.......................   1,013.6     782.2     557.3    418.0    224.9     13.0    31.6     63.3     14.5     102.5    231.4    17.3    214.1
Oct p......................   1,016.9     781.7     556.7    417.7    225.0     13.3    31.2     62.8     14.7     103.0    235.2    17.0    218.2
Nov p......................   1,013.3     777.1     554.7    415.0    222.3     13.0    30.5     62.9     14.4     101.5    236.3    17.5    218.7
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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.