[Economic Report of the President (2006)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-55.--New construction activity, 1964-2005
[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.............................     706.3     552.0     314.6    224.0    237.4     14.8    40.4     55.7     40.5      86.0    154.3    14.3    140.0
1999.............................     769.5     599.7     350.6    251.3    249.2     16.0    45.1     59.4     35.1      93.7    169.7    14.0    155.7

2000.............................     835.3     649.8     374.5    265.0    275.3     16.3    52.4     64.1     37.6     104.9    185.5    14.2    171.4
2001.............................     868.3     662.2     388.3    279.4    273.9     14.5    49.7     63.6     37.8     108.2    206.1    15.1    191.0
2002.............................     876.8     659.7     421.9    298.8    237.7     10.5    35.3     59.0     22.7     110.2    217.2    16.6    200.6
2003.............................     925.1     701.6     475.9    345.7    225.7      9.9    30.6     57.2     21.4     106.5    223.5    17.9    205.6
2004.............................   1,027.7     798.5     563.4    416.1    235.1     11.5    33.1     61.6     23.5     105.4    229.3    18.0    211.3

2004: Jan........................     966.2     747.1     524.8    386.1    222.4      8.6    31.2     56.7     21.7     104.2    219.0    17.3    201.7
Feb........................     965.9     749.6     522.0    385.4    227.6      9.9    32.5     56.9     22.7     105.6    216.3    16.1    200.1
Mar........................     998.8     769.3     535.9    396.1    233.4     10.9    33.1     57.4     22.0     110.1    229.5    18.0    211.5
Apr........................   1,010.9     779.6     546.4    405.3    233.2     11.2    33.8     58.9     22.0     107.3    231.3    18.9    212.4
May........................   1,019.1     788.7     558.3    416.1    230.4     11.3    33.7     61.3     22.5     101.7    230.4    19.0    211.4
June.......................   1,022.9     790.4     561.8    417.2    228.5     11.7    33.4     62.2     20.9     100.4    232.5    17.6    214.9

July.......................   1,037.5     803.5     567.7    419.5    235.7     12.0    34.3     64.1     22.5     102.9    234.0    18.2    215.8
Aug........................   1,044.4     815.3     580.2    429.8    235.1     12.5    32.7     63.0     22.8     104.1    229.1    18.3    210.7
Sept.......................   1,048.7     820.7     576.8    429.1    243.8     12.8    32.5     64.1     23.3     111.2    228.0    18.3    209.7
Oct........................   1,048.5     821.1     581.7    430.0    239.4     12.9    33.0     64.1     25.5     103.9    227.4    15.5    211.9
Nov........................   1,063.4     827.8     585.1    429.4    242.7     12.6    32.8     63.9     27.2     106.3    235.5    18.8    216.7
Dec........................   1,073.5     839.8     597.8    432.3    242.0     12.2    32.8     64.1     28.2     104.7    233.7    18.3    215.4

2005: Jan........................   1,083.7     853.3     610.0    440.7    243.3     11.6    33.6     64.2     27.3     106.6    230.4    17.4    212.9
Feb........................   1,103.6     863.5     621.4    446.6    242.1     11.6    34.1     63.0     27.4     106.1    240.1    17.5    222.6
Mar........................   1,106.4     864.1     619.7    448.0    244.3     12.0    34.7     64.5     29.0     104.1    242.3    17.5    224.9
Apr........................   1,102.1     859.4     613.3    449.3    246.1     12.8    35.0     66.7     28.4     103.2    242.7    16.3    226.4
May........................   1,106.4     859.7     615.8    455.6    243.9     11.7    34.8     66.8     28.0     102.6    246.7    16.1    230.6
June.......................   1,101.4     854.1     613.3    462.4    240.7     10.9    34.9     64.7     27.9     102.4    247.3    17.4    229.8

July.......................   1,107.7     860.3     617.3    468.0    242.9     11.3    35.0     66.3     26.7     103.7    247.5    17.7    229.7
Aug........................   1,121.5     871.3     622.4    472.8    248.9     11.5    34.6     68.1     29.2     105.4    250.3    19.3    231.0
Sept.......................   1,135.6     886.7     636.2    483.1    250.5     11.9    36.1     67.9     29.0     105.7    248.9    17.1    231.8
Oct p......................   1,144.2     891.0     642.1    488.9    249.0     11.7    34.4     68.4     29.8     104.7    253.2    18.7    234.5
Nov p......................   1,146.4     892.4     641.9    495.1    250.5     11.8    35.2     70.3     29.0     104.3    253.9    17.7    236.2
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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.