[Economic Report of the President (2007)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-55.--New construction activity, 1964-2006
[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.............................     926.9     702.9     475.9    345.7    226.9      9.9    30.6     57.5     21.4     107.5    224.0    17.9    206.1
2004.............................   1,034.7     804.2     564.8    417.5    239.4     12.0    32.9     64.1     23.7     106.8    230.5    18.3    212.2
2005.............................   1,143.7     899.0     642.3    481.7    256.7     12.8    36.8     69.1     30.9     107.0    244.7    17.7    227.0

2005: Jan........................   1,085.1     853.6     605.6    443.2    248.0     12.0    35.9     65.1     28.7     106.3    231.4    17.5    213.9
Feb........................   1,105.0     868.2     616.7    452.3    251.4     12.5    38.0     65.8     29.0     106.1    236.8    18.0    218.8
Mar........................   1,119.5     880.5     626.9    457.6    253.5     13.8    36.6     67.5     29.7     106.0    239.1    17.8    221.3
Apr........................   1,117.0     878.9     627.8    463.9    251.0     13.2    37.4     68.5     29.3     102.6    238.2    16.0    222.2
May........................   1,137.5     891.9     636.0    472.2    255.8     12.1    37.1     69.7     28.9     108.0    245.6    16.2    229.4
June.......................   1,139.9     891.5     642.2    482.2    249.3     11.6    36.7     67.5     29.3     104.3    248.4    18.2    230.2

July.......................   1,141.2     895.5     646.6    487.3    248.9     11.6    34.9     67.8     29.6     105.0    245.8    18.1    227.7
Aug........................   1,150.3     902.7     650.8    491.1    252.0     12.4    35.6     69.1     31.6     103.2    247.6    18.2    229.4
Sept.......................   1,162.1     917.3     655.0    497.1    262.4     13.2    37.4     69.7     31.9     110.1    244.7    17.4    227.3
Oct........................   1,172.6     924.0     659.3    502.0    264.8     13.4    37.0     71.7     33.0     109.7    248.5    18.9    229.6
Nov........................   1,183.1     931.3     663.1    506.9    268.2     13.5    36.9     72.7     34.0     111.1    251.7    18.3    233.5
Dec........................   1,194.5     940.2     665.6    509.1    274.6     14.2    39.0     74.8     34.9     111.7    254.3    18.7    235.5

2006: Jan........................   1,194.5     939.3     661.4    510.5    277.9     14.1    38.4     74.4     34.6     116.4    255.2    19.4    235.8
Feb........................   1,199.9     940.3     662.6    513.0    277.8     15.5    39.5     72.8     33.4     116.6    259.5    19.6    240.0
Mar........................   1,212.4     948.7     664.2    513.7    284.5     16.9    39.3     73.9     35.3     119.1    263.7    19.9    243.8
Apr........................   1,214.4     948.5     657.8    502.6    290.7     18.7    40.2     74.9     37.1     119.8    266.0    18.4    247.6
May........................   1,209.2     939.2     647.2    490.5    292.0     19.6    41.2     76.0     36.1     119.1    270.0    17.7    252.3
June.......................   1,209.2     937.2     639.4    478.9    297.8     19.7    42.0     76.4     38.0     121.5    272.1    17.3    254.8

July.......................   1,200.2     930.3     627.3    466.7    303.0     20.4    45.5     76.9     36.3     124.0    270.0    17.8    252.2
Aug........................   1,199.9     929.6     617.5    454.3    312.1     20.5    47.6     77.3     40.5     126.1    270.4    18.0    252.3
Sept.......................   1,190.7     920.1     609.6    446.0    310.5     20.6    47.5     79.6     38.5     124.2    270.6    17.5    253.0
Oct p......................   1,186.7     911.0     599.0    433.4    312.0     22.2    47.8     79.6     37.4     124.9    275.7    19.8    255.9
Nov p......................   1,184.1     905.8     589.3    422.6    316.5     23.1    48.3     80.7     37.9     126.4    278.4    19.7    258.7
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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.