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NONFARM HOUSING STARTS 1889-1958 Evolution of the statistical series Type of structure Private and public ownership Location of the housing Construction cost NONFARM HOUSING STARTS 1889 -1 95 8 Bulletin No. 1260 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR James P. Mitchell, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Ewan Clague, Commissioner For s a le b y the S u p e r in te n d e n t o f D o cu m en ts, U.S. G o v e r n m e n t Printing O ffic e , W a s h in g to n 2 5 , D.C. - Price oO ce n ts PREFACE This bulletin was planned as a handbook for users of housing sta tistic s and presents detailed estimates of new permanent nonfarm dwelling units started during the 70-year period, 1889-1958. The statistical tables provide a gage of the level and trend of dwelling unit construction during the entire seven decades. For parts of this period, they distinguish between single-family houses and multifamily structures and include information on the location, ownership (whether private or public), and construction costs of new housing. The statistical presentation is confined to estim ates of housing starts. However, since building permits provide the principal source data for housing starts, the history of the building permit reporting system is reviewed from its modest beginning in 1920 when annual reports were obtained from about 200 large trities, to mid-1959, when approx imately 7,300 permit-issuing places reported monthly to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The derivation of housing starts estimates is outlined in a series of separate time periods which mark significant changes in estimating procedures. The reliability and coverage of the series and the work done by private groups and individuals outside the Bureau in developing the concepts and historical estim ates of housing starts are de scribed briefly. Without the cooperation of many private and public groups, it would not have been possible to bring the nonfarm housing starts series to the place of prominence it holds in the Nation’ s body of economic intelligence. The voluntary cooperation of local building permit officials, the financial aid received from other Government agencies, and the special studies made by private groups using the Bureau’ s building permit data, were all important contributions. This bulletin is a final report of the work done by the Division of Construction Statistics, of the U.S. Department of Labor’ s Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the develop ment of the nonfarm housing starts series. Effective July 1, 1959> the responsibility for the compilation and publication of housing starts sta tistic s was transferred to the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The bulletin was prepared by Mary F. Carney. Numerous people in the Bureau of Labor Statistics contributed to the development of housing starts estimates and to insti tuting and continuously extending the underlying building permit system since 1920. Herman B. Byer, H. E. Riley, Arnold E. Chase, Marvin Wilkerson, and Henry F . Haase had primary responsibility for these estim ates at various developmental stages of the program. in CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Building permits ............................................................................................................................... 1 Initiation of building permit reporting............................................................................. 1 Special building permit stu d ie s .......................................................................................... 2 Urban and rural nonfarm estim ates...................................................................................... 3 Estimating nonfarm housing starts................................................................................................ 4 The 1946-47 revision......................................................................................................... 4 Seasonally adjusted estim ates........................................................................................ 5 The 1954 revision................................................................................................................... 6 Public housing starts.......................................................................................................... 7 Reliability of the e stim ates............................................................................................. 9 Limitations on cov erage................................................................................................. 9 Historical estim ates........................................................................................................................ Definitions.......................................................................................................................................... 10 12 Tables: 1. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Totals, annually, 1889-1958; type of structure, annually, 1900-58 ...................................................................... 15 2. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Private and public ownership, by type of structure, annually, 1935-58................................................................. 17 3. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Totals, monthly, 1939-58; and private and public ownership, monthly, 1940-58 ................................................ 18 4. Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Seasonally adjusted annual rates, monthly, 1946-58............................................................... 19 5. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Type of structure, monthly, .1940-58.......................................................................................................... 20 v CONTENTS-Continued PAGE Tables (Continued): 6. Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Type of structure, monthly, 1940-58 ......................................................................... 22 7. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Private and public ownership and location, annually—urban-rural nonfarm, 1920-53, and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan, 1950-58 .......................................................... 24 8. New nonfarm dwelling units started: (Jrban-rural nonfarm location, monthly, 1939-53; and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan location, monthly, 1953-58................................................................................................... 25 9. New nonfarm dwelling units started in four broad regions, annually, 1948-58................................................................................................. 26 10. New nonfarm dwelling units started in four broad regions, monthly, 1954-58....................................................*............................................... 26 11. New nonfarm dwelling units started in 20 selected States: Private and public ownership, annually, 1954-58 ........................................... 27 12. New nonfarm dwelling units started in 20 selected States: Total and privately owned, quarterly, 1956-58 .............................................. 29 13. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Private and public ownership and type of intended financing for private units, annually, 1935-58....... 30 14. Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started under the Wherry Amendment to the National Housing Act,monthly, 1949-56...................... 31 15. Publicly owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Federal or State and local ownership and program, annually, 1949-58.................. 32 16» Publicly owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Ownership and program, monthly, 1949-58 ............................................................................ 33 17. Publicly owned new nonfarm dwelling units started under the Capehart amendment to the National Housing Act, monthly, 1956-58......................... 34 18. New nonfarm dwelling units started: Number and total construction cost, by private and public ownership, annually, 1920-58 ....................................... 34 19. Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Average construction cost, all types of units and 1-family houses, monthly, 1940-58..................................................................................................... 35 Selected referen ces.................................................................................................... vi 3^ NONFARM HOUSING STARTS, 1889-1958 Evolution of the Statistical Series INTRODUCTION For almost 40 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was responsible for compiling and estimating statistic s on the volume of new nonfarm dwelling unit construction in the United States. Like most statistical series, the development of the Nonfarm Housing Starts series paralleled the expansion of source data, as well a s the growing experience with the sta tistic s and the application of scientific estimating and tabulating methods. Continuity in the housing starts series and the development of historical estimates for earlier years were possible because the primary source of information was the local building permit, and because the Bureau’ s permit reports from the beginning showed the number of new dwelling units authorized. Briefly, in deriving the housing starts series various adjustments were made in the number of units for which building permits were issued to allow for canceled or lapsed permits and delays in starting construction after the permit was obtained. Improvements in the housing starts series and expansions in the amount and variety of data produced were geared to meet u sers’ needs, within the resources available. Over the years, the series was used as an indicator of the economic and social health of the Nation and for market analysis. The legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government used the housing starts statistics in determining national policy with respect to the kinds of leg is lation and regulations that affect not only the quantity and quality of housing, but also rent levels, the availability and prices of materials and equipment, consumer credit and mortgage financing, and the volume of employment—both directly in the building trades and in related and supporting industries. BUILDING PERMITS Initiation of Building Permit Reporting To meet the needs of a congressional committee investigating housing, and of other groups interested in finding a solution to the acute housing shortage that developed during and after World War I, the Bureau began in 1920 to collect data from local officials who issued building permits. Prior to that time, building permit information had been collected from about 200 principal cities by the U.S. Geological Survey, whose primary interest was in the kinds of materials used in new residential and nonresidential building (that is, whether the structures were built of wood, brick, stone, or concrete).1 Their annual reports did not show the number of new dwelling units provided. Learning that the Geological Survey was about to drop its. program, the BLS arranged in 1920 to continue the building permit reporting system as an important source of economic intel ligence on building activity. Plans were devised to acquire and publish facts on the value, number, and intended use of new nonresidential buildings, and the value and number of new family dwelling units being provided. 1 The G eological Survey’s objective presumably was to relate materials use and requirements to the availability of raw materials in or near each of the urban areas of the time. (1) 2 At the beginning, Bureau agents were sent to the cities to compile the building permit data, because only a few cities were making reports on building construction and each of these used a different reporting form. Much of the early survey and investigative work was accom plished through the cooperation of local building inspectors of the Building O fficials’ Con ference of America. Subsequently, a reporting form designed by the Bureau was adopted by almost all cities, and, since 1930, data from all reporting places have been collected by mail on uniform schedules. The reporting form is used also by those States and other groups that have cooperated with the Bureau in collecting the raw building permit data, and it has been adopted by many localities for their own use. In 1920, the BLS received building permit reports from 189 of the 287 cities in the United States that had populations of 25,000 or more. The following year, coverage was increased to 257 of such cities, and by 1932, reports were being received from almost all (360 out of a total of 376) cities of this population size. During the period 1921-28, data were collected and published annually for 257 identical cities, and semiannually for cities having populations of 100,000 or more. The Bureau publica tions showed the quantity and value of various types of new nonresidential structures authorized by local building permits; the number and value of new dwelling units provided (by type of structure); and the value of additions, alterations, and repairs to existing buildings. The re ports included information on publicly financed projects, which was derived from notifications of construction contracts awarded by public agencies. Beginning in September 1929, the BLS initiated monthly collection and publication of these sta tistic s for all cities with 25,000 or more population. Cities were added to the published list whenever Census reports showed that their populations had reached that figure.2 Between 1929 and 1933, the coverage of building permit reports was extended to include all cities (about 820) having populations of 10,000 and over. A further expansion, begun in 1936, brought in all urban places, that is, all incorporated cities having populations of 2,500 or more. After this extension, more than 1,700 localities were reporting, and the number was increased to 2,400 by January 1938, when‘building permit coverage included places with popu lations of 1,000 or more.3 Special Building Permit Studies Meantime, the Bureau conducted a variety of special studies that widened the scope and improved the usefulness of the building sta tistic s. A comprehensive Building Permit Survey, undertaken in 1935, was designed to provide (1) complete data from permits issued during 1928-35 in all cities of 10,000 or more population, and (2) historical annual data for years prior to 1920 for as many a s possible of the large cities included in Bureau reports after 1920.4 For the latter group, data were obtained from 1870 in some c ase s and from 1890 for 25 cities, and the number of localities having information available for later years increased stead ily-to 344 for the year 1920. Subsequently, the survey was ex tended to cover building during the 1936-38 period in 884 cities having 10,000 or more population. 2 Building permit statistics for the 257 identical cities having populations of 25,000 or more are available annually for the period 1921-48. See Building Construction in Principal Cities of the United States, 1921-48, and Trends in Building Permit Activity (BLS Bull. 1243, May 1959). 3 Incorporated places of less than 2,500 population, as well as unincorporated places excluding farms, were designated as rural nonfarm on the basis of definitions established for the 1930 Census. 4 The Building Permit Survey was conducted with the cooperation of 3 other Federal agencies--the Federal Housing Administration, the Home Loan Bank Board, and the Works Progress Administration. WPA funds financed the study. 3 Publication of detailed results of the Building j/ermit Survey began in 1937, and was completed for the large cities, but the study was terminated (in 1940) before data could be tabulated and published for the smaller cities. Both published and unpublished data (which included cost classification by type of material) were used later, however, in developing h is torical estimates of housing starts, and in other public and private research p rojects in the field of building construction, including capital formation and the financing of residential construction. In addition, sample surveys of building permit use, begun in the late 1920’ s and conducted periodically since then, noted the extent to which building permits failed to result in construc tion (lapse or cancellation of a permit), the time lag between permit issuance and start of con struction, how long it took to complete various types of structures, and the gap between permit valuations and actual construction costs. The range of information covered in individual sur veys varied with the needs of a given period, but there was continuous inquiry into the lag and lapse rate of permits issued for dwelling units, and the ratio of construction costs to permit valuations.5 Another special study, the Defense Housing Survey, covered residential building opera tions during 1940, 1941, and 1942 in 148 defense-connected areas.6 This survey produced the Bureau’ s first comprehensive data on the relationship of housing activity in urban and rural parts of metropolitan areas, and was used in refining the procedures for estimating nonfarm housing volume. It permitted also an analysis of the size of builders’ operations during the period. Survey data given to defense agencies were used to determine the amount and kinds of shelter needed for war workers. Urban and Rural Nonfarm Estim ates Up to 1938, the Bureau’ s published reports on residential construction dealt only with information received from reporting cities. However, the steady expansion in coverage, coupled with continuous reporting of data for 257 identical cities, made it possible to prepare estim ates of the number of dwelling units provided in the entire urban area of the United States. This was done by relating per capita building rates to variations in population growth in reporting urban cities, and applying the resulting ratios to population changes in nonreporting urban cities. The new statistical series, beginning with quarterly data for 1936-37, was first published by the BLS in January 1938.7 The National Bureau of Economic Research had prepared similar estim ates for 1936, and they also compiled annual estimates back to 1920, covering housing activity in rural nonfarm as well as in urban areas. In developing their estim ates, the NBER used the BLS historical statistic s for the 257 identical cities as well as the enlarged body of building permit data for incorporated and unincorporated p laces—which they related to changes in population and family formation and other factors.8 5 Results of some of the building permit use studies were published in separate reports and bulletins that are included among the selected references beginning on p. 36. 6 The Defense Housing Survey was conducted at the request of die Office of the Defense Housing Coordinator. Survey objectives are described in Activities of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in World War II (Historical Reports of War Administration, Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 1, June 1947, p. 49). 7 See Volume of Residential Construction, 1929-37 (in Monthly Labor Review, January 1938, p. 248). 8 See Number of Dwelling Units Built in Urban and Nonfarm Areas, 1920-36 (in Monthly Labor Review, January 1938, p. 254); and Non-farm Residential Construction 1920-36 (National Bureau of Economic Research, Bull. 65, September 15, 1937). 4 The BLS continued to compile and publish the series established by the N BER, which provided a total estimate of nonfarm housing built in the United States. Subsequently, in 1941-42, substantial upward revisions were made in the data when information from the 1940 Census became available. The urban estim ates for the 1930,s were adjusted to conform to revised definitions of urban areas, and to take account of population shifts between rural nonfarm and urban localities. At the same time, entirely new estim ates of rural nonfarm housing activity were developed—on the basis of "year-built” data from the 1940 Census of Housing.9 There were few changes between 1940 and 1953 in the BLS method of deriving estim ates of new urban dwellings, but su ccessiv e changes occurred in the estimating procedures for the rural nonfarm segment. For the private urban total, building permit data from reporting cities (generally repre senting 85 percent of the urban population) were expanded to represent all urban areas by "matching” nonreporting to reporting urban places on the basis of city population siz e and location (within States and inside or outside metropolitan areas), and applying trend ratios for reporting places to nonreporting places. Public housing figures obtained from appropriate agencies were added to the private urban and rural nonfarm estimates to arrive at the total nonfarm housing estimate. For the private rural nonfarm segment, estim ates for 1940-42 were derived by projecting data from the 1940 Census of Housing on the b asis of urban-rural nonfarm ratios found in the BLS Defense Housing Survey. From 1943 until the fall of 1946, the rural nonfarm estim ates were projected on the b asis of trend in reporting places, and were adjusted, when necessary, for consistency with urban trends. Data from building priorities granted during World War II provided a check against gross error.10 ESTIMATING NONFARM HOUSING STARTS The estim ates described above represented the total number of nonfarm dwelling units authorized, or scheduled to be started, in urban and rural nonfarm places. Until the close of World War II, it was assumed there was no appreciable difference between the number of units scheduled and the number actually started. However, the sharp uptrend in building activity at that time met with critical shortages of materials and labor, resulting both in abandonment of intentions to build and delays in starts on a sizable amount of construction. The need for a current and realistic measure of homebuilding activity led to the development of nonfarm housing starts estim atesj beginning in 1945. Preliminary estim ates were released about 15 days after the close of a given month, and the revised estim ates were issued 3 months later—a practice followed thereafter. The 1946*47 Revision Between 1945 and the fall of 1947, the Bureau took several step s to improve the accuracy of its housing starts statistics. The number of monthly building permit reporters was increased to nearly 5,200 (including 2,513 cities and 2,660 rural nonfarm places); a consistent periodic check of building permit use was introduced; and (in October 1946) a field canvass of nonfarm housing being built in a selected sample of nonpermxt-issuing places was initiated. Much of this work was made possible by financial assistan ce from the National Housing Agency, which 9 See Housing and the Increase in Population (in Monthly Labor Review, April 1942, p. 869), and Building Construction, 1941 (BLS Bull. 713, June 1942), p. 17. 10 In the spring of 1942, all housing was placed under a Federal priorities system in order to re duce pressure on the materials markets and, at the same time, insure an adequate provision of dwelling units in defense areas. 5 desired improved housing statistics generally and complete data for a number of individual areas in particular. The program involved a comprehensive study of housing activity in 90 sample areas, comprised of industrial and nonindustrial counties.11 After some adjustments, a procedure was put into effect in October 1947 which retained the permit b a sis for obtaining the urban estimate, but divided the rural nonfarm estimate into two segments—one representing all permit-issuing places and the other, all nonpermit places. Briefly, preliminary estimates of nonfarm housing starts were derived from (1) permit reports regularly received early in the month, and (2) data from a sample of permit and nonpermit p laces. Final estimates were based on virtually complete building permit returns, plus data from a con siderably broadened sample of nonpermit places, and the tabulating procedures were much more detailed for all segments of the total housing starts figure. In both the preliminary and final estim ates, the building permit information was converted into dwelling units started during a given month, by application of factors derived from the Bureau's building permit use studies. An allowance was made for units never started (lapsed or canceled permits), and the current "sta rts pattern" was applied to the balance of the units authorized. The "sta rts pattern" represented the rate at which dwelling units were started in the month of permit issuance or in succeeding months. For rural places without permit system s, the preliminary nonfarm housing starts estimate was derived by projecting the previous month's figure—using the trend shown by permit-issuing places. The revised estimate for this segment was based on the complete count of nonfarm units begun in a selected sample of 96 counties. These counties were surveyed continuously, but on a cycle b asis, that is, each county was visited once in each quarter and at each visit the number of units begun in each of the 3 previous months was ascertained. Then, the weight given each sample county (for the estimating cell it represented) was applied to the units reported for the county, and the weighted figures were added to give the total estimate for rural nonpermit-issuing places. The weight for each county was the relationship of the number of dwelling units standing in 1940 in the rural nonfarm permit-issuing parts of a county, to the number of 1940 rural nonfarm dwelling units in the entire cell represented by the county.12 Seasonally Adjusted Estim ates In the summer of 1952, the Bureau inaugurated the publication of seasonally adjusted estimates of nonfarm housing starts. At that time, consumer demand for mortgage credit w as under the restraining influence of Regulation X and the companion curbs imposed in October 1950, under provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950.13 Amendments to th is act, 11 This program and later studies permitted publication of estimates for individual metropolitan areas. See Housing Volume and Construction Cost of 1-Family Houses (Supplement to Construction, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 1951)* 12 A complete description of techniques used in compiling the preliminary and revised nonfarm housing starts estimates, and in selecting the sample of 96 counties, is delineated in Estimating National Housing Volume (BLS Bull. 993), Ch. HI, pp. 13-19. ^ Regulation X was an anti-inflation measure designed to restrict die volume of mortgage credit for conventionally financed real estate, including residential construction, by setting maximum loan-tovalue limits. Similar restrictive measures applied to housing mortgages coming under programs of the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and the Department of Agriculture. When Regulation X was under consideration, and later when its effects were being assessed, the BLS provided early and unpublished results of special surveys, including those on home financing in metropolitan areas, and the size of homebuilders’ operations. See Housing in Metropolitan Areas, 1949*51 (BLS Bull. 1115, September 1952), and Structure of the Residential Building Industry in 1949 (BLS Bull. 1170, November 1954). The real estate credit provisions of the Defense Production Act expired as of June 30, 1953, after suspension of Regulation X and related mortgage credit curbs in the fall of 1952. 6 in 1952, provided for relaxation of housing credit controls if the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was below 1,200,000 for 3 consecutive months, and* conversely, for con tinuation or reimposition of controls if the rate held at or above the 1.2-million level for a 3-month period. In Executive Order 10373 (which amended Executive Order 10161), responsi bility for preparing the seasonally adjusted estim ates was delegated to the Secretary of Labor, and the function of determining housing credit control policy (using the Bureau’ s housing data) was delegated to the President of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, sub ject to concurrence of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator. Because these Federal credit control determinations were to be based on month-to-month levels of total housing starts volume, the BLS compiled annual rate estim ates of public as well as private starts. With the expiration of Regulation X in June 1953, monthly estim ates of the annual rate of public starts were discontinued, since the wide fluctuations in public housing starts were related primarily to legislative actions and administrative decisions. Seasonally adjusted data on the private segment, however, were retained as an integral part of the nonfarm housing starts series. To derive the seasonal index of private starts, one of the standard techniques was used: a ratio of starts for each month to a 12-month moving average. Twelve-month moving averages were computed, centered about each month in the period January 1940 through December 1951. Ratios were then computed by dividing the actual starts figure by the corresponding 12-month moving average for each month of the period. The' monthly ratios for each of the years 1942 and 1945 were eliminated because of developments associated with World War II in 1942, and its cessation in 1945* In addition, extreme monthly ratios (those abnormally high or low) were eliminated for other years. The monthly ratios remaining were then averaged and monthly in dexes computed. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of private starts for any month was obtained by dividing the private starts estimate for that month by the respective season al index, and multiplying the result by 12.14 Meantime, a major revision of the housing starts series was underway, and as additional data became available, it was apparent that a real shift in the basic season al pattern had oc curred. Starts after 1951 tended to show a "flatter” pattern, with more homebuilding activity in the fall and winter months than existed previously. This resulted partly from new construction techniques and practices, and from shifts in the geographical distribution of new housing. Con sequently, considerable work was done to see if an index more representative of the seasonal swing of later postwar years could be derived, and separate treatment was given to starts data for the periods 1946-50 and 1951-55* After derivation and study of a tentative index, a new BLS interim index was introduced in May 1956. The housing starts data were processed also through the Census Bureau’ s Univac electronic computer seasonal index procedure, which permitted several elaborate smoothing ad justments in the basic ratio-to-moving-average results to produce a moving seasonal adjustment. Seasonally adjusted data were revised for 1946-53 (using the Univac procedure), and thereafter a BLS interim shifting-base index was used for seasonal adjustment of current data pending the final Univac revision. For example, 1952-56 data were used for BLS interim adjustment of 1957 starts, and 1953*57 data for adjustment of 1958 starts. The final Univac revision of 1954 data was done in 1956, 1955 data in 1957, and so on .15 *4 See Method of Compiling Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates of Housing Starts (in Construction, August 1952, pp. .3-8). See Technical Note: Revised BLS Seasonal Index of Private Nonfarm Housing Starts (in Monthly Labor Review, August 1956, pp. 938-940). 7 Th e 1954 Revision A major revision in the nonfarm housing starts series, completed in mid-1954, took into account the vast changes in population and housing distribution that occurred between 1940 and 1950, and the extensive spread of building permit system s. Following a thorough statistical an alysis, the series was improved by (1) development of a new sample design and an up-to-date sample of nonpermit-issuing places, using results of the 1950 Census plus information from the Bureau’ s studies of housing built in selected metropolitan areas during 1949*51; and (2) a major expansion of the number of building permit reporters, to cover virtually all places known to issu e building permits. In preparation for establishment of the permit-issuing universe, an intensive effort was made to identify building permit issuing localities and to solicit monthly reports from them. As a result, almost 2,000 new places were added to the Bureau’s reporting group, bringing the total number of reporters to about 7,000 by mid-1954.1^ After this expansion, coverage of the building permit universe included localities accounting for 80 percent of the total nonfarm population (based on 1950 Census data), 94 percent of the nonfarm population residing in the 168 metropolitan areas, and 53 percent of nonfarm population in nonmetropolitan p la c e s.17 Com parable figures prior to the 1954 revision were 68 percent, 81 percent, and 46 percent, respec tively. With this improvement in building permit coverage, the Bureau increased from 75 to 85 percent that portion of the private starts figure that was based on direct reports, and reduced the area of estimation (the derived nonpermit segment) from 25 to 15 percent of the private total. The need for redesigning the sample portion of the private housing starts estimate stemmed from increases in the number of communities beginning to issu e permits (compared with 1947), and the shifts in population after 1940 (the previous 96-county sample design was based on 1940 population distribution). The primary sampling unit was changed from a single county b asis to a group of contiguous counties containing a number of nonpermit-issuing minor c iv il divisions. The sample of places inaugurated in 1954 consisted of 53 such clusters of counties, which in cluded 131 individual counties, 29 metropolitan areas, and 1,200 separate localities. The revised sample design, a product of scientific sampling technology, permitted more efficient operations and a greater degree of accuracy than the sample used previously. In selecting .the sample, intensive analysis of housing activity data for a large number of areas indicated that a ratio type of estimate for the nonpermit segment, based on the relationship between the volume of housing starts in the nonpermit parts of an area and the volume of units authorized in the permit parts, would be more efficient than an independent estimate for this segment. Thus, the following procedure was put into effect. Within each sample area, separate totals were obtained for all units authorized by building permits and all units started in nonpermit parts of the sample area. Each of these totals was then weighted by the reciprocal of the probability used in selecting the sample area. These weighted quantities were then combined for all 53 sample areas and an overall ratio of nonpermit 1(* Early in 1959, the Bureau was receiving reports regularly from about 7,350 building-permitissuing p laces, including 6,050 cities and towns, 1,080 townships, and 220 counties. More than 4,000 o f these reports came from p laces located outside the 168 metropolitan areas. 17 As a byproduct o f die expanded building permit coverage, die Bureau's Building Permit Activity reports were enlarged to provide detailed building statistics for a number o f individual metropolitan areas, showing the volume o f various types o f new building inside and outside the central cities. See Building in Metropolitan Areas (in Monthly Labor Review, June 1957, pp. 689-696), and.Suburban and Central City Building in Metropolitan Areas, 1957 (in Construction Review, May 1958, pp. 13-16). 8 starts to permit authorizations was obtained. This ratio was applied to the estimate for the entire permit universe to obtain the estimate of total units started in the nonpermit universe. The final step meant adding the starts data for the permit and nonpermit universes to obtain the estimate of total private nonfarm housing starts. To this was added the dwelling units in new public projects, which were reported by the agencies administering public housing programs. 18 The revised techniques used the same two basic sources of data as before—reports of building permits issued and field surveys in a sample of nonpermit-issuing lo calities, and the latter continued to be canvassed on the cycle b asis described earlier. The building permit data were adjusted to take account of permits not used, the delay between permit issuan ce and the start of construction, and the differences between permit valuation and actual construction costs. Also, as before, tabulation of the revised, or final, housing starts estimate was done in much more detail than the preliminary estimate, and was based on virtually complete building permit returns, plus complete data from the sample areas used in deriving the nonpermit segment. The 1954 revision brought certain changes, however, in the classification of some of the data, and permitted publication of more detail than was feasible in previous periods. The former classification of urban or rural nonfarm was abandoned because of the problem of resolv ing differences between the geographic boundaries used for building permit system s and the urban areas a s defined in the 1950 Census . 19 Instead, housing starts are c la ssifie d a s metro politan or nonmetropolitan. (See Definitions, p. 12.) As a result of improved methodology,, it became possible to publish starts estim ates on a regional b asis (the four broad Census regions), and for a group of selected States. More detail by type of structure became available—that is, unit volume in 2-4 and 5:or-more-family structures, a s well as a continuation of former c la ssi fication of new units in 1 -family, 2-family, and 3-or-more-family structures. Preliminary reports included private or public ownership, the seasonally adjusted annual rate figure, and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan data, and at the time of the final estimate (3 months later), information was available on the regional and State location, the type of struc ture, and the average construction cost of privately owned units. Public Housing Starts The public housing figures incorporated in the Bureau’s nonfarm housing starts series represent an actual count of starts as reported by the Federal Public Housing Administration, other Federal agencies (e.g., Defense Department, Atomic Energy Commission, and the Bureau of Reclamation), and State and local housing authorities. The BLS kept progress records of starts in programs underway, and made continual checks on the completeness and accuracy of the reports. Publicly owned housing was not identified separately in the nonfarm housing starts series until 1935- The volume of permanent public units built before that time probably was insignif icant, and resulted chiefly from intermittent emergency programs devised to meet specific needs during defense, war, and ecpnomic depression periods. Housing provided under most of the 18 The methodology introduced by the BLS in.1954, including die sampling plan, is described fully in Estimating Rational Housing Volume (BLS Bull. 1168), Ch. 2, pp. 8-1519 The 1950 urban category includes not only incorporated p la ces o f 2,500 or more population, but also a large number o f unincorporated specially delineated loca lities, and the densely settled but unin corporated fringes adjacent to large cities. These unincorporated areas were defined on die b a s is o f housing or population density and their boundaries in general are not political but follow such identi fiable physical characteristics as streets, roads, railroads, streams, etc. On the other hand, building permit systems usually cover entire political subdivisions: cities, villages, townships, counties, etc.; it is not p ossib le to obtain reports which segregate building activity by urban and nonurban areas within su ch . subdivisions. 9 Federal emergency programs, including those of World War II, consisted largely of units in temporary and converted structures, and, therefore, would not have been included in the nonfarm housing starts s e r i e s . 2 0 R e lia b ility of the.Estimates After the 1954 revision, approximately 85 percent of the total private nonfarm housing starts estimate was derived from building permits, and, since this segment consisted largely of reported data, it contained little estimation. It was subject to some nonsampling errors because of incorrect reporting by building officials, and possible omission of some construc tion. Extensive work with local permit data by the Bureau has, however, failed to uncover any serious reporting inaccuracies, and a limited number of permit adequacy checks have indicated that only a negligible percentage of new dwelling units were started in permit areas without a permit being taken out. In addition, the Bureau maintained a continuing program to help report ing officials submit accurate and consistent reports. The sampling error in the nonpermit segment is estimated at 5 to 7 percent, depending on the size of the monthly figure. It is possible that a larger error in this segment arose out of simple failure to locate all of the new housing built within the sample areas. In an attempt to overcome this problem, the Bureau’ s field supervisors conducted periodic quality control checks of work done by local field agents. The resources available for this purpose were inadequate, however, to permit these checks to be made as frequently or thoroughly as they should have been. Study of the revisions that occurred between the preliminary and the final estim ates showed that they were caused primarily by the difference between the final nonpermit estimate based on complete field survey data, and the projected figure used for the preliminary nonpermit estimate. Lim itations on Coverage Several influences have combined to limit the coverage of the official housing starts series to new nonfarm dwelling units. Some of the limitations grew out of the use of building permits as the principal source of information, and others reflected the demand for specific types of housing information and the uses to which it was put. Over the years from 1920, it would have been prohibitively expensive to obtain the needed statistics on the amount of housing being provided without depending on the readily available building permits as a source. Otherwise* a costly canvassing of a large sample of land areas or individual builders would have been necessary. The large majority of new dwelling units have been 1-family houses, and until the mass-production phenomena of recent years, these homes were constructed mostly by small volume builders scattered throughout the United S tates.21 Building permits usually are required where building codes and zoning regulations have been adopted. For the most part, this excludes strictly rural areas, so that development of the 20 For example, the public war housing program of the U.S. Department of Labor’s earlier Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, initiated in 1918; the su b sisten ce housing provided under die Public ‘^ orks Program in the 1930’ s; and the public war housing and veterans’ reuse housing programs authorized in 1945 under the Lanham Act. Of die 628,263 units provided in th e latter program, 70 per cent were temporary. All of the emergency programs were destined for liquidation through d isp o sa l of the Federal Government’s holdings. See Housing and Home Finance Agency, Third Annual Report, 1949> pp. 319-321. 21 See Structure o f the R esidential Building Industry in 1949 (BLS Bull. 1170), and Builders of One-Family H ouses, 1955-56 (in Construction Review, August-September 1958, pp. 5-15). 10 housing starts series was limited to nonfarm housing Although building permits usually are required for the remodeling or conversion of existing structures, especially when an additional dwelling unit is being created, this requirement is known to be widely evaded. It was not, therefore, possible to use building permits as a reliable source of information to estimate the number of dwelling units provided through conversion. Thus, the housing starts series reflects the extent of activity in the production of new housing only. The development stages of the housing starts sta tistic s coincided also with the major types of demand for specific housing data and the uses to which the figures were put. Some of these, for example, were: the formulation of Government housing and mortgage credit policy, market an alysis, and to help measure economic progress.22 Until recently, u sers’ interest in the Bureau’s homebuilding sta tistic s centered around the number of families being provided for in standard living quarters through new construction. The implications were (1) that there was little social or economic concern with the living ar rangements of single individuals or nonfamily groups unless they occupied standard family dwellings, and (2) that living quarters not providing complete housekeeping facilities, or not affording suitable shelter for comfortable year-round living should not be counted. Consequently, types of facilities normally intended for transient, seasonal, or nonhousekeeping use were excluded from the housing starts series, a s were substandard, temporary, or makeshift quarters. (See Definitions, p. 12.) On the other hand, the cen suses of housing, with le ss restricted definitions, covered existing as well as new housing and counted almost any shelter where people lived as a dwell ing unit, because it is desirable to know about all types of living accommodations in use, whatever their type and quality. For example, in the Bureau of the Census 1956 National Housing Inventory, trailers, boats, tents, and railroad cars were included in the dwelling unit inventory if they were occupied as living quarters at the time the count was made*25 Because of the differences in coverage, definitions, and survey objectives, the BLS nonfarm housing starts statistic s are not directly comparable with BLS building permit data on residential construction or data from the various cen suses of housing. H IS T O R IC A L E S TIM A TE S As noted earlier, the Bureau’s building permit sta tistic s provided a principal source of data for deriving historical estimates of homebuilding volume. The first estimates of total non farm dwelling units built were made by David L. Wickens and Ray R. Foster, and were published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1937. They were annual estim ates of the number of urban and rural nonfarm dwelling units constructed during 1920-36.24 The spade work done in these studies, and the techniques developed, had a marked influence on the extension and revision of the housing estim ates, both backward and forward in time from the decade of the-1920’s*. 22 Use o f the housing starts series as the basis for estimating a part o f gross private dom estic investment in the national product account also has affected its coverage. The starts series excludes house trailers, mobile homes, and houseboats because they are covered under personal consumption expenditures and would be duplicated i f included also under investment. 23 See 1956 National Housing Inventory, Characteristics o f the 1956 Inventory, United States and R egions, Vol. Ill, Pt. 1, p. 2. 24 Non-Farm Residential Construction, 1920-36 (Bull. 65> Nationaf Bureau o f Econom ic Research, September 16, 1937). The detailed statistics and methodology are given in Residential Real Estate (a study o f real estate financing and econom ic stability, published by the NBER in 1941). 11 Annual estimates of the number of nonfarm dwelling units built prior to 1920 were first made by Lowell W. Chawner, and were published by the National Resources Committee in 1939-25 They were followed closely by different estim ates prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and published in 1942, and still different estim ates prepared by Miles L . Colean that were published by the Twentieth Century Fund in 1944.2 ^ The estim ates most widely accepted for the years 1889-1919 were compiled by David M. Blank (published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1954), who used the BLS building permit data as his basic source material.27 He also developed and used more refined estimating techniques than any previously employed in making estim ates for the years prior to 1920. For his use, additional unpublished data from the BLS special Building Permit Survey conducted during the 1930’s were made available under special arrangements by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The BLS adopted the Blank series for 1889-1919 a s the official series for those years. The Wickens-Foster estim ates for the 1920’s were adopted as the official estim ates for that period, except that the BLS shifted data for satellite places of le ss than 2,500 population to a rural nonfarm from an urban classification. 25 Residential Building (Housing Monograph .Series No. 1, National R esources Committee, 1939)2^> Building Construction, 1941 (BLS Bull. 713, June 1942), and American Housing (The Twentieth Century Fund, 1944). 27 The Volume o f R esidential Construction, 1889-1950 (T echnical Paper No. 9 , Studies in Capital Formation and Financing, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1954). 12 DEFINITIONS The following definitions were observed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in classifying, tabulating, and reporting the accompanying sta tistic s on the volume of new permanent nonfarm dwelling units put under construction in the United States during a given period of time. Housing Start Construction of a housing unit is considered to have started when ground is broken, that is, when excavation is begun for the basement or foundation. In the case of a project consisting of single-family houses, the count of starts for a given period covers only those units for which excavation is begun during the period. All of the units in an apartment structure are considered as started when excavation is begun for the structure. Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate* An adjustment of the actual number of housing starts each month to eliminate the normal seasonal variation, leaving only the fluctuations that result from other causes. The adjusted monthly figures are converted to annual rates to permit comparison of the rate for a particular month with actual annual totals. Dwelling Unit. A room or group of rooms, intended as separate living quarters for a house keeping unit, and containing permanent cooking facilities, that is, the minimum built-in facili ties essen tial to housekeeping.28 The dwelling unit figures include prefabricated housing, if permanent. They exclude units resulting from conversion (that is, the creation of additional units through structural alterations or changes in the use of existing structures); and types of facilities normally intended for transient or nonhousekeeping use, such as hotels, motels, cabins, dormitories, clubhouses, and barracks. Units in apartment hotels are excluded unless most of the space in the structure is devoted to housekeeping units. Excluded also are all temporary dwellings (such as those built for temporary use during war and defense periods), mobile housing or trailers, and houseboats. One-Family House. A dwelling unit intended for one family, which has a separate entrance from the outside, an individual heating plant, separating walls which reach from the ground to the roof, and which can be sold independently of adjoining or nearby units. A one-family house may be detached, semidetached, or one of a continuous row of attached houses. Multifamily Structure. One building containing any combination of two or more dwelling units (with or without commercial space for stores or offices) that have some common facility such as entrance from the outside, stairway, heating plant, or basement. The units may be arranged side by side, one above the other, or in any other manner. The dwelling units are classified by type of structure according to the number of units in a building, as follows: 2-to-4-family, 3-or-morefamily, and 5-or-more family structures. A single dwelling unit that comprises part of a structure having commercial space is classified with 2-family structures. Urban and Rural Nonfarm Location. Place of residence as defined by the Bureau of the Census. The 1920-29 housing starts data are classified according to the definitions established for the 1930 Census, and the 1930-53 data according to the 1940 Census definitions. For the earlier period, "urban” comprised all incorporated places having populations of 2,500 or more. The definition was expanded in the 1940 Census to include a small number of p laces, usually minor civil divisions, that were classified as urban under a special rule. Urban housing was related to definite geographic areas, while rural nonfarm housing reflected intended use. 28 The definition of a dwelling unit, the common denominator of housing data, has varied between different agencies and sometimes between different time periods (e.g., decennial censuses) and usually has been developed to suit the objectives of specific surveys or agencies. The Bureau of Labor Statis tics definition in the Nonfarm Housing Starts Series is designed to reflect the extent of activity in the construction of new housing only. 13 Metropolitan Area. The 168 Standard Metropolitan Areas as defined by the Bureau of the Budget and used in the 1950 Census of Population and Housing. Except in New England, a standard metropolitan area is defined as a county or a group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more. Contiguous counties to the one containing such a city are included in a standard metropolitan area if, according to certain criteria, they are essen tially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city. In New England, where the city and town are administratively more important than the county, they were the units used in defining standard metropolitan areas. Housing started outside the 168 standard metropolitan areas is classified as nonmetro politan. Geographic Region. follows: The regional groupings are those used by the Bureau of the Census, as Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, M assachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Penn sylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, K ansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lou isian a, Maryland, M ississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. West: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Privately Owned Housing Starts. Dwelling units built and owned by private individuals or organizations, including those started under Federal Government programs for insurance or guarantee of mortgage loans, and those receiving such public aid as tax exemptions and do nations of land. Federal Government Programs. Covers new privately owned nonfarm housing built under in spection procedures of the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration. The inspection procedures involve adherence to established minimum property requirements, or standards, as a condition of eligibility for an FHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgage.2^ Wherry H o u s i n g . Privately owned and operated dwelling units built, under a special FHA mortgage-insurance program, at or near military or Federal atomic energy installations for voluntary rental occupancy by military and defense-connected personnel.^0 In some c a ses, agreements between the owner and the occupant entitled the occupant to acquire ownership of the premises subsequently. (See also Capehart housing on page 14.) 2^ These agencies do not build dwelling units and, except for a relatively small direct loan program conducted by the VA, they do not make mortgage loans; they do insure or guarantee the holder of an approved mortgage against default. 30 'itie Wherry housing program was authorized in Title VIII of the 1949 amendments to the National Housing Act (in Public Law 211, 81st Congress, approved August 8, 1949)* In the 1955 amendments (Public Law 345, 84th Congress, approved August 11, 1955), die Capehart program was authorized in sec. 803 of a new Title VIII. See Review of Military Housing Programs, Senate Report No. 231 (85th Congress, 1st session), April 12, 1957, of the Committee on Banking and Currency. 14 All Other Privately Owned, Conventionally financed housing, that is, units started without Federal mortgage assistan ce. This category represents the residual after deducting private starts under the FHA-VA inspection procedures from the BLS total of private housing starts. Publicly Owned Housing. Dwelling units owned by Federal, State, or local government bodies, for which construction was financed by the use of public funds (including appropriated funds and funds derived from the sale of bonds to private groups), and, in some c a s e s , through the medium of Government-insured mortgages held by private groups until amortized. Federally Owned Housing. Mainly dwelling units built at military and Atomic Energy Commis sion installations, and a small number of units at national parks, reclamation projects, and other federally owned projects. Capehart Military Housing. Dwelling units privately built at military installations under a special program in which the mortgages are insured by the FI1A and mortgage payments are guaranteed by the Defense Depart ment. The defense agency also inspects the units while under construc tion; acquires the builders’ capital stock in completed projects; acquires control of each dwelling unit as completed; and maintains, operates, and assign s the housing to military and defense-connected personnel. The FHA-insured mortgages are amortized by use of the living quarters allowances of military personnel and the rental payments of civilian personnel. State and Locally Owned Housing. Dwelling units built under the auspices and programs of State and local public housing bodies, including units begun under Federal aid programs. The latter helped provide low-rent housing for low-income families, for students and faculty at col leges, and for personnel at hospitals and other institutions. Similar type programs, including also housing for veterans and the elderly, were in many c a se s financed entirely by the State and local public housing agencies. Federally Aided Low-Rent Housing. Dwelling units for low-income fami lie s built by local housing authorities with Federal aid. The Federal aid involves (1) capital loans to local authorities to help plan and build the housing and (2) annual cash contributions (Federal subsidy) which repre sents the difference between operating costs and the rents which lowincome families can afford to pay. 15 Table 1: New nonfarm dwelling units started: Totals, annually, 1889-1958; by type of structure, annually, 1900-58 Number o f new d w e llin g u n it s ( I n thousands) Year ................ ................ 1 8 9 1 ................ 1 8 9 2 ................ 1 8 9 3 ................ 1 8 9 U................ 18 8 9 18 9 6 ................ ................ 1 8 9 7 ................ 1 8 9 8 ................ 1 8 9 9 ................ 18 95 18 96 A ll types of structures 3 ^2 . 0 1 -family houses 2 6 5 .0 .. .. .. — — — 309.0 257.0 __ — 3 2 8 .0 2 9 8 .0 3 8 1 .0 2 6 7 .0 2 9 2 .0 2 6 2 .0 2 8 2 .0 .. — P ercen t o f new d w e llin g u n it s i n - Multifamily structures ■ 1 -family 3 -or-more A ll 2 -family houses family — — -— -- — — — _ — _ .. — __ — .. __ — .. .. _ _ — — -- __ .. — — — _ — — _ — _ _ — _ — -- -- -- — -- 6 5 .I 64.4 71.3 3b.9 35.6 16.4 1 1 .6 6 9 .2 2 8 .7 3 0 .8 18.5 24.0 1 5 .b 1 1 .8 1 9 .0 65.7 3b.3 l b .3 2 0 .0 33.7 35.1 1 2 .6 2 1 .1 14.2 20.9 19 0 0 ............. ............. 1 9 0 2 .............. 1903.............. 1 9 0 1 * ................ 1 8 9 .0 1 2 3 .0 6 6 .0 3 1 .0 275.0 240.0 253.0 315.0 177.0 35.0 190 1 9 8 .0 3 2 .0 6 6 .0 37.0 48.0 6 3 .O 1905............. ............. 1907............. 1 9 0 8 ................ 1909............. .. 507.0 487.0 432.0 416.0 492.0 1 9 1 0 ............... 1911............... 1912............... 1913............... 1 9 1 fc................ 387.0 395-0 426.0 421.0 421.0 1915............... 1 9 1 6 ................ 1917................ 1 9 1 8 ................ 1919................ 433.0 .O 240.0 1 9 2 0 ................ 1921................ 1 9 2 2 ................ 1923................ 1924................ 190 6 1925................ ................ 1927................ 1 9 2 8 ................ 1929................ 192 6 437 1 7 1 .0 6 9 .0 3 2 .0 175.0 7 8 .0 3 0 .0 1 0 8 .0 45.0 3 3 6 .0 1 7 1 .0 3 1 6 .0 1 7 1 .0 2 0 7 .0 2 9 1 .0 141.0 2 8 6 .0 1 3 0 .0 3 2 8 .0 164.0 b .0 .O 59.0 6 5 .O 73.0 2 5 1 .0 2 4 9 .0 I 3 6 .O 146.0 6 2 .0 2 5 8 .0 1 6 8 .0 264.0 157.0 7 1 .0 7 2 .0 8 5 .0 2 6 3 .0 1 5 8 .0 7 1 .0 8 7 2 6 2 .0 1 7 1 .0 2 6 7 .0 1 7 0 .0 73.0 6 9 .O 1 6 6 .0 74.0 6 1 0 7 .0 6 6 .3 1 0 2 .0 64.9 67.4 3 2 ,6 1 3 .6 1 9 .0 6 8 .8 3 1 .2 1 5 .6 1 5 .6 9 1 .0 6 6 .7 3 3 .3 14.8 18.5 79.0 84.0 97.0 64.9 6 3 .O 3 5 .1 3 7 .0 6 0 .6 .b 21.3 22.7 6 2 .7 3 7 .3 l b .7 15.7 . 16.7 17.1 6 2 .5 3 7 .5 1 6 .9 2 0 .6 6 0 .5 6 1 .1 39‘ 5 38.9 1 6 .9 1 5 .8 57.0 3 1 .0 9 1 .0 2 7 .0 1 3 .0 315-0 239.0 7 6 .0 3 6 .0 247.0 449.0 2 0 2 .0 45.0 133-0 279.0 358.0 359.0 7 1 6 .0 8 7 1 .0 893-0 437.0 513-0 534.0 b. 0 7 0 .0 146.0 175.0 173.0 157.0 3 1 6 .0 330.0 254.0 134.0 93.0 2 2 7 .0 1 0 3 .0 2 9 .0 1 8 7 .0 6 7 .0 2 2 .0 1 1 8 .0 1 6 .0 7 6 .0 1 7 .0 8 1 0 .0 753-0 509-0 572.0 491.0 454.0 436.0 2 365.0 358.0 356.0 317.0 193.0 937-0 849.0 1 1 7 .0 99.0 7 8 .0 5 1 .0 8 2 .0 65 .O .O 9 8 .0 1 0 1 .0 43.0 14.0 40.0 6 9 .2 3 0 .8 12.9 2 2 .9 1 1 .0 8 1 .8 1 8 .2 70.4 9.7 2 9 .6 1 5 .6 1 8 .6 2 0 .1 2 1 .0 1 8 6 .0 39.0 41.1 40.2 20.4 58.9 59 .‘8 19.4 2 0 .8 2 0 8 .0 6 1 .0 1 6 .8 241.0 257.0 239.0 142.0 57.8 2 2 .2 28 6 1 .0 5 6 .0 57.9 6 2 .1 7b.0 45.0 9.0 8 8 .1 1 2 .0 8 1 .7 1 2 .0 8 6 .5 8 2 .8 1 0 9 .0 1 7 .0 1 8 3 .0 3 8 .0 8 .0 3 0 .0 1936................ 1937................ 1938................ 1939................ 319-0 336.0 406.0 515.0 244.0 75.0 lb.O 6 1 .0 2 6 7 .0 6 9 .0 1 6 .0 317.0 399-0 53.0 76.5 79-5 8 9 .0 1 8 .0 7 1 .0 7 8 .1 1 1 6 .0 2 9 .0 8 7 .0 77.5 6 0 2 .6 485.7 603.5 II6 .9 37.3 3b.3 79.6 1 0 2 .6 2 9 2 .8 6 3 .2 143.6 117-7 47.4 24.1 141.8 See n o ie a t end o f t a b l e . 2 2 .6 23.1 17-9 11.9 12.7 .O 133.0 1 8 3 .O 1 2 6 .0 1 9 1 .0 11.4 2 0 .2 63 2 2 1 .0 356.0 24.1 20 2 1 .0 7.0 5.0 5.0 7 0 6 .1 39.b 77.1 75.9 1930................ 1931................ 1932................ 1933................ 1931*................ 1935................ 1 9 ^ 0 ................ 19^1................ 1 9 ^ 2 ................ 19*0................ 1 9 UU................ 13.3 69 1 1 8 .0 3 1 6 .0 Multifamily structures 3 -or-more All 2 -family family _ __ .. __ __ — — — -— — ---- 39.0 42.2 44.0 42.1 37.9 3 1 .2 8 .8 26.4 11.9 18.3 13.5 8.7 5.2 5*b 4.0 3.6 1 7 .2 23.5 20.5 21.9 22.5 19 A l b .5 b3-l 8 2 .2 1 7 .8 75.2 .O 24.8 3-7*0 2 9 .6 13.5 10.4 1 0 .0 6 8 .8 85.5 1 0 .6 1 2 .2 73.6 6 8 .3 2 0 .1 1 7 .8 1 3 .8 8 0 .6 83 4.4 4.8 4.4 8.5 lb.O .b 31.7 31.7 27-9 .b 17-7 6.7 12.9 9.5 13.6 22 19.1 1 5 .8 5 .6 17.5 16.9 6 .2 13 -2 4.8 5.6 9.3 7-5 9.7 1 2 .1 15.5 9-5 Table 1: New nonfarm dwelling units started: Totals, annually, 1889-1958; by type of structure^ annually, <19i)D?58-Continued Year 19**5................ ................ 19V7................ 1 9 1 * 8 ................ 19^9................ 191*6 Number of new dwelling units (in thousands) Percent of new dwelling units in — A ll Multifamily structures Multifamily structures 1-family 1-family 3-or-more types of houses A ll 2-family A ll houses 2-family 3-or-more structures family family 8.8 1 8 U. 6 88.2 11.8 4.2 7.6 209.3 2U.7 1 5 .9 590.0 5 6 .2 88.0 12.0 8.4 3.6 6 7 0 .5 80.5 21*.3 81*9.0 7l*0.2 108.8 8 7 .2 12.8 4.0 8.8 33.9 7 1 * .9 7 6 6 .6 I 6 5 .O 1 1 8 .1 931.6 5.0 14-6.9 8 2 .3 17.7 12.7 1 ,0 2 5 .1 230.8 3.6 36.5 77.5 22.5 1 8 .9 79**-3 191**3 1950................ 1951................ 1952................ 1953................ 195b................ 1,396.0 1,091.3 1,127.0 1 , 1 0 3 .8 1,220.1* l,1 5 l*.l 900.1 9^2.5 937.8 1,077.9 1955................ 1956................ 1957................ 1958................ 1,328.9 1 ,1 1 8 .1 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* 1 195k................ 1955................ 1956................ 1957.................. 1958................ N o te : 1,220.1* 1,328.9 1 ,1 1 8 .1 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* , 1 9 1 * . l* 989.7 21*1.9 1 9 1 .2 18 1 *. 5 1 6 6 .0 1 U2 . 5 13***5 .* 128 1 8 7 2 .7 1 6 9 .2 97$.1 23U.3 1,077-9 l,19l*.i* 989.7 11*2.5 13**.5 128.1* 8 7 2 .7 1 6 9 .2 975.1 23U.3 1*1*.8 1*0.1* 1*5.9 1*1.5 1 9 7 .1 1 5 0 .8 1 3 8 .6 121*.5 8 5 3 1 * .2 1 0 8 .3 8 8 .3 3 2 .8 101.7 97-5 135.9 195.U 5 -or-more family 30.9 33-3 38.9 2-to-l* family 5 1 .9 1 9 .2 * 1*6.1* 51.8 62.9 .O 8 9 .9 8 8 .5 8 3 .8 8 0 ,6 9 0 .6 8 8 .3 8 5 .3 8 2 .0 89.9 17.3 17.5 1 6 .4 1 5 .0 11.7 10.1 11.5 1 6 .2 19.lt 11.7 10.1 11.5 .** 8 8 .5 8 3 .8 1 6 .2 1 7 1 . 1* 8 0 .6 19.U 1 17 Because o f rounding, sum o f item s may n o t e qu al t o t a l s . 8 2 .7 8 2 .5 8 3 .6 3.2 3.7 4.1 3.7 2.8 14.1 13.8 12.3 11.3 8.9 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.2 2-to-4 family 4.3 3.7 4.2 5.0 5.2 7.6 8.7 1 3 .0 1 6 .2 5-or-more family 7.4 6.4 7.3 11.3 14.2 IT Table 2: New nonfarm dwelling units started: Private and public ownership, by type of structure, annually, 1935-58 N um ber o f new d w e llin g u n its (in th o u sa n d s) P r iv a te Year p r iv a te T o ta l 2 2 1 .0 3o r-m o re 2A ll h o u ses 2 1 5 .7 30 U .2 3 1 9 .0 s tru c tu re s T o ta l fa m ily & / p u b lic M u ltifa m ily 1 - and 1 9 3 5 ...................... 1 9 3 6 ...................... P u b lic M u ltifa m ily T o ta l, fa m ily pub lic s tru c tu re s 1 - A ll h o u ses y fa m ily 1 8 2 .2 3 3 .5 7 .7 2 5 .8 6 5 .7 6 6 .6 1 3 .3 5 2 .1 * 1 9 3 7 ..................... 3 3 6 .0 3 3 2 . i* 2 3 8 .5 2 6 5 .8 1 9 3 8 ...................... 1*0 6 . 0 3 9 9 .3 3 1 6 . 1* 8 2 .9 1 5 .3 1 8 .0 5 1 .3 6 1 * .9 1 9 3 9 ...................... 5 1 5 .0 1 * 5 8 .b 3 7 3 .0 8 5.k 1 9 .7 6 5 .7 1 9 U0 ...................... 6 0 2 .6 5 2 9 .6 bb7 .6 8 2 .0 2 5 .6 5 6 . 1* 1 9 1 * 1 ...................... 7 0 6 .1 5 3 3 .2 3 5 6 .0 2 5 2 .3 8 6 .3 1*8 . 9 28.b 1 9 1 * 2 ...................... 6 1 9 .5 3 0 1 .2 5 7 -9 3 1 .1 * 1 3 6 .3 111*. 6 2 k , 1 3/ 3o r-m o re fa m ily fa m ily 5 .3 l b .8 3 .6 0 .8 b .5 b .2 5 .5 1 .2 9 .3 2 .b 8 .6 6 .7 5 6 .6 .6 6 .1 1 .7 6 .1 2 6 .0 3 0 .6 2 1 .3 7 3 .0 8 6 .6 3 8 .1 3 b .9 1 6 .3 2 3 .2 7 0 .3 5b . 8 b O .5 lb .3 1 1 .7 1 7 .5 1 7 .8 2 9 .6 7 .3 7 .3 0 0 1 0 .6 1 3 .5 3 .1 3 .1 0 0 1 0 .b X9 U3 ...................... 1 9 1 .0 1 8 3 .7 1 9 1 *1* ...................... 1 1 *1 . 8 1 3 8 .7 1 9 ^ 5 ...................... 1 9 1 * 6 ...................... 2 0 9 .3 2 0 8 .1 1 8 1 * .6 2 3 .5 8 .8 (b ) 1 .2 1 .2 6 6 2 .5 8 1 * 5 .6 5 9 0 .0 7 2 .5 10 5 .b 2b .3 li* .7 1*8 . 2 1 .2 6 7 0 .5 8 1 * 9 .0 8 .0 (b ) 8 .0 8 .0 9 13 -5 9 8 8 .8 3 3 .9 b 6 .3 7 1-5 10 1* .0 3«b 1 8 .1 (b ) 3 -b 3 -b 9 3 1 .6 3 -b lb .l 3 b .7 1 6 1 .7 3 6 .3 1 .9 l b .7 3b .b 2 0 1 .5 b 2 .3 15 9 -2 b 3 .8 3 -b b O .b 1 2 7 .9 12 9 .b b O .b 8 7 .5 7 1 .2 7 .8 6 3 .b b 5 -9 b l.5 3b . 2 8 3 .5 9 1 * .0 5 8 .5 1 3 5 .5 1 2 b .b 3 -b 5 .0 1 9 V 7 ...................... 1 9 1 * 8 ...................... 1 9 * * 9 ...................... 1 ,0 2 5 .1 k 71*0 . 2 7 6 3 .2 1 5 0 .3 19 6 .b 7 9 2 .1 * 1 9 5 0 ..................... 1 ,3 9 6 .0 1 , 3 5 2 .2 1 9 5 1 ...................... 1 9 5 2 ...................... 1 ,0 9 1 .3 1 , 1 2 7 .0 1 , 0 2 0 .1 1 , 0 6 8 .5 1 9 5 3 ...................... 1 , 1 0 3 .8 1 , 0 6 8 .3 9 3 9 -1 9 3 2 .8 1 9 5 ^ ...................... 1 , 2 2 0 . 1* 1 , 2 0 1 .7 1 ,0 7 7 - 3 1 9 5 5 ...................... 1 9 5 6 . . . .............. 1 ,3 2 8 .9 1 , 1 1 8 .1 1 9 5 7 ...................... 1 9 5 8 ...................... l . k 1 ,1 5 0 .7 8 9 2 .2 3 2 .8 8 6 .7 1 9 .b b .b 1 5 .0 1 5 .0 3 0 .9 8 2 .3 2 b .2 9 .0 1 5 .2 l , 0U l .9 1 5 2 .6 3 3 .1 b 9 .1 1 5 .2 1 6 .b 1 ,1 1 * 1 .5 9 3 2 .5 20 9*0 3 8 .9 3 2 .5 b 2 .£ 1 6 .6 1 ,2 0 9 .1 * 1 1 9 .5 1 7 0 .1 1 , 2 2 0 . 1* 1 , 2 0 1 .7 1 ,3 0 9 .5 1 ,0 7 7 - 3 1 , 1 9 0 .0 1 9 5 7 ...................... 1 9 5 8 ...................... 1 ,0 1 * 1 .9 1 ,0 9 3 .9 9 9 2 .8 9 8 0 .7 8 1 * 0 .2 2/ 17 1 , 2 0 9 . 1* I n c lu d e s 3 1). I n c lu d e s am endm ent t o (p p . 3/ See 6 2 ,0 9 0 th e p r iv a te ly fo r a ls o , ow ned v o lu n ta r y d e fin itio n s p u b lic ly 12 b . b re n ta l (p . ow ned u n i t s N a t io n a l H o u sin g A c t , b u ilt occupan cy b y 12) fo r (m a in ly fo r fa m ily 1 8 .1 1 5 .0 1 7 .7 lb .9 1 5 .2 1 6 .6 1 5 .9 2 5 .b 2 3 .3 9 .0 b 9 .1 3 2 .5 1 1 *8 . 2 6 7 .9 m ilita r y 1 -fa m ily .6 2 b .2 1 9 U9 - 5 6 , and U2 . S under h o u ses) th e b u ilt d u r in g o ccu p an cy b y m ilita r y lb .7 W h erry a m e n d m e n tto d e fe n s e -c o n n e c te d o f W h erry h o u sin g p v b .b 6 7 .3 1 0 1 .5 d u r in g d e s c r ip tio n a s s ig n e d 1 8 .7 1 9 .b 7 2 .9 7 0 . 1* 6 0 .8 2 0 9 .0 2 5 .3 5a n ir V yI * . rUnlV 5 1 .1 lo w - c o s t u n it s 2 5 .b fa m ily 1* 5 . 9 1 5 2 .6 6 7 .9 5a y * « yiv\y*a o r - in o r e 5 1 .5 1 * 9 .1 1 1 9 .5 1 1 3 .2 9 3 2 .5 1 ,1 1 * 1 .5 8 2 ,5 9 5 N a t io n a l H o u s in g A c t , h art .6 1 1 9 .5 1 1 3 .2 1 ,3 2 8 .9 1 , 1 1 8 .1 (p , 5 5 .1 30o5 1 8 .1 9 8 0 .7 8 1 * 0 .2 1 9 5 1* ...................... lb 5 5 .1 3 0 .5 1 8 .1 1 , 1 9 0 .0 1 9 5 5 ...................... 1 9 5 6 ...................... ta b le 3 7 .9 6 3 .b 1 , 3 0 9 .5 2 - to - l* th e 9 0 .2 3 2 .6 1 , 0 9 3 .9 9 9 2 .8 fa m ily l/ 3 5 .5 1 8 .7 0 0 (b ) p e r s o n n e l. See p ro g ram . 19 5 6 -5 8 * p e r s o n n e l. under See th e ta b le s Cape15 and 32 an d 3b, r e s p e c t i v e l y ) . S e e a l s o , d e f in it io n s (p . i 2 ) , f o r d e s c r ip t io n o f C a p e h a rt h o u sin g p ro g ra m . T h e n u m b e r o f u n i t s i n 2 - f a m i l y a n d 2 - t o - b f a m i l y s t r u c t u r e s w a s t o o s m a ll t o sh ow s e p a r a t e l y . ] F ew er th a n N o te : B ecau se % 50 u n i t s . o f r o u n d in g , su m o f ite m s m ay n o t equal to ta ls . 18 Table 3: Hew nonfarm dwelling units started: Totals, monthly, 1939-58; and by private and public ownership, monthly, 1949-58 N um ber o f Year Jan. Feb. M ir . A p r. M ay n ew d w e l l i n g June u n its J u ly A ug. T o ta l- - P r iv a te 1 9 3 9 ................... 1 9 * * 0 ................... 3 2 .3 2 7 .0 3 0 .7 3 4 .8 1*2 . 9 1 * 2 .9 5 3 .3 4 6 .8 5 6 .5 5 7 .7 7** • 5 4 8 .8 1 9 U1 ................... 4 1 .2 1 * 3 .7 5 9 .6 1 9 * * 2 ................... 3 2 .8 51-6 X 9 * * 3 ................... 19 ****................... 9 -5 1 2 .2 5 1-3 1 0 .2 17 -4 1 1 .8 l l * .0 1 9 * * 5 ................... 1 9 U6 ................... 7 .9 4 2 .4 1 0 .6 3 7 .5 6 2 .0 3 9 -3 4 2 .8 5 6 .0 5 0 .1 7 6 .1 * 1 9 * * 9 ................... 5 3 -5 5 0 .0 5 0 . 1* 6 9 . 1* 8 8 .3 1 9 5 0 ................... 7 8 .7 8 2 .9 1 9 5 1 ................... 1 9 5 2 ................... 8 0 .6 117 -3 9 3 .8 1 3 3 . *l 9 6 .2 1 9 5 3 ................... 8 5 .9 6 4 .9 7 2 .1 7 7 .7 7 9 -2 1 0 3 .9 1 0 5 .8 1 9 5 * 1 ................... 6 6 .4 75 -2 9 5 -2 1 9 5 5 ................... 1 9 5 6 ................... 8 7 .6 8 9 .9 7 8 . 1* 1 9 * * 7 ................... 1 9 1 * 8 ................... 1 9 5 7 ................... 1 9 5 8 ................... 7 -0 7 5 -1 61* . 2 6 7 .9 1* 5 . 9 ' 5 0 .0 » 6 9 .7 7 3 .7 2 3 .0 2 5 .9 1 9 .6 15 -3 13 -0 th o u sa n d s) S e p t. O c t. N ov. 4 4 .2 5 1 .2 4 2 .4 5 7 .4 5 6 .5 6 9 .6 5 7 .8 1 * 2 .9 6 6 .0 4 5 .1 4 1 .2 ! 4 3 -* ; 3 2 .8 ! 7 0 6 .1 6 5 .O 5 6 .1 2 3 .4 2 2 .8 2 2 .2 1 6 .7 1 5 .2 ! 3 5 6 .0 2 0 .1 1 1 .5 1 6 .3 9 -6 1 8 .3 1 3 .0 1 5 .9 9 .2 1 3 .1 7 .2 1 9 1 .0 ll* 1 . 8 1 7 .1 6 5 .4 2 9 .1 2 0 9 .3 6 7 0 .5 8 U9 .O 7 3 -6 1 2 . 1* 1 4 .6 1 8 .6 1 7 .0 6 7 .1 6 4 .1 6 2 .6 6 7 -1 7 2 .9 7 7 .2 8 1 .1 8 6 .3 9 9 -5 1 0 0 .3 9 7 .8 9 5 .0 9 5 .5 9 6 .1 8 6 .7 9 9 .0 2 0 .1 9 -7 2 5 .6 5 7 .6 5 7 .8 2 9 .3 4 7 .7 9 3 -8 9 4 .0 7 9 .7 8 2 .3 6 3 .7 5 2 .9 9 3 1 .6 1 0 2 .9 7 3 -4 1 0 4 .3 9 5 .5 7 8 .3 1 ,0 2 5 .1 9 3 .6 6 0 .8 11*9 . 1 11*1* . 3 1 4 4 .4 1 4 1 .9 1 2 0 .6 1 0 2 .5 8 7 .3 1 0 1 .0 1 3 2 .5 8 9 .1 9 6 .4 9 0 .0 1 0 6 .2 1 0 9 .6 1 0 0 .8 1 0 1 .0 1 0 8 .3 9 9 .1 9 3 -2 7 4 .5 8 6 .1 1 1 1 . 1* 10 3 -5 1 0 1 * .6 9 0 .5 1 0 2 .6 9 5 .1 9 0 .1 1 0 8 .5 1 1 6 .5 1 1 4 .3 1 1 3 .8 10 7 -7 1 3 2 .0 1 3 7 .6 1 3 * 1 .5 1 1 0 .7 1 0 5 .8 9 8 .6 1 1 1 . 1* 1 0 7 .* * 1 2 2 .7 1 0 1 .1 1 1 5 .7 1 1 4 .9 9 3 .9 9 3 .6 9 9 .9 1 1 2 .9 6 5 .8 8 7 .0 9 3 .7 8 1 .4 9 9 .1 1 0 8 .5 5 1 5 .0 6 0 2 .6 2 2 .3 1 7 .6 6 7 .0 6 6 .1 to ta l 4 8 .5 4 6 .6 1 7 .7 1 5 .2 1 1 3 .7 1 0 3 .0 A nnual D ec. an d p u b lic 1 5 .4 9 5 . *i Ci n 9 6 .7 1 1 6 .0 1 2 4 .7 3 9 .3 5 8 .8 1 ,3 9 6 .0 1 ,0 9 1 .3 1 , 1 2 7 .0 8 1 .5 1 0 3 .6 7 1 .5 6 5 .8 1 , 1 0 3 .8 9 0 .6 1 , 2 2 0 . 1* 8 9 .2 7 6 .2 7 7 .4 6 3 .6 1 ,3 2 8 .9 1 , 1 1 8 .1 9 7 .8 1 0 3 .9 1 0 0 .0 9 1 .9 9 7 .0 7 8 .2 6 3 .4 1 , 0 U1 . 9 1 1 2 .8 1 2 4 .0 1 2 1 .0 1 1 5 .0 1 0 9 .4 9 1 .2 1 ,2 0 9 .1 * P r iv a te 1 9 *i0 ................... 2 1* . 1 1 9 * i l ................... 1 9 U2 ................... 3 6 .5 2 7 .8 1 9 * i 3 . , ................ 1 9 *1*1................... 9 -3 1 2 .2 1 9 * i 5 ................... 1 9 * 1 6 ................... 7 .0 3 6 .9 3 8 .2 5 2 .1 * 5 3 .0 6 1 .6 1*2 . 0 6 5 .1 2 0 . 1* 1 5 .2 1 8 .9 1 2 .8 7 .5 1*2 . 1* 1 3 .* i 1 0 .6 1 2 . 1* 1 4 .7 1 4 .6 6 2 .0 6 7 .0 6 7 .1 1*2 . 8 5 6 .0 7 2 .9 9 9 .2 9 1 .2 3 0 .9 3 5 -2 H 3 -7 5 1-2 3 5 -5 9 .8 1* 7 -7 ll* .9 1 1 .7 1 9 * i 7 ................... 1 9 1 * 8 ................... 5 2 .5 1 * 8 .9 7 6 .3 6 7 .1 9 8 .1 1 9 * i 9 ................... 1*6 . 3 1 * 7 .8 6 5 .3 8 5 .O 1 9 5 0 ................... 7 7 .8 8 2 .2 8 2 .3 1 1 6 .0 1 3 1 .3 7 6 .5 9 0 .2 9 2 .3 9 7 .0 1 9 5 1 ................... 1 9 5 2 ................... 6 1 . 1* 1 9 5 3 ................... 6 8 .2 7 * 1 .3 7 3 -8 9 1 .1 9 6 .I 1 9 5 * 1 ................... 1 9 5 5 ................... 1 9 5 6 ................... 6 5 .1 7 3 -9 8 7 .3 8 7 .9 7 7 .0 9 3 .2 1 1 2 .8 1 9 5 7 ................... 1 9 5 8 ................... 7 3 -7 6 0 .1 6 2 .9 6 3 .1 6 1 .0 1 0 6 .5 7 9 .3 7 7 .3 91* . 2 1 5 .1 1 8 .3 6 2 .8 7 7 .0 5 1 .2 5 0 .4 5 2 .0 3 8 .2 6 1 .2 5 1 .0 4 1 .8 3 3 .5 3 0 .0 2 0 .7 2 1 .6 5 3 .8 2 1 .6 1 8 .1 1 6 .7 1 2 .4 1 9 .6 1 6 .3 1 8 .0 1 4 .5 1 4 .4 1 3 .0 1 8 3 .7 1 1 .1 7 .2 1 7 .0 9 -7 2 5 .6 9 .0 1 6 .6 9 .U 2 0 .1 2 9 .1 6 1 .3 8 1 .1 6 1 .9 8 6 .1 5 7 .6 5 6 .5 9 3 -5 9 3 .5 2 9 .3 4 7 .7 7 8 .9 1 3 8 .7 2 0 8 .1 8 5 .1 9 6 .6 8 0 .5 1 0 0 .6 7 1 .9 1 0 1 .9 6 1 .3 9 3 .4 1 3 7 .8 1 1 6 .1 1 0 0 .8 9 5 .3 9 9 .2 9 2 .1 8 8 .9 9 9 .2 8 2 .7 7 2 .2 9 0 .1 7 9 .9 6 4 .5 1 ,0 6 8 .3 1 1 3 .4 1 0 3 .3 8 8 .4 8 9 .9 1 ,2 0 1 .7 1 1 3 .6 1 1 0 .5 1 0 4 .8 9 1 .2 8 8 .4 7 7 .0 7 3 .5 6 2 .9 7 5 .7 1 0 7 .0 6 2 .5 1 ,0 9 3 .9 9 9 2 .8 8 9 .5 1 ,1 4 1 .5 1 0 .3 4 .8 1 0 .1 2 .8 7 3 -0 8 6 .6 2 .2 2 .6 5 4 .8 1 .5 .2 .1 7 .3 9 6 .6 9 3 .7 9 2 .7 1 4 5 .7 9 7 .6 1 4 3 .4 1 3 9 .7 8 6 .8 1 0 1 .0 9 6 .9 1 0 2 .0 1 0 1 .1 8 8 .3 9 7 .4 9 6 .4 9 2 .2 1 1 2 .6 1 3 1 .4 1 1 2 .9 1 2 1 .9 1 1 3 .0 1 2 2 .3 1 0 4 .6 9 9 .0 1 0 3 .2 9 4 .5 1 0 1 .3 9 3 .9 1 0 8 .6 9 6 .8 9 0 .7 9 0 .2 1 1 4 .6 1 1 0 .9 1 1 2 .9 5 .3 8 .4 7 .^ 1 1 .2 1 4 .0 1 3 5 .1 1 1 0 .8 1 3 0 .5 1 0 9 .9 9 1 .U 9 3 -9 1 8 .7 1 7 .6 5 2 .4 6 8 .0 9 1 .0 1 0 5 .6 1 0 7 .4 1 0 7 .1 * 4 7 .« 6U . 1 9 6 .9 1 0 1 .3 9 0 .3 8 2 .3 5 2 9 .6 6 1 9 .5 3 0 1 .2 1 2 .6 6 6 2 .5 8 4 5 .6 3 9 .3 5 8 .5 4 9 .4 9 1 3 .5 9 8 8 .8 7 7 .0 7 8 .6 1 , 3 5 2 .2 5 9 .5 6 7 .6 1 , 0 2 0 .1 1 , 0 6 8 .5 1 ,3 0 9 .5 P u b lic 1 9 1 * 0 ................... 2 .9 3 -9 1 9 1 * 1 ................... 1 9 U2 ................... 4 .7 5 -0 8 .5 15-8 1 9 * i 3 ................... .2 .4 19 ****................... (1 ) .1 1 9 * i 5 ................... 1 9 1 * 6 ................... (1 ) .6 .4 1 9 * i 7 ................... 1 9 1 * 8 ................... 1 .1 1 9 * i 9 ................... .1 .2 4 .7 4 .6 2 .2 5 .0 9 .6 5 .5 •7 4 .3 .1 5 .6 1 .6 .7 (l) 1 .8 1 .2 .1 •9 .6 •5 .4 (1 ) .2 •3 .4 .1 (1 ) 1 .3 3 .5 .2 (1 ) (1 ) (1 ) (1 ) 1 .0 (1 ) 1 .2 (1 ) .1 (1 ) 1 .4 (1 ) 1 .1 1 .2 3 .7 2 .6 4 .1 3 .3 4 .2 4 .5 1-3 3 -6 1 2 .8 2 .1 3 .4 3 .9 9 .2 4 .0 3 .4 8 .6 -9 .6 4 .1 3 -5 3 -4 1 9 5 3 ................... 3 -9 5 -4 1 9 5 * i ................... 1 .3 -3 1 .4 1-3 2 .0 1 .4 4 .1 2 .7 5 -0 5 -1 1/ F ew er th a n N o te : B ecause m ay n o t 3 -9 2 -5 .6 . (1 ) 3 -7 ite m s . l (1 ) 1 9 5 1 ................... 1 9 5 2 ................... 1 9 5 7 ................... 1 9 5 8 ................... k 1 2 .9 6 .8 (1 ) 1 9 5 0 ................... 1 9 5 5 ................... 1 9 5 6 ................... 3 -1 8 .4 1 .5 2 .5 4 -7 1 .5 7 -7 4 .1 2 .3 2 .9 6 .1 4 .9 7 .2 1 .0 * 50 u n it s . o f r o u n d in g , equal to ta ls . 1 .2 2 .7 1 .1 9 -7 2 .0 and becau se 1 .3 .2 5 .1 4 .1 •3 (1 ) (1 ) 1 .3 .5 1 .3 3 .4 1 .6 •3 1 .8 2 .4 2 .3 1 .5 2 .4 .9 4 2 .2 4 .7 4 .1 3 .7 .8 4 .5 1 .1 1 .7 1 .1 6 .6 1 .5 (1 ) U ) (1 ) .8 2 .4 1 .3 3 6 .3 4 .6 1 5 .0 4 3 .8 2 .3 3 .8 1 .6 1 .3 7 1 .2 1 .6 1 .9 3 .0 3 .9 3 .1 2 .8 3 .1 .8 1 .3 2 .4 2 .3 (1 ) .2 2 .1 1 .0 2 .4 5 .4 1 1 .6 3 .9 4 .2 .7 3 .2 1 .3 3 .2 1 .7 8 .6 9 .4 1 0 .1 2 .1 2 .4 to o s m a ll to sh ow 8 .0 2 .1 1 .7 1 .0 a m o u n ts (1 ) 3 .4 1 8 .1 •3 in c lu d e 3 .1 1 .2 3 .5 2 .6 to ta ls (1 ) (1 ) .3 3 .9 5 8 .5 1 .3 .7 3 5 .5 2 .7 1 8 .7 1 9 .4 .4 .7 2 4 .2 2 .5 .9 4 9 .1 1 .7 6 7 .9 .3 .8 s e p a r a te ly , su m o f 19 Table 4: Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Seasonally adjusted annual rates, monthly, 1946-58 N um ber o f Jan. Feb. new p r iv a te M ar. d w e llin g A p r. u n its : M ay S e a s o n a lly June J u ly a d ju s te d A ug. 1 9 U6 ................... & jk 706 T J k 710 1 9 ^ 7 ................... 1 9 W ................... 690 717 8 13 7 0 1* 1 9 * * 9 ................... 1 9 5 0 ................... 800 1 ,0 2 7 892 997 911 1 ,3 1 0 779 1 ,3 0 0 699 950 803 1 ,1 * 0 5 1 ,3 8 2 l,* * 5 7 1 9 5 1 .................. 1 9 5 2 ................... 1 ,1 7 1 1 ,1 1 2 1 ,0 7 1 1 ,0 7 2 975 1 ,0 2 8 981* 9b l 1 ,0 0 1 1 ,0 2 9 1 ,0 1 6 1 , 131* 1 ,1 1 6 1 ,0 8 3 1 ,1 0 2 1 ,0 7 1 1 ,1 8 0 1 ,0 3 6 1 ,2 2 0 1 ,0 0 7 1 ,2 2 6 1 ,3 6 3 1 ,3 8 1 1 ,3 7 2 1 ,3 1 6 1 , 11 *6 1 ,0 9 1 1 ,0 7 0 991* 995 1 ,0 3 9 1 ,0 5 7 928 1 ,3 6 0 1 9 5 3 ................... 1 , 10 1* 1 ,0 9 2 1 ,1 2 8 1 9 5 1* ................... 1 ,0 5 1 1 ,1 0 0 1 ,1 0 3 1 9 5 5 ................... 1 9 5 6 ................... 1 , 1* 10 1 ,3 2 b 1 ,1 9 5 962 1 ,1 2 7 1 ,3 ^ 9 1 ,0 9 1 * 935 933 1 ,1 5 7 962 1 ,0 2 0 9 15 9 18 983 1 9 * 7 ................... 1 9 5 8 ................... 689 71*0 annual S e p t. 656 61+1 61*3 605 797 81+3 993 975 961+ 899 897 1 ,0 2 8 993 863 1 ,0 9 2 1 , 1+68 1 ,U 8 6 1 ,2 7 1 918 961 1 ,0 8 0 1 ,0 6 6 1 ,0 5 b 1 ,1 0 1 935 1 , 1+82 ra te (in th o u sa n d s) O c t. N ov. 6 13 1 ,0 3 1 802 6 11* 6b8 1 ,0 2 7 806 963 l,lb 9 l,lb 2 D ec. 1 ,2 4 1 * 8 13 1 ,2 6 6 1 ,1 0 7 1 ,2 9 2 1 ,0 1 2 970 973 1 , 10 1* 1 ,0 9 7 1 ,0 2 9 1 ,1 3 1 1 ,0 3 b 1 ,0 6 8 1 ,2 7 3 1 ,2 7 5 1 ,3 7 6 1 ,0 3 9 l,b b 3 1 ,3 1 1 1 ,1 3 6 1 ,2 8 5 1 ,0 0 8 1 , 2 1b 1 ,1 7 6 1 ,0 5 2 1 ,0 2 7 1 ,0 1 5 1 ,0 5 6 1 ,0 1 2 1 ,0 2 0 1 ,0 0 9 1 ,0 0 0 1 ,1 7 b 1 ,2 2 8 1 ,2 2 5 1 ,3 0 3 1 ,1 * 2 7 l,b 3 2 1 ,1 7 b 1 ,0 2 0 20 Table 5: New nonfarm dwelling units started: by Type of structure, monthly, 1940-58 T o ta l Year Jan. Feb. M ar. A p r. num ber o f M ay n ew June d w e llin g J u ly 1 - fa m ily 1 9 4 0 ................ 1 9 .3 2 5 .8 3 7 -7 b 5 .6 4 7 .2 4 3 .2 1 9 4 1 ................ 3 5 -7 3 7 .6 5 0 .3 b b .6 6 3 .0 5 9 -5 2 2 .8 6 3 .0 1 9 4 2 ................ 3 2 .3 2 7 .0 1 9 4 3 ................ 1 9 4 4 ................ 7 .0 8 .5 lb .b H -5 1 0 .1 9 -9 6 .b 1 1 .8 1 0 .5 1 0 .1 6 .1 1 9 4 5 ................ 1 9 4 6 ................ 1 9 4 7 ................ 1 9 4 8 ................ 1 9 ^ 9 ................ 9 -0 4 0 .0 O c t. N ov. D ec. A nnual to ta l h ou ses b 6 .2 b 9 .6 6 1 .b b 9 -8 19 -9 15 -0 19 -9 1 3 .2 1 7 .6 5 8 .0 1 9 .2 13 -5 1 3 .7 1 1 .6 1 2 .3 1 2 .4 11-3 8 .2 1 6 .7 lb .5 5 5 -6 9 -5 1 5 .b 3 9 -2 3 8 .8 3 5 -0 1 4 8 5 .7 2 8 .3 1 2 .b 6 0 3 .5 2 9 2 .8 1 2 .5 8 .0 13 -5 1 2 .7 7-6 1 0 .0 1 4 3 .6 6 .1 1 8 .2 2 3 .1 2 6 .b 2 5 .8 1 1 7 .7 1 8 4 .6 5 1-9 5 0 .7 8 0 .1 b 3 .6 3 5 -0 5 9 0 .0 6 7 -3 7 4 0 .2 6 2 .0 5 2 .5 7 7 -b b 9 -9 b l.l 6 1 .1 7 9 4 .3 1 8 .3 3 2 .4 3 7 -5 5 4 .2 5 9 .9 1 2 .9 5 8 .8 3 5 .0 4 9 .9 6 2 .5 6 0 .5 6 5 .8 4 2 .2 3 9 -1 3 8 .2 8 3 .9 7 8 .3 7b .8 8 0 .7 6 9 .b 3 7 .1 3 9 -7 5 b .5 7 9 .5 6 9 .6 6 7 .3 8 2 .2 71-9 7 2 .1 7 b .3 7 6 .9 7 7 -7 1 1 7 .3 7 7 .6 1 0 0 .8 8 7 .7 6 7 -9 5 1 .6 8 5 .8 8 6 .5 8 1 .0 7 9 .5 8 7 .b 7 1-5 6b .0 1 ,1 5 4 .1 8 1 .6 7 2 .1 7 9 -3 1 0 0 .3 7 0 .3 9 2 .8 5 8 .5 5 3 -8 9 4 2 .5 9 3 7 .8 80.b 7 9 -5 6 8 .5 5 3 -b 1 ,0 7 7 .9 1 ,1 9 4 .4 5 5 -3 7 0 .5 6 2 .b 6 8 .2 9 5 .4 1 1 0 .6 1 2 4 .8 1 2 4 .9 1 2 2 .6 7 1 .1 5 4 .0 6 7 .3 7 8 .b 8 2 .9 8 5 .9 8b .2 7 6 .0 6 5 -7 7 9 .6 8b .8 5 3 -1 6 5 .1 6 4 .7 8 9 -7 9 3 -6 8 7 .0 1 9 5 3 ................ 1 9 5 4 ................ 8 5 .7 9b .b 8 3 .2 9 6 .1 7 8 .9 6 9 .1 1 0 0 .1 119 -9 1 0 0 .1 9 7 -7 1 2 2 .2 5 4 .3 5 3 .0 75 -7 5 9 .6 1 9 5 5 ................ 1 9 5 6 ................ 7 8 .3 1 9 5 7 ................ 1 9 5 8 ................ 5 3 .4 6 6 .9 Sw O 8 6 .1 6 5 .1 8 0 .3 7 8 .8 1 9 4 0 ................ 7*7 9 -0 9 -1 1 0 .9 1 9 4 1 ................ 8 .0 13 -7 9 -3 7 -0 11-5 8 .8 3 -8 1 0 .5 1 0 .2 3 -0 1-9 2 .2 2 .5 3 -1 1 9 4 5 ................ 1 9 4 6 ................ •9 1-5 1 .6 2 .3 1-7 5 .1 b .9 3 -7 7 .8 7 -1 6 .6 13 -9 lb .9 2 1 .9 1 5 -b 1 1 .3 11-9 1 2 .9 1 0 .7 1 9 5 0 ................ 1 6 .3 l b .8 lb .7 13 -3 1 2 .0 1 9 5 1 ................ 1 9 5 2 ................ 1 0 .9 1 9 5 3 ................ 1 9 5 4 ................ 1 2 .5 lb .l 1 3 .3 1 9 5 5 ............... 1 9 5 6 ................ 9 -3 8 .2 1 0 .5 1 1 .0 13 -7 9 -3 1 2 .5 1 9 5 7 ............... 1 9 5 8 ............... 1 0 .8 11-5 jL 3 a 11-3 1 6 .3 13*9 2b .3 2 1 .0 1 2 .0 1 1 3 .5 1 1 1 .6 9 3 -2 8 2 .3 8 2 .9 9 5 -1 8 1 .8 7 8 .2 7 8 .8 6 7 -7 6b . 9 1 0 2 .9 9 8 .9 9 5 .0 8 5 .1 8 7 .5 1 .7 1 9 4 9 ................ 1 2 1 .8 1 0 3 .9 10 b .1 9 0 .7 2 .5 2 .1 6 .1 8 1 .5 1 0 3 .0 8b . 3 9 0 .6 1 9 4 2 ................ b .3 1 0 1 .6 9 6 .5 1 9 4 3 ................ 1 9 4 4 ................ 1 9 4 7 ................ 1 9 4 8 ................ 9 0 .0 8 2 .7 8 .9 5 .8 9 3 .7 a ll o th e r 6 .8 1 0 .7 8 .7 1 0 .2 8 .3 8 .2 6 .3 9 -3 7-8 3 .6 3 -9 5 -8 3 -2 1 .7 2 .0 2 .5 7 .0 1 .7 9 -9 15 -6 1 0 .6 1 0 .3 1 2 .2 2 0 .0 8 .3 7 -1 1 6 .b 1-9 8 .8 1 8 .7 2 3 -5 2 3 .b 1 6 .7 2 1 .8 11-9 2 2 .1 2 2 .8 2b .3 1 9 .b 2 1 .8 2b .6 19 -8 13 -3 2 0 .5 17 -0 1 5 .1 b 8 .3 1 1 .5 lb .8 1 9 .9 lb .7 1 0 .8 1 6 .5 lb .6 lb .5 1 2 .1 1 2 .3 lb .b 13 -3 1 1 .7 lb .3 lb .l 1 1 .3 9 .2 10 .b 13 -1 1 0 .7 1 1 .0 1 3 .5 2 2 .2 1 7 .7 2 1 .1 1 3 .7 2 2 .1 11-3 13 -b 2 0 .3 15 -b 1 2 .b 1 6 .5 2 1 .0 lb .5 1 2 .7 1 0 .9 1 7 .2 1 9 .3 in 2 -fa m ily T X 2T 2 .5 ” ""T X b .O 2 .7 3 -6 1 9 4 1 ................ 2 .2 2 .8 3*3 3 .7 1 9 4 2 ................ 1 .7 2 .9 3 -3 1 .1 3 -1 1 .2 1 9 4 3 ................ 1 9 4 4 ................ •9 .7 2 .7 1 .1 3 -2 1 .2 1 .8 1 .8 1 .6 1 .0 1 .2 1 .5 1 .1 1 .0 •9 -9 2 .b -9 2 .b -9 3 -0 1 .5 .6 3 .1 1 9 4 5 ................ 1 9 4 6 ................ .2 -5 .b 1 .3 1 .6 1 9 4 7 ................ 1 9 4 8 ................ 1 .5 2 .9 1 .6 2 .2 2 .8 3 -1 2 .5 b .6 3 -2 b .l 2 .7 1-9 2 .5 5 -3 3 -6 b .2 1 9 4 9 ................ 7-7 3 -b 3 -0 1 9 5 0 ................ 2 .9 3 -b 3 .0 2 .9 3 -b 5 -0 b .6 b .O b .b 1 9 5 1 ................ 1 9 5 2 ................ 3 -0 3 -b 1 9 5 3 ................ 1 9 5 4 ................ 3 -1 2 .2 3 -b 1 9 5 5 ................ 1 9 5 6 ................ 2 .2 2 .3 2 .6 b .3 3 -8 2 .8 3 -9 b .b 2 .2 2 .b 2 .0 2 .h 1 6 .b 7 .0 3 .5 6 .b U n its b .3 b .3 b .O 3 -1 3 -0 3 -3 3 -1 2 .8 2 .b 3 -7 3 -0 2 .6 3 -0 3 -1 2 .8 2 .U 2 .9 3 .$ 3 .6 :ee n o t e a t end o f t a b l e . 1 1 .6 b .7 b .l 3 -1 3 -1 b .6 5 1 .3 7 0 .5 7 6 6 .6 9 0 0 .1 9 8 9 .7 8 7 2 .7 9 7 5 .1 ( m u ltifa m ily ) s t r u c t u r e s b .5 2 .8 1 1 .6 1 2 .1 8 2 .0 1 0 2 .0 8 6 .5 in 5 5 -1 7 b .1 9 0 .5 8b .b 1 0 1 .3 U n its 1 9 5 7 ............... 1 9 5 8 ................ th o u sa n d s) b 8 .2 1 9 5 0 ................ “ (in S e p t. b 8 .9 63.b 1 9 5 1 ................ 1 9 5 2 ................ 1 9 4 0 ................ u n its A ug. .7 2 .2 b .7 l.b 3 -2 8 .6 1 1 6 .9 b .5 2 .8 1 0 2 .6 3 -1 1 .1 4 7 .4 2 4 .1 3 -3 2 4 .7 b .3 8 0 .5 1 0 8 .8 6 3 .2 1-7 1 .6 1 .9 5 .7 2 .5 2 .9 b .l 1 3 .1 1 2 .9 13 -9 1 1 .b 1 1 .2 8 .9 1 1 .8 2 5 .2 2 2 .3 1 8 .1 1 7 .2 2 3 0 .8 l b .8 1 5 .8 13 -7 1 0 .8 1 0 .5 lb .O 1 1 .2 2 5 .7 9 .2 1 3 .0 2 4 1 .9 1 0 .5 1 2 .0 1 1 .8 10 .b 1 0 .8 1 1 .1 1 6 6 .0 1 4 2 .5 1 0 .8 1 0 .7 1 1 .8 8 .8 9 .7 7 .7 1 0 .2 1 3 4 .5 1 2 8 .4 1 8 .2 1 3 .3 1 2 .1 1 6 9 .2 2 0 .0 2 b .3 2 0 .7 2 3 U .3 b .2 2 .8 2 .b 3 7 .3 2 .8 1-9 l.b 1 .6 3 4 .3 2 0 .1 7 -1 1 2 .b I 6 5 .O 1 9 1 .2 1 8 4 .5 stru c tu re s 3*5 3 -0 b .5 3 -b •9 2 .2 1 .2 l.b 1 .8 1-9 .8 .7 .6 2 .0 .6 .7 2 .0 .8 l.b .7 1 .0 1-3 1 .1 .6 1 7 .8 1 0 .6 l . l 8 .8 1-3 2 .8 2 4 .3 3 -3 3 -3 3 .9 2 .8 3 -3 3 -2 2 .8 3 -3 3 -2 1 .7 3 -b 2 .b b .O 3 -b 3 -2 3 6 .5 b .l b .6 b .3 3 -b 3 -b 3 -3 3 -8 3 -b 3 .8 3 -5 3 -8 2 .9 2 .6 2 -9 2 .b 4 0 .4 3 .5 3 -1 b .O 3 -3 4 5 -9 3*b 3 -9 3 -2 2 .9 2 .9 3 -0 2 .6 3 -1 3 -1 3 -1 4 1 .5 3 4 .2 3 0 .9 2 .5 3 .b 1-9 2 .8 3 3 -9 4 6 .9 b .7 3 .2 3 -5 3 -b 2 .8 2 .7 2 .b 2 .8 2 .b 2 .5 2 .6 2 .3 2 .1 4 4 .8 2 .7 2 .7 3 -1 2 .b 2 .5 2 .b 3 -3 2 .7 2 .8 2 .7 3 .0 3 -3 2 .8 2 .6 3 3 -3 3 .0 3 .1 3 .3 3 .U 3 .7 3 .9 3 .2 3 8 .9 3 2 .8 21 Table 5: New nonfarm dwelling units started: by Type of structure, monthly, 1940-58*-Continued T o ta l Year num ber o f new d w e llin g Jan. Feb. M ar. A p r. M ay 6 .3 6 .7 6 .7 5 .2 6 .6 6 .0 7 .5 7 .8 6 .5 7 .0 U .l 1 .6 1 0 .3 U .3 5 .7 1 9 l * 3 ................ 1 .0 2 .3 1 .9 2 .8 191*1*................ 1 .1 l.U 2 .1 1 9 1 * 5 ................ 1 9 ) 4 6 ................ .7 l.U l . l 1 .9 1 .0 .8 3 .8 2 .8 3 .3 2 .1 5 .)* k 3 .9 3 .8 5 .3 l* .o 8 .1 * 9 .U 8 .8 9 .3 1 2 . 1* 1 2 .3 1 1 .8 9 .9 1 6 .1 June U n its 1 9 U 0 ................ 1 9 1 * 1 ................ 1 9 l * 2 ................ 1 9 1 * 7 ................ 1 9 l t 8 ................ 1 9 1 * 9 ................ 1 0 .2 1 9 5 0 ................ 1 3 .U 11. U 1 9 5 1 ................ 1 9 5 2 ................ 1 9 5 3 ................ 5 .2 2 .0 3 .5 2 .6 2 .U 2 .7 i* .2 1 .3 2 .5 .8 .9 .9 1 .3 1 .8 1 .3 1 .1 2 .9 .8 1 .2 6 .3 1 * .3 8 .3 1 .7 5 .2 1 1 .1 6 .5 U .l* 7 .1 * 1 2 .6 8 .9 8 .6 1 5 .3 1 9 .9 2 0 .1 * 1 9 .0 1 8 .9 1 6 .9 1 8 .8 1 9 .9 1 5 .3 1 7 .2 9 .U 1 2 .1 1 5 .6 1* 5 . 0 2 0 .3 8 .1* 1 2 .7 1 1 .2 1 1 .1 8 .6 8 .1* 1 1 .6 1 1 .3 .7 l . h . l 1 7 .2 1 2 .7 8 .2 8 .U 9 .2 1 0 .0 8 .5 9 .0 1 2 .1 9 .7 6 .5 6 .0 8 .8 6 .9 9 .5 8 .5 9 .3 8 .3 7 .7 9 .1 8 .7 1 0 .U 1 3 .7 1 3 .9 1 1 .5 1 0 .7 13 .U 1 6 .8 17 . 1 6 .3 1 0 .7 7 .3 k 1 3 .5 1 5 .9 5 6 .2 3 .0 3 .7 9 .8 1 0 .6 2 .U 9 .0 6 .1 9 .0 8 .2 8 .3 9 .0 7 1 * .9 1 1 8 .1 2 2 .U 1 3 .3 1 U .7 1 U .0 1 9 1 * .3 16 .u ll.U 7 .0 1 2 .9 2 2 .8 6 .8 1 9 7 .1 1 5 0 .8 9 .7 1 3 8 .6 1 1 .0 7 .9 7 .1 8 .1 9 7 .5 1 0 .7 1 0 .7 1 U .9 1 0 .5 9 .5 1 3 5 .9 1 9 .1 1 7 .3 1 8 .7 1 6 .3 20. U 1 7 .5 1 9 5 .1 * 2 - to - l* fa m ily . l l* .l* 3 .9 3 .9 1*.8 5 .1 1*.2 5 .1 5 .3 in .5 2 .2 9 .3 k 5 .6 1 .9 8 .3 k . 6 5 .2 1 * 3 .1 2 9 .6 8 .U 8 .6 k h . 9 1 .5 2 .0 7 .7 U .U U .O 1 .8 8 .7 3 .9 3 .9 2 .5 3 .9 8 .2 1 0 .1* 8 .2 1 5 .0 l* .l* . l 6 8 .3 1 0 .6 8 .U 8 .0 6 .U U .3 3 .7 7 9 .6 2 .9 9 .9 k . k 3 .2 6 .2 5 .9 1 .8 7 .3 5 .1 3 .5 6 .5 3 .5 9 .6 h .2 . l 1 2 .2 1 0 .9 . l 5 .0 7 .1 3 .6 9 .3 k k A nnual to ta l 8 .5 U .6 3 .5 3 .9 3 .6 U n its 5 - o r -m o re 9 .1 12 1*. 5 8 .0 1 0 8 .3 5 .U 1 0 1 .7 s tru c tu re s U .l* 3 .8 i* . 5 3 .6 U .5 U .5 5 .0 5 1 .9 3 .7 U .3 3 .2 3 .7 U .2 3 .7 1 * .7 U .l* U .8 3 .9 U .2 3 .9 1* 9 . 2 1* 6 .1 * 5 1 .8 5 .8 5 .7 6 .1 5 .3 6 2 .9 7 .3 7 .2 5 .9 7 .0 6 .3 6 .1 9 0 .6 1 * .5 5 .8 U .5 7 .0 8 5 .3 8 2 .0 6 .0 fa m ily 3 .2 s tru c tu re s 7 .0 7 .9 7 .0 6 .6 1 0 .2 1 0 .0 6 .9 7 .1 8 .7 l . k 1 0 .3 5 .3 8 .1 6 .5 7 .2 7 .2 3 .3 9 .3 7 .0 7 .3 5 .7 7 .8 8 .3 7 .0 1 1 .7 9 .3 1 3 .5 7 .3 9 .0 1 3 .U 9 .1 8 .2 1 1 7 .1 * 1 0 .0 9 .1 11. U 1 5 .1 1 5 .U 1 6 .9 1 5 .1 1 6 .3 1 U .3 1 8 .2 1 5 .U 1 7 1 .1 * 1 9 5 1 * ................ 9 .h 1 9 5 5 ................ 1 9 5 6 ................ 5 .7 5 .0 1 9 5 7 ................ 1 9 5 3 ................ N o te : in D ec. s tru c tu re s 7 .1 U n its 1 9 5 7 ................ 1 9 5 8 ................ N ov. l . k 8 .6 3 .9 3 .6 O c t. i* .8 1 0 .7 7 .1 th o u sa n d s) 5 .1 9 .h 1 9 5 5 ................ 1 9 5 6 ................ 1 9 5 5 ................ 1 9 5 6 ................ fa m ily (in S e p t. U .l 1 . 9 1 1 .1 1 9 5 1 * ................ 3 -o r-m o re 1 0 .8 2 0 .0 1 9 5 1 * ................ 1 9 5 7 ................ 1 9 5 3 ................ in J u ly u n its A ug. B ecau se o f r o u n d in g , su m o f 8 .0 ite m s 1 2 .1 11* . 2 m ay n o t e q u a l to ta ls . 7 .U 22 Table 6: Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: by Type of structure, monthly, 1940?58 dumber of privately owned hew dwellinjg units (in thousands) Year Jan* Feb. Mar. Apr. May June 36.2 i*u.i 1* 5 .5 U2 .1 56.1 15.7 13.1 12.3 16.7 55.3 67.3 81.U 71.9 July Aug. Annual total Nov. Dec. 3 2 .5 27.0 26.8 9.9 9.9 6.1 25.8 35.0 U9.9 Ul.O 61.0 UU7 .6 65.7 51.3 58.3 53.6 79.5 53.3 50.9 70.1 1,150.7 892.2 939.1 932.8 1,077.3 1,190.0 980.7 3U0.2 932.5 86.3 U8.9 U7.U 2U.1 23.5 72.5 105.U 150.3 196.U Sept. Oct. U3.7 U8.0 18.0 11.6 8.0 13.2 51.9 30.7 69.2 77.5 U3.9 U5.0 15.2 12.2 8.0 23.1 50.7 110.2 121*.6 12U.9 122.3 117.3 100.3 82.8 85.6 78.7 75.5 77.5 31.5 85.2 86.5 90.3 65.1* 39 .5 85.5 36.5 63.8 89.6 8U.U 81.5 80.9 83.7 9l*.2 93 . 1* 96.0 97.6 101.9 101.6 103.0 103.9 61*.5 83.1 78.9 100.0 119.9 122.1 120.5 113.U 111.5 1QU.1 99.6 100.7 90.0 93.0 81.2 68.7 83.7 95 .U 78.8 52.8 68.0 81.6 8 l.l 81.7 76.9 80.3 83.6 88.1 1*9.0 62 . u 76.6 93.2 8U.7 95.7 87.7 79.5 87.2 79.3 100.3 95.1 81.2 73.8 9U.1 80.2 66.0 67 . $ 6U.2 8U.8 1-family houses 19U0.......... 19U1.......... 1 9 k 2 ......... 19U3.......... 19UU.......... 19U5.......... 19b6.......... 19U7.......... 191*8.......... 1 9 U 9 ...*.. 1950.......... 1951.......... 1952.......... 1953.......... 195U.......... 1955.......... 1 9 5 6 *... • • 1957.......... 1958.......... 18.7 28.5 2U.1* 6.8 10.1 6.1 3 2 . 1* 3 5 .0 1*2.1 37.1 62.3 70.8 53.8 58.2 53.1 78 . 3 , 66 . 1* 50 .1 50.2 23.7 29.1 29.1 8.1 9.8 6.U 37.5 39.1 38.0 39.7 68.2 6 7.0 1*3.0 1*1.2 11.9 11.2 9.0 51*.2 1*9.9 62 .U 5b.b 53.0 3b.1 U . 1* 10.3 10.1 59.9 60.5 78.1* 69.5 55.5 17.9 u *.3 u .6 12.9 58.8 65.8 83.7 71.5 U5.U 53.3 17.0 12.6 10.7 1U.5 55.6 70.5 78.3 7U.1 UU.8 55.3 18.2 13.2 9.1 15.U 55.1 7U.1 7U.2 76.5 95.3 78.2 78.9 80.1 62.0 31.9 Uni1ts in a ll other (2-or-more family) structuresi 19b0.• • • • • 1 9 lil...... 191*2.......... 191*3.......... 191*1*.......... 191*5.......... 191*6.......... 191*7.......... 191*8.......... 191*9.......... 1950.......... 1951.......... 1952.......... 1953.......... 1951*.......... 1955.......... 1 9 5 6 ...... 1957.......... 1958.......... 5.1* 8 .0 3.1* 2 .5 2.1 .9 b.5 3.2 lo .b 9.3 15.5 11. b 7.6 10 .0 12.0 9.0 7.3 10.0 12.7 1 9 1 *0 ...... 191*1.......... 19l*2. . . . . . 1?1*3.......... 191*1*.......... 1 9 1 *5 ...... 191*6.......... 191*7.......... 191*8.......... 19l*9. . . . . . 1.2 1.6 1.3 1950.......... 1951.......... 1952.......... 1953.......... 1951*.......... 1955.......... 1956.......... 1957.......... 1958.......... 2.8 3.b 3.0 3.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.U .9 1.0 .2 1.3 1.5 2.8 2.7 7.2 6.1 6 . 1* 1.7 1.9 1.1 h .9 3.7 10.9 8.1 1U.1 9.5 8.9 10.0 9 .h 9.0 8.3 10.3 12.0 1.7 1.9 1.7 .7 .5 .b 1.6 1.6 2.5 1.8 2.9 3.U 3.b 3.b 2.3 2.6 2.1* 2.1* 2.b 3.0 2.2 1.6 7.8 6.1 13.9 10.9 8.3 8.6 7.9 3.8 2.5 2.3 7.1 6.6 19.7 15.5 7.5 9.6 2.5 U.6 3.1 1.7 8.3 7.1 1.5.5 19.7 20.7 12.0 12.2 12.b 10.1 12.8 10.2 11.3 lb .9 21.1 9.5 11.8 13.2 10.5 10.6 10.3 12.6 17.6 21.1 12.0 u .5 12.2 9.8 13.0 10.1 15.3 17.7 2.0 2.8 2.3 1.1 1.2 2.6 2.9 2.9 1.5 1.1 7.5 8.2 6 .5 .9 1.0 1.8 1.0 .9 2.U 2.2 b.6 2.$ 2.1* 2.8 7.6 3.1* 3.0 3.1 5.2 3.0 b.6 b.6 b.3 3.8 2.8 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.9 '3 .8 3.9 b.b 1*.3 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.5 b.2 3.0 b.3 b.O 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.7 3.6 See note at end of table. .9 2.b 71.U 63.8 72.0 70.2 92.8 533.2 252.3 136.3 11U.6 13U.6 590.0 7U0.2 763.2 792.U 3.0 U.5 2.8 1.6 7.5 9.7 15.2 19.1 7.0 9.7 3.7 b .l 1.7 2.1 5.7 10.6 15.b 18.6 6.b 5.9 3.b 6.b 2.0 1.6 6.8 12.0 10.9 20.1 6.7 5.8 3.6 b.7 l.b 1.9 5.7 12.8 11.3 23.1 8.1 6.0 2.9 5.3 1.7 2.5 5.8 13.b 9.9 19.9 5.7 7.2 2.9 3.2 1.6 2.9 b .l 11.6 8.8 16.1 6.5 3.2 2.7 3.1 1.1 3.3 b.3 8.6 8.b 16 X) 13.5 11.6 10 .U 12.U 10.7 10.9 9.2 lb . 2 16.6 17.b 11.3 10.8 12.0 11.3 8.5 9.0 12.8 20.5 20.5 10.8 15.3 13.8 13.1 9.b 11.3 8.b 10.7 10.0 10.8 10.2 15.1 18.9 11.2 9.5 9.5 9.5 13.3 17.7 10.3 10.2 9.7 10.0 lb .6 18.8 9.7 10.5 8.2 9.5 11.5 22.2 12.9 8.2 9.3 10.9 lO.b 7.5 9.6 11.6 19.b 201.5 127.9 129.U 135.5 12U.U 119.5 113.2 152.6 2.1 2.8 1.1 1.8 1.5 .6 2.5 3.b b.2 2.9 2.b 2.6 1.2 1.6 2.b 2.6 .8 2.2 .7 .6 2.0 3.3 3.1 • 2.9 2.6 2.7 1.2 1.8 .6 .7 2.0 3.3 3.9 2.7 2.8 2.5 1.3 1.9 .3 .8 1.9 3.3 3.2 3.8 1.8 1.6 l.b l.b .7 1.0 1.7 3.b 2.b 3.1 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 .6 1.1 1.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 25.6 28 .U 17.5 17.8 10.6 8.8 2U.3 33.9 U6.3 3U.7 3.9 3.1 3.3 3.8 b.7 3.2 3.1 2.b 2.b 3.0 3.b 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.b 2.5 3.3 3.7 2.8 2.6 3.b 2.8 2.8 2.b 2.6 2.8 3.9 2.7 2.b 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.3 2.1 2.6 3.2 U2.3 Uo.U U5.9 U1.5 3U.2 32.8 30.9 33.1 38.9 5.7 8 .0 11.9 12.7 Units in 2-family structures 2.9 3U.6 11.6 11.2 7.U 26.u U3.6 67.3 52.5 77.3 b.O 3.3 3.8 3.b 2.9 3.0 2.6 3.2 3.0 .9 .7 2.2 3.2 b.O 2.8 b .l 3.b 3.5 3.9 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.1 b.O 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.8 1 2 .0 10.3 82.0 209.0 23 Table 6: Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: by Type of structure, monthly, 1940-58-Continued Number of privately owned new dwelling units [in thousands) Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual total 5.3 3.5 1.6 3.9 .9 1.7 3.9 10.1 6.7 16.1 3.9 5.6 1.5 1.8 .9 1.9 2.U 8.2 6.U 13.0 U.9 1.7 l.U 2.0 .5 2.2 3.0 5.8 5.6 12.9 56.1* 57.9 31.1* 29.6 13.5 U*.7 1*8.2 71.5 10l*.0 161.7 9.9 5.9 8.2 7.3 7.5 7.3 7.5 11.3 15.1 8.5 5.8 6.9 6.9 7.7 5.8 6.9 8.7 18.3 10.2 5.8 6.0 8.0 7.3 5.2 7.5 9.0 16.2 159.2 87.5 83.5 9l*.0 90.2 86.7 82.3 119.5 170.1 U.5 3.7 U.U U.8 5.6 U.5 U.3 3.9 U.2 6.1 5.0 3.2 3.1 3.8 5.3 51.5 1*9.1 1*5.9 51.1 5 .7 6 .0 5.6 9.8 6 .0 3.9 5.6 7 .3 13.2 16.1 5 . 1* 1*.3 6.5 7.8 l i * .l 72.9 70.1* 67.3 101.5 11*8.2 Units in 3-or-more family structures 19l*0.......... 191*1.......... 19U2.......... 19U3.......... 191*1*.......... 191*?.......... 191*6.......... 191*7.......... 191*8.......... 191*9.......... U.2 6 . 1* 2.1 1.6 1.1 .7 3.2 1.7 7.6 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.0 2.3 i.U l.U U.7 5.5 U.2 U.7 1.0 1.1* .7 3.3 2.1 8.1* 6.3 5.U U.2 1.9 1.0 .7 5.1* 3.9 9.3 8.U 12.1 12.1 16.1 7.1* 7.9 8.6 7.3 9.1 7.2 8.7 12.0 17.3 5.6 7.U 8.9 7.U 7.5 7.5 9.6 1U.1 5 .5 3.8 1 9 ^ 0 ...... i9 5 l• • • • • • 1952.......... 1953.......... 1951*.......... 1955.......... 1 9 5 6 ...... 1957.......... 1958.......... 12.7 8.0 U.6 6.9 9.8 6.8 5.1 10.3 11.2 6.1 5.5 6.6 7.1 6.U 5.9 7.9 9.6 1951*.......... 1955.......... 1 9 5 6 ...... 1957.......... 1958.......... 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.1* •3.8 3.5 3.9 3.1* 3.7 3.8 U .l 5.0 U.U U.l U.5 U.6 U.6 U.l U.6 5.2 1951*.......... 1955.......... 1956.......... 1957.......... 1958.......... 8.1 5.U U.2 6.6 8.9 5.9 5.1 U.9 6.6 8.2 6 .0 7.8 5.8 7 .2 1 0 . 1* 5.9 6 .0 6.2 8 .0 8 .0 12 .U 5.1 6.7 1.5 2.8 2 .1 .8 5.3 U.o 10.3 16.7 3.6 5.2 1.9 2.7 1.3 1.0 5.0 6.3 11.0 16.2 U.6 7.1 2.5 2.5 .8 l.U 3.5 7.U ll.U 15.8 U.o 3.3 2.6 U.2 1.3 1.0 U.8 8.7 7.8 17.2 16.6 12.0 16.9 1U.5 13.3 9.0 10.0 7.7 8.3 7.9 6.6 7.2 8.0 7.3 7.9 8.1 8.2 9.0 8.0 7.5 6.8 7.8 8.2 6.9 6.U 8.1 5.8 9.7 7.9 7.1 6.6 7.0 7.7 7.1 6.3 12.6 11.0 10.0 12 .U 10.3 1U.1 13.6 17.U 15.1 1U.3 Units in 2-to-U family structures U.2 U.U U.l U.3 U.U 3.6 3.8 5.1 U.U 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 U.U U.8 U.2 U.7 U .l U.7 U.6 5.2 5.3 5.9 5.5 Units in 5-or--more family structures 6.6 5.6 5.7 6.9 5.1 U.6 7.0 6.5 5.9 7 .9 5.8 5.7 5.U 6.5 5.1 10.6 8.6 8.6 11.0 9.U 12.0 12 . 1* 13.0 12.2 15.3 Note: Because of rounding, sum of items may not equal totals. U.l 3.1 2.U 2.9 .8 1.2 3.7 9.5 7.U 20.U 60.8 24 Table 7: New nonfarm dwelling units started: Private and public ownership and location, annually-urban-rural nonfarm, 1920-53, and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan, 1950-58 Number o f new dwelling units (in thousands) Private and public Location Rural Total Urban nonfarm Total 1920......... 1921......... 1922......... 1923......... 1921*......... 21*7.0 1*1*9.0 716.0 871.0 893.0 192$......... 1926......... 1927....... . 1928......... 1929......... 937.0 81*9.0 810.0 7$3.0 $09.0 61*3.0 $9l*.0 1*00.0 1930......... 1931......... 1932......... 1933......... 1931*......... 330.0 2$1*.0 131*. 0 93.0 126.0 236.0 171*.0 61*.0 l*$.o 1*9.0 193$......... 1936......... 1937......... 1938......... 1939......... 221.0 319.0 336.0 1*06.0 $1$.0 117.0 211.0 218.0 262.0 3$9.0 108.0 118.0 11*1*.0 19l*0......... 191*1......... 19U2......... 191*3......... 191*1*......... 602.6‘ 706.1 3$6.0 191.0 11*1.8 396.6 1*31*.3 227.1* 121*.1* 96.2 206.0 271.8 128.6 66.6 1*5.6 19U$......... 191*6......... 19U7......... 191*8......... 191*9......... 209.3 670.$ 81*9.0 931.6 l,02$.l 133.9 1*03.7 1*79.8 $2l*.9 $88.8 19$0......... 19$1......... 19$2......... 19$3......... 1,396.0 1,091.3 1,127.0 1,103.8 Year 19$0......... 19$1......... 19$2......... 19$3......... 19$!*......... 1,396.0 1,091.3 1,127.0 1,103.8 1,220.1* 19$$......... 19$6......... 19$7......... 19$3......... 1,328.9 1,118.1 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* 1/ 196.0 3$9.0 $71*.0 698.0 716.0 $1 .0 90.0 11*2.0 173.0 177.0 21*7.0 1*1*9.0 716.0 871.0 893.0 7$2.0 18$. 0 168.0 9l*.0 681.0 80.0 70.0 1*8.0 77.0 10l*.0 1$6.0 7$.l* 266.8 369.2 1*06.7 1*36.3 97$.8 779.8 699.7 827.0 3$3.1 338.3 31*2.2 382.1* 196.0 Total Public Location Rural Urban nonfarm — — 716.0 51.0 90.0 11*2.0 173.0 177.0 937.0 31*9.0 810.0 7$3.0 $09.0 7$2.0 681.0 61*3.0 $91*. 0 1*00.0 168.0 167.0 1$9.0 109.0 185.0 — — — — — — — 330.0 2$1*.0 131*. 0 93.0 126.0 171*.0 61*.0 1*5.0 1*9.0 91*.0 80.0 70.0 1*8.0 77.0 — — — ~ — — — — — — — 21$. 7 301*. 2 332.1* 399.3 1*$8.!» 112.6 197.6 211*.1* 25$. 3 303.5 103.1 106.6 118.0 ll*l*.0 15U.9 5.3 12*.8 3.6 6.7 56.6 i*.i* 13. U 3.6 6.7 55.5 0.9 1.2* (1) (1) 1.1 $29.6 619.$ 333.2 369.5 191*. 9 119.7 93.2 196.1* 2$0.0 116.3 61*.0 1*5.5 73.0 66.6 5L.3 7.3 3.1 63. h 6i*.8 2*2.5 2*.7 3.0 9.6 21.8 12.3 2.6 .1 132.7 395.7 1*76.1* 510.0 $$6.6 75.1* 266.8 369.2 1*03.5 1*32.2 1.2 1.2 8.0 3.2* 1U.9 32.2 (1) (1) (1) 3.2 2*.l 78$.6 531.3 551*.6 533.2 Metro politan 2*3.8 71.2 58.5 35.5 776.9 979.1* $66.6 1*38.8 $13.9 $35.1 Nonmetro politan 365.2 297.0 317.9 291.1* 322.3 960.1 766.$ 677.1* 789.0 31*9.1* 327.1* 315.1* 352.5 19.1* 2l*.2 1*9.1 67.9 301.2 183.7 138.7 209.1 662 .$ 31»$.6 913.$ 983.8 $68.2 1,3$2.2 827.8 1*96.0 1,020.1 $9$.3 609.6 $17.1* 1,068.$ $38.8 1,068.3 $6$.0 Metro Nonmetro politan politan 1,021.6 37U.1* 1,3$2.2 776.8 3H*.$ 1,020.1 332.1 1,063.$ 79l*.9 803. $ 300.3 1,068.3 896.9 323.$ 1,201.7 Fewer than 50 un its. 167.0 1$9.0 109.0 Private Location Rural Urban nonfarm 1,309.$ 1,093.9 992.8 1,11*1.$ 3$9.0 $71*. 0 698.0 236.0 987.0 723.1 750.6 — — — 8.0 3J* 18.1 36.3 1*3.3 71.2 $3.5 35.5 18.7 __ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — __ — 2*2.2 62*.0 55.0 31.8 Metro politan 32*.6 53.7 2*2*.3 1.6 7.2 3.5 3.7 N onm etro 17.5 politan 9.2 17.5 12*.2 8.9 1.2 15.7 13.3 22.3 38.0 3.7 10.9 26.8 29.9 26.6 25 Table 8: Hew nonfarm dwelling units started: Urban-rural nonfarm location, monthly, 1939-53; and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan location, monthly, 1953-58 Year 1939............ 19l*0............ i9 ia ............ 191*2............ 19U3............ Jan. Feb. Mar. 23.2 21.7 2i*.S 28.1 36.1 6.3 30.1 18.9 2 7 .5 21.3 5.9 31.6 36 .0 31.9 11.3 8 .0 5.6 9.6 7.2 25.0 38.0 31.8 1*3 .1 19 h h ............ 19l*5............ 19U6............ 191*7............ 191*8............ 8.2 1*.8 22.1* 2l*.2 30.8 191*9............ 1950............ 1951............ 1952............ 1953............ 29.5 1*8.2 1*9.6 36.1 38.1* 28.0 5 1 .0 1*7 .0 1*2.8 1939............ 19l*0............ 191*1............ 191*2............ 191*3............ 9.1 8.1 13.7 11.5 3.6 9.0 191*1*............ 191*5............ 19l*6 • • • • . • • 191*7............ 191*8............ 25.0 29.1 36.7 68.6 51.2 58.5 59.1 Number of new dwelling units (in thousands) May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Apr. In urban areas 28.6 38.3 1*7.9 31.1 10.0 8.6 8.7 1*1 .0 37.6 55.0 1*9 .5 78.8 51.9 38.2 37.9 1*3.1* 16.6 12.9 31.8 29.9 29.8 36.6 U k .5 h h .l 13.7 11. k 13.9 U .3 1 0 .5 10.1 11.0 39.0 U2.2 8.7 11.1 37.3 9.9 1*1.0 39.3 56.7 53.9 85.5 55.1* 5 k .h 52.2 53.9 82.7 8U.7 56.1 53.3 53.3 31*. 2 U5.9 52.1* 1*8.1 55.9 83.6 1*5.9 50.8 1*6.1* h h .5 60.7 ll*.3 18.2 26.6 17.7 5.3 15.1 19.8 26.3 9.3 6.7 u * .i n*.i* 15.6 15.2 3.9 12.8 15.2 23.6 19.7 6.1 29.2 9.3 6.3 U.o 2.2 15.1 15.1 22.7 3.8 2.3 17.1* 17.8 21.0 l*.l* 3.1* 2l*.0 21*.2 33.3 l*.l* 3.7 26.0 29.5 l*l*.5 1».9 1*.7 26.1 33.6 1*3.6 191*9............ 1950............ 1951............ 1952............ 1953............ 20.5 30.5 36.3 22.1* 31.9 33.6 3U.9 36.1 32.7 1*8.7 1*2.6 1*5.1* 1*6.7 38.8 5U.6 1*1*.3 1*7.2 51*.o 1953............ 1951*............ 1955............ 1956............ 1957............ 1958............ 51.3 1*9.7 68.1 51*.3 1*1*.0 1*1*.5 56.3 53.5 66.9 57.6 1*6.6 lilt.l* 76.8 71.1 86.8 71.9 58.5 5U.8 80.1* 79.1* 96.8 76.2 63.5 67.1* 77.1 99.7 77.6 68.2 73.9 1953............ 1951*............ 1955............ 1956............ 1957............ 1958............ 20.8 16.7 19.5 20.8 20.2 23.1* 22.9 21.7 23.0 20.8 19.2 21.7 29.0 21*.1 27.0 26.7 28.5 26.6 31.0 28.3 35.2 35.2 30.2 31.7 27.2 31.1* 37.9 36.1 31*.8 31*.6 55.2 1*1.6 ll*.6 13.1 7.7 11.1 39.5 1*7.1* 1*7.7 59.0 5 7 . 1* 1*3.1 3 5 .5 36.9 28.3 38.6 39.8 u *. 2 10.9 Nov. Dec* Annual total 1*3.1 33.7 15.1* 11.8 32.3 3 1 .1 27.8 10.6 10.9 30.8 28.9 19.3 8.0 8.6 l*3l*.3 227.1* 12l*.l* 6 .5 18.0 28.6 1*8.0 3 3 .1 5.0 17.8 23.7 36.3 32.2 96.2 133.9 1*03.7 1*79.8 521*. 9 28.7 359.0 396.6 6 . 1* 12.7 33.6 50.3 1*1*.3 6.9 16.0 3l*.6 53.2 1*1.3 62.1* 70.1* 1*9.1* 52.8 1*7.1 60.0 59.1* l*U.lt 53.8 1*3.1 56.7 53.1 38.5 1*6.0 38.8 1*9.0 62.3 31.1* 1*0.6 35.0 588.8 827.3 595.3 609.6 565.0 In rural nonfarra areas 28.8 33.7 1 0 .0 ll*.l 28.9 8.1* 6.3 15.7 19.6 28.0 8.8 7.0 19.2 25.2 8.6 5.1* H*. 2 22.9 22.1* 6.8 6.5 12.8 17.1* 18.8 6.1 5.0 10.1* ll*.7 13.5 7.2 1*.5 156.0 206.0 271.8 128.6 66.6 5.1 7.6 25.1 35.0 1*3.1* 1*.3 5.9 25.3 36.6 1*2.8 3.8 6.0 25.9 38.9 39.0 3.2 7.1* 2l*.0 1*3.5 38.0 2.8 9.6 23.2 1*0.8 32.1 2.7 11.3 19.1 31.7 25.6 2.2 11.3 15.6 22.5 20.7 1*5.6 75.1* 266.8 369.2 1*06.7 1*1.5 63.6 1*5.6 1*8.9 53.1 1*1.6 61.6 1*7.8 1*7. i* 51.3 1*2.8 60.2 1*1*.6 50.2 1*8.6 1*3.1 58.3 1*3.2 1*8.3 1*6.8 1*0.5 5t>.2 1*7.0 1*8.0 1*8.0 1*1*.3 1*3.1 1*5.6 1*7.3 1*7.0 38.8 3U.2 36.0 1*0.1 1*2.7 29.3 31.3 30.9 30.8 2 9 .h 1*36.3 568.2 1*96.0 517.1* 538.8 81.1 76.6 87.5 98.3 7U.5 68.6 76.8 69.0 82.7 83.5 62.3 61.5 85.0 63.8 80.1* 76.5 61*.9 61.8 79.1 59.5 75.7 61*.6 51*. 8 52.5 73.9 1*9.9 69.7 51*.7 1*5.1 1*3.1* 63.8 803.5 896.9 975.8 779.8 699.7 827.0 26.3 30.3 29.3 28.7 35.2 35.9 22.0 27.9 2l*.6 22.6 25.7 35.5 15.9 20.9 21.5 18.5 20.0 300.3 323.5 353.1 338.3 31*2.2 382.1* 20.1 20.8 In me-bropolitan areas 7 1 .5 87.5 88.1* 69.7 63.i* 80.6 67.3 82.6 91.5 70.9 67.7 82. a Cn nonmetropolitan areas 28.0 29.0 36.2 32.9 31.3 36.2 25.2 28.5 31*. 3 31.1* 31..1* 32.2 25.9 31.7 33.2 33.0 32.3 1*1 .2 26.1 33.0 31.1* 31.6 30.1* 36.0 frfote: §ecause of rounding, sum of i*bems may not a:Lways equal to->als* 2 7 .k 26 Toble 9: New nonfarm dwelling units started in four broad regions, annually, 1948-58 Tear Number of new dwelling units (in thousands) All North South West regions Northeast Central Percent of new dwelling units in— North Northeast Central South West 191*8......... 191*9......... 1950......... 1951......... 1952......... 931.6 1,025.1 1,396.0 1,091.3 1,127.0 198.0 21*7.8 323.0 21*9.7 251.1* 20U.8 225.8 336.9 262.7 262.1 315.7 355.8 1*1*8.9 361.6 367.0 213.1 195.7 287.2 217.3 21*6.5 21.3 2l*.2 23.1 22.9 22.3 22.0 22.0 2l*.l 2l*.l 23.2 33.9 3lw7 32.2 33.1 32.6 22.8 19.1 20.6 19.9 21.9 1953......... 1951*......... 1955......... 1956......... 1957......... 1958......... 1,103.8 1,220.1* 1,328.9 1,118.1 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* 251*.7 21*3.1 273.1 223.8 195.5 210.9 270.5 325.8 356.0 303.1 258.1* 289.6 327.6 359.7 389.0 331*.2 31*6.3 1*13.3 251.0 291.8 310.8 252.0 21*1.7 295.6 23.1 19.9 20.6 20.$ 18.8 17 .1* 2l*.5 26.7 26.8 27.1 2l*.8 2l*.0 29.7 29.5 29.2 29.9 33.2 3U.2 22.7 23.9 23. h 22.5 23.2 2U.U Table 10: Hew nonfarm dwelling units started in four broad regions, monthly, 1954-58 Year Jan. Feb. 75.2 1956............. 1957............. 1 9 5 8 ........ 66.1* 87.6 75.1 61*.2 67.9 1951*........ 1955............. 1956............. 1 9 5 7 ........ 1 9 5 8 .••••••• 16.0 12.1* 9.3 8.0 1951*............. 1955............. 1 9 5 6 ........ 1957............. 1 9 5 8 ........ 13.3 15.6 15.7 10.7 11.1 1951*........ 1955......... . 1 9 5 6 ........ 1 9 5 7 •••••••• 1958. 1951*........ 1 9 5 5 •••••••• 1 9 5 6 ........ 1 9 5 7 ........ 1958............ 1951* . . . . . . . . 1955 ............. Mar. Number of new dwelling units (in thousands) Apr. May June July Aug. ]| Sept. Oct. 95.2 107.7 89.9 113.3 132.0 78.1* 98.6 111.1* 65.8 87.0 93.7 66.1 81.1* 99.1 10875 137.6 113.7 103.0 108.5 13.3 13.5 21.1 23.6 18.9 11*.8 12.3 21.7 28.6 23 . 1* 19.9 13.9 21.6 30.3 2l*.7 20.9 23.1* 16.2 19.7 i6.u llt.O 11.2 23.2 28.1 26.1 22.1 18.0 31.1 37.3 33.6 23.7 25.7 32.9 1*0.0 33.3 25.7 27.0 22.5 30.6 27.2 26.0 28.7 26.1 32.1* 26.8 2l*.6 28.7 29.0 32.9 29.2 29.U 30.7 29.3 35.7 31.1 28.1 33.0 30.0 37 . u 32.8 33.7 32.6 17.6 25.1* 19.8 18.2 20.1 19.6 2l*.3 20.8 17.5 19.2 21.9 29.2 2l*.i* 20.7 20.U 25.6 30.1* 23.3 22.0 21.5 2l*.0 29.9 22.9 22.7 25.5 13.0 Ik .k 9.7 7.0 Nov. Total—a ll regions 116.5 116.0 11U.3 115.7 110.7 103.6 131*. 5 122.7 12U.7 111*. 9 105.8 89.2 107.1* 101.1 103.9 93.9 93.6 77.1* 99.9 97.8 100.0 91.9 97.0 78.2 113.0 112.8 12l*.0 121.0 115.0 109.!* Northeast 2h.O 25.3 2l*.8 22.lt 21.6 19.0 30.2 27.1 2l*.9 23.1* 23.5 17.7 2l*.2 21.8 20.8 19.2 20.1 16.5 19.9 19.2 21.8 16.9 19.5 13.8 21.5 19.6 22.2 21*.0 19.9 20.8 North Central 3l*.l* 33.3 32.6 31.9 30.1 26.8 39.3 35.6 38.0 3l*.i* 29.1* 23.0 31.2 29.9 29.2 28.1 26.2 19.2 27.8 27.0 27.3 25.0 21*.2 17 .1* 26.7 28.6 30.7 32.3 31.8 ' 28.9 South 31.6 32.2 31.7 36.0 31.8 31.5 36.6 32.7 3U.8 31.9 28.5 27.8 29.3 27.7 30.7 28.1 27.5 22.7 31.0 31.5 31.0 28.7 30.1 28.2 37.7 36.2 1*2.1* 39.3 36.3 31».6 West 26.5 25.2 25.2 25.1* 27.2 26.3 28 . 1* 27.3 27.0 25.2 2l*.l* 20.7 22.7 21.7 23.2 18.5 19.8 19.0 21.2 20.1 19.9 21.3 23.2 18.8 27.1 28.1* 28.7 25.1* 27.0 25.1 Dec. Annual totals 90.6 76.2 63.6 63.1* 91.2 1,118.1 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* 15.3 ll*.3 12.1* 9.8 13.3 21*3.1 273.1 228.8 195.5 210.9 20.0 15.6 325.8 356.0 303.1 258.1* 289.6 28.0 27.7 21.1 2l*.0 33.1 359.7 389.0 33U.2 31*6.3 1*13.3 27.3 18.6 15.9 16.1 27.2 291.8 310.8 252.0 21*1.7 295.6 U*.2 13.5 17.6 1 , 220 . 1* 1 , 328.9 27 Table 11: Hew nonfarm dwelling units started in 29.selected States: Private and public ownership, annually, 1954-58 State dumber of new dwelling units (in thousands) 195U 1955 1956 1957 1958 As percent of United States total 195U 1 1955 1956 1957 1958 All dwelling units private and public) UNITED STATES, TOTAL1. . . 1,220.U Selected States, to ta l.. 926.7 1,328.9 1,118.1 1.0U1.9 1,209.U 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 780.2 1,015.1 853.1 891.U 75.9 76.1* 76.3 71*.9 100.0 73.7 Arizona.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • California...................... Colorado.......................... Connecticut.................... District of Columbia.... 12.3 199.lt 19.U 18.1 2.9 1U.U 21U.7 21.2 19.3 2.8 13.2 178.3 15.U 18.9 2.2 17.0 169.0 13.6 16.8 3.1 21.5 195.1 18.6 15.1 U.9 1.0 16.3 1.6 1.5 .2 1.1 16.2 1.6 1.1* .2 1.2 15.9 1.1* 1.7 .2 1.6 16.2 1.3 1.6 .3 1.8 16.1 1.5 1.2 .1* Florida.• • • • ................... Illin o is.......................... Maryland.• • • • • • .............. Massachusetts.................. Michigan.• • • • • • • • • » ....... 61.1 61.9 31.5 23.5 63.2 76.1 30.8 27. U 66.6 69.3 77.7 •65>.8 23.0 25.0 52.6 86.5 53.9 22.7 18.6 U3.9 96.6 57.U 25.0 20.U U2.U 5.0 5.1 2.6 1.9 5.2 5.2 5.7 2.3 2.1 5.0 6.9 5.9 2.1 2.2 1*.7 8.3 5.2 2.2 1.8 1*.2 8.0 1*.7 2.1 1.7 3.5 New Jersey.................... New York.......................... Ohio................................. Oregon........ .............. . Pennsylvania................ . U8.U 92.6 6U.8 10.0 51.8 55 .U 98.5 60.8 Ul*.0 80.7 60.9 8.0 U9.9 3U.7 69.6 51.U 5.9 U3.7 38.6 82.8 56.7 9.0 U2.U J*.o 7.6 5.3 .8 1*.2 H.2 7.1* 5.1* .8 i*.6 3.9 7.2 5.1* .7 i*.5 3.3 6.7 1*.9 .6 1*.2 3.2 6.8 i*.7 .7 3.5 Texas................................ Utah................................. Virginia.......................... Washington....................... Wisconsin......................... 80.U 86.U 8.2 3U. 2 22.9 2U.8 63.1 6.7 28.2 16.2 23.3 6U.2 6.1 22.6 15.U 21.5 87.2 7.8 27.6 20.5 21.8 6.6 .6 2.6 1.9 1.9 6.5 .6 2.6 1.7 1.9 5.6 .6 2.5 1.1* 2.1 6.2 .6 2.2 1.5 2.1 7.2 .6 2.3 1.7 1.8 992.8 1.1U1.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 75U.6 8U9.0 75.8 76.3 76.1* 76.0 100.0 7l*.i* 1.8 16.6 1.5 1.3 .3 7.3 31.6 23.1 23 .U 71.2 10.1 Private UNITED STATES, TOTAL1. . . 1,201.7 Selected States* to ta l.• 911.0 Arizona............................ California....................... Colorado.......................... Connecticut............... . District of Columbia.... 12.2 197.1* 19.1* 18.0 2.7 Florida............................ Illin o is........................... Maryland......................... Massachusetts.• • • • ......... Michigan...................... 60.1* 31.0 23.3 63.0 New Jersey..................... New York.......................... O h io .............................. Oregon............................ . Pennsylvania.• • • • • • • • • • • Texas................................ Utah................................. Virginia. ...................... Washington....... .............. Wisconsin.• • • • • .............. 18.9 1.6 lit. 8 16.0 166.U 13.0 16.3 2.2 20.U 189.8 17.3 1U.6 3.9 1.0 16.1* 1.6 1.5 .2 1.1 16.1* 1.6 1.5 .2 1.2 16.3 1.1* 1.7 .1 1.6 16.8 1.3 1.6 .2 66.2 76.8 61*.2 23.0 2U.0 51.8 8U.0 53.6 20.7 17.7 U2.3 95.0 55.0 2U.8 18.1 Ul.3 5.1 5.0 2.6 1.9 5.2 5.3 5.6 2.3 2.0 5.1 7.0 5.9 2.1 2.2 1*.7 8.5 5.1* 2.1 1.8 1*.3 1*6.6 86.1 6U.2 10.0 51.2 53.3 92.0 71.2 10.1 60.6 ltli.0 73.0 60.9 8.0 U9.lt 33.2 62.1 50.U 5.9 U3.5 35.5 72.U 55.1 8.5 U0.8 3.9 7.2 5.3 i*.i 7.0 5.1* 1*.3 1*.6 l*.o 6.7 5.6 .7 1*.5 3.3 6.3 5.1 .6 l*.i* .7 3.6 80.3 7.3 31.0 23.1 23.0 85.5 61.9 6.7 26.2 15.7 23.2 63 .U 82.7 7.7 25.8 6.7 .6 2.6 1.9 1.9 6.5 .6 2.6 1.7 1.9 5.7 .6 2.1* 1.1* 2.1 6.1* .6 2.2 1.5 2.2 7.2 .7 2.3 1.6 1.9 60.8 See note at end of table. 1,309.5 1,093.9 999.0 835.3 ll*.l* 21i*.l* 21.0 19.1 2.8 69.2 73.6 30.1* 26.8 8.2 33.5 21.9 2i*.8 13.1 178.1 6.0 21.5 i5.o 2 1 .U 18.8 21.U .8 .8 8.3 1*.8 2.2 1.6 3.6 3.1 6.3 1*.8 Toble 11: New nonfarm dwelling units started in 29 Selected States: Private and public ownership, annually, 1954-58—Continued As percent of United States total Number of new dwelling units (in thousands) State 195U 1956 1958 1957 195U 1955 1956 1957 1958 Public UNITED STATES, TOTAL . . . Selected States, to tal.. 18.7 15.7 Arizona........................ . California. . . . . . . . ....... . Colorado.......................... Connecticut..................... District of Columbia.... .1 2.0 (2) .1 .2 Florida............................ Illin o is........................... Maryland. . . • • • • • • • ....... . Massachusetts• • • • • • • • • • • Michigan....... • • • • • • • • • • • .3 1.5 .5 .2 .2 New Jersey............• • • • • • New Y o rk ...................... Ohio.................................. Oregon........ .................... Pennsylvania. 1955 1.8 6.5 .6 (2) .6 19.lt 16.1 (2) .3 .2 .2 (2) 2lt.2 17.8 h 9.1 .2 1.0 2.6 .6 .5 .2 .6 .1 .6 .1 2.5 •U .6 .9 1.6 .1 1.0 •1* .7 2.1 6.5 (2) (2) .2 (2) 7.7 (2) (2) •U 25.6 67.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 U2.ii 8U.0 83.0 73.6 52.1 .9 1.1 5.3 1.3 .5 1.0 .5 10.7 (3) .5 1.1 2.5 .3 2.0 .9 1.6 1.6 2.U .2 2.3 1.1 1.6 8.0 2.7 1.1 1.1 1.5 7.5 1.0 (2) .2 3.1 10.ii 1.6 .5 1.6 9.6 3lt.8 3.2 (3) 3.2 100.0 62.6 .8 .8 2.5 •It 2.5 2.0 5.3 1.2 1.0 1.8 1.6 7.8 1.9 .7 1.5 .5 12.9 2.1 3.1 2.1 3.7 6.6 .It U.l 2.9 5.1 .6 U.l 1.8 3.3 2.U 3.5 .3 3.U 1.6 10.8 33.5 (3) (3) 1.0 (3) 31.8 (3) (3) 1.7 3.1 15.3 2.0 (3) U.6 15.3 2.U •U 2.U (3) 1.5 1.0 1.0 (3) .7 .8 1.2 U.6 Texas..................• • • • • • • • 1.6 6.6 .1 5.0 .9 U.5 .5 Utah.................................. .2 (2) (2) .1 .1 (3) (2) .1 (3) (3) .6 1.8 Virginia.......................... 2.0 3.6 2.2 1.1 .7 3.2 2.7 8.3 .8 1.0 Washington................... 5.2 (2) 2.1 .5 .U 1.7 (3) 2.5 Wisconsin. ...................... .1 (2) .1 2.1 (3) .2 .6 •U •U .it 1/ Does not include Alaska. 2/ Fewer than 50 units. 3/ Less than one-half of 1 percent. NOTE: Because of rounding and because totals include amounts too small to show separately, sum of items may not equal totals. 29 Table 12: Hew nonfarm dwelling units started in 20.selected States: Total and privately owned, quarterly 1956-58 State IFITiD STATES, TOTAL1.. Selected States, total. As percent of U..S. total....................... Number oi? new dwelling units (in thousands) 1958 quarters 1956 quarters 1957 quarters Uth 1st 2d 3d Uth 1st 2d 3d l*th 1st 2d 3d All dwelling units, private and public 252.1 332.5 293.9 231*.6 217.0 296.6 289.7 238.6 215.U 320.6 357.8 315.6 195.7 250.7 221*.8 181.8 162.0 22U.U 213.9 180.0 158.U 236.6 261.6 23U.8 (77.6) (75.U) (75.2) (77.5) (7U.7) (75.7) (73.8) (75.1*) (73.5) (73.8) (73.1) (7U.U) Arizona............ ............. California........ • • • • • • • Colorado..................• • • • Connecticut.• • • • • • • • • • • District of Columbia... 3.2 U7.6 3.7 3.2 •U 3.3 U6.6 U.8 6.0 .5 3.3 1*1*.7 3.6 5.3 .5 3.U 39.1* 3.3 u.i* .8 U.2 U0.7 3.U 3.2 .U 3.8 U6.7 3.3 5.3 1.1 U.6 U0.5 3.8 5.1 .3 U.3 1*1.1 3.1 3.2 1.3 U.9 UO.O 3.U 2.0 1.1 5.1 U7.1 5.8 U.5 .9 5.2 55.0 U.6 U.6 1.6 6.3 53.0 U.8 U.O 1.3 Florida..................• • • • • Illin o is......................... Maryland......................... Massachusetts................ Michigan....................... . 18.8 1U.0 5.7 5.2 ll.U 19.2 20.5 6.7 7.7 16.5 19.8 17.5 5.7 6.9 15.3 19.9 13.9 U.9 5.2 9.1* 18.9 11.3 5.3 3.3 7.5 21.2 16.6 7.6 6.2 13 .U 22.U 1U.7 5.3 U.9 1U.2 2U.1 ll.U U.5 U.2 8.7 23.0 9.1 U.5 2.5 5.3 22.3 15.0 6.6 6.6 11.7 25.1 16.3 7.U 6.1 1U.0 26.2 17.0 6.5 5.2 ll.U New Jersey..................... New York....................... O hio....................... . Oregon. ................... Pennsylvania.................. 10.0 16.8 10.7 1.8 9.0 13.0 21*.5 19.6 2.8 17.7 11.2 22.6 18.1* 2.1 13.0 9.8 16.8 12.1 1.3 10.2 6.6 11.3 9.0 1.3 7.7 11.0 20.U 15.5 1.6 13.9 9.6 20.3 16.1 1.8 13.8 7.5 17.7 10.8 1.3 8.3 6.0 9.2 8.1 1.8 6.1 11.8 2U.U 16.1 2.3 12.7 11.0 27.U 18 .U 2.5 13.2 9.8 21.8 lU.l 2.U 10.U Texas.............................. Utah................................ Virginia...........• • • • • • • • Washington.• • • • • • • • • • . . Wisconsin.............. « •••• UNITED STATES, TOTAL1.. Selected States, total. As percent of U. S. to ta l...................... 16.7 17.3 1U.5 18 .U 22.1 26.1 20.6 1.6 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.3 8.1 U.8 7.2 7.3 7.U 6.U U.5 6.1 3.8 U.9 U.7 5.7 U.U 3.5 5.6 6.2 6.U 6.7 6.9 U.7 3.1 Private 2UU.6 325.3 292.9 231.1 202.5 282.8 280.8 226.6 201.2 296.8 33U.1 309.U 190.0 2U6.1 219.8 179.1 158. U 215.9 208.9 171.6 151.8 221.2 2U5.U 230.U 18.0 1.7 6.U 3.8 U.3 16.U 2.2 9.6 5.0 8.1 15.6 1.8 7.1 U.2 6.0 12.8 1.0 5.1 3.2 U.9 15.6 1.3 U.5 2.8 3.7 (77.7) (75.7) (75.0) (77.5) (78.2) (76.3) (7U.U) (75.7) (75.U) (7U.5) (73.5) (7U.5) Arizona.......................... California............ • • • • • Colorado................. .... Connecticut................... District of Columbia... 3.1 U7.6 3.7 3.2 .U 3.3 U6.6 U.3 6.0 .5 3.3 UU.5 3.5 5.3 .5 3.6 3.U 39. U Uo.5 3.2 2.9 3.2 u.u .2 .3 3.8 U6.3 3.2 U.9 .7 U.6 39.9 3.8 5.0 .3 U.O 39.8 3.1 3.1 .9 U.O 39.1 3.U 1.8 1.1 5.0 U6.2 u.6 U.U .u 5.2 51.6 U.5 U.U l.l 6.2 52.9 U.8 U.o 1.3 Florida.......................... Illin o is......................... Maryland......................... Massachusetts................ Michigan......................... 18.$ 12.8 £.7 U.5 ll.U 19.0 20.0 6.7 7.7 16.3 19.3 17.5 5.7 6.6 1U.8 19.9 13.9 U.9 5.1 9.3 18.5 11.1 U.6 3.3 7.5 21.1 16.5 6.U 5.6 13.2 22.0 1U.6 5.3 U.9 13.2 22.U 11.3 U.U 3.9 8.U 21.7 8.2 U.U 2.U 5.3 22.1 lU.l 6.5 5.3 ll.l 25.0 16.2 7.U 5.5 13.7 26.2 16.5 6.5 U.8 11.2 New Jersey.» • • • • • • • • . • • New York............. •• • • • Ohio............................... Oregon................... . • • • • Pennsylvania.................. 10.0 1U.6 10.7 1.8 9.0 13.0 22.3 19.6 2.8 17.3 11.2 20.1 18.U 2.1 13.0 9.8 16.0 12.1 1.3 10.2 6.6 10.5 9.0 1.3 7.7 9.6 13.7 15.0 1.6 13.8 9.5 13.8 15.6 1.8 13.7 7.5 1U.2 10.8 1.3 8.3 5.8 9.1 8.0 1.6 5.9 9.5 21.3 15.0 2.2 12.2 10.8 22.1 9.3 19.9 18.0 lU.l 2.3 2.U 12.U 10.3 15.7 1.8 6.5 U.o 6.0 12.7 1.0 U.5 3.0 U.8 15.6 1.3 U.U 2.8 3.7 16.6 1.6 6.2 U.2 6.9 16.9 1.8 6.U U.6 6.2 1U.3 1.3 U.5 3.5 U.6 17.0 1.3 U.8 3.8 3.1 21.2 2.1 6.7 5.0 6.3 2U.0 2.1 7.5 5.1 6.5 Texas.............................. 17.1 16. U Utah................................ 2.2 1.7 Virginia....... .............. . 6.1 9.1 Washington. ......... ......... 3.8 U.9 8.1 Wisconsin.• • • • • • ........... U.3 l / Does not include Alaska. NOTE: Because of rounding, sum of items may not equal totals. 20.5 2.2 6.8 U.9 5.6 30 Table 13: New nonfarm dwelling units started: Private and public ownership and type of intended financing for private units, annually, 1935-58 Total, private Year and public Number of new dwelling units (in thousands) Private Federal Government All AU Dri- Federal vate2/3/ Housing Veterans FHA other public^/ pri Adminis- . Adminis and vate trationS' tration vav U*.o ll*.0 20 1.7 2 15 .7 5 .3 — 3d *.2 iu.8 1*9.1* 251*.8 1*9.1* — 332.1* 60.0 60.0 272.1* 3 .6 — 118.7 280.6 118.7 6 .7 399.3 56.6 1*58.1* 158.1 158.1 300.3 ~ 1937.... 1938 . . . . 1939.... 221.0 319.0 336.0 1*06.0 515.0 19l»0.... 191*1.... 191*2.... 19l*3. . . . 191*1*.... 602.6 706.1 356.0 191.0 11*1.8 529.6 619.5 301.2 183.7 138.7 180.1 220.1* 165.7 11*6.2 93.3 19l*5.. . . 191*6.... 191*7----191*8.... 191*9.... 209.3 670.5 81*9.0 931.6 1,025.1 208.1 662.5 81*5.6 913.5 1956.... 1951.... 1952.... 1953.... 1951*.... 1,396.0 1,091.3 1,127.0 1,103.8 1,220.1* 1955.*.. 1956.... 1957.... 1958.... 1935.... 1936 . . . . As percent of total Pri vate 97.6 95 .U 98.9 98.3 89.0 °f As percerit private 1:otal \ All Pub FHA in VA in spected spected other l ic private 2 .k lw6 1.1 1.7 1.1 6 .5 16 .2 1 8 .1 _ — — 93.5 33.8 8 1.9 29.7 31*. 5 — 70.3 65.5 31*.2 35.6 55.0 79.6 67.3 — — — (5) 65.3 61*. 1* 1*5.0 20.1* (5) (5) 180.1 220.1* 165.7 11*6.2 (5) 31*9.5 399.1 135.5 37.5 (5) 73.0 86.6 51*.8 7.3 3.1 81*.6 96.2 97.8 12.1 12.3 15.U 3.8 2.2 988.8 1*1.2 69.0 229.0 291*.1 363.8 (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) 1.2 8.0 3.1* 18.1 36.3 99.2* 98.8 99.6 93.1 96.5 .6 1.2 .h 1.9 3.$ 19.8 10.1* 27.1 32.2 36.8 (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) 1,352.2 1,020.1 1,068.$ 1,068.3 1,201.7 1*86.7 263.5 279.9 252.0 276.3 (5) 11*8.6 11*1.3 156.6 307.0 (5) 1*12.1 1*21.2 1*08.7 533.3 (5) 607.9 61*7.3 659.7 618.1, 1*3.8 71.2 58.5 35.5 18.7 96.9 93.5 91*.8 96.8 98.5 3.1 6.5 $.2 3.2 1.5 36.0 25.8 26.2 23.6 23.0 (5) 11*.6 13.2 U*.6 25.5 (5) 59.6 60.6 61.8 51.5 1,328.9 1,309.5 1,118.1 1,093.9 992.8 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* 1,11*1.5 276.7 189.3 168.1* 295.1* 392.9 270.7 128.3 102.1 669.6 639.9 1*60.0 633.9 296.7 696.1 397.5 7l*l*.0 19.1* 21*. 2 1*9.1 67.9 98.5 97.8 95.3 9l*.l* 1.5 2.2 21.1 17.3 17.0 25.9 30.0 2l*.8 12.9 8.9 1*3.9 57.9 70.1 65.2 _ _ — — — 87.9 87.7 k .l 5.6 Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration, as reported by the respective agencies. See definitions (p. 12 ). 2 j Includes 82 , 3?95 new privately owned low-cost units built during 19U9-56, under the Wherry amendment to the National Housing Act, for voluntary rental occupancy by military and defense-connected personnel. See also, table lU (p. 31 ); and definitions (p. 12 ). Excludes 62,090 new publicly owned units begun during 1956-58, with FKA-insured Mortgages, under the Capehart amendment to the National Housing Act, for assigned occupancy by military personnel. See also, table 17 (p. 3k ); and definitions (p. 12 ). 3/ Includes an unknown number of new dwelling units started during 19UU-50, under inspection procedures of the Veterans Administration. Reporting of the number of new units begun under VA inspection was initiated with data for June 1950. During the la st 7 months of 1950, the number of new units started under inspection of the FHA and the VA amounted to 38.5 percent and 15.6 percent, respectively, of a ll private units begun during the period. k / Includes new dwelling units built during 1956-58 under the Capehart military housing program, but, excludes privately owned units built during 19u9-56, under the Wherry housing program for voluntary rentai occupancy by military and defense-connected personnel. See also, tables 1U and 17 (pp. 31, and 3I4., respectively). f>/ Data not available. See footnote 3. 1 Table 14: Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started under the Wherry amendment to the National Housing Act, monthly, 1949-561 Year Jan, Feb. Mar. Apr. Number oJZ new dwelling units [in thousands) May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual totals — 191*9............. (2 ) 0.3 y o .3 0.1 0.2 1950............. 0.8 1.8 1.1 1.1 11.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.0 1.6 2.3 1.2 2 . 1* 3.2 2.0 2.0 23.6 1951............. l.U 3.1* 2.3 .7 1.8 2.2 1952............ 2.1 1.6 .7 2.0 1.1 1.5 1.7 3.5 2.7 2.3 23.1 1.2 .6 1.6 2.2 1.1 1.2 .7 1953............. 1.5 1.5 1.3 .9 .5 11*.!* .8 .8 .9 ..8 .9 1951*............ .1 .5 .1 .3 . 1* .5 .3 6.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 1955............. .1 .1 .3 (2 ) (2 ) .5 , . 2.1 1956............. ( 2 ) (2 ) .1 .1 .2 .3 .1 .1 3/ .9 — — — 1/ For voluntary rental occupancy by military and defense-connected personnel. See also, table 17 (p.3U7> and definitions (p. 12), The proportion of Wherry housing units built in rural-nonfarm and in nonmetro politan areas is as follows: 19l*9—100 percent; 1950—95 percent; 1951—92 percent; 1952—81 percent; 1953— 9h percent; 1951*—59 percent; 1955—36 percent; and 1956—100 percent, 2/ Fewer than 50 units, 3/ Totals given here are for the last 2 months of 19U9, when starts under the Wherry program were fir s t reported; and for the f ir s t 8 months of 1956, when housing starts activity ceased under this program, and began under the new Capehart military housing program. See table 17 (p. 3U) • Note: Because of rounding, and because totals include amounts too small to show separately, sum of items may not always equal totals. 32 Table 15: Publicly owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Federal or State and local ownership and program, annually, 1949-58 N um ber o f new d w e l l i n g u n i t s S t a t e a n d l o c a l l y ow ned New Y o r k C i t y H o u s in g A u t h b r i t y F e d e r a l l y ow ned Year 1 9 l* 9 .... 1 9 5 0 .... 1 9 5 1 .... 1 9 5 2 .... 1 9 5 3 .... 1 9 5 1 * .... 1 9 5 5 .... 1 9 5 6 .... 1 9 5 7 .... 1 9 5 8 .... A ll p u b lic p ro g ra m s At A l l o th e r T o ta l m ilit a r y f e d e r a lly ow ned2/ base s i' 2, i a o 7 1 ,2 0 5 5 8 ,5 2 0 35,1*85 3 ,9 6 5 1 ,0 5 5 1 ,0 6 0 620 105 1 8 ,7 0 0 1 9 ,5 2 5 2 U ,2 3 5 1*9,105 6 7 ,9 0 5 21*5 5 ,0 1 0 8 ,7 5 0 2 5 ,5 2 0 3 6 ,3 1 0 (5 ) I t , 885 8 ,1 0 5 2 5 ,0 8 5 3 6 ,0 5 0 3 6 ,3 2 0 1*3,800 170 1*1*5 1*30 60 l,5 5 o 885 615 190 00 235 125 61*5 1*35 260 F e d e r a lly a id e d T o ta l lo w -r e n t s ' F e d e r a lly a id e d T o ta l!/ lo w -r e n t 3 2 ,3 6 0 1*2,71*5 70,11*5 5 7 ,9 0 0 3 5 ,3 8 0 780 2 6 ,8 7 5 6 5 ,2 0 0 52,71*5 3 1 ,3 8 0 1 9 ,6 6 0 1*,075 7 ,5 9 5 5 ,2 0 0 5 ,2 6 0 2,61*0 5 ,8 6 0 2,21*5 18,1*50 U * , 510 15,1*85 2 3 ,5 8 5 3 1 ,5 9 5 11*,155 8 ,5 7 0 1*,795 17,1*75 1 9 ,9 7 0 5,91*5 7 ,7 8 5 6 ,1 7 0 5 ,6 2 0 7,1*20 2 ,2 9 0 3 ,9 1 5 980 2 ,8 5 5 1 ,1 0 0 9,660 (5 ) A l l o th e r N . Y . C . H o u s in g A u th o r ity 1 9 ,6 6 0 1*,1*00 ljl* 3 5 1 ,7 3 0 A l l o th e r S t a t e and lo c a lly ownedif/ 2 ,9 5 5 1 1 ,9 1 5 11,1*70 3 ,5 1 0 3,1*20 1 ,1 1 0 3 ,6 5 5 3 ,8 7 0 5 ,1 9 0 2 ,7 6 0 6 ,3 2 0 61*0 2 ,0 7 0 5 ,5 0 0 3 ,3 5 0 5 ,3 0 5 1 / I n c l u d e s 6 2 ,0 9 0 new p u b l i c l y ow ned u n i t s s t a r t e d d u r i n g 1 9 5 6 -5 8 , w i t h F H A -i n s u r e d m o r t g a g e s , u n d e r t h e C a p e h a r t am endm ent t o t h e N a t i o n a l H o u s in g A c t . S ee t a b l e 17 ( p . 3 U ) • S e e a l s o , t a b l e l U ( p . 3 1 ) ; a n d d e f i n i t i o n s ( p . 1 2 ) .T h e r e m a in d e r o f t h e m i l i t a r y h o u s i n g u n i t s i n c l u d e d h e r e w e re b u i l t u n d e r p r o v i s i o n s o f F e d e r a l l a w s c o v e r i n g a u t h o r i z a t i o n s a n d a p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r F e d e r a l d e f e n s e a g e n c ie s (n o w t h e D e p a rt m e n t o f D e fe n s e ). 2 / I n c l u d e s a b o u t 3 ,0 0 0 u n i t s s t a r t e d a t A t o m ic E n e r g y C o m m is s io n s i t e s , m o s t o f w h ic h w e re b u i l t p r i o r t o 19*?2. ( T h e A t o m ic E n e r g y C o m m u n ity A c t o f 1955 made p r o v i s i o n f o r t e r m i n a t i o n o f G o v e rn m e n t m anagem ent a n d o w n e r s h ip o f c o m m u n it ie s ow n ed b y t h e A E C , t o t h e e x t e n t t h a t t h e t e r m i n a t i o n w i l l n o t im p e d e p u r p o s e s a n d p ro g ra m s e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e A t o m ic E n e r g y A c t o f 1 9 5 U » ) T h e r e m a in d e r o f t h e u n i t s i n t h e a l l o t h e r f e d e r a l l y o w n ed c a t e g o r y w e re b u i l t a t n a t i o n a l p a r k s , r e c l a m a t i o n p r o j e c t s , a n d a t s i m i l a r f e d e r a l l y ow ned p ro je c ts . 3 / I n c l u d e s f e d e r a l l y a i d e d l o w - r e n t u n i t s b u i l t u n d e r a u s p i c e s o f t h e New Y o r k C i t y H o u s in g A u t h o r i t y , a n d sho w n s e p a r a t e l y h e r e . k / I n c l u d e s S t a t e a n d l o c a l l y . f i n a n c e d h o u s i n g b u i l t f o r l o w - a n d m o d e r a t e -in c o m e g r o u p s . In c lu d e s a l s o ," " h o u s i n g b u i l t w i t h F e d e r a l l o a n s u n d e r t h e C o m m u n ity F a c i l i t i e s A c t o f 1950— m a i n l y c o l l e g e h o u s i n g f o r s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y , a n d a s m a ll am o u n t o f h o u s i n g f o r s t a f f a t h o s p i t a l s a n d i n s t i t u t i o n s . T h e v o lu m e o f c o l l e g e h o u s i n g w as s m a ll e a r l y i n t h e p ro g ra m b e c a u s e , u n t i l A u g u s t 1 9 5 3 , c o l l e g e s w e re r e q u i r e d t o show a d e f e n s e -r e la t e d n e ed t o q u a l i f y f o r a F e d e r a l c o lle g e h o u s in g l o a n . A n e s t im a t e d 10,21*5 c o l l e g e h o u s i n g u n i t s w e re b e g u n d u r i n g t h e 1 9 5 6 -5 8 p e r i o d . 5 / F e w e r t h a n 50 u n i t s . N o te : B e c a u s e o f r o u n d i n g , a n d b e c a u s e t o t a l s i n c l u d e a m o u n ts t o o s m a ll t o sh o w s e p a r a t e l y , sum o f it e m s m ay n o t e q u a l t o t a l s . 33 Table 16: Publicly owned new nonfarm dwelling units started, by ownership and program, monthly, 1949-58 N u m ber o f new p u b l i c l y o w n ed d w e l l i n g u n i t s Year Ja n . Feb. M a r. A p r. M ay 1 9 U 9 ............... 1 9 5 0 ............... 1 9 5 1 ............... 1 9 5 2 ............... 1 9 5 3 ............... 1 9 5 U ............... 1 9 5 5 ............... 1 9 5 6 ............... 1 9 5 ? ............... 1 9 5 3 ............... 3 .7 .9 3 .7 3 .5 3 .9 1 .3 .3 l.U U .l 5 .0 2 .6 .6 U .l 3 .U 5.1* 1 .3 2 .0 l.u 2 .7 5 .1 u .l 1 .3 3 .6 1 2 .8 9 .7 2 .0 1 .0 U .7 7 .7 U .l 3 .3 2 .1 3 .9 9 .2 U .o 1 .2 1 .5 1 .5 2 .3 U .9 U .2 3 .U 3 .U 8 .7 2 .7 1 .1 2 .5 2 .9 6 .1 7 .2 1 9 1 9 ............... 1 9 5 0 ............... 1 9 5 1 ............... 1 9 5 2 ............... 1 9 5 3 ............... 1 9 5 U ............... 1 9 5 5 ............... 1 9 5 6 ............... 1 9 5 7 ............... 1 9 5 8 ............... 3 .7 .9 3 .3 3 .5 3 .8 1 .3 .3 .9 .8 1 .7 2 .5 .2 U .o 3 .U 5 .U 1 .2 1 .2 1 .0 l.U 1 .8 3 .9 1 .3 3 .6 1 2 .8 9 .7 2 .0 .9 2 .3 (2 ) 1 .8 2 .8 1 .9 3 .7 9 .2 U .o 1 .1 1 .5 1 .0 1 .0 3 .1 3 .U 3 .3 3 .3 8 .7 2 .7 1 .1 2 .U 2 .2 1 .8 U .o Ju n e J u ly Aug. S e p t. (in th o u s a n d s ) O c t. N ov. D ec. Annual t o ta ls A L L P U B L IC FROGRAi'IS 1 / U .5 .9 U 2 .2 6 .6 2 .6 3 .9 3 .1 2 .8 5 .U 1 1 .7 3 .U U .7 3 .7 1 .5 .3 3 .1 .8 2 .1 U .o U .2 2 .U u .l .8 1 .7 1 .0 1 .3 2 .U .7 3 .2 9 .U 2 .3 U .5 l .l 1 .6 3 .0 2 .3 1 .3 3 .2 1 .7 1 0 .1 2 .U 1 .7 1 .1 1 .8 (2 ) .2 1 .0 2 .U 8 .6 2 .1 2 .0 U .6 2 .3 3 .8 1 .6 .3 .8 •U 2 .5 2 .U l.U 1 5 .0 1 .3 3 .9 1 .3 .7 2 .7 .7 .9 1 .7 3 6 .3 1*3.8 7 1 .2 5 8 .5 3 5 .5 1 8 .7 1 9 .5 21*. 2 1*9.1 6 7 .9 2 .3 1 .7 1 .1 1 .7 (2 ) .2 1 .0 1 .8 U .7 l.U 2 .0 U .6 2 .3 3 .8 1 .6 .3 .6 .2 2 .5 2 .2 l.U 1 U .9 1 .1 3 .9 1 .3 .7 .2 .6 .7 1 .6 32.1* 1*2.8 7 0 .1 5 7 .9 35.1* 1 8 .5 H * .5 1 5 .5 2 3 .6 3 1 .6 A L L S T A T E AND L O C A L L Y OWNED 3 .3 .8 U 2 .1 6 .5 2 .6 3 .9 1 .9 1 .9 3 .6 5 .3 3 .2 U .7 3 .7 1 .5 .3 3 .1 .7 l.U 2 .2 1 .8 1 .6 U .l .8 l.U 1 .0 1 .3 2 .U .u 3 .1 2 .2 2 .3 u .u 1 .1 1 .5 3 .0 2 .3 1 .3 1 .7 1 .7 U .7 S t a t e a n d l o c a l l o w - r e n t u n d e r F e d e r a l - a i d p ro g ra m s ( U . S . H o u s in g A c t o f 1 9 U 9 , a s a m e n d e d )3 / 1 9 U 9 ............... 1 9 5 0 ............... 1 9 5 1 ............... 1 9 5 2 ............... 1 9 5 3 ............... 1 9 5 U ............... 1 9 5 5 ............... 1 9 5 6 ............... 1 9 5 7 ............... 1 9 5 8 ............... 0 0 2 .0 3 .2 3 .6 1 .2 .2 .1 .2 1 .3 0 .1 0 3 .5 3 .U U .9 1 .1 .9 .2 1 .0 1 .6 0 0 •U 3 .3 1 1 .8 9 .3 1 .9 .3 l.U 0 1 .6 .U 2 .U 9 .0 3 .0 1 .0 1 .2 .5 .9 1 .5 0 1 .2 3 .0 8 .7 1 .8 1 .1 .9 .3 1 .7 2 .6 0 .1 U l.8 6 .2 1 .8 3 .6 .9 .6 3 .U U .3 0 1 .6 3 .5 1 .1 (2 ) 1 .5 .3 1 .0 1 .8 1 .3 0 1 .8 .3 l.U 1 .0 .7 2 .3 0 1 .7 1 .7 .2 1 U .5 l .l 3 .6 1 .3 0 0 0 .3 1 .2 .8 2 6 .9 6 5 .2 5 2 .7 3 1 .3 lit .2 8 .5 1*.8 3 .3 .5 .5 2 .8 2 .2 3 .0 1 .6 .3 .3 0 1 .6 .8 2 .3 .3 0 1 .2 (2 ) 0 1 .0 1 .2 l.U .8 1 .5 1 .8 .1 .8 0 0 .3 .2 .9 1 .3 1 .2 .U 0 .3 0 .7 .2 .6 •U .5 3 1 .6 1 5 .9 U .9 5 .2 l* .l U .3 5 .9 1 0 .6 6 .2 1 1 .6 .2 3 .5 0 .1 0 .7 .3 0 0 0 1 9 .7 9 .7 U .l 7 .6 5 .2 5 .9 7 .8 6 .2 5 .6 7 .U 0 2 .7 1 .1 .8 3 .0 1 .6 1 .2 .2 1 .5 l.U 0 l.U l .l .5 0 .2 0 .6 1 7 .5 2 0 .0 A l l o t h e r S t a t e a n d l o c a l l y o .n e d 3 / 1 9 U 9 ............... 1 9 5 0 ...... 1 9 5 1 ............... 1 9 5 2 ............... 1 9 5 3 ............... 1 9 5 U ............... 1 9 5 5 ............... 1 9 5 6 ............... 1 9 5 7 ............... 1 9 5 8 ............... 3 .7 .9 1 .3 .3 .2 .1 .1 .8 .6 •U 2 .U .2 .5 0 .5 .1 .3 .8 .U .1 3 .9 .9 .3 1 .0 .U .1 .6 .9 (2 ) .2 1 9 U 9 ............... 1 9 5 0 ............... 1 9 5 1 ............... 1 9 5 2 ............... 1 9 5 3 ............... 1 9 5 U ............... 1 9 5 5 ............... 1 9 5 6 ............... 1 9 5 7 ............... 1 9 5 8 ............... 3 .5 0 .8 0 .1 0 .1 .7 .3 0 2 .3 0 0 0 .8 .U .1 .5 .U 0 2 .3 0 0 1 .9 .8 0 .U .1 0 .1 2 .8 1 .5 1 .3 .2 1 .0 .1 .3 .5 .1 1 .6 3 .U 2 .1 .3 0 .9 0 1 .5 1 .9 .1 1 .3 3 .3 .7 .3 .3 .8 .3 1 .0 1 .3 .2 l.o 3 .2 3 .1 .2 .U .3 1 .6 .U .U •U .u 1 .6 2 .3 .5 0 0 .6 .1 .u l.U .6 2 .3 1 .7 0 .7 0 .7 .1 1 .5 .2 3 .3 U n d e r a u s p i c e s o f t h e New Y o r k C i t y H o u s in g A u t h o r i t y i£/ 2 .6 .1 .3 0 l.U .1 l.U .3 0 .8 1 .8 .5 0 1 .6 l.U 0 1 .1 .7 0 1 .2 1 .8 0 2 .6 .9 .7 .3 1 .6 1 .2 0 1 .3 1 .9 1 .1 .1 .1 (2 ) 2 .6 0 l.U .1 0 .U .8 .2 0 0 .6 .7 .2 1 .3 1 .1 1 .0 2 .2 0 .6 0 1 .3 .8 .9 0 2 .8 1 .6 .3 0 .5 0 0 .6 .2 2 .9 .u •U 1 .0 0 1 .9 0 0 .6 0 .6 .7 1 / I n c l u d e s n e w f e d e r a l l y o w n ed d w e l l i n g u n i t s n o t sho w n s e p a r a t e l y h e r e . S ee t a b l e 15 ( p . n u m b e r o f f e d e r a l l y ow ned u n i t s s t a r t e d a n n u a l l y . 2 / F e w e r t h a n $0 u n i t s . 3 / I n c l u d e s d w e l l i n g u n i t s b e g u n u n d e r a u s p i c e s o f t h e New Y o r k C i t y H o u s in g A u t h o r i t y . U / In c lu d e s d w e llin g u n it s b e g u n u n d e r F e d e r a l-a id p ro g ra m s . S e e a l s o , t a b l e 13 ( p 3 2 ) . W o te s B e c a u s e o f r o u n d i n g , a n d b e c a u s e t o t a l s i n c l u d e a m o u n ts t o o s m a l l t o sh o w s e p a r a t e l y , it e m s may n o t e q u a l t o t a l s . 32 ) , f o r t h e sum o f 34 Table 17: Publicly owned new nonfarm dwelling unirs started under the Capehart amendment to the Motional Housing Act, monthly, 1956*531 N u m ber o f new p u o l i c l y ow ned d w e l l i n g u n i t s 1 9 5 6 .................. 1 9 5 7 .................. 1 9 5 8 .................. Ja n . Feb. — — 3 .3 3 .3 1 .1 3 .2 M a r. A p r. M ay Ju n e J u ly .9 7 .5 2 .0 0 1 .1 1 .7 0 U .o 3 .2 .3 1 .2 $ .8 .5 1 .7 2 .U ______ 1 Year S e p t. 0 .1 6 .3 1 .3 0 $ .2 (in th o u s a n d s ) O c t. .6 3 .7 .7 N ov. 0 0 .1 .3 Annual to ta ls D ec. 0 0 y - 3 .9 23.6 31*. 7 1 / F o r a s s ig n e d o c c u p a n c y b y m i l i t a r y p e r s o n n e l. S ee a l s o t a b l e 1U ( p . 3 l ) ; a n d d e f i n i t i o n s ( p . 1 2 ) . T h e p r o p o r t io n o f C a p e h a rt h o u s in g u n i t s b u i l t i n n o n m e t ro p o lit a n a re a s i s a s f o l l o w s : I n 1 9 $ 6 , a lm o s t 100 p e r c e n t ; 1 9 5 7 --7 5 p e r c e n t ; a n d 195 $— 55 p e r c e n t . 2 / C o v e r s v o lu m e f o r t h e f i r s t 10 m o n th s o f 1 9 5 6 , w hen h o u s i n g s t a r t s a c t i v i t y b e g a n u n d e r t h i s p r o g r a m . W o te : B e c a u s e o f r o u n d i n g , a n d b e c a u s e t o t a l s i n c l u d e a m o u n ts t o o s m a ll t o sho w s e p a r a t e l y , sum o f it e m s may n o t e q u a l t o t a l s . Table 18: New nonfarm dwelling units started: Number and total construction cost, by private and public ownership, annually, 1920-58 Year t o t a l c o n s t r u c t i o n c o s t o f ne w d w e llin g u n it s ( i n m illio n s ) N um ber o f new d w e l l i n g u n i t s ( i n th o u sa n d s) T o ta l P r iv a te 1 9 2 0 ...................................... 1 9 2 1 ...................................... 1 9 2 2 ...................................... 1 9 2 3 ...................................... 1921*...................................... 1 9 2 5 ...................................... 1 9 2 6 ...................................... 1 9 2 7 ...................................... 1 9 2 8 ...................................... 1 9 2 9 ...................................... 21*7 .0 1*1*9 .0 716.0 871.0 893.0 937.0 21*7 .0 1*1*9.0 716.0 871.0 893.0 937.0 81*9.0 8 1 0 .0 7 5 3 .0 5 0 9 .0 81*9.0 8 1 0 .0 7 5 3 .0 5 0 9 .0 1 9 3 0 ................................ .. 1 9 3 1 ...................................... 1 9 3 2 ...................................... 1 9 3 3 ...................................... 1 9 3 U ...................................... 1 9 3 5 ...................................... 1 9 3 6 ...................................... 1 9 3 7 ...................................... 1938 ...................................... 1 9 3 9 ...................................... 3 3 0 .0 251*.0 1 3 U .0 9 3 .0 1 2 6 .0 2 2 1 .0 3 1 9 .0 3 3 6 .0 1*06.0 5 1 5 .0 3 3 0 .0 2 5 U .O 191*0...................................... 191*1...................................... 191*2...................................... 191*3...................................... 6 0 2 .6 7 0 6 .1 3 5 6 .0 1 9 1 .0 11*1.8 131*.0 9 3 .0 1 2 6 .0 2 1 5 .7 30l* .2 332.1* 3 9 9 .3 1*58.1* 5 2 9 .6 6 1 9 .5 3 0 1 .2 1 8 3 .7 1 3 8 .7 2 0 3 .1 T o ta l P u b lic P r iv a te 2 / P u b lic 11 $ 1 , 068.0 1 , 7 71.0 2 , 957.0 3 , 77 5.0 1*,0 6 5 .0 1*, 1*75.0 1»,1 1 2 .0 3 ,9 1 0 .0 3 ,6 1 3 .0 2,1*53.0 $ 1 , 068.0 1 , 7 7 1 .0 2 ,9 5 7 .0 3 , 7 7 5 .0 1*, 065.0 I t , 1*75.0 1*, 1 1 2 .0 3 ,9 1 0 .0 3 , 6 1 3 .0 2,1*53.0 .... 1,1*91*. 5 1,1 0 1 * .6 1*07.0 285.1* 3 6 8 .5 7 3 2 .5 1 ,1 9 3 .7 1 ,3 6 5 .8 1 , 5 6 1 .6 1 ,7 6 3 .9 .... 5 .3 1 U .8 3 .6 6 .7 5 6 .6 l,l* 9 l* .5 l ,1 0 l* .6 1*07.0 285.1* 3 6 8 .5 757.1* 1 ,2 7 1 .0 1,382.2* 1 ,5 8 3 .9 1,91*8.3 — — «... $ 2 U .9 7 7 .3 1 6 .6 2 2 .3 l8 U .il 2,299.1* 2 ,8 2 6 .2 1 ,31*3.5 6 8 9 .1 1*96.1 9 6 5 .7 3 ,7 6 9 .8 5>61*3.l* 7 ,2 0 3 .1 7 ,7 0 3 .0 2 ,0 7 2 .2 2 ,5 3 0 .8 1 ,1 3 3 .8 6 6 0 .5 1*83.2 9 5 9 .3 3 ,7 1 3 ,8 5,617.1* 7 , 0 2 9 .0 7,371*.3 2 2 7 .3 2 9 5 .U 2 0 9 .6 2 3 .7 1 2 .8 6 .U 5 6 .0 2 6 .0 1 7 U .1 3 2 8 .7 1 1 ,7 8 8 .6 9 ,8 0 0 .9 1 0 ,2 0 9 .0 1 0 ,1*88 .0 12,1*78.2 l i t , 52*1*. 6 1 3 ,0 7 7 .0 1 2 ,691* .0 11,1*18.1* 9 ,1 8 6 .1 9 ,7 0 6 .3 1 0 ,1 8 1 .2 1 2 ,3 0 9 .2 11*, 31*5.8 12,811*.8 1 2 ,1 2 6 .8 3 7 0 .2 6 1 U .8 5 0 2 .7 3 0 6 .8 1 6 9 .0 1 9 8 .8 11*,1*99.1* 1 3 ,6 7 8 .5 — — — — — — — — — — — — __ 191*1*...................................... 191*5...................................... 191*6...................................... 191*7...................................... 191*8...................................... 191*9...................................... 2 0 9 .3 6 7 0 .5 81*9.0 9 3 1 .6 1 ,0 2 5 .1 6 6 2 .5 81*5.6 9 1 3 .5 988.8 7 3 .0 8 6 .6 5 U .8 7 .3 3 .1 1 .2 8 .0 3 .k 1 8 .1 3 6 .3 1 9 5 0 ...................................... 1 9 5 1 ...................................... 1 9 5 2 ...................................... 1 9 5 3 ...................................... 1951*...................................... 1 9 5 5 ...................................... 1 9 5 6 ...................................... 1 9 5 7 ...................................... 1 9 5 8 .................. ................... 1 ,3 9 6 .0 1 ,0 9 1 .3 1 ,1 2 7 .0 1 ,1 0 3 .8 1,220.1* 1 ,3 2 8 .9 1 ,1 1 8 .1 1,01*1.9 1,209.1* 1 ,3 5 2 .2 1 ,0 2 0 .1 1 ,0 6 8 .$ 1 ,0 6 8 .3 1 ,2 0 1 .7 1 ,3 0 9 .5 1 ,0 9 3 .9 9 9 2 .3 1 ,11*1.5 U 3 .8 7 1 .2 5 8 .$ 3 5 .5 1 8 .7 1 9 .k 2 h .2 U 9 .1 6 7 .9 — — — — — — — — — — 2 6 2 .3 5 6 7 .2 8 2 0 .9 1 / C o v e r s th e c o s t o f l a b o r , m a t e r ia ls , and s u b c o n tr a c te d w o rk , and t h a t p a r t o f th e b u ild e r * s o v e rh e a d a n d p r o f i t c h a r g e a b l e d i r e c t l y t o t h e b u i l d i n g o f n o n fa rm d w e l l i n g u n i t s s t a r t e d i n s p e c i f i e d p e r i o d s . I n c l u d e d a r e t h e c o s t s o f e q u ip m e n t w h ic h b ecom es a n i n t e g r a l p a r t o f t h e s t r u c t u r e a n d i s e s s e n t i a l t o i t s g e n e ra l u s e . E x c l u d e d a r e t h e c o s t s o f l a n d , s i t e im p ro v e m e n t , a r c h i t e c t u r a l f e e s , a n d s a l e s p r o f i t . 2 / B a se d o n c o n t r a c t v a lu e s o r e s t im a t e d c o n s t r u c t io n c o s t s f o r i n d i v i d u a l p r o j e c t s , a s r e p o r t e d b y a g e n c T e s a d m in is t e r in g p u b l i c h o u s in g p ro g ra m s . N o te : B e c a u s e o f r o u n d i n g , sum o f it e m s m ay n o t e q u a l t o t a l s . 35 Table 19: Privately owned new nonfarm dwelling units started: Average construction cost, all types of units and 1-family houses, monthly, 1940-58 A v e ra g e c o n s t r u c t io n Year Ja n . Feb. M a r. A p r. M ay c o s t o f p r i v a t e l y ow n ed d w e l l i n g u n i t s Ju n e J u ly A l l ty p e s o f u n it s 1 9 1 * 0 .... 1 9 l* l.... 1 9 1 * 2 .... 1 9 1 * 3 .... 19l*U____ 8 3 ,9 5 0 S 3 ,8 5 0 $ 3 ,8 o o $ 3 ,8 7 5 ^ 3 ,9 0 0 3 ,9 5 0 3 ,9 5 0 i* ,0 0 0 l * ,i o o l* ,o 5 o 3 ,7 0 0 3 ,8 2 5 3 ,8 2 5 3 ,9 0 0 3 ,7 7 5 3,1*50 3,1*00 3,1*50 3 ,6 0 0 3 ,6 c 5 3 ,6 7 5 3 ,7 0 0 3 ,7 2 5 3,1*75 3 ,3 7 5 1 9 1 * 5 .... 191*6____ 1 9 1 * 7 .... 1 9 1 * 3 .... 1 9 1 * 9 .... 3 ,3 0 0 5 ,3 0 0 5 ,6 5 0 7 ,3 50 7 ,3 7 5 1 9 5 0 ____ 1 9 5 1 .... 1 9 5 2 ..., 1 9 5 3 .... 1 9 5 1 * .... 7,1*75 3 ,7 7 5 3 ,7 5 0 3 ,9 5 0 9 ,3 0 0 1 1 1 1 95 95 95 95 5 .... 6 .... 7 .... 8 .... 1 0 ,2 0 0 1 0 ,8 7 5 1 1 ,7 2 5 1 1 ,7 2 5 Aug. S e p t. O c t. N ov. D ec. Annual a v e ra g e (h o u s e s and a p a rtm e n ts ) 3 ,6 5 0 3,1*75 $ 3 ,9 2 5 1*,150 3 ,7 2 5 3 ,6 2 5 3,1*50 $ 3 ,9 0 0 U , 150 3 ,6 0 0 3 ,6 7 5 3 ,5 2 5 $ 3 ,9 2 5 1*,150 3 ,7 0 0 3 ,5 7 5 3 ,5 2 5 $ 3 ,9 7 5 I* ,l5 0 3 ,7 7 5 3 ,6 2 5 3 ,3 0 0 $ 3 ,9 5 0 1*,000 3 ,7 2 5 3 ,6 0 0 3 ,2 0 0 $1*,000 l* ,o ? 5 3 ,5 7 5 3 ,7 2 5 3 ,2 0 0 $ 3 ,9 2 5 1*,0?5 3 ,7 7 5 3 ,6 0 0 $ 3 ,9 0 0 l * ,i 5 o 3,800 3,1*75 3 ,6 2 5 5,1*50 5 ,7 0 0 7 ,3 5 0 7,1*75 3 ,7 0 0 5 ,9 0 0 6 ,0 7 5 7 ,3 7 5 7 ,5 2 5 1*,200 5 ,5 2 5 6 ,2 0 0 7 ,6 5 0 7>>7? i* ,1 7 5 5 ,5 2 5 6 ,3 5 0 7 ,3 5 0 7,1*50 l*,i*25 5,1*00 6 ,6 5 0 7 ,8 7 5 7 ,3 7 5 i*,6 00 5 ,6 0 0 6 ,8 2 5 3 ,2 5 0 7,1*75 1*,600 5 ,5 5 0 6 ,8 7 5 7 ,7 5 0 7,1*25 5 ,2 2 5 5 ,7 5 0 7 ,2 2 5 7 ,8 0 0 7,1*25 5 ,1 2 5 5 ,8 5 0 7 ,3 2 5 7 ,7 0 0 7 ,5 5 0 5,1*50 5 ,6 7 5 7,1*00 7 ,7 2 5 7 ,3 0 0 1*,625 5 ,6 0 0 6 ,6 5 0 7 ,7 0 0 7,1*50 7 ,7 0 0 3 ,2 0 0 7 ,9 7 5 8 ,2 7 5 8 ,7 5 0 9 .1 7 5 3 ,9 7 5 8 ,9 5 0 9 ,0 2 5 9 ,1 7 5 9 ,3 5 0 9 ,5 2 5 9,1*75 9 ,6 7 5 1 0 ,2 7 5 1 0 ,5 0 0 •3,575 9 ,l5 o 9 ,3 2 5 9 ,5 7 5 10,1*25 8 ,6 5 0 9 ,1 2 5 9 ,2 0 0 9 ,7 5 0 10,1*75 8 ,9 2 5 9 ,0 0 0 9 ,0 5 0 10,1*00 8 ,6 5 0 9 ,2 7 ? 9 ,1 2 5 9 ,7 5 0 1 0 ,3 2 5 8 ,9 5 0 8 ,9 5 0 9 ,1 7 5 9 ,8 0 0 10,1*75 8 ,7 5 0 9 ,0 0 0 9 ,1 2 5 9 ,5 7 5 10,1*50 8 ,8 5 0 8 ,8 5 0 9 ,0 7 5 9,1*75 1 0 ,5 0 0 8,1*50 9 ,0 0 0 9 ,0 7 5 9 ,5 2 5 1 0 ,2 5 0 1 1 ,0 2 5 1 1 ,8 5 0 1 2 ,3 2 5 1 2 ,1 5 0 1 1 ,1 7 5 1 1 ,9 0 0 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 2 ,0 7 5 1 1 ,0 2 5 1 1 ,8 5 0 1 2 ,1 5 0 1 1 ,7 5 0 1 1 ,2 0 0 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 2 ,1 0 0 1 1 ,1 5 0 1 1 ,8 2 5 12,1*25 1 2 ,2 0 0 1 1 ,1 5 0 1 2 ,0 2 5 1 2 ,1 7 5 1 1 ,8 5 0 1 1 ,1 2 5 1 1 ,6 5 0 1 2 ,0 2 5 1 1 ,6 7 5 1 0 ,9 5 0 1 1 ,7 2 5 1 2 ,2 2 5 1 1 ,9 7 5 8,800 8,800 9 ,1 5 0 9 ,3 5 0 1 0 ,6 2 5 10,800 1 1 ,3 2 5 1 1 ,6 0 0 1 1 ,9 2 5 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 1 ,7 7 5 1 1 ,9 7 5 3 ,9 0 0 5 ,6 7 5 6 ,2 2 5 7 ,5 0 0 7 ,5 0 0 1 0 ,9 0 0 1 1 ,7 7 5 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 2 ,0 7 5 1 0 ,9 5 0 1 1 ,8 5 0 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 2 ,2 2 5 9,800 11,800 O n e - f r m ily h ou se s o n ly 1 9 1 * 0 .... 1 9 1 * 1 .... 1 9 1 * 2 .... 1 9 1 * 3 .... 191*1*---------- 5 3 ,9 7 5 SI*, 000 $ 3 ,9 5 0 $1*,050 $ l» ,o 5 o 1*,150 1*,125 1*,175 1*,275 1*,250 1*,000 l* ,o o o 1*,025 3 ,8 5 0 3 ,8 5 0 3 ,5 5 0 3,1*75 3 ,5 2 5 3 ,7 5 0 3 ,7 2 5 3 ,6 5 0 3 ,6 7 5 3,1*00 3 ,3 5 0 3 ,6 7 5 $2*,050 1*,300 3 ,8 7 5 3 ,8 2 5 3 ,3 7 5 $1*,100 1*,300 3 ,7 7 5 3 ,7 5 0 3,1*25 $1*,025 1*,300 3 ,6 7 5 3 ,6 2 5 3,1*50 $1*,075 1*,300 3 ,8 5 0 3 ,6 5 0 3,1*50 $1*,125 1*,300 3 ,8 5 0 3 ,6 7 5 3 ,2 7 5 $1*,125 1*,15’0 3 ,9 0 0 3 ,6 2 5 3 ,1 7 5 $1*,200 1*,200 3 ,7 7 5 3 ,7 7 5 3 ,2 2 5 $1*,075 i* ,2 5 0 3 ,9 0 0 3 ,6 7 5 3,1*50 1*,225 5,1*75 6 ,2 5 0 7 ,9 5 0 7 ,6 5 0 1*,225 5,1*25 6,1*50 8 ,o 5 o 7 ,6 7 5 1*,500 5 ,3 7 5 6 ,7 2 5 8 ,0 5 0 1*,575 5,1*50 7 ,0 2 5 7 ,9 0 0 7 ,7 2 5 5 ,2 0 0 5 ,6 2 5 7 ,2 7 5 7 ,8 2 5 7 ,6 7 5 5 ,1 5 0 5 ,6 7 5 7 ,5 2 5 7 ,9 0 0 7 ,6 7 5 5 ,6 0 0 5 ,5 7 5 7 ,6 5 0 7 ,9 0 0 7 ,5 2 5 1*,600 5,1*50 6 ,9 5 0 8 ,1 0 0 7 ,6 5 0 7 ,6 2 5 1*,650 5 ,5 2 5 6 ,7 5 0 7 ,8 5 0 7 ,6 2 5 8,1*50 8,1*50 9,1*75 9 ,3 2 5 9 ,5 5 0 9 ,5 7 5 9,600 9,800 1 0 ,0 0 0 9 ,9 0 0 9 ,8 0 0 1 0 ,0 7 5 1 0 ,6 0 0 1 0 ,8 5 0 8 ,7 5 0 9,1*75 9 ,6 7 5 1 0 ,0 0 0 1 0 ,7 5 0 8 ,8 7 5 9,1*00 9 ,5 0 0 1 0 ,1 2 5 1 0 ,8 5 0 9 ,1 2 5 9 ,3 0 0 9,1*25 1 0 ,1 7 5 1 0 ,7 5 0 8 ,9 0 0 9,1*50 9 ,6 0 0 1 0 ,2 0 0 1 0 ,6 7 5 9 ,2 0 0 9 ,2 2 5 9 ,5 2 5 1 0 ,1 7 5 1 0 ,8 0 0 9 ,0 7 5 9 ,2 5 0 9 ,5 5 o 9 ,9 7 5 1 0 ,8 5 0 9 ,2 0 0 9 ,1 2 5 9 ,5 2 5 1 0 ,0 0 0 1 1 ,0 7 5 8 ,6 7 5 9 ,3 0 0 9,1*75 9 ,9 5 0 1 0 ,6 2 5 11,1*00 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 3 ,2 5 0 1 3 ,1 5 0 11,1*00 1 2 ,3 0 0 1 3 ,1 5 0 1 3 ,0 2 5 11,1*75 1 2 ,3 7 5 1 3 ,0 5 0 1 3 ,0 2 5 11,1*25 1 2 ,2 7 5 1 2 ,9 2 5 1 2 ,5 5 0 1 1 ,5 2 5 1 2 ,3 2 5 1 3 ,0 7 5 1 2 ,9 2 5 1 1 ,5 7 5 12,1*25 1 3 ,3 7 5 1 3 ,1 2 5 1 1 ,5 7 5 1 2 ,6 7 5 1 3 ,0 0 0 1 2 ,9 2 5 1 1 ,6 2 5 1 2 ,3 5 0 1 2 ,9 2 5 1 2 ,8 0 0 1 1 ,3 5 0 1 2 ,2 2 5 1 3 ,0 2 5 1 2 ,9 5 0 1 9 1 * 5 .... 1 9 1 * 6 .... 1 9 1 * 7 .... 1 9 1 * 8 .... 1 9 1 * 9 .... 3 ,2 5 0 5 ,2 5 0 5 ,7 0 0 7 ,2 5 0 7 ,6 5 0 3 ,5 5 0 5 ,l* o o 5 ,8 2 5 7,1*50 7 ,5 2 5 3 ,7 2 5 5 ,8 5 0 6 ,1 5 0 7 ,5 5 0 7,1*50 1 9 5 0 ____ 1 9 5 1 .... 1 9 5 2 .... 1 9 5 3 .... 1 9 5 1 * .... 7 ,6 2 5 9 ,1 0 0 9 ,0 5 0 9,1*00 9 ,7 5 0 7 ,8 5 0 9 ,2 5 0 9 ,2 7 5 8 ,2 2 5 9 ,1 7 5 9 ,3 5 0 1 0 ,5 7 5 1 1 ,1 2 5 1 1 ,3 2 5 1 1 ,7 5 0 1 2 ,6 0 0 12,800 1 2 ,7 7 5 1 2 ,8 7 5 1 1 ,2 5 0 1 2 ,1 5 0 1 2 ,9 5 0 1 3 ,0 0 0 1 9 5 5 .... 1 9 5 6 .... 1 9 5 7 .... 1 9 5 8 .... 1*,000 5 ,5 7 5 6 ,2 7 5 7 ,7 7 5 7 ,5 o o 1 1 ,2 5 0 1 2 ,2 7 5 1 3 ,0 2 5 1 3 ,1 0 0 1 / See t a b l e 1 8 , f o o t n o t e 1# T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n c o s t a v e r a g e s a r e a f f e c t e d b y v a r i a t i o n s i n t h e s i z e an d d e s i g n o f t h e d w e l l i n g u n i t s , i n t h e s i z e a n d t y p e o f p r o j e c t s s t a r t e d , an d b y d i f f e r e n c e s i n c o n s t r u c t i o n m e th o d s , a s w e l l a s by c h a n g e s i n t h e c o s t o f m a t e r i a l s a n d l a b o r . 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