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BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY







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P E R M IT A C T IV IT Y

Bulletin No. 1243
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner
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Preface

The evolution o f the U. S* Department o f Labor*s Bureau o f Labor Statistics*
building p erm it reportin g system m ir r o r s the spreading pattern of urbanization fn
the United Statese
To m eet the demands of a con g ression a l com m ittee investigating
the c r it ic a l housing shortage during and im m ediately after W orld War I, the Bureau,
in 1920, began collectin g re p o rts fro m a few hundred urban o fficia ls who issu ed
building perm its*
In the intervening y ea rs since 1920, the Bureau has published a
s e r ie s o f bulletins assem bling the inform ation it has collectexLoir"all types o f building
con stru ction fo r which lo c a l com m unities requ ire perm its*
Building p erm its are essen tia lly instrum ents fo r en forcin g zoning re strictio n s
and structural requirem ents related to public safety, fir e prevention, and sanitation*
As c itie s and towns becam e m o re densely populated and as m ore safeguards w ere
devised to p ro te ct the public fr o m the potential hazards of living in in crea sin g ly
com p lex urban environm ents, building p erm it system s spread rapidly. By 1956, about
7, 000 p e rm it-issu in g p la ce s w ere reporting to the Bureau.
The presen t bulletin, which continues the s e r ie s on building p e rm its, is designed
as a r e s e a r c h tool as w ell as a statistical handbook.
It p resen ts the b a sic data fo r
maintaining the continuity o f the s e rie s through its h istory of continuous expansion.
In addition, it presen ts the sta tistics in com plete detail fo r the y ea rs 1954-56 and in­
terp rets these data in the p e rsp e ctiv e of the tim es.
A set of six tables containing
annual su m m aries fo r 1957 and 1958 has been added to supplement the statistical r e c ­
ord , although the analysis o f the building perm it data does not extend beyond 1956.
This bulletin was prep a red in the Bureau*s D ivision of Construction Statistics
by Adela L. Sh esser. Henry F. Haase and M arvin W ilkerson developed the statistical
techniques fo r co lle ctin g , coordin atin g, and sum m arizing the growing body of buildingp erm it re p o rts on which the tabulations in the bulletin are based.




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C O N T EN T S
Page
Introduction ................................................. .............................. ...............
Background and scope o f the se rie s ......................................
Lim itations of building p e rm it data ................ ••*•••••••••••••••............... ...............

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P a rt A* C om pa rison o f new and supplanted s e rie s •••••• ........................... ...............
D ifferen ces in cov era ge ............................. ............................ .....................................
C om pa rison of the u n iverses ......... ..................... ....................................... ..
C om pa rison o f population co v e ra g e ..................................................................... 4
D ifferen ces in building volum e ...............................................................................................
V ariations by type o f building .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
State and region al variation s ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
C om pa rison of m onthly trends ............................................................ ..
lin k in g the se rie s ............................. ......................................... .................

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P a rt B. Building p erm it activity, 1954-56
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Trends by type o f building • • • • o o o . o o o o o o o o o * * * * . . . . . * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
R esidential building ........................... .......................................................................................
N onresidential building ........................................ ....................................................
Location of building activity ........................... ..
R egional and State com p a rison s ......................... ...........................................
M etropolitan -n on m etropolitan loca tion * .................... . ............. ............................ ..
Suburbs v e rsu s cen tra l c itie s ............................. .................................................................
V ariations among m etropolitan areas o « » o * « o a* * » » « « o o o <» ..............„ « * . *. * « o
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Supplement:

Selected tabulations of building perm it data,

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1957-58 . .......................

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S elected r e fe r e n c e s ................................................................... . . . 0 . . . . . . o . . . . . . . ..............

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TABLES
P a rt A:
A - 1. N onfarm population c o v e re d in the new (Building P e rm it Activity) and sup­
planted (Urban Building A uthorized) s e r ie s , by region and m etrop olita n nonm etropolitan lo ca tio n , 1940 and 1950
A - 2.

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P e rce n t of total nonfarm population in the new (Building P erm it Activity)
and supplanted (Urban Building Authorized) s e r ie s , and p ercen t change
fr o m supplanted to new se r ie s in population co v e re d , by reg ion , State,
and m etropolitan -n on m etropolitan location ........................................ .. . . . o . 0

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P e rce n t d i s t r i b u t i o n o f 1950 nonfarm populatipn co v e re d in the new
(Building P e rm it A ctivity) and supplanted (Urban Building Authorized)
s e r ie s , by reg ion and m etropolitan -n on m etropolitan location ••••••••••

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A - 4.

Valuation, by type of building con stru ction ,

January-June 1954 ................

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A - 5.

P e r capita building ra tes of the new (Building P e rm it A ctivity) and the
supplanted (Urban Building Authorized) s e r ie s , by region and State •••

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Valuation and num ber of new dwelling units, by type of structure and
p u b lic-p riva te ow nership, January-June 1954 ...................................................

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Number o f new n on residen tial buildings, by type of building, JanuaryJune 1954 .............................................................................................................................

30

Valuation, by type of building con stru ction , and number of new dwelling
units, by State, January-June 1954 ..........................................................

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A - 3.

A - 6.
A - 7.
A - 8,




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TABLES— Continued
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A - 9.

V aluation, by type o f b u i l d i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n and reg ion , JanuaryJune 1954 ................................... . . ......................••................. ••••••••....................

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Num ber o f new dw elling units, by type o f structure and reg ion , January......... ............................
June 1954

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Indexes o f building p e rm it valuations, by type of building con stru ction ,
1929-56 ...............................................................................................................................

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P a rt B:
B - 1. V aluation, by type o f building con stru ction , reg ion , and amount in m et­
ropolitan a re a s, annually, 1954-56 ............................. •••••...........•••••••••

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A - 10.
A - 11.

B - 2.
B - 3.
B - 4.
B - 5.
B - 6.

B - 7.

B— 8.

B - 9.
B -1 0 .
B -ll.

Valuation, by type of building con stru ction , reg ion , and amount in m et­
ropolitan a re a s, m onthly, 1954-56 ......... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Valuation, by type o f building con stru ction , reg ion , and m etrop olita n nonm etropolitan and cen tral city-su bu rban loca tion , m onthly, 1954-56 . . .

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N um ber o f new dw elling units, by reg ion , and m etrop olita n -n on m etrop ol­
itan and cen tral city-su bu rb an loca tion , m onthly, 1 9 5 4 -5 6 ................. ..

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Num ber o f new dw elling units, by type of stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te ow ner­
ship, reg ion , and amount in m etropolitan a rea s, m onthly, 1954-56 . . .

55

Num ber o f new dwelling units, by type of stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te ow ner­
ship, reg ion , and percen t of m etropolitan area total in cen tral citie s
and suburbs, annually, 1954-56 ..............................................................................

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Valuation o f new dw elling units, by type of stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te own­
e rsh ip , reg ion , and p ercen t of m etropolitan area total in cen tral cities
and suburbs, annually, 1954-56 ......... ....................................... .......................... ..

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N um ber and average valuation of housekeeping resid en tia l buildings, by
type o f stru ctu re, reg ion , and m etropolitan -n on m etropolitan and central
city-su b u rb a n lo ca tio n , annually, 1954-56 o o . o . . o . . . o o . o . o . o o . . o . o . < , o

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Valuation, by type of building con stru ction , State, and geographic d iv ision ,
annually, 1954-56
...............................................•••••••••••

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Valuation o f new dw elling units,
ow n ersh ip, State,and geographic

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by type of stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te
div ision , annually, 1 9 5 4 - 5 6 . . . . . . . . .

Num ber o f new dwelling units, by type o f stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te ow ner­
ship, State, and geograp h ic d iv ision , annually, 1954-56 •••••••••••••

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B -1 2 .

V aluation, by type o f building con stru ction and State, m onthly, 1 9 5 4 -5 6 ..

69

B -1 3 .

Num ber o f new dw elling units, by State, m onthly,

B -1 4 .

Valuation, by type o f building con stru ction , and num ber o f dwelling units
in c itie s of 100,000 p o p u l a t i o n or m ore (1950 C ensus), a n n u a l l y ,
1 9 4 9 -5 6 ......................................................................................................................
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B -1 5 .

Valuation, by type o f building c o n s t r u c t i o n , reg ion , and p ercen t of
m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a t o t a l in cen tral citie s and suburbs, annually,
1954-56 ...............................................................................................................................




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1954-56 ••••••••••••

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TABLES— Continued
Page
B -1 6 .

B -1 7 .

B -1 8 .
B -1 9 .
B -2 0 .
B -2 1 .

Num ber o f new non residen tial buildings, by type of building, reg ion , and
p e rce n t of m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a total in cen tral citie s and suburbs,
annually, 1954-56 ••••••••••••••••••••••............••••*••••••••••••••••

96

A verage valuation fo r se le cte d types of new n onresidential buildings, by
r e g i o n , and m etropolitan -n on m etropolita n and cen tral city-su bu rb an
lo ca tio n , annually, 1954-56 .......................••••••••••••................. ..

98

Valuation in se le cte d m etropolitan areas and p ercen t in cen tral c itie s ,
by type of building con stru ction , annually, 1954-56 ••••••••••••••••••

100

Valuation o f new dwelling units in selected m etropolitan a re a s, by type
o f structure and cen tral city-su bu rban loca tion , annually, 1954-56 ••••

105

N um ber of new dw elling units in selected m etropolitan a re a s, by type of
structure and cen tra l city-su bu rb an loca tion , annually, 1954-56 ••••••

107

A verage valuation o f new dwelling units in selected m etropolitan a re a s,
by type o f s t r u c t u r e and cen tral city-su bu rb an loca tion , annually,
1954-56 ...................................................................................0 . o o . o o o o o . o o o . o o o o o o

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CHARTS
1.

P e r capita building rates of the Building P e rm it A ctivity and the Urban
A uthorized s e r ie s , by State (based on 1950 population, and valuation of
building con stru ction , January-June 1954) •••••••••••••••••...........................

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Indexes of p erm it valuations o f the Building P e rm it A ctivity s e rie s and the
Urban A uthorized s e r ie s , United States total, by type of building co n stru c­
tion, January-June 1954 ............* . . . . ........................................................................... ••

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Indexes o f p erm it valuations o f the Building P e rm it A ctivity s e r ie s and the
Urban A uthorized s e r ie s , by type of building c o n s t r u c t i o n and region ,
January-June 1954 •••••••••••••••.•••••................................................. ..

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4.

P e rm it valuations by type of building con stru ction ,

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5.

N u m b e r o f d w e l l i n g u n it s f o r

6.

P e rm it valuations fo r se le cte d types of nonresidential building,

2.

3.

1 9 5 4 -5 6 . .

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1954-56 . . .

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7.

P ercen ta ge distribution o f 1956 building p erm it valuations, by State •••••••

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8.

P ercen tage distribution of 1954-56 building p erm it valuations, by m e tro ­
politan -n on m etropolita n and cen tral city-su bu rb an location «••••••••••••••

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w h ic h b u ild in g p e r m it s

1954-56 •••••••••••••••

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T re n d s in B u ildin g P erm it A c tiv ity
IN T R O D U C T I O N

1954, and shows the trend o f b u i l d i n g
con stru ction in p r i n c i p a l c itie s of the
United States, beginning with 1949.1

Statistics on building con stru ction
a u t h o r i z e d by lo c a l building p e rm its,
p rep a red by the U. S. D e p a r t m e n t o f
Labor*s Bureau of Labor S ta tistics, p r o ­
vide the only detailed con stru ction data
a v a i l a b l e fo r lo c a litie s and a re a s, as
w ell as on a national basis*
They are
the main sou rce of the Bureau*s m onthly
s e r ie s on the num ber o f new n o n f a r m
dw elling units started, and in th em selves
are an im portant econ om ic i n d i c a t o r .

BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THE SERIES

The Bureau*s s e r ie s on b u i l d i n g
c o n s t r u c t i o n for which p erm its w ere
issu ed has been expanded and im p rov ed
continuously s i n c e its o r i g i n in 1920.
Although the num ber o f p la ce s reportin g
building p erm it data to the Bureau in­
c r e a s e d each y e a r, a s e r ie s s h o w i n g
annual volum e fo r 257 la rge citie s was
used fr o m 1921 until 1929 to relate c u r ­
rent activity to past p erform a n ce in city
b u i l d i n g con stru ction .
Beginning with
1929, building con stru ction trends w ere
re fle cte d m ore accu ra tely through indexes
based on data fro m a la rg e r and m ore
represen ta tive s a m p l e o f in corp ora ted
p la ce s .
By 1942, the num ber of re p o rt­
ing p la ces had grown large e n o u g h to
provide the ba sis for estim ates cov erin g
the entire urban a rea o f the cou n try, as
defined in the 1940 C ensus.

S i n c e the building p erm it activity
s e r ie s gives i n s i g h t into the e con om ic
im pact on lo c a l a reas o f changes in the
geograph ic spread of building co n stru c­
tion (resid en tia l and n on resid en tia l), it
is an e sp e c ia lly valuable to o l fo r shaping
p o l i c y and adm inistrative d e cisio n s by
State and lo c a l governm ents and planning
a g en cies. It a lso p rov id es national agen­
c ie s and r e s e a r c h groups with inform ation
on im portant area deviation s, which in
con stru ction , is e s s e n t i a l fo r making
d e cisio n s on a national sca le that take
into account region a l or lo c a l situations.
B usiness fir m s and labor g r o u p s also
follow the trend and le v e l o f ov e r a dozen
differen t k i n d s of building con stru ction
in sp e c ific l o c a l i t i e s to determ ine in
which a r e a s ,o r parts of areas,,their p rod ­
ucts or sk ills are being u sed, and w here
and how great d e m a n d w ill be in the
future.
M o re o v e r, b eca u se these sta­
tis tic s p r o v i d e a quantification o f the
d i s p e r s i o n o f new building within the
pa rts o f m etropolitan areas (cen tra l citie s
and suburbs), they are helpful in c o m ­
munity planning, m a r k e t a n a ly sis, and
s o cia l and e con om ic r e s e a r c h requ iring
cu rren t and dynam ic in form ation a b o u t
the m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a econ om y and
socie ty .

This "urban b u i l d i n g authorized**
s e r ie s was discontinued with publication
o f data fo r June 1954, becau se o f the
p rob lem o f resolv in g d iffe re n ce s betw een
the geographic areas used fo r
building
p erm it system s and the urban areas as
defined in the 1950 C en su s.2 In its p la ce ,
a "building p erm it activity s e r ie s " was
inaugurated to m easure building activity
1 These data (table B-14) bring up to date statis­
tics for these cities for 1921-48, published in Building
Construction in Principal Cities of the United States,
1921-48, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Washington (June 1949).
2 Urban, as defined in the 1950 Census, includes
not only incorporated places of 2,500 or more popula­
tion, but a large number of unincorporated specially
delineated localities, and the densely settled but un­
incorporated fringes adjacent to large cities. These un­
incorporated areas were defined on the basis of housing
or population density and their boundaries in general
are not political but follow such .identifiable 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 possible to obtain
reports which segregate the building activity by urban
and nonurban areas within such subdivisions.

This bulletin p resen ts the building
p e rm it sta tistics in com plete detail fo r
the y e a rs 1954-56, the p e rio d c o v e re d
by the latest expansion in the s e r ie s . In
addition, it gives a brief* h isto ry o f the
s e r ie s , d e s c rib e s the scop e and lim ita ­
tions o f building p e rm it data, fu rn ishes
in form ation fo r linking the m o st recen t
sta tistics with those fo r y e a rs p r io r to




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in all p e rm it-issu in g p la ce s in the United
States.
The new se rie s begins with data
fo r January 1954, and thus p rov id es a
6-m onth ov erla p p eriod fo r w hich statis­
tics fr o m both s e r ie s are available for
com p a rison and fo r linking p u rp oses.
In prep aration fo r establishm ent of
the p e rm it-issu in g u n iv erse, an intensive
e ffo rt was made during 1953 and ea rly
1954 to locate and obtain re p o rts from
all p la ce s having building p erm it system s
— p r a c tic a lly all l a r g e c it ie s , a large
prop ortion o f sm a ller c it ie s , and num er­
ous un in corporated tow ns, t o w n s h i p s ,
d i s t r i c t s , and entire cou n ties.
It is
b e lie v e d that virtu ally all p e rm it-issu in g
lo c a litie s (o v e r 7, 000) w ere covered'.

Among the fundamental pu rp oses of
the building p erm it s y s t e m is the en­
fo rce m e n t of zoning r e s t r i c t i o n s and
structural requ irem en ts related to safety,
fir e preven tion , and health con sid era tion s.
As a n e c e s s a ry step in en forcem en t, the
builder or owner of a p ro p o se d structure
is req u ired to obtain a p erm it to build.
The p erm it d e s c rib e s the p ro p o se d con ­
struction and its estim ated c o s t at the
tim e o f application; the detail req u ired
v a rie s among lo c a litie s .
This in form a ­
tion is c o lle c te d fr o m the building p erm it
o ffic ia ls by the Bureau on a questionnaire
fo r m (B LS 404) which is m ailed to them
each month.
In addition to the building p erm it
data re p orted by building o ffic ia ls , the
Bureau*s s e r ie s includes the amount of
con stru ction c o n t r a c t s a w a r d e d fo r
F ed era l p r o je cts and fo r public housing
(F e d e ra l, State, and lo ca l) in p e r m it issu in g p la c e s . L ikew ise, p r o je c ts under
v a riou s F e d e r a l a i d p ro g ra m s (e. g. ,
sch ools and h ospitals) are included when
it has been determ ined by corre sp o n d e n ce
that the building o fficia l did not cov er
them in his r e p o r t .
C ontract awards
in form ation fo r p r o je c ts financed w holly
o r p a rtia lly with F ed era l funds is r e ­
p orted to the Bureau d i r e c t l y by the
F e d e r a l agen cies resp on sib le fo r the
con stru ction ; and fo r public housing, by
the agency adm inistering the p a rticu lar
p ro g ra m .




The s e r i e s conceptually does not
include the co sts of (1) dem olishing or
m o v i n g building s , (2) nonbuilding co n stru ctio n ( streets and highw ays, pip elin es,
water and sew er sy stem s, and the lik e),
or (3) land, l a n d d e v e l o p m e n t , and
arch itectural and engineering f e e s . 3

LIMITATIONS OF BUILDING PERMIT DATA

Building p erm it data are liable to
the same defects as any other data c o l­
lected by m ail. That is , they are affected
by e r r o r s in resp on se, p rob lem s of o m is ­
sion s, and late or interm ittent reportin g.
The
accuracy
of b u i l d i n g
p erm it resp on se has never been d eter­
m ined co n clu siv ely . H ow ever, resp on se
e r r o r s are ov ercom e as much as p ossib le
by ca refu l e d i t i n g and frequent c o r r e ­
spondence with p erm it o ffic ia ls .
F ur­
th erm ore, re p o rte rs for all of the la rg e ,
active building areas have b ecom e thor­
oughly fa m ilia r with the fo rm and uses
o f the Bureau’ s questionnaires during the
many y ea rs they have b e e n submitting
inform ation.
F or areas of low building
activity, or p la ce s where reportin g has
been consistently inadequate, an abbre­
viated questionnaire (BLS 404B) was used
until July 1957,4 as an aid in preventing
resp on se e r r o r s .
This short question­
naire r e l i e v e s the p erm it o f f i c e r of
the e ffort of cla ssify in g nonresidential
buildings a ccordin g to type. Omissions^
and late and interm ittent reportin g are
t a k e n ca re of r o u t i n e l y by m ultiple
requests fo r the data, sa tisfa ctory e s ti­
mating techniques, and regular re v is io n s .
To obtain a definitive answer to
the question of how w ell building p e r ­
m it r e c o r d s r e fle ct the amount of build­
ing that actually takes place would r e ­
quire an intensive fie ld survey in sam ple
a re a s.
Such a survey should take into
account what p rop ortion of building is
done illeg a lly , without a p erm it, and how
^ Construction on farms is included to the extent
that farm buildings are covered by permit systems. By
and large, however, the series relates to nonfarm build­
ing construction.
4
In July 1957, the Bureau’ s regular questionnaire
form (BLS 404) was simplified and use of the additional
questionnaire was discontinued.

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m uch is never begun even though a p e r­
m it was obtained. H ow ever; fro m the r e ­
sults o f sm all pilot studies made in r e ­
cent y e a r s , there is an indication that the
p erm it r e c o r d is a relia b le so u rce for
new building activity, but is l i k e l y to
understate the volum e of additions and
alterations to buildings, becau se a lter­
ation w ork frequently m ay p r o c e e d with­
out drawing the attention o f the cru isin g
in sp e cto r, while new building con stru ction
is obvious.
To the extent that va riou s kinds of
new b u i l d i n g s are co v e re d by p erm it
sy stem s, it a p p e a r s that virtu ally all
p riva tely owned stru ctu res are rep orted .
H ow ever, many p la ce s do not r e q u i r e
p e r m i t s fo r pu blicly owned b u ild in gs,
m ainly becau se in spection is under the
j u r i s d i c t i o n o f either another l o c a l
agency, or a county, State, or F ed eral
agency.
In som e p la c e s, buildings spon­
sored by the city or county governm ents
requ ire a lo c a l perm it, but State buildings
are exem pt.
F rom p e r i o d i c fie ld s t u d i e s in
sam ple lo c a litie s , it has been determ ined
that fo r new housing, at le a st, the p ro ­
portion o f dw ellings fo r which p erm its
w ere taken out but never used (the " la p s e 1*
rate) has been n egligible in recen t y ears
— 1 p ercen t o r le s s since 1951.
Even
though no com parable surveys have been
made fo r n o n r e s i d e n t i a l building, it
seem s lik ely that the lapse rate would
be v e ry low fo r this c a t e g o r y a lso,
except, perhaps, when econ om ic con di­
tions are ex trem ely unusual. One reason
fo r this con clu sion is that p erm it fees
ord in a rily are based on con stru ction c o s t,
and th erefore it would often be quite ex­
pensive to fo r fe it the p erm it, e sp e cia lly
in the case of large p r o je c ts .
Custom ­
a rily , the p erm it is obtained after the
con tract is awarded and w ork is fa irly
certain to get underway.
In an attempt to im prove the c o v e r ­
age of State and lo c a l public con stru ction ,
the Bureau1s questionnaire i n c l u d e s a
r e q u e s t that o f f i c i a l s re p o rt public
buildings even though they issu e no p e r ­
m its fo r t h e m .
C om pliance with this
requ est is good, but not com p lete. A lso,




as m entioned e a r lie r , all F ed era l and
fed era lly aided buildings are added into
the building p erm it data.
V arious s t u d i e s have established
the fact that perm it valuation u s u a l l y
understates a c t u a l con stru ction co st.
This is p a rticu la rly true fo r p la ces w here
sp ecial p erm its are requ ired fo r se rv ice
fa cilitie s or equipment essen tial to the
g e n e r a l use of the building— plum bing,
heating,
air conditioning, e l e v a t o r s ,
e le c tr ic a l w ork , e tc ., or b u ilt-in p rod u c­
tion equipment in industrial buildings.
The co s ts of such fa cilitie s and equipment
m ay be excluded fro m con stru ction co st
in the general perm it b ecau se they are
included in sp ecia l p erm its.
P e rm it valuation is m ore n e a r l y
com parable with con stru ction c o s t in a
s m a l l num ber of c i t i e s in which the
building co m m issio n e r rev iew s and may
ask fo r re v is io n s , in the co s ts reported ;
a few cities demand that the owner state
the actual c o s t of the building after co m ­
pletion.
O bviously, these d ifferen ces in
valuation p ra ctice tend, in som e c a s e s ,
to distort in tercity com p a rison s. M ore­
o v e r, data fo r New Y ork City are not
strictly com parable with those fo r other
p e rm it-issu in g p la ce s, since the fo rm e r
are based on i n s p e c t i o n re c o r d s and
rep resen t w ork actually started. Build­
ing volum e is probably understated m ore
for New Y ork than fo r other citie s be­
cause of delayed rep orts fro m building
in sp e cto rs.
Since p r e c is e inform ation is lacking
regarding the extent of the understate­
m ent of costs fo r s e rv ice f a c i l i t i e s ,
equipm ent, and the lik e, as w ell as the
extent to which builders* overhead and
p rofit are included in the estim a tes, no
adjustm ents are made in the building
p erm it data to r e fle ct the fa ct that p e r ­
m it valuations gen erally understate the
actual c o s t o f con stru ction .
Nor are the
data adjusted fo r lapsed p erm its or the
lag between p erm it issuance or co n tra ctaward dates and start of con stru ction .
T h e re fo re , they should not be con sid ered
as represen tin g the total value of build­
ing con stru ction authorized by p e rm its,
or the volum e of building con stru ction
started.

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P art A . C o m p a r is o n o f N e w

The new s e r ie s on building p erm it
activity, like the supplanted urban author­
ize d s e r ie s , p ro v id e s in form ation on new
building con stru ction , as w ell as addi­
tion s, a l t e r a t i o n s , and re p a ir w ork.
N onresidential building is shown by de­
tailed type o f building, and dwelling units
are p resen ted by t y p e of s t r u c t u r e .
Statistics by State also are continued in
the new s e r ie s .
U r b a n data fo r 9 individual g eo­
graphic division s w ere r e p l a c e d with
b u i l d i n g p e r m i t in form ation fo r the
4 b roa d Census region s ( N o r t h e a s t ,
North C entral, South, and W est), and fo r
m etropolitan -n on m etropolita n l o c a t i o n .
Statistics fo r the total m etropolitan area
o f the country rep re se n t the 168 Standard
M etropolitan A rea s defined in the 1950
C ensus.
Building con stru ction loca ted
outside these areas is c l a s s i f i e d as
nonm etropolitan.
In the new s e r ie s , estim ates of total
building activity fo r a num ber of individu­
al m etropolitan area s are p r e s e n t e d ,
showing the amount inside and outside
the cen tral c itie s .
Data fo r these indi­
vidual a rea s (which w ere sele cte d fro m
those fo r w hich building p e rm it cov e ra g e
is com plete or virtu ally co m p le te ) in­
clude an estim ate fo r n o n -p e rm it-issu in g
p la ce s in each area.

DIFFERENCES IN COVERAGE

Comparison of the Universes

The old s e r ie s , as m entioned above,
c o v e re d all pla ces defined as urban in
the 1940 C ensus, i. e ., all in corp ora ted
p la ce s o f 2 ,5 0 0 or m o re population plus
a sm a ll num ber o f un in corporated areas
which w ere c la s s ifie d as urban by sp ecial
ru le.
Some o f the sm a ller p la ce s w ere
not c o v e re d by p e rm it sy stem s.
How­
e v e r , the se r ie s included estim ates of
their building volu m e, based on activity
r e p o r t e d fo r sim ila r pla ces w hich did
req u ire building p e rm its.
Despite this
rath er lim ited c o v e ra g e , the urban s e rie s
p o s s e s s e d the m e rit o f r e l a t i n g to a
standardized u n iverse fo r w hich a wealth
o f sta tistics fr o m Census so u rce s w ere




and

S u p p la n t e d

S e r ie s

rea d ily available fo r use in interpreting
the building construction data.
The new s e r ie s , which applies to
all p la ces that requ ire building p e rm its,
co v e rs con sid era b ly m ore te rrito ry than
the old urban s e r ie s .
H ow ever, not all
changes in cov era ge fro m the old to the
new s e r ie s w ere in a positive d irection ,
b e c a u s e the n o n -p e rm it-is suing p la ces
estim ated fo r in the urban se rie s w ere
not included in the p erm it activity s e r ie s .
Nationwide, these lo s s e s in cov era ge
w ere m ore than com pensated fo r by gains
in the follow ing types of p la ce s: (l ) in­
co rp ora ted p e rm it-issu in g lo ca litie s that
w ere too sm all in 1940 to be cla s s ifie d
as urban; (2) p la ces that w ere in corp o­
rated after the 1940 Census; and (3) un­
in corp ora ted p e rm it-issu in g p la ce s , such
as t o w n s , townships, d i s t r i c t s , and
counties.
L osses and additions to the
u niverse w ere not distributed uniform ly
throughout the country; in som e States,
the number o f p la ce s co v e re d was in­
cre a s e d substantially, while in oth ers,
the net gain was slight, and in a few ,
t h e r e was e v e n a net l o s s .
These
changes, which are m ore meaningful in
term s o f shifts in population co v e ra g e ,
w ill be d iscu ssed at grea ter length in the
follow ing section.
B ecause of its expanded c o v e ra g e ,
the new s e rie s p rov id es the fir s t detailed
inform ation on a cu rren t b a sis about the
geographic distribution o f n e w building
con stru ction , by m etropolitan area, State,
and reg ion .
It gives quantitative in fo r­
m ation a b o u t the cen tral city-su bu rb an
d i s p e r s i o n o f building activity within
m etropolitan a rea s, and som e m easu re
o f trends in land use.

Comparison of Population Coverage

In term s of population, the c o v e r ­
age o f the new perm it a c t i v i t y se rie s
is significantly greater (16 percent) than
that of the s u p p l a n t e d urban s e r ie s .
Many of the p la ces added to the u niverse
of the p erm it activity se rie s w ere rap­
idly g r o w i n g unincorporated areas in
m etropolitan counties that r e c e iv e d the
sp illover o f population fro m the cen tral

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c itie s .
E xam ples o f these p la ce s are
the u nincorporated p o r t i o n s of P rin ce
G eorges and M ontgom ery Counties, M d.,
a n d F airfax County, Va« (W ashington,
D. Co, m etropolitan area); B altim ore and
Anne A rundel C ounties, Md. ( B altim ore
area); Dade County, F la. (M iam i area);
C o o k , DuPage, Kane, Lake, and W ill
C ounties, 111. (C hicago a r e a ); and Los
A ngeles and Orange Counties, C alif. (L os
A ngeles area).
In addition, many o f the in co rp o ­
rated v illa g e s and towns c o v e re d by the
new s e r i e s but excluded fr o m the old
s e r ie s becau se they w ere too sm all to
be c la s s ifie d as urban in 1940, a lso w ere
fast grow ing p la ce s.
They contributed
substantially to the g r e a t e r population
co v e ra g e of the p erm it activity se r ie s in
both the m etropolitan and the n on m etro­
politan segm ents o f the u n iverse.
When the 2 s e r i e s are com pared
with r e sp e ct to the gain between 1940 and
1950 in the population c o v e re d by their
re sp e ctiv e u n iv e rse s, it is evident that
in all 4 b roa d region s of the cou n try5 the
in cre a se d co v e ra g e of the m etropolitan
segm ent of the new s e r ie s w as due in
part to the addition o f p la ces with a c c e l­
erated population g r o w t h (table A - 1).
The same situation is apparent also in
all region s of the nonm etropolitan uni­
v e r s e , except in the South w here there
w ere loca ted r e l a t i v e l y m ore o f the
n o n -p e rm it-issu in g p la ce s (m ainly sm all
m u n icipalities) p rev iou sly estim ated fo r
in the urban s e r ie s , but dropped from
the p erm it activity s e r ie s .
The e x p a n d e d co v e ra g e o f t h e
building p erm it u n iverse includes lo c a li­
ties containing about 79 p ercen t o f the
total- nonfarm population, 94 p e rce n t of
the m etropolitan nonfarm population, and
53 p ercen t o f the nonfarm population of
nonm etropolitan p l a c e s , based on 1950
Census data.
F or the supplanted urban
s e r ie s , c o m p a r a b l e fig u re s w ere 68
p e r c e n t , 81 p erce n t, and 46 p ercen t,
re sp e ctiv e ly (table A -2 ).
Despite its con sid era b ly in cre a sed
co v e ra g e , the new p erm it activity se rie s
5 Composition of the regions is shown in chart 7,
p. 19.




still is rather lim ited as to the extent
o f nonfarm p o p u l a t i o n co v e re d in the
nonm etropolitan u n iverse. N everth eless,
this is actually le s s re s trictiv e than it
seem s, b e c a u s e a B u r e a u study of
building con stru ction data rev ea led that
p l a c e s having building p erm it system s
are g e n e r a l l y m ore a c t i v e than the
oth ers.
Consequently, building activity
in nonm etropolitan p e rm it-issu in g p la ces
rep resen ts a la rg e r p rop ortion o f t o t a l
nonm etropolitan b u i l d i n g con stru ction
than is apparent fro m these population
statistics alone. Thus, if inform ation on
new building con stru ction w ere available
fo r ev ery lo ca lity in the country, p erm it
issuing or oth erw ise, it would probably
show only a s l i g h t l y sm aller ratio of
m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a building than is
evident fro m the p erm it activity s e r ie s ,
and a little la rg e r prop ortion of building
in nonm etropolitan p la ce s.

In the ca se of the m etropolitan uni­
v e rse of the new s e r ie s , the prop ortion
o f 1950 n o n f a r m population co v e re d is
above the national average in all reg ion s
except the South.
Even th ere, w h e r e
building p erm it system s are le s s co m ­
m on than e l s e w h e r e , the new se rie s
rep resen ts 89 p ercen t of the n o n f a r m
p o p u l a t i o n in m etropolitan a rea s.
In
nonm etropolitan a rea s, the ratio o f non­
fa rm population c o v e r e d is below the
figure fo r the country as a w hole, both
in the South and in the N ortheast, the
re sp e ctiv e p rop ortion s being 48 p ercen t
and 51 percen t.

The 16-p e rce n t in crea se fro m the
old to the new se rie s in the total amount
o f population c o v e re d was shared by all
States except Iowa, M ississ ip p i, Arkan­
sas, and V e r m o n t , w here there w ere
d e cre a s e s of varying m agnitude, and the
D istrict o f Colum bia, w here there was no
change, o f c o u r s e , since it co n sists of
one p o litica l subdivision included under
a single p erm it system .
Both num eri­
ca lly and p ercen ta g ew ise, the in crea se
was g reater in the W est than in any of
the other broad reg ion s.
N ev erth eless,
the W est c o n t i n u e d to account fo r the
sm allest share o f the total population in
the universe (tables A -2 and A -3 ).

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DIFFERENCES IN BUILDING VOLUME

C om paring volum e fo r the fir s t 6
months o f 1954 (the only p e rio d fo r which
data are available fr o m both the old and
the new s e r ie s ), valuations of building
con stru ction r e p o r t e d fo r all p e rm it­
issuing p l a c e s totaled $ 7 0 9 b illio n , as
against $5. 1 b illion fo r urban p la c e s —
a d ifferen ce o f 56 p ercen t (table A -4 ).
This r e fle c ts the fa ct that m ost of
the p l a c e s added to the s e r i e s w ere
building quite actively to take c a re of
their rapidly in crea sin g population. F or
exam ple, roughly 90 p ercen t (o r n early
$ 4 .6 billion ) o f the building volum e of
the old s e r i e s was in p e rm it-issu in g
urban p la ce s c o v e r e d in both s e r ie s .
That m eans the p la ce s brought into the
new s e r ie s (accounting fo r only 15 p e r ­
cent of the nonfarm population cov ered )
contributed about $3. 3 b illion , or a little
m o re than 40 p ercen t of the total b u ild in gp e rm it volu m e.
To illu stra te fu rth er, the p er capita
building rate fo r January-June 1954 (i.e .,
the amount of p e rm it v a l u a t i o n s per
p e r s o n in the c o v e re d lo c a litie s) was
h igh er, in g e n e r a l , fo r the
p e rm it
activity s e r ie s than fo r the urban author­
ize d s e r ie s (table A -5 and chart 1). By
and la r g e , this resu lts fr o m the addition
o f num erous le s s densely populated, but
v e ry a ctive, suburban area s surrounding
the la rg e r c itie s .
Variations by Type of Building

Since housing is the type o f building
m o st c lo s e ly rela ted to population m ov e­
m en ts, and so many of the p la ce s added
to the new s e r ie s w ere lo c a litie s e x p e ri­
encing p o p u l a t i o n in c re a se s l a r g e l y
beca u se o f in m igration , it is not su rp ris­
ing that the higher le v e l o f the
p erm it
activity s e r ie s was due ch iefly to gains
in resid en tia l building.
Valuations fo r
new resid en tia l building during the fir s t
half of 1954 cam e to $4. 7 b illio n fo r all
p e rm it-issu in g p la c e s , or 71 p e r c e n t
m o re than the $2. 8 b illion total fo r the
urban s e r ie s .
V ariations among the se v e ra l types
o f resid en tia l stru ctu res r e fle c t the influ­
ence o f suburban b u i l d i n g on the new




estim a tes.
In crea ses between the two
s e r i e s w ere much g rea ter fo r 1- and
2-fa m ily h ou ses— types m o re lik ely to be
built in outlying areas w here land co sts
and other fa cto rs are m ore fa v ora b le—
than they w ere fo r m ultifam ily stru ctu res
(table A -6 ).
M o re o v e r, public housing,
which in 1954 was loca ted alm ost ex clu ­
siv ely in the la rg e r c itie s , was only a
little h i g h e r in the new s e r i e s , and
alm ost half of this in cre a se was due to
the addition of a single p r o je ct built by
the City of M iam i, but loca ted in Dade
County, Fla.
The c a t e g o r y showing the l e a s t
amount of gain fro m the rebasin g of the
estim ates was additions, altera tion s, and
r e p a ir s , which i n c r e a s e d 21 p ercen t,
fr o m $ 0 .6 billion to $ 0 .7 b illion .
It is
probable that alteration and rep a ir w ork
co m p ris e s a la rg e r p rop ortion o f total
con stru ction volum e in lo n g -esta b lish ed
citie s having an inventory o f stru ctu res
o f re la tiv ely g rea ter age than in new er,
fa st-g row in g p la c e s , and v irtu ally all of
the older c i t i e s w ere a l r e a d y in the
urban estim ates.
Valuations fo r n e w n onresidential
building totaled n ea rly $ 2 .5 b illion in all
p erm it p la c e s , as against $ 1 . 7 b illion in
u r b a n p la c e s — a 43 p ercen t d iffe re n ce .
The grea test relative in c re a s e , 85 p e r ­
cen t, was in public buildings (fire and
p o lice stations, cou rth ou ses, city h a lls,
a r m o r ie s , ja ils , and other buildings used
by F ed era l, “State, o r lo c a l govern m en ts),
and is attributable m ainly to F e d e r a l
con stru ction in u nincorporated a re a s, fo r
exam ple, atom ic energy and other indus­
tria l fa c ilitie s , w a reh ou ses, and m ilita ry
b a rra ck s.
L a rg est d ollar gains w ere in
educational and industrial building, r e ­
flectin g not only g reater n u m b e r s o f
buildings but also m ore co s tly stru ctu res,
evident fro m com p a rison of the average
p erm it v a l u a t i o n p er building.
(See
tables A -4 and A - 7 . ) School and indus­
tria l con stru ction are among those types
o f building w hich have shown the m ost
rapid suburban growth in recen t y e a rs .
Although v irtu ally all o f the other
types o f buildings also showed significant
gains in n u m bers, they had low er average
valuations in the new s e r ie s .
Except
fo r industrial plants, the kinds of str u c -

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Chart 1

Per Capita Building Rates of the Building Permit Activity
and the Urban Authorized Series, by State
(Based on 1950 population, and valuation of building construction. January-June 1954)
P e r

c a p ita

v a lu a tio n ,

p e r m it

a c t iv it y

___________________ _________ __________ ___ ________________ _________ _

s e r i e s

160.

_

_

_

_

' FLA.#

150 -

140

ARlZ.i

130

CALIF.#

120
N.M.#
ICOLO.
110

DEL.#

100

• wash.

MICH.#
MD.# #KY.

90

MINN.#

CONN#

80

• TEX.

• GA.
•WIS.
#ARK.

VA.#
KANS.#
UTAH# ---------

OHIO#
N.J.# LA #
• 0REGILL.# #MO.
TENN.# ,ND# #WYO.
#MONT.
OKLA.i
• N.C.

70
60

• N.D.

IOWA##NEBR.
S.C.• # . #S.D.
MISS
N.Y.#
ALAM
IDAHO
MASS.#
PA.#

50

W.VA.

40 h
ME.i

30

•VT.
20

10




10

20

30

40
P e r

50
c a p ita

60
v a lu a tio n

70
,

80

u rb a n

90

100

-L

J.

110

120

130

140

s e r i e s

Nevada falls outside the scale on both axes.

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tu res built in the fringe areas to serve
the new and e x p a n d i n g com m u n ities—
shopping and re cre a tio n a l f a c i l i t i e s ,
ch u rch es, institutional buildings, and the
lik e — c h a r a cte r is tica lly are sm a ller and
le s s expensive than those in cen tral citie s
w here the rela tiv ely s c a r c e land is used
m o r e intensively®
This relation sh ip of
building types and c o sts to loca tion and
land usage w ill be developed m ore fully
in part B o f this re p o rt.
State and Regional Variations

D ifferen ces betw een the two s e rie s
in the le v e ls of som e of the State e s ti­
m ates are m uch m ore pronounced than
those fo r the Nation as a whole (table A - 8).
In M aryland, fo r exam ple, the expansion
o f the estim ating base alm ost quadrupled
the total p erm it valuation figu re.
The
addition of the highly urbanized counties
in the B altim ore and W ashington m e tro ­
politan areas accounted fo r m ost of this
in c re a s e .
S im ila rly, the Delaware data
p ro fite d by the addition o f the northern
portion o f New Castle County, and sta­
tistics fo r A rizon a , by the in clu sion of
M aricop a and P im a Counties® In both of
these States, building p e rm it volum e was
w ell over three tim es g rea ter in the new
s e r ie s than in the old®
States gen erally e x p erien ced gains
o r lo s s e s in building volum e that w ere
in the same d ire ctio n , if not in the same
d e g re e , as changes in population c o v e r ­
age. H ow ever, A rkan sas, Iowa, M is s is ­
sippi, and V erm on t all showed population
lo s s e s , as m entioned e a r lie r , yet in only
the latter two was there le s s b u i l d i n g
con stru ction in the new s e r ie s .
In s e v e r a l States— Montana, Ne­
b ra sk a , N orth C a rolin a , North Dakota,
and South Dakota— there w ere gains both
in population c o v e r a g e and in building
v olu m e, but the p er capita building rate
in those States was low er fo r the p erm it
activity s e r ie s than fo r the urban e s ti­
m ates. In addition, although the building
rate was low er in the new s e r i e s fo r
M ississ ip p i a lso , it w as higher fo r V e r ­
mont®
(See tables A -2 , A -5 , and A -8 ,
and ch art 1 .)
Thus, it is apparent that in V e r ­
m ont, the p la ce s rem aining in the s e rie s




w ere m ore active in b u i l d i n g than the
urban p la ces no longer included in the
estim ates despite the fact that the latter
w ere m ore p o p u l o u s .
In M ississ ip p i,
the in corp ora ted p la ces added in rebasing
the estim ates w ere both sm aller and le s s
active than the urban p la ce s that w ere no
lon ger co v e re d .
C on v ersely, in Arkan­
sas, p la ces added w ere m ore active and
la rg e r than those discontinued. This was
true also in Iowa, but only with re sp e ct
to the nonm etropolitan u n iverse.
The
additional cov era g e in Montana, N ebras­
ka, North C arolina, N orth Dakota, and
South Dakota was co m p rise d m ainly o f
num erous sm all v illa g es and towns where
b u i l d i n g activity was at a r e l a t i v e
standstill.
Among the four broad re g io n s , the
W est re g is te re d the la rg e s t in cre a se s in
total building activity, both p ercen tage­
w ise and in actual dollar volum e (table
A -9 ).
On the other hand, using the p er
capita building rate as the y a rd stick fo r
com p a rison , the N ortheast s h o w e d the
g rea test, and the W est the lea st, re la ­
tive gain ov er the old s e r ie s . Inasmuch
as the amount of b u i l d i n g activity per
p erson in the large urban cen ters already
i n c l u d e d in the estim ates was m uch
g reater in the W est w here c i t i e s are
new er and le s s densely settled than in
the N ortheast, the addition to the s e r ie s
o f many com paratively new, rapidly ex­
panding p la ces provided le s s of a con trast
in the fo r m e r region .
In both s e r ie s , the North Central
States led the other three reg ion s with
re s p e ct to the total valuation o f p erm its
issu ed during the fir s t half of 1954, and
the South, W est, and N ortheast follow ed ,
in that o rd e r. The North Central region
a lso accounted fo r the la rg est share o f
new resid en tia l and new nonresidential
building valuations in both s e r ie s .
This
ranking is re fle cte d in the m uch higher
per capita b u i l d i n g rate in the North
C entral, in contrast with the N ortheast,
which contained the la rg est amount of the
population co v e re d by each s e r ie s .
New residen tial b u i l d i n g was the
only ca teg ory fo r which the rebasing of
the estim ates resulted in a shift among
the reg ion s in their ord er of im portan ce.
The W est, r a n k i n g third in the urban

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(.hart 2.

Indexes of Permit Valuations of the Building Permit Activity Series
and the Urban Authorized Series
United States Total by Type of Building Construction. January-June 1954
JA N U A R Y -JU N E

I n d e x

I n d e x




1954=100

1954

10

se r ie s, with re s p e ct to dollar v o l u m e ,
advanced ahead o f the South into second
pla ce in the perm it activity s e r ie s .
In
term s of num bers o f dw elling units, the
W est again ro se fro m t h i r d to second
p la ce , but in this instance, it rep la ced
the North Central States. The South held
fir s t pla ce in num ber o f dw elling units,
and the N ortheast ranked fourth, in both
the old and new s e r ie s (table A -1 0 )o
These shifts r e fle c t region a l d iffe r­
en ces in stru ctu ral ch a r a c te r is tics and
c o s t o f housing. F or exam ple, the W est
gained m ore dwelling units than the North
C entral States, yet the latter continued
to account fo r the la rg e s t share o f new
resid en tia l perm it valuations becau se the
housing con stru cted in the North is m ore
expen sive.
Among other fea tu res, this
housing tends to have b a s e m e n t s and
cen tra l heating system s m o re gen erally
than that in the re st o f the c o u n t r y .
S i m i l a r l y , although the W est did not
overtake the South with re s p e ct to num­
b e r s o f units, it did so in term s o f dollar
volum e beca u se a la rg e r p ro p o rtio n of
w estern h ouses contained such " e x t r a s 11
as fir e p la c e s , garages or c a r p o r ts , and
additional b a th room s, and thus are m ore
c o stly than houses built in the South. In
fa ct, Bureau surveys rev ea l that the p rice
o f n ew 'h ou sin g is con sisten tly low er in
the South than in the other re g io n s. 6
The W est was the only reg ion in
which there was a sm all d e cre a se fro m
the urban to the p e rm it activity s e rie s
in the average p e rm it valuation fo r new
dw elling units authorized.
This is partly
a r e fle ctio n , with the expansion o f the
s e r ie s , o f la rg e r gains in the W est than
in the other region s in the num ber of
dw elling units in m ultifam ily stru ctu res
re p orted (2-fa m ily dw ellings and apart­
m ents) w hich, as a ru le , are le s s expen­
sive than 1-fa m ily h ou ses.
The degree
by which other f a c t o r s — variation s in
size of h ou ses, d iffe re n ce s betw een lo ­
c a litie s in m a teria ls and l a b o r c o s ts ,
and the lik e — affected the average valu­
ation fig u re s is not so rea d ily apparent.

For detailed information on national trends and
regional differences in structural characteristics and
prices of housing, see New Housing and Its Materials,
1940-56, U. S. Department of Labor, BLS Bull. 1231.




COMPARISON OF MONTHLY TRENDS

F rom a com p a rison o f the data fo r
the fir s t half o f 1954, it appears that the
m o n t h l y trend o f total building p erm it
valuations was changed v e ry little by the
expansion o f the s e r ie s (ch art 2 )c P r o b ­
ably the ch ief rea son is that the volum e
added to the se rie s as a resu lt o f re b a s ­
ing the estim ates w as distributed fa irly
w ell geographically*
T h e r e f o r e , the
seasonal trend was not greatly affected,
as it w o u l d have been if m ost o f the
additional volum e had been either in the
North where f l u c t u a t i o n s in building
activity fro m the winter low to the sum­
m er peak are rela tiv ely ex trem e, or in
the South w here season al m ovem ents are
gen erally le s s pronounced.
F or the country as a w hole, new
n o n r e s i d e n t i a l building was the only
m a jor ca teg ory to show any app reciab le
d ifferen ce in the trend o f the two s e r ie s .
This follow s as a m atter o f c o u r s e , since
volum e in a single month f l u e t*u a t e s
m ark edly with the in clu sion or ex clu sion
o f la rge p r o je c ts , and these are m ore
prevalent in the nonre sidential building
ca teg ory than in the oth ers. Am ong the
many kinds o f nonre sidential buildings,
the g rea test im pact was m a d e by the
addition to the s e r ie s o f those in the fo l­
low ing three g r o u p s : (1) fa c to r ie s and
a ssem bly plants in outlying a r e a s ; (2)
pu b licly owned p r o je c ts , such as sewage
treatm ent plants, w eather stations, and
National Guard a r m o r i e s , as w ell as
testing la b o ra to rie s , flig h t-co n tro l build­
in gs, b a rra ck s, w a r e h o u s e s ,
shops,
m aintenance hangars, and other instal­
lations at m ilita ry b a ses; and (3) r e c r e ­
ational fa c ilitie s such as country clubs
and buildings a s s o c i a t e d with sports
cen ters and r e s o r t p la ce s.
Even on a reg ion al b a s is , w h i c h
accentuates the e ffe ct o f la rge p r o je cts
and the monthly fluctuations of data fo r
individual lo c a litie s , there was co n sid ­
erable sim ila rity in the trend o f the two
s e r ie s with re s p e ct to the valuation of
all building con stru ction , e sp e cia lly in
the North (ch art 3). The slightly grea ter
d iv ergen ce in the South and the W est m ay
be due sim ply to the fa ct that cov era g e
was expanded there re la tiv ely m o re than
in the other re g io n s , p a rticu la rly in the

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Chart 3.

Indexes of Permit Valuations of the Building Permit Activity Series
and the Urban Authorized Series
By Type of Building Construction and Region, January-June 1954
I n d e x




january

-june

19 5 4 = 10 0

I n d e x

— 1160

12

nonm etropolitan p la ces and frin ge areas
m o st lik ely to be the sites of industrial
plants and m ilita ry in stallation s.
Of c o u r s e , fo r individual State s ,
there frequently w ere substantial d iffe r ­
en ces in the m o n t h - t o - m o n t h trends
(table A -8 ).
To illu stra te , in the ca se
o f resid en tia l con stru ction , fo r w h i c h
the trend n a t i o n a l l y and in the North
C entral and Southern reg ion s w as n early
iden tical fo r both s e r ie s , there was a
sharp M a rch -A p ril r is e in the p erm it
activity s e r ie s o f 4 w estern States, in
con tra st to a decline o r levelin g o ff in
the urban s e r ie s .
L a rg ely re sp on sib le
fo r the A p ril gain in the new s e r ie s was
the high volum e re p o rte d fo r that month
by se v e ra l county system s not co v e re d in
the old s e r ie s — M a ricop a County, A riz«;
L os A n geles and Kern Counties, C a lif.;
M u l t n o m a h County, O reg. ; and King
County, Wash.
LINKING THE SERIES

A fter thorough analysis o f the data
fo r the o v e r l a p p e rio d , January-June
1954, it was determ in ed that the n e w
building p e rm it activity s e r ie s could be
linked to the old urban authorized s e r ie s
with rela tive e a se , and yet prod u ce sat­
is fa c to r y m ea su res o f trend, fo r national
totals and fo r each o f the 3 m a jo r cate­
g o r ie s — new resid en tia l b u i l d i n g ; new
n on residen tial b u i l d i n g ; and additions,
altera tion s, and r e p a ir s .
This is not to
im ply that it would not be p o s s ib le , p r o ­
vid ed extrem e ca re w ere e x e r c is e d , to
link the s e r ie s on a sm a ller geographic
b a s is — by region or by State— but only
that the Bureau does not have su fficien t
r e s o u r c e s to devote to the task o f ex­
ploiting the enorm ous volum e o f detailed
in form ation that w ould y ie ld the fa c to rs
to adjust fo r the in flu en ces o f shifting
co v e ra g e and v e r y la rge p r o je c ts .
The index num bers shown in table
A - 11 fo r the y ea rs 1954-56 w ere c o m ­
puted by using an im puted 1947-49 base
w hich was derived by applying a ratio,




based on the relationship of p erm it v o l­
ume fo r the new s e r ie s to that fo r the
old s e rie s during the ov erla p p e rio d , to
the base aggregates used fo r the urban
authorized s e r ie s . F or exam ple, to ob­
tain the im puted base o f $ 6 ,0 6 1 ,8 4 8 ,0 0 0
fo r the resid en tia l building com ponent,
the urban s e r i e s base a g g r e g a t e of
$3,536,028,000 (average p erm it valuations
fo r the y e a rs 1947-49) was m ultiplied by
1.71431 (the ratio o f new r e s i d e n t i a l
building valuations in the new s e r ie s to
those in the old s e r ie s fo r the fir s t half
o f 1954). Then, to obtain the index num­
b e r fo r 1954 (164. 8), the $9,991,800,000
o f new r e s i d e n t i a l building rep orted
during the y ea r fo r all p e rm it-issu in g
p la ce s (see table B - l , p. 43) was divided
by the im puted base fig u re. 7
F or the b e n e f i t o f u se rs o f the
building p erm it a c t i v i t y data who m ay
w ish to com pute indexes in addition to
those presen ted in table A - 11— m onthly
indexes fo r 1954-56, annual indexes fo r
su cceedin g y ea rs as new fig u res b ecom e
available, or indexes o f the num ber o f
new dwelling units— the imputed base ag­
gregates fo r the p erm it activity s e r ie s
are given below :
Imputed 1947-49 base
Item

Valuation (in

Monthly

Annual

thousands of dollars):

A ll building construction ........

857,926 10,295,115

New residential building....... 505,154 6,061,848
New nonresidential building.... 257,451 3,089,413
Additions, alterations,
and repairs.... 7 . ................
95, 321 1,143, 854
Number of new dwelling units....... 77, 926
935,110
H istorica l sta tistics fo r com bining with
data in this bulletin m ay be found in the
publications listed on pages 111-113.
7
January-June 1954 data for all permit-issuing
places presented in part A tables are not identical with
those appearing in part B tables because the latter in­
clude revisions not incorporated in the former. Prelimi­
nary figures were used in part A so as not to distort (or
widen) the differences between the old and new series,
since it was not feasible to revise the urban series for
that period.

Part B. B u ild in g Perm it A c tiv ity , 1 9 5 4 - 5 6
B u i l d i n g con stru ction spurted to
r e c o r d le v e ls in 1955, both contributing
to and re fle ctin g the dram atic econ om ic
expansion o f that y e a r .
P e rm it valu­
ations o f building con stru ction ro se 15
p e rce n t to n early $19 b illion .
In 1956,
h ow ever, total building volum e was off
slightly (to $ 1 8 .8 b illio n ), owing alm ost
en tirely to a drop in new r e s i d e n t i a l
building (ch art 4 and table B - l ) .

13

com m unity buildings, s u c h as sch o o ls,
ch u rch es, and h osp ita ls, and fo r shop­
ping and other b u s i n e s s stru ctu res to
s e r v e num erous new housing develop­
m ents and continually grow ing suburbs.
At the same tim e, demand fo r new hous­
ing, w hich continued s t r o n g , was b o l­
stered , in part, by risin g in co m e s, a
steadily in crea sin g and highly m o b i l e
population, stability in con su m er p r ic e s
ov er the p rev iou s sev era l y e a r s , and a c­
cele ra te d rehabilitation of urban cen ters.
A m a jority of the influences under­
lying high con stru ction volum e w ere still
operative in 1956.
H ow ever, im portant
contrasting fo r c e s had com e into play,
the m ost s i g n i f i c a n t of w hich was an
unprecedented d e m a n d f or f u n d s that
o u t p a c e d the read ily available supply.
Unusual p re s s u re s w ere p la ced on
the m oney m arket in 1956 b ecau se of the
many parts of the e c o n o m y that w ere
operating at or near peak le v e ls .
State
and lo ca l governm ents w ere seeking funds
to finance a r e c o r d volum e of con stru ction
approved in the 1955 bond e l e c t i o n s .
B u sin esses, in addition to using accum u­
lated e a r n i n g s , found it n e ce s s a ry to
b o rro w heavily in o rd er to in cre a se plant
cap acity and to have su fficien t w orking
c a p i t a l to support new high le v e ls of
industrial output and sa le s, risin g o r d e r s ,
and in ven tories.
Consumer credit
reach ed new heights, and in terest rates
ro s e to the highest le v e l in m ore than
20 y e a rs.
TRENDS BY TY PE OF BUILDING

Building activity was buoyed up in
1955 not only by the stim ulus of gen eral
e con om ic expansion, but a lso by a num­
b e r o f continuing in flu en ces w hich had
m aintained con stru ction v o l u m e at ex­
tra ordin a ry le v e ls even during the b r ie f
r e c e s s io n o f 1953-54.
Am ong these in­
flu en ces was a huge backlog of need fo r




New housing was affected m ost by
the ov e ra ll m oney tightness in 1956, as
the heavy drafts on capital by other s e c ­
to rs of the econ om y diverted a substan­
tial part of the cre d it supply fr o m home
l o a n s , e sp e cia lly G overnm ent a ssisted
m ortg a g es, because of t h e i r rela tiv ely
low y ield . Valuations of p erm its issu ed
fo r new resid en tial building, at $10.3 b il­
lion , w ere o ff 12 p ercen t fr o m the r e c o r d
volum e o f 1955. On the other hand, p e r ­
m it values fo r new nonresidential building
and fo r additions, a lteration s, and re p a irs
r o s e to alltim e highs— $ 6 .7 b illion and
$ 1 . 8 b illion , re sp e ctiv e ly (table B - l ) .

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Residential Building
The housing b oom o f 1955 had its
inception in the clo sin g months of 1954.
F ro m N o v e m b e r 1954 through M arch
1955, p erm its w ere issu ed fo r n e a r l y
440,00 0 new dw elling units— the la rg e s t
w inter volum e in our h istory .
B ecause of the great influence of
new hom e building on eco n o m ic con dition s,
this unusually high le v e l o f w inter hous­
ing activity, together with the state o f the
housing m ark et g en era lly , becam e m at­
te rs o f co n ce rn by the spring o f 1955. In­
dications w ere that an inflationary sp iral
w as developin g, and there ^was c o n s id e r­
able apprehension a b o u t overbuilding.
R ising or f a l l i n g trends in resid en tial
building a ffect not only p r o d u ce r s , han­
d le rs and su p pliers o f building m a teria ls
and h ou sefu rn ish in gs, co n tr a c to r s, a n d
con stru ction w o r k e rs , among oth ers, but
a lso play a vital ro le in the ebb and flow
o f m on ey, since housebuilding is a m a jor
outlet fo r savings and investm ent.
R e­
v e r s e s o r a cce le ra tio n in hom e building,
and in the re a l estate m arket, can quickly
initiate o r greatly aggravate a deflation­
ary o r inflationary trend in the general
econ om y .
New housing activity continued at
r e c o r d le v e ls through the ea rly sum m er
of 1955. In the m eantim e, b u sin e ss, in­
dustry, and co n su m e rs, en cou raged by
good bu sin ess con dition s, began thronging
to the lending institutions to obtain fi­
nancing fo r new ven tu res.
To hold c re d it
in bounds, the F ed era l R e se rv e B oard
i n c r e a s e d the red iscou n t rate se v era l
tim es during the y e a r. A s e r ie s o f other
an ti-in flation ary m ea su res a lso w ere put
into e ffe c t, i n c l u d i n g one that ra ised
downpayment requ irem en ts and shortened
the am ortization p e rio d fo r F H A -in su red
and V A -g u a r a n t e e d m ortg a g es, as o f
July 3 0 .8
But w ell b e fo re the July regulations
w ere issu ed , V A - and FKLA-underwritten
hom e m ortg a ges had lo s t som e o f th e ir
® For summaries of major legislative and regula­
tory actions affecting housing and construction, see the
monthly issues of Construction Review, published joint­
ly by the U. S. Department of Labor and the U. S. De­
partment of Commerce. See also Construction in 1955
(in Construction Review, January 1956, pp. 4-11).




attractiveness fo r in v e s to rs, becau se of
their fixed in terest rates (4. 5 p ercen t fo r
Y A -guaranteed m ortgages and 4.5 p ercen t
plus 0. 5 p ercen t insurance prem iu m fo r
the F H A -in su red).
The m ortg ages with
the m ost lib e ra l te rm s— V A -guaranteed,
no-dow npaym ent loan s, with 3 0 -y ea r m a­
turity— had b ecom e difficu lt to f i n a n c e
e a rly in the y ea r. By A p ril, there was
a sharp downturn in applications for FHA
m o r t g a g e insurance and appraisal r e ­
quests to the ’ V eterans A dm inistration.
Discounting of V A and FHA m ortg a ges,
w hich was rela tiv ely ra re late in 1954,
becam e m o re prevalent.
P e rm it activity was maintained at a
re la tiv ely high lev el through the re s t of
the sum m er, ch iefly because of the large
n u m b e r o f units (both
Government
a ssiste d and conventionally financed) for
w hich com m itm ents had been made under
the easy cre d it conditions o f 1954 and the
beginning o f 1955.
By fa ll, perm it v o l­
ume began the declin e, w hich, except for
seasonal m ovem ents and the usual flu c­
tuations fro m month to month, continued
throughout m ost of 1956. The num ber of
new d w e l l i n g units fo r which p erm its
w ere issu ed totaled 1 ,1 4 8 ,5 0 0 in 1955,
c o m p a r e d with 1 ,0 7 4 ,5 0 0 in 1954 and
942,600 in 1956. These units w ere v al­
ued at $ 9 .8 6 b i l l i o n in 1954, $11.53
b illion in 1955, and $ 1 0 .1 4 b i l l i o n in
1956.
(See ch art 5 and tables B -2 to
B - 7 .) 9
Since virtu ally all o f the 1956 de­
clin e in new resid en tial con stru ction was
in h o u s i n g bought with FH A- or V A backed loan s, a num ber of steps w ere
taken during the year by the F ed era l Gov­
ernm ent in an e ffo rt to in cre a se the flow
o f m ortgage funds, p a rticu la rly fo r lo w and m o d e r a te -c o s t h ou sin g .10 The latest
in the s e r ie s , effectiv e in ea rly D ecem ­
b e r , lifted the in terest rate ceilin g fo r
F H A -in su red m ortgages fro m 4. 5 p ercen t
to 5 p ercen t.
None of these a c t i o n s ,
^ Monthly data presented in part B tables may not
add to annual totals because of (a) rounding, and (b)
late revisions incorporated in the cumulative figures
but excluded from die. monthly statistics. In most in­
stances, these differences are minor. Also because of
rounding and late revisions, State data may not equal
national totals.
10
See Construction in 1956 (in Construction Re­
view, January 1957, pp. 4-14).

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Chart 5
N u m b e r o f D w e llin g Units fo r W h ic h

B u ild in g Perm its W e r e Issu ed

1954-56

h ow ever, had m uch e ffe ct on housing a c­
tivity in 1956.
In addition, the in terest
r a t e on V A -gu aran teed m ortga ges r e ­
m ained at 4.5 p ercen t, the statutory lim it.
T erm s of hom e m ortgage lending,
and, in turn, the kind of p u rch a sers who
cou ld qualify fo r loans and the type of
housing being built, showed the e ffe cts of
the in crea sin g ly stringent housing cred it




supply in 1956.
Downpayment re q u ire ­
m ents r o s e , the p e rm is s ib le am ortization
p e rio d was shortened by l e n d e r s , and
cu stom ers fo r cre d it w ere m ore ca refu lly
screen ed than they had been the y ea r b e ­
fo r e . Consequently, a la rg e r p rop ortion
o f those who could m eet the term s for
new houses w ere in higher in com e groups*
and this in cre a se d the demand fo r la rg e r
and m ore co stly hom es.

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Chart 6.

P e rm it V a l u a t i o n s fo r S e l e c t e d T y p e s o f N o n r e s id e n t ia l B u ild in g

1954-56
Millions o f dollars

Nationwide su rveys of sin g le -fa m ily
houses started ea rly in 1955 and 1956 r e ­
vealed the gen eral trend tow ard higher
p r ic e h ou ses with m o re quality fe a tu r e s .11
P r ic e s r o s e in all region s o f the country,
and the m edian selling p r ic e o f all new
h ouses begun during Jan u ary-M arch was
6 p e r c e n t higher in 1956 than a year
earlier.
The 1956 houses w ere m ore
spacious than in 1955, half had m ore than
one b a t h r o o m , and the m a jo rity had
garages o r c a rp o rts .

Millions of dollars

The average valuation of 1-fam ily
houses fo r which p e r m i t s w ere issu ed
also showed the influence o f risin g p r ic e s
and la r g e r , m ore fully equipped h om es.
Between 1954 and 1955, in both m e tro ­
politan and nonm etropolitan a re a s, a v er­
age p e r m i t valuations of sin g le -fa m ily
hom es r o s e , roughly, $900.
H ow ever,
betw een 1955 and 1956, the average in­
c r e a s e d a b o u t $ 1 ,0 0 0 in m etropolitan
a re a s, com p a red with about $700 in non­
m etropolitan p la ces (table B -8 ).
These
11
See New Housing and Its Materials, 1940-56, averages r e fle c t the s h a r p curtailm ent
Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS Bull. 1231.
in 1956 of F H A - and V A -a ss is te d housing,




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which tends to be built in volum e in the
suburban areas of citie s supporting large
housing m arket So As a re su lt, conven­
tionally financed h o me s — u s u a l l y m ore
expensive and elaborate than Governm ent
aided h o u s i n g — co m p r ise d a re la tiv ely
g rea ter share of the resid en tia l building
in m etropolitan a r e a s in 1956 than in
1955*
In nonm etropolitan p l a c e s , the
1955-56 r ise in average valuations was
probab ly due m o re to in cre a se d co n stru c­
tion co s ts than to a shift in the kinds of
h ouses being builto
P u blic housing activity in p e rm it­
issuing p la c e s advanced in 1956, follow ing
a dip in the p reced in g y e a r , but s t i l l
accounted fo r only a sm all fra ctio n (about
2 percen t) o f the year*s total housing v o l­
um e. The gain was ch iefly in State and
lo c a l public housing p ro g ra m s. H ow ever,
fe d e ra lly owned housing at m ilita ry b ases
on p r o je cts p o p u l a r l y r e fe r r e d to as
Capehart housing (authorized in the Hous­
ing Am endm ents of 1955), a lso showed
an in cre a se .

Monresidential Building
A ll types o f s t r u c t u r e s , except
c o m m e r c ia l g a ra ges, contributed to the
1956 in cre a se in new n on residential build­
ing, with industrial fa c ilitie s showing the
m o st significant gain, both re la tiv e ly and
d o lla rw ise . This sharp advance in indus­
tria l building continued an uptrend that
started e a r l y in 1955 (se e ch art 6 and
table B -2 ), and re fle cte d a n u m b e r of
underlying in flu en ces. Am ong them w ere
sustained strong demand fo r virtu ally all
types of prod u cts; the need fo r m odern ­
izing and e x p a n d i n g plant fa c ilitie s to
achieve grea ter e fficie n c y and higher out­
put t o 'm e e t the demand; high earn ings;
t e c h n o l o g i c a l im p rov em en ts; and the
req u irem en ts fo r new plant and equip­
m ent, generated by expanded r e s e a r c h
p ro g ra m s which developed new products
and low er c o s t p r o c e s s e s , and im proved
e x i s t i n g produ cts fo r c o m p e t i t i v e
m ark ets.
Both durable and nondurable goods
in du stries shared in the industrial expan­
sion o f 1955-56.
C o n c e r n s producing
a u t o m o b i l e s , s t e e l , and m ach inery
accounted fo r m ost of the i n c r e a s e d




s p e n d i n g fo r new plant and equipment
among the durable goods m an u factu rers,
while plant expansion in the nondurable
goods group w as dom inated by firm s in
ch e m ica ls , petroleu m , and paper p rod u c­
tion. 12 P a rt o f the gain in nondurable
goods m anufacturing fa cilitie s w as due to
in cre a se d use of p la stics and synthetic
fib e r s .
O ffice buildings and sch ools w ere
the next m ost im portant con trib u tors to
the 1956 advance in p erm it valuations fo r
new nonresidential building. C onstruction
o f new o ffice buildings took a sharp up­
turn in 1953 and showed substantial gains
in each succeeding y e a r, as f i r s t -c la s s
o ffice space continued in great demand
becau se of the huge volum e of bu sin ess
and the in cre a se d d isp ersa l of bu sin ess
establishm ents.
F u rth erm ore, in many
cen tral c itie s , office buildings w ere un­
dergoing extensive m odernization.
P e rm it valuations for new s c h o o l
con stru ction r o s e throughout the p o s tW orld War II p e rio d , except fo r a dip in
1951, but the rate o f in crea se fo r educa­
tional buildings was s m a l l e r in recen t
y ea rs than that fo r sev era l other kinds
o f buildings— industrial plants, o ffic e s ,
p u b l i c u tilities buildings, fo r exam ple.
On the other hand, the dollar volum e o f
p erm its issu ed in 1954-56 was g reater
fo r sch ool con stru ction than fo r any other
type of nonresidential building. This sus­
tained high volum e of educational build­
ing re fle cts the e ffo rts of lo ca litie s to
keep pace with the requirem ents o f la rg e r
enrollm ents (p a rticu la rly in elem entary
and s e c o n d a r y g ra d es), o b s o le s c e n c e ,
shifting sch ool population, and the need
f o r n e w fa c ilitie s n ecessita ted by r e ­
organization of sch ool d istricts.
C onstruction o f ch u rch es, gasoline
and se rv ice stations, and of new buildings
fo r p rivately owned public utilities co m ­
pan ies, a d v a n c e d con sid era b ly in both
1955 and 1956.
H ow ever, while p erm it
volum e fo r hospitals and for public ad­
m in istra tiv e, o r s e rv ice buildings also
showed an in cre a se in 1956, it was down
in 1955.
12

Business Investment Plans—First -Quarter of
Survey of Current Business, Vol. 36, No. 12,
December 1956, pp. 2-3).
1957 (in

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The sm a llest 1956 gain in the n onre sidential ca teg ory was shown by store
building, w hich ju st edged above 1955,
after s h o w i n g substantial in c re a s e s in
each o f the 3 p reced in g y e a r s .
F rom
January through M ay, the 1956 d o l l a r
volum e o f p erm its issu e d fo r new stores
and other m erca n tile buildings was at an
all tim e high, but in June, it started to
drop b elow 1955 le v e ls .
C om pletion o f
a num ber o f large region al shopping cen ­
te rs w as p a rtly resp on sib le fo r the le v e l­
ing off o f p e r m i t valuations fo r store
con stru ction in t h e la st h a l f of 1956.

LOCATION OF BUILDING ACTIVITY

Regional and State Comparisons

The geograph ic d i s t r i b u t i o n of
building p erm it activity rem ain ed r e la ­
tively unchanged throughout the 1954-56
p e rio d , and was fa ir ly evenly d i v i d e d
a m o n g the four broad Census reg ion s
(tables B -9 to B -1 3 ). In 1956, the North
C entral r e g i o n accounted fo r about 30
p e r c e n t o f total building p e rm it valu­
ations; the W est and the South, 24 p ercen t
each; and the N o r t h e a s t , 22 percen t.
This distribution was roughly the same
also fo r each o f the m a jor c la s s e s c o m ­
p risin g the total— new resid en tia l build­
ing; new n onresidential b u i l d i n g ; and
additions, a l t e r a t i o n s , and r e p a irs .
In making region a l co m p a rison s of
the le v e l o f building p e rm it a c t i v i t y ,
h ow ever, it should be kept in m ind that
the region s v a ry with re s p e ct to the p r o ­
portion o f cov e ra g e by building p erm it
sy ste m s, as explained in part A o f this
re p o rt.
The ra tio of the nonfarm popu­
lation in p e rm it-issu in g p l a c e s to the
total 1950 n o n f a r m population, ranged
fr o m 67 p e rce n t in the South to 88 p e r ­
cent in the W est (table A - 2).
P erh aps a m ore m eaningful yard­
stick than t o t a l building valuations fo r
making com parison s, o f building activity
among the r e g i o n s is the per c a p i t a
building ra te , that is , the amount o f p e r ­
m it valuations p er p erson in the p e rm it­
issu in g lo c a litie s .
P e r capita building
ra tes based on nonfarm p o p u l a t i o n in




1956,13 as w ell as the in cre a se in p o p ulation fr o m 1950 to 1956, are shown in
the follow ing tabulation:
Valuation of

Region

United States ...
Northeast......
North Central ......
South ...........
West............. ......

1956 building

Per capita of
1956 nonfarm
population

$165
115
170
165
235

construction

Per capita of
nonfarm popu­
lation increase,

m o-56

*1,375
1,625
1,450
1,350
1,175

The N ortheast, w hich is the m ost densely
settled o f the four region s and has the
grea test amount o f e x i s t i n g stru ctu re,
had the low est p e r capita building rate
in 1956.
In con tra st, this reg ion ex­
p erie n ce d the le a st amount of population
in cre a se after 1950, com p a red with the
other three r e g i o n s , and consequently
showed the highest building rate p er unit
o f population i n c r e a s e .
In the W est,
h ow ever, w here the influx of population
has been h eaviest, but the population total
is still far s m a l l e r than in any other
reg ion , the 1956 per capita rate was over
tw ice that in the N o r t h e a s t , and the
amount of building per unit o f population
i n c r e a s e was about 30 percen t low er.
The rates fo r the South and the North
C entral r e g i o n s fe ll about m idway b e­
tween those fo r the other two re g io n s ,
*3 Since the only 1956 population data available
in the required geographic detail are related to total,
rather than nonfarm population, it was necessary to de­
rive 1956 nonfarm population estimates (using the pro­
visional estimates of total population of States on July
1, 1956, shown in Current Population Reports, Series
P-25, No. 148, Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department
of Commerce) by assuming (1) that the farm population
remained static between 1950 and 1956, and (2) that
permit places accounted for the same proportion of the
1956 nonfarm population as they did of the 1950 nonfarm
population (i.e., that permit places grew at about die
same rate as nonpermit places). The first assumption
resulted in a small understatement of die 1956 nonfarm
figure because farm population has actually been de­
clining in recent years. However, die national total de­
rived by the procedure described above was only slight­
ly (about 0.5 percent) below the national nonfarm popu­
lation figures indicated by the latest Census Bureau
estimates of the number of persons living on farms in
April 1956. See Farm Population, Series Census-AMS
(P-27), No. 24. Any error introduced by die second
assumption cannot be evaluated precisely, but is prob­
ably minor.

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Chart 7.

Percentage Distribution of 1956 Building Permit Valuations
by State

L ess than 0.5%
0.5% and under 2.0%
2.0% and under 4.0%
4.0% and under 8.0%
8.0% and over

with the North Central slightly ahead of
the South.
Population in cre a se d a little
fa ster in the South between 1950 and 1956,
but total population in 1956 was greater
in the North Central States*

building p erm its issu ed .
(See chart 7 .)
In 1956, the C aliforn ia total o f n early
$3.2 billion co m p rise d 17 p ercen t of the
p erm it valuation f i g u r e fo r the entire
Nation.

This suggests that building volum e
in the northern and eastern section s of
the country resu lts ch iefly fro m r e p la ce ­
ment demand and the requ irem en ts of a
l a r g e population.
In the southern and
w estern p a rts, h ow ever, the g r e a t e r
influence a p p e a r s to be a m ore rapid
in crea se in population, caused m ainly by
inm igration.

The next 5 highest ranking States in
1956— New Y ork, Illin ois, Ohio, M ichigan,
and T exas— held* the same o rd e r o f im ­
portance in the 2 p reced in g y e a r s , except
that in 1954, M ichigan was in third place
instead of Illinois* Each of those States,
plus 3 oth ers— F lorid a , New J e rse y , and
P ennsylvania— accounted f o r between 4
p ercen t and 8 p ercen t of the n a t i o n a l
total in 1956.

C aliforn ia o u t s t r i p p e d all other
States each y e a r, fro m 1954 through 1956,
with re s p e ct to the total d olla r volum e of




Eight o f the leading States (exclu d­
ing F lorid a) contain 14 of the 25 la rg e s t

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c itie s (those having a 1950 population o f
ov e r 400, 0 0 0 ),14 w hich is one re a so n fo r
t h e i r high building volum e.
New Y ork
City alone, with building con stru ction v al­
ued at $ 0 ,5 b illion in 1956, was resp on ­
sible fo r m o re than a third of the New
Y ork State total.
Building activity is i n f l u e n c e d a
great deal m o re by cen tra l citie s in som e
States than in oth ers (table B -1 4 ).
W ell
ov e r half of the 1956 total building volum e
in Texas was in c itie s having a 1950 pop­
ulation o f 100,000 o r m o r e , with these
c itie s accounting fo r 45 p ercen t o f the
State*s new housing, and ov e r 60 p ercen t
o f all the other building con stru ction . In
c o n t r a s t , only 7 p ercen t o f the 1956
building valuation total fo r New J e rsey
was loca ted in citie s o f o v er 100,000 pop­
ulation in 1950, C hiefly becau se so m uch
o f New J e rse y se rv e s as a s u b u r b a n
d orm ito ry fo r huge m e tro p o lise s in the
b ord erin g States o f New Y ork and Penn­
sylvania, a m e r e 2 p e r c e n t o f New
Jersey*s h o u s i n g volum e in 1956 was
scheduled fo r its la rg e s t cen tra l c itie s ,
com p a red with about 15 p ercen t o f the
State total fo r other kinds o f b u i l d i n g
con stru ction .

Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Location
R eflectin g m a i n l y population and
e con om ic growth patterns in re cen t d ec­
ades, the p resen t tendency is to locate
m o st building within m etropolitan a rea s,
that is , if not within the la rge c i t i e s
p r o p e r , at lea st within com m uting d is­
tance. • Throughout the 1954-56 p e rio d ,
fo u r -fifth s o f the total value of building
c o n s t r u c t i o n fo r w hich p e rm its w ere
issu ed w as fo r building within the m e tro ­
politan s e g m e n t of the c o u n t r y , and
on e -fifth w a s fo r nonm etropolitan area
activity.
This ratio fo r
m etropolitan
area building is probab ly som ewhat high
becau se the p r o p o r t i o n o f population
c o v e re d by the building p erm it s e r ie s is
g rea ter fo r m etropolitan than fo r non­
m etropolitan lo c a litie s .
(See table A -2
and d iscu ssio n on page 5 .)
H ow ever,
*4 These are central cities, exclusive of the sub­
urban fringe.




even after allow ance is made fo r d iffe r­
ences in co v e ra g e , it is still evident that
the vast m a jority of today*s b u i l d i n g
volum e is in m etropolitan a rea s.
Although 1954-56 activity p red om i­
nated in m etropolitan areas fo r e v e r y
kind o f building c o n s t r u c t i o n , som e
t y p e s w ere m ore h i g h l y concentrated
there than oth ers. As m ight be expected,
m ultifam ily housing, o ffice buildings, and
c o m m e rcia l garages showed the greatest
ratio (85 percen t or m ore) of a c t i v i t y
within the m etropolitan segm ent.
M ost
apartm ents and bu sin ess stru ctu res are
loca ted in these m ore urbanized segm ents
o f the country, where the la rg e s t m arkets
and labor fo r c e are to be found.
On the other hand, the s m a l l e s t
rop ortion of m etropolitan a rea activity
about th re e -fifth s ) was r e p o r t e d fo r
gasoline and s e r v i c e stations, and fo r
nonhousekeeping r e s i d e n t i a l buildings
( h o t e l s , m o t e l s , and tou rist ca b in s),
which provide both the m etropolitan area
and nonm etropolitan area p o p u l a t i o n s
with s e r v ice s and accom m odation s when
they tra v el. H ow ever, a significant p r o ­
p ortion of p erm it valuation was rep orted
fo r n o n m e t r o p o l i t a n p la ce s (ranging
roughly fro m a fourth to a third of the
United States total in at lea st 2 out of the
3 y ea rs) fo r m ost other types o f build­
in gs, sp e cifica lly am usem ent buildings
such as th eaters, h a lls, and auditorium s;
public buildings such as fir e and p o lice
s t a t i o n s , cou rth ou ses, and city h alls;
sch o o ls, ch u rch es; hospitals and o t h e r
institutions; and public u tilities buildings.

f

Suburbs versus Central Cities
Within the m etropolitan s e g m e n t ,
there is a pronounced trend tow ard sub­
urban15 livin g, and a ssocia ted co n stru c­
tion activity which is w ell illu stra ted by
t h e 1954-56 building p erm it d a t a .
In
each o f the 3 y e a rs , m ore than 60 p e r ­
cent of the total value o f p erm its issu ed
in m etropolitan areas was fo r building
o u t s i d e of cen tral citie s (table B -1 5 ).
15
The suburbs (or rings) are defined, for pur­
poses of this report, as the entire portion of each
Standard Metropolitan Area (SMA) outside of the politi­
cal boundaries of the central city or cities of each SMA
as delineated in the 1950 Census.

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Chart 8.

Percentage Distribution of 1954-56 Building Permit Valuations
By M e tr o p o lit a n - N on m etrop olita n and C entral City - Su burban L o c a tio n
P e rc e n t

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

P e rc e n t

When m ea su red in term s of num bers of
b u ild in gs, the suburbs a c c o u n t e d fo r
about 70 percen t of total m etropolitan
area activity, i n d i c a t i n g the greater
p rev a len ce in the frin ge areas than in
the cen tral citie s of sm a lle r, le s s co stly
stru ctu res, p a rticu la rly som e t y p e s of
nonresidential buildings and m ultifam ily
housing16 (tables B -8 , B -1 6 , and B -17).

se rv ice new neighborhoods, and decen­
tralization of industrial plants, gave the
g reatest boost to suburban building in the
1954-56 p eriod (ch art 8),
P erm it valu­
ations fo r sin g le-fa m ily h ou ses, w h i c h
co m p rise d w ell ov er half of the total fo r
all building con stru ction com bined, w ere
divided on e-fou rth in the cen tral citie s
and th ree-fou rth s outside the c e n t r a l
c itie s , within m etropolitan a rea s. About
C onstruction o f private dw ellings,
tw o-th irds of both industrial buildings and
with developm ent o f com m unity ce n te rs to
resid en tial g a r a g e s for which p erm its
16
For a more extensive analysis of metropolitan w ere issu ed in m etropolitan areas w ere
scheduled fo r construction in the rings of
area growth and trends in land use as revealed by
building permit statistics, see Building in Metropolitan
urban ce n te rs, as w ere about 50-60 p e r ­
Areas, 1954-56 (in Monthly Labor Review, June 1957,
cent of the valuations fo r e a c h of the
pp. 689-696).
follow ing types:
nonhousekeeping re s i-




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dential buildings (h otels, m o te ls, e t c .) ,
dw ellings in 2 -4 fa m ily stru ctu res, public*
adm inistration (o r se r v ice ) b u i l d i n g s ,
sc h o o ls, ch u rch es, gasoline and s e r v ice
stations, and sto re s and other m erca n tile
buildings (tables B -7 and B -1 5 ).
Valuation fig u res fo r all the other
kinds of new building con stru ction (types
which are m ore ch a r a c te r is tic of down­
town d istr ic ts w here rela tiv ely s c a r c e
land is used i n t e n s i v e l y ) , as w ell as
additions, alteration s, and rep a ir w ork
( w h i c h usually predom in ates w here the
building inventory is g rea test and old est),
showed that m ore than half o f the m e tro ­
politan area building o f these types was
to take place in the cen tral c itie s .
The
prop ortion was g rea test— usually between
tw o-th ird s a n d th re e -fo u rth s— fo r n e w
o f f i c e buildings, c o m m e r c ia l (parking)
g a ra g e s, and i n s t i t u t i o n a l buildings
(m ostly h osp ita ls), which are frequently
l a r g e , m a n y -sto ry stru ctu re s, using a
re la tiv e ly s m a l l plot of land fo r each
unit of s e r v ic e , or population serv ed .
Some o f the reason s fo r the m ov e­
m ent o f hom ebuilding to outlying d istricts,
e sp e c ia lly during the e a rly postw ar years,
had to do with reducing c o s ts . In fringe
a r e a s , lots are gen erally cheaper than
in the city; taxes are frequently low er;
there is m o re ro o m to build m a ss housing
p r o je c t s , thus perm itting eco n o m ie s of
la r g e -s c a le o p e r a t i o n s ; and, in som e
suburban lo c a litie s , building co d e s are
le s s r e s tr ic tiv e .
H ow ever, by 1954-56,
other in flu en ces had com e to the fo r e ,
which a lso m aintained the trend of new
housing to the suburbs and, in addition,
tended to attract a d i f f e r e n t kind of
housing, nam ely, la r g e r , higher p r ice d
h om es.
These influences in clu d e, among
oth ers, ( l ) the i n c r e a s i n g num ber of
la r g e r fa m ilie s requ irin g m o re space fo r
ch ild ren ; and (2) a grea ter p rop ortion of
fa m ilie s who could afford la r g e r houses
with surrounding play and garden area,
as w ell as the a u t o m o b i l e and other
tran sportation req u ired by in cre a se d d is­
tance fr o m w ork and shopping and s e r v ice
fa c ilitie s .
The building p e rm it sta tistics bear
out the fa ct that the suburban hom e of
rece n t y e a rs is m ore e x p e n s i v e than
h ouses in other section s.
In 1956, fo r




exam ple, the average p erm it valuation
p er private sin g le -fa m ily dwelling in the
outlying d istricts o f m etropolitan areas
was about $1,100 higher than the average
fo r houses inside the cen tral c itie s , and
$ 2 ,1 0 0 above the fig u res for houses in
the sm all towns. 17
The flow o f industrial building to the
suburbs also o ccu rre d fo r a v a riety of
re a so n s, som e of w hich w ere the same
that influenced the outward m ovem ent in
hom ebuilding. Among the reason s fo r the
i n c r e a s e in suburban fa cto ry building
w ere the d esire to escap e high city taxes;
to be n ea rer the new m arkets resulting
fro m the em erg en ce o f en tirely new co m ­
m unities; to locate on sites which perm it
full utilization of m odern engineering and
design p rin cip les fo r plant con stru ction ,
and provide ample parking space fo r the
convenience of em p loyees and cu sto m e rs;
and to be c lo s e r to s o u r c e s of labor
su p ply.18
A verage p erm it valuation f i g u r e s
re v e a l that fa c to r ie s scheduled fo r con ­
struction in the m etropolitan rin g s, like
sin g le -fa m ily h ou ses, w ere usually la rg e r
and m ore e x p e n s i v e than those to be
loca ted in either cen tral citie s or non­
m etropolitan p la ce s . In con tra st, average
p erm it valuations w ere h i g h e s t in the
urban cen ters fo r v irtu ally e v ery other
kind of bui l di ng— r e s i d e n t i a l or n on re side ntial.

Variations Among Metropolitan Areas
There are wide d iffe re n ce s among
m etropolitan areas in the degree to which
each follow s national trends o f suburbani­
zation or ce n tr a l-city con centration of
building con stru ction , with som e areas
even running counter to the general ten­
dency (tables B -18 to B -2 0 ).
This is not
su rp risin g , in view o f the great variation
fro m place to place of influencing fa cto rs
such as population density; siz e , age, and
17 Although the $2,100 difference may be some­
what high, since there is evidence that the amount by
which permit valuations understate actual cost of con­
struction is likely to be greater in small than in large
places, this does not invalidate the conclusion that
housing is considerably more expensive in the fringes
of metropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan places.
18 See Building in Metropolitan Areas, 1954-56,
op. cit., p. 693-

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region a l lo ca tio n o f the m e t r o p o l i t a n
area; sp e cia l topograph ical c h a r a c te ris ­
tic s ; zoning and other adm inistrative laws
o r regu lation s; the tax stru ctu re; the ex­
tent o f te r r ito r y annexed by the cen tral
city; and past le v e ls of building co n stru c­
tion, to m ention but a few .
A r e a d iffe re n ce s in suburbaniza­
tion o r cen tra liza tion in b u i l d i n g con ­
struction are not rea d ily accounted fo r
by one o r two of these f a c t o r s alone.
F or exam ple, 3 c it ie s — C olum bus, M il­
waukee, and San D iego— all annexed about
the sam e amount of te r r ito ry b e t w e e n
1950 and 1956. Population density in the
annexed land was about equal fo r C olum ­
bus and San D iego, and was m uch low er
than the rate fo r M ilwaukee. Yet, in the
fir s t a rea , roughly t w o - t h i r d s o f the
1954-56 p erm it valuations w ere fo r sub­
urban con stru ction , com p a red with le s s
than half in the other two a rea s.
A s a further illu stra tion , the p ro ­
portion o f suburban building was about
the same in the New Y ork -N orth ea stern
New J ersey and the Salt Lake City m et­
ropolitan areas as in the Columbus area,
but the density (1950 p o p u l a t i o n p er
square m ile) in the cen tral city or cities
was higher fo r New Y ork than fo r any
other pla ce in the country, v e ry low for
Salt Lake, and only m odera tely high for
Colum bus.
The m ost u n iform building pattern
among the individual areas was the sub­
urban and fringe tendency o f new house
con stru ction .
San D iego was the only
one o f the 24 areas in w hich m ore new
dw elling units w ere s c h e d u l e d fo r the
cen tral city than outside during each of
the y e a rs 1954-56.
In the other a rea s,
not only w as there m o re new h om ebu ilding outside the cen tra l c itie s , but, with
few e x c e p t i o n s , m o re dw ellings w ere
built in the le s s thickly settled parts of
the m etropolitan area than in either the
cen tral c itie s or the satellite c i t i e s —
c i t i e s other than cen tral c itie s having
10,000 or m ore p o p u l a t i o n in 1950.
Despite these general s im ila ritie s , the
areas d iffered a pp reciab ly in the d isp e r­
sion o f h o u s i n g , beca u se of variation s
in s iz e , age, topography, e co n o m ic de­
velopm en t, and other in flu en ces.




Contrary to trends nationally, the
average p erm it valuation of sin g le-fa m ily
d w e l l i n g s was higher fo r ce n tra l-city
houses than fo r suburban hom es during
the entire 1954-56 p eriod in 9 out of the
24 m etropolitan a r e a s .
L ikew ise, al­
though n a t i o n a l l y
the le s s expensive
m ultifam ily housing was in the suburbs,
reflectin g the g rea ter p rev alen ce there of
walkup garden apartm ents, com pared with
h ig h -ris e elevator apartm ents ch a ra cte r­
istic of the cen tral city , in 9 m etropolitan
areas
the average valuation fo r apart­
m ents (units in 2 -o r -m o r e -fa m ily stru c­
tures) was low er inside the cen tral citie s
than outside (table B -2 1 ). A m a jority of
the areas in the fir s t group w ere located
in the W est, and m ost of those in the
second group w ere in northern and east­
ern section s of the country.
T h e r e w ere also wide variations
among the 24 areas with re sp e ct to p e r unit co sts (fo r houses and apartm ents)
rep orted for the m etropolitan area as a
w hole. A verage p erm it valuations in the
Cleveland area w ere h i g h e r than any­
where else fo r 1 - f a m i l y h o u s e s and
among the highest for units in !2 -o r -m o r e .
fam ily buildings.
Low est averages r e ­
ported fo r sin g le-fa m ily hom es w ere in
t h e N orfolk -P ortsm ou th area, and f o r
m ultifam ily units in Birm ingham . A large
part of these d ifferen ces was due to the
location of the a rea s, and re fle cte d r e ­
gional variations in clim a tic conditions
and lo c a l custom s which affect the stru c­
tural ch a r a c te r is tics , and thus the co st
of housing.
It i s o b v i o u s th a t th e d i f f e r e n t
p a t t e r n s o f b u ild in g a c t iv it y f r o m a r e a to
a r e a c a n b e e x p l a i n e d o n ly a f t e r r e v i e w ­
in g c u r r e n t e v e n t s ; p a s t h i s t o r y ; a n d th e
g e o g r a p h y , e c o n o m y , a d m in is tr a tio n , and
r e s o u r c e s o f e a c h m e t r o p o lit a n c o m p le x *
Su ch a m a s s iv e a m o u n t o f in fo r m a t io n is
v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o o b t a i n , a n d th e s y s t e m ­
a tic a n a ly s is o f a ll th e s e in flu e n c e s is
b e y o n d th e s c o p e o f t h is r e p o r t .
H ow ­
ever, r e g a r d l e s s
o f th e r e a s o n s f o r
d iffe r e n c e s ,
it i s u s e f u l to h a v e a m e a s ­
u r e o f t h e m , a n d o f th e v o l u m e , k i n d s ,
a n d d i r e c t i o n o f b u i l d i n g w it h in e a c h
area,
a s a t o o l in e c o n o m i c a n d s o c i a l
r e s e a r c h , a n d c o m m u n i t y p la n n in g .

24

Table A-1: Nonfarm Population Covered in the New (Building Permit Activity) and Supplanted (Urban Building Authorized) Series,
by Region and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Location, 1940 and 1950
Nonfarm population (in millions)
Region

Total universe
1940

United States..................
Northeast ......................
North Central..................
South............................
West.............................

82.6
29.5
25.3
17.6
10.2

1950
101.1
32.4
29.5
23.7
15.5

Percent
change,
1940-501
+23
+10
+16
+35
+52

Metropolitan
Percent
universe
change,
1940-501
1940
1950
BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY SERIES
62.8
26. 1
18.8
10.6
7.3

77.0
28.7
22. 1
14.8
11.4

+23
+10
+18
+39
+57

Nonmetropolitan
universe
1940
1950

Percent
change,
1940-50 1

19.8
3.4
6.5
7.0
2.9

24. 1
3.7
7.4
8.9
4.1

+22
+ 9
+13
+29
+41

17.6
3.4
6.2
6.0
2.0

21.0
3.6
7.0
7.8
2.6

+19
+ 5
+12
+30
+31

URBAN BUILDING AUTHORIZED SERIES
United States..................
Northeast ......................
North Central..................
South............................
West.............................

74.4
27. 6
23.4
15.3
8. 1

* Computed from unrounded figures.




87.0
29.4
26.4
20.0
11.2

+17
+6
+13
+31
+38

56.8
24.2
17.2
9.3
6.1

66.0
25.8
19.4
12.2
8.6

+16
+ 7
+12
+31
+40

25

Table A-2; Percent of Total Nonfarm Population in the New (Building Permit Activity) and Supplanted (Urban Building
Authorized) Series, and Percent Change from Supplanted to New Series in Population Covered, by Region, State,
and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Location

(Basedon 1950population)
Region and State

Population covered in the series as a percent of total nonfarm population Percent change in population coverage,
from urban to permit activity series
Total universe
Metropolitan universe Nonmetropolitan universe
Permit
Permit
Permit
Metro­
Nonmetro­
Urban
Urban
Urban
Total
activity
activity
activity
politan
politan
series
series
series
universe
series
series
series
universe
universe

United States.........

68.1

79.1

80.5

93.9

45.8

52.6

+16.3

+16.8

+14.8

Northeast .............
Connecticut ..........
Maine..................
Massachusetts.......
New Hampshire ......
New Jersey............
New York .............
Pennsylvania.........
Rhode Island .........
Vermont................

77.9
66. 3
47.3
89.4
62.0
79.4
83.2
69.6
89.5
44.3

85.9
89.2
49.9
90.3
64.7
98.2
92.2
73. 1
94.2
36.7

84.8
72.9
94.2
94.8
94.4
83.3
88.1
76.3
95.7
0

94.2
97.9
100.0
97.7
100.0
99.5
98.3
82.0
99.2
0

48.9
50.5
39.0
64.3
54.8
41.6
51.9
43. 5
52.5
44.3

51.0
68.1
41.0
55.8
56.9
85.0
53.2
37.9
64.2
36.7

+10.5
+34.9
+ 5.8
+ 1.8
+ 3.8
+23.6
+10.8
+ 4-9
+ 5.6
-17.1

+11.3
+34.8
+ 6.9
+ 3.9
+ 6.3
+19.5
+11.6
+ 7.5
+ 4.1
--

+ 4.3
+35.0
+ 5.3
-12.7
+ 2.9
+104.2
+ 2.6
-12.8

North Central.........
Illinois ...............
Indiana ................
Iowa....................
Kansas ...............
Michigan..............
Minnesota.............
Missouri ..............
Nebraska..............
North Dakota .........
Ohio....................
South Dakota .........
Wisconsin.............

71.3
79.9
66.0
66.2
60.9
70.9
69.5
71.1
63.6
44.3
72.8
49.8
69.2

79.6
83.7
74.9
65.4
64. 6
87.5
81.9
73.9
69.9
58.3
81.5
61.6
82.6

83.0
87.4
78.8
85.8
72.3
79.8
86.9
83.8
87.7
0
80.5
85.8
84.7

94.6
95.6
94.6
86.3
82.3
98.6
97.6
93.0
90.8
0
92.4
88.5
95.6

51.1
54.0
52.4
55.8
54.5
48.3
46. 4
47. 1
45.6
44.3
51.5
43.2
54.8

53.9
42.4
53.8
54.2
54.5
59.1
61.1
37.6
54.2
58. $
51.7
56.7
70.5

+11.6
+ 4.8
+13.3
- 1.3
+ 5.9
+23.4
+17.9
+ 3.9
+ 9.8
+31.4
+12.0
+23.7
+19.4

+ 13.9
+ 9.5
+19.9
+ .6
+13.8
+23.6
+12.3
+11.0
+ 3.5
-+14.7
+ 3.1
+12.8

+ 5.4
-21.5
+ 2.7
- 2.9
(l)
+22.3
+31.7
-20.3
+18.9
+31.4

South..................
Alabama ..............
Arkansas..............
Delaware:.............
District of Columbia ..
Florida ................
Georgia................
Kentucky..............
Louisiana.............
Maryland..............
Mississippi............
North Carolina.......
Oklahoma .............
South Carolina.......
Tennessee ...........
Texas .................
Virginia................
West Virginia.........

56.6
55.5
53.2
49.7
100.0
58. 1
53.5
48.0
62.6
57.1
54.2
44.6
63.5
40.9
54.6
67.7
52.6
38.3

67.2
62.4
50.4
83.2
100.0
77.6
65.7
57.8
66.1
94.6
52.4
55.4
64.1
44.3
67.6
69.4
83.5
45.4

73.6
73.5
80.3
58.3
100.0
66.9
68.5
75.8
84.8
64.7
82.0
66.6
79.8
51.2
68.2
81.4
72.5
56.9

89.1
88.4
80.3
97.7
100.0
94.6
91.1
98; 4
94.3
100.0
82.0
75.1
90.3
55.7
92.3
83.3
100.0
59.7

41.6
39.3
47.9
24.1
0
48.9
39.7
29.6
42.9
32.5
50.7
35.5
55.4
35.8
37.9
50.9
35.9
27.7

47.8
39.0
44.6
40.2
0
59.9
42.6
30.9
41.0
77.3
48.7
47.1
51.1
38.6
37.5
52.4
69.6
37.3

+18.7
+12.5
- 5.2
+67.4
0
+33.5
+22.9
+20.5
+ 5.5
+66.1
- 3.3
+24.0
+ 1.0
+ 8.4
+23.9
+ 2.6
+59.0
+18.6

+21.1
+20.3
0
+67.4
0
+41.4
+32.8
+29.9
+11.2
+55.0
0
+12.8
+13.2
+ 8.9
+35.3
+ 2.4
+38.2
+ 4.9

+15.0

West....................
Arizona................
California.............
Colorado..............
Idaho ..................
Montana................
Nevada ................
New Mexico ..........
Oregon.................
Utah....................
Washington...........
Wyoming ..............

63.5
37.3
69.1
65.9
53.4
54.4
50.7
56.0
53.3
64.6
57.8
52.8

87.5
75.8
95.4
82.6
64.9
66.3
77.0
60.5
73.1
82.7
86.0
63.7

74.2
45.6
76.0
82.0
0
0
0
68.7
67.1
76.5
68.5
0

98.7

100.0
100.0
100.0
0
0
0
68.7
86.6
99.6
98.1
0

43.3
30.3
36.2
45.5
53.4
54.4
50.7
51.7
42. 1
49.3
42.2
52.8

66.4
55.6
74.0
60.6
64.9
66.3
77.0
57.6
62.2
60.9
68. 1
63.7

+38.2
+104.4
+38.7
+25.6
+21.6
+21.8
+52.0
+ 7.9
+37.2
+28.0
+48.6
+20.6

+33.5
+121.2
+32.1
+22.3

* L ess than one-tenth of 1 percent.




- -

0
+28.9
+30.2
+43. 3.
--

+22 .2

-17.1

+

.4

+31.1
+28.9

-

.7

- 6.9
+67.0
-+22.4
+ 7.2
+ 4 .6

- 4.5
+137.4
- 4.0
+32.8
- 7.7
+ 8.0
- 1.1
+ 2.9
+93.9
+34.5
+53.5
+83.4
+104.1
+33.1
+21.6
+21.8
+52.0
+11.5
+47.8
+23.6
+61.2
+20.6

26

Table A-3: Percent Distribution of 1950 Nonfarm Population Covered in the New (Building Permit Activity) and Supplanted
(Urban Building Authorized) Series, by Region and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Location
T o t a l u n iv e r s e
R egion

M e tro p o lita n u n iv e r s e

N o n m e tro p o lita n u n iv e r s e

1950 nonfarm

P ercent

1950 nonfarm

P ercent

A s percen t

1950 nonfarm

P ercen t

p o p u la tio n

d is t r i­

p o p u la t io n

d is t r i­

o f t o ta l

p o p u la t io n

d is tri­

o f to ta l

(in millions)

b u t io n 1

(inmillions)

b u t io n 1

u n iv e r s e 1

(inmillions)

b u tio n 1

u n iv e r s e 1

A s percen t

BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY SERIES
U n ited S t a t e s ...................

1 0 1 .1

1 0 0 .0

7 7 .0

1 0 0 .0

7 6 .2

2 4 .1

1 0 0 .0

N orth ea st ...........................
North C e n t r a l ...................

3 2 .4

3 2 .1

2 8 .7

8 8 .6

3 .7

2 9 .5

29. 1

2 2 .1

3 7 .3
2 8 .7

7 5 .0

7 .4

1 5 .3
3 0 .6

2 5 .0

S o u t h .....................................

2 3 .7

23. 5

1 4 .8

1 9 .2

1 5 .3

1 1 .4

1 4 .8

8 .9
4. 1

3 7 .7

1 5 .5

6 2 .3
7 3 .7

3 7 .2

W e s t.......................................

1 6 .9

2 6 .3

2 3 .8 '
1 1 .4

URBAN BUILDING AUTHORIZED SERIES
U n ite d S ta te s ..................

8 7 .0

1 0 0 .0

6 6 .0

1 0 0 .0

7 5 ,9

2 1 .0

1 0 0 .0

2 4 .1

N orth ea st ..........................

2 9 .4

3 3 .8

2 5 .8

8 7 .9

3 .6

N orth C e n t r a l ...................

2 6 .4

1 9 .4

7 3 .5

7 .0

1 6 .9
3 3 .4

2 6 .5

S o u t h .....................................

2 0 .0
1 1 .2

3 0 .3
2 3 .0

39. 1
2 9 .4

6 1 .1

1 2 .9

8 .6

7 .8
2 .6

3 7 .1
1 2 .6

3 8 .9
2 3 .7

W e s t........................................

* Computed from unrounded figu res.




1 2 .2

1 8 .5
1 3 .0

7 6 .3

12. 1

27

Table A-4: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, January-June, 1954
V a lu a tio n
T y p e o f b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

Jan.

F eb.

Mar.

(inmillions of dollars)
Apr.

May

Jun e

J a n .-J u n e
t o ta l

URBAN PLACES
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t i o n 1.......................................

6 1 7 .2

6 4 9 .5

8 9 5 .6

9 5 0 .1

9 0 4 .9

1 ,0 6 0 .2

5 ,0 7 7 .5

N ew d w e llin g u n its 2

2 9 3 .7

3 3 2 .6
2 2 8 .4
7 6 .6

5 8 1 .1
3 4 5 .2

2 ,7 0 8 . 5

2 4 1 .9
6 6 .3
3 .0

5 2 2 .1
3 0 5 .2

4 9 3 .7

N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g ..................................

4 8 5 .3
2 9 7 .1
9 7 .6

1 1 1 .4

2 .8

1 1 .8

7 .7

5 .6

9 7 .5
8 .2

1 .6
4 .9
1 8 .0

2 .5
4 .9
2 6 .0

6 .3
6 .8
2 3 .6

6 .4
7 .1

5 .3
7 .1

2 .4
8 .0

2 4 .5
3 8 .7

2 4 .8

2 7 .5
5 3 .0
1 0 8 .2

2 3 .6

6 5 .5
1 2 1 .4

1 4 3 .5
3 0 2 .0
7 0 9 .0

C o m m e rcia l b u ild in g s ..........................................
A m u sem en t b u i l d i n g s .......................................
C o m m e rcia l g a r a g e s ..........................................
G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ...................
O f f i c e b u ild in g s .................................................
S to r e s and o th e r m e r ca n tile b u i l d in g s ....
C om m unity b u ild in g s ...............................................
E d u c a t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .....................................

3 8 .7

4 0 .4

1 0 2 .5
6 5 .2

8 1 .3

4 9 .1
1 3 6 .7

I n s titu tio n a l b u i l d in g s .....................................

2 3 .6

5 4 .9
9 .8

8 3 .5
3 1 .8

6 8 .4
3 1 .2

R e l i g io u s b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

1 3 .7

1 6 .6

2 1 .4

2 1 .8

2 9 6 .4
9 8 .6

6 0 .0
1 9 .2
2 9 .0

5 5 .3
1 5 8 .9
7 7 .4

1 ,7 1 4 .3
5 4 7 .9
3 9 .1

4 0 9 .4

5 1 .4

1 6 7 .1

3 0 .1

1 3 2 .5

G a r a g e s , p r iv a t e r e s id e n t ia l ..............................

3 .4

4 .5

7 .8

1 1 .1

1 1 .6

1 1 .8

5 0 .3

In d u stria l b u ild in g s ...............................................

4 0 .5

2 0 .1

3 2 .1

5 3 .5

P u b li c b u i l d i n g s .......................................................

3 1 .1
1 0 .7

1 9 7 .9
6 6 .7

P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u ild in g s ..................................

7 .3
1 0 .6

2 0 .5
2 9 .5

1 6 .2

7 0 .2

A ll oth er n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d i n g s ................

1 1 .3

A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s , and r e p a i r s ...................

7 3 .5

1 9 .1
1 2 7 .4

6 0 7 .4

A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t io n 1 .....................................
N ew d w e llin g u n its2 ..................................................

9 1 0 .9

7 .6
8 .4
8 3 .2

6 .4

5 .5

1 1 .9

1 1 .3
1 1 .6

9 .1
1 0 .0

1 0 1 .9

1 1 2 .8

1 0 8 .5

7 .3
1 5 .6

7 2 .2

ALL PERMIT ISSUING PLACES

N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g ..................................
C o m m e r c ia l b u i l d i n g s ............................................
A m u sem en t b u i l d in g s ..........................................
C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s ...........................................
G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ......................
O f f i c e b u i l d in g s ....................................................
S t o r e s and oth er m e r ca n tile b u ild in g s .....
C om m unity b u ild in g s ...............................................
E d u c a t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .......................................

4 8 4 .6
3 2 9 .0

9 7 5 .6
5 7 1 .0

1 ,4 2 6 .5

1 ,5 1 9 .4

1 ,4 2 6 .4

9 0 9 .7

9 9 6 .5
4 8 5 .7

4 ,6 6 0 . 5
2 ,4 4 8 .2

3 0 0 .0

4 5 7 .2

8 0 .8
4 .0

9 3 .8

1 3 3 .1

1 4 8 .3

1 2 8 .4

1 3 0 .8

7 1 5 .2

3 .8

1 2 .3

1 3 .1

1 5 .2

6 1 .6

1 .9
6 .3
2 0 .2

2 .9

1 3 .1
7 .2

2 8 .2

9 .9
2 8 .1

6 .3
1 0 .0

3 .1

6 .9
2 8 .0

6 .9
1 1 .6

3 0 .8

5 2 .2

7 4 .9
1 8 0 .9
1 1 0 .8
4 2 .6

2 9 .4
8 8 .2

1 1 .3
2 8 .0

1 8 0 .3
1 1 4 .6
3 6 .7

1 5 5 .1

5 5 .9
1 6 4 .3
4 0 5 .1
9 7 6 .1

2 7 .5
1 1 .9

2 8 .9
1 5 .9

4 8 .4
1 4 3 .0
9 5 .2
2 8 .5
1 9 .3
4 .8

1 2 .6
1 9 .2
6 .8

P u b li c b u i l d i n g s ......................................................

5 6 .3
1 4 .4

3 3 .1

7 3 .3
1 3 .0

5 2 .5
2 1 .8

P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u i l d i n g s ..................................

1 2 .4
1 7 .3
8 6 .6

1 1 .5
1 3 .2
9 8 .0

1 8 .8

A ll oth er n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g s .................

1 7 .1
1 2 4 .1

2 0 .4
1 8 .0

R e l i g io u s b u i l d in g s .............................................
G a r a g e s , p riv a te r e s id e n t ia l ..............................
In d u s tria l b u ild in g s ...............................................

A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s , and r e p a ir s ...................

7 ,9 0 7 .9

8 5 9 .3
4 2 8 .2

1 1 2 .9
8 1 .1

In s titu tio n a l b u ild in g s .......................................

1 ,6 4 9 . 1

8 3 9 .5
4 4 8 .2

2 8 .7

1 3 9 .2

6 8 .2
9 3 .5
2 4 .0

7 3 .3
2 0 3 .9
1 0 3 .6

5 9 8 .8

6 1 .0

2 0 5 .4

3 7 .7
1 7 .0

3 9 .3
1 7 .3

1 7 1 .9
7 3 .8

7 5 .7

5 7 .5
2 9 .0
2 1 .4

3 4 3 .9
1 2 3 .2
1 0 9 .2

2 5 .8
1 5 8 .0

7 3 5 .3

1 1 .9
2 4 .8
1 5 .2
1 2 9 .3

1 0 6 .8

PERCENT CHANGE, OLD TO NEW SERIES
+50
+ 72

+ 59

+60

+58

+56

+ 56

+73
+51
+36

+74
+44
+ 30

+71
+41
+34

+ 72

+31
+22

+74
+50

+33
+19
+29
+12

+ 36
+ 16

+11
+14

+ 134

+ 8

+41

+46

+63

+85
+ 29
+41

+ 8

+ 19

+25
+ 40

+ 29
+ 39
+48

+53
+32

+19
+35
+ 49
+68

A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c tio n 1......................................
N ew d w e llin g u n its 2 ..................................................
N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g ..................................

+65
+36

C o m m e rcia l b u i l d i n g s .............................................

+22

A m u sem en t b u i l d i n g s .......................................
C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s ..........................................
G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ...................
O f f ic e b u ild in g s .................................................
S to r e s and o th e r m e r c a n tile b u ild in g s ....
C om m unity b u ild in g s ...............................................

+48

E d u c a t io n a l b u ild in g s .....................................

+46

I n s titu tio n a l b u i l d i n g s .....................................

+21

R e l i g io u s b u i l d i n g s ..........................................
G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s i d e n t i a l ..............................

+41
+41

In d u stria l b u i l d in g s .................................................

+39
+ 97
+17

P u b li c b u ild in g s ....................................................
P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u ild in g s .....................................
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g s ................
A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s , and r e p a ir s ......................

+53
+ 18

* Inclu des new nonhousekeeping resid en tial buildin g, not shown
separately.




+ 29
+ 16

+33
+34

+33
+60

+18

+ 19
+41
+12

+ 19

+15
+44
+14

+ 29
+43
+ 56

+33
+28

+34
+38

+34

+ 46

+25
+ 30
+ 47

+19

+23
+30

+51
+40

+ 29
+53
+265

+33
+43
+64

+12

+ 78
+21
+44
+22

+ 241
+81
+55

+116

+51
+ 57

+23

+ 19

+18

^ H ousekeeping only,

+43
+31
+ 58

+41
+173
+ 52

+31
+ 47
+85
+171
+32
+35
+24

+ 47
+74
+85
+ 56
+ 48
+21

28

Table A-5: Per Capita Building Rates of the New (Building Permit Activity) and the Supplanted (Urban Building Authorized) Series,
by Region and State

(Basedon 1950population)
P e r c a p it a v a lu a tio n o f b u ild in g c o n s t r u c tio n , J a n u ary-J u n e 1954
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c tio n

N ew d w e llin g u n its

O th er new b u ild in g

A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s ,
and r e p a irs

R e g io n a n d State
Urban

P erm it a c ­

U rban

P erm it a c ­

Urban

P erm it a c ­

Urban

P erm it a c ­

s e r ie s

t iv it y s e r ie s

s e r ie s

t iv it y s e r ie s

s e r ie s

t iv it y s e r ie s

s e r ie s

t iv it y s e r ie s

U n ited S t a t e s ...................

$ 5 8 .4

$7 8 . 2

$31. 2

$46. 1

$20. 3

$ 2 4 .8

$ 6 .9

$ 7 .3

N o rth e a s t ...........................

3 6 .4

5 4 .7

1 8 .4

3 2 .6

1 3 .1

1 6 .9

4 .9

5 .2

C o n n e c tic u t .....................

48. 1

8 5 .3

2 9 .2

5 6 .0

1 3 .3

2 1 .0

5 .6

8 .3

M a in e .....................................

3 1 .5

3 1 .7

1 8 .2

1 2 .6

4 .2

3 .7

38. 2

4 5 .5

1 9 .2

17. 1

N ew H am psh ire ..............

3 6 .9
7 4 .8

20. 2

8 .6

1 0 .6

4 .9
4 .7

5 .3
4 .2

N ew J e r s e y ........................

33. 5
4 8 .7

23. 1
22. 1

9 .1
14. 1

1 5 .4

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ................

30. 1

4 9 .4

12. 1

N ew Y ork ..........................

2 9 .6

1 0 .7

1 8 .5
14. 1

6 .5
3 .4

6 .9
4 .0

2 6 .7

6 .2

6 .3

1 8 .0

2 0 .2

1 8 .3
10. 1

2 1 .0

36. 1

1 2 .0

3 .8

3 .9

V erm o n t ................................

39. 1
3 1 .9
2 3 .6

15. 5
1 4 .6

3 1 .4

P e n n s y lv a n ia ...................

4 9 .5
5 4 .0
2 5 .7

12. 2

1 3 .8

6. 1

6. 4

5 .3

5 .5

R h o d e Is la n d ...................

N orth C e n t r a l ...................

5 9 .7

7 8 .4

3 2 .1

4 6 .3

2 1 .2

2 5 .4

6 .4

6 .7

I ll i n o i s ................................
In dian a ...............................

56. 1

7 0 .8

34. 5

46. 4

1 6 .7

1 9 .3

4 .9

5 2 .6

69. 3

2 4 .4

3 8 .8

2 2 .3

5 4 .7
6 9 .8

5 5 .6

3 0 .3
3 4 .8

2 9 .4

1 8 .6

5 .9
5 .8

5. 1
5 .6

Io w a .....................................

2 4 .9
2 0 .4

5 .8

4 4 .8

2 6 .2

3 1 .4

8 .8

8 .7

3 5 .3
2 9 .4

5 8 .2

2 5 .2

3 0 .7

7 .6

8. 2

47. 2

22 6

3 5 .4

7 .4

7 .4

K a n s a s ................................
M ic h i g a n .............................

8 4 .9
97. 1

.........................

68 . 1
5 9 .4

M is s o u r i .............................

60 . 1

7 1 .7

N e b r a s k a .............................

5 6 .9
7 0 .4

5 5 .9
5 7 .8

.....................................

54. 5

South D a k ota ...................

5 7 -9
7 4 .8

M in n e s o ta

9 0 .0

2 9 .9
2 9 .0

3 7 .7

24. 1

2 7 .8

6. 1

6 .2

2 7 .7

2 2 .4

2 3 .0

4 3 .2

3 2 .0

1 8 .5

1 8 .8

5 .5
8 .7

7 .0

7 8 .3

30. 2

4 9 .3

1 7 .5

2 1 .6

6 .8

7 .4

5 2 .9
8 7 .4

3 5 .7

2 9 .7

7 .3

4 6 .4

1 5 .9
3 3 .7

8 .6

3 5 .3

1 3 .6
32. 1

7 .4

7 .3

68. 1

8 4 .2

3 4 .6

4 6 .2

2 4 .9

2 9 .6

8 .6

8 .4

4 8 .0

2 4 .0

2 6 .8

5 .6

5 .4

2 3 .6

5 .7

5 .6

48. 9

25. 5

3 6 .8

D is t r ic t o f C o lu m b ia .....
F lo r id a ................................

3 8 .6

3 8 .6
158. 1

1 6 .3
5 1 .7
4 0 .1

1 6 .3
5 0 .6

9 .9
7. 1
1 9 .0

9 .8
7. 1

1 3 8 .7

13. 5
15. 2
6 8 .0

2 4 .9
62. 2
1 5 .2

5 2 .4

D e la w a r e .............................

8 2 .9
1 0 8 .8

1 3 .8
4 5 .7

1 5 .8

A r k a n s a s ...........................

43. 4
7 5 .0

N orth D a k ota ...................
O h io

W isc o n s in

........................

South .....................................
A la b a m a ..............................

9 1 .0

3 0 .5

...........................

7 7 .9
41. 2

9 1 .7

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

58. 2

7 3 .4

M a r y la n d .............................

3 8 .7

9 2 .6

1 5 .9
3 1 .1
2 4 .0

G e o r g i a ................................
K en tu ck y

44. 2

2 2 .3
1 6 .0
2 1 .5

2 2 .8

2 7 .5
1 8 .8

2 5 .6

7 .8

7 .7

2 2 .9
2 2 .6

4 .8
6. 1

5. 1
5 .8

51. 2
6 3 .6
6 3 .4

3 0 .0

3 0 .3
3 5 .4

5 2 .8

22. 1

2 4 .4

6 7 .9
9 5 .8

1 8 .9

3 1 .4

1 9 .3
1 6 .7

5 2 .9

5 5 .0

2 8 .6

55. 1
1 7 .4

T e n n e s s e e ........................
T e x a s ..................................

9 1 .9

V i r g i n ia ................................

6 6 .3
3 9 .8

88 . 5

3 7 .9

3 9 .9

1 9 .3

W est .....................................

9 5 .9

1 1 8 .0

5 6 .3

A r i z o n a ................................
C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

8 7 .3
1 0 7 .8

1 3 7 .5
1 2 8 .6

3 2 .7
6 6 .2

C o l o r a d o .............................

8 1 .8

2 5 .7

M on ta n a ...............................

51. 3
71. 1

1 1 2 .5
5 2 .0

4 6 .8

I d a h o .....................................

6 8 .6

2 3 .8

N e v a d a ................................
N ew M e x ic o ......................

2 1 6 .8
1 1 0 .8

3 9 0 .5
116. 5

O r e g o n ...................................

64 . 8

7 5 .6

W est V i r g i n i a ...................

U t a h .....................................

5 7 .8

8 3 .7

W a s h in g t o n ........................
W yom ing ..............................

73. 3
5 6 .6

99. 1
67. 1




6. 6
3 .8

2 1 .7

5 1 .7

11. 1

1 7 .6

5 .9
7 .0

6 4 .3
5 3 .6
4 7 .5
4 2 .7

4 3 .7

7 .3
3 .0

2 1 .4
2 3 .0

N orth C a r o l i n a .................
O k la h om a ...........................

4 0 .7

8 .8

40. 3
6 2 .8

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

South C a r o l i n a .................

23. 2
2 9 .0

8 9 .9
4 3 .7

5 .2

1 1 .7
6 .8
6 .7

6 .6

2 9 .9

7. 1
1 0 .4

1 8 .8

3 0 .5
2 5 .2

9 .6

1 0 .3
8. 2

1 3 .3

16. z

7 .2

6 .3

7 4 .0

2 8 .5

3 3 .2

11. 1

1 0 .8

7 5 .7
8 4 .2

4 2 .7

52. 1

2 9 .8

32. 1

1 1 .9
1 1 .8

72. 1

24. 6

3 0 .0

1 0 .4

1 2 .3
1 0 .4

2 3 .6

1 6 .8

8 .8

9. 1

4 0 .4

146. 8

2 2 .9
1 9 5 .7

1 9 .3
3 9 .8
1 7 0 .0

6 .9
20. 2

67. 6

67. 1

3 6 .4

4 1 .9

6 .8

7 .5

2 9 .5

3 9 .8

2 4 .7

1 2 .8

11. 1

3 2 .3
3 8 .7
42. 1

56. 4

2 2 .5
1 8 .6

20. 1

5 5 .6

2 5 .6

6 .9
9 .0

8 .0

4 2 .3

8 .9

3 5 .5
1 8 .8

5 .6

6 .0

4 9 .8

9 .7

5 .9
2 4 .8

7. 2

29

Table A-6: Valuation and Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure and Public-Private Ownership, January-June 1954
O w n ersh ip and

F eb.

Jan .

Mar.

May

A pr.

Jun e

J a n .-J u n e
to ta l

ty p e o f stru ctu re
v a l u a t io n

(in millions of dollars)
Urban p la c e s

A ll n ew d w e llin g u n its ...........

2 9 3 .7

3 3 2 .6

4 8 5 .3

5 2 2 .1

4 9 3 .7

5 8 1 .1

P r iv a t e ly o w n e d .....................

2 7 6 .9
2 1 1 .1

3 2 2 .8
2 7 7 .6

4 6 7 .8

5 1 2 .8
4 5 0 .7

4 8 6 .7
4 3 3 .7

5 4 8 .8

2, 6 1 5 .8

1 6 .3
4 5 .9
9 .3

1 4 .7

4 8 6 .3
1 6 .0

2 ,2 6 7 .9
8 3 .2

3 8 .4
7 .0

4 6 .5
3 2 .3

2 6 4 .7
9 2 .7

1-fa m ily ..................................
2 -fa m ily ..................................

4 0 8 .5

9 .5

1 1 .2

M u ltifam ily ..........................
P u b li c ly o w n e d ........................

5 6 .3
1 6 .8

3 4 .0

1 5 .5
4 3 .7

9 .9

1 7 .5

A ll n ew d w e llin g u n i t s ............

4 8 4 .6

8 3 9 .5

P r iv a t e ly o w n e d ......................

4 6 7 .9

5 7 1 .0
5 6 0 .1

2 ,7 0 8 .5

All permit issu in g p la c e s

1 -fa m ily ..................................

3 9 6 .0

5 0 5 .2

2 - fa m i l y ..................................

1 2 .6

M u ltifam ily ...........................

5 9 .2
1 6 .7

1 4 .4
4 0 .6

P u b li c ly ow n ed ......................

1 0 .9

8 2 2 .0
7 4 7 .9
2 0 .7
5 3 .4
1 7 .5

9 0 9 .7
900. 4
8 3 1 .8
2 0 .3
4 8 .3
9 .3

8 5 9 .3

9 9 6 .5

4 ,6 6 0 .6

8 5 1 .0

9 6 1 .0

4, 562. 3

7 9 1 .3
1 8 .0
4 1 .6

8 9 0 .8

4 ,1 6 3 . 0

1 9 .1
5 1 .1

105. 1
2 9 4 .2

8 .3

3 5 .5

9 8 .3

Permit change, old to new s e r ie s
A ll new d w e llin g u n its ............

+65

+ 72

+ 73

+ 74

+ 74

+71

+72

P r iv a t e ly o w n e d ......................

+69
+88

+74
+82

+76

+76

+75

+29

+85
+25

+74
+84

+33
+ 5
- 1

+83
+34

+75
+82

+22

+ 5
0

1 -fa m ily ..................................
2 - f a m i l y ..................................
M u lt if a m ily ...........................
P u b li c ly o w n e d ......................

+ 19
+10

0

+ 19

+83
+ 19
+ 10
+10

53, 4 9 5

6 3 ,1 0 9

3 0 4 ,2 1 8

52, 703
44 , 32 7

59, 52 6
4 9 ,8 6 5
2 ,4 2 2

2 9 3 ,8 2 5
2 3 7 , 804
1 3 ,2 0 8

7 ,2 3 9
3 ,5 8 3

4 2 ,8 1 3
10, 393

5 1 8 ,1 9 9
5 0 7 ,2 1 2
4 4 0 , 744

+ 22
+ 8

+ 26
+11
+ 6

NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS
Urban p la c e s
A ll n ew d w e llin g u n i t s ............
P r iv a t e ly o w n e d ......................
1 - fa m ily ..................................
2 - fa m i l y ..................................
M u ltifam ily ..........................
P u b li c ly o w n e d ........................

35, 003

3 8 ,9 5 1

3 3 ,1 7 3
23, 260
1 ,5 2 7
8 ,3 8 6

37, 819

5 5 ,6 1 4
5 3 ,6 6 2

58, 046
56, 942

4 3 ,4 2 4

4 7 ,1 0 3
2 ,5 5 6

1 ,8 3 0

29 , 825
1, 916
6 ,0 7 8
1 ,1 3 2

5 6 ,4 8 5
54 , 665

6 6 ,1 4 8
6 4 , 926

94, 995
9 3 ,0 4 4

4 3 ,7 3 1
2 ,0 7 3

5 5 ,1 7 9
2 ,4 7 2

8, 861
1 ,8 2 0

7 ,2 7 5
1 ,2 2 2

2 ,5 2 8
7 ,7 1 0
1 ,9 5 2

7, 283
1 ,1 0 4

2 ,2 5 9
6 ,1 1 7
792

All permit is s u in g p la c e s
A ll n ew d w e llin g u n its ...........
P r iv a t e ly o w n e d ......................
1 -fa m ily ..................................
2 -fa m ily ..................................
M u ltifa m ily ...........................
P u b li c ly o w n e d ........................

9 2 , 263
9 1 ,2 6 0

1 0 8 ,1 2 1
104 , 236

79, 023
3 ,4 1 1

1 0 0 ,1 8 7
99, 081
8 8 , 221
3 ,1 9 2

8 1 ,5 4 7
2 ,8 8 7

9 3 ,0 4 3
2 ,9 5 4

1 0 ,6 1 0

7, 668

6, 8 2 6

1 ,9 5 1

1 ,1 0 6

1 ,0 0 3

8 ,2 3 9
3, 885

49, 479
10, 987

+71
+75
+87
+22
+14
+ 8

+ 70
+73
+85

1 6 ,9 8 9

Permit change, o ld to new s e r ie s
A ll n ew d w e llin g u n its ............
P r iv a t e ly o w n e d .....................
1 -fa m ily ..................................
2 - fa m i l y ..................................
M u lt if a m ily ...........................
P u b li c ly o w n ed .....................

+61
+65
+88
+36
+ 6

+ 70
+72

-

+ 8

1

Change of le s s than on e-half o f 1 percent.




+85
+29
+20

+73
+82

+ 73
+74
+87

+35
+38

+25
+ 5

+71

(l)

(l)

+ 72
+73
+84
+28
+12
+ 27

+29
+ 16
+ 6

30

Table A-7: Number of New Nonresidential Buildings,1 by Type of Building, January-June, 1954
Num ber o f b u ild in g s
T y p e o f b u ild in g
Jan .

F eb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

J a n .-J u n e

Jun e

to ta l

URBAN PLACES
N o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g s ............

168

214

338

309

244

266

C o m m e r c ia l b u ild in g s ..................................................

1 ,8 9 0

2 ,4 0 7

3 ,3 3 2

3 ,3 3 1

3, 190

3, 447

1 ,5 3 9
17, 597

A m usem ent b u i l d i n g s ............................................

65

73

126

134

130

176

704

C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s ..............................................

100

96

130

144

148

G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t io n s ........................

355

372

532

525

513

119
604

2 ,9 0 1

737

O f f i c e b u ild in g s .......................................................

201

258

338

379

1 ,9 9 6

1 ,6 0 8

2, 206

2, 149

2, 157

C om m unity b u ild in g s .................................................

1 ,1 6 9
537

429
1 ,9 7 0

391

S to r e s and o th e r m e r ca n tile b u i l d i n g s .........

518

757

73 6

777

892

1 1 ,2 5 9
4 ,2 1 7

E d u c a t io n a l b u ild in g s ..........................................

266

320

388

1 ,8 9 2

78

81

R e l i g io u s b u ild in g s ...............................................

69
202

345

40 7
1 ,9 1 8

G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s i d e n t i a l ..................................
In d u s tr ia l b u ild in g s ....................................................

3 ,8 5 5
430

331
67
338
14, 447

354

I n s t it u t io n a l b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

233
37

P u b li c b u i l d i n g s ...........................................................

42

P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u ild in g s .......................................

64

55
78

A ll oth er n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d i n g s ......................

1 ,7 3 9

2, 127

248
5 ,7 9 2
454

75
362
515
41

588

15, 205
61 8

423
1 5 ,6 1 0
560

51

31

65

285

108

111

91

545

2, 559

2 ,8 2 1

93
2 ,4 9 0

2 ,9 4 5

1 4 ,6 8 1

3, 275
2 6 ,8 8 6

9 ,9 0 5

6 4 ,8 1 4
3 ,1 6 5

ALL PERMIT ISSUING PLACES
N o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g s ............

283

392

64 7

614

678

661

C o m m e r c ia l b u i l d in g s ..................................................

2 ,8 5 5

3, 599

5 ,0 9 7

5, 182

4, 90 8

A m u sem en t b u i l d i n g s .............................................

119

214

254

238

C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s ...............................................

131

129
158

5 ,2 4 5
352

195

206

221

1 ,1 5 0

1 ,3 0 6

G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t io n s ........................

507

538

847

239
866

801

88 4

O f f i c e b u ild in g s .......................................................

286

326

434

480

546

504

4, 443
2 ,5 7 6

S to r e s and oth er m e r ca n tile b u i l d i n g s .........

1 ,8 1 2

2, 448

3, 407

3 ,3 4 3

3 ,1 1 7

C om m unity b u ild in g s .................................................

764

725

1 ,0 5 8

1 ,0 8 4

3, 284
1 ,2 7 6

1 7 ,4 1 1
5 ,9 8 2

E d u c a t io n a l b u ild in g s .........................................

367

450

518

550

2, 733

In s titu tio n a l b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

97

331
48

1 ,0 7 5
517

97

R e l i g io u s b u ild in g s ...............................................
G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s i d e n t i a l ..................................

300

34 6

9 1 ,4 6 3

In d u s tr ia l b u ild in g s ....................................................

624

8, 335
65 4

469
2 1 ,6 2 1

109
617
2 1 ,8 4 1

539
2 ,7 1 0

5 ,3 9 4

511
1 4 ,4 6 2

91
467
1 9 ,8 1 0

82 0

876

P u b li c b u i l d i n g s ...........................................................

74

95

124

860
77

835
147

4 ,6 6 9
606

P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u ild in g s .......................................

105
4 ,4 0 1

199
5 ,1 9 7

184

162

173

A ll oth er n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d i n g s ......................

5 ,5 0 1

5 ,0 6 5

5 ,8 3 5

959
2 9 ,9 0 8

N o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g s ............

+ 68

C o m m e r c ia l b u i l d in g s ..................................................
A m usem ent b u ild in g s .............................................

+51

+83
+50

+83

+77

89
136
3 ,9 0 9

97

PERCENT CHANGE, OLD TO NEW SERIES
+91
+53
+70

+99
+56

+ 178
+54

+ 148
+52

+90

+83

+100

+39
+56

+86

+56

+46

+53

+ 29
+52

+29

C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s ...............................................

+31

+65

+ 50

+66

G a s o li n e a n d s e r v ic e s t a t io n s ........................

+43
+ 42

+45
+26
+ 52
+40

+65
+27
+56

+27

+55
+42

+59
+28
+54
+40

+46

+40

O f f i c e b u ild in g s .......................................................
S to r e s and oth er m e r ca n tile b u i l d i n g s .........
C om m unity b u ild in g s ..................................................

+58

+43
+42

+ 113
+53
+86

+55
+42
+44

E d u c a t io n a l b u ild in g s ..........................................

+38

+42

+41

+56

+46

I n s titu tio n a l b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

+41

+30

+36

+24

R e l i g io u s b u ild in g s ...............................................

+49
+40

+40

+29
+41

+38

+36

+44

+46

+37

+42

+40

+41

+44

+49
+ 126

P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u ild in g s ........................................

+ 64

+74

+84

+143
+66

+ 39
+ 148

+48

+62

+ 59
+ 132

+49

P u b li c b u i l d i n g s ...........................................................

+45
+76

+74

+90

+ 113
+76

A ll oth er n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d i n g s ......................

+153

+84

+103

+95

+ 103

+98

+ 104

G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s i d e n t i a l ...................................
In d u s tria l b u ild in g s ....................................................

1 Inclu des nonhousekeeping resid en tial buildin gs.




+35
+46

+32
+41

31

Table A-8: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units, by State, January-June, 1954
Jan u ary-J u n e t o ta l
A ll building con stru ction 1

(in
millions of dollars)
V aluation

State

U n ite d S t a t e s .........

Urban
p la c e s

A ll
permitissu in g
p la c e s

P ercent
change,
old
to
new
se rie s

5 ,0 7 7 .5

7 ,9 0 7 .9

A la b a m a ...................

5 0 .6

6 3 .0

A r i z o n a .....................

7 0 .1

New dw elling units ^

(in
millions of dollars)
Valuation

Other■new building

(in
millions of dollars)
Valuation

Urban
p la c e s

All
permit­
issu in g
p la c e s

P ercent
change,
old
to
new
s e rie s

+56

2 ,7 0 8 .5

4 ,6 6 0 . 6

+72

1 ,7 6 1 .6

+25
+ 220

2 8 .0

3 5 .2

8 .2

3 8 .8

+26
(3 )

+ 5

1 3 .9
4 5 8 .0

1 3 .9

0

8 0 8 .4

3 4 .8

6 7 .3

Urban
p la c e s

3 0 4 , 218

1 6 .1

2 0 .7

1 0 .7

2 6 .7

+ 29
+ 150

2 9 .3
3 0 8 .2

+ 9
+ 50

2 ,0 6 7

+ 77

2 6 .9
2 0 6 .0

+93

1 8 .3

2 8 .0

+53

1 7 .1

3 6 .6
8.

+ 114
+ 142

A r k a n s a s ...................

7 4 5 .8

4 6 .3
1 ,2 2 9 .6

C o l o r a d o ...................

6 0 .8

1 0 4 .8

+65
+72

C o n n e c t i c u t ............

6 2 .0
6 .9
3 1 .0

1 4 7 .9
2 5 .7
3 1 .0

+139
+ 272
0

3 7 .7

D e la w a r e ...................

1 .9
1 2 .2

9 7 .5
1 4 .7
1 2 .2

+ 159
(3 )
0

1 3 .1

3 1 1 .3

+52

1 0 0 .3

1 7 7 .0

+76

1 4 8 .5

+44

4 0 .5

7 1 .3

+76

7 6 .3
5 3 .2

+23
+32

5 .8

6 .5

+12

3 .8

2 1 9 .0

3 0 8 .9
9 4 .7
3 5 .4

+41
+80

1 0 6 .3
4 8 .0
2 2 .7

G e o r g i a ......................

2 0 4 .5
1 0 3 .4

I d a h o ........................

1 1 .6

1 4 .3
4 7 1 .3
1 6 9 .4
6 6 .8
8 0 .1

I l l i n o i s ......................

3 5 6 .1

I n d ia n a ......................
I o w a ...........................

1 1 3 -3
6 6 .6

K a n s a s .....................

6 2 .2

K e n tu c k y .................

3 9 .0

L o u i s i a n a ................

7 7 .1

1 0 4 .5
1 0 2 .6

+50
(4 )
+ 29

5 2 .5
3 6 .9
3 1 .0

4 2 .3

- 4
+36

9 6 ,4 9 0

+80

7 ,9 8 1

+74

3 ,6 3 6

8 , 563
1 ,5 5 3
1 ,8 7 6

+ 136
(3 )

0

176
1 ,8 7 6

6 6 .4

+31
+25

1 3 ,8 2 4
5 ,8 1 8

2 3 ,1 6 8
1 0 ,5 3 8

5 .3
1 2 8 .4

+ 39
+21

659 !
1 8 ,6 8 2 !

2 6 ,1 2 3

6 0 .7

2 3 .3

2 4 .5
2 9 .6

+ 26
+ 8
+27

3 .6

4 9 .8

+ 136

2 1 .2

2 9 .9

+41

6 .8

5 .0

-2 6

29 .6
7 9 .2

1 2 8 .6
9 7 .0

(3 )
+22

3 .4
1 0 .8
5 8 .2

6 .1
4 7 .2
7 1 .8

(3 )
+23

1 4 1 .9
4 5 .8

2 8 9 .0

+ 104

+ 50

1 3 ,7 1 9

1 3 .6
6 5 .8

1 2 .3
8 6 .2

+89
-1 0

1 0 1 .5
3 5 .2

1 5 2 .6

8 6 .7

1 2 .6
5 3 .0

+85
+ 2
+ 20

3 ,9 1 5
2 ,1 4 2
7 ,1 5 1

5 .9

6 .9

+31
+ 17

6 5 .1
1 2 .9
6 3 .4

1 0 .0

1 2 .0

+20

+ 8

1 7 .2

1 8 .1
2 2 .1

+ 5
+ 103

1 3 .3
3 .7

1 5 .0

+ 174

6 .9
2 2 9 .2

+13
+103
+ 7

2 .6
4 5 .3
1 1 .2

3 .3
8 5 .8

1 2 6 .5
3 3 .0

1 8 4 .9
3 8 .0
4 .0

M ic h ig a n ...................

274. 1

4 8 2 .2

+76

M in n e s o t a ...............

9 2 .5

M i s s i s s i p p i ............
M is s o u r i...................
M o n t a n a ...................

3 0 .3
1 3 2 .1

1 6 5 .3
2 9 .0
1 6 3 .7

1 7 .6

2 0 .7

+ 79
- 4
+24
+ 18

N e b r a s k a .................

3 3 .8

N e v a d a ......................
N ew H a m p s h ire ....

1 6 .1
1 0 .1

3 6 .5
4 4 .1
1 1 .6

N ew J e r s e y ...........

1 8 3 -0

3 4 7 .4

+15
+ 90

1 0 .9
6 .1
1 1 3 .0

N ew M e x i c o ............

3 4 .1

3 8 .7

+13

2 0 .8

2 2 .3

N ew Y o r k ................

3 5 1 .0

6 5 0 .4

N orth C a r o l i n a .....
N orth D a k o t a ........
O h i o ...........................

7 7 .1

9 4 .5

1 8 3 .3
3 4 .7

+61

+83

3 .0
9 0 .1

6 8 .3

+ 19

1 5 5 .9
3 2 .b

4 1 2 .9
4 5 .1
6 .8
2 8 5 .2

+125
+30

1 2 .3
4 5 2 .7

+85
+23
+ 8

3 8 .1

+ 19

2 0 .1

3 7 .6

+85
+92
+18
+20

1 5 .5
1 2 4 .8

4 4 .6

7 1 .4

+60

R h o d e I s l a n d .........

2 6 6 .9
' 2 2 .3

3 8 6 .3
2 6 .6

South C a r o l i n a .....
South D a k o t a .........

2 7 .5
1 1 .5

3 3 .1
1 3 .0

+45
+19
+ 20

T e n n e s s e e ..............

5 3 .0

T e x a s ........................

3 9 9 .1
2 2 .7

1 0 4 .5
4 2 7 .0

W ash in gton ............
W est V ir g in ia .........
W is c o n s in .................
W yom in g...................




+13

7 .0

2 0 .3
9 9 .7

1 9 1 .1

1 2 .6

1 4 .9

1 2 .8

1 5 .3
7 .3

7 .1

-

3

+ 3

7 .1
1 1 .2
2 .7

+ 97

2 3 .5

4 8 .3

+ 106

+ 7

2 2 9 .9
1 2 .7

2 4 4 .9
2 8 .4

+ 7

1 .6

6

7 .3
.8

+131

2 5 .5

+ 124

3 .1
9 0 .2

2 .8

+85
-1 0

1 9 1 .1

+112

5 1 .6

1 .5
1 1 9 .0

8 9 .3
2 4 .3
1 4 0 .2
7 .0

1 7 9 .3
2 8 .9
1 9 5 .6
1 0 .0

+101

4 7 .1
1 1 .8

1 0 0 .5
1 2 .6

+ 113
+ 7

6 6 .2

1 0 3 .8

5 .2

6 .3

+ 57
+21

S ee f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le .

6 ,1 6 5 |
3 ,7 7 5 !
4 ,1 1 9

2 1 .1

1 8 9 .5

V ir g in ia ..................

1 3 .1
9 9 .6

+ 37

1 5 7 .5

4 2 .1

7l

5 3 ,6 3 3
4 ,5 8 1 |

+ 236

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ......

V e r m o n t ...................

(3 )
(4 )

5 6 .4

+ 297
+20

U tah ..........................

+24

5 ,3 1 9
2 ,0 6 6

5 0 .4

1 2 .5
1 8 9 .2

O reg on ......................
P e n n s y lv a n ia .........

5 ,8 9 3

1 ,2 9 1

1 5 .0

1 1 .8

2 8 1 .4
5 7 .2

4 ,7 6 8

4 1 .2

4 7 .7

O k la h o m a .................

+70

+33
+ 6

M a i n e ........................

+ 19
+40
+43

-

A ll
permit­
issu in g
p la c e s

P ercen t
change,
o ld
to
new
serie s

5 1 8 ,1 9 9

+ 168

M arylan d ...................

1 1 .4

Urban
p la c e s

+43

C a li f o r n ia .................

D is t . o f C olu m b ia

Number o f
new dw elling units

2 ,5 1 2 .0

2 1 .9
4 4 .2

F l o r i d a ......................

A ll
permit­
issu in g
p la c e s

Percent
change,
old
to
new
s e rie s

2 0 .8
1 2 4 .2

1 9 .2

1 ,9 8 2
4 ,8 4 0

+81
+13
+40

1 0 ,4 9 2

+ 70

3 ,6 4 9
5 ,2 6 0

- 3
+ 28

5 ,8 2 2

+ 194
+ 32

6 ,3 8 8
583
1 5 ,0 7 7
1 0 ,7 8 8

-3 6

2 8 ,6 4 0
7, 710
2 ,0 0 8
9 ,3 2 1

+ 109
+97
- 6
+30

683

795

+16

+13
(3 )
+ 27

2 ,1 7 2

2 ,3 2 9
2 ,8 8 2

+132

+89
+24

1 1 ,4 7 7

841
2 5 ,1 1 7

+ 119

+79

905
3 ,6 8 6
8 ,7 1 9

1 ,2 4 4
72 8

(3 )
+24

+ 7
+ 16

2 ,9 2 1

3 ,3 5 1

+15

1 9 ,9 9 1
4 ,8 3 7

+ 121

+15

4 4 ,1 4 7
6 ,3 3 4

+33

666

675

1 2 4 .9
2 4 .7

+ 39

1 3 ,5 7 9
4 ,4 0 0

2 4 ,6 6 9
5 ,0 1 0

+82

+23

2 3 .3
1 4 9 .9
8 .9
1 4 .2

+50
+20

2 ,0 2 1
9 ,9 2 7

3 ,9 2 9
1 8 ,7 7 8

+94

+25
+27

1 ,5 3 2

1 ,8 4 8

+ 89
+21

3 .9

+44

1 ,8 8 9
972

2 ,3 1 6
99 2

+23
+ 2

4 6 .0

+ 121
+10

3 ,8 9 6

7 ,2 8 4
3 1 ,4 2 3

+ 87
+ 8

1 3 .9

1 3 6 .1
1 0 .1

+46

+ 38

2 9 ,1 8 9
1 ,3 3 2

5 4 .5

-1 3
+114

155
6 ,1 7 4

3 1 .2
8 .1

6 4 .3
1 1 .7

+ 106
+44

4 ,2 9 7

6 0 .2

7 5 .4
2 .8

+25
+155

1 .1

744

0
+68

.7

2 ,9 2 9
132

+31
+ 1
+14

+ 120

1 4 ,9 6 9

-1 5
+ 142

1 ,2 7 3

9 ,8 0 3
1 ,4 1 7

+ 128
+11

6 ,1 8 3

9 ,4 7 2

551

705

+53
+ 28

32

Table A-8: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units, by State,
January-June, 1954-Continued
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c tio n 1—V a lu a tio n

Jan.
U n ite d S t a t e s ..................

F eb.

Mar.

A pr.

A ll p e r m it -is s u in g p l a c e s
May

June

6 1 7 ,2 3 3 6 4 9 ,4 5 1 8 9 5 ,5 9 0 9 5 0 ,0 6 9 9 0 4 ,9 2 9 1 ,0 6 0 ,2 3 6

A l a b a m a .............................

7 ,4 6 6

6 ,6 9 4

8 ,8 0 1

8 ,4 8 2

8 ,4 7 3

1 0 ,7 1 7

A r i z o n a ................................

2 ,4 6 3

2 ,2 7 6

6 ,5 6 8

4 ,4 4 1

2 ,4 7 8

3 ,7 0 1

3 ,8 6 6
3 ,6 6 0
5 ,8 3 0 2 0 ,8 7 3
3 ,4 7 9
103 ,4 7 3 1 0 0 ,6 4 7 130,621 1 33 ,364 1 2 4 ,9 8 6
8 ,7 7 0
9 ,2 9 8
9 ,9 7 2
8 ,4 5 9
8 ,9 4 5

152 ,711

A r k a n s a s ..............................
C a li f o r n ia ...........................
C o l o r a d o .............................
C o n n e c t i c u t ......................
D e la w a r e .............................

6 ,0 7 9
330

6 ,0 1 2

1 2 ,8 8 6

1 0 ,5 7 0

696

2 ,9 1 2

2 5 ,0 4 4
4 ,8 6 7

2 ,1 4 3
5 0 ,3 8 4

1 4 ,0 6 9

2 ,2 4 9
5 1 ,7 1 0

7 2 ,0 9 4

1 6,633
9 ,4 0 9
1 0 ,5 2 8

2 6 ,7 1 5
1 5 ,9 3 4
1 2 ,3 6 0

2 ,1 5 6
7 7 ,2 5 7
2 0 ,2 3 7
1 3 ,1 4 0
11,301

3 ,1 9 7
6 5 ,5 5 3
1 8 ,3 3 4
1 6 ,0 2 6
1 2 ,8 7 6

K e n tu c k y .............................

2 ,0 3 7

3 ,0 2 1

8 ,3 4 9

1 0,165

6 ,8 2 3

8 ,5 8 6

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

9 ,9 3 0

11 ,2 2 5
368

13,031

1 4 ,3 9 3
2 ,7 5 2

1 3 ,3 9 6

15,131

1 ,811

7 ,3 0 4

6 ,1 9 1
3 4 ,4 4 7

4 ,4 1 5
9 ,1 8 6
2 7 ,1 0 7

1 ,7 3 6

2 4 ,1 0 5

2 ,4 6 0

1 3 ,6 7 5

8 ,1 8 7

17 ,3 5 5

4 9 ,8 8 6
1 8 ,2 6 7

12 ,3 4 5

M aine.....................................

2 5 6 ,5 4 8

9 ,6 1 4
3 7 ,6 8 8
3 8 ,9 2 7

1 2 ,6 3 3

M a ry la n d .............................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s ................

2 0 ,4 5 1
2 0 0 ,6 8 6

4 ,5 5 5
9 ,6 8 4

G e o r g i a ................................

6 ,5 5 1
8 ,8 7 0

6 ,7 9 7
2 3 3 ,5 4 3
1 9 ,7 4 7

2 9 ,3 4 3

3 ,9 3 6

1 7 ,5 8 5
5 ,5 0 9
6 ,2 6 8

3 ,9 0 2
2 0 5 ,7 4 8

2 ,1 9 6

3 5 ,1 3 6
1 1 ,7 8 2

2 ,2 2 2

3 ,8 3 0

1 2,451
1 2 ,8 4 7

1 8 ,5 4 0

3 ,1 9 8

998

4 ,3 9 4

1 5 9 ,8 5 6 1 7 3 ,2 0 6

1 0 ,8 9 3
1 1 ,6 3 5

1 ,0 6 4

3 0 ,3 3 0

June

1 0 ,4 1 0

1 2 ,3 6 7

3 2 ,3 7 2

May

1 3 ,3 4 4

1 1 ,3 3 5
1 6 ,4 1 2

1 ,1 7 3

2 ,1 4 3

5 1 ,4 5 8
1 3 ,761

8 ,1 3 5
7 ,7 9 6

17 ,0 6 2

3 6 ,3 9 9

747

9 ,8 0 5
8 ,0 8 1

9 ,3 8 4
792

2 ,4 6 0

A pr.

9 1 0 ,8 9 8 9 7 5 ,6 0 8 1 ,4 2 6 ,5 0 1 1 ,5 1 9 ,4 2 0 1 ,4 2 6 ,3 6 4 1 ,6 4 9 ,0 9 6

1 6 ,491

3 2 ,5 5 2

3 8 ,0 1 4

Mar.

1 3,705

F l o r i d a ................................

I l l i n o i s ................................
I n d i a n a ................................
Io w a ........................................

F eb.

13,421

D is t r ic t o f C o lu m b ia ....

I d a h o .....................................

6 ,4 6 0

Jan.

1 5 ,3 1 6

979
9 ,6 8 4

K a n s a s ................................

(in thousands of dollars)

U rban p l a c e s

S tate

17 ,2 9 3

864
4 7 ,7 3 7

1 ,1 0 4
6 3 ,9 9 8

2 1 ,4 2 4

1 9 ,4 3 7
6 ,7 1 7
1 1 ,1 2 0

5 ,5 4 9
8 ,4 9 9

2 6 ,6 7 5
6 ,1 2 6

6 ,9 5 2

3 ,1 9 8

3 ,9 3 6

3 5 ,9 7 3
6 ,9 2 5
9 ,6 1 4

5 2 ,7 2 8
2 0 ,9 0 1

4 4 ,9 0 2

5 4 ,8 4 4
1 8 ,9 7 6

4 9 ,5 8 4

2 ,9 0 8

2 ,6 8 9
9 6 ,8 3 8

2 3 ,4 5 9

7 4 ,5 6 9
2 6,171

3 8 ,1 2 5
1 6 ,3 7 2
1 4 ,901

9 ,3 5 1
1 4 ,5 9 7

2 ,6 8 9
9 6 ,1 1 5
3 1 ,9 3 7
1 2 ,8 3 7
1 3 ,8 6 4

5 8 ,5 6 2

4 ,0 8 5
9 2 ,0 1 6
3 2 ,3 3 5
1 6 ,0 1 6
17 ,1 2 3

7 ,1 0 9

3 6 ,6 8 8

1 8 ,2 3 6

1 8 ,8 1 6

1 7 ,9 6 7
1 ,8 6 7

1 8 ,4 8 7

1 7 ,2 4 4

3 ,8 4 1

1 ,8 3 1

3 ,4 8 3

2 3 ,0 7 7

1 3 ,7 5 5
367
2 8 ,0 1 1

3 3 ,0 3 6

1 6 ,6 7 4

1 7 ,0 5 7

3 9 ,0 6 9

3 4 ,6 2 5
4 2 ,4 1 2

2 8 ,6 8 3
3 9 ,2 7 2

4 1 ,7 3 3
3 5 ,0 1 6

6 5 ,6 3 1
1 7 ,1 9 9
6 ,1 2 8

4 5 ,1 2 3
10,811

4 9 ,3 4 2

8 5 ,4 8 0

1 3 ,7 5 7

4 2 ,2 3 8

9 5 ,3 5 0
3 6 ,3 1 0

1 06 ,215
3 2 ,8 6 6

1 0 0 ,7 1 7
2 9 ,3 2 2

4 ,6 8 8

4 ,6 7 4

5 ,2 7 5

3 5 ,8 4 7

1 9 ,3 3 0

1 7 ,7 6 4

4 ,1 0 6
3 1 ,4 5 0

3 ,9 5 2
2 2 ,1 1 1

6 ,3 3 4
4 2 ,0 6 0

1 ,8 0 3

3 0 ,9 3 5
3 ,2 0 7

4 ,7 3 1

5 ,4 3 7

5 ,1 1 4

4 ,3 6 5
1 5 ,2 6 6
1 ,1 5 0

1 9 ,3 2 9
1 9 ,8 9 0

14,1 5 3

10 ,0 0 5
14 ,4 9 2

753
6 ,8 0 8
3 4 ,2 5 0

M ic h ig a n .............................

2 6 ,9 7 0

2 5 ,9 0 2

5 0 ,9 2 8

5 1 ,3 2 0

5 3 ,3 0 4

M in n e s o t a ...........................

7 ,7 1 0

1 6 ,0 1 4

2 4 ,9 7 3

2 0 ,5 5 8

M is s i s s ip p i .........................

6 ,0 3 9
4 ,8 7 1

4 ,7 6 8

M i s s o u r i ..............................

16,0 3 2

1 5 ,1 3 0

5 ,6 8 9
26 ,4 0 1

4 ,5 5 9
2 1 ,8 0 6

4 ,2 5 1
1 6 ,8 4 8

M ontana................................

413

1 ,7 3 3

3 ,0 0 9

3 ,8 3 8

4 ,2 1 0

4 ,4 2 9

425

1,951
2 ,6 1 1
639
1 7 ,0 1 6

3 ,4 9 4

7 ,3 9 7

6 ,4 9 4

5 ,7 8 1

3 ,7 5 9

7 ,6 8 0

7 ,1 3 2

6 ,5 7 8

9 ,2 5 0

3 ,7 2 5
560
2 0 ,6 2 0

4 ,3 6 6
1 ,5 8 7
4 0 ,2 0 7

2 ,4 7 4
2 ,9 7 9
3 3 ,6 8 4

1 ,7 7 2
1 ,7 4 1
3 3 ,3 9 8

8 ,6 6 9
1 ,1 8 7
2 ,6 2 8
3 8 ,0 6 2

2 ,0 6 6

N e v a d a ..................................
N ew H a m p s h ir e ..............
N ew J e r s e y ......................

3 ,0 6 2
924

8 ,1 2 8
1 ,7 9 2

1 3 ,3 0 4
2 ,8 6 7

7 2 ,8 0 3

5 ,2 1 3
3 ,2 0 5
6 7 ,3 8 0

9 ,8 7 7
2 ,2 2 7

4 3 ,3 9 9

4 ,5 4 9
630
3 5 ,5 4 0

6 2 ,6 5 3

6 5 ,6 7 1

N ew M e x i c o ......................

2 ,1 4 3

5 ,1 7 8

8 ,8 6 1

6 ,4 9 6

4 ,9 3 9

6 ,4 5 6

4 ,5 1 1

5 ,7 5 0

9 ,7 0 7

6 ,7 9 6

4 ,8 6 0

7 ,0 4 5

N ew Y o r k ...........................
N orth C a r o lin a .................

6 0 ,4 9 6
9 ,7 7 2

5 5 ,6 9 1
11 ,6 0 5

5 8 ,1 6 2
1 2 ,0 9 8

6 3 ,2 6 8
1 1 ,5 2 8

5 3 ,0 0 5
1 9 ,4 9 9

6 0 ,4 1 1
1 2 ,5 9 0

9 4 ,9 9 6
1 1 ,8 6 6

9 2 ,5 7 4

1 0 9 ,3 4 6

N orth D a k o t a ....................

885
3 2 ,3 1 6

1 ,4 3 6
4 9 ,7 6 7

2 ,3 6 6
5 4 ,5 6 0

2 ,8 0 9
5 6 ,4 4 0

3 ,5 4 8

630

6 1 ,0 2 6

O k la h o m a ...........................

8 ,3 9 0

7 ,5 7 4

9 ,1 2 6

1 0 ,5 6 9

9 ,5 2 3

1 2 ,0 2 8

4 6 ,4 3 9
9 ,3 4 1

15,5 9 5
1 ,7 1 7
7 9 ,7 4 8

1 1 3 ,1 7 9
1 9 ,2 2 5
2 ,7 3 6

O h io ........................................

330
2 7 ,2 9 2

16,0 7 5
766
4 7 ,5 2 0

1 1 7 ,8 1 6
1 6 ,1 3 8

9 ,5 8 0

1 1 ,7 0 7

O re g o n ................................

4 ,1 0 0
3 6 ,7 3 7
3 ,7 9 8

4 ,6 2 9
3 1 ,1 4 6
2 ,6 4 0

9 ,3 2 9
4 1 ,1 2 0

7 ,2 5 2

6 ,8 3 1
4 4 ,1 5 2

1 2,475
5 2 ,4 7 1

6 ,1 7 2
4 5 ,6 9 7

1 4 ,0 8 0

3 ,8 9 3
262

4 ,3 6 6

4 ,6 3 6

3 ,2 4 3
4 ,7 0 0

3 ,7 8 4
5 ,0 5 4

3 ,1 3 5

2 ,9 1 4

4 ,9 5 1
4 ,6 4 9
2 ,9 4 7

N e b r a s k a .............................

P e n n s y lv a n ia ...................
R h o d e I s l a n d ...................
South C a r o lin a .................
South D a k o t a ....................

764

3 ,9 5 9
5 ,2 4 3
1 ,4 3 2

3 3 ,0 7 9

6 1 ,3 0 2
3 ,7 2 0

T e n n e s s e e ........................

5 ,1 9 7

9 ,1 3 2

9 ,3 7 6

5 5 ,5 0 2
1 ,7 6 0

6 0 ,9 3 4
2 ,2 9 2

9 ,6 9 5
7 5 ,0 3 1
3 ,7 1 1

10,301

T e x a s ...................................
Utah .....................................

6 6 ,5 1 2
3 ,9 8 0

V e r m o n t ..............................

196

V ir g in ia ..............................

1 3 ,535

71
1 2 ,2 7 0

416
2 0 ,4 8 7

1 ,3 0 8
1 7 ,7 2 4

6 3 ,5 3 9
4 ,1 5 1
677
1 1 ,5 6 8

W a s h in g to n .........................
W est V ir g in ia ....................
W is c o n s in ...........................

12,141

1 1 ,6 0 7

1 6 ,5 4 6

1 ,5 8 5
9 ,1 6 6

2 ,7 7 6

1 4 ,8 4 3
4 ,2 0 0

7 ,9 1 9

4 ,1 7 9
2 4 ,9 2 2

W yom in g..............................

521

895

1 ,5 3 3

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f ta b le .




9 ,3 1 5
7 7 ,5 6 4
6 ,7 9 4
430

535

j

7 ,1 3 4
4 4 ,1 4 1
3 ,0 6 1
4 ,9 6 9
813

6 2 ,8 6 5
4 ,5 7 6
5 ,7 3 7
1 ,5 9 3

1 2 2 ,4 6 0
1 5 ,6 4 0

9 1 ,4 6 5

3 ,6 3 7
9 5 ,2 0 2

1 3 ,7 2 9

1 0 ,7 1 3

1 3 ,2 3 9

1 3 ,8 4 6
8 3 ,2 5 0

1 1 ,8 5 2
7 0 ,6 6 0

1 8 ,3 3 9
7 9 ,6 4 2

5 ,9 0 8
6 ,1 0 5
3 ,7 2 2

3 ,6 7 8
5 ,5 8 4
3 ,2 8 8

5 ,5 5 1
5 ,6 9 2

2 ,7 6 9
9 2 ,2 8 4

3 ,0 4 9

9 ,1 2 7

1 3 ,2 6 6

17 ,1 7 4

1 8 ,3 5 8

1 4 ,4 6 2

3 2 ,1 0 6

5 7 ,9 2 9

6 4 ,3 9 1
4 ,1 8 0

7 3 ,2 9 9
7 ,7 3 7
1 ,2 5 2

6 9 ,8 7 3
7 ,8 1 1

8 1 ,9 4 1

53
2 4 ,9 8 5

7 9 ,6 1 5
8 ,0 6 3
374
3 9 ,5 9 7

14 ,6 6 4

3 ,5 3 3
153
2 3 ,1 2 0

1 7 ,5 8 4

1 6 ,6 2 7

1 7 ,8 5 7

1 9 ,3 5 6

3 9 ,8 6 4

3 3 ,5 0 2

8 ,0 9 3

3 ,1 7 6

2 ,9 7 2

4 ,4 1 3

3 1 ,7 5 4
5 ,4 8 7

3 7 ,0 1 0

3 ,4 7 7

4 ,6 3 5

3 0 ,2 7 9

2 9 ,9 0 5

38 ,0 4 1

1 2 ,2 2 6

1 4 ,4 6 7

3 4 ,3 2 8

4 3 ,6 3 5

8 ,2 0 9
5 0 ,9 8 4

1 ,2 9 0

1 ,1 6 9

1 ,5 9 9

716

1 ,8 3 4

1 ,5 4 6

1 ,9 7 5

3 9 ,9 8 9
1 ,7 6 8

3 9 ,8 0 9

1 0,791
336

613
2 9 ,0 7 4

3 4 ,5 0 4

2 ,1 4 6

33

Table A-8: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units, by State,
January-June, 1954—Continued
New dwelling units2—Valuation
Jan.
United States..............

(in thousands of dollars)
All permit-issuing places

Urban places

State
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

293,673 332,630 485,281 522,141 493,685 581,088

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

484,606 571,035 839,462 909,730 859,270 996,480

Alabama......................
Arizona.......................
Arkansas ....................
California...................
Colorado.....................

3,056
1,007
1,111
59,185
3,780

3,702
1,015
2,224
59,390
4,984

4,359
1,785
2,382
84,918
6,458

5,641
1,679
.2,730
83,564
5,533

5,589
1,307
2,742
81,013
6,278

5,685
1,409
2,741
89,885
7,739

4,408
6,758
3,855
6,105
6,869
7,209
5,590
7,322
6,522
6,210
5,189
7,939
1,352
1,797
2,264
3,118
2,294
3,108
99,746 110,735 140,114 155,359 135,475 166,927
6,789
8, 569 11,516 13,180 12,620 14,577

Connecticut................
Delaware...................
District of Columbia....
Florida.......................
Georgia.......................

2,215
130
1,900
15,759
4,852

3,310
94
1,203
15,343
4,186

6,569
426
2,027
16,057
7,448

6,691
228
1,292
16,159
5,751

5,574
308
961
18,496
6,630

13,344
728
4,792
18,488
11,644

6,017
625
1,900
25,408
8,519

12,170
1,226
1,203
25,055
8,438

17,768
2,306
2,027
32,454
11,833

17,117
2,910
1,292
27,072
11,717

17,811
2,643
961
34,739
11,585

26, 622
4,984
4,792
32,300
19,176

Idaho...........................
Illinois.......................
Indiana.......................
Iowa...........................
Kansas.......................

357
525
18,750 24,465
4,866
5,335
1,681
2,976
2,562
4,669

876
36,068
8,675
5,899
4,657

1,383
46,603
13,945
9,080
7,874

1,352
47,720
9,860
7,432
5,038

1,263
45,376
9, 846
9,856
6,207

357
584
25,918 33,703
7,378 10,178
1,728
2,926
4,699
6,213

961
55,022
15,953
5,640
7,732

1,472
65,302
22,190
8,640
9,195

1,606
63,903
19,173
7, 053
6,280

1,541
65,086
19,823
9,383
8,188

10,439
11,314
372
22,476
20,023

8,907
10,294
1,047
25,432
19,159

8,652
8,987
1,110
21,789
18,721

13,807
11,237
2,094
22,707
19,983

Kentucky....................
Louisiana...................
Maine.........................
Maryland.....................
Massachusetts............

946
4,590
1,285
6,001
8,506

1,778
6,359
163
7,667
7,975

2,784
8,121
277
4,275
16,323

2,753
7,725
1,070
3,923
15,614

2,664
6,965
1,023
3,420
14,758

4,075.
7,453
3,027
4,305
16,051

2,990
5,571
6,447
8,138
248
133
13,927 22,267
9,640
9,445

Michigan......................
Minnesota....................
Mississippi................
Missouri.....................
Montana......................

12,311
1,788
1,521
8,939
230

13,063
4,159
2,171
7,390
341

20,770
7,029
1,930
14,622
749

25,836
11,728
2,482
9,567
1,555

33,315
9,967
2,244
9,448
1,571

36,564
11,102
3,237
15,857
1,498

26,162
4,511
1,359
11,506
235

30,731 46,855
7,906 12,951
1,956
1,627
9,639 18, 299
377
906

58,530
20,273
2,146
13,620
1,934

62,677
19,510
2,056
11,855
1,729

64,005
21,585
3,137
21,314
1,736

Nebraska ....................
Nevada.......................
New Hampshire..........
New Jersey................
New Mexico................

703
2,216
291
9,473
1,383

1,565
2,157
297
13,034
3,390

3,505
3,177
1,012
26,053
4,864

3,740
1,444
1,786
20,238
4,151

3,479
1,154
1,264
20,645
3,640

4,196
774
1,478
23,551
3,383

754
2,462
312
18,947
3,257

1,664
2,723
319
25,149
3,707

3,399
3,506
1,146
53,741
5,260

4,029
2,171
1,945
41,865
4,341

3,787
4,892
1,436
43,744
2,088

4,506
6,305
1,699
45,729
3,667

36, 243 22,330
3,777
7, 372
162
210
11,745 17,280
2,659
5,149

25,770
6, 208
1,042
24,717
5,650

35,394
5,139
1,480
36,042
6,079

26,303
5,947
1,852
30,363
5,008

37,239
6,304
2,294
35,727
7,415

61,345
4,926
161
26,282
3,361

51,009 68,136
8,782
8,394
1,036
219
28,368 45,901
6,518
6,979

80,306
7,106
1,525
61,547
7,159

69,328
7,737
1,677
58,465
5,998

82,821
8,160
2,194
64,613
8,075

2,259
9,695
1,514
2,166
485

3,695
20,270
2,769
2,530
788

3,856
18,487
2,078
2,103
2,181

3,619
19,004
1,825
1,792
1,524

4,881
25,579
2,125
2,393
1,967

3,072
13,925
2,545
2,156
144

4,008
6,581
20,917 35,208
1,878
3,206
2,337
2,746
792
484

8,212
34,667
2,558
2,676
2,109

6,992
39,541
2,208
2,208
1,628

8,699
46,846
2,541
3,162
2,104

1,917
4,243
26,151 34,200
642
1,458
22
55
8,349
7,633

4,208
46,061
2,134
299
11,945

4,642
3,792
4,677
41,677 38,576 43,205
2,260
3,711
2,509
600
346
263
8,729
8,031
6,919

9,194
2,189
10,796
923

8, 538 11,072
2,448
2,235
17,431 14,733
961
739

New York...................
North Carolina............
North Dakota..............
Ohio...........................
Oklahoma....................
Oregon .......................
Pennsylvania...........
Rhode Island..............
South Carolina............
South Dakota..............
Tennessee..................
Texas.........................
Utah...........................
Vermont.....................
Virginia......................
Washington.................
West Virginia..............
Wisconsin...................
Wyoming.....................

1,978
6,711
2,313
1,794
105

3,887
568
2,848
408

See footnotes at end of table.




4,885
1,364
4,664
742

9,561
2,949
15, 702
1,430

7,488
9,168
4,486
9,363
7,215 10,601
27,174 36,273 48,252 45,462 41,621 46,148
7,157
2,588
5,768
5,281
2,286
5,294
22
40
276
630
246
254
15,732 17,856 24,533 20,005 18,580 22,335
8,019
674
5,472
383

9,039
1,496
8,391
1,031

19,577
2,438
18,006
939

22,282
2,596
26,291
1,075

22,081
2,452
21,913
1,194

19,490
2,910
23,716
1,667

34

Table A-8:~ Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units, by State,
January-June, 1954-Continued
Other new building construction—Valuation
Urban places

State
Jan.
United States..............

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

(in thousands of dollars)
All permit issuing places

May

June

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

250,042 233,663 308,369 315,091 302,754 351, 719 339,658 306,610 462,899 470,457 437,753 494,601

Alabama.......................
Arizona.......................
Arkansas.....................
California....................
Colorado......................

3,401
1,037
2,118
33,357
3,180

2,000
774
1,215
29,828
2,950

3,329
4,237
775
30,469
2,247

1,565
2,221
2,549
35,146
1,796

Connecticut..................
Delaware.....................
District of Columbia ....
Florida.........................
Georgia........................

3,187
91
307
13,665
6,340

1,796
376
295
17,389
6,582

4,832
245
6,514
10,587
4,540

2,433
2,425
511
9,072
6,328

Idaho ...........................
Illinois.........................
Indiana.........................
Iowa.............................
Kansas.........................

95
16,429
11,699
3,246
3,044

157
21,210
6,864
2,439
3,432

970
11,406
5,840
2,446
4,261

Kentucky......................
Louisiana....................
Maine...........................
Maryland .....................
Massachusetts ............

808
3,079
352
1,429
3,456

878
2,697
88
888
4,106

Michigan ......................
Minnesota....................
Mississippi..................
Missouri.......................
Montana .......................

11,500
3,278
2,436
5,501
51

Nebraska......................
Nevada.........................
New Hampshire............
New Jersey..................
New Mexico..................

3,883
1,945
750
1,649
17,527
2,676
30,401 46,830
1,803
6,365

4,766
1,815
2,810
44,928
4,662

2,628
1,977
1,678
46,446
3,533

4,047
8,118
1,206
43,916
3,378

2,056
4,596
3,202
58,323
5,192

2,668
4,458
17,570
47,054
3,623

4,495
5,775
2,861
67,510
7,633

2,297
194
2,312
12,189
3,843

2,590
281
3,131
13,428
25,533

4,884
192
307
19,413
8, 233

4,662
689
295
20,793
7,275

8,880
1,837
6,514
13,596
7,075

6,926
2,503
511
11,947
9,587

4,111
1,813
2,312
14,822
5,725

7,122
1,646
3,131
18,984
28,479

458
19,886
9,477
5,572
3,099

478
23,715
7,761
4,393
5,080

1,605
13,681
6,329
4,594
4,387

124
18,726
12,780
3,235
3,142

176
24,409
7,541
2,684
4,076

1,500
14,910
7,830
2,637
5,142

771
25,261
12,508
6,442
4,206

699
25,699
9,985
4,427
6,520

2,010
19,408
10,028
5,103
6,476

4,925
2,449
295
1,656
14,128

6,740
4,164
1,415
1,689
14,205

3,678
3,497
196
1,910
16,139

4,028
5,353
1,039
3,200
6,152

935
6,007
802
8,152
4,963

1,021
3,297
81
3,744
4,974

25,264
3,983
1,318
8,099
15,167

8,447
5,423
2,542
6,499
19,652

9,414
5,209
239
4,947
16,811

4,719
5,939
1,101
15,741
10,192

9,170
2,264
2,035
5,563
1,156

24, 792
7, 296
3,105
10,048
2,024

19,321
11,351
1,590
9,110
1,808

15,092
8,391
1,303
5,857
2,391

21,589
2,579
2,129
16,901
2,589

15,319
5,275
2,467
6,139
56

14,173
4,444
2,100
5,847
1,168

32, 287 26,627
27,453 13,327
3,057
1,522
10,626 14,543
2,041
2,285

37,168
10,852
1,291
8, 583
3,441

26,999
3,755
2,501
17,657
3,028

746
103
225
4,651
521

1,492
1,238
127
4,641
1,436

3,260
1,054
356
9,243
3,619

2,150
682
885
8,235
1,811

1,795
456
242
8, 322
1,059

3,895
151
784
10,245
2,775

818
215
485
20,954
944

1,659
1,455
159
6,446
1,663

3,647
4,163
396
12,964
4,034

2,508
2,637
947
18,490
1,859

2,292
4,679
538
12,986
2,449

4,031
6,093
804
14,004
2,944

New York......................
North Carolina ............
North Dakota................
Ohio.............................
Oklahoma.....................

20,011
4,658
37
11,873
5,014

24,674
2,927
522
11,184
1,606

26,405
4,540
262
19,955
2, 721

21,696
4, 385
564
11,545
3,788

19,343
12,073
638
18,442
3,315

14,390
4,380
988
17,052
3,662

28,711 32,058
5,390
5,702
356
411
16,026 14,060
5,290
2,207

33,190 34,338
5,474
6,084
550
834
28,016 21,611
5,801
3,913

34,461
9,618
738
24,490
3,470

22,102
5,758
1,156
20,717
4,018

Oregon.........................
Pennsylvania..............
Rhode Island..............
South Carolina............
South Dakota................

1,336
25,018
1,199
1,588
45

1,379
16,425
908
1,737
130

4,064
15,210
795
2, 223
376

1,693
34,648
966
1,926
586

1,824
14,480
819
2,233
893

5,174
19,056
2,420
1,530
719

2,147
26,575
927
2,395
264

2,035
17,936
936
2,100
164

5,659
3,331
21,401 40,130
904
2,611
2,506
2,841
520
1,214

3,268
19,926
865
2,621
1,132

6,820
23,907
2,638
1,784
638

Tennessee....................
Texas...........................
Utah.............................
Vermont.......................
Virginia.......................

1,748
3,823
4,273
21,362 20,791 21,004
706
646
1,263
61
7
3
3,932
6,436
3,153

3,574
18,101
884
323
6,663

4,474
2,875
17,149 25,838
1,138
2,669
340
75
2,138
3,185

3,231
22,755
789
6
5,814

4,594
6,307
6,883
22,157 23,299 20,940
1,510
1,347
1,763
1
50
252
4,637 12,286 16,631

5,918
20,038
1,638
324
8,478

19,058
26,905
3,079
74
6,689

4,485
817
10,671
83

4,391
577
12,187
238

4,437
4,013
19,878
55

8,352
2,005
4,806
271

12,238
1,395
14,395
355

10,457
4,074
24,203
354

Washington..................
West Virginia..............
Wisconsin ...................
Wyoming.......................

7,006
573
4,536
62

See footnotes at end of table.




5,639
932
2,028
72

5,194
1,207
10,889
541

8,902
992
4,666
609

17,453
1,238
12,756
529

6,944
1,956
14,563
643

35

Table A-8: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units, by State,
January-June, 1954-Continued
Number of new dwelling units2
All permit issuing places

Urban places

State
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Jan.

Feb.

United States..............

35,003

38, 951

55,614

58,046

53,495

63,109

56,485

66,148

94,995 100,187

92,263 108,121

Alabama.......................
Arizona.......................
Arkansas.....................
California...................
Colorado .....................

519
160
222
7,107
508

631
136
326
7, 329
644

752
236
340
10,046
940

962
335
421
9,516
704

931
'203
388
9,310
827

973
221
370
10,325
958

635
718
283
12,226
802

769
745
264
13,838
1,004

1,044
940
325
16,778
1,499

1,147
1,144
442
18,227
1,451

1,171
911
330
15,952
1,519

1,127
861
422
19,469
1,706

Connecticut..................
Delaware.....................
District of Columbia ....
Florida .......................
Georgia.......................

223
9
265
1,991
785

322
8
196
2,112
628

631
46
396
2,692
1,096

679
20
158
2,203
807

564
22
99
2,361
901

1,217
71
762
2,465
1,601

509
63
265
3,383
1,402

1,110
139
196
3,497
1,401

1,566
226
396
4,168
1,743

1,514
334
158
3,646
1,625

1,574
156
99
4,452
1,629

2,290
635
762
4,022
2,738

Idaho ...........................
Illinois.........................
Indiana.........................
Iowa.............................
Kansas.........................

44
1,686
587
175
357

73
2,006
603
317
629

107
3,016
963
580
662

156
4,063
1,702
889
985

129
4,037
1,143
723
673

150
3,874
1,167
1,091
813

39
2,279
816
183
581

75
2,808
1,068
311
761

113
4,554
1,626
562
983

159
5,517
2,535
841
1,112

169
5,418
2,077
715
790

189
5,547
2,370
1,037
1,033

Kentucky.....................
Louisiana....................
Maine...........................
Maryland .....................
Massachusetts ............

122
632
254
789
875

223
760
21
869
900

414
936
38
650
1,793

376
900
120
455
1,756

380
764
116
406
1,704

467
848
356
517
1,691

353
791
30
1,673
979

628
927
15
2,300
1,111

1,229
1,291
44
2,614
2,225

1,002
1,192
111
3,351
2,216

1,100
972
134
2,361
2,118

1,510
1,215
249
2,778
2,139

Michigan.....................
Minnesota ....................
Mississippi..................
Missouri.......................
Montana.......................

1,292
163
248
957
27

1,256
333
362
849
38

1,941
587
338
1,560
109

2,539
1,013
355
1,198
173

3,219
885
364
935
176

3,472
934
475
1,652
160

2,464
441
238
1,252
27

3,061
677
343
1,082
41

4,597
1,110
291
1,954
127

5,862
1,873
325
1,578
211

6,319
1,715
336
1,203
188

6,337
1,894
475
2,252
201

Nebraska.....................
Nevada.........................
New Hampshire............
New Jersey..................
New Mexico.................

89
250
39
1,080
236

205
227
31
1,309
529

468
335
121
2,573
626

469
189
212
2,052
573

429
149
156
2, 052
458

512
94
169
2,411
499

97
296
44
2,083
492

222
326
34
2,669
571

469
469
143
6,920
703

516
313
234
4,332
602

471
638
182
4,487
301

554
840
204
4,626
682

New York ....................
North Carolina............
North Dakota................
Ohio.............................
Oklahoma.....................

4,094
634
20
1,027
346

2,701
1,019
17
1,500
716

2,785
859
107
2,098
817

3,941
687
132
3, 253
820

2,873
755
173
2,571
701

3,597
883
217
3,130
1,000

6,892
781
19
2,117
435

5,816
1,247
18
2,440
861

7,197
1,194
111
3,984
966

9,034
964
150
5,339
929

7,074
989
164
5,122
764

8,134
1,159
213
5,667
1,055

Oregon...........................
Pennsylvania..............
Rhode Island ..............
South Carolina............
South Dakota................

204
598
287
244
19

247
1,046
178
328
81

373
2,076
388
380
108

390
1,868
234
318
281

347
1,792
205
268
228

460
2,547
240
351
255

333
1,306
315
367
24

457
2,146
225
374
81

690
3,788
438
418
111

851
3,301
298
383
264

714
3,627
260
338
245

884
4,610
312
436
267

Tennessee...................
Texas...........................
Utah.............................
Vermont.......................
Virginia.......................

341
3,495
75
2
1,164

729
4,310
154
7
921

757
5,886
224
27
1,518

751
5,356
252
51
957

577
4,851
228
30
704

741
5,291
399
38
910

665
3,671
241
2
2,399

1,174
4,622
261
5
2,464

1,478
6,243
616
24
3,036

1,388
5,896
541
52
2,384

1,076
5,279
533
24
1,989

1,503
5,712
737
25
2,697

Washington..................
West Virginia..............
Wisconsin...................
Wyoming.......................

386
62
264
50

448
146
447
84

856
251
1,021
91

761
277
1,638
99

1,013
229
1,369
77

833
308
1,444
150

856
85
482
51

932
171
743
118

1,980
286
1,629
97

2,014
300
2,410
119

2,155
260
2,022
141

1,866
315
2,186
179

1 Inclu des additions, alterations, and repairs, not shown
separately.
2 H ousekeeping only.




Mar.

Apr.

May

Jan.

^ P ercent in cre a se e x c e e d s 300.
4 Change o f le s s than on e-half o f 1 percent.

June

36

Table A-9:-Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and Region, January-June, 1954
Region

Jan.

|

Feb.

|

Valuation (inmillions of dollars)
Mar.
1
Apr.
1
May
ALL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Urban places

June

Jan.-June total

904.9
181.9
310.5
232.2
180.4

1,060.2
207. 5
345.7
282.5
224.5

5,077.5
1,067.8
l! 575.0
1,361.9
1,072.8

1,426.5
1,519.4
1,426.4
322.0
319.2
356.4
460.0
408.4
478.9
342. 8
336.2
369.9
326.2
341.4
311.0
Percent change, old to new series

1,649.1
346.4
491.7
423.2
387.8

7,907.9
1,775.0
2,308.8
1,998.8
1,825.2

+58
+75
+48
+45
+72

+56
+67
+42
+50
+73

+56
+66
+47
+47
+70

500.0
91.0
178.3
115.8
114.8

587.6
123.9
197.1
139.4
127.1

2,755.8
548.4
861.1
706.8
639.5

923.0
868.9
854.2
203.1
195.1
202.5
282.0
295.4
236.9
196.6
209.6
189.3
205.2
227.9
202.5
Percent change, old to new series
+73
+74
+72
+100
+114
+93
+58
+58
+65
+60
+61
+63
+70
+94
+76
NEWNONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Urban places

1,005.4
230.1
309.6
225.2
240.5

4,724.4
1,067.1
1,382.1
1,114.5
1,160.6

+71
+86
+57
+62
+89

+71
+95
+61
+58
+81

United States..........
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

617.2
140.9
155.4
181.8
139.1

649.5
131.6
174.8
199.8
143.3

United States..........
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

910.9
219.1
220.4
252.9
218.5

975.6
212.0
249.5
273.8
240.4

United States..........
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

+48
+56
+42
+39
+57

+50
+61
+43
+37
+68

United States..........
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

301.8
67.7
67.1
90.0
77.0

337.9
59.4
87.8
108.5
82.1

United States............
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

495.3
113.6
116.2
131.0
134.5

577.6
122.8
141.9
162.9
150.1

United States ..........
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

+64
+68
+73
+46
+75

+71
+107
+62
+50
+83

United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.........................

241.9
57.5
71.3
67.6
45.5

228.4
51.8
64.7
67.7
44.3

297.1
69.6
95.9
77.9
53.7

United States..........
Northeast ................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

329.0
87.5
85.4
94.1
62.0

300.0
65.8
82.7
83.8
67.8

United States ..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.........................

+36
+52
+20
+39
+36

+31
+27
+28
+24
+53

428.2
457.2
448.2
122.1
91.7
89.3
142.2
141.0
141.5
110.1
114.8
125.7
89.8
81.9
83.5
Percent change, old to new series
+44
+50
+51
+44
+50
+32
+41
+47
+39
+28
+50
+61
+72
+86
+67




895.6
193.3
266.6
238.9
196.8

950.1
212.7
322.0
226.7
188.7
All permit issuing places

+60
+59
+67
+68
+49
+53+55
+51
+66
+81
NEWRESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Urban places
532.0
4%. 6
101.1
105.3
187.2
143.5
131.2
121.8
117.7
120.7
All permit issuing places

305.2
81.5
101.6
73.6
48.6
All permit issuing places

296.4
61.8
100.6
89.9
44.1

345.2
55.6
110.2
106.7 .
72.7

1,714.3
377.7
544.3
483.4
308.9

485.7
80.4
137.1
155.0
113.2

2,448.2
536.8
729.8
683.5
498.2

+41
+45
+24
+45
+56

+43
+42
+34
+41
+61

Table A-9: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and Region, January-June, 1954-Continued
Valuation

Region

Jan.

Feb.

United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.......................

73.5
15.7
17.0
24.2
16.6

83.2
20.5
22.2
23-6
16.9

United States........
Northeast...............
North Central........
South.....................
West.......................

86.6
18.0
18-8
27.8
22.0

98.0
23-5
24.9
27.1
22.6

United States........
Northeast..............
North Central........
South .....................
West.......................

+18
+15
+11
+15
+33

+18
+15
+12
+15
+34

(inmillions of dollars)

Mar.
Apr.
May
ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND REPAIRS
Urban places
108.5
101.9
112.8
29.0
22.7
25.9
33-2
27.2
31-5
29-8
26.5
31-3
22.4
21.5
22.3
All permit issuing places
124.1
27.9
30.4
34.7
31.1
Percent change,
+22
+23
+12
+16
+39

139.2
31-2
42.0
36.0
30.0

June

Jan.-June total

127.4
28.0
38.4
36.3
24.7

607.4
141.8
169-5
171.7
124.4

129.3
34.7
35-8
32.2
26.6

158.0
35.8
45-0
43-0
34.1

735.3
171. 1
196.9
200.8
166. 5

+19
+20
+14
+22
+24

+24
+28
+17
+18
+38

+21
+21
+16
+17
+34

old to new series
+23
+20
+27
+15
+34

Table A-10: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure and Region, January-June, 1954
Number of new dwelling units (housekeeping only)
Region

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

|

May

Apr.

June

,J Jan.-June total

ALL NEWDWELLING UNITS
Urban places
United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.........................

35,003
7,452
6,636
11,868
9,047

38,951
6,515
8,243
14,284
9,909

55,614
10,432
13,111
18,128
13,943

53, 495
9,492
16,385
14,701
12,917

63,109
12,266
18,561
18,033
14,249

304, 218
57,070
81,098
92,837
73,213

United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.......................

56,485
12,160
10,755
17,489
16,081

66,148
13,131
13,272
21,377
18,368

100,187
92,263
94,995
21,092
22, 345
19,481
21,690
27,997
26, 261
25,466
23,301
26,948
25,632
24,012
23,220
Percent change, old to new series

108,121
22,589
29,357
28,561
27,614

518,199
110,798
129,332
143,142
134,927

United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.....................
West........................

+61
+63
+62
+47
+78

+70
+102
+61
+50
+85

+72
+105
+60
+58
+80

+71
+84
+58
+58
+94

+70
+94
+59
+54
+84




+71
+114
+65
+49
+72

58,046
10,913
18,162
15,823
13,148
All permit issuing places

+73
+93
+54
+61
+95

38

Table A-10: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure and Region, January-June, 1954-Continued
Number of new dwelling units (housekeeping only)
Region
|
__________________ 1

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.
1-FAMILY HOUSES

Mar.

May

June

Jan.-June total

Urban places
United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

23,276
2,819
4,901
9,840
5,716

29,856
4,006
7,608
11,165
7,077

43,475
7,645
11,463
14,544
9,823

United States...........
Northeast.................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.........................

43,757
7 444
8,987
15,255
12,071

55,269
10,411
12,511
17,549
14,798

79,073
17 710
19,538
23,077
18,748

+88
+164
+83
+55
+111

+85
+160
+64
+57
+109

47,104
7,827
15,617
13,677
9,983

44,345
7,494
14,126
12,918
9,807

49,954
8, 882
15,985
14,365
10,722

238,010
38,673
69,700
76,509
53,128

81,556
17,295
23,’ 804
21,0$1
19,406

93,134
18,605
26* 725
24,502
23,302

441,013
89,209
117*073
124,620
110,111

+86
+109
+67
+71
+117

+85
+131
+68
+63
+107

All permit issuing places
88,224
17,744
25, 508
23,186
21,786

Percent change, old to new series
United States..........
Northeast................
North Central...........
South.......................
West.........................

+82
+132
+70
+59
+91

+87
+127
+63
+70
+118

+84
+131
+69
+63
+98

UNITS IN 2-FAMILY STRUCTURES
Urban pi aces
United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.........................

1,547
319
290
485
453

1,916
387
304
661
564

2, 528
558
377
840
753

2,259
584
439
707
529

2,422
532
557
766
567

13,228
2,916
2,550
4,214
3,548

United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West........................

2,073
400
295
600
778

2,503
482
378
760
883

2,954
640
607
850
857

17,020
3,669
3,014
4,816
5,521

United States..........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.......................

+34
+25
+ 2
+24
+72

+31
+25
+24
+15
+57

3,192
2,887
3,411
742
710
695
537
638
559
816
956
834
1,010
770
1,223
Percent change, old to new -series
+28
+25
+35
+32
+27
+25
+27
+42
+ 9
+10
+14
+15
+62
+48
+46

+22
+20
+9
+11
+51

+29
+26
+18
+14
+56

6,891
1,414
1,820
1,076
2,581

10,733
2,852
2,019
2,902
2,960

52,980
15,481
8,848
12,114
16,537

7,820
8,771
12,511
3,940
2,638
1,444
1,898
1,851
1,615
1,434
1,446
2,915
3,044
4,041
2,836
Percent change, old to new series

12,033
3,344
2,025
3,209
3,455

60,166
17,920
9,245
13,706
19,295

+13
+ 2
+4
+33
+18

+12
+17
( l)
+11
+17

+14
+16
+4
+13
+17

2, 556
536
583
755
682
All permit issuing pliaces

UNITS IN3-OR-MORE FAMILY STRUCTURES
Urban places
United States...........
Northeast................
North Central..........
South.......................
West.........................

10,180
4,314
1,445
1,543
2,878

7,179
2,122
331
2,458
2,268

United States..........
Northeast..................
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................

10,655
4,316
1,473
1,634
3,232

8,376
2,238
383
3,068
2,687

United States ..........
Northeast ...............
North Central..........
South .......................
West.........................
1 Change of less

+ 5
(l)
+ 2
+6
+12

+17
+5
+16
+25
+18




chan one-half of

1 percent.

9,, 611
2,229
1,271
2,744
3,367

+30
+77
+27
+6
+20

8,386
2, 550
1,962
1,391
2,483
All1permit issuing pliaces

+ 5
+ 3
- 6
+4
+14

39

Table A-11: Indexes of Building Permit Valuations, by Type of Building Construction, 1929-561
Index numbers (1947-49-100)

Year

All
building
construc­
tion

New
residential
building2

New
nonresidential
building

89.5
51.2
36.1
13.2
10.9
11.2
19.2
30.5
33.7
34.2
40.4
47.5
52.6
40.7

80.8
34.5
24.6
6.1
5.1
4.3
10.6
21.0
22.5
26.0
34.1
38.3
45.2
26.0

137.4
100.3
68.4
27.9
19.3
19.2
29.9
43.6
48.4
45.7
47.3
63.2
66.0
69.8

1929..........
1930..........
1931..........
1932..........
1933..........
1934..........
1935..........
1936..........
1937..........
1938..........
1939..........
1940..........
1941..........
1942..........

Additions,
alterations,
and
repairs
71.6
46.6
34.9
17.2
17.3
22.3
30.2
38.2
44.5
37.5
40.9
40.6
44.2
29.5

1 Indexes for 1929-41 were derived by applying link rela tives to
data obtained from all reporting c it ie s , the number o f which in cre a se d
steadily each year to almost 2,500 in 1941; those for 1942-53 were




Year

All
building
construc­
tion

1943 ..........
1944..........
1945..........
1946..........
1947..........
1948..........
1949..........
1950..........
1951..........
1952..........
1953..........
1954..........
1955..........
1956..........

19.0
16.6
29.6
71.4
83.7
104.9
111.3
157.7
134.2
134.2
114.5
160.1
184.0
182.2

New
residential
building2
16.5
9.8
18.8
71.1
83.6
101.8
114.6
176.2
141.6
145.9
142.1
164.8
192.9
169.6

New
nonresidential
building
20.3
20.3
38.3
67.4
79.2
109.5
111.3
145.9
130.1
121.5
153.9
162.6
181.1
215.2

Additions,
alterations.
and
repairs
25.3
33.5
50.4
81.6
94.4
106.3
99.2
115.6
116.1
119.7
132.3
128.5
144.2
160.0

based on the urban building estim ates, and th ose s in c e 1953 were
com puted from data for all perm it-issuing p la c e s ,
2 Inclu des h o te ls , dorm itories, tourist ca b in s, and other non­
housek eepin g resid en tial buildin gs.

40
Table Q-l: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas, Annually, 1954-56

Valuation
Type of building construction

(in millions of dollars)

1954
All building construction ..................... 16,485.8
New dwelling units1 ............................ 9,855.6
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2
136.2
New nonresidential buildings...... .......... 5,024.1
Commercial buildings ....................... 1,591.4
Amusement buildings......................
97.6
60.1
Commercial garages.......................
Gasoline and service stations........
119.9
454.1
Office buildings ............................
859.6
Stores and other mercantile bldgs. ..
Community buildings......................... 1,875.3
Educational buildings.................... 1,177.7
Institutional buildings....................
336.2
Religious buildings.......................
361.5
Garages, private residential...............
166.4
Industrial buildings...........................
662.3
318.1
Public buildings................................
209.4
Public utilities buildings..................
All other nonresidential buildings......
201.1
Additions, alterations, and repairs........ 1,469.9

Percent
change

1956
1954-55 1955-56
1955
UNITEDSTATES

Valuation
(in millions of dollars)

1954

Percent
change

1956 1954-55
1955
METROPOLITAN AREAS

19 55 -56

18, 939.0 18, 760.7
11, 535.1 10,138.5
161.1
142.2
5,593.7 6,649. 7
1,858.7 2, 078. 0
99.4
113.4
66.7
60.0
140.0
165.5
553.4
734.4
999.1 1,004.7
1,946. 2 2, 225.7
1, 242. 3 1, 407.1
367.8
307.7
396.2
450.8
187.6
201. 9
830.4 1,260.5
306.6
326.9
326.7
273.1
191.0
229.9
1,649.1 1,830.4
NORTHEAST

+15
+17
+18
+11
+17
+2
+11
+17
+22
+16
+4
+5
- 8
+10
+13
+25
- 4
+30
- 5
+12

“ 1 13,180.7 15,108.9 14,667.4
-12 8,107. 3 9, 357.1 7,980.2
90.6
-12
81.1
94.4
+19 3, 836. 9 4,352.3 5,151.3
+12 1,280.1 1,496.4 1,665.0
76.0
93.2
+14
72.3
52.4
57.6
-10
51.3
+18
74.2
87.4
107.1
393.4
475.0
636.7
+33
687.8
+ 1
776.8
800.5
+14 1,365.2 1,457.2 1,643.9
921.1 1,030.1
845.4
+13
253.8
246.8
+20
288.1
325.7
+14
266.0
289.3
+8
131.6
150.2
161.8
+52
528.8
672.1 1,025.5
223.0
240.6
217.8
+7
+20
155.2
191.4
249.9
+20
153.0
187.4
144.3
+11 1,155.4 1, 305.1 1,445.2
NORTHCENTRAL

+15
+15
+16
+13
+17
+5
+10
+18
+21
+16
+7
+9
- 3
+9
+14
+27
+8
+23
- 6
+13

- 3
-15
- 4
+18
+11
+23
-11
+23
+34
- 3
+13
+12
+17
+13
+8
+53
- 9
+31
+30
+11

All building construction...................... 3,663.9 4,129.6 4,047.8
New dwelling units1 ............................. 2,159.1 2,500.1 2,196.6
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2
18.6
25.5
30.9
New nonresidential buildings ............... 1,149.6 1,233.8 1,431.6
Commercial buildings.........................
355.6
428.0
464.5
Amusement buildings......................
22.7
23.1
16.3
Commercial garages.......................
20.7
16.4
17.7
23.6
29.8
Gasoline and service stations........
20.9
128.2
Office buildings.............................
182.4
207.8
189.2
Stores and other mercantile bldgs. ..
165.7
183.5
Community buildings............. ............
439.4
438.6
529.7
Educational buildings....................
281.2
292.8
334.5
56.7
86.4
Institutional buildings....................
98.9
89.0
Religious buildings.......................
96.3
71.9
Garages, private residential...............
38.6
41.5
40.3
156.1
194.4
243.0
Industrial buildings...........................
47.2
Public buildings................................
91.1
36.3
31.0
63.2
Public utilities buildings..................
52.9
All other nonresidential buildings......
42.5
37.9
43.3
336.6
394.1
364.9
Additions, alterations, and repairs........
SOUTH

+13
+16
+66
+ 7
+20
-29
- 7
+13
+42
+14
(3)
+4
-34
+24
+4
+25
-60
+71
+14
+8

- 2
-12
-17
+16
+9
+39
+26
+26
+14
- 3
+21
+14
+74
+8
+3
+25
+30
+19
- 2
+8

4,838.1 5,715.4 5,670. 7
2,905.8 3, 488. 5 3,137.0
35.2
32.1
29.1
1,493.0 1,748.7 1,991.4
446.1
491.8
539.4
35.7
31.5
28.3
23.7
23.9
13.1
43.0
50.7
38.1
127.0
113.8
171.4
266.6
242.0
268. 5
682. 4
528.5
642.3
396.2
445.8
336.9
94.6
81.7
120.0
126.1
109.9
141.9
108.6
97.6
81.6
451.0
222.2
315.9
73.2
63.8
80.8
99.8
90.7
92.9
50.6
46.4
27.3
449.2
404.1
510.2

+18
+20
-17
+17
+10
+11
- 1
+13
+12
+10
+22
+18
+47
+15
+20
+42
+10
+2
-46
+11

- 1
-10
+10
+14
+10
+13
-45
+18
+35
+ 1
+6
+13
-21
+13
+11
+43
-21
+7
+70
+14

All building construction...................... 4,144.7 4,667.7 4,462.6
New dwelling units1 ............................. 2,339.5 2, 700.9 2,347.1
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2
42.1
38.5
60.3
New nonresidential buildings ............... 1,374.9 1,455.4 1,591.5
532.6
Commercial buildings ........................
591.8
473. 1
33.2
Amusement buildings......................
26.5
24.5
15.2
19.4
10.7
Commercial garages.......................
37.2
46.2
Gasoline and service stations........
55.5
127.9
195.9
Office buildings.............................
130.9
303.0
300.7
270.7
Stores and other mercantile bldgs. ..
505.7
557.1
540.8
Community buildings.........................
322.7
Educational buildings....................
293.9
292.3
83.8
100. 5
123.8
Institutional buildings....................
Religious buildings.......................
123.0
129.7
133.8
Garages, private residential...............
19.0
17.4
18.9
Industrial buildings...........................
189.7
167.0
145.4
Public buildings................................
79.6
98.5
109.3
Public utilities buildings ...................
86.8
50. 5
95.5
All other nonresidential buildings......
56.6
40.0
46.5
Additions, alterations, and repairs........
451.1
391.9
481.9

+13
+15
+57
+6
+13
+25
+81
+24
+2
+12
- 6
- 1
-32
+5
+9
-13
+37
+72
+22
+15

- 4
-13
-30
+9
+11
-26
-22
+20
+50
- 1
+10
+10
+20
+3
- 1
+30
-10
+10
-29
+ 7

3,839.1 4, 426.2 4,579.7
2,451.2 2, 845. 7 2,457. 9
40.8
42.4
43.9
1,006. 6 1,155.9 1,635.2
316.7
482.3
406.3
18.4
19.8
30.5
7.7
11.0
7.1
23.7
29.4
27.3
113.2
84.3
159.3
181.2
252.1
240.3
366.6
359.6
456.6
261.0
304.1
265.7
47.2
73.8
44.3
56.6
51.4
78.7
30.7
28.8
32.8
117.0
376.8
174.7
74.2
117.4
80.3
37.2
68.2
40.5
66.1
63.8
101.0
444.2
337.3
383.9

+15
+16
- 7
+15
+28
- 7
- 8
+15
+34
+33
- 2
- 2
+7
- 9
+7
+49
+8
+9
- 3
+14

+ 3
-14
+4
+41
+19
+66
+55
+8
+41
+5
+27
+17
+56
+53
+7
+116
+46
+68
+58
+16

1 Housekeeping only.
2 Includes hotels, motels, and tourist courts.




WEST

^ Change of less than one-half of 1 percent.

41

Table 3-2: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas,
Monthly, 1954-56

construction

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

All building construction1...........
New dwelling units2....................
New nonresidential buildings ......
Commercial buildings...............
Amusement buildings ...........
Commercial garages ............
Gasoline & service stations ..
Office buildings....................
Stores & other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings................
Educational buildings...........
Institutional buildings.........
Religious buildings .............
Garages, private residential....
Industrial buildings..................
Public buildings.....................
Public utilities buildings.........
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs ..

912.0
485.6
329.0
80.8
4.0
1.9
6.3
20.2
48.4
143.0
95.2
28.5
19.3
4.8
56.3
14.4
12.4
17.3
86.7

979.7 1,424.9
576.1 843.3
299.0 442.7
93.8 131.7
3.8
11.7
7.2
2.9
9.9
6.9
28.0
28.1
52.2
74.9
111.9 175.6
80.8 110.8
11.9
37.3
19.2
27.5
6.8
11.9
28.7
73.3
33.1
14.3
18.8
11.5
13.2
17.1
98.0 124.1

All building construction1...........
New dwelling units2....................
New nonresidential buildings......
Commercial buildings...............
Amusement buildings...........
Commercial garages.............
Gasoline & service stations..
Office buildings..................
Stores & other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings................
Educational buildings.........
Institutional buildings.........
Religious buildings.............
Garages, private residential....
Industrial buildings................
Public buildings.....................
Public utilities buildings.........
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs ..

761.9
414.0
268.6
64.2
3.1
1.7
4.0
16.7
38.6
114.2
77.9
20.5
. 15.7
3.8
52.3
10.5
9.6
14.1
70.3

779.7 1,150.0
479.3 697.8
218.7 343.1
72.7 102.9
2.3
9.9
2.6
6.6
4.0
6.3
23.2
23.7
40.2
56.9
78.4 126.6
55.6
74.6
8.1
31.9
14.7
20.1
5.4
9.4
21.8
66.6
9.8
23.3
8.2
14.1
8.8
13.6
99.0
78.3

All building construction1...........
New dwelling units2....................
New nonresidential buildings......
Commercial buildings..............
Amusement buildings...........
Commercial garages .............
Gasoline &-service stations ..
Office buildings....................
Stores & other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings................
Educational buildings...........
Institutional buildings .........
Religious buildings...............
Garages, private residential....
Industrial buildings..................
Public buildings......................
Public utilities buildings.........
All other nonresidential bldgs. ..
Additions, alterations, & repairs ..

220.3
113.8
87.5
16.8
1.4
.8
1.1
3.4
10.0
33.5
20.5
7.7
5.4
.7
28.5
4.5
1.0
2.5
18.1

215.9
125.2
65.8
16.1
.8
1.0
.9
2.3
11.1
31.2
26.1
1.1
3.9
1.4
4.3
8.9
2.0
1.9
23.5

See footnotes at end of table.




325.9
203.7
91.7
26.3
.9
2.3
1.8
6.4
14.9
42.6
33.0
5.3
4.3
3.2
12.6
1.5
2.9
2.7
27.9

1954 Valuation (in millions of dollars)
Aug. Sept.
May
June
July
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
UNITEDSTATES
1,522.3 1,422.6 1,655.3 1,516.3 1,539.8 1,450.5 1,482.0 1,344.8 1,228.6
913.6 854.0 997.1 909.5 920.8 906.8 890.2 829.1 729.4
455.7 425.0 485.5 450.8 470.3 410.0 458.6 398.9 391.7
147.7 124.9 126.9 188.8 143.3 134.3 134.6 141.4 143.1
5.0
7.0
11.2
7.2
9.6
9.6
7.9
8.3
12.3
6.6
7.8
3.4
4.3
6.9
3.1
3.3
6.5
6.3
11.0
9.0
10.0
11.1
12.2
10.8
10.6
11.3
10.9
28.0
90.2
37.1
25.8
41.8
53.4
29.4
30.8
41.5
88.2
73.8
76.7
71.8
82.1
79.6
73.4
68.2
70.3
179.2 153.2 202.5 162.4 166.1 142.7 153.8 139.0 139.1
96.7
80.6
96.7
112.3
88.9
91.5 102.8 108.2 106.2
38.0
24.0
21.0
20.2
60.4
18.7
23.3
24.5
28.5
33.2
22.2
37.7
38.4
29.8
39.3
28.9
35.3
30.5
13.0
17.0
18.2
6.8
17.6
17.6
15.9
17.3
19.3
83.0
75.7
48.1
42.1
50.8
57.6
41.3
53.1
52.5
22.0
14.2
33.7
15.8
48.7
30.1
20.2
35.3
36.3
21.1
20.0
20.4
24.8
11.6
14.4
12.7
21.5
20.3
18.0
15.2
25.8
19.8
11.7
13.3
15.9
19.1
14.5
94.4
139.7 130.4 159.9 140.6 140.6 126.1 120.8 108.7
METROPOLITAN AREAS
1,215.2 1,0%. 6 1,309.6 1,225.3 1,237.5 1,150.9 1,156.5 1,078.6 1,012.0
755.3 695.2 820.6 749.5 752.4 737.5 726.1 677.0 602.5
344.2 294.5 359.7 353.0 369.7 312.6 331.6 313.1 321.5
118.0
95.7
97.1 160.7 111.9 105.2 109.2 117.2 125.3
3.8
5.7
4.7
6.7
7.6
6.1
6.7
7.3
8.3
6.2
5.8
2.6
6.7
3.6
5.1
5.9
3.1
2.5
8.1
6.8
6.1
6.7
6.7
6.7
5.7
7.1
6.3
33.0
32.1
84.6
22.6
36.4
49.2
24.5
24.3
23.1
73.0
66.7
54.2
61.6
54.1
60.9
56.5
58.5
66.5
125.5 103.2 144.6 112.6 131.8 105.2 108.5
99.9 108.0
71.6
76.7
60.4
61.4
77.3
82.9
68.9
53.3
77.9
27.6
47.8
16.4
14.7
24.2
13.0
10.9
22.5
16.3
25.0
20.6
26.4
21.6
30.8
26.5
25.3
17.1
22.3
13.6
14.0
14.0
15.0
13.6
12.5
14.5
10.3
5.5
42.0
43.7
34.8
34.8
43.7
51.6
46.1
40.9
50.5
18.0
15.8
16.0
20.1
30.2
18.2
8.4
11.3
41.3
17.8
11.6
9.6
13.4
12.4
14.5
14.9
19.5
9.5
14.8
11.2
8.6
20.2
13.6
14.1
10.3
9.9
13.9
78.0
96.2
85.8
108.1 101.3 123.5 110.8 110.2
93.9
NORTHEAST
Apr.

360.7
203.2
122.1
35.8
3.1
2.9
1.9
7.1
20.8
50.3
29.2
15.4
5.7
3.7
20.9
5.3
3.2
2.8
31.6

314.8
188.9
89.2
23.5
2.0
1.1
1.5
4.4
14.6
36.4
21.3
7.6
7.6
3.8
17.5
3.7
1.9
2.3
35.8

350.0
229.2
82.2
24.1
2.5
1.1
2.2
6.2
12.1
28.3
16.1
4.9
7.3
4.0
6.5
9.1
2.1
8.2
37.2

369.3
204.3
128.5
70.7
1.7
1.2
1.8
52.7
13.3
39.1
23.1
7..1
8.9
4.3
7.8
1.3
3.8
1.6
34.8

361.4
210.5
117.9
25.2
3.2
1.1
2.8
4.6
13.5
41.6
25.8
8.4
7.3
4.2
12.5
29.3
2.4
2.8
31.9

292.9
187.9
77.4
24.9
1.2
2.8
1.7
6.0
13.3
25.7
15.4
4.9
5.4
3.9
12.2
4.8
2.9
3.1
26.2

308.4
184.0
97.2
27.3
2.2
1.9
1.5
6.5
15.2
41.1
22.3
11.6
7.1
4.3
13.1
3.4
4.7
3.3
26.0

287.7
167.1
96.3
33.0
.9
.8
2.2
14.2
14.8
26.9
16.4
5.3
5.2
3.1
10.0
16.4
2.0
4.8
23.5

256.5
141.2
93.9
32.0
3.1
.7
1.5
14.6
12.2
42.7
32.0
7.0
3.7
1.9
10.2
3.1
2.1
1.9
20.3

42

Table B-2: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas,
Monthly, 1954-56—Continued

Type of building
construction

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

1954 Valuation (in millions of dollars)
Apr.
May
June July
Aug. Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

386.1
237.9
118.1
35.2
1.2
2.1
3.2
11.2
17.5
42.6
32.3
2.1
8.3
6.1
14.2
13.1
3.6
3.3
28.4

327.6
181.0
118.1
40.3
1.2
2.0
2.0
14.3
20.7
36.7
25.7
4.1
6.9
2.2
26.8
5.4
4.1
2.5
23.5

NORTH CENTRAL
All building construction1..........
New dwelling units2
New nonresidential buildings.....
Commercial buildings..............
Amusement buildings...........
Commercial garages.............
Gasoline & service stations..
Office buildings..................
Stores &other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings...............
Educational buildings.........
Institutional buildings.........
Religious buildings............
Garages, private residential....
Industrial buildings................
Public buildings.....................
Public utilities buildings.......
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs..

220.4
114.7
85.4
16.4
1.2
.5
1.4
3.0
10.4
39.9
27.0
7.5
5.4
1.2
13.2
3.6
4.9
6.1
18.8

249.5
140.4
82.6
22.6
1.2
1.0
1.5
4.2
14.7
28.4
21.3
2.7
4.3
2.2
9.1
13.1
5.3
1.9
24.9

408.4
231.6
141.0
36.8
6.9
3.6
3.1
8.2
15.0
47.7
30.2
10.6
7.0
4.5
31.5
2.8
10.3
7.4
30.4

479.0
293.3
141.5
47.0
2.8
2.4
3.8
6.3
31.8
48.9
25.4
14.4
9.0
8.1
18.9
4.4
7.8
6.4
42.1

461.0
277.9
143.2
41.0
3.2
2.5
3.5
11.2
20.6
45.0
24.2
10.0
10.8
9.1
19.3
4.6
19.5
4.8
35.8

All building construction?............ 252.9
New dwelling units2.................... 124.9
New nonresidential buildings...... 94.1
Commercial buildings............... 30.3
Amusement buildings...........
.6
Commercial garages.............
.4
Gasoline & service stations..
2.6
Office buildings..................
9.0
Stores &other mercantile bldgs. 17.7
Community buildings............... 42.4
Educational buildings.......... 24.1
Institutional buildings.........
11.6
Religious buildings..............
6.7
Garages, private residential....
1.0
Industrial buildings................
5.4
Public buildings......................
4.0
Public utilities buildings.........
5.6
All other nonresidential bldgs.
5.3
Additions, alterations, & repairs.. 27.8

274.9
161.9
83.8
38.2
1.1
.8
3.0
16.3
16.9
24.4
12.9
4.2
7.3
1.4
7.9
5.1
2.2
4.7
27.0

370.0
205.5
125.8
41.8
2.9
1.0
2.9
5.5
29.5
51.3
23.4
16.7
11.2
1.7
19.4
5.8
2.8
3.0
34.6

342.2
193.9
109.6
39.4
4.2
.6
3.3
9.8
21.5
45.8
33.9
3.1
8.9
1.6
6.4
8.2
4.7
3.4
36.0

335.9
186.7
114.4
34.2
2.3
1.6
2.8
6.3
21.2
43.9
24.9
5.2
13.8
1.6
27.4
1.8
2.4
^3.1
32.2

490.7 468.7
306.5 287.2
136.1 135.2
53.8
34.3
2.4
2.3
2.8
.9
3.6
3.4
5.1
22.4
22.6
22.7
59.4
43.9
29.7
35.9
10.5
3.4
13.0
10.9
9.2
9.4
16.0
15.9
3.9
5.1
9.2
4.6
4.1
2.5
45.0
41.6
SOUTH

480.0
284.1
154.2
44.8
1.9
1.2.
4.6
13.8
23.3
54.7
33.0
9.0
12.8
9.9
21.1
6.5
11.9
5.3
39.5

430.6
283.1
109.7
35.2
1.6
2.0
4.1
7.1
20.4
39.0
25.0
3.6
10.4
10.8
14.6
3.9
3.2
3.1
36.2

436.2
268.1
127.7
38.6
2.3
3.1
3.9
7.0
22.3
42.2
27.1
3.9
11.2
8.9
21.6
6.9
6.3
3.1
37.8

426.5
223.4
157.9
40.2
4.0
.4
3.2
8.2
24.4
65.3
24.4
28.6
12.3
1.6
24.2
15.7
6.0
4.9
43.4

354.4
214.5
100.8
43.4
2.9
.4
3.1
12.7
24.4
34.6
19.6
5.8
9.2
1.5
9.6
3.2
3.7
4.8
36.8

389.7
225.0
129.3
46.7
1.8
1.5
2.8
18.6
22.0
51.0
29.3
12.0
9.8
1.7
9.9
11.5
4.0
4.6
32.1

385.6 338.7 320.6
209.9 205.8 183.9
144.1 102.6 107.1
38.2
41.1
45.3
1.4
1.6
1.9
.2
.6
1.6
3.1
3.3
3.5
11.2
5.7
17.9
29.2
21.8
21.5
50.2
38.3
44.3
26.4
20.9
21.5
7.2
19.7
2.5
15.4
9.6
9.6
1.4
.9
1.5
5.2
38.1
5.9
7.7
7.5
2.5
7.8
7.7
2.3
2.1
2.2
3.7
29.4 L -glju 26.3

344.0
211.8
97.3
29.9
1.5
.6
1.8
10.4
15.6
35.2
27.9
1.3
6.1
2.6
9.9
9.8
3.0
6.9
32.3

337.3
210.8
93.6
27.5
3.3
.3
2.4
5.5
16.1
27.0
19.2
2.9
4.9
2.9
11.5
15.2
4.3
5.2
31.6

351.9
228.1
89.6
27.6
2.3
1.2
2.1
6.6
15.4
26.2
20.9
.7
4.7
2.9
10.2
12.1
1.6
9.0
27.6

346.4
203.9
98.5
34.3
1.7
1.7
3.5
6.8
20.5
42.4
25.7
7.4
9.3
1.6
7.7
6.7
1.4
4.5
37.1

WEST
All building construction1.......... 218.5
New dwelling units2................... 132.2
New nonresidential buildings.....
62.0
Commercial buildings..............
17.3
Amusement buildings...........
.7
Commercial garages............
.3
Gasoline & service stations.
1.2
Office buildings..................
4.8
Stores &other mercantile bldgs. 10.2
27.2
Community buildings...............
23.7
Educational buildings.........
Institutional buildings.........
1.7
1.8
Religious buildings............
Garages, private residential
1.8
9.2
Industrial buildings................
Public buildings.....................
2.3
Public utilities buildings........
.9
All other nonresidential bldgs..
3.4
Additions, alterations, & repairs. 22.0
See footnotes at end of table.




239.4
148.6
66.8
17.0
.7
.1
1.5
5.2
9.4
27.9
20.5
3.9
3.6
1.9
7.3
6.0
2.0
4.7
22.6

320.5
202.5
84.2
26.8
1.0
.2
2.0
8.0
15.5
34.0
24.2
4.7
5.1
2.5
9.8
4.3
2.8
4.0
31.1

340.4
223.3
82.5
25.6
2.3
1.0
1.9
6.2
14.1
34.1
23.8
5.0
5.3
2.5
6.2
4.0
4.7
5.4
30.0

310.8
200.5
78.2
26.1
2.1
1.1
2.1
8.9
11.9
27.8
21.1
1.2
5.5
2.5
11.6
4.2
1.0
5.0
26.6

388.1
238.0
109.2
28.3
2.4
.7
2.4
8.6
14.3
49.6
26.4
16.5
6.7
2.5
11.0
5.0
4.1
8.7
34.3

332.0
214.0
88.6
30.1
1.3
1.0
2.3
8.3
17.3
37.0
29.6
3.2
4.2
2.4
9.8
2.7
1.8
4.7
27.2

332.3
218.3
82.0
35.0
1.3
.8
2.0
5.2
25.7
19.2
11.0
1.4
6.8
2.4
12.0
4.3
4.9
4.2
27.8

323.9
223.3
72.5
25.5
.8
.5
2.0
6.6
15.6
21.4
17.6
1.9
2.0
1.8
8.5
4.2
6.1
5.0
24.2

43

Table B-2: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas,
Monthly, 1954-56-Continued

construction

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

1955 Valuation (in millions of dollars)
Aug.
Sept.
July
May June
UNITEDSTATES

Oct.

1 Nov.

Dec.

All building construction1......... 1,160.5 1,226.6 1,792.2 1,842.1 1,870.2 1,968.2 1,657.3 1,797.5 1,639.6 1,568.9 1,323.4 1,093.0
New dwelling units2.................... 715.4 746.0 1,135.0 1,200.5 1,209.6 1,169.3 1,016.9 1,101.9 1,002.1 919.9 722.6 595.9
New nonresidential buildings...... 341.2 365.6 493.6 478.5 480.2 597.2 481.4 528.1 482.0 486.5 469.1 389.9
Commercial buildings.............. 100.8 123.4 146.9 156.5 168.9 197.2 178.5 195.4 149.8 166.2 156.1 118.6
Amusement buildings...........
9.8
6.7
6.4
6.7 1 4.7
6.2
12.6
6.0
10.2
7.5
12.3
10.3
Commercial garages.............
5.0
2.7
3.0
4.1
5.8
5.7
3.2
5.7
8.1
4.1
10.9
8.5
Gasoline & service stations ..
8.8
12.2
13.4
13.4
12.7
9.6
11.3
14.5
8.5
13.5
12.3
9.9 i
Office buildings ..................
36.0
67.7
61.2
52.1
31.7
39.2
23.8
56.1
64.4 1 33.4
43.1
44.9
Stores &other mercantile bldgs. 57.1
68.0
83.7
90.4 112.8
81.6
71.8
86.5
96.3 100.2
83.3
66.9
Community buildings.............. 123.6 130.2 186.5 165.2 173.9 212.5 154.6 174.1 172.6 159.9 159.51 133.7
Educational buildings.........
79.7
85.2 128.9 108.9 115.3 113.4
97.4 107.2 110.0
90.8 109.4
96.2
Institutional buildings.........
21.7
18.8
25.4
30.2
22.9
20.3
39.4
13.2
23.9
26.3
49.3
16.3
Religious buildings.............
22.2
22.2
32.2
36.0
34.7
40.6
32.4
29.8
33.8 i 24.3
49.8
38.3
Garages, private residential....
5.8
13.2
19.7
20.8
20.4
23.7
20.0
12.6
6.2
5.5
18.9
20.9
Industrial buildings................
44.7
49.8
73.2
66.0
65.2
92.1
59.6
85.5
69.1
68.5
78.3
78.9
Public buildings...................... 40.8
16.2
20.2
39.0
30.6
19.7
20.0
29.1
25.1
26.2
23.9
15.5
Public utilities buildings........
25.2
13.4
15.6
24.7
23.4
20.6
15.8
28.5
31.5
22.5
20.3
31.5
All other nonresidential bldgs..
12.1
14.6
16.2
19.7
15.2
21.2
11.9
15.9
19.5
14.1
17.3
13.1
Additions, alterations, & repairs.. 95.0 100.7 145.7 146.3 170.4 180.6 150.9 149.4 144.7 150.3 118.2
97.6
METROPOLITAN AREAS
All building construction1........... 959.8
New dwelling units2.................... 596.0
New nonresidential buildings...... 284.7
Commercial buildings............... 79.9
Amusement buildings...........
5.6
Commercial garages.............
4.5
Gasoline & service stations..
5.5
Office buildings..................
18.3
Stores Sc other mercantile bldgs. 46.1
Community buildings............... 99.6
Educational buildings.........
64*9
Institutional buildings.........
18.4
Religious buildings.............
16.3
Garages, private residential....
4.7
Industrial buildings................
39.7
Public buildings...................... 39.6
Public utilities buildings........ 11.1
All other nonresidential bldgs*.. 10.2
Additions, alterations, & repairs.. 75.0

997.2 1,437.7 1,465.5 1,484.4 1,581.2 1,325.5 1,436.9 1,281.5 1,236.1 1,028.1
608.9 931.3 973.3 979.7 955.8 828.5 897.6 799.4 735.4 570.2
298.5 378.1 369.5 365.4 467.8 375.2 413.9 362.9 373.7 353.6
101.8 112.9 123.5 132.5 156.3 146.5 158.7 120.3 134.1 133.7
11.2
7.0
8.0
8.4
4.5
4.1
4.6
9.3
4.3
5.5
2.0
2.4
10.2
4.8
5.2
7.6
3.1
7.4
2.6
4.3
5.2
7.7
8.2
7.1
9.0
8.3
8.4
6.8
8.5
6.5
38.7
56.0
53.7
32.9
43.7
27.5
36.6
48.6
29.9
59.5
64.8
74.8
55.9
66.7
94.4
66.8
65.5
79.9
72.5
59.6
106.9 142.0 125.3 127.0 163.2 113.8 128.3 118.3 117.4 112.4
97.7
82.8
82.4
73.2
69*5
83.6
80.2
73.7
75.0
62.4
20.7
19.4
15.4
13.8
18.4
21.1
19.9
36.4
11.8
41.5
16.8
27.1
24.7
38.2
26.8
29.7
24.9
18.6
25.6
23.5
4.2
16.2
16.7
15.2
16.8
10.5
16.2
15.5
10.0
19.1
55.8
55.2
40.3
56.3
53.3
61.4
66.7
61.0
76.5
55.1
11.8
21.7
21.8
14.4
22.2
15.4
26.4
13.6
17.7
14.9
24.0
17.1
9.8
17.8
16.2
17.1
18.9
13.2
16.3
9.3
9.4
15.8
12.4
10.5
11.6
14.0
11.1
15.1
13.1
9.6
81.1 116.9 113.3 134.3 142.5 117.5 117.6 113.4 119.8
94.4
NORTHEAST

875.7
481.1
308.8
95.9
3.5
3.6
6.2
29.5
53.1
103.0
75.8
10.0
17.2
5.1
51.4
21.0
20.7
11.7
8Q.Q

All building construction1........... 250.3
New dwelling units 2 .................. 141.8
New nonresidential buildings...... 87.0
Commercial buildings............... 18.5
Amusement buildings...........
2.0
Commercial garages.............
2.9
Gasoline & service stations..
1. 3
Office buildings..................
4.1
Stores &other mercantile bldgs.
8.2
Community buildings............... 46.6
Educational buildings.........
32.5
Institutional buildings..........
9.9
Religious buildings.............
4.2
Garages, private residential....
1.2
8.0
Industrial buildings................
6.8
Public buildings.....................
2.8
Public utilities buildings........
All other nonresidential bldgs...
3.0
Additions, alterations, & repairs.. 19.7

223.3
126.9
73.4
22.4
.5
.8
1.4
9.2
10.6
28.8
22.2
1.5
5.1
1.1
13.4
.3
3.2
4.2
20.6

237.8
132.5
81.3
26.7
.6
1.5
2.1
9.9
12.6
27.2
22.7
1.4
4.8
1.6
15.1
3.4
5.3
2.0
21.8

See footnotes at end of table.




386.8
245.4
106.2
26.3
1.2
1.4
2.2
5.8
15.7
40.7
26.9
7.3
6.5
3.0
19.3
2.7
7.4
6.8
32.9

407.6
264.7
107.5
41.4
2.2
1.6
2.3
18.7
16.5
41.1
29.4
2.4
9.3
4.0
13.5
2.3
3.0
2.2
33.6

413.5
272.3
102.4
31.5
1.7
1.6
2.5
12.4
13.4
39.1
23.3
8.5
7.2
4.4
17.1
1.9
5.3
3.1
37.1

459.3
277.1
133.0
49.0
2.0
1.3
2.5
19.0
24.2
39.1
25.4
2.3
11.4
4.6
22.6
2.7
8.9
6.2
41.2

376.0
235.9
106.7
39.2
1.6
1.4
1.5
19.4
15.4
38.6
27.8
1.7
9.0
4.0
18.1
1.9
1.9
3.1
32.1

340.0
221.7
84.6
30.1
.4
1.2
2.0
9.7
16.6
29.4
17.9
2.8
8.7
4.1
12.9
2.6
3.0
2.5
30.2

360.7
213.1
114.0
33.3
1.1
1.1
1.9
7.1
22.0
45.4
21.9
14.2
9.3
5.2
13.9
4.8
6.3
5.0
32.7

358.2
210.0
109.5
52 2
1.2
.7
2.2
31.5
16.6
24.3
16.3
2.3
5.7
4.0
20.8
2.3
2.5
3.4
36.6

316.2
158.7
128.2
57.5
1.7
1.0
1.8
35.6
17.3
38.3
28.2
2.3
7.9
3.1
19.8
4.5
3.4
1.7
26.5

44

Table B-2: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas,
Monthly, 1954-56»Continued

1955 Valuation (in millions of dollars)
construction

Jan.

Feb.

May

June
July Aug.
NORTHCENTRAL

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

503.9 591.4
314.1 385.0
145.3 163.9
37.4
45.6
5.4
1.5
.6
.7
4.9
3.5
10. 1
7.1
24.8
24.4
52.0
52.1
34.2
37.1
7.5
3.5
10.4
11.4
11.0
5.7
28.8 • 26.6
11.1
12.8
7.6
13.5
2.4
2.5
42.7
39.3

591.9
398.1
143.6
44.5
4.9
4.0
4.3
8.0
23.3
52.0
33.7
4.4
13.9
11.2
21.5
6.7
5.4
2.3
48.3

628.0 511.0
380.8 317.0
193.5 145.8
54.2
47.3
3.4
4.3
2.4
1.3
4.7
3.6
12.2
17.9
26.1
25.6
79.1
46.5
35.9
31.3
30.4
3.5
12.8
11.7
10.4
11.3
34.7
18.9
4.0
9.6
7.2
11.5
3.0
1.7
46.0
51.2
SOUTH

608.8
376.6
187.0
65.1
1.8
5.0
4.7
15.3
38.3
65.5
40.2
11.8
13.5
12.1
29.2
4.5
7.3
3.2
41.3

559.9
349.4
164.9
35.9
1.2
1.3
4.3
12.2
16.9
62.8
42.0
8.1
12.7
13.5
37.0
5.5
7.1
3.1
41.9

494.9
281.7
168.9
44.8
2.2
5.8
3.6
10.5
22.8
61.9
26.3
25.2
10.4
11.2
35.1
5.3
7.7
2.9
42.3

385.8
214.0
138.9
36.9
1.7
1.1
2.7
13.7
17.8
55.5
39.6
6.1
9.8
6.0
32.4
2.0
3.7
2.4
28.5

287.9
145.7
114.7
23.7
1.2
.8
2.3
8.4
10.9
43.0
22.5
5.6
7.4
2.0
25.3
9.2
9.6
1.9
25.9

Mar.

Apr.

All building construction1........... 239.1
New dwelling units2 .................. 143.0
New nonresidential buildings......
74.4
Commercial buildings..............
27.4
Amusement buildings...........
2.7
Commercial garages.............
.5
Gasoline & service stations ..
2.3
Office buildings..................
4.8
Stores &other mercantile bldgs.
17.1
Community buildings ............... 21.1
Educational buildings.........
12.7
Institutional buildings.........
1.5
Religious buildings .............
6.9
Garages, private residential....
1.6
Industrial buildings ................
15.3
Public buildings.....................
1.9
Public utilities buildings........
6.3
All other nonresidential bldgs...
.8
Additions, alterations, & repairs.. 2 0 .6

313.6
183.2
107.6
29.1
1.2
.4
2.2
6.8
18.5

All building construction1........... 373.8
New dwelling units 2 .................. 218.6
New nonresidential buildings...... 121.5
30.9
Commercial buildings..............
Amusement buildings...........
1.0
Commercial garages.............
1.3
Gasoline & service stations..
3.3
Office buildings ..................
8.0
Stores &other mercantile bldgs. 17.2
Community buildings...............
38.7
Educational buildings .........
21.1
Institutional buildings.........
9.5
Religious buildings.............
8.1
Garages, private residential....
1.2
Industrial buildings................
11.7
Public buildings...................... 30.7
Public utilities buildings .......
3.6
All other nonresidential bldgs...
4.6
Additions, alterations, & repairs.. 31.8

378.8
226.6
113.7
44.8
7.9
1.3
3.3
10.7
21.5
32.2
16.8
6.7
8.7
1.2
13.3
1.9
17.5
2.8
32.3

460; 2
280.2
135.3
43.3
2.3
.6
4.0
13.4
23.0
57.5
39.1
7.7
10.7
1.8
8.2
11.1
8.5
4.8
37.1

412.2
253.0
110.4
39.1
1.6
1.0
3.4
8.2
24.9
40.9
18.0
12.6
10.4
1.8
11.2
4.9
8.1
4.5
39.3

433.4
262.5
124.5
55.6
4.3
4.9
4.1
6.6
35.7
47.6
31.0
7.4
9,2
1.8
7.0
4.9
3.3
4.3
43.7

464.3 382.5
256.5 214.3
152.0 124.9
57.0
56.7
2,7
2.5
2.3
.9
4.1
3.7
20.8
21.6
27.7
27.4
58.2
37.2
19.2
26.6
6.2
10.3
11.7
21.3
1.6
1.9
9.9
14.9
5.7
17.3
3.2
3.5
4.5
5.3
40.7
49.3
WEST

422.2 368.8
239.5 212.9
132.7 116.1
44.4
54.5
3.2
1.6
1.8
2.7
4.2
4.9
12.6
10.9
23.2
33.9
46.4
41.4
24.0
27.3
6.7
8.3
14.0
7.5
1.6
1.9
14.0
13.4
1.8
3.5
11.3
7.9
3.2
3.7
41.7 _ 3 5 , 5

363.6
203.2
116.0
36.5
1.9
.9
4.1
6.2
23.5
39.6
28.0
2.4
9.2
1.8
10.9
10.4
6.6
10.2
38.8

313.8 293.7
173.2 160.2
104.3 103.8
29.0
40.3
2.2
2.1
1.4
.5
3.4
3.5
5.2
6.6
17.8
26.7
31.4
34.8
18.6
21.0
2.4
3.6
10.4
8.5
1.0
1.5
22.8
8.6
10.1
6.6
6.2
7.1
3.4
5.5
34.9 __2£*X

All building construction1...........
New dwelling units2....................
New nonresidential buildings......
Commercial buildings..............
Amusement buildings...........
Commercial garages............
Gasoline & service stations..
Office buildings..................
Stores &other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings ..............
Educational buildings .........
Institutional buildings.........,
Religious buildings.............
Garages, private residential....j
Industrial buildings ................
Public buildings.....................
Public utilities buildings .......
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs..

310.9
209.3
71.0
27.2
3.0
.3
1.6
4.9
17.4
18.3
13.0
2.3
3.0
1.7
12.0
5.9
1.9
4.0
25.6

441.3
295.3
106.8
39.9
1.1
.4
2.5
13.0
22.9
36.3
28.7
2.9
4.7
2.5
16.9
4.2
1.8
5.3
33.0

430.8
297.8
96.6
30.4
1.0
.8
3.0
7.8
17.9
31.2
24.4
1.8
5.0
2.8
14.7
5.1
6.8
5.5
34.2

431.3
276.7
109.7
37.3
1.4
.4
2.5
9.0
23.9
35.3
27.2
3.7
4.3
3.0
19.6
6.7
1.6
6.2
41.3

416.6
254.9
118.7
37.0
1.4
.9
2.5
9.9
22.3
36.2
25.5
6.3
4.4
3.0
18.3
15.0
3.2
6.0
38.9

426.5
264.2
123.8
45.7
2.1
.5
2.9
16.2
24.0
32.8
25.1
3.3
4.3
3.0
12.4
21.7
1.8
6.4
36.3

352.2
224.9
92.1
32.7
1.2
.8
2.4
7.9
20.4
34.1
20.1
9.5
4.5
3.1
12.1
1.7
3.8
4.7
32.6

307.6
176.8
97.7
32.7
1.1
.7
2.1
9.9
18.9
34.3
23.1
5.6
5.7
2.0
17.2
3.4
2.5
5.6
28.4

See footnotes at end of table.




297.3
212.0
58.4
24.1
.6
.3
1.8
6.8
14.5
17.2
13.4
.8
3.0
1.8
9.6
1.4
.7
3.7
22.9

5 0 .9

33.2
12.4
5.3
1.5
11.1
8.1
6.0
1.0
22.1

387.8
249.7
104.0
35.3
2.1
1.0
2.1
8.0
22.0
32.3
19.1
7.4
5.8
2.9
17.2
6.6
3.5
6.1
32.1

350.2
226.8
87.0
36.3
2.7
.6
2.3
11.2
19.4
22.9
18.8
1.2
3.0
3.1
14.0
1.7
3.5
5.6
34.6

273.6
157.4
90.1
27.9
.7
.4
1.5
8.5
16.7
28.8
30.0
2.5
3.7
1.6
10.6
7.0
9.4
4.7
23.9

45

Table B-2: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas,
Monthly, 1954-56—Continued

Type of building
construction

1956 Valuation (in millions c>/ dollars)
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June
July
UNITEDSTATES

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

All building construction1 ......... 1, 183.5 1,299.0 1,677.1 1,863.0 1,902.1 1,841.9 1,716.7 1,732.7 1,440.6 1,652.8 1,340.4 1,053.0
New dwelling units 2..................
635.0 740.0 1,004.9 1,059.6 1,039.2 964.4 887. 1 946.9 761.4 863.5 674.7 519.9
427.2 430.8 508.7 612.2 667.4 694.8 636.7 581.0 525.3 607.6 526.4 414.4
New nonresidential buildings ....
Commercial buildings.............
137.7 144.9 157.8 206.0 204.8 214.9 192.8 187.6 163.4 177. 1 153.0 135.7
Amusement buildings ..........
5.7
10.7
10.2
6.7
13.8
14.4
12.7
10.6
6.9
7.5
8.9
5.3
7.0
28
4. 1
6.8
3.6
5.8
4.7
4.0
Commercial garages ...........
5. 1
3.9
6.3
5.9
11. 1
14.2
16.2
15.2
9.8
13.6
17.2
Gasoline & service stations..
12.7
15.4
10.7
15.5
13.9
51.0
66.2
44.0
Office buildings..................
53.2
62 8
56.1
57.6
97. 1 78.4
67. 1 57.5
42.5
Stores &other mercantile bldgs.
65.2
91.8 109.0 102.1
76.7 101.2
67.8
58.2
85. 1 81. 1 92.4
72.9
Community buildings...............
153.0 153.7 157.6 222.0 208. 1 215.8 208.9 190.5 180.9 208.5 175.6 145.2
Educational buildings..........
108. 1 110.9 108.0 139.7 125.2 149.6 110.7 102.6 106.6 125.0 120.6
99.6
14.0
35.0
20.0
Institutional buildings.........
14.8
37.8
26.8
52.6
32.2
24.4
47.5
41.5
16.3
Religious buildings .............
28.7
47.2
42. 1 42 0
34.8
40.4
30.6
29.2
39.3
45.6
24.9
45.1
6.0
13.0
21.8
22.4
Garages, private residential....
20.6
21.8
13.8
23.4
6.5
6.4
22.3
23.9
Industrial buildings................
78.2 115.7 101.5 139.2 120.6 125.2 105.2
79.7
97.7 122.9 105.5
59.8
Public buildings ......................
20.0
10.8
30.6
67.2
24.4
21.4
26.7
19.5
16.5
37.9
29.1
23. 1
Public utilities buildings........
30.0
34.2
18.4
26.6
24.6
23.2
37.1
32.4
28.4
14.3
27.5
29.9
All other nonresidential bldgs.
19.8
21.4
21.8
12.9
22.3
17.9
25.1
20.3
16.3
19.1
16.9
15.9
Additions, alterations, & repairs..
113.7 118.1 150.4 176.4 181.9 1 173.1 183.4 181.9 142.5 166.7 131.4 109.8
METROPOLITAN AREAS
All building construction1 ...........
New dwelling units2 ....................
New nonresidential buildings ......
Commercial buildings ...............
Amusement buildings.............
Commercial garages...............
Gasoline & service stations....
Office buildings....................
Stores & other mercantile bldgs...
Community buildings................
Educational buildings...........
Institutional buildings...........
Religious buildings...............
Garages, private residential......
Industrial buildings..................
Public buildings.......................
Public utilities buildings..........
All other nonresidential bldgs....
Additions, alterations, & repairs....

934.3 1,040.5 1,302.8 1,441.7 1,504.3 1,453.6 1,330.7 1,350.2 1,101.4 1, 294.1 1,032.0
512 2 590.6 803.9 830.6 818.9 761.7 693.9 745.8 591.5 674.7 519.9
327.3 348.6 372. 2 463.7 535.9 550.9 486.2 442.9 391.5 479.8 402.3
111.8 116.4 120.1 164.5 168.2 181.4 150.8 149.7 124. 1 143.7 122.9
4.8
10.0
8.0
12 7
6.0
5.5
5. 1
11.3
8.9
7.9
8.9
24
3.7
2.8
5.6
6.2
5.8
4.8
4.2
5.1
2.9
4.5
6.8
8. 1
7.7
7.7
10.4
9.7
8.6
9.6
9.4
11.4
10.3
45.8
55.4
45. 1
66.8
32.9
56.6
51.8
59.5
89.9
34.2
48.9
51.2
55.2
71.6
68. 1
50.8
85.4
85.5
57.9
80.5
72.3
51.5
119.2 119.9 111. 2 154. 1 147.8 154.7 158.4 137.0 126.4 163.8 126.0
89.7
76.1
68.8
84.3
91.3
83.5
84.9 109.7
74.9
89.3
94.9
17. 1
10.4
10.6
18.0
40.2
21.6
14.2
41.5
30.5
30.5
34.9
17.8
19.8
32.4
34.0
32.4
33.4
22.6
24.5
26.9
27.9
29.9
17.8
18.8
11. 1
4.9
10.5
5.3
17.5
16.5
19. 1
17.9
17.5
48.0
69.6
83.6
88.8
83.6 109.8
9L4
84.9 124.1 104.3
82.5
17.7
9.2
8.4
13.8
31.2
10.2
14.6
6.4
18.7
49.5
22.5
15.6
9.4
17.8
32.0
17.0
26. 1
17.2
19.1
26.3
22.5
22.9
10.0
19.6
16.2
13.9
15.7
20.7
12 4
18. 1
18.3
13.9
14.9
91.0
94.6 118.7 138.5 141.1 135.1 144.2 143.0 110.5 131.8 105.4
NORTHEAST

841.6
414.8
330. 1
109.2
4.2
3.2
7.3
49.2
45.3
119.5
82. 1
13.8
23.6
5.0
45.6
13.2
23.9
13.7
90.7

All building construction1.............
New dwelling units2......................
New nonresidential buildings........
Commercial buildings ...............
Amusement buildings.............
Commercial garages...............
Gasoline & service stations....
Office buildings ....................
Stores &other mercantile bldgs...
Community buildings................
Educational buildings...........
Institutional buildings...........
Religious buildings...............
Garages, private residential......
Industrial buildings..................
Public buildings.......................
Public utilities buildings..........
All other nonresidential bldgs. ..
Additions, alterations, & repairs ....

214.2
114.8
77.4
24. 5
L6
.5
L4
8.4
12 5
38.2
27.8
4.6
5.8
1.0
9.6
1.2
1.3
1.6
20.6

243.9
118.0
99.2
33.7
1.3
.7
2.2
13.5
16. 1
31.4
21.1
1.5
8.8
1.8
13.3
4.8
13.3
.9
24.1

See footnotes at end of table.




267.4 315.3
145. 1 201.0
96.2 ' 81. 1
29.0
21. 1
.8
2.8
2.4
.6
2.2
2.2
10.7
4.7
12.9
10.9
34.8
33.4
29.0
23.0
.6
2.2
8.2
5.1
1.4
2.8
22.5
15.3
2.0
2.3
2.7
3. 1
3.4
3.3
24. 1
30.9

453.3
235.1
174.9
48.2
3.8
3.3
25
14.0
24.6
81.4
47.7
22.3
11.4
3.9
31.6
2.0
4. 1
3.7
39.5

401.7
238.0
121.4
33.3
2.2
1.4
29
12 3
14.5
42 1
24.8
8.2
9.2
4.7
19.6
13.6
4.0
4. 1
39.2

437.1
224.6
172.4
63.8
2.8
1.4
3.0
39.5
17.0
59.2
46.3
5.8
7.2
4.7
26.8
4.7
7.7
5.5
38.2

341.5
187.3
113.9
36.3
1.7
2.3
2.1
18.3
11.9
45.5
25.7
13.1
6.7
4.2
16.2
2.3
4.6
4.7
39.2

363.5
194.5
124. 1
51.1
1.5
2.1
3.0
28.7
15.8
29.0
13.4
4.7
10.8
4.6
28.7
3.7
4.8
2.3
42.7

337.6
168.5
133.8
47.1
2.1
1.7
28
28.8
11.8
49.3
25.8
16.6
7.0
4.4
22.3
1.8
5.5
3.3
33.3

346.8
192 6
115.9
36.8
.6
2.9
28
9.7
20.8
43.3
23.8
11.2
8.3
4.8
17.9
2.2
9.0
1.9
34.1

291.2
151.2
111.4
37.7
1.8
1.4
2.7
18.4
13.4
37.3
25.9
4.2
7.2
3.4
16.2
6.2
2.9
7.7
27.5

46
Table B-2: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Amount in Metropolitan Areas,
Monthly, 1954-56— Continued

Type of building
construction

1956 Valuation (in millions c>f dollars)
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

All building construction1...........
New dwelling units2...................
New nonresidential buildings....
Commercial buildings.............
Amusement buildings .........
Commercial garages ...........
Gasoline & service stations..
Office buildings ..................
Stores & other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings ...............
Educational buildings...........
Institutional buildings..........
Religious buildings...............
Garages, private residential....
Industrial buildings ................
Public buildings......................
Public utilities buildings ........
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs ..

283.8
157.7
97.2
27.4
1. 1
.6
2.8
7.3
15.7
36.2
25.6
5.1
5.4
1.7
23.5
4.6
2.5
1.3
27.8

331.9
191.9
108. 1
38.6
2.3
.9
2.5
10.6
22.4
36.2
25.7
2.7
7.9
1.8
19.5
5.7
4.6
1.9
29.2

500.6
312.6
147.1
45.5
21

All building construction1...........
New dwelling units2....................
New nonresidential buildings......
Commercial buildings...............
Amusement buildings...........
Commercial garages.............
Gasoline & service stations ..
Office buildings ..................
Stores & other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings ...............
Educational buildings .........
Institutional buildings..........
Religious buildings .............
Garages, private residential ....
Industrial buildings .................
Public buildings......................
Public utilities buildings ........
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs ..

333.1
174.6
120.6
55.1
1.1
.6
4.0
25.7
23.7
37.2
22 9
5.7
8.6
1.2
8.5
5.0
10.6
2.9
36.1

351.9
196.2
121.6
48.5
1.5
.3
4.0
21.5
21. 1
46.7
25.7
10.1
10.9
1.3
17.3
20
3.6
23
32.8

All building construction1 ...........
New dwelling units2
New nonresidential buildings ......
Commercial buildings............ .
Amusement buildings ...........
Commercial garages .............
Gasoline & service stations ..
Office buildings....................
Stores &other mercantile bldgs.
Community buildings ...............
Educational buildings...........
Institutional buildings .........
Religious buildings ........... .
Garages, private residential ....
Industrial buildings ................
Public buildings......................
Public utilities buildings ........
All other nonresidential bldgs...
Additions, alterations, & repairs ...

352.4
187.9
131.9
30.7
2.9
1.1
1.6
11.9
13.3
41.4
31.7
46
5.1
21
38.0
8.7
40
7.0
29.2

347.9
206.8
104.8
28.8
1. 1
.6
2.4
8.2
16.4
36.0
30.5
.6
4.8
2.0
19.0
.9
3.5
14 7
320

2

Apr.

May

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

617.2 622 6
365.7 333.9
196.0 232 2
59. 1 71.8
3.0
23
L0
1.8
.9
5.2
29
4.3
14.7
18.6
26.8
24.8
32 2
35.7
56. 1
45.7
71.3
49.8
31.2
36.9
6. 4
4.4
6.3
15.2
10. 1
128
13.0
5.6
12.5
69.8
29.4
35.1
3.0
2.6
43
13.7
9.1
10.5
4.2
4.2
8.9
38.7
53.4
51.1

566.8 555.7
319.6 291.3
197.2 209.6
46.8
59.7
6.8
4.9
2.1
1.0
5.2
4.3
12.0
27.5
22.6
20.1
76.5
68.9
44.6
37.7
17.7
12 4
21.1
11.9
12.4
11.9
39.0
41.7
11.1
7.2
11.2
13.3
3.6
3.6
520
47.5
SOUTH

548.2
306.4
186.9
46.9
1.8
.7
5.4
16.1
23.0
65.9
42.4
11.0
12 4
14.0
38.4
5.9
12.9
3.0
52 3

446.6
255.5
146.8
34.3
2.3
1.3
5.0
8.4
17.3
61.2
37.2
9.7
14.2
13.5
26.1
3.2
5.2
3.3
40.6

537.3
267.2
213.2
49.7
5.6
1.5
5.7
8.7
28.2
69.4
41.8
11.8
15.8
13.5
63.6
3.2
8.3
5.4
53.2

387.0
193.9
157.5
31.8
21
.6
4.2
10.6
14.4
53.7
41.3
3.1
9.2
6.6
46.1
9.9
6.3
3.0
34.0

258.0
127.1
99.0
27.7
1.5
.8
3.3
10.0
12. 1
41.3
31.6
4.0
5.8
21
18.7
2.9
2.2
4.0
30.1

410.7
235.3
130.6
50.3
1.2
1.6
4.7
11.9
30.8
46.3
30.4
40
12.0
20
16.2
6.5
6.2
3.1
39.7

396.3
231.1
118.0
53.2
4.9
1.3
5.0
18.2
23.8
36.2
19.3
3.6
13.4
20
15. 1
3.5
5.2
27
43.3

455.3
238.6
164.7
63.7
4.0
2.1
5.2
19.3
33.2
52 3
27.4
120
12.9
L9
18.6
13.9
10. 1
4.1
47.7

401.9 394.1
198.6 200.1
156.0 140.0
52.6
49.9
1.7
1.5
22
1.1
4.8
4.7
19.0
18.4
24.2
24.9
48.1
48.8
31.3
25.1
5.8
11.9
11.7
10.9
L5
1.5
20.3
16.9
27.1
5.2
14.1
23
4.1
3.7
50.2
44.5
WEST

398.2
214.8
128.1
41.6
1.3
1.5
4.5
10.8
23.5
54.1
26.8
16.8
10.4
1.7
13.1
5.9
8.7
3.2
45.8

335.0
171.5
125. 1
44. 1
3.6
.4
5.1
10.8
24 1
42 3
23.4
3.5
15.3
1.7
18.0
10.3
5.3
3.5
36.0

386.3
202 5
138.6
45.1
1.0
.7
5.6
7.5
30.4
59.3
31.8
16.1
11.4
1.9
15.6
5.0
8.3
3.3
41.6

317.0
149.9
130.1
48.3
L4
1.5
4.4
16.6
24.4
42.7
27.4
7.0
8.3
L3
14.6
5.7
14.6
29
34.8

272.0
132.6
108.4
39.3
1.2
20
3.4
16.2
16.5
41.8
30.7
3.0
8.1
.9
9.3
6.3
6.5
4.2
29.4

450.5
256.0
149.9
40.9
.8
.6
3.0
11.2
25.3
32 2
23.5
4 1
46
27
547
8.4
3.6
7.4
41.1

396.1
227.7
123.2
45.6
2.1
.8
2.3
11.9
28.4
33. 1
23.0
28
7.3
29
19.7
6.7
6.2
9.2
42 5

422 5
22a 6
149.1
35.9
5.9
.7
2.9
7.8
18.6
57.6
36.1
1L3
10.2
3.2
31.2
7.8
5.5
8.0
41.6

436.0
221.6
169.2
51.8
1.3
1. 1
21
26.7
20.6
39.6
27.4
2.9
9.3
26
31.8
24 3
10.9
8.2
42.9

422.8
231.2
141.8
48.0
3.0
.8
26
11.5
30.2
4L5
19.9
14.9
6.7
3.6
25.2
9.0
6.0
8.5
41 1

321.4
166.0
119.6
37.9
22
.2
26
9.4
23.4
28.2
20.1
25
5.6
27
3L3

382 4
20L2
140.0
45.5
1.7
.7
3.2
18. 1
21.8
36.4
27.5
2.3
6.6
3.2
25.8
16.3
4.4
8.4
37.8

345.2
179.7
127.5
35.2
5.3
1.2
2.6
10.6
15.5
42 0
25.9
10.1
6.0
2.5
28.6
7.2
,3.6
8.3
35.2

279.1
142.1
107.8
35.0
1.4
.5
1.8
17.9
13.4
30.6
16.2
7.8
6.6
1.6
18.5
9.1
6.3
6.8
26.2

* Includes new nonhousekeeping residential building) not shown separately.
Housekeeping only.




June j July
NORTH CENTRAL

425.4
208.3
173.2
46.9
27
26
25
14.3
24.8
38.2
222
9.9
6.0
3.7
53.0
15.9
7.2
8.3
42.0

6 .2

7. 1
6.2
32 5

47

Table B-3: Valuation, by Typeol Building Construction, Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Monthly, 1954-56
1954 V a lu a tio n
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

|

May

(inmillions of dollars)

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

O ct.

Nov.

1 ,4 8 2 .0

1 ,3 4 4 .8

1 ,2 2 8 .6

1 ,1 5 6 . 5 1 , 0 7 8 . 6

1 ,0 1 2 .0
4 0 1 .4

D ec.

A L L BUILDING CO N ST R U C TIO N 1
S t a t e s ................................

9 1 2 .0

9 7 9 .7

1 ,4 2 4 .9

1 ,5 2 2 . 3 1 , 4 2 2 . 6

1 ,6 5 5 .3

1 ,5 1 6 .3

M etrop olitan a r e a s ............
C en tral c i t i e s .................

7 6 1 .9
3 3 1 .8

7 7 9 .7

1 ,1 5 0 .0

1 ,2 1 5 .2

3 2 6 .8

4 4 2 .7

4 5 0 .9

1 ,0 9 6 .6
3 9 7 .0

1, 3 0 9 .6
5 2 6 .0

1, 225 . 3 1, 237 . 5 1 , 1 5 0 . 9
4 6 6 .0
4 3 9 -8
47 5 . 1

Suburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

430. 1
150. 1

4 5 2 .9
2 0 0 .0

7 0 7 .3
2 7 4 .9

7 6 4 .3
30 7 . 1

6 9 9 .6
3 2 6 .0

7 8 3 .6
3 4 5 .7

N o r t h e a s t ...........................................

2 2 0 .3

2 1 5 .9

3 2 5 .9

3 6 0 .7

3 1 4 .8

M etrop olita n a r e a s .............

2 0 2 .9
7 6 .6

1 9 8 .3

2 9 0 .3

3 1 7 .0

2 8 2 .0

7 3 .1
1 2 5 .2

8 1 .5
2 0 8 .8

9 1 .7

6 8 .5

2 2 5 .3

1 7 .6

3 5 .6

4 3 .7

2 1 3 -5
3 2 .8

U nited

C en tral c i t i e s ..................
S u b u r b s ...............................

1 ,5 3 9 .8

1 ,4 5 0 .5

7 5 0 .2
2 9 1 .0

7 7 1 .5
3 0 2 .3

7 1 1 .1
2 9 9 .6

4 3 9 .9
7 1 6 .6
3 2 5 .5

4 0 1 .9
6 7 6 .7
2 6 6 .2

3 5 0 .0

3 6 9 .3

3 6 1 .4

2 9 2 .9

3 0 8 .4

2 8 7 .7

2 5 6 .5

3 0 9 .9

3 3 4 .8

3 1 7 .7

2 5 9 .3

276. 1

2 5 8 .1

9 4 .9
2 1 5 .0

1 2 4 .8

7 7 .9
1 8 1 .4

7 4 .4
2 0 1 .7

6 6 .3
1 9 1 .8

2 3 3 .3
8 1 .1

2 1 0 .0

1 0 6 .5
2 1 1 .2

4 0 .1

3 4 .5

4 3 .7

3 3 .6

3 2 .3

2 9 .6

2 3 .2

6 1 0 .6
2 1 6 .6

1 5 2 .2

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 2 6 .3
1 7 .4

N o r t h C e n t r a l .................................

2 2 0 .4

2 4 9 .5

4 0 8 .4

4 7 9 .0

4 6 1 .0

4 9 0 .7

4 6 8 .7

4 8 0 .0

4 3 0 .6

4 3 6 .2

3 8 6 .1

3 2 7 .6

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ..............

1 9 4 .8

2 0 2 .7

3 4 1 .8

3 4 6 .4

3 5 1 .5

3 1 1 .6

2 8 1 .0

7 7 .2

2 2 3 .9

1 4 9 .5
2 4 0 .3

122. 1

1 1 8 .4
1 9 3 .2

9 7 .4
1 8 3 .6

2 5 .6

6 6 .6

9 7 .5

1 0 8 .1

1 0 0 .9

91. 2

2 6 8 .5
8 9 .4

1 1 7 .9
2 2 8 .5
8 4 .2

1 2 1 .9
2 2 9 .6

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ....

1 2 5 .5
4 6 .8

1 2 4 .6
2 1 7 .2

3 7 7 .5
1 2 4 .7
2 5 2 .8

3 9 0 .6

8 1 .8
1 1 3 .0

3 5 2 .9
1 2 9 .0

3 8 9 .8

C e n tra l c i t i e s ...................
S uburbs ................................

3 8 1 .5
1 3 6 .1
2 4 5 .4

8 4 .7

7 4 .5

4 6 .6

.......................................................

2 5 2 .9

2 7 4 .9

3 7 0 .0

3 4 2 .2

3 3 5 .9

4 2 6 .5

3 4 6 .4

3 5 4 .4

3 8 9 .7

3 8 5 .6

3 3 8 .7

3 2 0 .6

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...............

1 7 9 .3

1 9 4 .1

2 6 9 -2

2 4 3 .8

2 2 5 .3

3 1 6 .2

2 4 3 .0

2 5 4 .6

2 6 4 .1

2 4 4 .7

2 3 5 .6

C en tra l c i t i e s ...................

1 1 8 .3

1 4 5 .9

135. 3

1 1 6 .6

1 7 5 .3

1 2 8 .7

1 4 2 .6

156. 3

1 3 5 .6

1 3 7 .8

S u b u r b s .................................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ...

9 9 .1
8 0 .2
7 3 -6

2 8 8 .5
1 6 2 .0

7 5 .8

1 0 8 .5
9 8 .4

1 0 8 .7
1 1 0 .6

1 4 0 .9
1 1 0 .3

1 1 4 .3
1 0 3 .4

1 1 2 .0

8 0 .8

123. 3
1 0 0 .8

9 9 .8

1 2 6 .5
1 0 1 .2

1 0 7 .8
121. 5

1 0 9 .1
9 4 .0

9 7 .8
8 5 .0

W e s t ........................................... .,................

2 1 8 .5

2 3 9 .4

3 2 0 .5

3 4 0 .4

3 1 0 .8

3 8 8 .1

3 3 2 .0

3 4 4 .0

3 3 7 .3

3 5 1 .9

3 3 2 .3

3 2 3 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...............

1 8 4 .8

1 8 4 .6

2 4 8 .8

2 3 6 .4

2 9 3 .7

2 6 9 .9

2 6 4 .7

2 6 4 .3

2 6 2 .2

5 8 .2

9 0 .8

8 2 .9

8 1 .7

8 5 .0

1 5 8 .0

1 8 5 .1

1 7 9 .7

1 7 4 .8

177. 2

3 3 .7

5 4 .8

7 1 .7

6 7 .5

9 4 .4

6 2 .1

6 9 .5

8 0 .5

177. 5
8 7 .2

1 8 2 .6

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ...

153. 5
7 4 .4

9 6 .9
1 7 3 .0

8 7 .2

126. 4

1 0 6 .3
1 8 7 .4

8 2 .0

Suburbs .................................

7 4 .3
110. 5

2 7 4 .5
9 4 .8

2 5 6 .8

C en tra l c i t i e s ....................

2 7 2 .9
8 7 .8

6 8 .0

6 1 .7

South

NEW DWELLING UNITS (H OUSEKEEPING O NLY)
U n i t e d S t a t e s .................................

4 8 5 .6

5 7 6 .1

8 4 3 .3

9 1 3 .6

8 5 4 .0

9 9 7 .1

9 0 9 .5

9 2 0 .8

9 0 6 .8

8 9 0 .2

8 2 9 .1

7 2 9 .4

M etrop olitan a r e a s ..............

4 1 4 .0

6 9 7 .8

755. 3

6 9 5 .2

8 2 0 .6

737. 5

7 2 6 .1

6 7 7 .0

145 . 2

2 1 7 .7

2 0 3 .8

2 5 2 .8

2 1 2 .1

2 1 7 .8

2 0 4 .6

1 9 3 .6

6 0 2 .5
1 7 8 .2

S u b u r b s .................................

2 6 8 .8

4 8 0 .1

4 9 1 .4

5 6 7 .8

528 . 2

4 2 4 .3

1 4 5 .5

1 5 8 .3

1 5 8 .8

1 7 6 .5

1 6 0 .0

1 6 9 .3

5 2 1 .5
1 6 4 .1

4 8 3 .4

7 1 .6

5 4 0 .3
1 6 8 .4

5 1 9 .7

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ...

3 2 5 .1
9 6 .8

223. 2
532 . 1

749. 5
221. 3

7 5 2 .4

C en tra l c i t i e s ....................

4 7 9 .3
154. 2

1 5 2 .1

1 2 6 .9

1 1 3 .8
1 0 4 .9

1 2 5 .2
1 1 5 .0

2 0 3 .7
1 8 1 .9

2 0 3 .2
1 8 0 .8

1 8 8 .9

2 2 9 .2
2 0 3 .4

2 0 4 .3

2 1 0 .5

1 8 7 .9

1 8 4 .0

1 6 7 .1

1 4 1 .2

168. 5

187. 5

68. 2
8 .9

8 7 .7
1 0 .2

35. 4
146. 5
2 1 .8

3 9 .8
1 4 1 .0
2 2 .4

3 0 .8
1 3 7 .7
2 0 .4

4 7 .8
1 5 5 .6
2 5 .8

2 9 .8
1 3 4 .5
1 9 .7

1 4 8 .3
2 3 .6
1 2 4 .7
1 8 .8

1 2 9 .1

27. 3

1 6 6 .9
4 2 .0

164. 3

3 6 .7

185. 1
44. 2
1 4 0 .9
1 9 .2

N ortheast

...........................................

M etrop olitan a r e a s ..............
C en tra l c i t i e s ....................
S u b u r b s .................................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ...

4 0 .8
1 4 6 .7
2 3 .0

1 2 4 .9
2 1 .0

29. 5
9 9 .6
12. 1

1 1 4 .7

1 4 0 .4

2 3 1 .6

2 9 3 .3

2 7 7 .9

3 0 6 .5

2 8 7 .2

284. 1

2 8 3 .1

268. 1

2 3 7 .9

1 8 1 .0

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...............
C en tra l c i t i e s ...................
Suburbs .................................

104. 2
3 0 .0

196. 9

243. 3
6 8 .0

2 5 5 .8
6 9 .8
1 8 6 .0

237. 5
5 4 .8

1 9 8 .4
5 6 .2

1 5 7 .3
3 8 .2

1 8 2 .7

233. 2
5 6 .5
1 7 6 .7

2 2 2 .9
5 4 .0

1 0 .5

1 9 .2

3 4 .7

5 3 .1

5 0 .7

50. 1

4 6 .6

4 9 .9

1 6 8 .9
4 5 .2

1 4 2 .2

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 7 5 .3
5 0 .0

2 2 4 .8
6 1 .4
1 6 3 .4

237 . 1

7 4 .2

121. 2
3 0 .2
9 1 .0

3 9 .5

119. 1
2 3 .7

S o u t h .........................................................

1 2 4 .9

1 6 1 .9

2 0 5 .5

1 9 3 .9

1 8 6 .7

2 2 3 .4

2 0 3 .9

2 1 4 .5

2 2 5 .0

2 0 9 .9

2 0 5 .8

1 8 3 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ..............

9 2 .2

1 2 1 .4

1 5 2 .6

1 4 4 .0

1 4 0 .0

1 4 9 .7

1 5 5 .9

1 5 1 .2

1 2 9 -9

4 1 .9

61. 5

73. 2

6 4 .0

6 0 .6

6 7 .8

1 5 8 .3
7 2 .8

1 6 6 .7

.................

1 6 6 .9
77 . 5

77. 5

S u b u r b s .................................

50. 3

5 9 .9

7 9 .4

8 0 .0

7 9 .4

8 9 .4

8 9 .2

6 2 .3
6 7 .6

3 2 .7

4 0 .5

5 2 .9

4 9 .9

4 6 .7

5 6 .5

85. 5
5 6 .2

6 5 .1
8 6 .1

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

8 1 .9
5 4 .2

7 0 .9
8 5 .0

5 8 .3

5 4 .0

5 4 .6

5 4 .0

W e s t .............................................................

1 3 2 .2

1 4 8 .6

2 0 2 .5

2 2 3 .3

2 0 0 .5

2 3 8 .0

2 1 4 .0

2 1 1 .8

2 1 0 .8

2 2 8 .1

2 1 8 .3

2 2 3 .3

M etrop olita n a r e a s ..............

1 1 2 .7

1 2 1 .8

1 6 6 .4

1 8 7 .3

1 9 4 .4

1 7 7 .6

1 6 9 .0

1 7 0 .7

3 6 .5

3 5 .1

5 4 .8

5 1 .3

5 7 .7

5 0 .8

4 3 .8

4 1 .8

1 8 2 .9
5 0 .0

1 7 9 .1
4 8 .7

1 8 6 .3

.................

1 6 1 .9
5 1 .0

Suburbs ................................

7 6 .2

8 6 .7

1 1 1 .6

1 3 6 .0

1 3 6 .7

126.-8

1 2 5 .2

1 9 .5

2 6 .8

3 6 .1

3 6 .0

4 3 .6

3 6 .4

4 2 .8

1 2 8 .9
4 0 .1

1 3 2 .9
4 5 .2

1 3 0 .4
3 9 .2

1 3 8 .1

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 1 0 .9
3 8 .6

North

C e n t r a l .................................

C en tra l c i t i e s

C en tra l c i t i e s

1

5 4 .3
1 4 2 .6

Includes new nonhousekeeping residential building, now shown separately.




5 8 .5
1 7 8 .6

4 8 .2
3 7 .0

48

Table B-3: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Monthly, 1954-56—Continued
1954 V a lu a tio n
L o c a t io n
Jan .

i

F eb.

Mar.

j

Apr.

May

i

(inmillions of dollars)

| June

I

Ju ly

A u g.

| S ept.

O ct.

j

N ov.

D ec.

NEW NONR ESI DENTIAL BUILDING
U nited

S t a t e s ..............................

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s .................
S u b u r b s .............................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..
N ortheast

........................................

3 2 9 .0

2 9 9 .0

4 4 2 .7

4 5 5 .7

4 2 5 .0

4 8 5 .5

268.6
137.9
130.7
60.4

218.7
119.8
98.9
80.3

343. 1
159.9
183.2
99.6

344.2
158.3
185.9
111.5

294.5
129.5
165.0
130.5

359.7 353.0
194. 1 185.4
165.6 167.6
125.8 97.8

4 5 0 .8

8 7 .5

6 5 .8

9 1 .7

1 2 2 .1

8 9 .2

8 2 .2

Suburbs .............................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

81.6
30.7
50.9
5.9

60.8
32.3
28.5
5.0

82.4
35.6
46.8
9.3

106.7
37.9
68.8
15.4

82. 1
21.2
60.9
7. 1

71.8 118.0
29. 1 65.2
42.7 52.8
10.4 10.5

N orth

8 5 .4

8 2 .6

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

73.7
40.4

Suburbs .............................

3 3 .3

105.4
48.7
56.7
36. 1
1 0 9 .6

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s .................

C e n t r a l .............................

1 4 1 .0

1 4 1 .5

1 4 3 .2

1 3 6 .1

97.8
56.0
41.8
38.3

128. 5

94. 1

8 3 .8

S uburbs .............................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

61.1
40.7
20.4
33.0

52.0
41. 1
10.9
31.8

88.7
51.6
37.1
37. 1

W e s t .........................................................

6 2 .0

6 6 .8

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

52.2
26.1
26.1
9.8

45.2
13.8
31.4
21.6

U n i t e d S t a t e s ..............................

8 6 .7

9 8 .0

S uburbs .............................
N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

70.3
46.5
23.8
16.4

78.3
50.8
27.5
19.7

99.0
58.7
40.3
25.1

N ortheast

1 8 .1

2 3 .5

2 7 .9

3 1 .6

3 5 .8

3 7 .2

3 4 .8

S u b u r b s .............................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

16.1
9.2
6.9
2.0

21.4
13.0
8.4
2. 1

24.5
10.3
14.2
3.4

26.9
12.2
14.7
4.7

30.8
16.5
14.3
5.0

33.6
17.9
15.7
3.6

30.6
15.2
15.4
4.2

N orth

1 8 .8

2 4 .9

3 0 .4

4 2 .1

3 5 .8

4 5 .0

4 1 .6

15.6
11.0
4.6
3.2

20.4
14.3
6.1
4.5

24.3
16.5
7.8
6.1

31.6
19.0
12.6
10.5

27.6
17.0
10.6
8.2

33.9
22.0
11.9
11.1

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s .................
S uburbs .............................

313.1 321.5
158. 1 164.5
155.0 157.0
85.8 70.2

1 1 7 .9

7 7 .4

9 7 .2

9 6 .3

9 3 .9

101.2
50.5
50.7
16.7

68.9
25.4
43.5
8.5

90. 1
35.0
55.1
7. 1

88.9
33.1
55.8
7.4

85.2
41.3
43.9
8.7

120.5
46.7
73.8
33.7

S o u t h ......................................................

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

3 9 8 .9

331.6
174.1
157.5
127.0

1 5 4 .2

11.7

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

4 5 8 .6

312.6
162.0
150.6
97.4

103.2
45.0
58.2
32.0

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

97.9
49.0
48.9
45.3

4 1 0 .0

369.7
185.4
184.3
100.6

1 3 5 .2

60.7 116.2
32.6 50.0
28. 1 66.2
21.9 24.8

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

4 7 0 .3

1 0 0 .8

1 0 9 .7

86.2
44.2
42.0
23.5

96.9
46.8
50.1
30.8

1 5 7 .9

9 8 .5

71.5
48.8
22.7
38.1

62.5
39.0
23.5
51.9

117.8
75.0
42.8
40. 1

60.6
39.2
21.4
37.9

68.5
50.1
18.4
32.3

96.4
65.0
31.4
32.9

85.5
67.8
17.7
58.6

8 4 .2

8 2 .5

7 8 .2

1 0 9 .2

8 8 .6

9 7 .3

9 3 .6

55.8
22.7
33.1
28.4

60.6
22.9
37.7
21.9

52.0
20.4
31.6
26.2

71. 1
36.0
35.1
17.5

79.5
38. 1
41.4
17.8

61.1
27.3
33.8
32.5

1 2 5 .8

1 1 4 .4

72.3
34.0
38.3
36.9

1 2 9 .3

1 2 7 .7

1 4 4 .1

1 1 8 .1

89.1
49.2
39.9
29.0
1 0 2 .6

3 9 1 .7

1 1 8 .1

99.8
43.7
56.1
18.3
1 0 7 .1

71.8
53.8
18.0
30.8

82.4
55.6
26.8
24.7

8 9 .6

8 2 .0

7 2 .5

59.2
24.5
34.7
30.4

63.3
21.9
41.4
18.7

54.1
23.9
30.2
18.4

ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND REPAIRS
M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s .................

........................................

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s .................

C e n t r a l ..............................

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C e n tr a l c i t i e s
S ub urbs

..............

...........................

N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

1 2 4 .1

1 3 9 .7

1 3 0 .4

108. 1 101.3
64.4 60.6
43.7 40.7
31.6 29.1

1 5 9 .9

1 4 0 .6

2 6 .2

2 6 .0

2 3 .5

2 0 .3

28.4
14.9
13.5
3.5

22.7
10.5
12.2
3.5

20.9
9.5
11.4
5.1

20.4
9.4
11.0
3.1

18.1
10.2
7.9
2.2

3 9 .5

3 6 .2

3 7 .8

2 8 .4

2 3 .5

20.5
12.8
8.3

30.8
19.7
11.1
8.7

26.1
16.5
9.6
10.1

30.4
20.5
9.9
7.4

22.9
12.4
10.5
5.5

3 6 .8

3 3 .3

2 9 .4

2 9 .1

2 6 .3

18.7
7.3
10.8

21.3
16.5
4.8
8. 1

21. 1
16.3
4.8
8.0

20.6
17.7
2.9
5.7

2 7 .2

3 2 .3

3 1 .6

2 7 .6

2 7 .8

2 4 .2

20.2
9.8
10.4
7.0

25.0
12.1
12.9
7.3

24.4
12.8
11.6
7.2

21.3
11.6
9.7
6.3

21.4
10.9
10.5
6.4

19.8
11.2
8.6
4.4

3 2 .2

4 3 .4

3 7 .1

N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ...

26.3
20.6
5.7
9.7

21.8
16.1
5.7
10.4

30.3
22.3
8.0
13.1

26.7
20.6
6.1
10.4

W e s t ...........................................................

2 2 .0

2 2 .6

3 1 .1

3 0 .0

2 6 .6

3 4 .3

18.0
9.9
8. 1
4.0

17.3
9.1
8.2
5.3

25.0
12.6
12.4
6.1

23. 2
12.6
10.6
6.8

21. 1
11.0
10. 1
5.5

25.6
14.1
11.5
8.7

C e n tr a l c i t i e s ..................
S ub urbs ...............................
N on m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e d ...




19.4
11.9
• 7.5
4. 1

3 2 .1

3 6 .0

25.2
19.3
5.9
9.4

M etrop olita n a r e a s .............

110.2
65.4
44.8
30.4

23.0
17.7
5.3
9.1

3 4 .6

...............

9 4 .4

3 1 .9

19.2
14.5
4.7
7.8

C en tra l c i t i e s

1 0 8 .7

78.0
51.0
27.0
16.4

2 7 .0

Su b u rbs .............................

1 2 0 .8

85.8
49.1
36.7
22.9

2 7 .8

......................................................

1 2 6 .1

93.9
58.1
35.8
26.9

20.6
16.4
4.2
7.2

South

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

1 4 0 .6

96.2
57.5
38.7
29.9

123.5 110.8
76.4 66.2
47. 1 44.6
36.4 29.8

2 6 .0

49

Table B-3: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Monthly, 1954-56--Continued
1955 V a lu a tio n

(in m illio n s o f d o lla r s )

L o c a t io n
Jan .

F eb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

| Jun e

1 J u ly

I

A u g.

A L L BUILDING CO N ST R U C TIO N

1 ,6 3 9 .6

1 ,5 6 8 .9

1, 3 2 3 .4

1 ,0 9 3 .0

1 ,2 8 1 .5

1, 236 . 1 1 ,0 2 8 . 1

8 7 5 .7

5 3 7 .4

5 8 1 .2

4 7 2 .0

1 ,4 3 6 .9
5 3 0 .6

9 7 5 .2

9 4 7 .0

1 ,0 0 0 .0

3 5 4 .5

3 7 6 .6

3 6 5 .8

3 8 7 .0

8 5 3 .5
3 3 1 .8

9 0 6 .3
3 6 0 .6

8 5 0 .9
3 5 8 .1

3 8 6 .8

4 0 7 .6
3 5 7 .6

4 1 3 .5

4 5 9 .3
4 1 5 .8

3 7 6 .0
3 3 4 .7
8 9 .8

3 4 0 .0
296. 1

4 0 3 .4

4 1 5 -9

5 1 5 .4

4 9 0 .3

Suburbs .............................

5 5 6 .4

5 8 1 .3
2 2 9 .4

9 2 2 .3

2 2 3 .3
2 0 1 .0
6 6 .6

2 5 0 .3
232. 1

........................................

| D ec.

1 ,7 9 7 .5

C en tral c i t i e s ................

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........
C en tra l c i t i e s ................

N ov.

1 ,3 2 5 .5

9 9 7 .2

N ortheast

|

1 ,6 5 7 .3

1 ,2 2 6 .6

9 5 9 .8

2 0 0 .7

|, O c t .

1 ,5 8 1 .2

1 ,1 6 0 .5

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

| S e p t.

1 ,8 7 0 . 2 1 , 9 6 8 . 2

S t a t e s .............................

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

U nited

1

1 ,7 9 2 .2

1, 8 4 2 .1

1, 437 . 7 1 ,4 6 5 . 5 1, 4 8 4 .4

3 6 2 .4
108. 1

4 7 1 .3
7 6 4 .8

3 9 0 .3
6 3 7 .8

3 0 7 .6

3 3 2 .8

2 9 5 .3

2 1 7 .3

3 6 0 .7
3 1 8 .2

3 5 8 .2
320. 1

2 3 7 .8

7 4 .5
2 4 3 .7

1 0 3 .6

3 1 6 .2
2 7 8 .4
9 0 .2

2 1 6 .5
3 8 .1

1 8 8 .2

1 6 5 .9

4 2 .5

3 7 .8

2 3 .3

4 3 0 .6

568. 1

Suburbs .............................

8 8 .9
1 4 3 .2

1 3 4 .4

3 4 7 .3
8 9 .3
2 5 8 .0

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 8 .2

2 2 .3

3 9 .5

C e n t r a l .............................

2 3 9 .1

3 1 3 .6

5 0 3 .9

5 9 1 .4

5 9 1 .9

6 2 8 .0

5 1 1 .0

6 0 8 .8

5 5 9 .9

4 9 4 .9

3 8 5 .8

2 8 7 .9

M etrop olitan a r e a s ............
C en tral c i t i e s .................

2 0 5 .3
7 8 .3
1 2 7 .0

2 7 3 .2

3 9 9 .5
1 4 1 .5
2 5 8 .0

4 5 9 .1
1 4 3 .6

4 8 1 .5
1 7 2 .0

4 1 4 .9
1 3 7 .2

1 4 1 .4

3 9 0 .3
1 4 0 .0

1 0 4 .4

1 3 2 .3

108. 1

303. 1
1 1 5 .4

2 5 0 .3
1 0 4 .6

3 0 3 .6
1 1 3 .8
1 8 9 .8

2 4 1 .3
8 6 .8

3 0 9 .5
1 1 0 .4

5 0 0 .7
1 7 4 .6
32 6 . 1

444. 5

3 1 5 .5

5 0 4 .9
1 6 6 .5
3 3 8 .4

North

Suburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 1 1 .3

95 . 1
2 6 2 .5
5 0 .0

2 5 4 .3

2 4 4 .9

8 0 .9
2 1 5 .2

5 1 .1

4 3 .5

4 1 .3

4 3 .9

131. 1
2 8 4 .7

2 7 7 .7
96. 1

3 3 .8

1 6 1 .9
4 0 .4

S o u t h ......................................................

3 7 3 .8

3 7 8 .8

4 6 0 .2

4 1 2 .2

4 3 3 .4

4 6 4 .3

3 8 2 .5

4 2 2 .2

3 6 8 .8

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s ................

2 7 9 .9
1 5 6 .7

3 3 5 .0

2 9 4 .5

3 3 4 .8

2 7 1 .3

171. 1

1 2 3 .2

1 0 1 .3

139. 2
1 3 0 .5

1 6 3 .7

9 3 .9

1 5 2 .8
1 2 5 .2

1 5 1 .5
1 4 3 .0
1 1 7 .7

1 2 9 .5

1 5 0 .3
1 2 1 .0
1 1 1 .2

2 9 5 .5
1 5 5 .5
1 4 0 .0
1 2 6 .7

2 4 7 .6

1 8 2 .2

3 0 2 .9
1 6 3 .7

Suburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

2 7 7 .5
1 5 7 .3
1 2 0 .2

1 1 2 .5
1 2 1 .2

123. 1

1 3 5 .1

2 1 4 .5
4 8 .6

8 2 .2

1 5 4 .5
4 6 .6

3 6 3 .6

3 1 3 .8

2 9 3 .7

2 4 6 .7
1 3 1 .7

2 1 0 .6

206. 9

1 0 9 .5

1 1 5 .0

1 0 1 .1

1 1 6 .9

1 0 3 .2

1 0 2 .5
1 0 4 .4
8 6 .8

W e s t .........................................................

2 9 7 .3

3 1 0 .9

4 4 1 .3

4 3 0 .8

4 3 1 .3

4 1 6 .6

3 8 7 .8

426. 5

3 5 0 .2

3 5 2 .2

3 0 7 .6

2 7 3 .6

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

2 4 2 .4

3 5 4 .3
1 0 0 .2

3 3 7 .5
9 3 .6

2 7 1 .2
7 9 .7

Suburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 6 2 .9
5 4 .9

1 6 4 .8
6 5 .4

2 5 3 .5
8 5 .4

2 5 4 .1

2 4 3 .9
9 3 .8

213 . 1
9 0 .9

2 0 9 .9
8 3 .3

1 1 9 .6
2 2 5 .0

2 7 8 .9
9 6 .0

2 3 5 .5

1 1 2 .6

3 0 4 .5
9 4 .6

3 4 4 .6

7 9 .5

3 5 5 .9
1 0 2 .4

3 2 5 .7

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

2 4 5 .5
8 0 .7

1 9 1 .5
7 9 .0

1 8 2 .9
7 3 .3

7 6 .9
1 5 8 .6
72. 1

2 1 2 .9
6 9 .7
1 4 3 .2
6 0 .7

U n i t e d S t a t e s ..............................

7 1 5 .4

7 4 6 .0

1 ,1 3 5 .0

1 ,2 0 0 .5

1 ,2 0 9 .6

1 ,1 6 9 .3

1 ,1 0 1 .9

1 ,0 0 2 .1

9 1 9 .9

7 2 2 .6

5 9 5 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

5 9 6 .0

8 9 7 .6

7 9 9 .4

7 3 5 .4

5 7 0 .2

481. 1

S u b u r b s .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

4 1 5 .4
1 1 9 .4

423. 1
1 3 7 .1

6 6 5 .3
2 0 3 .7

9 7 3 .3
2 5 1 .3
7 2 2 .0

9 5 5 .8

1 8 0 .6

9 3 1 .3
2 6 6 .0

9 7 9 .7

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

6 0 8 .9
1 8 5 .8

2 7 1 .9
7 0 7 .8

2 5 2 .8
7 0 3 .0

2 4 5 .4
6 5 2 .2

2 1 7 .8
5 8 1 .6

2 0 6 .4
5 2 9 .0

1 3 3 .9
3 4 7 .2

2 2 7 .2

2 2 9 .9

2 1 3 .5

2 0 4 .3

2 0 2 .7

1 8 4 .5

1 5 8 .9
4 1 1 .3
1 5 2 .4

N ortheast

7 6 .5

8 1 .9

N E W D W E L L I N G U N I T S (H'O U S E K E E P I N G O N L Y )
1 ,0 1 6 .9

8 2 8 .5
210. 1
6 1 8 .4
1 8 8 .4

1 1 4 .8

........................................

1 4 1 .8

1 2 6 .9

2 4 5 .4

2 6 4 .7

2 7 2 .3

2 7 7 .1

2 3 5 .9

2 2 1 .7

2 1 3 .1

2 1 0 .0

1 5 8 .7

1 3 2 .5

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tral c i t i e s ................
Suburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 3 0 .8
3 0 .0
1 0 0 .8
1 1 .0

1 1 4 .9
2 3 .0

2 2 1 .4

2 3 0 .7

2 4 1 .3

48. 5

4 5 .6

1 9 0 .3
3 9 .4

185. 1
3 4 .0

1 5 9 .5
2 4 .4

1 5 0 .9
2 2 .8

1 8 5 .4
4 3 .7
1 4 1 .7
2 4 .6

1 3 9 .5
2 5 .4

1 7 2 .9
2 4 .0

2 1 2 .3
3 8 .9
1 7 3 .4
2 3 .6

1 9 7 .3
3 7 .8

9 1 .9
1 2 .0

5 4 .3
1 8 7 .0
3 1 .0

2 4 9 .9
5 8 .5
1 9 1 .4
2 7 .2

114. 1
1 9 .2

1 1 8 .4
2 1 .6
9 6 .8
14. 1

North

C e n t r a l .............................

1 4 3 .0

1 8 3 .2

3 1 4 .1

3 8 5 .0

3 9 8 .1

3 8 0 .8

3 1 7 .0

3 7 6 .6

3 4 9 .4

2 8 1 .7

2 1 4 .0

1 4 5 .7

M etrop olitan a r e a s ............
C en tra l c i t i e s .................

1 2 4 .8
2 8 .8

1 6 0 .8
3 9 .2

2 5 9 .7

3 0 8 .0
70. 1

3 2 7 .3
8 8 .5
2 3 8 .8

3 1 4 .2

2 6 0 .7

6 6 .6

5 7 .1

3 1 6 .7
8 9 .0

2 8 1 .7
7 2 .0

225. 1
5 4 .6

1 7 5 .3
4 4 .8

1 2 3 .8
2 7 .8

2 4 7 .6

2 0 3 .6

2 2 7 .7

2 0 9 .7

6 6 .6

5 6 .3

5 9 .9

6 7 .7

1 7 0 .5
5 6 .6

1 3 0 .5
3 8 .7

9 6 .0

7 0 .8

Suburbs .............................

9 6 .0

1 2 1 .6

6 5 .9
1 9 3 .8

N on m etrop olita n p la c e s ..

1 8 .2

2 2 .4

5 4 .4

2 3 7 .9
7 7 .0

S o u t h .....................................................

2 1 8 .6

2 2 6 .6

2 8 0 .2

2 5 3 .0

2 6 2 .5

2 5 6 .5

2 1 4 .3

2 3 9 .5

2 1 2 .9

2 0 3 .2

1 7 3 .2

1 6 0 .2

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tral c i t i e s .................

1 6 1 .8

1 6 4 .3
7 7 .9
8 6 .4

2 0 1 .6
9 0 .6

1 8 7 .7

1 8 6 .2

1 4 2 .9
5 7 .4

1 1 8 .8

109. 2

7 4 .5

1 6 9 .9
7 0 .4

1 4 8 .2

8 0 .5
1 0 7 .2

1 5 2 .5
6 5 .4

4 8 .9

4 5 .3

1 1 1 .0

1 8 3 .9
7 7 .3
1 0 6 .6

1 1 1 .7

8 5 .5

6 2 .3

7 8 .6

6 9 .1

7 4 .8

7 0 .3

6 3 .9
5 1 .0

Suburbs

...........................

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..
W est

6 8 .9
9 2 .9
5 6 .8

87. 1
6 1 .8

9 9 .5

6 3 .5
8 4 .7

69- 6

6 4 .7

6 0 .3

6 9 .9
5 4 .4

2 1 .9

.....................................................

2 1 2 .0

2 0 9 .3

2 9 5 .3

2 9 7 .8

2 7 6 .7

2 5 4 .9

2 4 9 .7

2 6 4 .2

2 2 6 .8

2 2 4 .9

1 7 6 .8

1 5 7 .4

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C en tral c i t i e s ..............

1 7 8 .6

1 6 8 .8

2 4 8 .6

2 5 0 .7

2 2 3 .4

2 0 5 .5

2 1 3 -7

1 3 6 .7

1 2 9 .8

4 5 .6

6 1 .0

4 8 .6

5 0 .6

3 9 .8

3 9 .2

1 2 3 .2

1 8 7 .6

1 7 4 .8

5 3 .3
152. 2

48. 2

...........................

5 8 .3
1 9 2 .4

179- 2
4 2 .8

1 8 2 .0

5 2 .9
1 2 5 .7

203 . 1
4 8 .6

1 6 5 .5

1 3 6 .4

1 3 1 .4

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

3 3 .4

4 0 .5

4 6 .7

47. 1

5 3 .3

4 9 .4

1 5 4 .5
4 6 .6

5 0 .5

4 7 .6

4 2 .9

9 6 .9
4 0 .1

9 0 .6
2 7 .6

Suburbs




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Table B-3: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Monthly, 1954-56—Continued
1955 V a lu a tio n
L o c a tio n

Jan .

F eb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

(in m illio n s

Jun e

1 J»iy

c

>/ d o l l a r s )

A u g.

S ept.

O ct.

N ov.

D e c.

NEW NON R E S I D E N T I A L B U IL D IN G
U n i t e d S t a t e s ..............................

3 4 1 .2

3 6 5 .6

4 9 3 .6

4 7 8 .5

4 8 0 .2

5 9 7 .2

4 8 1 .4

5 2 8 .1

4 8 2 .0

4 8 6 .5

4 6 9 .1

3 8 9 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

2 8 4 .7

378 . 1

3 6 9 .5

3 6 5 .4

4 6 7 .8

3 7 5 .2

4 1 3 .9

3 5 3 .6

3 0 8 .8

1 7 2 .0

1 7 1 .2

1 8 0 .3

2 3 5 .7

1 9 0 .5

1 7 3 .4

1 1 7 .9

1 2 1 .4

206 . 1

185. 1

2 3 2 .1

1 8 4 .7

2 1 6 .9

1 8 4 .0

1 8 0 .2

N o n m e tro p o lita n p la c e s ..

5 6 .5

67. 1

1 1 5 .5

1 9 8 .3
1 0 9 .0

2 1 3 .3
2 0 0 .6

1 8 9 .7

S u b u r b s .............................

1 7 2 .6
1 1 2 .1

3 6 2 .9
1 4 6 .0

3 7 3 .7

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

2 9 8 .5
1 7 7 .1

1 1 4 .8

1 2 9 .4

1 0 6 .2

1 1 4 .2

119. 1

1 1 2 .8

1 1 5 .5

1 9 0 .9
81. 1

N ortheast

........................................

8 7 .0

7 3 .4

1 0 6 .2

1 0 7 .5

1 0 2 .4

1 3 3 .0

1 0 6 .7

8 4 .6

1 1 4 .0

1 0 9 .5

1 2 8 .2

8 2 .2

66.7

8 1 .3

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

9 5 .4

9 7 .1

8 7 .7

1 2 1 .6

9 4 .1

7 0 .7

9 9 .1

1 0 1 .6

7 5 .2

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

5 0 .2

3 3 .6

2 5 .8

3 7 .4

6 9 .6

5 9 .7

5 4 .0

2 3 .5
7 5 .6

5 7 .4

5 9 .8

N o n m etrop olita n p l a c e s .

4 .8

3 3 .1
6 .7

3 1 .3
3 9 .4

4 4 .2

3 2 .0

4 9 .9
7 1 .7

4 0 .1

Suburbs ..............................

3 8 .3
4 9 .4

114. 2
5 4 .4

1 0 .8

1 0 .4

1 4 .7

1 1 .4

1 2 .6

1 3 -9

1 4 .9

7 -9

1 4 .0

5 8 .9
6. 1

1 6 .3

N o r t h C e n t r a l ..............................

7 4 .4

1 0 7 .6

1 4 5 .3

1 6 3 .9

1 4 3 .6

1 9 3 .5

1 4 5 .8

1 8 7 .0

1 6 4 .9

1 6 8 .9

1 3 8 .9

1 1 4 .7

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s .........

6 3 .6

9 3 .5

1 0 4 .0

1 1 9 .6

1 4 8 .0

1 1 6 .5

1 4 8 .6

1 2 6 .7

9 4 .8

3 7 .8

5 9 .9

5 5 .3

7 3 .7

5 6 .6

6 4 .3

4 8 .1

5 3 .4

4 2 .8

S u b u r b s .............................

2 5 .8

3 3 .6

5 1 .3
5 2 .7

1 3 0 .5
6 4 .4

1 0 1 .6

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

1 1 5 .3
5 8 .4

6 4 .3

5 6 .9

7 4 .3

5 9 .9

7 8 .6

6 6 .1

4 8 .2

5 2 .0

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s .

1 0 .8

14. 1

4 1 .3

4 4 .3

2 8 .3

4 5 .5

2 9 .3

8 4 .3
3 8 .4

3 8 .2

3 8 .4

3 7 .3

1 9 .9

S o u t h .....................................................

1 2 1 .5

1 1 3 .7

1 3 5 .3

1 1 0 .4

1 2 4 .5

1 5 2 .0

1 2 4 .9

1 3 2 .7

1 1 6 .1

1 1 6 .0

1 0 4 .3

1 0 3 .8

9 3 .5

8 2 .9
5 9 .7
2 3 .2

9 9 .1
6 8 .6

7 5 .4

1 0 8 .5
6 8 .2

8 8 .0

9 2 .6

4 9 .5

8 2 .5
5 7 .8

6 1 .2

6 0 .7

7 2 .3
5 1 .8

7 0 .9
5 0 .7

6 5 .5
4 0 .2

4 0 .2

3 0 .5
3 6 .2

2 5 .9
3 5 .0

2 4 .7
4 2 .0

4 0 .3
4 3 .5

2 6 .8
3 6 .9

3 1 .9
4 0 .1

2 0 .5
4 3 .8

2 0 .2

3 0 .8

4 5 .1

2 5 .3
3 8 .8

3 5 .8
2 7 .8

9 6 .6

M etrop olita n . . e a s ............
C e n tr a l c i t i e s .................
S uburbs .............................

67.6

7 6 .0

N o n m e tro p o lita n p la c e s ..

2 5 .9
2 8 .0

W e s t .........................................................

5 8 .4

7 1 .0

1 0 6 .8

1 0 9 .7

1 1 8 .7

1 0 4 .0

1 2 3 .8

8 7 .0

9 2 .1

9 7 .7

9 0 .1

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ............

5 5 .3

7 9 .7

7 7 .4 .

7 9 .9

8 9 .7

7 6 .6

1 0 2 .0

6 4 .8

7 0 .8

2 3 .9

2 9 .0

2 2 .6

3 0 .5

3 1 .4

4 8 .4

4 3 .9
4 5 .8

5 7 .0

2 8 .5

2 5 .9
5 4 .0

3 2 .5

S u b u r b s .............................

2 6 .3
5 3 .4

7 2 .3
2 5 .4

6 2 .7

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

4 5 .5
1 7 .0

4 4 .1

4 5 .0

4 2 .2

4 0 .3

44. 1

N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s .

1 2 .9

1 5 .7

27. 1

1 9 .2

2 9 .8

2 9 .0

2 7 .4

2 1 .8

2 2 .2

2 1 .3

4 6 .9
2 5 .4

1 8 .6
2 7 .4

A DD ITIONS, A L T E R A T IO N S , AND 1
REPAIRS
S t a t e s ..............................

9 5 .0

1 0 0 .7

1 4 5 .7

1 4 6 .3

1 7 0 .4

1 8 0 .6

1 5 0 .9

1 4 9 .4

1 4 4 .7

1 5 0 .3

1 1 8 .2

9 7 .6

M etro p o lita n a r e a s .........

7 5 .0

8 1 .1

1 4 2 .5
8 3 .5

1 1 3 .4

1 1 9 .8

9 4 .4

8 0 .0

5 0 .9
3 0 .2
1 9 .6

1 3 4 .3
8 1 .8

1 1 7 .6

4 8 .3
2 6 .7
2 0 .0

1 1 3 .3
6 4 .7

1 1 7 .5

C en tra l c i t i e s ..............

1 1 6 .9
7 3 .2

6 3 .6

5 1 .7

5 2 .5
3 6 .1

5 9 .0

4 9 .8

38. 1

3 3 .4

5 0 .2
3 1 .8

7 3 .1
4 6 .7

5 5 .9

4 8 .6
3 3 .0

6 9 .3
4 8 .2

6 7 .4

4 3 .7
2 8 .8

3 1 .3

3 0 .5

3 8 .5
2 3 .8

2 8 .3
1 7 .6

U nited

S u b u r b s .............................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..
........................................

1 9 .7

2 0 .6

3 2 .9

3 3 .6

3 7 .1

41. 1

3 2 .1

3 0 .2

3 2 .7

3 6 .6

2 6 .5

2 1 .8

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ...........
C e n tr a l c i t i e s .................

1 7 .5
8 .6

1 8 .0
9 .6

2 8 .9
1 4 .6

2 8 .9
1 2 .1

3 2 .7

3 7 .0
1 5 .7

2 8 .3
1 1 .4

2 2 .9
1 0 .0

S u b u rbs ..............................

8 .9
2 .2

8 .4

1 6 .8
4 .7

4 .4

2 1 .3
4 .1

1 9 .4
9 .6
9 .8

2 .6

1 4 .3
4 .0

2 6 .5
1 0 .5
1 6 .0

3 2 .2

1 5 .3
1 7 .4

2 7 .9
1 0 .7
1 7 .2
4 .2

3 .7

2 0 .6

2 2 .1

4 2 .7

3 9 .3

4 8 .3

5 1 .2

4 6 .0

1 6 .1

1 8 .3
1 1 .8

3 4 .7
2 3 .4

2 9 .7

3 8 .1
2 4 .6

4 0 .8
2 5 .4

3 6 .1
2 2 .7

N ortheast

N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..
N orth

C e n t r a l ..............................

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ...........
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ................

1 1 .2

4 1 .9

4 2 .3

2 8 .5

2 5 .9

3 3 .5
1 9 .9
1 3 .6

3 3 .4
2 0 .4

2 3 .3
1 4 .6

22 . 1
16. 1

2 .4

1 3 .5

1 5 .4

1 3 .4

1 3 .0

8 .7

6 .0

9 .6

1 0 .2

1 0 .4

9 .9

8 .8

8 .4

8 .9

5 .2

3 .8

3 7 .1

3 9 .3

4 3 .7

4 9 .3

4 0 .7

4 1 .7

3 5 .5

3 8 .8

3 4 .9

2 6 .1

2 7 .7

2 9 .3
2 2 .4

3 1 .0

2 9 .3
2 2 .7

2 5 .0

2 9 .4

6 .6

2 3 .3
6 .1

1 9 .1
1 4 .7

6 .9
1 2 .7

1 8 .6
6 .4

2 5 .6
2 0 .0

6 .9
1 0 .0

3 0 .9
2 3 .2
7 .7

9 .4

3 5 .3
2 7 .6
7 .7
1 4 .0

11. 4

1 0 .8

1 0 .5

9 .4

2 5 .6

3 3 .0

3 4 .2

4 1 .3

3 8 .9

3 2 .1

3 6 .3

3 4 .6

1 9 .9
1 0 .3
9 .6

2 5 .5
1 3 .4
12. 1

2 5 .4
1 2 .7
1 2 .7

3 2 .6

2 9 .4
1 4 .7

2 4 .1

2 7 .7

2 6 .6

1 4 .3
1 3 .4

1 3 .7

7 .5

8 .8

8 .7

1 3 .3
1 0 .8
8 .0

S ub urbs .............................

4 .9
4 .5

6 .5
3 .8

1 1 .3
8 .0

S o u t h ......................................................

3 1 .8

3 2 .3

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ............

2 3 .4

C e n tr a l c i t i e s ................
S u b u rbs .............................

1 9 .2
4 .2

2 4 .9
1 9 .2
5 .7

2 1 .7
6 .0

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s .

8 .4

7 .4

W e s t .........................................................

2 2 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C e n tr a l c i t i e s .................

1 7 .9
9 .3
8 .6
5 .0




4 1 .3

1 2 .9
3 .6

3 2 .5
1 9 .3
1 3 .2

N on m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

S u b u rbs .............................
N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

1 6 .9
4 .4

1 5 .3
1 6 .9
4 .4

5 .7

1 7 .5
1 2 .2

2 4 .1

1 7 .8
1 4 .8

1 4 .7
9 .5

8 .6

1 2 .9
8 .0

5 .6

4 .4

9 .3

7 .0

3 2 .6

2 8 .4

2 3 .9

2 4 .9
14. 1

2 2 .7

1 9 .3
1 1 .4

1 0 .8

1 1 .3
1 1 .4

7 .7

5 .7

7 .9
4 .6

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Table B-3: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Monthly, 1954-56--Continued
1956 V a lu a tio n
L o c a tio n

Jan .

F eb.

Mar.

A pr.

May

(in millions of dollars)

June

J u ly

A u g.

S ep t.

O ct.

N ov.

D ec.

A L L BUILDING C O N S T R U C T I O N 1
S t a t e s ..............................

1 ,1 8 3 .5

1 ,2 9 9 .0

1 ,6 7 7 .1

1 ,8 6 3 .0

1 ,9 0 2 .1

1 ,8 4 1 .9

1 ,7 1 6 .7

1 ,7 3 2 .7

1, 4 4 0 . 6

1 ,6 5 2 .8

1 ,3 4 0 .4

1 ,0 5 3 .0

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

9 3 4 .3

1 ,0 4 0 .5

1 ,3 0 2 .8

1 ,4 4 1 .7

1, 504. 3 1 , 4 5 3 . 6

1, 3 3 0 .7

1, 3 5 0 .2

1, 1 0 1 .4

1, 2 9 4 .1

1 ,0 3 2 .0

8 4 1 .6

C en tral c i t i e s .................

3 7 6 .1

3 6 2 .6

4 6 5 .5

5 2 7 .2

5 4 3 .7

5 5 1 .7

5 2 6 .2

4 2 4 .9

4 8 5 .2

S ub urbs .............................

5 5 8 .2

6 7 7 .9

8 3 7 .3

9 1 4 .5

9 6 0 .6

9 0 1 .9

5 1 3 .3
8 1 7 .4

8 2 4 .0

2 4 9 .2

2 5 8 .5

374.3

4 2 1 .3

3 9 7 .8

3 8 8 .3

3 8 6 .0

3 8 2 .5

8 0 8 .9
3 5 8 .7

4 9 9 .2

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

676. 5
3 3 9 .2

3 9 5 .3
6 3 6 .7
3 0 8 .4

2 1 1 .4

N ortheast

U nited

3 4 2 .4

........................................

2 1 4 .2

2 6 7 .4

3 1 5 .3

4 5 3 .3

4 0 1 .7

4 3 7 .1

3 4 1 .5

3 6 3 .5

3 3 7 .6

3 4 6 .8

2 9 1 .2

2 4 3 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

1 9 1 .5

2 3 6 .4

2 8 0 .2

3 9 8 .9

3 4 9 .9

3 8 8 .9

2 9 7 .4

3 1 9 .8

2 9 4 .3

3 0 5 .3

2 4 8 .7

2 2 0 .6

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

6 2 .5
1 2 9 .0

6 5 .2

8 1 .6

1 0 3 .0

2 0 5 .8

2 1 6 .8

1 0 3 .3
1 9 1 .0

2 2 .7

3 1 .0

3 5 .1

5 4 .4

2 5 0 .3
5 1 .8

1 3 2 .3
2 5 6 .6

9 1 .6

1 9 8 .6

1 3 8 .9
2 6 0 .0

9 9 .6

1 7 1 .2

4 8 .2

4 4 .1

4 3 .7

4 3 .3

2 8 3 .8

3 3 1 .9

5 0 0 .6

6 1 7 .2

6 2 2 .6

5 6 6 .8

5 5 5 .7

5 4 8 .2

245.5

2 8 0 .2

4 7 1 .4

5 0 5 .3

4 4 5 .7

8 7 .6

8 9 .1

1 4 9 .5

1 5 5 .2

Suburbs .............................

1 9 1 .1
5 1 .7

2 6 9 .5

N on m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

1 5 7 .9
3 8 .3

9 9 .3

3 2 1 .9
1 4 5 .8

1 7 3 .9
3 3 1 .4

4 3 3 .3
1 6 7 .0

4 3 3 .2

C e n tra l c i t i e s .................

4 0 1 .3
1 3 1 .8

1 1 7 .3

2 9 0 .5
1 2 1 .1

S o u t h ......................................................

3 3 3 .1

3 5 1 .9

4 1 0 .7

3 % . 3

4 5 5 .3

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

2 3 0 .8

2 3 8 .2

2 7 6 .6

2 6 9 .8

3 2 4 .8

C en tra l c i t i e s ................

1 3 4 .0

1 3 6 .9

1 4 8 .4

1 3 8 .4

1 6 4 .8

9 6 .8

S uburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..
N orth

C e n t r a l ..............................

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

8 5 .4

7 1 .7

6 3 .1

219 . 9
4 1 .5

1 7 7 .0

1 5 7 .5

4 2 .5

2 3 .3

4 4 6 .6

5 3 7 .3

3 8 7 .0

2 5 8 .0

4 3 1 .9
1 4 5 .6

302. 1

1 5 0 .7

3 4 5 .1
1 1 6 .0

2 1 0 .9
7 8 .6

2 6 6 .3
1 2 2 .4

2 8 2 .5
1 1 5 .0

2 2 9 .1
1 0 1 .5

2 8 6 .3
1 0 5 .4

4 0 1 .9

3 9 4 .1

3 9 8 .2

3 3 5 .0

3 8 6 .3

3 1 7 .0

2 7 2 .2

2 6 2 .8

2 6 9 .6

2 6 2 .1

1 4 1 .6

1 4 2 .5

1 5 5 .2

2 1 9 .3
1 2 1 .4

1 4 3 .2

2 1 1 .5
127. 1

1 0 1 .3
2 0 0 .8
8 4 .9

1 3 2 .3
47. 1
2 7 2 .0

1 8 6 .5

1 6 0 .0

1 3 0 .6

1 2 0 .3

1 2 6 .5

1 3 0 .5

1 2 9 .7

1 3 1 .3

1 1 4 .4
1 2 8 .6

9 7 .9
1 1 5 .7

1 1 8 .9
1 2 4 .2

8 4 .4

1 0 2 .3

1 2 8 .2
134. 1

1 3 1 .4

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 0 1 .3
1 1 3 .7

1 1 3 .9
7 2 .6

1 0 5 .5

8 5 .5

W e s t .........................................................

3 5 2 .4

3 4 7 .9

4 5 0 .5

3 9 6 .1

4 2 2 .5

4 3 6 .0

4 2 5 .4

4 2 2 .8

3 2 1 .4

3 8 2 .4

3 4 5 .2

2 7 9 .1

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

2 6 6 .4

2 8 5 .7

3 4 4 .7

3 0 1 .6

3 2 4 .2

3 4 6 .8

3 3 7 .2

3 2 7 .6

2 4 2 .6

2 9 4 .8

2 6 9 .6

2 2 3 .7

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

9 2 .0

7 1 .5

1 0 3 .7

1 0 0 .5

1 0 5 .4

1 2 2 .6

1 1 2 .2

1 1 7 .4

84. 2

1 1 1 .0

9 5 .2

8 6 .8

S u b u r b s ..............................

1 7 4 .4

214. 2

2 4 1 .0

201. 1

2 1 8 .8

2 2 4 .2

2 2 5 .0

2 1 0 .2

1 8 3 .8

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

8 6 .0

6 2 .2

1 0 5 .8

9 4 .5

9 8 .3

89. 2

8 8 .2

9 5 .2

8 7 .6

1 7 4 .4
7 5 .6

1 3 6 .9
5 5 .4

Su b u rbs .............................

1 5 8 .4
7 8 .8

NEW D W E L L I N G U N I T S ( H O U S E K E E P I N G O N L Y )
S t a t e s ..............................

6 3 5 .0

7 4 0 .0

1 ,0 0 4 .9

1 ,0 5 9 .6

1 ,0 3 9 .2

9 6 4 .4

8 8 7 .1

9 4 6 .9

7 6 1 .4

8 6 3 .5

6 7 4 .7

5 1 9 .9

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

512. 2

5 9 0 .6

8 0 3 .9

8 3 0 .6

7 6 1 .7

5 9 1 .5

6 7 4 .7

2 0 7 .6

1 8 5 .8

6 1 1 .1

5 3 8 .2

2 0 1 .0

507. 1
1 9 3 .2

1 6 9 .1
4 2 2 .4

5 1 9 .9
1 4 9 .0

4 1 4 .8

2 3 4 .5
5 6 9 .4

6 9 3 .9
1 8 6 .8

7 4 5 .8

1 5 1 .5

8 1 8 .9
2 1 8 .0

2 0 1 .1

1 6 9 .9

4 8 8 .9
1 8 8 .8

3 7 0 .9
1 5 4 .8

2 8 0 .9
105. 1

U nited

C e n tr a l c i t i e s ................
S u b u rbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

1 4 8 .5
3 6 3 .7
1 2 2 .8

439. 1
1 4 9 .4

2 1 9 .5
2 2 9 .0

6 0 0 .9
2 2 0 .3

2 1 4 .9
5 4 6 .8
2 0 2 .7

1 3 3 .9

........................................

1 1 4 .8

1 4 5 .1

2 0 1 .0

2 3 5 .1

2 3 8 .0

2 2 4

6

1 8 7 .3

1 9 4 .5

1 6 8 .5

1 9 2 .6

1 5 1 .2

1 1 8 .0

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

1 0 2 .8

1 2 7 .5
2 4 .0

1 7 9 .8
4 4 .4

2 0 5 .1
4 5 .4

2 0 0 .0

1 6 0 .0

2 8 .4

1 4 8 .5
2 9 .9

1 6 8 .3
3 5 .5

1 2 9 .0

4 3 .8

1 7 0 .0
33. 1

1 0 7 .3
2 5 .0

1 3 5 .4

1 5 9 .7
3 0 .0

1 5 6 .2
2 4 .6

1 3 1 .6

1 3 2 .8

1 0 0 .9

2 7 .3

1 3 6 .9
2 4 .5

1 1 8 .6

1 2 .0

1 0 3 .5
1 7 .6

2 0 8 .9
35. 1
1 7 3 .8

2 0 .0

2 4 .3

2 2 .2

8 2 .3
1 0 .7

N ortheast

C e n tr a l c i t i e s ................
S u b u r b s .............................
N on m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

2 3 .6
7 9 .2

2 1 .2

29. 1

28. 1

N o r t h C e n t r a l ..............................

1 5 7 .7

1 9 1 .9

3 1 2 .6

365! 7

3 3 3 .9

3 1 9 .6

2 9 1 .3

3 0 6 .4

2 5 5 .5

2 6 7 .2

1 9 3 .9

1 2 7 .1

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ............
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ................

1 3 6 .5
3 1 .1

1 6 4 .4

2 6 1 .2

2 9 0 .1

2 6 8 .0

2 5 8 .0

2 3 5 .7

2 0 5 .0

2 1 3 .7

3 6 .1

6 3 .7

6 2 .8

5 5 .9
1 7 9 .8

1 9 0 .6

5 0 .4
1 5 4 .6

5 1 .9

2 0 5 .2

6 5 .9
1 9 2 .1

1 5 5 .0
3 5 .8

S u b u rbs .............................

6 5 .5
2 2 4 .6

2 4 9 .8
5 9 .2

1 6 1 .8

1 1 9 .2

1 0 5 .3
2 9 .5
7 5 .8

7 5 .6

6 5 .9

6 1 .6

5 5 .6

5 6 .6

5 0 .5

5 3 .5

3 8 .9

2 1 .8

1 0 5 .4

1 2 8 .3

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

2 1 .2

2 7 .5

1 9 7 .5
5 1 .4

S o u t h ......................................................

1 7 4 .6

1 9 6 .2

2 3 5 .3

2 3 1 .1

2 3 8 .6

1 9 8 .6

2 0 0 .1

2 1 4 .8

1 7 1 .5

2 0 2 .5

1 4 9 .9

1 3 2 .6

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

1 1 5 .9
5 2 .1

1 2 5 .9
5 2 .5

1 5 8 .5

1 5 7 .6

1 6 0 .6

1 3 0 .0

1 2 8 .6

1 4 2 .5

1 1 0 .9

1 3 0 .3

9 1 .6

5 8 .3

6 6 .8

5 3 .6

5 3 .8

4 9 .9

4 0 .3

8 4 .9
3 7 .8

C en tra l c i t i e s .................
...........................

6 3 .8

7 3 .4

6 8 .3
9 0 .2

9 9 .3

9 3 .8

7 6 .4

7 4 .8

6 2 .9
7 9 .6

6 1 .0

5 5 .1
7 5 .2

N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

5 8 .7

7 0 .3

7 6 .8

7 3 .5

7 8 .0

6 8 .6

7 1 .5

7 2 .3

6 0 .6

7 2 .2

5 1 .3
5 8 .3

4 7 .7

W e s t ..........................................

1 8 7 .9

2 0 6 .8

2 5 6 .0

2 2 7 .7

2 2 8 .6

2 2 1 .6

2 0 8 .3

2 3 1 .2

1 6 6 .0

2 0 1 .2

1 7 9 .7

1 4 2 .1

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

1 5 7 .0

1 7 2 .8

2 0 4 .4

1 7 7 .9

1 8 1 .4

1 6 9 .7

1 1 7 .2

3 8 .8

58. 1

4 4 .8

4 1 .6

1 1 5 .2

1 2 0 .8

3 8 .6

8 8 .3
3 8 .9

1 1 8 .9
3 8 .9

7 5 .6

4 7 .9

1 3 1 .1
4 7 .7

9 9 .6

3 0 .9

1 4 6 .3
5 1 .6

1 2 2 .0

N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ..

1 3 4 .0
3 4 .0

5 3 .3
128. 1

3 8 .8

Su b u rbs .............................

5 0 .3
1 2 7 .6
4 9 .8

1 6 2 .3
4 3 .4

1 4 4 .4

4 1 .8

1 8 3 .5
5 2 .4

127. 1

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

1 7 3 .7
5 1 .7

3 5 .3

2 4 .9

S ub urbs

1

4 7 .2

Includes new nonhousekeeping residential building, not shown separately.




4 8 .9

4 7 .1

52

Table 8-3: Valuation by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Monthly, 1954-56—Continued
1956 V a lu a tio n
L o c a tio n

(in millions of dollars)

Jan.

F eb.

Mar.

U n i t e d S t a t e s ..............................

4 2 7 .2

4 3 0 .8

5 0 8 .7

612. 2

6 6 7 .4

6 9 4 .8

6 3 6 .7

5 8 1 .0

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

3 4 8 .6

3 7 2 .2

4 6 3 .7

152. 2

1 5 6 .8

2 2 3 .6

5 3 5 .9
240. 1

5 5 0 .9
2 5 7 .0

4 8 6 .2

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

3 2 7 .3
1 6 5 .7

S u b u r b s .............................

1 6 1 .6

1 9 6 .4

2 1 5 .4

240. 1

2 9 5 .8

2 9 3 .9

2 3 7 .5
2 4 8 .7

4 4 2 .9
2 2 3 .9
2 1 9 .0

N o n m e tro p o lita n p la c e s ..

9 9 .9

82. 2

1 3 6 .5

1 4 8 .5

1 3 1 .5

1 4 3 .9

1 5 0 .5

N ortheast

Apr.

May

Ju n e

J u ly

A u g.

S e p t.

|

O ct.

N ov.

D ec.

5 2 5 .3

6 0 7 .6

5 2 6 .4

4 1 4 .4

3 9 1 .5

4 7 9 .8

3 3 0 .1

1 9 1 .3
2 0 0 .2

2 2 2 .8

4 0 2 .3
1 4 9 .0

2 5 7 .0

1 8 2 .8

1 3 8 .1

1 3 3 .8

1 2 7 .8

2 5 3 .3
124. 1

NEW NON R E S I D E N T I A L B U IL D IN G

147. 3
8 4 .3

....................................

7 7 .4

9 6 .2

8 1 .1

1 7 4 .9

1 2 1 .4

1 7 2 .4

1 1 3 .9

1 2 4 .1

1 3 3 .8

1 1 5 .9

1 1 1 .4

9 9 .2

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s .........

69- 6

8 6 .1

7 1 .8

156.4

1 0 5 .8

1 5 4 .9

1 0 2 .7

1 1 0 .0

1 1 4 .8

9 4 .6

8 9 .4

C e n tra l c i t i e s ..............

2 9 .8
3 9 .8

3 1 .0
55. 1

2 4 .7
47. 1

7 5 .8
8 0 .6

50. 1
5 5 .7

7 3 .1
8 1 .8

4 7 .6
55. 1

5 1 .9
58. 1

6 0 .6
5 4 .2

105. 1
38. 1
6 7 .0

7 .8

10. 1

9 .3

1 8 .5

1 5 .6

1 7 .5

1 1 .2

14. 1

1 9 .0

1 0 .8

9 7 .2

1 0 8 .1
9 0 .0

147. 1
1 0 7 .4
4 8 .2

1 9 6 .0

2 3 2 .2

1 9 7 .2

2 0 9 .6

1 8 6 .9

1 4 6 .8

2 1 3 .2

1 3 7 .4
5 9 .2

1 9 2 .6

1 4 8 .5
67. 1

1 5 4 .5
8 5 .7

1 3 9 .2
6 4 .6

1 0 6 .4

1 7 2 .5

8 1 .4

6 8 .8

7 4 .6

4 6 .3
6 0 .1

6 8 .3
1 0 4 .2

8 2 .2

7 8 .3
3 0 .3
4 8 .0

4 8 .7

55. 1

4 7 .7

4 0 .4

4 0 .7

3 9 .5

2 0 .7

1 2 8 .1

S u b u rbs

...........................

N o n m etrop olita n p l a c e s
N orth

C e n t r a l ..............................

M etrop olita n a r e a s

.........

8 4 .5

C en tra l c i t i e s .................

3 5 .5

S u b u r b s .............................

3 8 .9
4 5 .6

5 4 .5

5 9 .2

7 8 .2

N on m etrop olita n p la c e s ..

1 2 .7

18. 1

3 9 .7

5 8 .6

1 0 9 .5
3 9 .6

S o u t h ......................................................

1 2 0 .6

1 2 1 .6

1 3 0 .6

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ............

88. 3

8 8 .0

..............

6 0 .4

S uburbs ..............................

2 7 .9

6 5 .5
22. 5

N on m etrop olita n p la c e s ..

3 2 .3

3 3 .6

C en tra l c i t i e s

8 3 .1

28. 1

2 6 .6

6 6 .5
1 6 .8

6 2 .8

1 5 7 .5
1 1 8 .0

9 9 .0

3 5 .8

9 .8

1 1 8 .0

1 6 4 .7

1 5 6 .0

1 4 0 .0

1 2 5 .1

1 3 8 .6

1 3 0 .1

1 0 8 .4

8 7 .5
58. 1

7 9 .8

1 2 8 .7

1 1 0 .0

9 4 .7

87. 1

8 1 .7

1 0 0 .4

9 3 .8

7 8 .4

5 5 .3

7 1 .7

6 4 .8

5 8 .8

6 1 .7

5 3 .2

6 4 .5

4 0 .3

2 9 .4

5 7 .0

4 5 .2

3 5 .9

2 5 .4

2 8 .5

3 6 .0

4 6 .0

4 5 .3

4 1 .0

4 3 .4

3 5 .9
3 8 .2

5 3 .5

43. 1

2 4 .5
3 8 .2

3 6 .3

5 7 .9
2 0 .5
3 0 .0

W e s t ..........................................

1 3 1 .9

1 0 4 .8

1 4 9 .9

1 2 3 .2

1 4 9 .1

1 6 9 .2

1 7 3 .2

1 4 1 .8

1 1 9 .6

1 4 0 .0

1 2 7 .5

1 0 7 .8

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

8 4 .8

8 4 .4

1 0 5 .5

9 0 .2

1 0 8 .8

1 3 4 .4

1 0 6 .6

8 8 .7

1 0 1 .8

2 0 .2

3 5 .2

3 1 .2

5 2 .0

7 3 .6

8 5 .4

6 0 .8

47 . 1

2 0 .4

4 4 .4

4 0 .3

3 1 .7

3 8 .8

3 5 .2

5 7 .5
3 0 .9

4 9 .8

N o n m etrop olita n p l a c e s .

5 6 .9
3 3 .0

4 5 .4
8 9 .0

4 5 .8

6 4 .2

2 5 .9
7 9 .6

3 3 .3

S uburbs .............................

3 6 .6
4 8 .2

9 5 .9
4 4 .8

8 3 .9

C en tral c i t i e s .................

1 3 7 .5
52. 1

3 2 .5
5 1 .4

3 8 .2

5 1 .1
3 1 .6

2 3 .9

A DD ITION S, A L T E R A T IO N S , A ND R E P A IR S

1 1 3 .7

1 1 8 .1

1 5 0 .4

1 7 6 .4

1 8 1 .9

1 7 3 .1

1 8 3 .4

1 8 1 .9

1 4 2 .5

1 6 6 .7

1 3 1 .4

1 0 9 .8

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

9 1 .0

9 4 .6

1 1 8 .7

1 4 1 .1

1 4 3 .0

1 0 5 .4

9 0 .7

5 5 .6

7 1 .4

8 6 .8

8 4 .3

7 3 .1

6 3 .6

58. 1

3 9 .0

3 8 .9

4 9 .8
3 2 .0

3 4 .9

4 1 .8
2 6 .0

3 2 .6

3 7 .9

5 7 .4
3 9 .2

5 8 .7

2 3 .5

5 7 .3
3 8 .0

5 8 .7

N o n m e tro p o lita n p la c e s ..

4 7 .3
3 1 .7

8 1 .9
5 9 .2
4 0 .8

1 1 0 .5
6 0 .7

1 3 1 .8

6 0 .3
3 0 .7
2 2 .7

1 3 5 .1
7 7 .8

1 4 4 .2

C en tra l c i t i e s ................

1 3 8 .5
80. 3

N ortheast

2 0 .6

24. 1

3 0 .9

3 9 .5

3 9 .2

3 8 .2

3 9 .2

4 2 .7

3 3 .3

3 4 .1

2 7 .5

2 4 .1

18. 2

2 1 .2

2 7 .0

3 4 .0

3 3 .7

3 2 .6

3 4 .2

3 8 .2

2 9 .4

2 4 .2

2 1 .6

1 4 .8

1 5 .5
1 8 .7
5 .0

2 9 .6
12. 1

1 1 .2

2 0 .6

1 7 .5
3 .7

1 8 .2

1 0 .3
1 3 .9

1 0 .6

4 .7

3 .3

2 .5

U nited

S t a t e s ..............................

Su b u rbs .............................

........................................

M etrop olita n a r e a s ...........

5 8 .2

C en tra l c i t i e s .................
S u b u r b s .............................

8 .6

9 .3

1 1 .9

9 .6

1 1 .9

15. 1

1 5 .9
18. 1

1 3 .9
1 9 .8

1 7 .8

N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s ..

2 .4

2 .9

3 .9

5 .5

5 .5

5 .6

N o r t h C e n t r a l ...............................

2 7 .8

2 9 .2

3 8 .7

4 7 .5

2 3 .6

2 3 .8

3 1 .1

5 1 .1
4 0 .6

5 3 .4

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

4 2 .4

3 7 .2

C en tra l c i t i e s .................
S uburbs .............................

1 7 .0
6 .6

1 5 .8
8 .0

1 9 .5
1 1 .6

2 3 .8
1 6 .8

2 6 .7
1 5 .7

2 1 .8
1 5 .4

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

4 .2

5 .4

7 .6

1 0 .5

1 1 .0

1 0 .3

S o u t h ......................................................

3 6 .1

3 2 .8

2 6 .3
2 1 .4

2 3 .5

3 9 .7
2 7 .8

4 3 .3
3 1 .6

4 7 .7
3 2 .6

4 4 .5

M etrop olita n a r e a s ............

2 1 .1

24. 5

6 .7

7. 1

C e n tra l c i t i e s ..... ...........
S uburbs .............................
N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

4 .9
9 .8

1 8 .3
5 .2
9 .3

1 1 .9 i

2 9 .2
2 3 .0

3 2 .0
2 6 .0

4 1 .1
3 2 .7

S ub urbs .............................

1 3 .3
9 .7

1 2 .3
1 3 .7

1 8 .9
1 3 .8

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s ..

6 .2

6 .0

8 .4

W e s t..........................................
M etrop olita n a r e a s ............
C e n tr a l c i t i e s .................




1 7 .6
4 .5

19. 1

1 1 .0

5 2 .0
4 0 .8

5 2 .3

4 0 .6
3 1 .2

5 3 .2

3 4 .0

3 0 .1

4 2 .0

4 3 .8

2 4 .9
1 5 .9
1 1 .2

2 5 .3
1 6 .7

1 8 .2
1 3 .0

2 4 .8
1 9 .0

2 7 .9
1 8 .0
9 .9

2 5 .5
1 7 .7
7 .8

1 0 .3

9 .4

9 .4

6 .1

4 .6

5 0 .2
3 7 .0

4 5 .8

4 1 .6
2 9 .2

2 9 .4

3 2 .5

3 6 .0
2 5 .0

3 4 .8

3 0 .7

2 5 .3

2 2 .3

2 4 .7

2 2 .7

2 9 .1

2 5 .1

18. 1

22. 1

1 9 .3

7 .9

8 .0

7 .4

6 .0

1 7 .5
4 .8

15. 1

1 3 .8

1 3 .3

6 .9
1 1 .0

7 .1

1 1 .7

7 .9
1 3 .2

1 2 .4

9 .5

7. 1

4 2 .5

4 1 .6

4 2 .9

3 5 .2

2 6 .2

1 7 .4

2 9 .4
1 5 .0

28. 1
1 6 .0

2 1 .3
1 2 .0

1 4 .8

1 6 .3
1 4 .1

2 4 .6
1 2 .4

1 6 .2

1 6 .5
1 5 .8

3 4 .5
1 8 .5
1 6 .0

4 1 .1
3 0 .4

3 7 .8

3 2 .3

4 2 .0
3 2 .2

3 2 .5

3 2 .3
1 6 .1

1 2 .2

1 4 .4

1 2 .1

9 .3

1 0 .2

9 .3

8 .4

9 .8

1 0 .7

7. 1

4 .9

7 .9

8 .4 .

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Table B-4: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan and Central City-Suburban Location,
Monthly, 1954-56
N um ber o f d w e llin g u n its (h o u s e k e e p in g o n ly )
L o c a t io n
Jan .

F eb.

Mar.

A pr.

| May

June

J u ly

A ug.

S e p t.

O ct.

N ov.

D ec.

9 4 ,0 1 5

8 7 ,7 8 7

7 7 ,3 9 4

1954

6 6 .7 9 6

95, 389

100, 701

9 1 ,9 8 4

1 0 8 ,1 7 9

9 8 ,1 9 9

9 9 ,8 7 0

97, 577

4 6 , 7 9 8 5 3 ,7 8 0
M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ...................... 1 7 ,6 9 5 18, 84 1
S ub urbs ..................................... 2 9 , 103 3 4 ,9 3 9
N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s .....
9 ,8 2 3 1 3 ,0 1 6

7 6 ,7 8 8

8 1 ,0 0 3

7 2 , 596

8 6 ,3 8 7

7 9 ,1 2 8

7 9 ,1 7 1

7 7 ,5 7 5

2 5 ,6 7 9

2 5 ,7 7 3

2 3 ,3 7 6

2 8 ,6 6 4

2 5 ,5 4 1

24, 4 2 3

51, 109

55, 230

4 9 , 220

53, 587

5 4 ,7 4 8

1 8 ,6 0 1

19, 698

19, 388

5 7 ,7 2 3
2 1 ,7 9 2

7 4 , 329 6 9 , 9 6 3 6 3 , 218
2 4 ,8 4 5 2 2 ,7 1 6 22, 171 2 0 ,5 1 0
5 2 ,7 3 0 5 1 ,6 1 3 4 7 ,7 9 2 4 2 ,7 0 8

1 9 ,0 7 1

2 0 ,6 9 9

2 0 ,0 0 2

U nited

S t a t e s .......................................

N ortheast

. . . . . ..........................................

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ..................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s
S ub urbs .....................................
N on m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s .........

56. 621

1 9 ,6 8 6

1 7 ,8 2 4

1 4 ,1 7 6

1 2 ,2 9 6

13, 521

2 2 ,7 3 9

2 1 ,4 8 0

1 9 ,2 0 2

2 2 ,6 4 7

2 0 ,7 0 9

2 2 ,0 2 1

1 9 ,5 0 3

1 8 ,1 5 3

1 5 ,7 9 4

1 4 ,0 2 1

11, 242

12, 309

2 0 ,0 6 9

1 8 ,8 7 4

1 6 ,8 0 3

1 9 ,7 2 9

18, 553

19, 169

17, 237

1 5 ,7 7 9

1 3 ,8 0 1

1 2 ,6 8 4

4 , 266
6 ,9 7 6
1 ,0 5 4

3 ,3 3 6
8 ,7 9 3
1 ,2 1 2

3 ,9 6 9
16, 100
2 ,6 7 0

14, 347
2 ,6 0 6

3, 585
13, 218
2, 399

4 ,9 7 2
1 4 ,7 5 7
2 ,9 1 8

5 ,0 4 9
13, 504
2, 156

4 ,8 5 0
1 4 ,3 1 9
2 ,8 5 2

4 ,9 0 0
12, 337
2, 266

3, 298
2 ,6 3 5
1 2 ,4 8 1 1 1 ,1 6 6
2, 37 4
1 ,9 9 3

3, 46 7
9 ,2 1 7
1 ,3 3 7

4, 527

N o r t h C e n t r a l ........................................

1 0 ,7 5 5

1 3 ,2 7 2

2 1 ,6 9 0

2 8 ,1 2 3

2 6 ,2 6 1

2 9 ,3 5 7

27, 317

2 6 ,4 3 1

2 6 ,1 2 6

2 4 ,4 9 8

2 2 ,1 7 5

1 6 ,3 3 9

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ....................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ........................

9 ,5 1 0

1 1 ,2 1 0

2 2 ,7 8 6

2 0 ,5 9 6

2 4 ,0 1 5

2 1 ,0 0 8

1 9 ,8 0 8

1 8 ,0 5 9

1 3 ,8 9 9

3 ,2 0 3
8 ,0 0 7

7 , 182
1 5 ,6 0 4

6 ,2 8 5
1 4 ,3 1 1

7 ,4 0 2
1 6 ,6 1 3

2 2 ,0 6 3
6 ,0 7 0
1 5 ,9 9 3

2 1 , 557

3, 224
6 , 286

1 7 ,9 5 9
5 ,6 2 1
12, 338

5, 545
1 6 ,0 1 2

5 ,6 6 5
15, 343

5 ,3 9 9
1 4 ,4 0 9

5 ,8 7 9
12, 180

3 ,8 8 4
1 0 ,0 1 5

1, 245

2 ,0 6 2

3 ,7 3 1

5, 337

5 ,6 6 5

5, 342

5, 254

4 ,8 7 4

5 ,1 1 8

4 ,6 9 0

4 , 116

2, 440

S o u t h .................................................................

1 7 ,4 8 9

2 1 ,6 3 5

2 6 ,9 4 8

2 5 ,4 6 6

2 3 ,3 0 1

2 8 ,5 6 1

2 5 ,8 5 6

2 7 , 113

2 8 ,2 1 4

2 5 ,8 1 6

25, 229

2 2 ,0 3 6

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s ...................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ........................
S u b u r b s .....................................
N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s .......

12, 488

15, 520

19, 378

1 8 ,3 1 6

1 6 ,7 9 4

2 0 ,6 3 3

1 8 ,5 8 8

19, 370

20, 372

1 8 ,3 8 5

1 7 ,9 3 0

1 5 ,7 8 2

5 ,6 5 2
6 ,8 3 6
5 ,0 0 1

8 , 128
7 ,3 9 2
6 , 115

9 ,9 3 2
9, 446
7 ,5 7 0

8 ,4 2 2
9 ,8 9 4
7 , 150

7 ,7 3 0
9 ,0 6 4
6 ,5 0 7

9 ,8 6 7
1 0 ,7 6 6
7 ,9 2 8

9 ,0 1 1
9 ,5 7 7
7 ,2 6 8

9 ,1 4 9
10, 221
7 ,7 4 3

9 ,6 3 3
10, 739
7 ,8 4 2

8 ,6 7 3
9 ,7 1 2
7 ,4 3 1

8 , 102
9 ,8 2 8
7 ,2 9 9

7 ,9 2 5
7 ,8 5 7
6 , 254

W est

1 6 ,0 8 1

2 4 ,0 1 2

2 5 ,6 3 2

23 , 220

2 7 ,6 1 4

2 4 ,3 1 7

2 4 ,3 0 5

2 3 ,7 3 4

25, 54 8

1 9 ,3 8 2
6 , 157

2 1 ,0 2 7

2 2 ,0 1 0

1 9 ,9 2 4
5 ,4 1 1

1 9 ,0 7 5

5, 6 4 2
15, 385

18, 403
5 ,7 7 6
1 2 ,6 2 7

18, 95 8
4 ,6 4 7

4 ,6 0 5

4 ,8 1 7

5 ,6 0 4

S u b u rbs .....................................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s .........

.................................................................

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s
...........
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ......................
S ub urbs .....................................
N o n m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s .........

1 8 ,3 6 8

1 3 ,5 5 8 1 4 ,7 4 1
4, 174
4, 553
9 , 0 0 5 10, 567
3 ,6 2 7
2 ,5 2 3

13, 225
4 ,6 3 0

6 ,4 2 3
15, 587

2 4 ,5 8 9

24, 998

1 4 ,5 1 3

4 ,8 7 9
1 4 ,1 9 6

4, 393

5, 230

1 4 ,3 1 1
4 ,7 7 6

20, 357 20 , 173 2 0 ,8 5 3
5, 346
5 ,2 3 4
5 ,5 5 5
1 5 ,0 1 1 1 4 ,6 1 8 1 5 ,6 1 9
4 ,4 1 6
5 ,1 9 1
4, 145

9 6 ,7 9 0

8 9 ,9 1 3

19 55

U n i t e d S t a t e s ........................................

7 7 ,7 4 2

7 9 ,0 5 3

1 1 5 ,4 0 3

1 1 9 ,4 3 8

1 2 0 ,5 1 5

9 8 ,3 1 9

108, 184

6 3 , 184
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ...................... 2 1 , 114
S uburbs ................................... 4 2 , 0 7 0
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ....... 14, 55S

6 2 ,7 6 9
2 0 ,6 2 2
4 2 , 147
1 6 ,2 8 4

9 2 , 457
2 9 ,2 8 9
6 3 ,1 6 8
2 2 ,9 4 6

9 4 ,7 2 3
2 6 ,9 3 3
6 7 ,7 9 0
2 4 ,7 1 5

9 5 ,7 0 0
3 0 ,0 3 6
6 5 ,6 6 4
2 4 ,8 1 5

9 1 ,9 2 4
2 7 ,3 8 2
6 4 ,5 4 2
23, 297

7 7 ,8 9 4
2 1 ,8 6 8
5 6 ,0 2 6
20, 425

8 5 ,9 2 9
2 6 ,3 5 9
5 9 ,5 7 0
22, 255

7 5 ,2 1 1 7 0 , 0 7 5 5 3 ,9 0 6 4 5 ,0 9 5
2 2 ,9 2 1 2 2 ,3 9 1 1 6 ,7 0 4 14, 335
52 , 290 4 7 ,6 8 4 37, 202 3 0 ,7 6 0
21, 579 1 9 ,8 3 8 16, 244 1 2 ,6 6 5

N ortheast

1 4 ,2 2 7

1 2 ,8 2 0

2 3 ,5 9 7

26, 146

26, 824

2 7 ,1 9 6

2 2 ,3 3 5

2 1 ,3 8 6

2 0 ,4 7 6

2 0 ,6 4 3

1 4 ,8 6 5

1 2 ,1 6 0

1 2 ,9 5 7

2 1 , 134

2 2 ,4 9 7

23, 470

24, 331

1 9 ,8 0 9

18, 590

1 7 ,9 9 6

1 7 ,9 0 0

1 2 ,8 6 9

1 0 ,6 0 6

3 ,4 8 6
9 ,4 7 1
1 ,2 7 0

11, 499
2 ,9 2 8
8 ,7 7 1
1 ,3 2 1

5, 287
1 5 ,8 4 7
2, 463

5, 331
17, 166

6 ,4 6 2
1 7 ,0 0 8

7 ,0 2 1
1 7 ,3 1 0

4, 183
1 5 ,6 2 6
2, 526

4, 141
14, 449
2 ,7 9 6

4, 484
1 3 ,5 1 2
2 ,4 8 0

5 ,3 9 9
12, 501
2, 743

2 ,8 7 5
9 ,9 9 4
1 ,9 9 6

2, 563
8 ,0 4 3
1 ,5 5 4

1 3 ,1 8 9

16, 116

2 6 ,9 6 1

3 2 ,8 0 4

3 4 ,3 5 8

32, 744

2 6 ,8 5 0

3 2 ,8 4 0

2 9 ,4 4 7

2 3 ,7 7 8

1 7 ,6 1 1

1 1 ,7 6 4

M etrop olita n a r e a s .................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ......................
S uburbs ..................................
N on m e tr o p o lita n p l a c e s .........

11, 244
3, 181

1 3 ,8 7 7
4 ,0 1 7

2 1 ,6 9 0
6 ,5 5 0

2 5 ,6 1 9
6 ,8 4 7

2 7 ,4 7 5
8 ,6 8 0

2 6 ,4 1 7
6 ,4 1 7

21, 444
5 ,5 1 4

27, 109
8 ,9 9 7

2 3 ,0 9 5
6 ,8 0 2

18, 559
5 ,2 9 5

14, 172
4, 160

9 ,7 8 0
2 ,5 1 1

8 ,0 6 3
1 ,9 4 5

9 , 86 0

15, 140
5, 271

18, 7 7 2

1 8 ,7 9 5
6 ,8 8 3

2 0 ,0 0 0

1 6 ,2 9 3
6 ,3 5 2

13, 264
5 ,2 1 9

1 0 ,0 1 2

6 ,3 2 7

1 5 ,9 3 0
5 ,4 0 6

18, 112

7 , 185

7 ,2 6 9
1 ,9 8 4

S o u t h ................................................................

2 6 ,9 2 3

27, 289

3 2 ,7 7 3

2 9 ,2 2 4

3 0 ,0 9 9

2 8 ,6 9 3

2 4 ,1 5 6

2 6 ,9 4 1

2 3 ,4 4 9

2 2 ,5 8 7

1 9 ,4 9 0

1 7 ,8 4 2

M etrop olita n a r e a s .................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ......................
Suburbs ..................................

19, 4 9 2
8 ,6 2 2
1 0 ,8 7 0

1 9 ,0 2 6
9 ,0 6 9
9 ,9 5 7

2 2 ,7 8 7
1 0 ,8 5 1
1 1 ,9 3 6

2 0 ,6 0 5
8 ,8 2 2
1 1 ,7 8 3

21, 344
9 ,9 5 9
1 1 ,3 8 5

2 0 ,1 3 7
8 ,6 2 9
1 1 ,5 0 8

1 6 ,6 7 5
7 ,4 9 5
9 ,1 8 0

1 8 ,7 2 6
8 , 195
1 0 ,5 3 1

1 5 ,8 7 8 15, 316
7 ,2 8 6
6 ,6 2 8
8, 5 9 2
8 ,6 8 8

1 2 ,9 0 7
5 ,6 9 1
7 ,2 1 6

1 1 ,7 0 4
5 ,2 4 7
6 ,4 5 7

N on m etrop olita n p l a c e s .......

M etropolitan a re a s

.......................

...................................................

M etrop olita n a r e a s .................
C e n tr a l c i t i e s ......................
S u b u rbs .....................................
N o n m e tro p o lita n p l a c e s ......
N orth

C e n t r a l ........................................

2 ,2 3 9

3 ,6 4 9

3, 354

1 1 5 ,2 2 1

2 ,8 6 5

5, 731

7 0 ,1 5 0

3, 439

57, 760

7 ,4 3 1

8 ,2 6 3

9 ,9 8 6

8 ,6 1 9

8 ,7 5 5

8 ,5 5 6

8 ,2 1 5

7 ,5 7 1

7 ,2 7 1

W e s t ...............................................

2 3 ,4 0 3

2 2 ,8 2 8

3 2 ,0 7 2

31, 264

29, 234

2 6 ,5 8 8

2 4 ,9 7 8

2 7 ,0 1 7

2 3 ,4 1 8

22, 905

1 8 ,1 8 4

1 5 ,9 9 4

M etrop olita n a r e a s ..........................
C en tra l c i t i e s ........................
Suburbs ..................................
N o n m etrop olita n p l a c e s .......

1 9 ,4 9 1
5 ,8 2 5
1 3 ,6 6 6
3 ,9 1 2

18, 367
4 ,8 0 8
13, 559
4 ,4 6 1

2 6 ,8 4 6
6 ,6 0 1
20 , 245
5 ,2 2 6

2 6 ,0 0 2
5 ,9 3 3
2 0 ,0 6 9
5, 262

2 3 ,4 1 1
4 ,9 3 5
1 8 ,4 7 6

2 1 ,0 3 9
5 ,3 1 5
1 5 ,7 2 4
5, 549

1 9 ,9 6 6
4 ,6 7 6
15, 290
5 ,0 1 2

21, 504
5 ,0 2 6
16, 478

18, 242 1 8 ,3 0 0
4, 349
5 ,0 6 9
1 3 ,8 9 3 13, 231
5, 176
4 ,6 0 5

1 3 ,9 5 8
3 ,9 7 8
9 ,9 8 0
4, 226

13, 005
4 ,0 1 4




5 ,8 2 3

7, 481

5 ,5 1 3

6 , 583

6 ,1 3 8

8 ,9 9 1
2 ,9 8 9

54

Table 8-4: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan and Central City-Suburban Location,
Monthly, 1954-56—C ontinued

Location

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Number of dwelling units (housekeeping only)
Apr. 1 May June J u ly j Aug. Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1956

United States....................... 62,855 71, 006

54,948
15,875 15,697
33,311 39, 251
13,669 16,058

94,623

73,636
23,643
49,993
20,987

98,116

74,414
22, 306
52, 108
23,702

73,941
22,004
51,937
22, 173

96, 114

67,768
21, 875
45,893
20,565

88,333

61,626 65,944 53, 229
18,932 20,482 17, 344
42,694 45,462 35,885
19,670 20,095 17, 195

81, 296

86,039 70,424

60,421
19, 056
41,365
18,870

Northeast...... ....................... 11,049 13, 668

18, 210

21, 113

21,160

18, 248
3, 893
14,355
2,912

20,052

17, 577 13,920 15, 123 12,978
4,701 3, 132 3,892 3, 229
12,876 10, 788 11, 231 9, 749
2,475 2,935 2,351 2,011

16,855

17,474 14,989

17,010 13, 406 10,034

North Central........................ 13,227 15,329

12,803
3,257
9, 546
2,526

25,193

20, 579
6,012
14, 567
4,614

29,172 I 26,627

22,415 20,851 20,455 18,137
6,011 5, 773 6,301 5,094
16,404 15,078 14, 154 13,043
6,757 5, 776 5,542 4,901

25,997

23,038

23,961 20,435

16,100
4, 560
11,540
4, 335

21,320 15, 053 10,345

South..................................... 19,599 21, 104

13, 106
5,613
7,493
7,998

25,072

16,370
7,391
8,979
8,702

24,674

16,073
6, 250
9,823
8, 601

25,094

16, 590
6, 900
9, 690
8, 504

20,938

13, 256
5,706
7, 550
7,682

21,150

13, 266
5,959
7, 307
7,884

22,187 18,600

21,446 15,877 14,032

West ..................................... 18,980 20,905

26,148

23,157

23, 233

21,346

20, 253

22,417 16,400

19,515 17, 392 13,733

Metropolitan areas .............
Central cities .................
Suburbs............................
Nonmetropolitan places

Metropolitan areas
Central cities...................
Suburbs
Nonmetropolitan places .....
Metropolitan areas...............
Central cities
Suburbs............................
Nonmetropolitan places

Metropolitan areas...............
Central cities .................
Suburbs............................
Nonmetropolitan places .....
Metropolitan areas...............
Central cities .................
Suburbs ..........................
Nonmetropolitan places .....




49,186

9,779
2,768
7,011
1,270

11,191
3,062
8, 129
2,036

12,454
5,804
6,650
7,145

15,762
4, 241
11,521
3,218

11,622 15,996 18,021
2,817 4,424 4, 963
8,805 11, 572 13,058
2,046 2,214 3,092

17,417 20,691 17, 905 18, 252
4,010 5,816 5,082 5,438
13,407 14, 875 12,823 12,814
3,488 5,457 5,252 4,981

16, 480
5, 167
11,313
4. 866

16, 303
4, 747
11,556
3, 950

18,960
5, 166
13,794
5, 001

14, 202
6, 143
8,059
7,985

17, 659
5,281
12, 378
4, 758

79,291 61,728 48,144

14,634
3,848
10, 786
2, 376

16,692
4,871
11,821
4,628

46,041
15, 141
30,900
15,687
11,191
3, 163
8,028
2, 215
11,812
3, 376
8,436
3, 241

11,752 13, 464 9, 376
5,519 5,922 4, 403
6, 233 7, 542 4,973
6,848 7, 982 6, 501

12, 399
4,036
8, 363
4,001

15,631
4,415
11,216
3,884

13, 662
4, 199
9,463
3,730

37,438
13,433
24,005
10, 706
8,995
2, 402
6, 593
1, 039

8,429
2,940
5, 489
1,916

8,648
4,033
4,615
5,384

11, 366
4,058
7,308
2,367

55
Table B-5: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Amount in Metropolitan Areas, Monthly, 1954-56

Ownership and
type of structure

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

1954 (Housekeeping units only)
May June | July
Aug. | Sept.
UNITED STATES

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

All new dwelling units.. 56,621

54, 801
43, 721
3, 475
7, 605
1,820

66,796

95,389 100,701

93, 438
79,011
5, 242
9, 185
1,951

99, 595
88, 189
4, 735
6,671
1, 106

90, 981 104, 294 96, 214 98, 195
80, 758 93, 089 85,090 88, 296
4, 106 4, 234 4, 238 4, 104
6, 117 6, 971 6, 886 5,795
1,003 3,885 1, 985 1,675
METROPOLITAN AREAS

91,984 108, 179

98, 199

99,870

97,577

94,015

87,787

87, 475
77,611
3, 970
5,894
312

76,020
66, 300
4,660
5,060
1, 374

Privately owned ...........
1-family ....................
2-4 family..................
5-or-more family .......
Publicly owned ............

65,574
55, 142
3,663
6,769
1, 222

96, 114
86,673
4, 104
5,337
1, 463

93, 806
83, 942
4, 138
5,726
209

77,394

Privately owned ..........
1family ....
24 family...
5-or-more family .......
Publicly owned ............

All new dwelling units.. 46, 798

45, 004
34, 654
2, 855
7, 495
1,794

53, 780

52, 558
42, 967
3,060
6,531
1,222

76,788

74,887
61,769
4, 291
8,827
1, 901

81,003

79,998
69,603
3,911
6,484
1, 005

72, 596

71,600
62, 452
3, 267
5,881
996

86, 387

79,128

79,171

77,549
68,850
3, 387
5,312
1,622

76, 260 74, 122 69,659
67,846 65, 377 60,630
3,352 3,448 3, 358
5,062 5, 297 5,671
207
304
1,315

77,575

74,329

69,963

61, 844
52,976
4,012
4,856
1, 374

Privately owned .......... 11, 722 13,061 21,911 21, 240 19, 202 21, 191 19, 280
1-family ................... 7, 408 10, 284 17, 648 17,712 16, 506 18,602 16,873
2-4 family..................
640
557
741
740
950
785
795
5-or-more family ....... 3,674 2, 220 3,522 2,733 1,911 1,849 1,457
Publicly owned ............
460
574
828
240
0 1, 456 1,429
NORTH CENTRAL

All new dwelling units.

12, 296

13,521

22, 739

21,480

19,202

22,647

20,709

20,826 18,072 18, 153 15, 794 12,647
17, 798 15, 846 15, 860 13,967 10,904
678
’ 798
722
597
723
2,230 1,504 1, 570 1, 149 1,146
0
0 1, 374
1, 195 1, 431

22,021

19,503

18, 153

15, 794

14,021

All new dwelling units.

10,755

13, 272

21,690

28, 123

26, 261

29, 357

27,317

26,431

26,126

24,498

22, 175

16,339

Privately owned ......... 17, 489 20,904 26, 433 25,466 23, 044 27, 602 25, 856 26, 956 28, 182
1-family ................... 15, 255 17,549 23, 077 23, 186 20, 270 24, 474 22,515 24, 547 25,874
2-4 family.................
850 1, 157 1, 475 1, 203 1,083 1, 199 1, 114 1,206 1, 134
5-or-more family ...... 1, 384 2, 198 1, 881 1,077
910 1,929 2, 227 1,203 1, 174
Publicly owned............
0
0
257
0
731
157
515
32
959
WEST

All new dwelling units.

17,489

21,635

26,948

25,466

23,301

28,561

25,856

27,113

28, 214

25,609 25, 221 22,036
23, 024 22, 678 19, 163
1, 163 1,038 1,601
1,422 1,505 1,272
207
0
8

25,816

25, 229

22,036

All new dwelling units.

16,081

18,368

24,012

25,632

23, 220

27,614

24, 317

24, 305

23,734

25,548

24,589

24,998

82,801 77, 288
72, 790 67, 083
3,552 3, 561
6,459 6, 644
3, 586 1, 840
NORTHEAST

63, 218

Privately owned ......... 9,655 13, 272 21,690 27, 399 25, 666 28,461 26, 761 26, 431 26, 126 24, 498 21,871 16, 339
1-family ................... 8, 987 12, 511 19,538 25, 507 23, 132 26, 725 24, 907 25, 180 24, 599 22,751 20, 185 15, 329
2-4 family.................
408
497
878
818
758
914
878
561
799 1,014
849
933
5-or-more family ......
260
264 1, 353
878 1,013
858 1,036
814
808
493
613
449
Publicly owned ........... 1, 100
0
0
724
0
896
556
0
0
0
595
304
SOUTH

Privately owned ..........
1-family ...................
2-4 family ...............
5-or-more family ......
Publicly owned ...........




15, 935 18, 337 23, 404 25, 490 23,069 27,040 24, 317 23, 982 23, 734 25, 546 24,589 24, 998
12,071 14, 798 18, 748 21,784 19, 308 23, 288 20,795 20,771 20, 354 22, 307 20,781 20,904
1, 577 1, 452 2,227 1,723 1, 389 1,417 1, 356 1,342 1,334 1,319 1,376 1,901
2, 287 2, 087 2, 429 1,983 2, 283 2, 335 2, 166 1,869 2,046 1,920 2,432 2, 193
146
142
608
0
574
31
0
2
0
151
0
323

56
Table B-5: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Amount in Metropolitan Areas, Monthly, 1954-56—Continued

Ownership and
type of structure

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

All new dwelling units..
Privately owned............
1-family.....................
2-4 family..................
5-or-more family.........
Publicly owned ............

77,742
77, 413
68, 749
3,323
5,341
329

79,053
96,997
67,819
3,804
5, 374
2,056

115,403
114,494
100,350
5, 447
8,697
909

119,438
118,576
107, 524
4,810
6, 242
862

All new dwelling units .. 63,184
Privately owned............ 62,860
1-family...................... 55,047
2-4 family.................. 2,657
5-or-more family......... 5, 156
Publicly owned ............ 324

62,769
60,713
52,607
3,080
5,026
2,056

92,457
91,600
78,743
4,511
8, 346
857

94, 723
93,921
84,049
3,907
5,965
802

All new dwelling units..
Privately owned.............
1-family......................
2-4 family...................
5-or-more family.........
Publicly owned .............

12,820
12,629
10, 568
478
1, 583
191

23, 597
22,966
19,312
1, 307
2, 347
631

26,146
25, 344
22, 326
1,011
2,007
802

14, 227
14, 123
11,557
453
2,113
104

All new dwelling units.. 13, 189 16,116 26,961 32,804
Privately owned............. 13, 189 15, 456 26,961 32, 804
1-family...................... 12, 306 14, 550 24,835 31, 178
2-4 family .................. 457
616
984 1, 053
5-or-more family......... 426
290 1, 142
573
0
660
Publicly owned .............
0
0
All new dwelling units .. 26,923
Privately owned............. 26, 923
1-family....................... 24,704
2-4 family................... 1, 122
5-or-more family......... 1,097
Publicly owned .............
0

27, 289
26, 884
24, 249
1, 299
1, 336
405

32, 773 29,224
32,721 29, 224
29,027 26,972
1, 529 1,200
2,165 1,052
52
0

All new dwelling units.. 23,403
Privately owned ........... 23,178
1-family...................... 20, 182
2-4 family................... 1, 291
5-or-more family......... 1,705
Publicly owned............. 225

22,828
22,028
18, 452
1,411
2, 165
800

32,072
31,846
27,176
1,627
3, 043
226




31, 264
31,204
27,048
1,546
2,610
60

1955 (Housekeeping units only)
May June July
Aug.
UNITED STATES
120,515 115,221 98, 319 108,184
117,750 113, 158 97, 497 106, 353
104, 752 102, 236 89, 444 95, 379
4,699 4, 288 3, 567 3,824
8, 299 6,634 4,486 7,150
822 1,831
2,765 2,063
METROPOLITAN AREAS
95,700 91,924 77,894 85,929
93,042 89,865 77,073 84, 142
81, 209 80,308 70,010 74,272
3,894 3, 488 2,836 3,199
7,939 6, 069 4,227 6,671
2,658 2,059
821 1,787
NORTHEAST
26,824 27,196 22,335 21, 386
25,285 25, 437 21,846 21,108
22,016 22,079 19,618 18,423
876
596
612
765
2, 504 2,482 1,632 2,073
278
1, 539 1, 759
489
NORTH CENTRAL
34,358 32, 744 26,850 32,840
33,499 32, 744 26,676 31, 331
31,012 31, 335 25,640 29, 209
826
1,025 1,033
779
1,462
376
257 1, 296
0
174 1, 509
859
SOUTH
30,099 28,693 24,156 26,941
29, 732 28, 389 24,008 26, 917
26, 609 25,841 22, 136 24, 428
1,361 1,025
926 1,096
1,762 1, 523
946 1,393
367
304
148
24
WEST
29, 234 26,588 24, 978 27,017
29,234 26, 588 24,967 26,997
25,115 22,981 22,050 23, 319
1, 548 1, 354 1,266 1, 290
2,571 2, 253 1,651 2,388
0
0
11
20

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

96,790
95, 739
86, 137
3,409
6, 193
1,051

89,913
88, 234
78,859
3, 399
5,976
1,679

70,150
69, 728
62, 935
3, 168
3,625
422

57,760
56,692
50, 182
2, 578
3,932
1,068

75,211
74, 160
65,641
2, 786
5, 733
1,051

70,075 53,906
68,692 53,486
60,378 . 47, 528
2, 733 2,564
5, 581 3,394
420
1,383

45,095
44, 268
38, 404
2, 111
3,753
827

20,476
19, 429
17, 472
620
1, 337
1,047

20,643 14,865 12,160
19,261 14, 446 11, 584
15,865 12,833 9,923
627
598
647
2,769 1,015 1,014
1,382
576
419

29,447 23, 778 17,611 11,764
29,443 23, 482 17,611 11, 764
27,177 22,168 16, 598 11,056
637
397
739
635
677
1, 527
378
311
4
0
296
0
23,449 22,587 19,490 17,842
23,449 22, 586 19,488 17,600
21, 281 20,827 17, 837 16,127
857 1,068
828
765
708
1,311
691
823
0
2
1
242
23,418 22,905 18,184 15,994
23,418 22,905 18,183 15,744
20,207 19, 999 15,667 13,076
1,193 1,067 1,107
769
2,018 1,839 1,409 1, 899
0
0
1
250

57

Table B-5: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Amount in Metropolitan Areas, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued

Ownership and
type of structure

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

All new dwelling units.,
Privately owned .........
1family ....
24 family...
5-or-more family .......
Publicly owned............

62,855
61, 836
54, 594
3,042
4,200
1,019

71, 006
70,095
61, 721
3,465
4,909
911

94, 623
92, 265
81, 223
4,705
6, 337
2,358

All new dwelling units.
Privately owned ..........
1-family ....................
2-4 family..................
5-or-more family .......
Publicly owned............

49,186
48, 379
41,931
2,497
3,951
807

54,948
54,229
47,073
2,914
4, 242
719

73,636
71,328
61, 486
3,913
5,929
2, 308

All new dwelling units ..
Privately owned ...........
1-family ....................
2-4 family..................
5-or-more family .......
Publicly owned ............

11,049 13,668 18,210
10,142 13, 158 17, 302
8,411 11,269 14,896
490
841
903
1,241 1,048 1, 503
907
510
908

All new dwelling units.. 13,227 15,329 25, 193
Privately owned............. 13,227 15,088 24, 131
1-family...................... 12, 390 14,001 22,632
2-4 family ..................
628
478
943
5-or-more family......... 359
556
459
Publicly owned............
0
241 1,062
All new dwelling units.. 19,599 21,104
Privately owned ........... 19, 497 20, 944
1-family .................... 17,850 18, 839
2-4 family..................
907
991
5-or-more family ....... 656 1,19.8
Publicly owned............. 102
160

25,072
24,734
22, 164
1,175
1,395
338

All new dwelling units..
Privately owned ...........
1-family......................
2-4 family ..................
5-or-more family........
Publicly owned ............

26, 148
26,098
21, 531
1,684
2, 883
50




18,980
18, 970
15,943
1, 083
1, 944
10

20,905
20,905
17,612
1,089
2,204
0

1956 (Housekeeping units only)
Apr. | May j June July Aug.
UNITED STATES
98, 116 96, 114 88, 333 81, 296 86,039
97, 135 94, 737 85, 785 80,541 85,441
86, 452 84, 485 76,611 71,864 75,143
4,092 4,456 3,827 3, 645 3,700
6, 591 5,796 5,347 5,032 6, 598
981 1, 377 2, 548
598
755
METROPOLITAN AREAS
74, 414 73,941 67,768 61,626 65,944
73,579 72,786 65, 960 60,903 65, 427
64,077 63,706 57,773 53,211 56, 426
3, 391 3,847 3,123 3,070 3, 160
6, 111 5, 233 5,064 4,622 5,841
835 1, 155 1,808
517
723
NORTHEAST
21, 113 21, 160 20,052 16,855 17, 474
20, 398 20, 446 18,876 16, 120 16,992
18, 006 18, 800 17, 180 14,967 14,979
908 1,057
661
851
809
1,484
302 1,352
887
589
714 1,176
482
715
735
NORTH CENTRAL
29,172 26, 627 25,997 23,038 23,961
29,012 26,625 25, 497 23,038 23,961
27, 545 24,886 23,734 21,470 22,050
620
901
954
997
983
756
948
862
914
513
0
0
160
2
500
SOUTH
24,674 25,094 20,938 21,150 22, 187
24, 569 24,471 20,715 21, 150 22,072
22, 208 21,899 18,918 18,952 19,787
898
841
848
913
799
1,463 1,659
949 1,357 1, 486
0
105
623
223
115
WEST
23, 157 23, 233 21,346 20, 253 22, 417
23, 156 23, 195 20,697 20, 233 22,416
18,693 18,900 16, 779 16, 475 18, 327
1,332 1, 503 1,269 1,333 1,243
3, 131 2,792 2,649 2, 425 2,846
1
20
38
1
649

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

70, 424
68, 625
59, 782
3,385
5,458
1,799

79, 291
76,829
66, 975
4, 132
5,722
2, 462

61, 728
61, 051
52, 206
3, 585
5,260
677

48,144
47, 543
39,090
2,631
5,822
601

53,229
51,600
43, 823
2, 777
5,000
1, 629

60,421
58,842
50,068
3,496
5,278
1, 579

46,041
45,518
38,027
2,809
4,682
523

37,438
36, 953
29, 289
2, 226
5, 438
485

14,989 17,010 13,406 10,034
13,868 16,143 13, 132 9,840
12, 580 13,948 10,981 7,986
846
544
306
759
744 1,349 1,392 1, 548
1,121
867
274
194
20,435 21, 320 15,053 10,345
19,927 21, 100 14,953 10, 144
18, 271 19, 458 13,631 8, 454
832
816
898
534
824
506 1,156
744
220
100
201
508
18,600 21,446 15, 877 14,032
18, 450 20, 234 15, 867 13, 826
15,890 18,446 14,056 12, 416
900
917
682
943
1,617
871
728
911
150 1,212
10
206
16,400
16, 380
13,041
1,066
2, 273
20

19,515
19, 352
15, 123
1,471
2,758
163

17,392
17, 099
13, 538
1, 110
2,451
293

13, 733
13,733
10, 234
1, 109
2,390
0

58
Table B-6: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Percent of Metropolitan-Area Total in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1954-56

Ownership and
type of structure
All new dwelling units

Privately owned .........
1-family ..................
2-4 family .................
5-or-more family ......
Publicly owned...;........
All new dwelling units

Privately owned.........
1-family ...................
2-4 family.................
5-or-more family.......
Publicly owned ...........
All new dwelling units

Privately owned.........
1-family...................
2-4 family ...............
5-or-more family.....
Publicly owned...........

All new dwelling units

Privately owned . . .
1-family ...................
2-4 family................
5-or-more family.......
Publicly owned...........
All new dwelling units

Privately owned.........
1-family
2-4 family................
5-or-more family.......
Publicly owned...........

Percent of metropolitan-area total in—
Number of dwelling units (housekeeping only)
Suburbs
Central cities
All permit-issuing places
Metropolitan areas
1956 1954 1955 1956 1954 !955 1956
1954
1956
1954
1955
1955
UNITED STATES
1,074,512 1, 148,488 942, 585 860, 736 908,867 721,492 33 31 32 67 69 68
1,056, 507 1, 132,631 924,720 843, 570 893,822 708, 318 31 30 31 69 70 69
927,822 1,014, 366 810,917 726,997 788,196 607,638 27 25 26 73 75 74
50,669 46, 316 44,662 42,054 37,766 37,220 49 54 49 51 46 51
78,016 71,949 69, 141 74,519 67,860 63,460 66 68 65 34 32 35
18,005 15,857 17,865 17,166 15,045 13, 174 95 89 90
5 11 10
NORTHEAST
222,086 242,675 198, 233 196,249 213,658 170,792 25 25 27 75 75 73
213,099 233, 458 189, 125 187,655 204, 541 162, 334 22 22 23 78 78 77
179,408 201,992 164, 472 155, 331 174,145 138,583 13 14 14 87 86 86
8,726
8,590
7,788
9, 136
7,851 8,411 49 60 58 51 40 42
24,965 22,876 15,517 24, 536 22, 545 15, 340 70 72 80 30 28 20
8,987
2
9,217
6
8,594
9, 108
9, 117 8,458 94 98 97
3
NORTH CENTRAL
272, 344 298, 462 250, 886 222,470 240,481 198, 415 29 29 28 71 71 72
268, 169 294,960 246,654 218,441 237,275 195,848 28 28 28 72 72 72
250 , 023 277,064 228,692 201,789 220,918 179, 499 25 25 25 75 75 75
9,307
9,414
8, 137
9, 181
7,933 8,386 59 61 63 41 39 37
8,548
8,424 7,963 69 78 60 31 22 40
8,515
8,839
8,715
2 (l) 23
4, 232
3, 502
3, 206 2, 567 98 100 77
4,175
4,029
SOUTH
297, 664 309, 466 249,921 213,556 214,597 158,705 48 45 44 52 55 56
294,798 307,921 246,667 210,975 213,382 156,929 47 45 43 53 55 57
262, 393 280,038 221, 557 183,791 191,195 137,961 44 42 41 56 58 59
14, 223 13,076 10,820 10,625
9, 172 7,596 73 75 62 27 25 38
18, 182 14,807 14, 290 16, 559 13,015 11, 372 68 71 63 32 29 37
7
2,866
2,581
3, 254
1,215 1,776 90 73 93 10 27
1, 545
WEST
282,418 297, 885 243, 545 228,461 240,131 193,580 28 25 29 72 75 71
280,441 296, 292 242, 274 226, 499 238,624 193, 207 27 25 29 73 75 71
235,998 255,272 196,196 186, 086 201,938 151, 595 23 21 24 77 79 76
18, 413 15,469 15,292 15, 504 12,810 12,827 27 30 27 73 70 73
26,030 25, 551 30,786 24,909 23,876 28,785 60 58 59 40 42 41
2
2 70 98
1,977
1, 271
1, 962
1, 507
1, 593
373 98 30

* L e s s than one-half o f 1 percent.




59

Table B-7: Valuation of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Percent of Metropolitan-Area Total in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1954-56

Ownership and
type of structure
All new dwelling units

Privately owned .........
1-family ...................
2-4 family.................
5-or-more family.....
Publicly owned...........

All new dwelling units

Privately owned .........
1-family ...................
2-4 family
5-or-more family
Publicly owned ...........
All new dwelling units

Privately owned.........
1-family...................
2-4 family.................
5-or-more family.......
Publicly owned...........
All new dwelling units

Privately owned .........
1-family...................
2-4 family..............
5-or-more family
Publicly owned.............
All new dwelling units

Privately owned.........
1-family...................
2-4 family ..............
5-or-more family.....
Publicly owned .

Valuation (in millions of dollars)
Metropolitan areas
All permit-issuing places
1954
1956
1954 1 1955
1956
1955
UNITED STATES
9,855.6 11,535.1 10,138.5 8,107.3 9, 357.1 7,989.2
9,696.3 11,386.4 9,962. 1 7,956.5 9,217.5 7,856.2
8,917.0 10,643.1 9,211.3 7, 237.6 8, 541. 3 7, 187.0
302.7
248.2
298.6
254. 6
261.6
292.3
480.7
451.0
448. 1
464.2
428.0
407.6
148.7
176.4
150.8
139.6
124.0
159.3
NORTHEAST
2,159.1 2, 500.1 2, 196. 6 1,935.8 2,232.1 1,926. 3
2, 077. 5 2,417.5 2, 111.8 1,858.9 2, 150.9 1,850.5
1, 826. 8 2, 179.8 1,924.7 1,615.8 1,919.6 1,668.6
59.0
59.6
66.6
55.2
62.4
53. 1
191.8
178.0
176. 1
120.4
119.5
189.9
84.8
77.0
82.6
81. 1
75.8
81.5
NORTH CENTRAL
2, 905.8 3,488.5 3,137.0 2,432.5 2,878.1 2, 543. 3
2,867. 8 3,453. 8 3,095.6 2, 396. 2 2,846. 2 2,518.8
2,724. 1 3, 305.7 2,939.9 2,261.6 2, 708. 4 2, 374.0
76.6
89.8
69.6
73.2
82.8
81.9
67. 1
62.0
65.8
64. 5
66.3
65.1
38.0
34.6
32.0
41.4
36.3
24.5
SOUTH
2,339.5 2, 700. 9 2,347. 1 1,728.8 1,926.9 1,538.6
2,315.9 2,685.6 2,311.5 1,707.3 1,916.1 1, 520. 5
2,166. 3 1,554.6 2, 165.9 1, 580. 5 1,812.4 1,415.6
65.2
54.2
49.8
38. 1
44.4
61.3
84.4
69.7
91.4
77.0
66.8
59.3
23.6
15.2
35.6
10.8
18. 1
21.5
WEST
2,451. 2 2,845.7 2,457.9 2,010.1 2,320.0 1,972.0
2, 435. 0 2.829. 5 2, 443. 3 1,994. 1 2,304.3 1,966.4
2, 199. 8 2,602.9 2, 180.8 1, 779.7 2,100.8 1,728.7
97.8
89.6
92.0
82.2
78.2
75.3
137.4
132.2
128. 1
159.4
136.9
170.5
16.2
16.2
14.6
16.1
5.6
15.7

* L e s s than one-half of 1 percent.




Percent of metropolitan-area total in—
Central cities
Suburbs
1954 | 1955 11956 1954 1955 1956
30
29
25
50
69
94

28
27
24
53
70
87

28
27
24
49
68
88

70
71
75
50
31
6

72
73
76
47
30
13

72
73
76
51
32
12

22
19
11
47
77
93

21
18
12
59
73
97

21
18
12
56
82
97

78
81
89
53
23
7

79
82
88
41
27
3

79
82
88
44
18
3

26 24
25 24
23 21
58 58
68 78
97 100

24
23
21
60
61
79

74 76
75 76
77 79
42 42
32 22
3 (l)

76
77
79
40
39
21

46
45
44
72
61
92

43
42
41
71
68
65

42
42
40
58
63
91

54
55
56
28
39
8

57
58
59
29
32
35

58
58
60
42
27
9

28
28
25
31
63
97

25
25
23
33
62
26

29
29
26
29
61
2

72
72
75
69
37
3

75
75
77
67
38
74

71
71
74
71
39
98

60
Table B-8: Number and Average Valuation of Housekeeping Residential Buildings, by Type of Structure, Region,
and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56

Location

All types of structures
Average
Number of valuation
buildings (dollars)

2-4 family structures 5-or-more family structures
Average
Number of Average Number of valuation
buildings
buildings valuation
(dollars)
(dollars)

1-family houses
Average
Number valuation
(dollars)

1954

United States...............

956,408

751, 297
207, 319
543,978
205, 111

10,305

10,791
11,694
10,447
8,524

928,095

727, 147
194, 245
532,902
200,948

9,611

9,956
9, 447
10, 141
8,364

21,626

17,905
8,951
8,954
3,721

13,941

14, 334
14,164
14, 503
12,049

6,687

6, 245
4, 123
2, 122
442

97,907
112,205
70, 127
51, 647

Northeast ......................

Metropolitan areas.......
Central cities...........
Suburbs .....................
Nonmetropolitan places

184,445

11,706

12, 113
19,395
10,947
9,063

179,623

155,469
19,860
135,609
24, 154

10,183

10, 403
9,317
10, 562
8, 769

4,130

3,731
1,856
1,875
399

14, 290

14, 223
13, 434
15,004
14,917

692

615
334
281
77

391,510

Metropolitan areas.......
Central cities...........
Suburbs ....................
Nonmetropolitan places

North Central...............

206, 235
53, 492
152,743
48,781

255,016

11,795
11,812
11,789
9,704

11,395

250,025

201, 789
50, 795
150,994
48, 236

10,895

11, 208
10,088
11, 584
9, 590

3,971

3,474
2, 022
1, 452
497

20,031
19,928
20,174
14, 171

19, 297

1,020

972
675
297
48

103,029

South.............................

Metropolitan areas.......
Central cities...........
Suburbs.....................
Nonmetropolitan places

270, 241

189,836
85, 267
104, 569
80,405

9,107
9,326
8,928
7, 595

8,657

262,422

8,600
8, 560
8,631
7, 453

8, 256

6,201

4,617
3,276
1,341
1, 584

10,933

11,169
10,991
11,603
10, 244

1,428
1,095
333
190

1,618

64,975

67,743
60,966
90,027
44, 168

West...............................

246,706

195,411
46,510
148,901
51,295

10,287
12, 248
9,674
8,599

9,936

236,025

186,098
42,694
143, 404
49, 927

9, 564
10, 425
9,307
8,418

9,321

7,324

6,083
1,797
4, 286
1, 241

13,385

13,550
14, 219
13, 269
12, 581

3,357

3,230
2,019
1, 211
127

45, 610

45,791
49,035
40, 382
41,008

United States.................

Metropolitan areas.........
Central cities.............
Suburbs ......................
Nonmetropolitan places

1,040,802

810,266
212, 325
597,941
230, 536

11,083

11, 548
12, 155
11, 333
9,447

1,015, 189

788,853
200, 206
588, 647
226, 336

10,494

10,837
10, 140
11,075
9,295

16, 253
8,986
7,267
3,714

19,967

14,712

15,291
14,646
16, 090
12, 174

5,646

5, 160
3, 133
2,027
486

104,195

Metropolitan areas .......
Central cities.............
Suburbs .......................
Nonmetropolitan places.,

Northeast ........................

206,686

178, 447
26,653
151,794
28, 239

12, 096

12, 508
17,518
11,629
9,491

202, 007

174, 160
24,014
150,146
27, 847

10,792

11,023
9, 463
11,273
9, 345

4, 119

3,763
2, 324
1, 439
356

14,532

14,756
14, 050
15, 897
12, 163

560

524
315
209
36

464,557

Metropolitan areas.........
Central cities............
Suburbs......................
Nonmetropolitan places

North Central.................

224, 774
56, 699
168,075
56,757

281,531

12,805
12, 423
12,933
10,753

12,391

277,068

220,922
54,297
166,625
56, 146

11,931

12, 260
10, 672
12,777
10,638

3,887

3,348
2,078
1,270
539

21,058

21,874
20,451
24,202
15,989

576

504
324
180
72

175,028

191, 296
254,352
77,794
61, 153

Metropolitan areas .......
Central cities.............
Suburbs......................
Nonmetropolitan places

South............... ................

287,496

196, 588
83, 341
113, 247
90,908

9,802
9, 844
9, 771
8,513

9,394

280,559

191, 572
79, 600
111,972
88, 987

9,127

9, 482
9,325
9, 594
8,361

3,947
2,961
986
1,709

5,656

10, 978

11,261
10, 586
13,289
10,325

1,281

61,052

West.................................

265,089

10,735

255,555

10, 200

6,305

14, 266

3, 229

Metropolitan areas .....
Central cities...........
Suburbs .....................
Nonmetropolitan places

Metropolitan areas.......
Central cities...........
Suburbs .....................
Nonmetropolitan places

159,815
22,050
137,765
24,630

183,791
80,896
102,895
78,631

94,849

431,633
651,754
169,993
71,052
104, 252
117, 293
74,613
78, 271

1955

Metropolitan areas.........
Central cities.............
Suburbs.......................
Nonmetropolitan places




210,457
45,632
164,825
54,632

11,023
12,908
10, 502
9, 623

202, 199
42,295
159,904
53, 356

10, 407
11, 374
10, 152
9,414

5, 195
1,623
3, 572
1, 110

14, 499
15,473
14,057
13,174

1,069
780
289
212

3,063
1, 714'
1, 349
166

108,405
133, 772
69, 196
59,494

489, 889
657, 130
237,828
95,833

61,712
60,082
66, 111
57, 722

46, 178

45, 800
48,330
42, 585
53,157

61

Table B-8: Number and Average Valuation of Housekeeping Residential Buildings, by Type of Structure, Region,
and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56--Continued
A ll

types of

N um ber of

L o catio n

b u ild in g s

stru ctu res

1 -fam ily

Average
valuatio n

houses

2 -4 fa m ily

A verage
Num ber

( d o lla r s )

Num ber of

v alu a tio n

b u ild in gs

( d o lla r s )

;s t r u c t u r e s
Average
v alu atio n

5-or-m ore

fa m ily

Num ber of
bu ild in gs

structures
A verage
valu atio n
(d o lla r s )

( d o lla r s )
1956

U n ite d S tates

.....................

838,787

1 2 ,0 87

81 3,74 6

1 1 ,3 66

1 9 ,3 09

15, 8 8 8

5 ,7 3 2

101,666

a r e a s ..........

629, 237

12,6 82

6 0 8,16 4

1 1 ,8 3 1

1 6 ,0 0 9

1 6 ,4 67

5 ,0 6 4

102,929

c i t i e s ...............

167,813

13, 309

156,560

10,9 82

8, 209

1 5 ,9 4 2

3 ,044

1 25,850

..............................

46 1,42 4

12 ,4 55

4 51,604

12, 1 2 6

7 ,8 0 0

1 7 ,0 19

2 ,0 2 0

6 8 , 389

209,550

10, 3 0 0

205, 582

9 ,9 8 9

3 ,300

1 3 ,0 8 0

668

9 2 ,0 9 3

N o r t h e a s t .................................

169,881

1 2 ,9 30

164, 998

11,7 09

4 ,3 9 1

15, 2 9 9

492

4 0 1,44 1

M etro po litan

a r e a s ..........

1 4 3 , 121

1 3 ,4 6 0

138, 595

1 2 ,0 41

4 ,0 6 8

1 5 ,4 8 5

458

42 4,77 3

Central

c i t i e s ...............

22, 6 8 7

1 8 ,0 6 7

1 9 ,9 88

10, 2 0 6

2 ,4 0 8

14, 4 2 3

291

588,141

Suburbs

.............................

1 2 0 ,4 34

12, 5 9 2

118,607

12, 3 5 0

1, 6 6 0

1 7 ,0 26

167

140, 102

26,7 60

10, 0 9 9

26 ,4 03

9 ,9 6 5

323

12, 9 5 0

34

8 7 , 14 7

M etro po litan
Central
Suburbs

N o n m e tro p o lita n

N on m etro po litan

North

Central

p la ce s

p la ce s

.....................

233,622

13, 4 2 7

228,748

1 2 ,8 57

3 ,9 9 2

2 2 ,6 24

882

11 9,70 2

a r e a s ..........

183, 8 3 3

1 3 ,8 35

179,553

1 3, 2 2 8

3, 5 4 3

23, 37 4

737

115,853

Central

c i t i e s ...............

46 ,9 15

1 2 ,9 6 0

44, 252

1 1 ,3 1 8

2, 2 7 6

21,9 30

387

147,969

Suburbs

.............................

1 36,918

14, 134

135,301

1 3 ,8 5 2

1, 2 6 7

2 5 ,9 68

350

8 0 ,3 4 3

49,7 89

1 1 ,9 23

4 9 , 195

11, 5 0 4

449

16 ,7 04

145

139, 2 6 2

.........................................

228,788

10, 2 5 9

22 2,94 2

9 ,7 9 5

4 ,7 0 7

1 2 ,0 6 2

1, 1 3 9

9 3 ,6 17

a r e a s ..........

142, 241

1 0 ,8 17

138,092

10, 2 6 5

3, 2 4 4

12, 1 9 7

905

9 0 ,1 2 2

C e n t r a l c i t i e s ................

58,7 73

11,0 81

5 6 ,0 9 1

10 ,1 71

2 ,0 5 5

11, 5 3 4

627

9 0 ,9 7 8

Suburbs

83, 468

1 0 ,6 31

8 2 ,0 0 1

1 0 ,3 29

1, 1 8 9

13, 3 4 3

278

8 8 ,1 9 1

86, 547

9 ,3 4 2

8 4 ,8 5 0

9 ,0 3 0

1 ,463

1 1 ,7 63

234

1 0 7 , 13 7

W e s t ............................................

206,496

1 1 ,9 03

197,058

11 ,1 25

6 ,2 1 9

1 4 ,8 75

3 ,2 1 9

5 3 ,7 5 4

M e tro po lita n

a r e a s ..........

160,042

12,3 22

151,924

1 1 ,4 14

5, 1 5 4

1 5 ,1 8 0

2 ,9 6 4

5 3 ,8 94

C e n t r a l c i t i e s ...............

3 9 ,4 38

14, 3 0 6

36 ,2 29

12, 2 5 7

1 ,4 7 0

1 5 ,3 1 8

1 ,7 3 9

5 6 ,1 4 3

120,604

1 1 ,6 73

115,695

1 1 ,1 50

3 ,6 8 4

15, 12 5

1,2 2 5

5 0 ,7 0 2

4 6 ,4 54

10, 4 5 9

4 5 , 134

1 0, 1 5 4

1 ,0 6 5

1 3 ,4 0 1

255

5 2 ,1 2 9

M etropolitan

N o n m e tro po lita n

South

M e tro po lita n

..............................

N on m etro po litan

Suburbs

p la c e s

p la ce s

.............................

N o n m e tro po lita n

pla ce s




62

Table B-9: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, State, and Geographic Division, Annually, 1954-56
(Millions of dollars)
N ew
State
geog rap h ic

U n ite d

A ll

and

bu ild in g

T otal

division

S t a t e s .......................

residen tial

b u ild in g s

constructio n
H ou sek eepin g

1954

1955

1956

1954

1955

1956

1954

1 6 ,4 85 . 8

1 8 ,9 3 9 .0

18, 7 6 0 . 7

9 ,9 9 1 .8

11, 6 ^ 6 . 1

10, 2 8 0 . 6

9, 855. 6

N o n h ou sek eepin g
1956

1954

1955

1 1 ,5 3 5 .1

10, 1 3 8 . 5

136.2

161.1

1955

1956
142.2

A l a b a m a ................................

135.8

166.5

173. 1

8 0 .7

9 7 .3

9 3 .8

7 9 .7

9 6 .3

9 2 .7

1 .0

1 .0

1. 1

A r i z o n a ...................................

145. 1

165.8

189.7

9 0 .5

109.9

107.8

8 7 .8

107. 5

9 8 .9

2 .7

2 .4

8 .9

A rkansas

..............................

C a l i f o r n i a ..............................

7 7 .4
2, 5 6 9 . 5

5 4 .3
3 ,0 6 5.

1

2 9 .5

3 2 .6

3 ,1 6 3. 2

1, 7 2 7 . 5

2 ,0 3 7 .0

5 7.4

29. 4
1 ,8 0 1 .

1

2 9 .4

3 2 .0

29. 1

.6

.4

1 ,7 1 4 .2

2 ,0 1 8 .9

1, 7 7 9 . 9

1 3 .4

. 1

1 8 .2

2 1 .2

3 .9

1 .5

1. 1

2 .0

C o l o r a d o .................................

245.3

2 8 0.6

279. 2

158.4

181.8

146.8

156.6

177.9

145.3

1.9

C o n n ecticu t

........................

32 0.4

359. 1

375. 1

194.7

216.8

219.6

1 9 3.9

2 15.7

2 17.6

.8

..............................

4 9 .6

6 2 .0

6 6 .0

31. 2

4 0 .9

3 3 .5

3 0 .5

4 0 .9

3 3 .0

of C olu m bia....

76. 0

8 7 .7

6 6 .2

2 0 .4

2 0 .4

2 1 .9

2 0 .4

2 0 .4

2 1 .9

D e law a re
D istrict

F l o r i d a ...................................

( l)

.7
0

0

.5
0

65 0.9

746.9

83 4.8

401.4

487.9

5 4 7.0

3 8 6.0

4 5 9.6

5 3 0.7

1 5 .4

28. 3

1 6 .3

G e o r g i a ....................................

2 6 7.8

276.7

250.

148.0

154.8

136.2

145.5

153.7

134.4

2 .5

1. 1

1 .9

I d a h o .........................................

3 0 .5

3 6 .5

3 9 .6

1 5 .4

1 9 .7

1 8 .0

1 5 .0

1 9.3

1 7 .5

.4

.4

.5

I l l i n o i s ...................................

9 8 6.7

1 ,2 6 1 .6

1 ,3 3 3 .8

6 5 6.7

864.6

822.9

650. 5

858.7

812.7

6 .2

5 .9

10 .2

I n d i a n a ...................................

34 0.6

3 8 1.0

432.0

196.4

218.8

2 2 4.8

194.7

21 7.6

22 3.9

1 .0

.........................................

141.4

180.1

181.9

8 0 .4

107.7

9 2 .4

7 9 .4

106.0

168.8

195.4

151.9

91. 2

9 6 .4

8 2 .8

9 0 .0

9 4 .7

9 4 .6

124.6

9 9 .4

9 4 .0

124.4

9 8 .7

.6

126.8

154.9

133.7

123.4

152.8

132.0

3 .3

Io w a

K an sas

....................................

1

..............................

170.8

189.3

168.2

L o u i s i a n a ..............................

21 8.6

292.6

273. 1

K entucky

M ain e

......................................

1 .7

1 .2

92. 1

1.0

1 .8

.3

8 1 .6

1 .2

1 .6

1 .2

. 1

1 .7
1 .3

3 0 .2

2 9 .8

3 3 .9

11. 1

1 3 .5

1 4 .9

1 3 .2

1 3 .6

•5

.3

..............................

4 0 6.4

494.4

4 2 9.8

27 4.8

3 08.8

2 45.4

274. 1

3 0 6.7

2 4 4.4

.6

2. 1

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ...................

39 3.0

445. 1

4 7 0.0

20 8.0

244. 5

2 3 4.7

202. 2

2 3 9.5

2 3 1.4

M i c h i g a n .................................

1 ,0 1 0 .2

1 ,1 3 0 . 4

1 ,0 8 4 .6

6 0 5.2

691. 1

585.5

600.9

686. 5

579. 1

4 0 3.3

37 6.2

204.8

239. 5

2 1 1.3

2 0 3.3

2 3 7.9

2 0 9.9

M arylan d

M i n n e s o t a ..............................

358. 1

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

6 2 .4

5 0 .3

M i s s o u r i .................................

30 4.6

33 6.4

52. 5
3 0 6.7

1 0 .7

2 8 .2

2 6 .5

2 1 .6

2 7 .4

2 6 .0

2 0 .8

159.4

182.6

145.2

155.4

181.6

143.7

M o n t a n a ................................

3 9 .7

4 1 .7

4 1 .5

18. 1

2 1 .3

1 8 .3

1 7 .6

2 0 .4

17 .7

N ebraska

..............................

7 8 .0

100.0

8 2 .0

4 3 .2

4 9 .5

4 1 .7

4 2 .7

4 8 .9

4 1 .3

....................................

N evada

!

i

i
!
1

!

.7

2 .0

.9

5 .8

5 .0

3 .3

4 .3

4 .7

6 .4

1 .4

1 .6

1 .5

-8
4 .0

.4

.7

1 .0

1 .5

-4

•9

.5

.5

.6

.4

8 2 .0

7 5 .3

4 5 .5

5 6 .7

48. 5

2 5 .5

3 6 .7

3 7 .5

2 3 .3

2 0 .0

1 1 .1

................

2 7 .6

4 1 .2

3 7 .8

1 4 .4

21. 3

21. 2

1 3.9

2 0 .7

2 0 .3

. 5

.6

.9

Jersey

........................

6 8 7.7

832.3

810. 5

459.3

4 5 4.7

5 5 3.5

49 5.7

6 .7

5 .6

N ew

M e x ic o

........................

72. 3

8 5 .7

7 7 .2

5 3 .8

4 1 .5

4 5 .0

5 3 .4

4 0 .7

N ew

Y o r k ..............................

1 ,416. 2

1 ,4 8 9 .9

1, 4 7 0 . 0

866. 8

95 2.8

8 1 2.6

862.7

947.9

80 2.6

22 1.4

N ew

H am pshire

N ew

4 5 .8

560.2

501.4

4 .6

2. 1

.4

.8

4. 1

4 .9

1 0.0

1 .5

2 .6

.8

N orth

C a r o l i n a ...................

182. 2

2 1 6.4

8 9 .2

107.3

9 7 .3

8 7 .5

105.8

9 4 .7

1 .7

North

D a k o t a .....................

29. 8

3 5 .6

40. 5

1 7 .6

1 7 .6

1 7 .0

1 7 .3

1 7 .1

1 6.7

.3

O hio

.........................................

9 8 5.8

1 ,2 1 6 .0

1, 2 0 2 . 0

64 5.0

778.2

680.8

636. 5

770.3

O k l a h o m a ........................... .

137.4

149.2

143.2

8 2 .7

8 7 .0

7 0 .9

8 1 .4

O regon

150.9

1 57.2

182.0

7 7 .4

8 1 .9

7 3 .6

7 6 .7

734.8

8 7 1.9

78 0.7

391.9

48 4.6

3 8 5.9

389.6

47 3.9

383.8

2 .3

1 0 .7

4 4 .7

4 9 .0

5 9 .6

2 7 .8

3 1 .8

2 8 .0

2 7 .6

3 1 .6

2 7 .8

.2

.2

.2

6 7 .3

9 4 .6

7 5 .8

33. 1

4 3 .6

3 5 .5

3 2 .9

4 2 .7

3 3 .9

.2

.9

1 .6

....................................

P e n n s y l v a n i a .....................
Rhode

Islan d

.....................

8 .5

8 5 .5

6 9 .4

1 .3

8 0 .8

7 1 .6

.7
;

South

C a ro lin a

South

D a k o t a .....................

3 2 .7

3 6 .9

3 7 .4

1 7. 2

2 1 .6

1 6 .4

1 6 .8

2 1 .2

1 6 .4

.4

...........................

2 0 9.9

219.6

2 1 3.0

1 07.7

120.9

8 9 .6

107.3

120.6

8 8 .3

.5

......................................

946.4

1 ,0 2 4 .6

916.9

5 5 6.9

61 3.4

44 2.2

550.7

60 3.0

4 3 8.2

6 .2

1 1 8.7

145.2

6 8 .0

8 1 .2

7 5 .7

67. 2

8 0 .9

7 4 .5

T en nessee
T exa s
Utah

................

673. 1

.........................................

105. 1

. 5
7 .9
1 .5

1 .6

1. 1

2 .0

.4
!

. 2
7 .7

.3
1 0 .5

.8 i

.3

!

1 .3

2. 1

. 1
1 .3
4. 1
1 .2
. 1

9 .3

1 1 .3

10. 1

3 .6

5 .5

3 .8

3 .6

4 .2

3 .7

.................................

4 20.9

475.2

452. 4

2 4 6.3

3 08.4

2 5 5.2

24 3.4

299.3

24 9.6

2 .9 1

9 .2

5 .6

W a s h i n g t o n ...........................

3 7 5.5

237. 1

1 7 5.9

2 .3 !

1 .9

3 .5

Verm ont

................................

V irg in ia

!

( i )

381.0

390.6

2 22.2

23 9.0

179.4

219.9

V i r g i n i a .....................

65. 1

6 7 .4

6 4 .4

2 6 .5

3 2 .0

3 2 .7

2 5 .9

3 1 .3

3 1 .5

.6

1

.7

1. 2

W i s c o n s i n ..............................

401. 5

438.8

4 4 2.0

249.9

248.6

218.4

247.9

247.0

5 .7

j

1 .9

1 .7

1 8 .6

2 5 .6

1 4 .7

1 1 .9

12. 1 |

j

W est

W y o m i n g .................................
N ew

E n g l a n d .....................

M iddle

A t l a n t i c .................

2 3 .2

224. 1
15 .2

.6

.3

. 1
7 .8

459.6

533.4

522.2

451.9

5 2 4.9

5 1 4.4

3, 1 9 4 . 1

3 ,0 6 1 .2

1 ,7 1 8 .0

1 ,9 9 7 .6

1 ,6 9 9 .9

1 ,7 0 7.0

1, 9 7 5 . 3

1 ,6 8 2 .1

| 1 1 .0

22. 3

1 7 .7

3 ,7 2 4 .8

4, 4 2 7 . 8

4 ,4 9 4. 4

2 , 327 . 4

2 ,8 0 2 .6

2, 562. 6

2 ,3 0 1 .0

2 ,7 8 1 .0

2 ,5 3 5 .8

| 26. 4

2 1 .6

2 7 .0

825. 2

935,5

986. 5

North

Central

.......

W est

North

Central

.......

1 ,1 1 3 .4

1, 2 8 7 . 7

1 ,1 7 6 .6

613.8

A t l a n t i c ..................

2 ,1 8 6 .2

2 ,5 2 1 .3

2, 4 6 4 . 9

1 ,2 7 0 .9

E ast

12. 3

2 ,8 3 8 .7

E ast

South

1 2 .2

714.9
1, 5 0 4 . 1

6 0 6.8

6 0 4.9

707. 4

60 1.7

1 ,4 0 8.7

1, 2 4 6 . 2

1 ,4 6 0 .4

1, 3 7 8 . 1

7 .8

!

8 .5

8 .3

7 .5

5 .2

! 2 4 .6

4 3 .8

3 0 .6

!

South

Central

.......

5 7 8.9

625. 7

606. 8

3 1 1.2

3 69.3

3 04.4

308.4

367.3

3 0 0.5

2 .9

1 .8

3 .8

W est South

Central

.......

1 ,3 7 9.8

1, 5 2 0 . 7

1 ,3 9 0.6

795.9

887.9

676. 2

78 4.9

873.3

6 6 8.7

1 0 .9

14 .6

7 .8

M ou ntain
P ac ific
See

..............................

743. 2

82 2.9

8 4 3.5

468. 1

528. 4

...................................

3 ,0 9 5 .9

3, 6 0 3 . 3

3 ,7 3 5 .8

2 ,0 2 7. 1

2, 3 5 7 . 9

footn otes

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o f table.

445.9
2 ,0 5 4.

1

440.6

508.8

430.0

2 7 .6

,

1 9 .7

1 5 .6

2 ,0 1 0.8

2, 3 3 6 . 8

2 ,0 2 7 .4

1 6 .4

: 2i.2

2 6 .7

63

Table B-9: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, State, and Geographic Division, Annually, 1954-56—Continued
(Millions of dollars)
N ew
State

nonresidential
C o m m ercial

and

b u ild in gs

b u ild in g s
In d ustrial

Total
ge o g rap h ic

U n ite d

T otal

divisio n

S t a t e s ..................

A lab a m a

1954
5 ,0 2 4 .1

b u ild in gs

S to res and o ther m erc an tile

1955

1956

1954

5 ,5 9 3 .7

6 ,6 4 9 .7

1 ,5 9 1 .4

1 ,8 5 8 .7

1955

1956

1954

1955

1956

2 ,0 7 8.0

859.6

999.1

1 ,0 0 4 .7

1954
66 2.3

1955
83 0.4

1956
1, 2 6 0 . 5

..............................

4 0 .6

4 9 .9

5 6 .9

1 4 .0

1 9 .9

2 6 .3

8 .9

1 3 .4

1 4 .6

2. 1

4 .8

5 .0

A r i z o n a ................................

4 5 .2

4 4 .0

6 8 .0

1 9 .9

1 9 .6

2 7 .5

9 .7

1 1 .9

1 6 .8

7. 1

6. 1

8 .9

A r k a n s a s . ; ...........................

4 1 .8

15 .4

2 0 .7

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

614.2

77 1.6

1 ,0 5 9 .3

C o l o r a d o .............................

6 6 .6

7 4 .4

108.0

1 8 .9

2 6 .5

3 1 .6

C o nn ecticu t

9 6 .9

108.6

117. 2

3 1 .2

3 0 .4

2 9 .0

.....................

9. 1
193.5

3 .0
2 58.0

6 .6

5 .0

117.7

159.4

176.7

11 .7

1 7 .7

1 5 .6

4 .8

6 .9

1 1 .8

1 4.3

1 4 .0

1 2 .6

1 9 .4

7. 1

D e l a w a r e ..............................

1 3 .6

1 5 .4

2 5 .9

6 .2

3 .6

6 .6

5 .4

2 .4

3 .6

of C o lu m bia

..

4 4 .2

5 2 .7

2 7 .4

6 .6

12. 1

8 .4

1 .6

5 .3

2 .0

F lorida

.................................

178.7

180.3

200.3

G e o rg ia

................................

9 8 .9

9 8 .8

1 0 .4

I l l i n o i s ..................................
I n d i a n a .................................. .

. 1
1 .6

1 6 .8
23. 1

.5

6 .6
.7

( i)

77. 1

8 0 .3

8 8 .3

4 5 .9

5 3 .7

5 3 .7

9. 1

1 4 .3

1 6 .3

8 7 .8

3 1 .3

3 5 .0

3 2 .4

1 9 .4

1 5 .8

1 6 .5

8 .0

2 0 .4

1 7.5

1 2 .0

1 5 .2

4 .8

4 .3

5 .2

2 .2

2 .4

2 .8

.3

.4

.7

259.2

32 6.3

4 1 4.2

8 5 .4

9 5 .8

9 7 .6

4 7 .6

5 7 .5

4 7 .1

4 1 .3

7 8 .7

111.0

1 1 3.8

128.6

171.2

2 8 .9

3 3 .9

4 6 .4

1 5.8

1 8 .7

3 1 .2

9 .3

3 2 .5

4 7 .3

4 5 .3

5 6.3

7 0 .7

1 2.3

16 .0

1 6 .9

7 .2

9 .3

1 1 .2

5 .7

5 .9

11 .9

...................................

6 0 .9

80.

4 9 .1

1 7 .0

1 5 .8

1 4 .4

1 0 .7

8 .9

8 .5

1 .2

2 .5

I d a h o .........................................

.........................................

K ansas

1 .4
131.6

9 .9
325.7

D istrict

Iow a

1 6.0
7 9 .9

7 .7
263.9

1

.............................

6 7 .8

5 5 .7

6 0 .1

1 9 .3

1 9 .6

13. 1

1 3 .9

1 6 .7

5 .8

2 2 .4

L o u i s i a n a ..............................

6 0 .6

101.0

104.3

2 5 .4

32. 1

3 9 .2

1 7 .4

2 1 .2

2 0 .8

M a i n e .......................................

16 .2

1 3 .1

1 4 .3

4 .6

3 .8

3 .8

1 .3

2 .7

.9

104.3

153.3

158.3

2 8 .4

5 0 .4

3 5 .7

2 3 .0

3 3 .3

2 0 .2

Kentucky

M a r y l a n d ...............................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

2 .2

7. 1

1 9 .3

4 .3

6 .7

8 .8

.6

3 .8

1. 1

1 4 .8

2 3 .7

24. 1

143. 1

148.6

184. 1

2 7 .9

3 9 .6

4 2 .9

1 5 .0

1 7 .3

2 0 .0

2 0 .0

2 0 .4

2 9 .3

M i c h i g a n ..............................

3 2 3.2

34 6.9

39 6.6

90. 1

9 4 .9

8 9 .8

3 7 .9

5 6 .8

4 5 .5

6 4 .3

7 0 .7

117.2

M in n esota

...........................

125.0

134.8

134.3

3 5 .8

3 7 .3

2 8 .9

2 1 .6

1 4 .1

12. 1

3 0 .2

1 3 .3

1 9 .4

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

2 7 .5

1 7 .2

2 2 .8

1 3 .2

5 .5

4 .2

4 .9

.8

2 .0

1 .0

118.4

118.2

124.8

5 1 .8

4 8 .5

2 9 .9

2 4 .6

2 1 .8

1 3 .4

18 .8

M issouri

..............................

7. 1
4 6 .2

9. 1

12. 1

M < a n t a n a ................................

1 7 .7

1 3 .7

1 7 .8

8 .4

5 .8

5 .9

2 .6

2. 1

2. 1

N e b r a s k a .............................

2 7 .8

4 2 .9

3 0 .8

9 .2

1 2 .2

1 6 .2

5 .5

3 .2

4 .3

N evada

2 0 .2

2 1 .4

14.6

6 .9

8 .6

8 .7

3 .4

5. 1

6 .8

.3

.6

1 .0

.............

1 0.3

1 5.5

12. 3

1.9

1.5

2 .7

1 .0

.8

1.1

.7

5 .6

2 .3

N ew

J e r s e y ........................

166.2

2 0 2.8

227.9

5 4 .2

7 5 .9

6 0 .6

3 1 .9

4 7 .4

3 3 .6

3 9 .8

5 9 .2

7 0 .3

N ew

M ex ico

2 1 .7

2 5 .0

2 7 .4

6 .3

10 .0

10 .3

3 .3

4 .4

7 .0

.4

1 .0

1 .0

N e w

Y ork

N ew

................................

H am pshire

.....................

...........................

N orth

C a r o l i n a ...............

North

Dakota

..................

O h i o .........................................
O k lah om a

...........................

O r e g o n ...................................

442. 1

.4

.4

.5

2 .0

1 .7

2 .5

4 3 2.9

545.3

156.3

185.0

22 4.4

5 6 .2

5 9 .9

6 2 .6

3 7 .7

4 9 .3

6 8 .9

7 0 .5

8 2 .4

9 3 .3

2 6 .3

2 8 .6

3 1 .4

13.6

1 2 .8

1 5.2

6 .8

1 1.8

1 5 .9

9 .0

1 4 .7

2 0 .7

4. 2

5 .7

4 .7

1 .6

2 .5

.3

1 .4

3 3 5.9

409.5

7 4 .6

99. 1

5 5 .7

6 9 .8

3 9 .7

253. 5

141.4

42. 3

2. 1

76. 1

1. 1
9 0 .9

4 4 .5

5 0 .5

59. 3

20. 1

15 .3

26 .8

6 .7

7 .9

8 .6

1 .9

3 .2

4 .5

5 1 .8

5 3 .0

8 3 .5

1 7 .2

1 9 .2

2 0 .0

1 0 .4

9 .7

8 .6

1 .9

6 .7

13. 1

P en n sy lva n ia

..................

258.8

2 9 5.0

299.4

7 5 .4

8 7 .5

95. 1

4 6 .5

4 4 .1

4 1 .9

3 4 .6

Rhode

...................

1 1 .7

1 2 .2

2 5 .6

3 .5

3 .6

5 .0

1 .8

2 .3

3 .8

.7

1.8

1. 1

South

C a r o l i n a ...............

2 6 .7

4 2 .7

30. 1

12 .0

9 .7

9 .5

6 .6

5 .6

4 .6

2 .4

5 .0

2 .3

South

Dakota

Islan d

..................

1 2 .0

1 0 .7

1 6 .9

3 .4

2 .7

3 .9

8 1 .5

7 3 .5

9 3 .4

2 1 .3

3 3.5

2 6 .3

.................................

3 0 1.3

30 9.4

123.6

124. 4

U t a h ......................................

3 0 .5

3 0 .8

6 0 .6

11'. 8

8 .2

4 .4

5 .2

5 .6

.7

T e n n e s s e e ........................
T exa s

Verm ont

...........................

V irg in ia

...........................

W a sh in gto n

M iddle

A t l a n t i c ..........

1 0 .0

1 5 .6

165.9

6 2 .3

5 4 .6

7 2 .6

1 4 .7

2 0 .6

2 8 .4

1 1 .3

4 .0

4 .3

3 .4

2 .8

4 .0

2 7 .9

.9

.2

.4

.3

2 .0

. 2

. 1

. 1

55. 1

15 .9

2 4 .7

3 0 .4

3 4 .0

1 2 .7

1 9 .9

105. 4

169.6

2 6 .4

3 7 .8

31. 1

1 4.8

22. 1

1 1.6

19. 1

1 6 .8

4 8 .9

2 1 .5

8 .1

7 .0

7 .9

4 .0

5 .5

5. 1

.5

1 .0

1 .0

152.6

3 3 .4

32. 1

3 0 .9

1 9 .7

1 4 .8

12. 1

1 6 .0

1 8 .8

2 8 .3

2 .4

5.

1 .4

1. 2

1 4 4.9

East

.4

2 7 .7

46. 5

W i s c o n s i n ........................

...............

1 .0

1 5 .0

3 1 .2

2 9 .8

E ngland

2 .3

2 0 .8

2 .3

160. 2

122.5

W y o m i n g ...........................

1 .0

14. 1

131.5

...................

New

.6

4 6 .8

142. 5

V i r g i n i a ................

W est

369. 1

47. 1

2 5 .9
153. 1

5 .8

4 .6

28 2.6

303.2

867. 1

93 0.7

11. 1

2 .6

1

.8

. 1

359.1

6 9 .7

7 9 .6

1 ,0 7 2 .6

285.9

348.4

380. 1

134.6

151.4

143.3

119.4

1, 5 4 4 . 1

8 4 .3

31. 1

3 7 .8

40. 1

3 6 .6

. 1
5 1 .2
143. 1

. 1
5 7 .0
1 8 6.0

N orth

Central

..

1 ,0 9 4.6

1, 2 9 0 . 8

312.4

35 5.8

406. 1

163.3

20 3.5

205.7

170.6

27 6.8

W e st North

Central

..

398.4

457.7

447.3

133.7

135.9

1 33.5

7 8 .8

6 3 .2

6 2 .7

5 1 .6

3 9 .2

5 6 .3

A t l a n t i c .............

7 0 9.2

7 8 3.0

80 4.8

2 2 7.2

2 7 3.2

27 5.3

1 3 5.4

151.3

7 7 .3

8 9 .4

104.3

South
East

South

Central

..

2 1 7.4

1 9 6.3

23 3.2

6 7 .8

West

South

Central

..

448.2

4 7 6.3

5 5 3.4

1 7 8.2

M o u n t a i n ...........................

218. 1

2 2 5.9

3 2 2.7

P ac ific

788.5

930.0

1 ,3 1 2 .4

See

..............................

footn otes

at e n d




o f't a b le .

7 9 .6
237. 1

80. 1
179.5

159. 1

394.7

7 4 .8

4 2 .4

5 5 .1

4 0 .3

5 3 .0

2 3 .9

4 0 .9

241.8

9 3 .0

8 8 .7

109. 1

3 6 .9

3 1 .9

4 4 .7

8 5 .4

1 0 5.6

3 8 .3

49. 1

5 5 .3

1 6 .2

320.9

37 6.8

142.9

191. 2

196.9

1 0 0.9

19 .5
155. 1

5 6 .9
32 0.0

6 4

Table B-9: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, State, an<j Geographic Division, Annually, 1954-56-Continued
(Millions of dollars)
N ew
State

U n ite d

Com m unity

and

ge o g rap h ic

division

S t a t e s .....................

A laba m a

n o nresidential

b u ild in g s— C ontinu ed

b u ild in gs

1954

1955

1956

1954

1955

1956

1 ,8 7 5 .3

1 ,9 4 6 .2

2, 225. 7

1, 1 7 7 . 7

1, 2 4 2 . 3

alteration s,

other n e w

n o nresidential

E du catio n al

Total

A d d itio n s,
A ll

and

bu ild ings

1954

1955

1, 4 0 7 . 1

895.1

95 8.4

repairs

1956

1954

1955

1956

1 ,0 8 5 .5

1 ,4 6 9 .9

1 ,6 4 9. 1

1 ,8 3 0 .4

.................................

17. 2

20. 5

1 9.3

1 0.2

9 .2

9 .2

7 .3

4 .7

6 .3

1 4 .5

1 9 .3

22. 5

A r i z o n a ....................................

1 5 .9

1 3 .8

2 4 .9

13. 2

1 0.7

18. 1

2 .3

4 .5

6 .7

9 .4

1 1.9

1 3 .9

A r k a n s a s .................................

1 2.5

4 .3

6. 2

6. 1

6 .4

7 .3

2 5 6.5

302.8

C a l i f o r n i a ..............................

225.8

22 7.2

267. 2

6.

1

168. 1

1 .8
1 6 6.0

4. 2

2 .0

1 .6

185. 1

1 1 5.0

148.9

2 0 8.4

.5

227.8

C o l o r a d o .................................

2 2 .9

30. 1

2 4 .9

18. 1

1 8 .9

12. 1

2 0 .0

1 0 .9

3 4 .7

2 0 .3

2 4 .3

2 4 .3

C o n n ecticu t

4 1 .6

4 6 .5

4 9 .6

3 2 .9

3 6 .8

3 6 .0

1 1 .5

12. 3

1 5.5

2 8 .8

3 3 .7

3 8 .4

........................

3 .2

7 .2

4 .8

1 .2

2 .2

4 .8

5 .8

6 .6

2 0 .8

1 6 .7

6 .2

10. 1

5 .4

4 .5

1 9.8

1 .6

1 1 .3

1 4 .7

1 7 .0

...................................

5 4 .9

4 5 .7

4 8 .9

3 1 .9

3 0 .0

2 8 .5

3 7 .6

4 0 .0

4 6 .8

7 0 .8

7 8 .7

8 7 .6

G e o r g i a ....................................

5 4 .3

2 9 .2

2 9 .6

17 .4

1 5 .6

15. 1

5 .3

1 4 .2

8 .3

2 0 .8

23. 1

2 6 .0

2 .8

1. 2

3 .0

1 .7

4 .6

4 .8

6 .4

54. 1

6 7 .7

7 0 .8

7 0 .7

9 6 .7
3 6 .0

Florida

Idaho

.........................................

6. 1

2. 1

1 0 .6

3 1 .5

D e l a w a r e ................................
D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a ....

9. 1

4 .3

7 .6

2 .9

4 .2

Illin ois

....................................

8 4 .5

9 7 .7

137.9

5 2 .5

7 1 .8

8 4 .9

4 8 .0

In d ian a

3 8 .3

1 5 .5

1 8 .6

3 0 .3

3 3 .7

8 .5

1 2 .9

7 .6

1 5 .8

16. 1

1 8 .8

9 .8

6 .9

1 6 .6

1 8 .9

2 0 .0

4. 1

....................................

3 7 .3

4 6 .7

5 8 .9

2 0 .2

2 7 .3

3 6 .2

I o w a ........................... * ..............

1 8 .8

2 1 .5

3 4 .3

1 3 .7

1 3 .8

26.

K ansas

2 3 .3

5 2 .0

2 5 .6

17 .0

1 0 .2

1 5.9

1 9 .4

...................................

1

K e n t u c k y .................................

1 9.4

1 6 .0

1 3 .4

1 5 .4

1 0 .5

4 .9

6 .7

1 3 .0

1 4 .3

8 .3

9 .0

8 .7

L o u i s i a n a ..............................

2 1 .3

3 1 .3

3 8 .0

1 3. 2

1 8 .0

2 4 .5

9 .6

3 0 .9

1 8 .3

3 1 .2

3 6 .7

3 5 .2

M a i n e .........................................
M a ry la n d

.................................

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ...................
M ich igan

4 .9

3 .6

5 .4

1.5

2 .9

3 .3

4 1 .6

5 5 .4

6 8 .0

2 7 .6

3 4 .9

3 9 .8

7 5 .7

7 0 .7

3 .2
3 2 .3

4 .7
26. 1

5 1 .3

56. 1

5 2 .9

1 9 .5

17 .9

2 4 .7

4 1 .9

5 2 .1

5 1 .3

7 9 .7

9 6 .7

6 7 .1

6 5 .2

6 5 .0

8 1 .7

9 2 .3

102.5

23. 2

3 7 .3

3 8 .4

1 9 .0

2 6 .9

2 3 .6

2 8 .4

2 8 .9

3 0 .6

2 .5

4 .3

5 .3

.9

6 .7

6 .6

8 .2

1 6 .2

2 2 .8

1 2 .5

2 0 .5

2 6 .8

3 5 .5

3 6 .7

4 0 .0

5 7 .3

6 2 .4

M i s s i s s i p p i ...........................

8 .2

7 .2

1 0 .6

5 .0

38. 1

3 8 .6

2 7 .4

4 2 .0

2 .9
2 7 .3

7 3 .0

M i n n e s o t a ..............................

.................................

4 .0
3 0 .5

87. 2

101.7

M isso u ri

1 .9
2 3 .8

124.6

.................................

116. 1

6. 1
1 9 .5

2. 1
1 8 .9

M o n t a n a ...................................

6 .7

6. 4

6 .3

4 .9

5 .3

3 .0

2 .2

5 .1

3 .9

6 .7

5 .3

N e b r a s k a .................................

1 1 .2

1 3 .5

7 .3

5 .4

8 .8

4 .0

5 .4

1 5 .5

4 .8

7. 1

7 .5

9 .5

N evada

...................................

1. 1

4 .5

4 .7

2 .2

3 .6

3 .2

.4

8 .5

7 .5

2 .7

5 .2

5 .4

5 .4

................

5 .7

5 .3

6 .0

.7

4 .3

3 .3

2 .0

3. 1

1.3

3 .0

4 .5

4 .3

N ew

J e r s e y ...........................

3 9 .1

3 7 .3

55. 1

1 8 .8

2 0 .0

3 6 .4

3 3 .1

3 0 .4

4 1 .9

6 2 .3

6 9 .2

8 1 .3

N ew

M e x ic o

........................

1 3 .0

1 1 .3

12 .8

6 .0

8 .0

8 .8

2 .0

2 .7

3 .3

4 .9

6 .9

8 .2

N ew

York

..............................

163.5

144.0

1 8 2.5

114.0

9 1 .3

N o r t h C a r o l i n a ...................

N ew

H am pshire

1 0 7.6

8 4 .6

5 4 .6

6 9 .5

107.2

104.2

16 .4

12. 1

1 8 .5

8 .5

1 2 .4

9 .9

2 2 .5

2 6 .7

1 1 .7

2 .2

3. 5

7 .6

1 .0

.9

3 .2

3 .2

3 .3

2 .9

110.7

101.0

5 2 .0

7 7 .0

5 9 .7

5 4 .9

5 0 .0

7 6 .2

8 7 .3

101.8

111.7

2 8 .9

2 9 .6

......................

3 .5

6 .7

O h i o ............................................

8 4 .3

North

Dakota

O k lah om a

..............................

36. 1

112. 1
3 0 .8

1 6 .4

2 2 .3

2 4 .3

7 .2

1 0 .9

1 4.6

6 .1

9 .7

3 .7

1 0 .2

1 1.8

1 2 .9

O r e g o n ......................................

24. 1

1 9 .7

3 3 .2

1 9 .3

14. 1

2 2 .0

8 .6

7 .4

1 7.2

2 1 .7

22. 2

2 5 .0

P e n n s y l v a n i a ......................

126.4

5 7 .4

77. 2

8 3 .9

3 8 .2

84. 1

9 2 .4

9 5 .4

103.3

124.4

.....................

4 .4

3 .6

South

C a r o l i n a ...................

1 0.2

2 5 .6

South

Dakota

Rhode

Islan d

......................

6. 1

4 8 .5

3 1.1

13. 1

3 .4

1 .3

9 .2

3. 1

3 .2

6 .4

5 .2

5 .0

6 .0

1 4 .2

5 .3

2 1 .5

8 .0

2. 1

2 .4

4 .1

7 .5

8 .3

10. 1

5 .3

1 0 .9

4 .5

2 .3

6 .9

2 .4

1 .7

1.7

3 .6

2 5 .4

1 9 .6

30. 1

10 .6

9 .0

1 6.0

7 .1

1 0 .4

2 1 .4

2 0 .6

25.

.......................................

1 1 8.9

123.2

143.3

7 7 .5

7 0 .6

103.0

44. 1

4 1 .2

3 1 .5

8 8 .2

101.7

105.6

............................................

7 .8

1 0.6

1 3 .9

4 .9

7 .6

8 .4

8. 1

8 .0

7 .5

6 .6

6 .7

8 .9

V e r m o n t ...................................

1 .3

3 .2

4 .4

1 .2

3 .0

2 .0

.5

1. 1

.2

1 .3

.7

.7

V i r g i n i a ...................................

5 4 .8

3 1 .4

3 9 .9

2 7 .6

2 0 .4

2 2 .7

2 2 .5

4 0 .9

4 5 .3

3 2 .1

3 5 .4

3 6 .9

W a s h i n g t o n ...........................

3 9 .8

3 1 .3

5 9 .2

2 3 .8

24. 1

3 8 .7

3 7 .2

1 9 .5

3 0 .4

3 0 .8

3 6 .5

4 1 .5

W est

V i r g i n i a ......................

1 9 .3

14.5

7 .9

1 3 .2

7 .9

3 .0

1 .9

3 .4

4 .7

8 .8

9 .5

1 0 .2

W i s c o n s i n ..............................

7 5 .8

7 6 .6

6 9 .0

4 5 .7

4 8 .4

4 6 .8

19 .7

2 5 .6

2 4 .4

3 2 .5

3 5 .8

4 0 .8

2 .0

.3

4 .3

1 .0

1 .8

1 .6

133.6

132.9

165.7

9 1 .0

T e n n e s s e e ..............................
T exas
Utah

W yom ing
N ew

.................................

E ngland

M iddle

.....................

A tlan tic

................

. 1

3 .3

104.4

106.7

1. 1

4 2 .7

3 9 .5

52. 1

2. 1

4 .6
1

4. 1
30. 1

1.9

2 .3

83. i

9 9 .2

105.4

3 0 5.9

3 0 5.7

3 6 4.0

190.2

188.5

2 2 7.9

155.9

1 33.5

1 4 2.5

25 3.6

265.8

28 8.8

East

North

Central

.......

38 3.6

44 7.8

491.4

24 3.4

3 0 4.2

32 4.3

22 8.0

21 0.4

2 5 1.9

30 2.6

33 4.3

38 7.7

W est

North

Central

.......

1 4 4.9

194.4

190.8

9 3 .4

92.

121.7

6 8 .2

8 8 .2

6 6 .7

1 0 1.5

1 1 4.8

122.6

...................

3 0 1.6

261. 3

271.9

1 48.8

145.8

103.1

159. 1

153.3

2 0 5.9

2 3 4.5

251.3

South

A tlantic

E ast

South

Central

.......

7 0 .2

6 3 .3

W est

South

Central

.......

169. 1

181. 1

M o u n t a i n .................................
P a c ific

...................................

1 L e s s than $50,000.




1

159.7

7 3 .4

4 1 .2

3 1 .2

3 4 .4

2 6 .4

2 9 .0

44. 1

5 0 .1

6 0 .0

6 9 .5

211.8

104.0

101. 3

142.6

6 4 .0

8 3 .8

55. 1

135.7

156.6

161.0

7 6 .9

8 1 .5

9 6 .9

5 4 .5

5 6 .7

5 8 .3

4 5 .4

3 9 .5

63. 3

5 7 .0

6 8 .6

7 4 .7

2 89-7

27 8.2

3 5 9.6

2 1 1.2

2 0 4.2

24 5.8

1 6 0.8

175.8

2 5 6.0

280. 3

31 5.2

369.3

65
Table B-10: Valuation of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, State, and Geographic Division,
Annually, 1954-56
(Millions of dollars)
A ll new d w e llin g units
State

and

1954

U n ite d S tates

A labam a

...................................

.................................................

A r i z o n a .................................................
A r k a n s a s ..............................................

1955

1956

1954

159.3

1 4 8.7

17 6.4

9 ,6 9 6 .3

1 .2

7 9 .7

9 6 .3

9 1 .4

8 7 .8

107.5

9 8 .7

7 9 -7

9 6 .3

9 2 .7

0

0

107.5

9 8 .9

0

0

3 2 .0

2 9 -1

2 ,0 1 8 .9

1 ,7 7 9 .9

C o l o r a d o ...............................................

1 5 6.6

177.9

1 45-3

C o n n ecticu t

......................................

19 3-9

2 1 5-7

217.6

D e l a w a r e ..............................................

3 0 .5

4 0 .9

D istrict

of C o lu m b ia

..................

2 0 .4

2 0 .4

F lorida

.................................................

3 8 6.0

G e o r g i a .................................................

1 45-5

.......................................................

1956

8 7 .8
2 9 -4

1956

1955

1 0 ,138. 5

1 ,7 1 4.2

Idaho

1954

1 1 ,5 3 5 .1

9 ,8 5 5 .6

...........................................

C a lifo rn ia

P r iv a t e ly o w n e d units

P u b lic ly o w n ed units

(h o us ek e ep in g only)

geograph ic d iv isio n

. 1
•3

( i)
1 6 .0
. 1

0

2 .1

.8

1955

1 1 ,3 8 6 .4

9, 9 6 2 . 1

2 9 -4

3 1 .7

2 9 .1

1 ,6 9 8 .2

2 ,0 1 6 .2

1, 7 7 9 - 1

1 .6

6 .5

156.5

176.3

1 3 8.9

1 .5

2 .6

.7

192.4

213-1

2 1 6.9

3 3 -0

0

0

0

3 0 .5

4 0 .9

3 3 -0

2 .0

0

459.6

21 .9

6 .8

18 .4

2 0 .4

15. 1

5 3 0.7

1 .6

.6

2 .2

38 4.3

45 9-0

5 2 8.5

1 5 3-7

134.4

5-4

.1

1 .0

140.1

1 5 3.6

133-4

•6

1 5 .0

1 9 -3

16. 9

2 5 -1

1 6.4

637.2

833.6

796.3

1 5 .0

1 5 .0

1 9 .3

1 7 .5

Illin ois

.................................................

65 0.5

858.7

812.7

In d ian a

0

0

1 3 -3

.................................................

194.7

21 7.6

22 3-9

2 .5

0

192.2

217.6

20 8.9

I o w a .........................................................

7 9 .4

106.0

9 2 .1

0

0

0

7 9 -4

106.0

9 2 .1

K ansas

................................................

9 0 .0

9 4 .7

8 1 .6

0

0

2 .3

9 0 .0

9 4 .7

7 9 -3

K e n t u c k y ..............................................

9 4 .0

124.4

9 8 .7

. 1

2 .5

2 .0

9 3 .9

1 2 1.9

9 6 .7

L o u i s i a n a ...........................................

1 2 3-4

152.8

132.0

.1

0

.2

123.3

15 2.8

131.8

M a i n e ......................................................

1 0 .7

1 3 -2

1 3 .6

.1

1 0 .6

1 3 .2

1 3 .6

2 7 4.1

30 6.7

24 4.4

4.7

0

269-4

30 3.0

243.6

................................

2 0 2.2

23 9-5

231.4

2 .4

..............................................

60 0.9

68 6.5

579. 1

M i n n e s o t a ...........................................

20 3-3

2 3 7-9

2 0 9.9

M i s s i s s i p p i .........................................

2 7 .4

2 6 .0

2 0 .8

.6

.1

1 5 5-4

18 1.6

14 3.7

1 1 .6

6 -5

M a ry la n d

..............................................

M assachusetts

M ich igan

M issou ri

...............................................

1 .9

0

3 -7

•9

5 -6

9-3

199.9

233.9

2 2 2.1

2 .7

4-5

599.0

68 3.8

574.6

.8

2 0 3.3

237.9

2 09.1

2 6 .8

2 5 -9

2 0 .8

•5

143-8

1 75-1

1 4 3.2

1 7.6

2 0 .4

1 7 .7

.7

4 2 .7

4 8 .9

4 0 .6

3 6 .7

3 7 .5

2 3 -3

1 3 -9

2 0 .7

2 0 .3

0

( l)

M o n t a n a ................................................

1 7 .6

2 0 .4

1 7 .7

0

0

N e b r a s k a ..............................................

4 2 .7

4 8 -9

4 1 .3

0

0

Nevada

0

0

.................................................

3 6 .7

3 7 -5

2 3 .3

0

0

N ew

H a m p s h i r e ................................

1 3 -9

2 0 .7

2 0 .3

0

0

0

N ew

J e r s e y .........................................

4 5 4.7

5 5 3-5

49 5-7

0

0

N ew

M e x i c o .........................................

4 5 .0

5 3 -4

4 0 .7

N ew

Y o r k .............................................

862.7

947.9

802.6

6 1 .4

N orth

C a r o l i n a ................................

8 7 .5

105.8

9 4 .7

1 .7

North

D a k o t a ......................................

1 7 .3

1 7 .1

1 6 .7

0

O h i o .........................................................

63 6.5

770.3

6 7 3-1

O k l a h o m a ..............................................

8 1 .4

8 5 -5

6 9 -4

O r e g o n ....................................................

7 6 .7

8 0 .8

7 1 .6

...................................

389*6

473.9

3 8 3-8

I s l a n d .....................................

P en n sy lv a n ia
Rhode

0

4 4 4.3

553.5

49 5-7

.2

4 5 .0

5 3 .4

4 0 .5

7 0 .2

801. 3

874.7

732.4

1 .5

8 5 -7

105.5

9 3 -2

.6

1 7 .3

1 7 .1

1 6 .1

6 3 1-4

76 9-9

6 7 3.1

8 1 .4

8 5 -5

6 9 -3

7 6 .6

8 0 .8

7 1 .6

3 83.9

47 2.6

37 9-4

0

73.2
.3
0

.4

5 -1
0

0
. 1

5 .7

0
( i)

0

0

1.3

4 .4

2 7 .6

3 1 .6

2 7 .8

0

0

2 7 .6

3 1 .6

2 7 .6

................................

3 2 .9

4 2 .7

3 3 -9

0

0

0

3 2 .9

4 2 .7

3 3 -9

D a k o t a ......................................

1 6 .8

2 1 .2

16 .4

0

0

0

1 6 .8

2 1 .2

1 6 .4

South C a ro lin a
South

10 .4

( l)

T e n n e s s e e ...........................................

107.3

120.6

8 8 .3

2 .8

T e x a s ......................................................

55 0.7

60 3-0

438.2

.6

.2

.2

1 .7

104.4

120.4

8 6 .6

•7

550.1

60 3-0

437. 5

. 1

6 7 .2

8 0 .9

7 4 .3

( l)

U t a h .........................................................

6 7 .2

80. 9

7 4 .5

0

0

V e r m o n t .................................................

3 -6

4 .2

3 -7

0

0

V i r g i n i a .................................................

2 43-4

299.3

24 9-6

3 .8

7.3

W a s h i n g t o n .........................................

0

3-6

4 .2

3 .7

1 7.5

239.6

292.0

2 3 2.1

6 .3

21 9-9

2 25-5

169-6

2 5 -9

3 1 .3

3 1 .4

2 19-9

2 3 7.1

1 7 5-9

0

...................................

2 5 -9

3 1 -3

3 1 -5

0

0

. 1

W i s c o n s i n ............................................

21 8.4

247.9

247.0

3 .6

0

.7

214.8

247.9

2 4 6.3

1 1 .9

1 2 .1

.1

1 4 .7

1 1 .6

1 2 .1

W est V irg in ia

W yom in g

N ew

...............................................

E n g l a n d ......................................

1 4 .7

1 1 .6

0

.3

4 5 1-9

52 4-9

514.4

4 .0

8 .2

1 0 .2

4 4 8.0

516. 7

5 0 4.2

1, 7 0 7 . 0

1 ,9 7 5-3

1 ,6 8 2 .1

7 7 .5

7 4 -5

7 4 .6

1, 6 2 9 . 5

1, 9 0 0 . 8

1 ,6 0 7 .5

N orth

C e n t r a l ........................

2 ,3 0 1 .0

2 ,4 9 9 .2

W est N orth

C e n t r a l ........................

M iddle
E ast

South
East

A t l a n t i c ................................

2, 7 8 1 . 0

2 ,5 3 5 -8

2 6 .4

2 8 .2

3 6 .6

2 ,2 7 4 .6

2, 7 5 2 . 8

604.9

707.4

601.7

1 1 .6

6 .5

4 .9

5 9 3-3

700.9

59 6.8

A t l a n t i c ...................................

1 ,2 4 6.2

1 ,4 6 0 .4

1, 3 7 8 . 1

1 9 -2

1 2 .0

3 0 .0

1 ,2 2 6 .8

1 ,4 4 8.4

1 ,3 4 8 .2

S o u t h C e n t r a l ........................

30 8.4

3 6 7.3

300.5

3 .5

2 .8

4 .9

304.8

3 6 4.5

295.5

784.9

8 73-3

66 8.7

.7

•3

.9

784.2

873.0

667. 7

W est South
M ountain
P ac ific
See

C e n t r a l ........................

..............................................
..........................................

fo o tn ote s

at e n d




o f table.

4 4 0.6

5 0 8.8

4 3 0.0

2 ,0 1 0 .8

2 ,3 3 6 .8

2 ,0 2 7 .4

. 1
1 6.1

1 .9
14 .3

7 .6
7. 1

440.5

506. 9

422.4

1 ,9 9 4 .7

2, 32 2. 5

2 ,0 2 0 .3

66

Table B-10: Valuation of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, State, and Geographic Division,
Annually, 1954-56—Continued
(Millions of dollars)
P riv a te ly
State

owned

u n i t s i n*

and
1 -fam ily

houses

2 -4 fa m ily

structures

5-or-m ore fa m ily

structures

ge o g rap h ic d iv isio n
1954
U n ite d

S t a t e s ......................................

1956

1955

8 ,9 1 7 .0

1 0 ,6 43 .

1

9 ,2 1 1 .3

1954

1956

1955

298.6

2 9 2.3

1954

1955

302.7

480.7

1

451.0

1956
44 8.1

A l a b a m a ....................................................

7 6 .0

9 3 .4

8 8 .8

2. 4

1 .6

1.6

1 .2

1 .3

1. 1

A rizona

8 4 .6

102. 1

9 0 .8

2 .5

2 .9

3 .5

.7

2 .5

4 .4

....................................................

A r k a n s a s ..................................................
C alifo rn ia

.......... ...................................

2 8 .8
1, 5 0 5 . 8

31.

1

1 ,8 3 5 .1

.5

.5

. 2

0

. 1

6 6 .2

7 0 .7

120. 2

114.9

148. 3

.5

2 8 .5
1, 5 6 0 . 2

72. 2

.................................................

147.0

163.9

131. 1

5 .8

6. 2

4. 1

3 .7

6 .2

3 .6

C o n n e c t i c u t ............................................

177.3

205.4

211.8

2 .8

1 .4

2. 1

1 2 .4

6 .3

3 .0

D e l a w a r e ..................................................

3 0 .4

4 0 .7

3 2 .9

C o lo rado

D istrict

of C o lu m b ia

.....................

8 .7

8. 1

6 .8

. 1

. 2

. 1

0

0

.5

.3

. 1

9 .2

12 .0

8 .3

( i)

F l o r i d a .......................................................

344.3

414.9

4 6 2.9

20. 1

2 3 .8

25. 1

19 .9

2 0 .3

4 0 .6

G e o r g i a .....................................................

127.4

145.8

127.6

4 .6

4 .6

3. 1

8 .0

3 .3

2 .8

I d a h o ..........................................................

1 4 .5

1 8 .9

1 6 .3

.4

.3

.5

I l l i n o i s ....................................................

59 7.7

765. 2

7 34.7

2 1 .9

3 1 .6

3 5 .4

3 6 .8

2 6 .2

I n d i a n a ....................................................

. 2
17 .6

. 2

( i )

189. 1

2 1 6.2

205.8

1 .4

1 .2

1 .3

I o w a .............................................................

78. 1

1 0 3.0

9 0 .5

1 .3

1 .7

1. 1

K ansas

8 6 .4

9 1 .8

7 7 .3

3 .4

2 .7

1.8

. 2

9 1 .4

119. 2

9 4 .6

1 .9

1 .3

1 .5

.6

1 .3

.6

116. 2

147.0

126.4

6 .0

4 .6

4 .4

1. 2

1 .3

1 .2

.......................................................

Kentucky

...............................................

L o u isian a

............................................

M a i n e .......................................................
M a ryla n d

...............................................

1 0 .4

13 .0

1 3 .4

258.6

29 6.0

2 3 8.0

. 2
4 .4

. 2
1.3

• 3
.9

. 1

1 .7
( l)

1 .8

1 .3

.5

. 2

.3

0

( i)

( l)
6. 4

4 .7

5 .7

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ...................................

195.9

2 29.4

2 1 7.9

2 .0

1.9

1 .6

2 .0

2 .7

2 .6

M ich igan

...............................................

57 3.9

670.0

5 5 7.7

8. 2

5 .8

5 .6

16 .8

8 .0

1 1 .3

M i n n e s o t a ...............................................

199.8

235.1

204.8

2 .5

1 .9

3. 1

1.0

.9

1 .2

2 5.0

2 0 .0

.5

.9

166.7

135.3

3 .3

4 .5

M ississip p i

.........................................

M i s s o u r i ..................................................
M ontana

..................................................

26. 1
132.9

.5
2. 1

7 .6
.5

.9

. 1

. 2

.3

. 1

1 6.4

1 8 .8

1 7 .0

.8

4 1 .0

4 7 .4

3 9 .5

1 .5

1. 1

1.0

N evada

.....................................................

3 1 .9

3 3 .2

2 0 .7

3 .2

1 .9

1.0

1 .5

2 .4

H a m p s h i r e .................................

1 3 .8

20. 5

2 0 .0

.2

.3

0

0

N ew

. 1

.4
5 .9

3 .9

N e b r a s k a ...............................................

.7

.6

. 1

. 2

1 .6
(l)

N e w

Jersey

.........................................

416.7

5 3 0.2

47 4.0

1 1 .0

1 2 .7

1 2 .5

1 6 .6

1 0 .5

N e w

M e x i c o .........................................

4 3 .8

5 2 .7

3 9 .2

1 .0

.5

1 .1

. 2

.2

.2

N e w

Y o r k ...............................................

594.1

2 3 .8

3 5 .6

4 1 .2

153.3

144.0

9 7 .0

8 8 .9

5 .8

5 .0

3 .9

.5

1 .4

.8

.9

.5
1 7 .6

624. 1

695.

1

N orth

C a r o l i n a ................................

North

D a k o t a ......................................

1 5 .3

16. 2

O h io

7 9 .4

9 9 .0

14 .9

..........................................................

59 8.0

742. 5

642. 1

1 5 .7

1 5.6

1 6 .7

O k l a h o m a ...............................................

8 0 .4

8 4 .7

6 8 .0

.9

.6

.6

O regon

7 0 .8

7 7 .0

6 7 .0

3 .2

2 .4

2 .8
8 .5

....................................................
....................................

3 5 9.3

450.7

362.5

1 7 .2

7 .3

I s l a n d ......................................

2 5 .7

3 1 .3

2 7 .4

1 .9

.3

South

C a r o l i n a ....................................

3 0 .8

4 0 .7

3 3 .0

1 .8

1 .7

South

D a k o t a ......................................

P e n n sy lv a n ia
Rhode

Ten nessee
T exas
Utah

............................................

.......................................................

..........................................................

. 1

1 .4

.3

.7

2 .6

1 .5

1 .6

7 .4

1 4.6

8 .5

. 2

. 1

.8

.3
. 1

0

0

.3

. 1

. 1

2 0 .7

1 6 .0

.4

.4

.2

115.6

8 4 .0

2 .6

2 .9

2 .0

2 .5

1 .8

.5

523. 1

579.7

416.4

1 0 .4

8 .6

5 .7

16 .5

1 4 .7

1 5 .4

7 8 .9

7 2 .4

2 .0

1 .7

1 .8

.4

.4

0

0

0

0
1 0 .6

6 4 .7

V irg in ia

.................................................

219.8

28 3.0

2 1 8.6

2 .4

3 .0

3 .0

1 7.5

5 .9

2 0 6.4

2 1 1.0

154.0

6 .3

6 .7

5 .7

7 .2

7 .8

25 .5

3 0 .7

3 0 .7

.3

.4

.7

195.5

230.8

221.3

15 .7

1 4 .6

2 0 .8

1 1 .3

1 2 .0

.4

.2

.2

50 3.7

49 4.2

7 .0

4 .0

4 .5

1 4 .5

...........................................
...................................

W i s c o n s i n ...............................................
W y o m i n g ..................................................

. 1

1 6 .3
9 9 .3

3 .5

V irg in ia

1 4.4

1 1.9

.................................................

W est

.4
.3

( l)

Verm ont

W a sh in gto n

9 .3

14. 1

4. 1

3 .7

( l )

( i)

. 1
3 .6

. 1

10.0

. 1

( l )

2 .6

4. 1

.2

0

9 .0

5 .6

• 2 i
N e w

E n g l a n d ......................................

M iddle

A t l a n t i c ................................

426.6

114.8

1

1, 6 7 6 . 0

1, 4 3 0 . 6

5 2 .0

5 5 .6

62. 2

177.3!

E ast

North

C e n t r a l ........................

2, 154. 2

2, 6 2 4 . 7

2, 3 6 1 . 6

6 2 .9

6 8 .8

7 9 .8

5 7 .3 :

5 9 .4

W est

N orth

C e n t r a l ........................

56 9.8

680.9

5 7 8.3

1 3 .8

13 .1

10. 2

9.6\

6 .7

8 .4

A t l a n t i c ....................................

1, 1 2 4 . 9

1, 3 5 8 . 9

1, 2 3 9 . 4

4 0 .0

4 0 .3

3 7 .7

4 9 .0

7 1 .5

South

1 ,4 0 0 .

East

South

C e n t r a l ........................

2 9 2.8

3 5 3.2

2 8 7.4

7 .4

6 .7

5 .6

W est

South

C e n t r a l ........................

748. 5

842.5

63 9.3

1 7.8

1 4.3

1 1.2

...............................................

4 1 7.0

P a c i f i c ....................................................

M ountain

1 ,7 8 3 .0

1 L e s s than $50,000.




4 7 9.8
2, 123. 1

399.5
1 ,7 8 1 .2

16. 1

1 4 .4

1 2 .8

8 1 .7

7 5 .3

7 9 .2

6 1 .9
4. 5 i
1 8.0
7.4 |
130.0

169. 1

5 7 .8

4 .5

2 .6

1 6 .3

1 7 .4

1 2 .8
124.2

10. 2
L

1 59.9

Table B-ll: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, State,
and Geographic Division, Annually, 1954-56
A ll
State

and

new

d w ellin g

units

P u b licly

owned

P riv a tely

units

owned

units

(h o u se k e e p in g o n ly )

ge o g rap h ic d iv isio n

U n i t e d S t a t e s ........................

1956

1955

1956

1954

1955

1 8 ,0 0 5

1 5 ,8 5 7

1 7 ,8 6 5

1 ,0 5 6,50 7

1 ,131,631

1954

1954

1955

1, 0 7 4 , 5 1 2

1, 1 4 8 , 4 8 8

942, 585

1956
9 2 4,72 0

A l a b a m a .................................

1 2 ,4 7 3

13, 4 4 2

12, 3 4 4

0

0

150

12, 4 7 3

13, 4 4 2

12, 1 9 4

A r i z o n a ...................................

1 1 ,8 1 0

1 3 ,8 03

12, 2 1 6

0

0

14

1 1 ,8 1 0

13,8 03

12, 2 0 2

..............................

4 , 15 7

4 ,2 3 7

3 ,7 2 6

C a l i f o r n i a ..............................

199,421

212, 493

177,168

C o l o r a d o ................................

1 8 ,6 6 1

20 , 183

........................

1 7 ,3 9 8

1 7 ,8 71

..............................

3, 5 7 9

4, 112

of C olu m bia....

2 ,9 8 4

F l o r i d a ...................................

A rkansas

C o n n ecticu t
D e law a re
D istrict

52

0

4, 156

4, 185

3 ,7 2 6

1,9 5 5

262

72

197, 466

212, 231

177,096

14,8 55

8

220

607

1 8 ,6 5 3

1 9 ,9 6 3

14, 248

17 ,5 14

140

216

60

17, 2 5 8

17,6 55

17,4 54

3 ,2 0 2

0

0

0

3, 579

4, 112

3 ,2 0 2

2 ,7 9 6

2, 176

186

0

612

2 ,7 9 8

2, 7 9 6

1, 5 6 4

4 8 ,8 8 7

53, 069

5 8 ,1 4 4

250

31

171

4 8 ,6 37

5 3 ,0 3 8

5 7 ,9 73
1 6 ,2 74

1

G e o r g i a ....................................

2 0 ,9 7 6

19 ,6 68

1 6 ,3 55

666

3

81

2 0 ,3 1 0

1 9 ,6 65

I d a h o .........................................

1,6 5 2

1 ,8 9 5

1 ,5 9 0

0

0

65

1,6 5 2

1 ,895

1 ,5 2 5

I l l i n o i s ...................................

54, 275

6 7 ,7 5 3

58, 558

1,4 6 0

2 ,5 1 8

1,5 7 1

5 2 ,8 1 5

6 5 , 235

5 6 ,9 87

I n d i a n a ...................................

21, 306

2 1 ,2 1 7

1 9 ,7 6 0

252

0

1 ,3 8 8

2 1 ,0 5 4

2 1 ,2 1 7

1 8 ,3 72

8 ,0 1 7

9 ,6 2 7

7 ,8 4 7

0

0

0

8 ,0 1 7

9, 627

7 ,8 4 7

11, 2 2 3

10, 3 1 8

8 ,2 0 5

0

0

314

11, 2 2 3

10,3 18

7, 891

..............................

10,8 23

13, 127

9 ,0 3 9

7

330

186

1 0 ,8 16

12, 7 9 7

8 ,8 5 3

L o u i s i a n a ..............................

11, 5 3 2

Iow a

.........................................

K ansas

....................................

Kentucky

13,6 45

14, 5 5 2

11, 552

8

0

20

1 3 ,6 37

1 4 ,5 5 2

......................................

1 ,2 3 5

1, 4 8 3

1, 3 9 3

10

0

0

1 ,2 2 5

1 ,483

1,3 9 3

M a r y l a n d .................................

31, 223

3 0 ,4 04

22, 490

487

389

48

3 0 ,7 3 6

3 0 ,0 15

22, 442

M a in e

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ...................

22, 330

25, 203

22, 571

212

640

835

22,

118

24, 563

2 1 ,7 3 6

M i c h i g a n .................................

5 9 ,5 43

6 2 ,0 3 9

4 8 ,5 3 3

237

296

604

59, 306

6 1 ,7 4 3

47, 9 2 9

M i n n e s o t a ..............................

1 5 ,7 19

17, 4 3 8

18 ,6 54

15 ,8 19

1

0

100

17, 4 3 7

18, 6 5 4

........................

4, 2 6 2

3 ,6 9 4

2 ,9 1 9

81

7

0

4, 181

3 ,6 8 7

2 ,9 1 9

M i s s o u r i .................................

16, 3 5 5

17, 1 8 0

13 ,1 61

1, 1 9 0

660

18

15, 165

16, 520

13, 143

M ississippi

M ontana

.................................

N ebrask a
Nevada

..............................

...................................

1 ,9 5 3

1 ,9 8 9

1,6 5 8

0

0

0

1 ,9 5 3

1 ,989

1 ,658

5 ,482

5 ,8 4 9

4, 529

0

0

57

5 ,4 8 2

5 ,8 4 9

4, 4 7 2

4 ,642

3 ,917

2 ,2 4 1

0

0

4

4 ,6 4 2

3 ,9 1 7

2, 237

1, 6 8 6

2, 2 5 6

1 ,992

0

0

0

1 ,686

2, 2 5 6

1 ,992

48, 162

5 3 ,0 5 2

4 3 ,6 09

1 ,0 5 0

0

0

4 7 ,1 12

5 3 ,0 5 2

43, 6 0 9

N ew

H a m p s h i r e ................

N ew

Jersey

N ew

M e x i c o ........................

6 ,4 6 4

6, 2 32

4 ,6 9 9

0

0

20

6, 46 4

6, 232

4 ,6 7 9

N ew

Y o r k ..............................

8 9 ,6 4 5

94, 434

7 4 ,6 2 4

7 ,0 2 4

8, 228

7 ,8 3 2

8 2 ,6 2 1

8 6 ,2 0 6

66, 792
10, 3 7 3

........................

N orth

C a r o l i n a ...................

1 2 ,0 3 6

13, 2 7 0

10, 5 3 3

244

45

160

1 1 ,7 92

13, 2 2 5

N orth

D a k o t a .....................

1 ,728

1 ,6 4 0

1 ,602

0

0

80

1 ,7 2 8

1 ,6 4 0

1 ,5 2 2

O hio

.........................................

54, 680

60, 588

5 1 ,1 15

624

28

0

5 4 ,0 56

60, 560

51, 115

O k l a h o m a ..............................

10, 3 9 2

9 ,7 8 9

7 , 118

0

0

2

1 0 ,3 92

9 ,7 8 9

7 , 11 6

...................................

7 ,9 5 2

7 ,5 5 9

6 ,5 3 4

14

0

0

7 ,9 3 8

7 ,5 5 9

6 ,5 3 4

P e n n s y l v a n i a .....................

32, 782

Oregon

37, 9 5 4

4 4 ,5 41

3 3 , 154

551

133

372

37, 403

44, 408

.....................

3 ,3 5 9

3, 485

3 ,0 2 6

0

0

9

3, 3 5 9

3 ,485

3 ,017

South

C a r o l i n a ...................

4 ,7 9 0

5, 3 5 1

3 ,9 4 5

0

0

0

4, 7 9 0

5 ,3 5 1

3 ,9 4 5

South

D a k o t a .....................

Rhode

Islan d

2, 1 7 2

2 ,3 1 4

1 ,5 5 6

0

0

0

2, 1 7 2

2 ,3 1 4

1 ,5 5 6

...........................

1 6 ,0 84

16 ,8 36

1 1 ,5 40

317

24

200

1 5 ,7 6 7

16,8 12

1 1 ,3 4 0

......................................

68, 478

6 9 ,2 1 4

4 5 ,5 4 3

104

2

115

68, 374

6 9 ,2 1 2

45, 428

.........................................

6 ,8 2 8

7 ,5 5 5

6, 397

0

0

13

6, 828

7 ,5 5 5

6, 3 8 4

T en nessee
T exa s
Utah

Verm ont

.................................

316

350

350

0

0

0

316

350

350

V irg in ia

.................................

2 9 ,9 99

32, 6 8 4

25, 588

515

662

1 ,4 8 5

29, 484

32, 02 2

24, 103

W a s h i n g t o n ............................

2 1 ,4 11

2 1 ,0 4 2

15, 11 1

0

1, 0 5 1

464

2 1 ,4 11

1 9 ,9 91

1 4 ,6 47

2 ,8 7 6

3, 221

3 ,0 5 3

0

0

24

2 ,8 7 6

3 ,2 2 1

3 ,0 2 9

W i s c o n s i n ..............................

20,1 25

21, 283

20, 241

411

0

100

19 ,7 14

21, 283

20, 141

W y o m i n g .................................

1 ,6 2 5

1 ,217

1 ,0 3 6

0

60

12

1 ,6 2 5

1, 1 5 7

1 ,024

W e s t V i r g i n i a ...................... .

N ew

E ngland

......................

46, 324

5 0 ,6 48

4 6 ,8 4 6

362

856

904

4 5 ,9 62

49, 792

4 5 ,9 4 2

175, 7 6 1

192,027

151,387

8 ,6 2 5

8 ,3 6 1

8 ,2 0 4

167, 136

183,666

143, 1 83

N orth

Central

.......

2 09,929

23 2,88 0

198, 207

2 ,984

2 ,8 4 2

3, 6 6 3

206, 945

230, 038

194, 544

W est North

Central

.......

6 2 ,4 15

65, 582

5 2 ,7 19

1, 1 9 1

660

569

61, 224

6 4 ,9 2 2

5 2 , 150

...................

157, 3 50

164, 575

146, 140

2, 348

1, 1 3 0

2 ,5 8 1

155,002

163,445

143, 559

M iddle
East

South
East

A tlantic

A tlantic

................

South

Central

.......

4 3 ,6 42

4 7 ,0 99

3 5 ,8 42

405

361

636

43, 237

46, 738

3 5 ,3 06

W est South

Central

.......

9 6 ,6 7 2

97, 792

6 7 ,9 3 9

113

54

137

9 6, 559

9 7 ,7 3 8

6 7 ,8 0 2

M o u n t a i n .................................
P ac ific

....................................




5 3 ,6 35

5 6 ,7 91

4 4 ,6 9 2

8

280

735

5 3 ,6 27

5 6 ,5 1 1

4 3 ,9 57

228, 784

2 41,094

198,813

1,9 6 9

1 ,3 1 3

536

226,815

239, 781

198, 277

1

68

Table B-11: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, State,
and Geographic Division, Annually, 1954-56—Continued
Privately owned units i n State and
1- family h o u s e s
1954

1955

1

5-or-mo re f a m il y s t r u c tu r e s

2-4 fa m ily s t r u c tu re s
1956

1954

1955

195 6

1954

1955

1956

U n it e d S t a t e s .....................................

92 7 ,8 2 2

1,014,366

81 0 ,9 1 7

50,669

46,316

44,662

78,016

71,949

69, 141

A l a b a m a ...............................................

11,391
10,910

12, 481

11, 333
10,710
3,601

737

552

451

683
110

75 6

791
114

345
217
28

40 9
562
0

410
701
11

11,395

11,634
722

22,693
974

21, 314

26,880

1, 219

875

178
28

280

1,482
5
1,961

673
0

443
0

A r i z o n a ..................................................
A r k a n s a s .............................................
C a l i f o r n i a .............................................

4,018
160 ,978

C o l o r a d o .............................................

16, 565

C o n n e c t i c u t .......................................

15, 37 9
3, 552

12, 48 5
4,076
179, 522
17,721

138 ,582
12, 65 1

13,795
1, 114

16,731
3,183

397
22

D is t r ic t o f C o l u m b i a ......................

724

16,804
4,084
688

F l o r i d a ..................................................

40, 139

44,805

413
47,407

G e o r g i a ..................................................

17, 83 8

17,556

I d a h o .......................................................

1,549
48 , 579
20, 547

1,830

D e la w a r e .............................................

I l l i n o i s ..................................................
I n d i a n a ..................................................
I o w a .......................................................

109
1,023

113

60

19
12

2,048

1, 139

4,535

4,713

4,443

3,698

5,853

14,633

4,055
1,098

1, 115

782

1, 374

994

859

73
2, 164
238

55
3,005
172

67

30

10

27

3,202
150

2,072

21,019

1,431
50,600
18,028

4,750
26

3,185
194

9,318
9,772

7,634
7,512

195
68 8

132
330

5
58

8,471

299

230

156

78
57
196

81

12, 365

231
489
236

57,480

269

K e n t u c k y .............................................

7,817
10,477
10, 361

L o u i s i a n a .............................................

12, 501

1, 356

834
16

66 7
21

576
37

302
6

40 2

1, 203

13,483
1,457

10, 69 0

Maine ....................................................
M a r y l a n d ...............................................

28,451
21, 4 87

28,689
23,986

21,488
21, 194

1,005
369

285
28 6

121
222

1,280
26 2

1,041

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ..................................

291

833
320

K a n s a s .................................................

5

49
152
266
0

M i c h i g a n ...............................................

55,888

59,765

45,428

1,066

72 4

1,254

1,912

16,961

18, 305

15,211

294

216

589
300

2, 352

M i n n e s o t a .............................................

182

208

M i s s i s s i p p i .......................................

3,983

2,697

157

267

147

41

M i s s o u r i ...............................................

13,799
1,756
5, 197

3, 386
15,438

133
34

12, 467

49 8

1,555
4, 288

125
24 6

285
87
162

86 8

1, 79 0
5,588

473
62
72

391
16
22

3,759
1,663

3,037
2,218

1,793
1,929

537

534
0

26 2

41,863
6,182

49,628
6,076

40,658

23
1,646

609
137
189
346
38

1,784

1, 167

216

215

3, 60 3
66

1, 561

4,419

1,863
112

44

45

60,531

62 , 489
11,502
1,510
57,430
9,558
6,968
41,618

48,867

3, 569

5,046

5, 500

18,521

18, 671

9,385
1, 345
47 , 569
6,904
5,858

1,473
217
1,741
187

1,359
120

89 1
136

174
77

364
10

1,686

1,735
123
440
1,220

2, 359
44
380
1, 0 7 6

1, 44 4
76

12,425
97
41
1,811

44 3
68

35
198
36

15
105
17

8 88
1,728
256
1

64 8
1, 109
283
0

784
4,094
122

Mo ntana ...............................................
N e b r a s k a .............................................
N e v a d a ..................................................
N e w H a m p s h i r e ................................
New Jersey

.......................................

N e w M e x i c o .......................................
N e w Yor k ..........................................
North C a r o l i n a ..................................
North D a k o t a .....................................
O h io .......................................................
O k l a h o m a ............................................
O re g o n ..................................................
P en n s y l v a n i a .....................................
R h o d e I s l a n d .....................................
South C a r o l i n a ..................................
South D a k o t a .....................................

10, 145
1,434
49,956
10, 161
7, 103
23, 8 7 4
3,093
4,240
2,061

3, 443
4,802
2, 230

30,405
2,982
3,715
1,502

T e n n e s s e e ..........................................

14, 180

15,252

10, 448

T e x a s ....................................................

61 , 94 4
6, 390
314

63,884
7, 233

42 , 291
6,084
350

Utah .......................................................
V er m ont ...............................................
V i r g i n i a ...............................................
W a s h i n g t o n ..........................................
West V i r g i n i a .....................................
W i s c o n s i n ............................................
W y o m i n g ...............................................
N e w E n g l a n d .....................................
M id dl e A t l a n t i c ................................
E a s t North C e n t r a l ........................
West North C e n t r a l ........................
South A t l a n t i c ..................................
E a s t South Cen tra l ........................
West South Ce n tra l ........................
M o u n t a i n ...............................................
P a c i f i c ..................................................




25,978
19, 32 2
2,787
17, 307
1, 48 5
43,139
136, 268
192, 277
57, 74 6
1 33 ,854

349
30, 293
17,490

21,994
12,107

455
2,453
251
445
94
80 3
2,336
316
2
48 9
986
60

155
360
1, 115
42

182
58

72
39
346
0

0

231
1,675
0
106
16
672
3, 6 0 0
66
0

3,017

1, 148

1,543

1,103

1,492

1, 68 7

29
541
27

19
402
17

5
676
0

96 9
21,907
7,876

44,542

1,058

566

632

153 ,735
214,903
62, 161

119,930

7 ,668

8,024

8, 504

1, 765
23, 200

178,733

7,075
2, 232
8,760

7,259
1,922
8,474

1,996

1, 94 3
2,659

8,033
1,381
7 ,4 2 2
1,476

7 ,593
1, 246
12, 388
1,326

1, 9 2 2

4, 4 6 8

1,311
4,078

2, 365
12, 927

1, 854
24,176

23,037

39,915
88,624
48, 5 96

51,292

187, 40 3

203, 98 0

39,649
156, 547

3, 467
3, 177
15, 236

17
0

566

48, 257

145, 553
43, 484
91,001

244
2,028

853
120

1,866

49, 95 9
125,122
32,949
6 3, 486

89
236
1,157
0
32
18

581

19,209
1,120

113

5

1,009
68
1,672
20

2,904
17,108
1,006

3, 134

75

2,705
12,764

2, 357
18

83 9
9,418

2,514

768
14,749
7 ,778
810
11,015
881
2, 394
1, 94 3
28,803

69

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56

(inmillions of dollars)

195 4 V a lu a ti o n
State

A l l b u i l d in g c o n s t r u c t i o n 1
Jan.

Feb.

U ni te d S t a t e s ....................

9 1 2 .0

9 79 .7 1 ,4 2 4 .9

Mar.

| Jun e

Ju l y

'

Apr.

May

1,522.3

1,4 2 2 .6

1 ,6 5 5 .3

1 ,5 1 6 .3

1,539.8

10.9
11.6

12.5
12.8

12.3

13.4

12.5

11.3

1

Au g.

Sept.

Oct.

N o v.

Dec.

1,450.5

1 ,4 8 2 .0

1,344.8

1,228.6

12.7

14.2

10.9
6.0

16.8

12.5
11.0

A l a b a m a ................................

9.8

8.1

11.3

10.4

A r i z o n a ................................

8.1

7.8

16.4

A r k a n s a s .............................
C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

4.4

3 .8

13.3
6.8

20.5

7.0

2 3 2 .4

200 .5

2 57 .6

5.5
231 .7

4.6

1 7 2 .9

5.1
2 2 5 .0

3 .8

1 5 9 .9

220 .1

21 4 .7

2 2 6 .4

C o l o r a d o .............................

13.4

13.7

16.5

19.7

17.4

24.1

23.3

26.3

22-9

26.8

17.0

2 2 2 .9
24.2

C o n n e c t i c u t ........................
D e l a w a r e .............................

12.1

18.0
2.2

2 8 .9
4.6

2 6.0

24.0

35.4

29.9
4 .7

21.4

6.9

31.5
5 .0

38.2

4.9

2 6.9
5 .7

28.2

6.1

2 .4

1.5

D is t r i c t of C o l u m b i a ....
F l o r i d a ..................................

2.5
49.9

2.1

3.2

9.7
59.4

2.9
57.1

50.1

5.3
58.1

18.6

4 4.9

3 .9
54.8

2.1

50.4

9 .7
52.7

4.5
3.2
60.8

55.9

9.5
56.7

G e o r g i a ................................

18.3

17.3

2 0 .9

22.9

19.0

4 9 .6

19.5

21.1

22.4

18.8

17.9

20.1

I d a h o .......................................

.9
47.7

2.9

2.5
88.0

3.0

95.7

3.3
89.2

3 .2

74.6

4.1
92.0

2.6

64.0

2.7
9 6.8

2.7

I l l i n o i s ..................................

32.5
16.1

2 9.9

34.7

27.3

87.9
33.0

83.5
26.1

1.4
70.2
20.0

12.0

12.9
12.6

12.0

15.2

7.8

11.8

12.9

24.9

13.8

12.7

10.4

11.8

6.6

21.3

17.6

17.6

2.5
38.1

2 .7
39.8
3 8 .6

2.7

16.3
4.7

3 2.9
36.7

30.9
27.7

1 01 .5

68.7
27.8
4.2

69.7
25.0

1.1

1.1

3.9

205.6

Indi ana ..................................

21.4

19.4

26.2

38.1

I o w a .......................................

5.5

9 .4

16.4

K a n s a s ..................................

8.5

6.7
11.1

96.9
31.9
12.8

14.6

14.9

13.9

17.1

14.5
12.6

18.2

18.8
17.2

19.3
20.7

12.3
23.8

12.3
18.8

1.8
2 8.7

3 .5
4 2.0

2.5
34.4
38.1

2.7
37.1
3 6.0

25.5

10 7 .9

93.4
40.4

86.7
32.2

K e n t u c k y .............................

4 .4

7.1

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

15.3
1.2

13.8

3 6 .7
18.0

.4
28.0

1.9
3 3.0

18.5
3.8
34.7

17.1

39.1

42.4

39.3

35.9

49.3
13.8

85.5
42.2

10 6 .2

10 0 .7
29.0

4.7
17.8

5 .3
3 0 .9
3 .2

95.3
36.3
4.1
31.4
4.7

5.4

M a i n e .....................................
M a r y l a n d .............................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................
M i c h i g a n .............................
M i n n e s o t a ...........................
M i s s i s s i p p i ........................
M i s s o u r i ................................

23.1
16.7
45.1
10.8
4.7

32.9
4 .0
22.1

6 .3
42.1

5 .8

2 2.7

6.7
26.6

34.5
4.8

24.9

22.6

2 0.6

23.5

5.1

3.5

2.3

3 .5

2 .9

3.9

2.9

9 .3

6.6

7.0

13.3

4.1

5.8

7 .9
4.0

2.9
65.7
7.0

2.1
62.0
5.3

2.5
59.7
5 .8

1 14 .5
19.2
2.7
91.7
10.7

1 2 0 .6

16 2 .7

16.1
3.6
95.0

14.4
3.8
1 06 .4

13.2

9.9

11.9
65.6

18.3
80.1

3.3
5.6

5.6
5 .7
3.0

M o n t a n a ...............................

19.3
.4

N e b r a s k a .............................

2.1

3.8

7.7

7.1

6.6

N e v a d a ..................................

3.1

8.1

5.2

N e w H a m p s h i re ................
N ew J e r s e y ........................
N e w M e x i c o ........................

.9
43.4

4.5
.6

4 .5

35.5
5.8

1.8
72.8
9.7

3 .2
67.4
6.8

9.9
2.2

N e w Y o r k .............................

96.3

97.1

1 1 3 .7

12 7 .4

North C a r o l i n a .................

11.9
.6
46.4

16.1

15.6
1.7
79.7
11.7

15.6
2.8

North D a k o t a ......................
O h i o .......................................
O k la h om a .............................
O r e g o n ..................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................
R h o d e I s l a n d ......................
South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ......................

1 .8

.8

4.9

7.4

8.1

4.5

6 .3

8.7

1.7
50.7
7.2

3.1
55.8
5.9

4.4
49.4
3.7

155 .7

1 15 .7

10 9 .4

10 1 .2

102 .0

19.4

16.1

12.8

2.9
10 4 .7
14.2

3 .6

13.6
1.1

96.9
11.9

3.9
82.2
11.4

11.5
2 .2
76.0

17.5
67.8

62.7

47.5
9.6

6 .2
4 5 .7

7.1

14.1

13.8

44.1

83.3

3.1
5 .0
.8

6 2 .9
4.6
5 .7
1 .6

13.3
64.4

17.2

18.4

2 1.9

16.7

73.3

14.5
69.6

32.1

7 9.6

82.0

79 . 6

5.1
.5

5.9
6.1
3.7

3 .3

11.7
7 0.9
3 .2
5.0
2.9

3.5
6.4
6 .3

12.8

66.9
8.8

13.9
61.8

10.6
4 5.8

44.1

2.8

3.1

3.8

2.1

6.3
2.8

5.1
2.8

5 .4
3.0

5.9
1.8

18.5
98.2

20.5
9 2.6

16.0

T e n n e s s e e ...........................

9.1

T e x a s .....................................

57.9

U ta h .......................................

4.2

8.1

7.9

7.8

10.8

.1

.4

.6

.3

.8

1.4

V i r g i n ia ................................

23.1

26.1

3 9 .8

1.3
39.8

10.9
2.1

11.1

V e r m o n t ...............................

3 .5
.2

78.5
10.2

29.1

3 5 .8

32.6

40.2

W a s h i n g t o n ........................

17.9
3.2
12.2

18.7
3.0

34.4

3 1.8

37.0

14.5
1.8

34.3
1.5

5.5
43.6
2.0

4.6
40.0
1 .8

32.7
8 .2

3 1.9
6.7
40.1
2.1

2 7.6

4 .4

West V i r g i n i a ...................
W i s c o n s i n ...........................
Wyoming ..............................

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d of t ab l e .




.7

50.4
2.1

7.7

9.1
2.2
61.7
5 .8

9.3

3.9

92.3
13.7

63.5

33.3
4.1

7 .8
12.5
6.1

9.7

14.5

13.2
87.5

16.7

83.3
9 .0

.8

.6

4.9
.8

46.2

53.5

2 8.9

25.7

5 .8

35.6
5.4

39.3
11.6

37.4
4.0

44.5
2.1

33.6
2.7

35.3
2.7

29.9
1 .8

31.2
2.6
23.0
1.8

70

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56--Continued

(inmillions of dollars)

195 4 V a lu a t i o n

N e w d w e l l i n g un it s ( h o u s e k e e p i n g o n l y )

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Ju ly

Au g.

Sept.

O ct .

N ov .

D ec.

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

485 .6

576 .1

8 4 3 .3

9 13 .6

8 54 .0

9 9 7 .1

9 0 9 .5

920 .8

9 0 6 .8

8 9 0 .2

82 9 .1

729 .4

A l a b a m a .............................

3.9
5.6

4.4

6 .1

6 .9

7.2

6.8

6 .8

4.8

7.9

6.5

6.2

8 .9
7.7

8.8

7.3

7.9
8 .8

7.3

5.2

6.9

8.7

7 .4

1.8

2.3

3.1

3.0

15 0 .4

154 .7

6.8

8.6

11.5

13.2

1 4 8 .9
12.8

9.5
2.1
16 1 .0

C o l o r a d o .............................

1 66 .9
14.6

2.9
1 44 .0

3 .2

135 .5
12.6

1.9
14 6 .8

2 .4

1 1 0 .7

2.3
140 .1

3.1

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

1.4
9 9.7

16.0

15.5

16.7

12.4

15.9

C o n n e c t i c u t ......................
D e l a w a r e .............................

5 .8
.6

11.6
1.2

16.4

16.8
2.6

26.0
5.0

17.6

19.9

15.4

17.8

2.9

2.9

17.4
1.6

11.8
1.1

1.0

4.8

3.1
1.2

3.2

1.3
27.1
11.7

3.9
1.0

2.1

.8

34.7
11.6

32.3
19.2

3 1.6
11.7

35.2

41.9
11.9

3 8 .9
13.9

1.9
33.4

A r i z o n a ................................
A r k a n s a s .............................

D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a ...

1 .9

1.2

17.3
2 .3
2.0

F l o r i d a ................................
G e o r g i a ................................

25.4

25.1
8.4

32.5
11.8

8.5

I d a h o .....................................

.4

I l l i n o i s ................................

25.9

I n d i a n a ................................

7.4

I o w a ........................................

1.7

K a n s a s ................................

4.7

K e n t u c k y .............................

3.0

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

6 .4

155.4

1.3
27.8
13.4

.6

1 .0

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.8

1.0

63.9
19.2

65.1
19.8

56.6

6 1.7

4 4.9

21.2

18.9

17.6

56.9
16.4

56.1

16.0

65.3
22.2

1.5
65.4

1.7

55.0

17.4

8.5

2.9
6 .2

5.6
7.7

8.6
9 .2

7.1

7.7

7.3
7.1

7.5

8 .5
7 .6

7.7

5.3

6.2

9 .4
8 .2

9.1

8.9

5.6

10.4

8.1

8 .9
10.3
1.0

8.7
9.0

13.8
11.2

4.9
8.4

1.1

25.4
19.2

2 1.8
18.7

M ai ne .....................................

.2

.1

M a r y l a n d .............................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

13.9
9 .4

22.3
9.6

22.5
20.0

M i c h i g a n ..............................

26.2

3 0 .7

M i n n e s o t a ...........................

7.9
2.0

46.9
13.0

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

4.5
1.4

M i s s o u r i ..............................
Mo ntana................................

11.5
.2

8.7
9.2

7 .4

8 .2

7.2

12.6

11.7

6.8
10.8

2.1

9.9
.8

1.0

22.7
20.0

22.8
20.1

27.2

1.4
2 2.0

.9
24.8

19.5

28.3
14.8

18.1

18.9

20.5
13.9

58.5

62.7

64.0

58.2

56.4

58.6

66.4

4 2.2

30.2

2 1.6

23.3
2.7

19.4
2.2

18.7
2 .2

12.4

9.6

18.3

13.6
1 .9

1.8

1.8

1.5

10.7
2 .1

9.7

.9

21.3
1 .7

12.9

.4

11.9
1.7

19.5
2.5
10.7

23.4

1.6

19.5
2 .1

2.4

9.9
1.1

3.8

4.8

2.3
1.2

2.8
1 .0

4 .8
3.7

4.3
1 .7
1.4

3 4.6
4.6

1.3
38.1
4 .3

3.1

3.1
15.2

.8

1.7

3.4

4.0

3.8

2 .5
.3

2.7

3 .5
1.1

2.2

4.5
6.3
1.7

3 .7
2.2

N e w J e r s e y .........................
N e w M e x i c o ......................

18.9
3 .3

4.9
1.4
43.7
2.1

4 5 .7
3.7

44.8
3 .4

4 2.6

70.1

8 4.0
8.2
2.2
6 4.6
8.1

7 6.7
7.0
2 .2
72.7

83.1

7.7
1.7
58.5
6.0
7 .0

8 .7
4 6 .8

.3
25.1
3.7

53.7
5.3

1 .9
4 1 .9
4.3

N e w Y o r k ...........................

62.6

North C a r o l i n a .................
North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o ........................................
O k l a h o m a ...........................

4.9
.2
26.3
3 .4

O r e g o n ...................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ....................

3.1
13.9

2 0 .9

R h o d e I s l a n d ...................

2.5
2.2
.1

1 .9

3 .2

2.6

2.3
.5

2.7
.8

2.7
2.1

4 .5
27.2

55.5
8 .8
.2
28.4
6 .5
4 .0

72.5
8.4
1.0
4 5.9
7 .0

1.5
61.5
7.2

6.6
35.2

8.2
34.7

1 .6

2 .5
3 .2
2.1

8 .5
1.8
64.3
9 .5

6.2

5 .8

3 9 .9
2.4

40.3
2.6

2.5
1 .7

3.6
1.5

4 9.9
7 .9

7 .9
3 9.9

7.5
34.7

27.5

5.2
21.1

1.5
3 .2
2.0

3 .2
1.7

2.5
2.8
1 .8

2.4
.8

11.9
4 5.8
10.6

8.3
50.4
5.6

.4
19.7

.5

3.3
.1

18.5

15.9

18.9
2.8

21.3
2.6

20.2
2.0

21.0

19.8

19.4

19.3

1 .6

1.7

1.3

7.2

10.6

9.8

10.1

10.8

41.6

46.1
7 .2

49.4

52.7

7.3

-3

.5

18.6

22.3

18.5

6.5
.3
24.0

53.9
5.5
.3
26.6

22.3
2 .6

22.1

19.5

2 0.0

18.0

2.5

2 .8

26.3
1.1

21.9
1.2

2.9
23.7

2.3
19.0

24.5

W a s h i n g t o n .........................

8.0

9 .0

1 9.6

West V i r g i n i a ...................

.7

2.4

W i s c o n s i n ...........................

5.5
.4

1.5
8 .4
1 .0

18.0
.9

1.7

24.5
1.2

1.5

1.9
.9
28.3
2 .2

2.3
54.1
6.6

9 .2

5.3
.2

3.1

70.2
6.7

45.5
5.3
,6
20.0

.3

37.3
4.3

2 .4

79.3
7.8
2.0
66. 5
6.7

9 .4

2 .3
(2)
15.7




34.5
2 .2
2 .2

6.6

3 .9

48.3
5.8

V e r m o n t ................................
V i r g i n i a ................................

Wyoming ..............................

84.9
7.1

1.2

7 .5
36.3
2 .6
(2)
19.0

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b l e .

.5

20.3
2.1

N e b r a s k a ..............................

T e x a s ..................................
Uta h........................................

6.3

13.5
1.1

N e v a d a ................................
N e w H a m p s h i r e ..............

T e n n e s s e e ........................

11.5

3 3 .7
10.2

11.3
.4

South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ...................

11.8

2 .0

6 0 .7
6.0
1.7

6.6

63.0
6.2
.4
4 3 .8
6.0

1 .7

8.1
53.6

.9
12.7
1.2

71

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56—Continued
195 4 V a lu a t i o n

(inmillions of dollars)

N e w n o n r e s i d e n t i a l b u i l d in g

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun e

Ju l y

Au g.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

U n it e d S t a t e s ....................

3 2 9 .0

2 9 9 .0

44 2 .7

45 5 .7

425 .0

4 8 5 .5

45 0 .8

4 7 0 .3

41 0 .0

4 5 8 .6

39 8 .9

3 91 .7

A l a b a m a .............................

4.7

2 .0

2.7

4 .4

3.0

3.3

4 .0

4.0

4.2

1 .8

2 .5
2.0

3.7

A r i z o n a ................................

8.1

4.2

3.7

5 .7

2.7

1 .9
3 .2

3.1

2.8

2.3
2.2

2 .3

6 .9
1.1

.8

3.6

54.5
5.3

4 3 .9
8 .4

51.9

42.3
6 .8

A r k a n s a s ..............................

2.8

1.6

1.2

3.2

17.6

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................
C o l o r a d o .............................

43.2

4 5 .6

2 .9
6 7.0

3 .4

55.5
5.1

46.2

4.6

42.6
3.0

3.5

7.3

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................
D e l a w a r e ..............................

4.8
.2

4.6

8 .8

6.9

4.1

7 .0

.7

1 .8

2 .5

1.8

1.6

D is t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a ...

.3
14.2
8.2

.3
2 0.7

6.5
13.0

.5

2.3

6.9

14.4
5 .6

3.1
19.0

7 .1

1 1.9
7.5

1.5
14.4

.6
25.2

7.8

12.5

2.5

F l o r i d a ................................
G e o r g i a ................................
I d a h o .....................................

.1

.2

I l l i n o i s ................................
I n d i a n a ................................

18.7
12.2

I o w a ........................................

3.2

24.3
7 .5
2.7

K a n s a s ................................

3.1

4 .1

K e n t u c k y ..............................

.9
6 .0

L o u i s i a n a ...........................
Mai ne .....................................

6.3
.8

8.8
1.0

11.9

7.6
1.1

18.6

1.3

.5

7.5
.2

.5

.2

13.9
5.6

15.4
6.0

3.5
16.4

.3
12.1

16.5
10.6

17.0

8.3

5.5

2 .9

7.1
.3
22.2

8 .4

2.9

7.0

2.0

.6

.7

1.2

1.7

.8

19.3
9.6

2 1.9

20.4

5.1

22.7
12.8

22.3
7.3

4.4

5.1

4.5

3.2

2.1

4.9

6 .3
3.7

6.9
3.8

2 1.6
14.0

6.5

6.5

2.3

3.5

4.3

3.9

6.3
14.6

1 .0

25.3

8 .4

9.4

4.7

3 .8

3 .3

5 .4

5.1
.2

6 .7
1.1

1.9
7 .7

3.8

2.5
.1

6.4
1.2

2.6
3 .0

4.4

1.2

5.9
1 .6

1 .0

1 .6

3.7

4 .9

15.9
10.7

8.8

7.6

6.8

16.0

6.2

13.2

12.4

7 .2

16.2

14.2

8 .3
10.8

28.4
14.0

21.5
6 .2

27.5
11.2

18.5
7 .4

3 4 .7

2.8

2.2

1.3

9.4

8.7

9 .9

2.2
9.8

5.1
8.6

3 .7

1.3
7.8

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

4.8

4.6

M i c h i g a n .............................

15.1

14.1

M i n n e s o t a ...........................

5.3

4.4

M i s s i s s i p p i ...................... ..

2.5

2 .1

M i s s o u r i .............................

5 .9
.1

N e b r a s k a ............................
N e v a d a ................................
N ew H am ps hi re ..............
Ne w J e r s e y .........................

6 .2

N e w M e x i c o ......................

20.9
.8

31.3
5.7
.4

2 .5

4.6

8 .3
1.1
3 .6
1.4
4 .2

13.5

6.5
19.0

16.4

32.1
2 7 .0

26.5
13.2

36.9
10.8

25.7

42.3

3.2

5.8

3.1
10.6

1.4
14.4

1.3
8.6

2.5
17.6

10.9
1.0

1.2

2.0

2 .2

3.4

3 .0

1.4

.2

1.3

.5

9.1
1.1

.8

1 .6

2.5
1.2

4 .0

2 .2

2 .4

2 .2

1.8

3.3

1 .0

.9
.2

3 .6
3 .8

2 .2

.2

1.1

.3
12.4
4.0

.9

1 .2
.6

2.7
.9

.6
.2

.4
.6

1.3
1.5

4 .9
3 .4

16.5
1 .6

.5
13.8

1.9
.8
13.5

10.3

11.3

2.9

1.3

1.5

11.4
2.2

18.3
1 .0

13.9
1.2

17.6

2.3
33.6

22.5
5.7
1.2
19.8
4.0

73.9
5.0
1.4

6 0.9
8.0

34.2

31.4

.9
31.3
3.6

27.3
6.6
1 .0
22.1
4.0

3 1 .8
4.2
1.1
2 0.8

3.8
.2
20.1

5.5
.5
17.8

3 .8

3 3 .9
6.1
.8
2 0 .7
5 .6

4 .2

4.1

2.2

9 .3
19.7

5.7

5.0
21.1

2.8

16.3

11.3

.4
1.6
4.4

.9
2.3
.5

.5
1.4
.7

.9
2.1
1.0

3 .5
18.7
.2
3.2
.8

5.7
3 7.6

7.4
39.2

4.1
2 6 .8

3 .7
2 6.7

.5

1.7

N e w Y o r k ...........................

28.4

North C a r o l i n a .................
North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................

5.3
.3
15.6

O k l a h o m a ...........................

5.3

O r e g o n ..................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ....................

2.0

2.0

26.4

1 7.9

5.5
21.4

3 .3
39.6

3.3
19.9

.9
2.4

.9
2 .1
.1

.9
2 .5
.5

•2.5
2.8
1.2

T e n n e s s e e .........................
T e x a s ...................................
Utah........................................

62.1

.7

.8
8.1

R h o d e I s l a n d ...................
South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ...................

59.3
7 .9

26.3
10.0

M a r y l a n d .............................

Montana................................

28.1

1.5

Sept .

.3
3.2

13.1
2.2

33.0
5.5
.6
27.8

9.2
.7
21.8
3.4

22.5
2 .1

6.8

2 .6

•5
2 .6
1.1

23.9
2.6
1.7
.6

22.5
.3
2.0

5.9
18.9
1 .6

19.1
2 6.7
2.8

21.5
2.2

4.9
17.6
3 .8

.7
10.0

11.3

1.3

1.1

4 .6
2 1 .6

6.2
21.8

1.3
(2)

1 .7

6.8
20.6
1 .6

.1

.2

.3

.1

.3

1.7

4.9
1 .0

5.8

Ve rm ont ................................

22.3
.5
(2)

.1

2.9
.1

1.3
.6

V i r g i n i a ................................

5.8

4.5

12.3

16.5

7.9

7.8

10.3

13.0

16.1

3 1.7

8.2

8.3

W a s h i n g t o n .........................

8 .3
2.0

8 .2

11.5
1.2

6.9

12.1

9.4

8.7

6.1

13.8

15.2

1.9

4.1

2 .8

2.7

1.8

8.3

W i s c o n s i n ...........................

4 .8

4.5

10.8

.5

23.5
.4

22.0

.2

14.5
.4

12.1

W y o m i n g ..............................

9.3
.4

1.4
14.0

.6

.5

.9

13.1
.8

13.9
1.4
8.0

8.3

West V i r g i n i a ...................

S ee f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b l e .




1.0

.3

.3

1,3
8.3
.4

72

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and by State, Monthly, 1954-56—Continued

(inmillions of dollars)

19 54 V a lu a t i o n

A d d i t i o n s , a l t e r a t i o n s , and r e pa ir s

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Ap r.

May

June

Ju ly

Aug.

Sept .

Oct.

Nov.

D ec.

U n it e d S t a t e s ..............

86.7

98.0

124 .1

139 .7

1 30 .4

1 59 .9

1 40 .6

140 .6

12 6 .1

1 20 .8

10 8 .7

94.4

A l a b a m a ..........................

1.2

1.1

1.4

1..1

.6

1.5
.8

1.2

.7

1 .2
1.0

1 .0

A r i z o n a ............................

.7

.8

.7
.6

C a l i f o r n i a .....................

15.2

.4
16.0

1.3
.9
.8

1.5
.8

.2

.9
.4

1.3
.8

A r k a n s a s .......................

.9
1 .0

.5
19.0

17.6

2.0

2 0 .9
1 .9

.3
19.1

C o l o r a d o .......................

22.1
1 .8

1.5

1.6

1.4

C o n n e c t i c u t ...................

1.5
.2

1.9
.2
.6

D e l a w a r e .......................
D is t r ic t of Colu mb iaF l o r i d a ............................

.3
5.1

G e o r g i a ............................

1.5

.4

.5

.6

1 9.9
1.4

18.2

1 .6

2 1.7
1 .6

1 .7

2.7

2.6

.3
.6

.4
1.1

.7
1.4

4 .5
1.6

6.7
2 .0

5.9
2.2

.6

22.3
1.9

15.7

3.1
.4
.7

2.2

2 .9
.6
1.4

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.2

•3
1 .7

.9
.6

.3
.6

.2
.9

.2
1.4

5.3
1 .7

7.5
1 .9

6.5
2.2

6.2
1.7

5 .8
2.1

6.3
1.5

1.1

2 .5

6.1
1.1

.4

4 .9
1 .4

Id aho ..............................

.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.2

I l l i n o i s .......................
I n d i a n a ............................

3.1
1.3
.6
.7

5.9
1.7

4 .6

6 .3
3 .4

6.5
2 .8

6 .5
3 .4

6.5
3 .0

6.7

9.1

4.9

3 .0

2.7

1.1
1 .7

1.4

1.9
1.7

1.4
1.1

1.5
2.0

1.5
1.2

1.5

1.4
1.1

2.5
1.3
1.4

3.2

1.1
.8

7.5
2.5
1.5
2.5

.9

1.3

.9
2.8

.8

.8

1.2

1.0

2.7

2.9
.2

.3
2.7

2 .3
3.7

.5
2.2
.2
3 .0

.5

3.0

Io wa ................................
K a n s a s ............................

2 .4

.4
2.8
.1

.5

1 .0

2 .3
.2

2.7
.2

1.0

2.0

2.4

.3
2.7

2.3

2.4

3.9

3 .6

M ic hi ga n .......................
M in ne s ot a .....................

3 .6

4 .4

6.4

9.7

7 .2

8 .2

1.4

6.3
1.8

10.2

1.0

2.7

4.0

2 .8

M i s s i s s i p p i ...................

.9
1 .7
.1

.6

.6
2 .0

.4

2.5
.6
1.7

.7

.4

2 .9
.7

3.1
.4

2 .5
.3

K e n t u c k y .......................
L o u i s i a n a .....................
Maine ..............................
Maryland .......................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s ............

M is s o u r i
Montana

.......................
.......................

N e b r a s k a .......................

.5

.3

2.4
.2

1.9
3 .7

3 .3
4.8

2.8
4.2

2.8

1.3
.2

2.2
.6

.6

.7

.7

.7

.4

.2

.4

.6

.3
6.1

.3
7.0

.3
5.9

.3
6 .6

.4

.3
4.6

.4

.6

.3

.4

.5

5.5
.4

10.4

14.1
2.2

11.9
2 .2

11.5
2.1

8.3
1 .7

.3
9.9
1.1

.3
10.7
.8

.3
9.0
1 .0

.5
7.9
1.1

2.3
7.6

8.0
1 .7
.1

8.2
2 .4
.4

4.1
.7

5.1
.9

5.8
.8

9.1
.8

O re g o n ...........................
P e n n s y l v a n i a .............

1.0

1.1

1 .8

2 .8

3.0

9.0

8.1

.4

6.3
.5

11.2

R h o d e I s la n d ...............

5.3
.2

2.3
8.5
.7

1.6

5.2

.6

.4

.5

.4

South C a r o l i n a ...........

.5
.1

.5
.2

.5

.6

.8

.7

.3

.4

.5

.3

.5
.4

1.3
.4

1.4
8.0

1.2

1.5
8.1

2.3

2.0

6 .9

1.3
8.2

2.4

6.0

.5
(2)
2.8

.9
.4
3.2

.9
(2)
2.0

8 .9
.6

7.3
.6

(2)
5.6

(2)
3 .6

2.8
.7

2.5

2 .7

.9
2.8

.8
3 .7

3.6
1.2

2 .9
1.0
3.6

.3

.2




.5
1.8
.3

.7

9.5
1.6
.1

.2
(2)

1.6

2 .5

1.5
.5
1.9
.1

1.4

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f ta bl e.

.4
2 .1

.9
.4
6.0

4 .9
1 .6
.1

W y o m in g ........................

.6

.5

.3

W i s c o n s i n ....................

4.4

1.7

.3

N e w M e x i c o ...............

W a s h i n g t o n ..................
West V i r g i n i a .............

7.8

3.6

.4

.2

.5
.1

7.1

.6

3.9
.4

Utah ...............................
V e r m o n t ........................
V i r g i n ia :.......................

6.5
2.6

.6

.1

T e x a s .............................

2.6

3.3

.5

3.5

T e n n e s s e e ....................

1.9
3 .4

.4

.3

N ew Ha mp shi re .........
N e w J e r s e y ..................

South D ak ot a .............

1 .9
4.0

.4

.3

.5
.4

North D a k o t a ...............
O h io ...............................
O k l a h o m a ......................

2.3
.2

3.3
.5

N e v a d a ............................

N e w Y o r k .....................
North C a r o l i n a ...........

.4
2.4
.2

.3

2 .3
.3

.5
1.4
.2

3.6
.1

1.9
.3
8 .5
1.2

3.1
.1

.3

1 .4

.3

.5
.4

.5
2.1

1.4
.5
.4
.4

.2

.1

.1

5.1
.4

4 .4

3-5

.4

.3

7.0
1 .7
.4
6.8

5.9
1.5
.2

7.4

.5

5.5
.6

4.9
.5

2 .4
6.4

1.4
5.8

1 .2
6 .8

1.0
4 .0

.3
.7

.6

.3

.3

.3
.5
.2

.2

.5

1 .7

2.0

1.2

2.1

1.4

9.0

6 .0

5.9

6.7

.5

.6
.1
2.7

.5

(2)
3 .0

7.3
.4
.4

.4
.1

3.2

2.7

.8

.8
2 .8

3.3
.2

.4

.2

1.9
2 .6
.7
2 .4
.1

( 2)
1 .9
3.1
.5
2 .2
.2

1.9
.1

.4
.2

1.3
1.8
.4
1.9
.2

73

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56~Continued

(inmillions of dollars)

1955 V a lu a ti o n

A l l bu i l d in g c o n s t r u c t i o n 1

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July*

Au g.

Sept.

Oct.

N ov .

Dec.

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

1 ,160.5

1 ,2 2 6 .6

1 ,7 9 2 .2

1,842.1

1,870.2

1 ,9 6 8 .2

1,657.3

1 ,7 9 7 .5

1,6 3 9 .6

1,568.9

1 ,3 2 3 .4

1 ,0 9 3 .0

A l a b a m a ................................

9.9
12.1

14.3
15.4

15.4

14.3

13.4

13.6

17.8

14.1

12.1

10.0

15.1

15.1
14.2

16.5

17.2

13.3

11.2

15.8

11.1

12.0

12.8

15.7

4 .0

4.4

4.0

3.7

2.9

283 .9

2 6 6 .2

4.9
249 .6

4 .1

289 .7

6.4
296 .6

192 .5

26.0

2 17 .9
20.7

34.1

23.9

29.0

22.1

7.5
8.2

6 .3
6 .2

3.5
1.6

2.2

A r i z o n a ................................
A r k a n s a s ..............................
C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

4.1

4.2

5.2

20 6 .7

30 8 . 5

C o l o r a d o .............................

23.1

210 .4
18.0

6.5
3 04 .6

25.9

26.1

25.8

24.1

27.9

24.4

31.3
8.1

31.5
3.6

6 9.6

4.9
56.8

3.3
76.8

57.4

6 7 .6

57.0

51.6

2 3.8

28.8

28.6

21.9

16.2

30.3

12.5

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................

17.1

17.3

37.8

39.7

38.3

37.0

D e l a w a r e .............................
D is t r i c t o f Co l u m b i a . .. .

2.9
22.2

2.3
5 .0

6.9
11.4

7.1

6 .2

2.7

5.3
5.4

F l o r i d a ................................

57.2

61.2

G e o r g i a ................................

24.7

23.7

71.3
23.7

60.9
19.7

59.5
22.6

15.0

238 .5
22.7

I d a h o .....................................

.7

1.7

3.2

4.1

4.0

4 .0

3 .0

3.2

4.1

3 .2

I l l i n o i s ................................

4 9.8

63.0

1 1 8 .6

131 .8

14 8 .0

1 27 .7

10 9 .2

1 37 .7

99.7

3.1
81.2

I nd ia na ..................................

18.2

19.8

31.4

40.4

39.8

38.2

29.7

30.8

3 2.8

I ow a .....................................

5.5

5.9

39.9
2 2.0

1 35 .3
40.9

19.4

18.9

23.2

16.2

12.2

9.5

14.3

17.5

17.9

14.7

34.1

12.9

15.3
12.1

17.4

K a n s a s ................................

16.9
13.7

30.0

10.9

15.9

1 .8

2 .3
59.5
19.0
7 .3
7.7

K en t u c k y .............................

10.7

8.4

13.4

15.7

17.0

17.7

17.5

2 2.8

17.4

13.0

10.8

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

27.1

34.6

2 5.7

25.7

28.6

19.4

24.9
16.0

.5
35.6
20.4

1.7

2.7

41.1
45.2

2 .9
48.4
4 2 .8

2.4

42.3
24.3

52.3
45.3

62.5
47.1

2 .9
41.3
35.9

24.5
2.8
38.2
40.8

2 1.2

M a r y l a n d .............................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

19.9
2.4
39.2
4 6.9

25.4

M aine.....................................

24.5
2.6

3.3
30.8
4 3.2

3.1
30.6
29.1

2.5
32.1
24.3

M i c h i g a n .............................

54.8

62.2

92.2

117 .5

1 01 .1

12 5 .2

109 .9

1 09 .1

71.8

59.4

12.8

16.1

32.4

115 .9
51.7

1 11 .3

M i n n e s o t a ...........................

50.3

33.7

4 5 .9

43.5

32.4

4.7

5.4

3.6

6.3

4.0

3 .9

28.1

30.9

33.0

23.4

3 4.9

3 3.9

19.9

1.3

.8

2 .9

4.4

6.3

3.1

4 .8

5.3

26.5
3.8

22.6

Montana................................

30.5
4 .8

4.3
33.7

3.9

M i s s o u r i .............................

3.3
19.0

2 5.9
3 .0

14.3

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

44.3
4.7

2.1

2.3

N e b r a s k a .............................
N e v a d a ................................

3.2
6 .2

2 .7

9.8
7 .2

19.0

10.6
7.7

7.2
6.0

7.7
3.8

8.3
4.6

5 .2

7.0

.9

3 .4

4 8 .9
6.8

6.3
85.2

6 .7
64.7

6.3
2.6

7 .4

N ew Ham psh ire ..............
N ew J e r s e y ........................
N ew M e x i c o ......................

7.5
.8

5.9

North C a r o l i n a .................

4.2

5.3
5.0

44.3
5.8

7 8.8

83.1

11.5
8.3
3.6
79.6

8.4

10.3

8.6

98.6
15.8

82.4

1 27 .1

19.7

2 6.0

148 .5
18.8

1 55 .4
21.2

North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................

.3
50.6

.3

1.2

5 .8

4 .8

18.9
6 .1

65.1

1 3 2 .8

112 .7

10.4

11.9

116 .5
20.1

123 .0

O k l a h o m a ...........................

103 .3
17.4

3.5
14 6 .7

12.1

14.2

12.9

14.9

O r e g o n ..................................

8 .3

13.1
50.0

13.4
85.6

14.2

P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................

18.9
82.7

4.7

79.1
5.6

18.7
2 .6

6.7
5.2

4.9
8 .2
4 .2

19.0

21.7

20.3

91.6

97.9

.2

1 0 7 .9
14.6
.8

33.3

4 7 .7

11.5
.9
42.9

12.9
1.3
50.2

33.3
2 .7
35.2

38.5
5.4

33.4
5.8
4 3.8

N e w Yo rk ..........................

R h o d e I s l a n d ...................

60.5
3 .2

South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ...................

6.1
1.1

2.3
6.0
1.0

T e n n e s s e e ........................

18.9
83.8

14.3
90.0

3.1
.2
39.0

4.2

Ve r m on t ................................
V i r g i n i a ................................
W a s h i n g t o n ........................
West V i r g i n i a ...................
W i s c o n s i n ...........................
Wyoming .........................

2 7.9
2.1
14.2
1.1

T e x a s ..................................
U ta h .......................................

S e e f o o t n o t e s at end o f t ab le .




.9

33.5
1.5

1 .9

82.3
9 .1
1 73 .4

3.3

3 .2
7 7.0

8.5
5.1
2.8
76.1

63.7

1.7
4 8.7

7.6

7.1

5.9

4.7

5.5

122 .4
19.0

1 1 7 .9
18.8

1 1 6 .9

1 3 9 .9

3-2

15.1
2.8

1 13 .3
13.0
2 .2

94.0

16.5
5 .0
115 .1
9.7

91.1
8.7

87.9

13.5
.5
71.1

7.9

8 .7
6.4
4 0.2
4.0

15.9

16.2

17.2

14.9

10.4

8.1

107 .5
5.4

74.6

7 0 .2

3 .1
6.6

4.5

3.5

6 .7
4.4

81.9
3 .4
9.8
3.7

65.3

6 .4

74.3
4.1
7 .0

2 1 .9
9 0 .0

20.5
88.1

16.8
.6

9.3
3 .2

87.5
15.0
2.0

54.7

33.5

3 9.8

40.3
12.1

36.9
7.5

34.3
5 .4

36.1

47.3
2.2

47.5
1.8

41.5

4 3 .9
2.0

3.7

2 .9

4.3
22.6

5.4

15.5
76.2
8.0
.5
33.5
3 2.6
7.0
3 7 .0
1.4

4.3

6.5
1 .9

5.8
.9

16.0

14.6

14.2

8 3 .0

65.9
9.2

62.6

9.3
.6

4 .9

.7

.3

43.1

29.3

28.3

25.7

2 1 .8
4.0

20.0

6 .9
42.3
1.2

31.3
.9

21.3
.7

3.2

74

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued
1955 V a lu a ti o n
State

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

(in millions of dollars)

N e w d w e l l i n g un it s ( h o u s e k e e p i n g o n l y )
Jan.

Feb.

7 1 5 .4

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Ju ly

7 4 6 .0

1 ,1 3 5 .0

1 ,2 0 0 .5

1,20 9 .6

1,169.3

1 ,0 1 6 .9

9.5
11.4

8 .8

9.0

8 .6

8 .7

11.6

10.4

6.1

A l a b a m a ..............................

5.6

8.8

A r i z o n a ................................

8 .9

10.2

A u g.

Sept.

Oct.

N ov .

D ec.

595.9

1 ,1 0 1 .9 1,002.1

919 .9

8.7

8.6

5.4

5.8

6 .2

8.4

8.7

8 .9
9.7

72 2 .6

A r k a n s a s ..............................

2 .2

3.2

4.4

2 .4

2 .1

2 .7

7.3
2.0

2.0

154 .1

14 4 .3

214 .4

190 .7

1 75 .3

176 .8

1 84 .5

16 2 .0

2.5
1 66 .0

2.4

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

3.5
2 12 .7

8.5
2.7

123 .8

114 .2

C o l o r a d o ..............................

17.1

12.7

17.4

17.3

15.7

15.3

15.2

15.1

16.1

13.7

12.6

9.8

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................

10.5
1.2

10.5

2 3 .2

20.9

24.4

24.8

22.0

19.6

17.4

15.0

14.6

12.8

D e l a w a r e .............................

6 .4
1.1

3 .4
1.4

4 .9
2.0

2.4

4.3

1.5

4 2.7

37.5

38.1

36.7

41.4

34.3

36.2

34.1

G e o r g i a ................................

11.6

12.9

45.3
15.7

.9
36.2

2.9
.8

F l o r i d a ................................

.9
43.6

3.8
.7

1.2

.7

3.9
8 .2

5.2

D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a . .. .

1.3
1.4

13.2

15.6

15.6

13.9

14.9

12.3

10.1

9.7

33.4
8.1

1.9
88.2

1.5
74.2

23.7

21.3
9.6

I d a h o .....................................

.4

.7

2.2

2.2

2.5

I l l i n o i s ................................

41.8

8 3 .2

96.0

1 0 7 .9

I n di an a...................................

3 0 .9
9.8

10.6

21.1

20.4

I o w a ........................................

3.7

23.5
12.0

6.4

9.6
10.2

11.9

K a n s a s ................................

3.6
7.0

10.5

9 .4

9.5
16.4
.6

K e n t u c k y ..............................

6.0

5.9

L o u i s i a n a ...........................
M ai ne .....................................

11.4
.2

13.5
.2

8.7

8.2

10.0

11.8
1.4

10.9
.8

9.2
.8

21.7
21.0

20.2

19.4
13.6

41.3
16.2

32.7

1.9

28.2

22.2

2 3 .0

26.1

20.2

19.7

24.5

76.3
30.1
2 .0

7 4.6

74.7
27.6

61.5
22.8

6 2 .9
28.0

2.5
18.2

2.3
18.1

74.5
24.0
2.1

61.0

27.5
2.5

1.9
13.6

9.1

1.5
8.2

1 .9

2.6

2.5
19.8
2 .1

2 .2

.9

.4

5 .2

4 .3
3 .7

3.9

3.1
4 .4

1.9
1.2

M on ta na ................................

.3

1.4

3 .1

N e b r a s k a ..............................

2 .2

2.3

6 .3
1.8

6.3
5 .6

N e w H a m p s h i r e ..............

2.5
.6

1.6
3.8

5.7

N e v a d a ................................
N e w J e r s e y ........................
N e w M e x i c o .....................

35.5
4 .4

N e w Y o r k ...........................
North C a r o l i n a .................

56.0

16.9

18.9
2.0
4.8
2.6

3.6
2.0

18.1

2.9

16.1

7.1

2.8

2.3

4 .5
2.0

1.8

2.3

2.3

1.9

1.9

1.1

6 1 .8
6.1

59.1
6.2

56.3
5.0

56.6

46.3
4.6

50.5
4.1

46.1
4.4

35.4
3.0

27.1
2.2

97.5
9.8
3 .0

107. 5
11.0

108 .6

8 4 .6
8.2

7 5 .9
8.9

82.9
8 .0

54.6
6.6

57.1
6.2

1.7
76.8

85.3
9.1
1.8
8 8 .2

1.9
60.3

.7
45.0

31.1

7 .3

2.3
76.6
7.0

4 .3

4.2

4.9

4 .3

81.7

2.8
88.1

9 .5
1.9
8 8 .2

9 .9

7.0

7.4

7.1

7 .6

10 :i

8.4

7.0

2 .7

2.8

46.3
2 .7

4 3 .9
2.8

38.6
2.0

5.3
39.2
2.0

4 .1

49.6

7 .4
53.6
3.7

10.4

51.9
3.6

3 1.9
3 .1

17.9
1.8

4.0

4 .0

3,6

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.1

2.4

2 .3

2.8

1.9

2.1

2.3

2.3

1.3

.4

North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................

7.3
.1
31.8

(2)
4 2.8

O k l a h o m a ...........................

7 .1

8.1

11.5
.7
6 4.8
11.1

O r e g o n ...................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................

5.4
2 8 .8
1.6

7.0

R h o d e I s l a n d ...................

5.5
23.1
2.1

49.3
3 .4

South C a r o l i n a ................

3.7

3.9

4 .0

3.5

South D a k o t a ...................

.6

.5

1 .6

3.1

T e n n e s s e e ........................

12.3
53.0
2.2

.2

9.2

12.0

11.2

12.8

11.8

10.7

11.2

10.0

8.0

6.7

4.7

6 3 .7

5 6.8

62.4

4 5 .8

49.9

38.1

9.1
.4

11.5

6.6

6.4

17.8

.5
23.2

.4
23.6

.3
16.1

31.6
3 .7
.2

27.2

6.3
.4
23.7

43.3
5.1
.4

4 7 .7

9.7

55.1
10.2

.2

55.5
2 .4
.1

15.0

24.3
1.4

15.4
2.2
23.2
1.0

11.4
2.0

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f ta bl e.




11.9
14.6
1.6

26.4

13.3
2.7

W a s h i n g t o n ........................
West V i r g i n i a ...................
W i s c o n s i n ...........................
Wyoming .............................

4.3

2 4 .6

20.3

V e r m o n t ................................
V i r g i n i a ................................

5.8

2 3.8

9.9
1.0

T e x a s ...................................
Utah ........................................

9.9
3 .6

16.6

18.9
2.6
15.2

9 3 .8

8.2

11.5
1.3
28.1

34.3
10.2

43.8
9.6

9.3
6.3

10.9

32.5
7.6
1.8

4.5

11.7

10.0
7.1

11.3
1.4

M i c h i g a n .............................

1.3
5 0.8

17.3

10.4
9.0

11.7

13.4

.5
28.0
4.6

.8
35.0

15.4
1.6

34.1

M i s s o u r i ..............................

1.2
53.2

15.0
1.4

13.5

2.5

1.4
64.5

12.6

23.4

60.2

2.5
85.1
28.8

12.6

M a r y l a n d ..............................

M i n n e s o t a ...........................
M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

8 .5

2 .0
9 8 .9
19.6

11.9
1.9
31.8

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

28.3
22.8

14.1
10.2

.6

1.5
7.7
.8

10.5
.6

.3
3 2 .0

28.4

7.5
.6
3 6 .8

25.6

23.4

23.6

23.7

3.1
22.9
1 .0

3 .3
28.8
1.2

3.6

3.4
26.0

21.4
3.0

22.3
3 .2

17.6
3.0

21.4

.9

1.3

24.3
1.4

2 2 .8
1.0

30.5
1.6

.4
32.3

20.8

18.5
.6

17.4
13.3
1.6
11.4
•5

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Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued
1955 V a lu a ti o n
State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

341 .2

3 65 .6

493 .6

4 7 8 .5

480 .2

A l a b a m a .............................

2 .9

3.7

4 .5

4.0

A r i z o n a ................................

2 .5
1.4

3 .7

2 .6

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................
C o l o r a d o ..............................

35.8

47.1
3.6

3.3
1.1
72.1

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................

4.8

D e l a w a r e ..............................
D i s t r i c t of C o l u m b i a . .. .

1.6
20.8

3.2

F l o r i d a ................................

9 .4

14.6

G e o r g i a ................................

11.1

8.4

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

A r k a n s a s .............................

I d a h o .....................................

(inmillions of dollars)

N e w n o n r e s i d e n t i a l b ui ld in g

4 .5

.6

4.8
.6

(2)

1.4

66.7

June

Ju ly

Aug.

5 9 7 .2

4 81 .4

528 .1

4.5

5 .6

3.1

2.9

2.9
1.0

3 .7

3.9
1.4
68.0

4.9
3.0

10.8

.8

1.1

1.1

15.5
5.6

14.2

21.6

13.3

19.8

16.4

.4
13.0

12.9

10.6

7.5

4 .5

19.0

3.0

1.3
32.7
11.8

.9
28.0

.8
32.0

1.1
4 3 .0

6.7

5 .3
3.1

21.4

K e n t u c k y .............................

4.2

2 .0
19.2

2.3
11.0

4.3

11.2

3 .2
4.8

3.4

L o u i s i a n a ...........................
Ma in e.....................................

6.3

.2

1.4

1.8

.7

.5

8.5
.6

5.9
7 .8

10.4
17.7

11.4

22.5
15.7

31.1

23.1

24.4

30.0

10.8
2.2

18.6
1.2

26.3
13.8

33.4

4 .3
1 .7
6 .1

8.1

.2

1.3

.7
1 .0

2.6
2 .0

.1

2.3
21.8
3 .3

12.9

14.5

18.7
3.0

13.9

18.9
3 .4

22.5
1.1

1.9

5 .7
24.4

6.3
37.4
1.3
1.6
.2

R h o d e I s la n d ...................

.8

.4

2.0

1 .7

.9
14.1

1.5
2 .4

1.5
3 .0

South D a k o t a ..................

.3

.3

.6

1.5

.8

T e n n e s s e e ........................
T e x a s ..................................

4.5
22.8

2.9
25.4

6 .0

8.6
23.4

5.4
25.2

1.5
.3
8.6

S e e f o o t n o t e s at e n d o f ta b l e .




1.6

37.9
12.1
1.0

.3

4.7
19.8

A

1.2

12.8

.5
19.8

4.8

7.8

36.1

3.9
12.8

25.9

.2

40.5
18.0

4 .2

5 .6

23.1

30.7
8 .2

.6

South C a r o l i n a .................

W y o m i n g ..... -......................

6.5
15.4

11.3

.8

15.6

9 .6
1.1

13.1

4 .1
1.7

30.5
4 .6

6. a
.7

10.3
11.4

3 .9
2 .2

4.0

10.9
.2
5.1
.1

13.5
21.4

1.9
.8

9 .1

W a s h i n g t o n .........................

1.4

1.6
1.8

4.9

West V i r g i n i a ................. .
W i s c o n s i n ...........................

.9

4 .7
.7

3.1

11.5

1.3

4.51.1

2,5
1.8
14.0
3.0

16.4

11.9

.8

11.6

5.6
3.6

a. 6

3 .7
6.2

9.3
.8

51.2

V i r g i n i a ........................ .

5.5
1 .6

4.8
6.9

2 .3

7.5
1.3
2 6.2

.5

14.6

5.6
11.3

1.1

35.3

1.4

2.1
4.5

5.6
5.7

12.6

40.9
6 .6
2 .4
2 6.7

(2)

2 .9
3.8

9 .1
1.1

10.8
.4
30.2

.6

6 .1
21.1

.6

23.7

(2)

3.6
3.6

12.8

8 .0
.2

Uta h .......................................
Ve rm on t ................................

9.2

3 .0

3 1.8

34.9
3 .8

1.4
20.5
6.9
2 .8
1 .8

.6

6.5

1.4
32.1

2.9

1.6
2 1.6
18.6

13.4

37.2

O r e g o n ...................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................

7 .4
4.4

1.2

.9
10.8

North C a r o l i n a .................
North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................
O k l a h o m a ...........................

12.5

2 .3

2.3

22.9
.9

2 9.0

2 3.6

3 2.2

46.4

8.5
1.2

5.4
2.2

5 .3
.6

28.4

7 .1
1.4
48.2

27.7

22.3

4 .6

6 .4

1.7

3.7

6.9
21.8

19.3
.6
2.2
2.1

4.9

28.8
10.2

1.5
7.0

N e w Y o r k ...........................

(2)
13.5
2 .6

7.3
.8

14.1
5.2

2.9

1.9

.3
.4

13.1
4.8

5 .7

11.4
.7

11.9

1.6
3.2

2.3

5 .6

.1
8.0

5 .7

15.3
6 .0

2.3

N e w H am ps hi re .................
N e w J e r s e y .........................
N e w M e x i c o ......................

13.6

5 .9
.6

2 .9
6.1

K a n s a s ................................

.8

8 .9
.6

1.3

2 .2

12.3
4.8

.6

4 .3

71.5
4.9

59.7

6.9

1 .9
60.2
9 .8

6.2

8 .3
5.7

N e v a d a ................................

8 6.8

.9
53.4

.9
11.6

1.7
6.0

N e b r a s k a .............................

3.1

8.3

1.1

6 .9
.1

3.9
3 .4

4.6

1.5
1 .7

1.0

M i s s o u r i ..............................

4 .4

9 .8

31.2

Mo ntana................................

7.5
2.7

•3
.6

1.4

M i s s i s s i p p i .........................

3 89 .9

15.6

28.4

18.5
3.6
1.2

4 6 9 .1

2.2

.4

M i n n e s o t a ...........................

4 86 .5

11.8

27.5
16.3
11.2

M i c h i g a n .............................

4 8 2 .0

8 1.0
5.7

.7

3.8

D ec.

69.3
7.0

17.4
8.0

10.8

Nov.

6.4

15.2
7.0

M a r y l a n d .............................

O ct.

5.7

I l l i n o i s ................................
I n d i a n a ................................
I o w a ........................................

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

Sept.

1.9
7.7

10.0

9.2

7.4

2 4.6

21.4

7.5

6.1
1.4

.5
11.4

10.7

1.0

1 .7

1.7

4.8

1.3
.4
2 1.8
1.1

5.7
.4
15.1
3.0
3 0 .6

3.3

51.1
5.0
1.4
34.4
2.8

( 2)
31.5
3.1

5.4
3 4.7

3.5
16.6

2.6
30.6

16.9

.9
2 .4
1 .8

.9
5.6
1.0

.6

1.0

2.5

2.5
.3

4.1
23.2

1.5

6 .1

2 .4
1.9
2.8
.3

5.8

5.8

7 .4

20.5

22.5

2.2
.1

25.5
2 .3
.2

10.2

9.6

16.8

10.0

( 2)
8 .3

9.2

10.0

10.8

1.4

1.2

2.9

6.9
3 .8

7 .6
1.4

4 .3
1.1

17.2

15.6

15.7

1 .3

.4

10.9
.2

14.9
.1

10.7

.7

7.9
.2

7.4

7.1
33.1

4.7
.6

24.5
5.6
.1

2 .3
2.7

8.5
28.3
2.8
.1

10.3

18.5

7.1

6.8

12.8

1*6
11.6

7.5
12.6

9 .7
2 .8

.5

.3

2.5
.4

.2

.9

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Table B-12;-Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued
1955 V a lu a t i o n
State

(inmillions of dollars)

A d d i t i o n s , a l t e r a t i o n s , and r e pa ir s
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

14 5 ,7

146 .3

17 0 .4

Ju ly

Au g.

1 8 0 .6

150 .9

149 .4

Jun e

Sept.

O ct.

N ov .

1 44 .7

1 5 0 .3

11 8 .2

1.6
1 .0

1.2

2.8

1.1

1.1

.9

1.1

.5
21.7

.3
18.6

.3
17.0

2 .2

3.1

1.1

3 .2

2.5
.4

1.9
.2

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

95.0

100 .7

A l a b a m a .............................

1.3
.7

1 .7

1.4

1.3

1.4

2.1

1 .6

1.7

1.3

1 .2

.9
.7

.9
.6

1 .0

.8

1.1

.8

.7

28.4

26.2

.5
20.6

.7

22.3
2.2

23.8

2 .2

2.8

1.6

2 .3

22.3
1.7

3.1
.4

4 .1

3.8

3.0

.4

.8

2 .9
.6

3 .1
.4

2.2
8.0

.5
1.4

A r i z o n a ................................
A r k a n s a s .............................

.4

.3

.6

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

15.7

22.4

C o l o r a d o .............................

1.5

17.5
1.4

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................

1.6

1.8

2.7

D e l a w a r e .............................

.2

.3

.8

D i s t r i c t o f C ol u m b i a . .. .

.7
5.2

F l o r i d a ................................
G e o r g i a ................................

1.9

2.2

.4

.8

1.0

5.3
2.4

5.5
2.1

5.5
1.7

2 .2

1.3

1.2

6.8

8.0

.4
6.1

4.7

1.9

9.3
3.0

5 .9

1 .7

8.3
2.6

1.5

1 .6

1.5

1.3

.5
8.8

.7
6.6

.5
7.0

.5
6.6

I d a h o .....................................

.2

.3

.4

.4

3 .4

3.6

6.7

In di an a ................................

1 .3
.6
.8

1.1

7.3
2.6

1 .8

4.3
1.8

4 .4

1.2

2 .5
1 .7

4.7

.6

1.3

1.1

1.6

1.4

2.3

2.3

L 3

K a n s a s ................................
K e n t u c k y .............................

.5
4 .1

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

97.6

.9
2.2

I l l i n o i s ................................
I o w a ........................................

Dec.

.7

.4

.4

.2

.1

6.1

3.9

3.8

2.7

6.9
2.8

3.2

1.5

1.7

1 .9
1.1

2.3
.8

1.5

1.3

1.9
2.6

1.3

1.2

.5
3.0

.5

.3

3.9

1.3
.1

.6

.7

.8

1.0

1 .7

1 .0

.6

.8

1.9
.1

2.8

2.8

4 .4

4.0

2.5

3.0

.2

.3

.3

.4

2.9
.2

.3

.3

.4

.3

2.3
4.2

4.8

3.4

3 .2

2.6

2 .7

2.6

4 .5

6 .0

2.3
4.4

2.1

5 .4

3.5
4.7

4.6

6.4

3 .6

2.8

M ai ne .....................................

.1

M a r y l a n d .............................

1.4

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

2 .7

1.5
2.7

M i c h i g a n ......... ...................

3.9

4 .7

7 .4

8 .7

9.8

9 .1

8.8

8.7

10.5

9.7

5 .7

5.3

M i n n e s o t a ...........................

1.5

1.5

2.4

2.8

3 .4

2 .6

2.1

2.1

1.1

.3
2 .0
.1

.5
1.6

.5
7.6
.2

.6
3.0
.6

3 .9
.7
3.7
.6

2.6

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

2.9
.4
2.6
.7

.5

.5
2.3
1 .2

.6

1.0

3.1
.9

3.4
.8

.6
2.1
.2

.5
1 .0
.2

.3
.4

1.5

1.0

.7

.8

.6

.6

.6

.4
7.0
1.1

.4

.6

.5
.4
.6

6.5
.5

6.9
.7

12.3
2.6
.7
8.4
.8

13.2

M i s s o u r i .............................
Mo ntana................................
N e b r a s k a .............................

.3

N e w H am ps h i re ................
N e w J e r s e y ........................
N e w M e x i c o ......................

.1
5 .2

.3
.4
.2
3.7

.5

.4

.5
.7
5.6
.6

N e w Y o r k ...........................

5.3
2.0

6.2

9.2

9.7

North C a r o l i n a .................

.2
5.2

3.3
.1
8 .0

2.2

North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................

2.0
.1
5.8

O k l a h o m a ...........................

.6

.7

1.0

O r e g o n ...................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................

1.3
4.4

1.6
5 .6

R h o d e I s la n d ...................

.3

.2

1.5
9.9
.4

South C a r o l i n a .................

.5
.2

.5
.2

.5
.3

N e v a d a ................................

South D a k o t a ....................
T e n n e s s e e ........................

2.2

2.2

1.1

T e x a s ...................................

7.6

8 .5
.4
(2)

8.8
1.0

U ta h .......................................
V e r m o n t ................................

.2
( 2)

(2)

.4
7.5
1.0
1 .9
7.2
.5
.8

3 .8
.6
13.5
2.0

3.0

2.1

8.5
.6

9 .7
.5
.8
.4

3.1
.9
1.3
.4

.8
.4

.5
.3

.3
5.9
.5

.5
5.6
.6

.3
6.7
.7

8.5
2.4

7.8

8.5
1.8

4.9
.3

10.1

7 .2

6.2

1.8
.2
8 .1

1.4
.1

1.1
.1
8.1

2.2
9.0

2.0

2.5

1.4

8.1

8.5

9 .1

.4

.4

.9

.6

.5
.7

.5
.8

.3

.3

.4

.4

2.8
8.8

1.5
8 .8

.5
1.9
9 .8

2.1

2.7

2.5

9.6

9-9

.8

.6

.1

.1

.9
.1

8.5
.7
(2)

.6
.2

.5
(2)

.3
.1

.3
5.1
.5

.3
11.8
1.1

.9
1 .2

.2

.4

6 .3
.6

2.5
.3
9.5
1 .2

.3
8 .5
1.0

.4

.9

7.6
.7
1 .3
7.1

.7
1.3
5.5

.5

.3

.9
.3

.5
.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

8.3
.4

6.9

6.3

(2)

.3
(2)

.3
(2)

V i r g i n i a ................................

2.7

3.1

3.7

3.3

3.0

3.7

2.6

2.6

3.0

2.6

3-2

2.0

W a s h i n g t o n ........................

2.0

1.9

3.0

3 .1

3.7

3.2

4.0

3.4

2.8

2.2

.4

.5

1.0

.9

1.1

.5

.1

2 .7
.1

3.3
.2

3.9
.1

2.1

Wyoming .............................

1.5
.1

.9
3.2

.6

1.4

.9
3.7
.2

.8

W i s c o n s i n ...........................

.9
4.1
.2

3.6
1.0

3 .6

West V i r g i n i a ...................

1.9
.1

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f ta b l e .




4.1
.2

3.9
.2

.3

.1

77

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued

(inmillions of dollars)

19 5 6 V a lu a t i o n
State

Al l b ui ld in g c o n s t r u c t i o n 1
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug

SeP '-

Oct.

N o v.

U ni te d S t a t e s ...................

1 ,1 8 3 .5

1,2 9 9 .0

1,677.1

1 ,8 6 3 .0

1,9 0 2 .1

1 ,841.9

1 ,716.7

1 ,7 3 2 .7

1,440.6

1 ,652.8

1,340.4

A l ab a m a .............................

14.0

14.2

14.1

19.3
5.7

14.5
18.4
5 .0

14.2

18.4

13.9
12.2

15.6

11.0

15.1
15.7
6.0

17.0

A r i z o n a ................................

16.7

18.0

12.4

14.3
19.7

2 6 9 .8

28 6 .7
20.7

2 8 1 .9
28.8

4 .3
31 4 .1

5 .3
29 1 .6

5.3
205 .7

17.9

23.7

30.9
3.8

A r k a n s a s .............................

3.4

C a l i f o r n i a ..........................

24 1 .7

5.1
25 5 .2

C o l o r a d o .............................

19.1

22.6

3 1 4 .9
22.8

5 .7
25.5

.

D ec.
1 ,0 5 3 .0

14.7

11.0
11.4

2 4 2 .0

16.8

4 .5
2 5 5 .6
41.2

16.3
3.7
23.0

20 3 .5
20.2

34.6

29.8

33.0

37.1

22.6

6.2

3.2

7.8

3 .4

6 .1

3.6

5. 2

17.9

6 .5
4.4

72.9
24.2

79.3
23.7

61.7

77.5
19.2

65.7

57.8

17.4

12.8

3.3
11 8 .8

3.3
9 2 .6

1.3
75.2

40.1

3 .4

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................

16.6

32.0

22.0

37.6

5 .9

2.8

3 .7

5.2

37.9
5.0

41.1

D e l a w a r e .............................
D is t r ic t o f C o lu m bi a. ...

4.9

5.9

3.1

6.0

F l o r i d a ...............................

6 1.9

2.5
70.1

70.1

73.8

G e o r g i a ................................

18.5

19.8

24.6

69.1
20.0

4.5
75.0

26.7

23.2

4.4

6.3
138 .6

3.6

3.1

3.7

4.3

12 5 .0

1 19 .5
38.4

11 7 .3
51.2

106 .9
34.1

15.6

16.7

21.6

3 0 .7
13.0

20.5
7.6

10.3

11.4

13.3

14.2

8.7

11.2

10.6

10.1

21.7

18.6

2 .7
36.4

14.9
2.7
28.1

28.5

6 .3

I d a h o ....................................

1.3

1.1

I l l i n o i s ...............................
I n d i a n a ...............................
I o w a .......................................

77.5
19.9
5 .8

86.2
27.0

3 .9
137 .4
30.8

41.0

16.2

39.9
21.1

45.2

9.0

21.4

18.9

K a n s a s ...............................

9.8

12.1

20.4

14.6

13.2

10.9

14.9
13.0

1 38 .5

20.2

2. 1

K e n t u c k y .............................

6.4

10.6

13.0

19.4

20.0

14.1

22.3

15.6

L o u i s i a n a ..........................

22.0

27.8

24.2

13.9
19.7

1.4

30.5
4.6

21.5

2.0

27.6
2.8

20.5

Ma ine ....................................

23.9
1.8

41.6

24.7

36.9

39.5
50.2

46.1

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ................

33.5
25.6

3.9
3 3.7

3.9

24.7

4.5
40.1

2 .8

M a r y l a n d .............................

45.1

39.2

46.4

49.1
4 0 .0

26.5
47.2

42.5

39.5

2 5.9

M i c h i g a n .............................

52.1

67.2

98.2
41.0

11 3 .9
36.2

81.4

114 .2

72.8

17.1

1 19 .4
46.0

11 2 .6

11.2

89.3
26.2

124 .5

M i n n e s o t a ..........................

38.1

40.2

30.8

22.5

38.9
15.0

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

3.8
17.4
1.2

3.9
20.2

3.8

M i s s o u r i .............................

3.5
19.4

15.3

2 .3

.9

5.6
3 .7

2.6

Montana...............................
N e b r a s k a .............................

4.9

6.2
37.4

1.2

31.5
5.6

51.9
5.0

28.4

5.1
27.7

3 .4

26.6
5.0

5.5

4 .2

3.1
3.7
1.1

4.9

7.8

8.9

7 .2

8.0

10.2

N e v a d a ................................
N ew H a m p s h i r e ..............

3.1
1.1

6.1
2.0

5.1
4.2

3.9
6.2

3.1
3.8

4.1

5.2

4 .1

30.3
3 .2

22.4
5 .9

2 9 .9
3 .2

8 .3
3.0

6 .2

8 .7

5.7

3 .0

3.8

4 .4

.8

3.0

N ew J e r s e y ........................

4 8 .7

65.4

70.1

8 3.8

72.4

6 8 .8

2 .9
62.8

7 3 .6

3.1
54.1

N ew M e x i c o .....................

7.2

5.6

5.7

9 0 .9
6.1

2 .6
3.6
6 4 .0

6.8

5 .9

6.6

7.1

7 .0

6.5

7.2

5.4

N ew Y o r k ...........................

77.9

9 2.2

1 11 .5

167 .3

13 3 .8

16 6 .6

116 .4

1 4 0 .9

1 29 .6

1 20 .8

1 0 0 .8

86.9

North C a r o l i n a ................

19.7
.4
63.8

21.3
.9
1 01 .1

19.1
7 .1
119 .8

29.5
5.0
13 2 .0

17.5
6.6
1 3 9 .8

20.4
6.0

14.4
4.0

14.9
1.8

O k l a h o m a ...........................

10.5

10.4

11.6

11.4

13.9

13.5

20.5
3.9
13 6 .0
12.0

16.7

North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................

15.4
.4
65.6

1 16 .1
13.4

83.5
13.0

11.9
.9
53.5
8.2

O re g o n ..................................

10.5
40.3
2.7

12.0
4 6.0

16.9
9 4 .9
4.7

93.9
14.1
6.0

16.3
55.1

6.5

4 .9
5.4

1.0

3.4

6.5
4.7

23.9
84.1
4.4
7 .7

17.5
67.2

2.9
9 .0

14.5
68.3
2 .9
6.6

4.5

5.3

3.3

2 .6

3.5
5 .1
3.2

21.4

20.3

19.1

24.4

15.7

17.0

13.6

84.3
12.0

75.1

78.1

16.5
75.2

15.5

77.1

71.9

76.1

56.1

13.1
1.5

8.7

14.8

8.1

.5

.6

12.6
2.8

6 4 .9
9 .0

.6

.6

4.3
.2

55.5

37.3

36.1

.3 1 .2

4 0.7

2 4.8

23.2

51.7

32.8

37.4
5.8

32.7

5.9

24.8
6.2

2 5.7
5.2

38.9
1.8

3 9 .7
2 .7

40.9
3.4

34.0
.8

2 0 .7
2 .8
18.8

P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................
R h o d e Is la nd ...................
South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ...................

5.9
2.2

T e n n e s s e e ........................

16.8

12.8

T e x a s ..................................

87.4

82.3

19.9
88.4

21.1

U ta h.......................................

32.2

7.1

12.0

V e r m o n t ...............................

.4

.1

V i r g i n i a ................................

25.2

29.0

.3
46.1

11.3
.7
45.0

1.9
58.0

W a s h i n g t o n ........................

23.0

West V i r g i n i a ...................

4 .4
18.8

20.3
4 .1

46.3
4.7

39.2
6.0

35.9
6 .2

22.9
1.2

35.6
3 .0

59.6

52.6

7.9
4 3 .6

2.2

2.1

3.1

W i s c o n s i n ..........................
Wyoming .............................

______ L i
Se e f o o t n o t e s at end o f t ab l e .




16.9
6 7.8
8.1

5.1
36.6
2 .0

3 .5
111 .1

78.8

9 .4

15.9

13.4

11.9
4 8 .6
4 .6

65.5
3.6
6 .8
4.5

4.7
1.6

2.3
1.6
55.6

7.2
47.2
3.1
5.3
1 .0

1.9

78

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued
19 5 6 V a lu a t i o n

(in millions of dollars)

N e w d w e ll i n g un it s ( h o u s e k e e p i n g o n l y )

State
Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

May

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

63 5 .0

7 4 0 .0

1 ,0 0 4 .9

Mar.

1 ,059.6

1,0 3 9 .2

June

July

Au g.

Sept.

O ct.

No v.

Dec.

9 64 .4

8 8 7 .1

9 4 6 .9

761 .4

86 3 .5

6 7 4 .7

519 .9

8.3
7.0

6.8

6.7

5.3

9.8

8.5

6.9

A l a b a m a .............................

8.0

7 .0

8.7

7.8

9.8

8.2

7.8

7 .6

A r i z o n a ................................

7.9

8 .2

9.0

5.5

10.9

8 .2

8 .2

8.6

A r k a n s a s .. . .. .......................

1.9
14 3 .2

2.1

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

161 .2

3 .5
183 .4

C o l o r a d o .............................

10.4

9.0

15.1

2.4

2.4

2 .6

2.3

2.0

2.8

2.4

1 .6

155 .3

15 2 .0
17.5

147 .5
11.6

131 .5

13.9

172 .5
12.2

113-2

14.3

154 .9
11.0

9.4

1 05 .5
11.1

22.9
2.0

25.4

18.9
2.1

21.7

16.0

13.2

1.8

.9

2.4
1.0

21.5
3.7

16.0

4.6
2.1

42.1
12.1

44.9
12.0

48.3
12.8

40.9
9.9

7.5
4 9.7
10.1

.5
45.4
8.6

1.5
.4
38.1

1 .9

1.4
70.2

2 .2

1.6
6 0.7

2.1

1.2

78.1

68.5

51.6

.5
4 0.7

3.1

159.6

C o n n e c t i c u t .....................

8.8

14.5

15.7

23.0

D e l a w a r e .............................

3.8

1.5

D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a . .. .

.4

4.1
1.4

F l o r i d a ................................
G e o r g i a ................................

39.4

•5
46.8

2.3
2.6

11.9

46.8
12.0

42.6

11.5

13.3

3.5
45.7
13.7

3.3
1.0

10.0

6.5

I d a h o .....................................

.6

.4

1.4

I l l i n o i s ................................

4 2 .7

52.9

89.4

1.9
94.8

2 .3
8 2 .6

I n d i a n a ................................

10.4

2 3 .7

22.6

3.1
5.9

10.9
4.6

18.8

I o w a .......................................
K a n s a s ................................

9.7

20.6
9.0

21.3
7.7

19.1
6.8

19.3
6.2

14.9
5.6

9.2
3.2

10.9

11.3
9.0

11.9

6.3

1 2 .9
8 .1

6.5

7.4

6.3

5 .8

6 .8

5.5

3.2

K e n t u c k y .............................

5.0

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

9.9

5.1
8.8

80.5
19.8

9.4

13.3

10.6

9 .4

11.8

8.0

7 .3

6.0

5 .2

7.7

16.6

12.3

11.1

14.6

10.2

11.2

7 .9
1 .0

7 .4

1.6

9 .1
1.7

13.9
10.8
19.1
7.1

Mai ne .....................................

.3

.2

12.9
.6

1.4

20.1

28.1

27.1

22.2

1.5
19.7

1.2

13.9
10.6

2.3
24.6

1.5

M a r y l a n d .............................

22.5

22.7

14.3

20.3

23.5

26.8

21.5

20.1

2 1.9

15.5
17.7

20.7

13.9
16.4

31.5
7.6

41.9

6 0 .7

6 7 .6

7.5
1.7

16.9
2.4

26.7

56.3
26.7
2.1

59.3
20.8

51.5
20.8

1.8

15.2

16.9
2.0

14.1

13.9

2.4

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................
M i c h i g a n .............................
M in n e s o t a .. .. . . ...................
M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

2.1

M i s s o u r i ..... ........................

9.6

M o n t a n a ...............................

.5

10.9
.6

N e b r a s k a ............................
N e v a d a ................... , ...........

1.6
2 .0

2.2
1 .7

N e w H a m p s h i r e .......,....■.
N e w J e r s e y .......... , ............
N e w M e x i c o ......................

.5
2 3 .6
1 .7

N e w Y o r k ...........................
North C a r o l i n a .................
North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o ........................................

R h o d e I s la n d ...................
South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ..................

48.8

48.6

34.1

24.4

17.6

1.7

1.5

1.5

12.9
1.2

12.1

14.9

11.9

2.3

1 .6

1.5

12.5
1.8

2 .4

1.4

2.1

.9

1.7

1.7

,5
26.5
2.8

4.3
1.1

3,7

4.0

1.1

1.3

.6
4 5 .2
3.0

1.1
44.6

1.9
53.1
3 .5

2,8
5 4.8
3.6

1 .9
45.8
3.7

2.5
44.5
3.9

2 .9
4 3.4
3 .6

36.9
4 .9

2.3
46.2
3.2

51.7
6.8
.2

46.3
10.4
.1

76.2
10.0

7 7 .7
8.8
2 .6

7 7 .9
10.5
2.3

84.0
7 .8
2 .2

64.5
8.6
1.8

68.5
7.9
2 .0

6 4 .6
7.1
1.8

70.4
5.8
2.1

57.4

3 3 .6

39.2

70.3
6.7

72.5

76.2

7 2 .6

4 0.4

.3
2 6.7

7.0

6.3

52.8
5.0

61. 1

6.9

68.4
6 .0

4.6

4.2

3.6

3.9
24.9
2 .4

19.5
1.2

2.3

1 ,6

.9

.4

4.9

6.9s

3,1

,3
59.0
7 ,5

4.3

4 .9

7.3

8.1

9 .9

7.1

6 .7

6.5

5.2

5.0

17.9
1.1
3 .2

22.3
1 .8

39.9

51.0

4 6 .9

41.1

32.4

31.3

2 8 .0

27.0

2 .3
3.7

2.8

2.6
2 ,4

2.9
2 .7

2 .4

3a

.4

.4

1.5

2.3

2 .1

2 .9
2.5
1 .7

2.6

3.1

3.1
3 ,0

2.2

3 .8

1,8

1.9

1.4

1.4

7.9
41,4

6.2

9.8

9.5

7 .9

4 7 .0

38.9
7.1

8 .9
46.7
8 .0

8.3

40.4
5.2

35,1
9.2

36.5
5.2

.3
32.5

.4
23.3

.3
20.7

5.5
.4
21.0

31.1
3.8

6.3
1.1

4 5 .8
4,8

2 .7

5.6

6 .4

4 .6

4.1

30.7
8.1

33.3
5.2

25.4
4.8

22.8

.2

.5
25.0

.4
11,6

10.3
8.4

2 .3
a

.1

8 .9
.1

13.6

21 ,0

2 5,6

.5
2 9 .7

11.3
1.4

12.0

19.8
3.2

21,1
3.4

18.9
3.4

17.6
3 .0

13.4
3.2

16.0

12.2
3 .0

12.5
2.6

12.7

3.3

1.9

1.3

u .o

14,8

3 4,8

30.1

20.7

17.2

1.3

1.2

21.3
1.3

18.4

.8

22.5
1,1

19.8

.8

2 5 .2
1.6

.9

1.1

.5

11.4
.6

5 .1
.2

S e e f o o t n o t e s at e n d o f t a b l e .




3.1
1 .7

4.3
2 .2

8 .9

W i s c o n s i n ......................... ,
Wyoming .............................

3.1
1.1

.5

5.2

3 9.9

W a s h i n g t o n . . .....................

1.5

3 .5

T e n n e s s e e ....................... .

West V i r g i n i a ...................

4.3

5 .2

T e x a s ......................
Uta h........................................
Ve r m on t. . ...... .,....................
V i r g i n i a .................. .............

1.3

7.3
1.4

4 .6

O k l a h o m a ......................
O r e g o n ................................. ,
P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................

1.7

1.7

5 9.6
20.9
2.0

.4

1.9

.9

15.0

79

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued
19 56 V a lu a t i o n

(inmillions 0f dollars)

N ew n o n r e s i d e n t i a l b u i l d in g

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun e

July

Au g.

42 7 .2

4 30 .8

5 0 8 .7

6 12 .2

6 67 .4

6 9 4 .8

6 3 6 .7

5 8 1 .0

525 .3

60 7 .6

A l a b a m a ................................

4.3

5 .8

4.3

4.3

4.8

4.3

5.4

4.7

4.4

A r i z o n a .................................

1.8

8.3
2 .6

4.9
1.6
1 0 1 .6

5.6

6.8

8 .2

6.6

1 .9
79.5

2.2

2 .0

1 02 .5

2.9
2.7
69.0

5 .6

8 .9

3 .9

9 9 .9
9 .0

1.1
1 2 9 .4

4.5
2.0
9 0.2

4.9

9.5

U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

D ec.

52 6 .4

4 1 4 .4

5.6

6.0

3.0

8.6

6.6

1.1
80.1

.9
8 4.2

3.1
1.4
76.8

5.0

27.6

10.5

8.2

A r k a n s a s .............................
C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

1.1
7 6.8

C o l o r a d o ..............................

6.4

69.1
11.7

C o n n e c t i c u t ......................

5.3

14.7

3.6

11.4

11.1

11.6

7 .6

8.9

10.3

7.5

18.1

7.1

D e l a w a r e ..............................

1 .6

.7

.8

.7

.5

.4

3 .2

.8

2 .0

2.2

2.8

1.0

17.3

19.6

23.5

12.8

G e o r g i a ................................

4.9

6 .3

14.3
10.0

.3
16.1

3 .9

10.5

8.3

7 .9

7.8

3.3
8 .4
18.6
7.0

4 .3
2.6

16.4

.9
17.6

2.3
1.6

1.0

D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a . .. .
F l o r i d a ................................

2.4
1.6

.2

.4
26.6
14.2

1 .9
39.6

1.9
3 0.7

15.7

3.6

11.6
5.8

34.3
13.8

1.9

9.4
5 .0

2.1
3 6.7
12.0

I o w a ........................................

2.9
44.5
18.9
8 .1

.7
41.2

In diana ................................

28.6
7.8

13.7

6.4

9 .9
2.6

K a n s a s ................................

3.3

4.4

6 .9

5 .0

2.8

8.3
4 .0

4 .3

6.9

4 .3

K e n t u c k y .............................

1 .0

4.6

2.8

5.1

8 .7

3.9

9 .7

6.7

5.9

L o u i s i a n a ...........................
M ai ne .....................................
M ar yl an d..............................

10.7

9 .7
1.6

11.7
.4
10.2

8 .3
.7
9.4

15.4
1.2

6 .8
1.4

6.1

6.9
2 .2

4.6
7.0

4.5
4.1

,6

1.5
12.1

1.9
9.2
.2
13.7

12.7

20.6

18.8
12.1

8 .3
2.3
15.6

19.8

11.8

19.7

21.1
7 .0

43.3
15.7

1.8

3 .6

2.1

I d a h o .....................................
I l l i n o i s ................................

M a s s a c h u s e t t s ................
M i c h i g a n .............................

1.3
9.1
11.7

11.9
7.9

53.7

31.2

13.8

9 .6

6.7

2.5

1 .4

3.1

1.5

7 .5
1 .6

11.9
2.6

11.9
2.1

11.8

6.9

10.0

7.7

1 .3

3 .5

13.4
1.2

.3

.2

2.9
1.6
1.2

5.6
1.0
.8

3.2

12.4
2 .0

17.9
2.2

4 .5
.7
1.6
19.2

2,3
1.1
1.1

18.3
1.4

2.3
4.3
.8
18.2
1.5

2.3

1.0
1.0
1.0
22.1
2.2

71.6
7 .2

39.8
8.7

5 5.9
8 .6

4.1
51.8
5.4

1 .9
49.1
4.2

3 .5
3 6.2
5.8

55.6
5.4
2.0
21.1

39.4
8.2
1.2

11.0

7.8

7.8

4 3.2

2 6.3
4.7

26.3
1.4
1.6

.5

.3

3 .3

.6

1.9

N e b r a s k a .............................
N e v a d a ................................

1.1
1.0

2.1

1.8
.6
.4

2.3
1.0

1.7
1.0

N ew H a m p s h i r e ..............
N e w J e r s e y ........................
N ew M e x i c o .....................

20.3
4.8

.5
.3
13.7
2.0

1.9
3 0 .8

2.5
20.2

1.9

2 .4

N e w Y o r k ...........................
North C a r o l i n a .................
North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .......................................
O k l a h o m a ...........................

20.3
5.5
(2)

39.3
7.7
.1

44.6

25.4
4.7

17.4
3.0

.4
3 3 .7

74.5
7.2
4.1
38.2

2.9

3.5

O r e g o n ..................................

4.4
16.8

4.9
18.0

1 9.8

1.3
2.1

.7
4 .4

.3
2 .0

1.5

.3

1 .7

4 .0

4.3
3 3.8
1 .7

7.4
3 2 .0
2.1
(2)
17.5

V i r g i n ia ................................

8 .4

W a s h i n g t o n ........................

9.0

5 .6

West V i r g i n i a ...................

2.4

1.6

W i s c o n s i n ..........................

5.6

Wyoming .............................

.4

5.4
.2

Se e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f ta bl e.




25.4

13.3

Montana................................

(2)
5.5

12.4

11.9
16.2

24.3

9.1

.1

8 .6

14.1

17.4

Ve r m on t .......... .....................

.9
24.4

3 9 .8

12.8

40.2
26.6

2.1

12.9

6.9

T e n n e s s e e ........................

2 .3

51.7

5.2

T e x a s .....................................
Uta h.......................................

26.3
5 .7

16.9
1.1

M is s o u r i ................................

' 6 .5
3 3.4
1.4
2.1
1 .8

14.1
4.2

.5
27.3

2 7 .9

.9

P e n n s y l v a n i a ...................
R h o d e I s la n d .................
South C a r o l i n a .................
South D a k o t a ...................

17.5
5.3
2.7

1.8

55.0

M i s s i s s i p p i ........................

4.8

.7
2 9 .7

4 .8

2 1.6

7.5
1.7

2 5.4
9.0

1.1
3 9 .6

12.7

12.6

15.1
1.7

18.4
1.8

1.1
35.3

13.1
7.1

11.3
20.8

M i n n e s o t a ...........................

.4

18.3
9.5

1.6

12.9
2.4
48.6
6.0
11.4
2 7.7
.7
3 .3
1 .8

10.5
2.2
3.3

8 .0

8.7

8 .8

28.2

2 5.9
3.2

2.9
1.2
12.5
30.2
2.0

.9
.4

.3

6.9
9 .3
18.2
.6
2.3
1.3

37.5
2 .9
6 .3
30.9
.6
1.7
2.9

16.3
2 .9
35.5
7.0
.5
3 0 .6
10.9
6.2
17.2
1.7
1.8
.4

1.4

33.7
5.9
.5
19.5
3 .2
3,1
21,7
1.6
3 .3
.3

6.6

7.8

7.8

9 .8

7.8

24.1
7.2

33.5
3.9

33.6
2.4

31.4
3.7

1.3

30.9
3.1
1 .0

.2

.1

.1

.1

11.7

21.3

26.9

12.2

9 .9

2 .5
12.6

25.5
1.7
(2)

12.7

10.7

10.8

22.3
.8

13.7

12.5
1.0

29.7

15.4

16.2

17.2

8.0

10.1

10.0

1.7

3.6

1.4

1.3

2.7

2.6

1.1

7.8

20.1

17.6

17.7

1.5
15.2

.7

1 .7

.7

13.7
.2

5.2

.7

14.5
.8

15.6

1.1

14.3
1.2

2.9
.2

2.1

1.3

80

Table B-12: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction and State, Monthly, 1954-56--Continued

(inmillions of dollars)

19 5 6 V a lu a t i o n

A d d i t i o n s , a l t e r a t i o n s , and r e p a i r s

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Ap r.

May

June

Ju ly

Aug.

U ni t ed S t a t e s ...................

11 3 .7

118 .1

15 0 .4

176 .4

18 1 .9

1 73 .1

183 .4

1 8 1 .9

A l a b a m a .............................

1.5
.9

1.2

2 .0

2.0

2 .2

1.3
.6

1.7
1.0

2.4

.9

1.3
1.1

1.3

1.4

.5
28.9
2.1

4.3
.7
3.0

A r i z o n a ................................

Sept.

O ct.

N ov .

D ec.

14 2 .5

166 .7

1 31 .4

1 0 9 .8

1.9
1 .4

1.4
1 .2

1 .9
1.1

1.9
1.1

2,5
1.0

.6

1 .0
26.2

.5
22.2

.6

28.5
2.0

.5
25.0

.3
19.0

1.9

1.8

2.9

.9

3.8

3 .3
.4

2.8

2.0

.4

1.4

3.9
.8
2.0

.3
.6

6,9
1 .7

A r k a n s a s ...........................

.4

.4

C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

20.1

28.1

2 8 .6

C o l o r a d o ..............................

2.1

2 2.9
1.8

2.0

2.2

26.9
2 .8

C o n n e c t i c u t ......................

2.5
.5

2.8

2.5
.7

3.0

3 .4

4.0

.4

.7

1.3

.6
1 .0
7.5

1.9
9.0

8.4

9 .0

7 .2

8.3

2.4

2.8

2 .6

2.9

2.5

1.9

.5
8 .8

.5
8.8

D e l a w a r e ...........................
D is t r i c t o f Co lu m bi a. ...

.7

1.3

.6
1.1

F l o r i d a ................................

5.6

5.9

6.4

.9
6 .8

G e o r g i a ................................

1.7

1.5

2.4

2 .2

I d a h o .....................................

.5
6 .1

.3
5.4

.5
7.8

.7

1.1

11.1

10.7

1.7

1.8

2 .6
1.4

3 .6
2.0

3.7

.8
1.0

4.1
2.4

3 .7

.9
.7

1.7

2 .5

1.5

1.3

.9
2.6

I l l i n o i s ................................
I n d i a n a ................................
I ow a........................................
K a n s a s ................................

,6
1.2

26.3
1.8

1.3

6.8
1-5

.8

.7

.4

7.8

7.9

1 .6

9 .1
3.6
2.1

2 .9
1.4

1.7

3 .0

1.8

1.5

4.9
1.6
2.1

.7

.8

.7

.6

.7

.6

2.9

.9
3 .2

.7

2 .7

3.1

2.6

3.6

2.7

2.0

.3
6.6
2.0
1.1
1.8

.2
6 .5
1.3
1.7
1 .0

K e n t u c k y ...........................

.4

.9

.8

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

3.5
.2

3 .0

Maine ..................................

3.3
.2

.2

.5

.6

.3

.4

.2

.2

.2

1 .7

1.4

3 .3

2.9

2 .7

2.3

2.4

2.2

3.4

3 .3

5.9

4.8

5.0

5.5

3.9

1.9
5 .2

2.0

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

2 .5
5.7

.5
2.1

1 .0

Maryland..............................

.9
3.2

M ic h i ga n ..............................
M in ne s ot a............................

5.2

5.2

12.6

10.6

9 .7

12.0

7.9

11.4

2.1

6.9
2.2

8 .2
3 .2

3.4

3.2

2 .4

.4

.7

.9

.8

3.5
1.1

2.6

2 .4

3.4

4.1

.3

.4

.6

.5

3.6
.4

2.8

.2

3.3
.6

.3
2.0

M o n t a n a ..............................

3.1
.6

.9
3.6

2 .5
.6

M i s s o u r i ..............................

.9
2 .6

3.1
.4

7.1
2 .0

M i s s i s s i p p i ......................

1.5
.8

.5

.5

.6

N e b r a s k a ...........................
N e v a d a ................................

.4
.5
.2
4.0
.7

.5
.4

.8
.5

1.4
.5

1.1
.6

.7
.4

.9
.4

1 .0

1.0
.6

.9
.3

.2
5.6

.3
6.8
.6

.8
8 .2
.6

.6
8.2
.8

.3
6.9
.7

.3
7.8

.3
6 .0

6 .1

.5

.5
6.8
.6

.7
.3
.4

.9

.5

.5

10.6
4.8

8.8

7 .8

2.5
.3
12.1

1.5
.1

6.3
1.2
.1

7.1

.9

9.9
2.5
.3
10.5
1.0

1 .6

.9

2 .5
9.3
.6

1 .7
6.4

1 .2

N e w H a m p s h i r e ..............
N e w J e r s e y ........................
N e w M e x i c o ......................
N ew Y o r k . . .. . .....................
North C a r o l i n a .................
North D a k o t a ...................
O h i o .....................................
O k l a h o m a ...........................

5.6
3.0
.2

5.9
1.6
.1

8 .8
2.2
.1

12.3
3.1
.4

6.3
.6

6 .9
.6

8 .2

1 0.7
1.1

O r e g o n ................................
P e n n s y l v a n i a . ..................
R h o d e I s l a n d ...................

1.3
5.6
.2

1.8
5.7

1.1

8.2
1 .8

.5
1 1.0
1.6

.3
8.6
1.0

2.9
9.4
.7

2.4
9 .0
.7

3.0
9.2
.6

8 .9
.7

1 .8
7.4
.4

1.3
.4

1.1

1 .0

.9

.5

.3

.3

.5
.4

5.9
.3
.4

.3

.3

.2

2.7

2.0

9 .7

2 .3
8.1

7.3

.1

8.9
.8
.1

4.0
10.7

1.4

10.9
.7

.3
9.8

1.7

.6

.7
.3

.2

1.3
.6

T e n n e s s e e .........................
T e x a s ..................................

3.8
7.0

2 .3
7.7

2.2
9.0

3.9
9.6

U ta h .......................................

.5
.1

.3

1 .0

V e r m o n t .............................

.1

1.3
.1

V i r g i n i a ..............................

3 .1

2.4

2.6

3.6

4.0

4 .1

3 .8

3 .6

2 .8

<2)
2.6

W ash in gt on ........................

2.3

2.6

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.4

3.9

4 .6

2.8

West V i r g i n i a ....................
W i s c o n s i n ...........................

.6
2.0
.1

.5
2.7
.2

.8
2.6
.2

.9
4.4
.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

4 .8
.2

3 .4

3.9
.2

4.1
.2

.8
3.6
.3

.3

W y om in g ..............................

1 Includes new nonhousekeeping residential building, not shown
separately.




.2

15.7
3.6

.3

(2)

.3
3 .3
.1

1 2.0
3.0
.2
13.7
1.2

South D a k o t a ....................

.5

1.3

7.5
.6

South C a r o l i n a .................

.4

5 .7

.5
.4
7 .2
1.2

2 .4
8.3
.3
.7

2.3
10.2

3.3

.6

.3

1.5
.1

2 .0
.9
(2)

2 L ess than 150,000.

1.9
7.6
.6
.1

9 .1
.6

.5

.5
.1

6.7
1.1
1 .2

1 .6

.4

.3

2 .5

(2)
1.8

3.6

2 .3

2.3

.8
4 .2

.6
3.0
.1

.4
2.1
.1

(2)

81

Table B-13: Number of New Dwelling Units, by State, Monthly, 1954*56
195 4

( H o u s e k e e p i n g un it s o n l y )

State
Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

U ni t ed S t a t e s ..................

56,621

66,796

A l a b a m a .............................

635
71 8
283
12,226

7 69

A r i z o n a ...............................
A r k a n s a s ..........................
C a l i f o r n i a ........................
C o l o r a d o ...........................

745
264

June

July

A u g.

Sept .

Oct.

Nov.

D ec.

91,984

10 8 ,1 7 9

98,199

99,870

97,577

94,015

87,787

77,394

1,147

1,171

1,127

1,1 0 6

1,216

1,252

1,305

97 7

72 4

1,144
442

861
42 2

1,118
36 7

1,065
246

92 7
368

974
448

1,208

17,009
1,636

16,821

16,226

1,199
349
16,906

1,853

1,783

2,093

17,513
1,661

Apr.

9 5 ,3 8 9 100,701
1,044
94 0

May

325
16,778

18,227

911
330
15,952

1,499

1,451

1,519

19,469
1,706

313
18,456

802

13,838
1,004

C o n n e c t i c u t ......................

499

1,073

1,552

1,478

1,505

2,272

1,572

2,031

1,391

1,499

1,532

D e la w a r e ...........................

63

22 6

376

475

111

135
4,366

90

324

3,497
1,401

96
3,892

155

3,383
1,402

99
4,452

433
308

161

39 6
4,168

1,625

1,629

1,693

4,942
1,620

4,961

1,743

635
762
4,022
2,738

470

265

334
158
3,646

15 6

D is t r ic t o f C o l u m b i a ...
F l o r i d a ...............................

13 9
196

4,085
1,688

75
2,808

113
4,554

159
5,517

16 9
5,418

18 9
5,547

150

171

206

94

5,539

171
5,072

116

4,600

4,712

2,077

2,370

2,266

1,932

1,652

715
790

1,037

80 0

2,039
72 8

3,634
92 8

983

2,535
841
1,112

1,033

1,007

897

725
91 0

82 9
956

4,595
1,997
78 0

1,229
1,291
44

1,002
1,192
111

1,100
972

83 7
1,117
101

1,002

78 8

764

1,351
121

1,085

52 0
90 7

3,351
2,216

2,361
2,118

3,325
1,638

1,256
152
2,447
2,044

95
2,504
1,988

2,451
1,460

G e o r g i a ...............................
I d a h o ....................................

39

I l l i n o i s ...............................
I n d i a n a ...............................

2,279
81 6

1,068

1,626

Io wa ....................................

183
581

311
761

562

353
791
30

628
92 7

K a n s a s ...............................
K en t u c k y ..........................
L o u i s i a n a ........................
M ai ne ......................................
M a r y l a n d ...........................
M a s s a c h u s e t t s .............

15

1,673
97 9

2,300

2,614

1,111

2,225

2,464

3,061
67 7

4,597
1,110

5,862

M i s s i s s i p p i ......................

441
2 38

M is s o u r i ..........................
M o n t a n a .............................

M ic h i g a n .............................
M in ne s ot a ..........................

N e b r a s k a .........................

134

291

325

1,252
27

343
1,082
41

6,319
1,715
33 6

1,954
127

1,578
211

1,203
18 8

1,873

1,631

3,473
1,916

1,890

1,179

1,090
1,541

249
2,778

131
2,364

2,139

2,211

3,055
2,201

6,337

6,151

5,760

5,608

6,412

4,076

2,896

1,894

1,663
344

1,965

1,943

1,588

1,526

469

329

355

1,043
364

2,2 5 2
201

1,104

1,551
19 9

393
1,322

1,065

15 9

231

1,053
233

93 9
121

615
344
127

602

575

405

214

391
221

145
3,969
564

15 9
3,416

475

215

97

222

469

516

471

554

3 26

469

638

84 0

N ew H a m p s h i r e .............
N ew J e r s e y ......................
Ne w M e x i c o ....................

44

34

182

204

50 9
25 6
150

2,083
49 2

2,669
571

143
6 ,920

313
234
4,332
60 2

4,487
301

4,626
68 2

4,525
476

585

3,987
622

6,243
1,247

7,605
1,194

9,458

7,208

8,210

964

1,159

7,966
954

8,423
1,121

8,173
1,068

6,875
892

5,873
81 8

22 7

19 0

222

6,486
854

5,283
1,278

205
5,716
86 6

16 9
4,226
944

703

North D a k o t a .................

18

111

15 0

O h i o ....................................
O k la h om a...........................

19
2,117
43 5

98 9
164

2,440
861

3,984
96 6

5,465
929

5,122
764

O r e g o n ...............................
P e n n s y l v a n i a .................

333
1,306

457
2,146

690
3,788

851
3,301

R h o d e I s l a n d .................
South C a r o l i n a ...............
South D a k o t a .................

315
367
24

225
374
81

438
418
111

29 8

T e n n e s s e e ......................
T e x a s ...............................

665
3,671

U t a h ....................................
Vermo nt .......................
Vi r g i n ia ...........................

241
2

1,174
4,622
261
5
2,722

6,243
616
24
3,036

932
171

1,980
286

743
11 8

1,629
97

781

2,399

Washi ngton ....................
West V i r g i n ia ...............
W i s c o n s i n ........................

85
48 2

Wyoming ...........................

51




856

1,478

714
3,283
260

5 06
1,014

1,510

29 6

7,038

994

1,215

N e v a d a ...............................

N e w Y or k ........................
North C a ro l i n a .............

1,654

213
5,667
1,055
884
4,610
3 12

320
15 9
4,477

648

620

3,822
294
368

4,260

383
264

338
245

436
267

1,388
5,896

1,076
5 ,279

1,503
5,7 1 2

541
52
2,384

533
24
1,989

73 7

2,014
300
2,410

2,1 5 5
260
2,022

1,866

1,984

315
2,186

11 9

141

179

305
2,289
104

25
2,697

461

215
1,503
6,768
721
38
2,203

339
469
19 9

4,484
759

56 9

833
3,856
182
476

735
3,196
237
440
202

646
2,421

1,520
6,481

1,676
5,462
1,068
36
2,537

1,162
6,104
5 60
41
2,361

2,042
273
1,7 7 4

1,866
22 7
1,767

189

147

227

1,651
6,6 0 5
674
30
2,884

554
28
3,138

1,831
245
1,819
166

1,905
305
1,851
210

26 9
37 8
232

52

105
2,671
29 7
6,573
849
40
3,690
681
541
1,965
190
343
105
1,288
5,635
32 2
11
1,649
1,980
104
1,153
104

82

Table B-13: Number of New Dwelling Units, by State, Monthly, 1954-56-Continued
1955 (H o u s e k e e p in g u n its o n l y )
S tate
Jan .
U n it e d S t a t e s ...................

F eb.

7 7 ,7 4 2

7 9 ,0 5 3

A l a b a m a .............................

870

A r i z o n a ................................

1 ,1 6 1

1 ,2 6 5
1 ,3 2 1

A r k a n s a s .............................
C a l i f o r n i a ...........................

33 9
i6 ,7 3 6

C o l o r a d o ..............................

Mar.

A p r.

July

Jun e

May

1 1 5 ,4 0 3 1 1 9 ,4 3 8 1 2 0 ,5 1 5

1 1 5 ,2 2 1

A ug.

9 8 , 3 1 9 1 0 8 ,1 8 4

S e p t.

O ct.

N ov.

D ec.

9 6 ,7 9 0

8 9 ,9 1 3

7 0 ,1 5 0

5 7 ,7 6 0

1 ,3 4 8

1 ,1 8 2

1 ,2 9 2

1 ,1 7 6

1 ,2 6 4

1 ,2 5 0

1 ,1 8 8

1 ,1 4 1

701

1 ,4 0 9
547

1 ,6 0 5
337

1 ,0 9 5
301

766
278

1 ,1 7 9
334

936
257

883

407

1 ,4 5 3
513

765
1 ,0 4 6
266

1 5 ,8 8 1

2 3 ,2 8 3

2 2 ,9 4 1

2 0 ,0 9 2

1 8 ,3 7 3

1 7 ,8 8 8

1 6 ,7 6 8

1 2 ,8 5 5

1 1 ,6 1 9

2 ,2 1 1

1 ,4 9 8

2 ,1 6 4

1 ,8 6 7

1 ,7 0 5

1 ,7 2 7

1 ,5 4 4

1 9 ,1 3 9
1 ,6 4 8

349
1 6 ,9 1 8

949
309

1 ,8 2 3

1 ,4 8 4

1 ,4 1 3

1 ,0 9 9

C o n n e c t i c u t ......................

892

886

2 ,0 2 7

1 ,5 2 0

1 ,1 6 0

1 ,0 2 6

624

34 4

550

188

1 ,4 4 3
460

1 ,1 8 6

152

2 ,0 9 1
528

1 ,8 8 8

122

2 ,0 0 5
426

1 ,7 4 7

D e la w a r e .............................

412

D is t r ic t o f C o lu m b ia ....

74
5 ,0 5 8

225
4 ,5 1 0

966

200

287

192

107

103
94

4 ,4 7 8

3 ,8 4 3

4 ,9 4 2

4 ,3 4 3

1 ,5 3 4

1 ,7 5 1

2 ,0 9 6

1 ,7 5 0

2 ,0 3 8

4 ,7 3 9
1 ,9 0 4

150
4 ,0 9 0

117

5 ,1 6 7

287
4 ,2 6 6

203
97
3 ,8 4 0

1 ,7 1 5

1 ,8 7 4

1 ,5 2 2

1 ,2 8 5

1 ,1 7 9

189
8 ,3 6 9

237

133

6 ,9 0 2

113
4 ,0 5 4

1 ,8 2 3
952

2 ,7 2 7
821

4 ,8 7 5
1 ,6 1 7
813

926

707

643

F l o r i d a ................................
G e o r g i a ................................
I d a h o .....................................

50

64

218

225

261

181

147

I l l i n o i s ................................
I n d i a n a ................................
I o w a ........................................

2 ,4 2 1

3 ,2 2 0

7 ,4 2 5

8 ,6 2 7

6 ,8 3 6

5 ,6 3 1

1 ,0 5 2
327

2 ,0 4 3
1 ,1 2 2

2 ,3 3 3
1 ,1 0 5

K a n s a s ................................

812

1 ,0 7 4
359
837

6 ,8 3 8
2 ,0 4 0
914
1 ,0 9 7

1 ,0 9 0

1 ,1 1 9

2 ,3 3 8
1 ,3 3 7
1 ,1 0 0

2 ,1 0 5
89 5
956

K e n t u c k y .............................

662

607

1 ,1 3 3
36

1 ,3 8 1

1 ,0 4 9
1 ,6 5 0

1 ,2 7 3
1 ,0 8 7

1 ,4 7 4
1 ,3 7 8

1 ,1 8 2

L o u i s i a n a ...........................

1 ,4 4 6

1 ,1 6 3
1 ,0 7 2

169
2 ,6 2 3
2 ,6 5 0

191
2 ,8 2 7

2 ,0 9 5

146
2 ,6 6 2

2 ,8 1 6

2 ,0 6 9

2 ,0 6 0

5 ,5 5 9
1 ,8 0 0
312

1 ,7 1 7

2 ,0 6 6

1 ,5 9 2

1 ,3 4 3

6 ,8 3 6

5 ,6 1 2

5 ,6 8 1

3 ,6 8 0

2 ,7 6 2

1 ,9 0 8

2 ,1 3 6

1 ,3 7 5

506

357

1 ,7 1 7

293
1 ,7 5 2

1 ,6 7 7

198

198

869
78

751

213

265
1 ,2 1 4
212

1 ,1 8 9
262

52 2

57 2

412

438

367

222

374

257

231

300

467

143

206

230

201

167

114

5 ,1 4 1
617

5 ,4 9 7

4 ,5 9 2

23 5
4 ,7 7 0

3 ,4 3 1

516

549

47 4

4 ,4 5 4
490

2 ,5 4 4
260

1 0 ,9 0 5

1 1 ,0 7 6

7 ,9 0 3

1 ,1 6 3

995
161
5 ,5 1 0

8 ,4 2 9
1,(358
180

7 ,6 2 7
1 ,0 4 6
211
6 ,0 2 0
770

8 ,8 0 4

1 ,3 7 3
277
6 ,9 6 2

5 ,2 3 1
815
63
3 ,4 2 2

2 ,2 1 5

463

565

365
2 ,8 3 4

1 ,5 1 4

335
380
118

191
291
44

940

689
3 ,6 6 1

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

1 ,4 6 3

1 ,4 4 8

2 ,4 8 8

M ic h ig a n .............................

3 ,2 3 9

3 ,1 3 8

5 ,1 5 4

6 ,7 9 4

6 ,7 6 8

6 ,8 1 6

M in n e s o t a ...........................

795
376

1 ,5 3 4

2 ,4 1 6
327

2 ,2 2 6

2 ,1 5 6

M i s s i s s ip p i ........................

61 3
250

331

M i s s o u r i ..............................
M ontana................................

1 ,0 4 7
10 8

1 ,9 8 4

1 ,4 0 7

31

11 8

1 ,6 5 5
287

1 ,2 6 3
311

379
1 ,8 4 4
204

N e b r a s k a .............................

281

205

682

769

769

610

N e v a d a ................................

271

401

73
3 ,7 4 0

56

169
312

595
276

470

N e w H a m p s h ir e ..............

239
161

225

2 ,7 4 6
580

4 ,5 1 9

5 ,9 0 1

543

512

5 ,7 1 7
757

9 ,1 8 7
1 ,4 8 7

9 ,8 2 6
1 ,1 5 5
293
6 ,3 6 6
1 ,1 1 4

845

175
6 ,9 6 5
894

136

N ew Y o r k ...........................

5 ,6 6 7

N orth C a r o l i n a .................
N orth D a k o t a ...................

1 ,0 1 9
10

4 ,4 4 8
1 ,3 2 0
1

O h io ........................................
O k la h o m a ...........................

2 ,6 1 3
870

3 ,5 2 9
921

64
5 ,0 8 0
1 ,2 9 8

O r e g o n ..................................

540

714
5 ,1 1 7

699
5 ,2 1 7

768

4 ,7 5 7

92 7
4 ,7 2 2

914

2 ,0 8 4

529
3 ,0 1 2

684

P e n n s y lv a n ia ...................

4 ,3 0 9

R h o d e I s la n d ...................
South C a r o l i n a .................
Sou th D a k o t a ...................

257

194

511
68

495
63

379
51 9
172

37 3
47 5
338

311
494
254

405
467
322

293
41 4
207

4 ,0 4 8
310
42 6
22 4

T e n n e s s e e ........................
T e x a s ...................................

2 ,0 7 4

1 ,2 8 2
6 ,5 8 1

1 ,4 8 1
7 ,8 2 2

1 ,6 2 8

1 ,4 4 3
5 ,0 6 2

1 ,5 4 1
5 ,5 6 0

4 ,6 7 6

964

1 ,8 7 5
7 ,0 1 7
680

1 ,6 1 1
6 ,1 6 0

219
6

6 ,8 1 3
866

U tah........................................
V ir g in ia ................................

15
3 ,2 6 4

2 ,0 4 2

W a s h in g t o n ........................

1 ,3 9 0

2 ,2 4 6

W est V i r g i n ia ...................

153

150

W i s c o n s i n ...........................

706

W y o m in g .............................

83

911
58




825
78

88
1 ,9 4 2

20 7
3 ,0 8 7
2 ,6 3 0

V e rm o n t................................

942
'

168

76
2 ,8 0 0

6 ,4 4 3
218

903
1 ,0 7 0

453

1 ,9 3 7

24
3 ,8 2 4

635

84 4
1 ,1 1 6

1 ,0 8 4
673
57 8

164

2 ,5 4 7

N ew J e r s e y ........................
N ew M e x i c o ......................

1 ,2 2 1
1 ,3 7 6

77
2 ,5 5 5
981
309

2 ,3 4 3
2 ,5 7 8

M ain e.....................................
M a r y la n d .............................

336

1 ,8 0 7
1 ,0 1 8

3 ,7 9 3
1 ,0 2 0

777

7 ,2 0 3
784

679
3 ,4 1 3
216
395
246
1 ,1 8 7

998

446

33

47

1 ,0 4 1
34

576

25
3 ,4 6 6

34

30

3 ,1 2 7

3 ,7 6 7

3 ,3 0 6

2 ,6 8 1

51
2 ,7 9 0

2 ,3 1 5
349

2 ,1 2 3
35 7

2 ,1 4 9
358

2 ,0 8 2
32 3

1 ,9 0 6
300

1 ,9 7 9

2 ,4 9 3

2 ,2 4 5

1 ,7 8 7

91

151

2 ,6 5 5
152

99

134

2 ,0 9 5
152

1 ,0 1 5
188
4 ,7 0 3
488
500
3 ,5 1 4
221
48 4
258
1 ,0 8 5
5 ,0 3 2

299

4 ,3 8 7
586
27

206
31

5 ,3 3 1
824
17

24 0

362

2 ,1 0 0

599
29
2 ,4 3 2

1 ,7 9 1

19
1 ,9 1 8

1 ,9 4 0

1 ,5 2 0

1 ,2 9 0

1 ,0 0 8

1 ,0 7 3

307

311
1 ,9 7 6

242

208

163

1 ,9 7 3
96

1 ,5 1 4

949
44

106

51

83

Table B-13: Number of New Dwelling Units, by State, Monthly, 1954-56--Continued
1 9 5 6 ( H o u s e k e e p in g u n its o n ly )
State

Jan .

F eb.

U n ite d S t a t e s ...................

6 2 ,8 5 5

7 1 ,0 0 6

Mar.
9 4 ,6 2 3

A pr.

May

Jun e

J u ly

A u g.

S e p t.

O ct.

N ov.

D ec.

9 8 ,1 1 6

9 6 ,1 1 4

8 8 ,3 3 3

8 1 ,2 9 6

8 6 ,0 3 9

7 0 ,4 2 4

7 9 ,2 9 1

6 1 ,7 2 8

4 8 ,1 4 4

A la b a m a .............................

1 ,0 7 0

887

1 ,1 3 1

994

1 ,2 5 2

1 ,0 7 8

1 ,0 2 9

1 ,0 4 7

1 ,1 9 2

882

94 2

733

A r iz o n a ................................

976

958

1 ,2 6 7

966
282

814
242

1 ,1 9 8

821

1 4 ,4 3 3

1 6 ,2 9 8

465
1 8 ,8 6 9

1 ,0 1 5
327

1 ,1 4 6

254

1 ,3 3 4
30 6

826

A r k a n s a s ...........................
C a lif o r n ia ...........................

88 7
40 2
1 6 ,3 8 2

1 6 ,8 6 5

1 1 ,2 4 7

354
1 4 ,2 1 8

333
1 2 ,6 2 2

1 0 ,2 9 4

1 ,1 5 1

1 ,0 0 8

1 ,5 9 5

1 ,5 4 1

1 4 ,8 8 5
1 ,6 6 7

1 5 ,0 0 9

C o lo r a d o .............................

1 6 ,0 4 5
1 ,4 9 2

1 ,0 5 9

1 ,2 3 1

1 ,0 1 4

1 ,2 2 5

910

962

C o n n e c t i c u t ......................

724

1 ,1 6 2

1 ,2 7 0

1 ,8 1 2

1 ,8 6 1

2 ,0 1 4

1 ,2 4 5

1 ,0 9 7

215

31 8

166

316

423

579

139

112

D is t r ic t o f C o lu m b ia ....

317

128

107

198

137

4 ,9 2 9

4 ,6 2 3
1 ,4 1 1

4 ,6 7 2

5 ,1 6 1

4 ,4 6 4

29
4 ,8 6 4

4 ,1 1 2

1 ,4 3 3

5 ,0 4 3
1 ,6 2 8

689
5 ,6 2 6

G e o r g ia ................................

375
5 ,0 2 7
1 ,6 2 7

79

F l o r i d a ................................

33
4 ,6 4 4

129
42

1 ,3 4 5
240

1 ,6 1 6

37 5

1 ,5 9 5
190

1 ,7 7 3

D e l a w a r e ...........................

1 ,4 6 9

1 ,6 0 1

1 ,1 1 3

1 ,1 7 3

1 ,0 2 3

78 0

115
3 ,5 3 7

259

Id a h o .....................................

61

I l l i n o i s ................................

3 ,3 2 6

4 ,9 7 9
1 ,5 3 8
39
3 ,6 5 4

I n d ia n a ................................

962

I o w a .....................................

281

1 ,0 0 4
368

K a n s a s ................................

657

719

1,559

274

22 8

42

133

188

196

158

126

184

134

201

6 ,7 2 5
1 ,6 2 6

6 ,6 5 9
2 ,0 6 4

5 ,9 4 4

5 ,9 7 0

4 ,9 5 4

5 ,3 3 6

1 ,7 3 6
1 ,1 3 0

1 ,7 8 2

1 ,8 3 6

734

1 ,3 4 3
485

845

676

659

634
647

513

963

1 ,0 8 5
847

1 ,9 8 1
982

4 ,8 9 1
1 ,6 9 0

827

4 ,2 9 9
1 ,6 6 4
540
613

709

553

663
877

536

458

681

982

701

55
3 ,3 4 9
848
268
317

K en tu ck y ...........................

48 2

48 0

872

1 ,1 5 0

1 ,0 0 6

894

1 ,0 9 9

718

L o u is ia n a ...........................

879

772

1 ,0 7 7

1,552

1 ,1 4 6

763

1 ,1 5 7

M a i n e ..................................

29
1 ,3 7 2

18

67

238

2 ,4 9 9

2 ,1 9 5

173
1 ,9 2 2

1 ,9 1 1

122
1 ,4 2 1

133
2 ,1 0 4

86

1 ,9 6 7

158
2 ,5 7 2

651
40

M aryland..............................

995
158
2 ,0 7 8

1 ,1 6 4

1 ,2 6 4

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .................

1 ,1 2 6

1 ,3 8 6

1 ,9 9 5

2 ,3 3 9

2 ,6 5 8

2 ,1 2 4

1 ,9 8 6

2 ,1 7 5

1 ,7 8 1

1 ,9 8 7

1 ,5 1 4

995

5 ,0 6 1
1 ,2 8 1

5 ,6 8 7

4 ,6 5 0

4 ,2 9 4

3 ,9 1 6

2 ,7 2 9

1 ,9 6 0

4 ,9 7 5
1 ,5 7 1

4 ,3 8 2

2 ,0 8 8

1 ,3 3 9
218

995

1 ,5 6 5
508

238

1 ,7 8 9
198

171

M ich ig a n .............................

2 ,7 8 8

3 ,6 3 2

M in n es ota ...........................
M i s s i s s i p p i .....................

553
324

548

217

931
48

1 ,0 3 7

1 ,5 6 8

255
1 ,3 0 7

27 6

M is s o u r i.............................
M o n t a n a .............................

295
1 ,4 5 0

4 ,8 5 4
1 ,6 1 6
262

1 ,2 4 4

1 ,0 0 7

1 ,2 4 8

1 ,2 1 0

1 ,0 8 6

183
677

65

151

193

226

20 9

157

142

169

130

126

39 6
42

N e b r a s k a ...........................

202

243

589

569

416

450

336

136

164

100

111

112

67

353
202

89

N ew H a m p s h ire ..............

491
107

329
150

260

209
60

463
204

479

N e v a d a ................................

263

195
3 ,8 8 7

23 6

167

238

4 ,0 9 2

253
3 ,5 8 6

183
161

3 ,1 1 6

4 ,0 8 1

2 ,7 9 5

43
2 ,3 0 2

425

468

428

543

372

405

281

28 2

1 ,5 7 1

171

75

N ew J e r s e y ......................

2 ,1 4 4

4 ,3 3 2

4 ,0 4 6

4 ,5 2 9

N ew M e x i c o .....................

218

338

385

425

4 ,6 9 9
411

N ew Y o r k ...........................

5 ,2 7 0

4 ,6 3 6

6 ,8 2 1

7 ,3 3 2

6 ,8 2 6

7 ,8 1 6

5 ,7 5 8

6 , 57 2

5 ,9 0 2

6 ,4 3 7

5 ,1 6 0

3 ,8 0 2

N orth C a r o lin a .................

1 ,1 5 8

1 ,1 2 6

1 ,0 5 1

1 ,1 2 1

854

93 1

794

778

50 2

10
2 ,8 5 2

261
5 ,3 3 4

215
5 ,5 2 3

204
5 ,9 7 1

174
5 ,5 4 7

189
5 ,2 8 4

160
3 ,9 3 6

10 0
2 ,9 1 2

37
1 ,9 3 4

O k la h o m a ...........................

525

702

40
4 ,4 5 5
706

651
190
4 ,7 5 3

702

N orth D a k o t a ...................
O h io .......................................

865
22
2 ,5 8 0

684

700

754

658

65 2

522

436

416

363

O re g o n ...............................

412

497

47 0

1 ,5 4 4

451
1 ,8 6 6

570

P e n n s y lv a n ia ...................

2, 560

2 ,3 0 9

2 ,1 9 6

355
2 ,1 5 8

R h o d e I s la n d ...................
South C a r o lin a .................

134
384

South D a k o t a ...................
T e n n e s s e e ........................
T e x a s ..................................

680

738
'4 ,3 8 8

923
4 ,2 4 1

63 3
3 ,5 2 0

57 9
2 ,7 0 3

193
440

3 ,6 3 5
257
428

311
350

326
376

294

340
326

226
257

270
350

252
257

191

42

43

140

22 1

204

299
161

293
287

1 ,6 1 8
130

162

175;

144

130

85

49

1 ,1 1 5
4 ,2 6 6

861
4 ,2 1 3

1 ,2 6 0
5 ,0 4 8

1 ,2 4 0
4 ,1 9 8

1 ,1 3 1
4 ,4 3 7

1 ,0 8 2
3 ,6 0 0

847

647
2 ,6 9 0

602
2 ,4 0 5

815

3 , 503
382

387

185
7
1 ,0 4 2

980
4 ,2 5 0
476

743
3 ,1 8 0
730

34

44

21

52

35

3 ,7 0 2

29
2 ,3 8 0

2 ,0 0 3

2 ,1 1 1

1 ,6 4 5

2 ,2 6 3

1 ,1 5 3

1 ,7 4 4

1 ,5 6 8

1 ,5 5 0

1 ,2 2 1

1 ,3 4 6

1 ,0 6 4

1 ,1 4 2

334

313
2 ,5 5 3
101

284
1 ,8 8 0

303
1 ,6 5 0

314
1 ,6 9 2

316
1 ,4 5 0

253
1 ,7 7 4

89

71

98

76

79

1 ,0 4 3
17 6
1 ,3 7 7
48

U ta h .......................................

436

V e r m o n t .............................
V ir g in ia ..............................

18

469
8

753
12

583
42

733
48

1 ,4 2 6

2 ,2 0 6

2 ,6 1 3

3 ,0 2 4

W a sh in g ton ........................

967

1 ,0 5 0

1 ,6 6 8

W est V ir g in ia ...................
W is c o n s in ...........................
W y om in g .............................

147

194

883

1 ,2 1 9

308
2 ,0 3 6

2 ,7 8 9

69

65

156

123




1 ,0 3 2
3 ,7 5 3
448

226

743
111
938
49

84

Table B-14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities oi
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56
V a lu a tio n
Y ear

(in thousands of dollars)

A ll
b u ild in g

N ew
d w e llin g

c o n s t r u c tio n

u n its 1

O ther
n ew

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,

b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

N um ber
o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

V a lu a tio n
A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

(in thousands of dollars)
N ew

O th er
n ew

d w e llin g
a lt e r a tio n s ,
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

AKRON, OHIO
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................
1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

19, l i o

9, 407

3 3 , 343
2 8 , 382
4 0 ,6 3 4
3 6 , 384
3 0 ,9 0 1
3 3 ,4 5 3
4 2 ,1 8 2

9 ,1 4 8

1 ,6 7 5

5 ,9 8 8

2 ,0 4 1

1 1 ,0 6 3
7 , 547
9 ,8 9 6

6 ,8 1 9
3 ,7 0 7

2 ,5 5 6

19, 72 6

3 ,1 7 8
3 ,3 5 2

15, 305
16, 262

8 ,1 6 7

4 ,9 1 0

1 ,3 7 7

19, 277

5 ,0 9 5
5 ,9 5 6

1 ,4 6 8

1 5 ,4 3 3
1 8 ,9 0 4
2 0 ,8 0 3

1 4 ,9 5 9
1 0 ,6 2 4
9, 373
1 5 ,4 4 4

4 ,8 4 4
5 ,1 7 6
5 ,9 3 5

1 ,2 9 3
1 ,2 4 9
1 ,4 2 1
1 ,6 3 7

5 ,7 9 9
6 ,2 4 7
1 3 ,5 2 9
9 ,5 4 0

6 , 562
2 ,2 6 0
2, 534
2 ,7 9 8
3 ,1 9 5

1 ,8 6 8

2 ,2 8 4

2 ,0 4 0

3 ,5 4 8

3 ,6 0 0

8 ,8 5 8
9 ,2 8 2

4 ,1 1 9
4 ,0 4 7
5 ,5 7 7

2 ,9 9 0
2, 477'

1 ,8 2 1
1 ,2 2 8

468
629

4 1 ,1 8 8

1 1 ,0 9 2

6 ,3 7 7

9 ,1 7 5
1 2 ,7 3 4
1 3 ,6 0 1

4 ,6 5 9
5 ,3 4 7

3 ,2 1 9
3 ,3 3 4
6 ,2 4 4

1 ,4 9 6
1 ,1 8 2

791
524

7 9 , 500
9 2 , 364

4, 764

7 ,1 4 5

1 ,1 4 3
1 ,6 9 2

528
437

7 5 , 249
5 8 ,1 7 2

6 ,1 9 2
1 1 ,2 6 7

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

226
486

33 0 ,4 1 5
34 8 , 5 6 9
33 5 ,6 7 8

3 1 ,0 9 0
3 9 ,6 2 2

1 4 ,3 1 4
2 4 ,8 2 8

14, 73 0
1 1 ,3 3 4

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

2 8 ,9 1 3
2 7 ,8 9 8

1 7 ,2 7 3
1 6 ,4 3 2

9 ,7 0 6

3 3 , 44 5

1 5 ,4 2 3
2 2 , 325
2 5 ,4 7 8
2 1 ,0 0 9

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ................ ,.........
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

4 5 ,1 4 5
4 0 ,9 3 3
4 5 ,4 8 4

9 ,0 3 3
1 4 ,9 6 1
1 9 ,7 3 9
1 1 ,6 1 0
2 0 ,9 2 4

2 ,0 4 6
3 ,4 6 0
1 ,9 3 4

1 ,8 4 0
2 ,8 3 7
1 ,8 0 8

2 ,4 3 1
3 ,0 6 1
3 ,0 8 1

1 ,6 4 3
1 ,3 1 6

3 ,8 4 5
3 ,5 5 1

1 ,8 3 9
1 ,9 2 7
1 ,5 4 9

5 5 ,9 2 1
9 1 ,4 3 0
8 3 , 241
5 8 ,7 1 0
8 2 , 443
7 5 ,1 1 5
8 7 , 551
6 4 ,7 8 0

1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

(4 )
1 8 ,6 9 5

(4 )
9 ,6 9 7

(4 )
7 , 244

(4 )
1 ,7 5 4

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

1 0 ,9 6 0
10, 584

6 ,4 9 9
4 ,8 3 9
8 ,3 7 8
1 5 ,8 4 4

2 ,6 9 7
3 ,9 4 2

1 ,7 6 4
1 ,8 0 3
1 ,2 5 1
2 ,6 7 8

1 9 5 5 ..... •....................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

1 6 ,0 4 8
2 9 ,7 3 5
3 6 ,3 2 3
4 1 ,4 1 0

2 3 , 293
22 , 9 0 3

6 ,4 1 9
1 1 ,2 1 3
9 ,7 1 1
1 5 ,6 1 0

3, 3 1 9
2, 89 7

(4 )
1 ,8 0 7

1 9 5 0 ..........................
1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

3 7 ,8 6 5
3 8 ,2 3 6
2 4 ,7 1 9
2 1 ,6 0 3
2 4 ,4 7 9
25 , 4 7 6
3 7 ,0 0 6
3 6 ,3 2 1

15, 27 2
19, 315
1 0 ,4 1 7
8 ,7 7 5

3 ,8 2 4
4 , 555

7 ,0 3 9
7 ,4 5 7

7 ,2 6 3
5 ,3 7 1
5 ,3 6 2

1 1 ,5 6 6
1 0 ,1 5 0

1 3 ,2 3 5
1 1 ,1 7 1

15, 366
1 5 ,4 8 2

969
1 ,5 8 4

608
184

1 ,0 2 9
1 ,2 9 6
1 ,3 5 2

199
22 8
25 0

1 1 ,7 1 8
2 1 ,4 4 2

6 ,7 0 3
7 ,5 0 4

2 ,1 4 4

1 1 ,3 9 1
1 2 ,0 9 7

6 ,8 4 9
7 , 567

3 8 ,6 6 7

9 ,4 8 4
8 , 397
1 1 ,2 3 0
1 0 ,6 3 6

3 ,7 8 5
4 ,4 1 0

5 ,0 3 9
7 ,9 1 8

1 ,9 5 5
2 ,6 8 4
9 ,4 3 5
4 ,9 9 3

1 1 ,9 9 4
1 9 ,6 2 3
1 7 ,4 3 8
2 1 ,5 2 4
3 1 ,3 4 9
3 8 ,1 3 9
28, 808
22 , 2 1 9

4 5 ,8 2 8
3 5 ,2 1 1
2 5 ,3 1 7

2 6 ,8 7 6
4 8 ,8 5 0
4 6 ,1 6 2

1 7 ,0 6 6
3 2 ,7 0 1
2 0 ,5 1 8

1 1 ,9 7 9
9 ,8 7 9
1 6 ,5 6 1

3 1 ,9 9 1
3 9 ,8 7 6
31, 390

1 0 ,9 4 8
2 8 ,6 9 1
3 0 ,2 7 4
4 0 , 504

15, 771

3 1 ,9 6 5
1 7 ,6 3 0

3 6 ,0 9 3

897
707
1 ,1 7 9
1 ,7 0 9
2, 27 6
1 ,9 8 1

2 ,4 9 5
9 ,1 5 2

3 ,2 3 6
2 ,1 8 4

9 ,0 2 2
5 ,1 7 6
6, 634
8 ,0 6 8
1 0 ,3 1 4

2 ,8 1 6
2, 4 2 4
2 ,3 4 0

3 ,8 4 4
890
1 ,3 0 7

2 ,9 3 1

2, 275

3 ,8 0 3
3 ,4 9 0

4 ,0 7 5
5 ,7 8 1

2, 362
1 ,8 6 2
2 ,9 8 7
2 ,8 6 2
2 ,4 3 6
3 ,1 4 4

1 2 ,4 1 5

4 ,9 8 5
8 ,4 0 5
9 ,6 6 8

4 ,1 9 3
4 ,0 1 9
2 ,0 1 0
1 ,6 6 9
1 ,4 2 1
1 ,8 3 8
2 ,0 7 8
1 ,5 3 3

4 3 ,1 7 5
6 8 ,0 7 8
6 3 ,3 0 3
4 6 ,6 8 1
3 9 ,7 2 8
3 2 ,9 6 4
4 1 ,1 8 5
4 7 , 580

16, 39 0

16, 599

2 3 ,9 6 9
3 8 ,7 8 5
1 4 ,8 0 9
1 1 ,1 4 6
6 ,0 4 4
7 , 568

3 1 ,6 7 5
1 5 ,8 5 1
2 2 ,9 8 5
1 8 ,4 1 8
1 9 ,4 5 7
2 0 , 72 2

5, 387

3 0 ,9 5 5

2 ,8 5 1

3 ,1 3 0
2, 321

5 ,7 8 9
3 ,9 1 7
4 ,7 0 6
3 ,7 0 9
3 ,6 4 2
1 ,9 1 5

385
433
298
306
26 0
426
565
488

1 0 ,1 8 6
1 2 ,4 3 4
8 ,6 6 7
8 ,8 8 7
1 0 ,1 6 4
7 ,4 6 3
1 2 ,8 9 5
11, 23 8

1, 598
2, 353
3 ,6 8 6
1 ,3 9 0
1 ,2 7 3
647
844
575

BUFFALO, N. Y.

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

4 ,0 1 4

1 ,8 2 2

1 ,3 5 2

840

222

1 5 ,9 3 4

4 ,8 3 9

1 6 ,7 1 0

10, 390

2 0 ,8 1 0

5 ,4 8 3
16, 584

2 ,6 4 3
1 4 ,5 4 2

2 ,0 7 9
862

1 ,3 0 1

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

4, 241
1 ,9 7 8

2 2 ,0 9 1

1 ,0 3 8

2 1 ,7 4 9

9 ,7 6 6

7 ,9 3 2

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

1 4 ,2 7 5
7 ,7 6 0

1 0 ,0 1 7

1 ,0 0 4
3 ,0 7 2

1 4 ,0 9 5

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 0 ,2 2 6

2, 397
3 ,9 5 2

2 3 , 345
2 0 ,7 3 6

4 ,7 1 8

4 ,4 3 1
5 ,2 0 2

1 ,1 8 6
932
1 ,0 7 2

303
1, 587
1 ,2 2 7
49 2

1 0 ,5 1 3
7 ,0 1 4

2 7 ,9 3 5

9 , 298
1 0 ,1 3 1

7 ,0 9 3
1 3 ,1 3 4

1 6 ,0 5 3

4 ,1 9 6

1 0 ,6 9 9

1 ,1 5 8

4 1 ,6 7 9

2 1 ,8 3 5

1 5 ,9 4 0




1 3 ,8 7 6
1 3 ,4 5 1
1 5 ,0 8 2
1 1 ,0 5 7

2 ,7 6 8
3, 552

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le .

3 ,7 7 3
2, 3 5 2

BOSTON, MASS.

1 8 ,7 6 9
1 4 ,3 6 6

7 , 551
1 0 ,3 4 1

2 ,3 2 1

1 ,5 1 9
2 ,3 6 5

8 ,4 9 9
1 4 ,8 8 8

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
1 9 4 9 .........................

187
949
347

BERKELEY, CALIF.

BATON ROUGE, LA.

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

1 ,4 8 5
1 ,6 8 8

BALTIMORE, MD.

AUSTIN, TE X .
1 94 9 ........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

d w e llin g
u n its

ATLANTA, GA. ^

ALLENTOWN, PA.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

N um ber
o f n ew

ALBANY, N. Y.
1 ,1 1 1

6 , 525
10, 265

1 5 ,4 6 9

A d d it io n s ,

583
43 6

7 ,5 5 9
5 ,9 6 8
5 ,0 0 7

3 ,5 3 6

873

4 , 329
1 0 ,0 7 0

1 ,3 5 5
872

4 ,0 5 1
4 ,5 3 2

1 ,0 8 7

4 ,3 4 5
4 ,6 7 0
3 ,9 0 2

619
1 ,0 6 6
989
1 ,7 9 9

85

Table B -l4: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56— Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ea r

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(in thousands of dollars)

Num ber

N ew
A d d it io n s ,
O ther
a lt e r a tio n s ,
new
d w e llin g
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

V a lu a tio n

(in thousands of dollars)

o f n ew
d w e llin g

A ll
b u ild in g

N ew
d w e llin g

u n its

c o n s t r u c tio n

u n its 1

1 4 ,5 8 0
6 ,4 2 4

9 ,1 4 2
712

4 ,1 5 9
4 ,8 4 7

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

9 ,8 2 9
5 ,3 5 3
8 ,7 5 7

3 ,1 8 9
1 ,7 9 0
1 ,6 6 0

5 ,6 3 9
2, 286

3 ,9 6 0

312
187

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

6 ,0 9 5
2 ,1 0 3
9 ,2 6 1
4 ,8 6 8

1 ,2 7 9

81 0

865
1 ,0 0 1
1 ,2 7 7

55
221

1 ,0 0 2

144

1 ,5 4 5
1 ,6 4 5
2, 451

19
10
14

351
517

186

3 ,1 7 8

1 ,9 8 5
2 ,5 1 3

738
1 ,1 7 1

4 ,8 7 6
8 ,9 3 6

2 ,9 1 5
3 ,1 2 2

1 ,1 7 7
912

8 ,1 4 6
11, 164

4, 334
647

2 ,6 4 9
9 ,3 1 8

1 ,1 6 3

7 ,7 2 7
8 , 570

1 ,2 3 2
99 6

5 ,4 6 2
6 ,6 3 7

2 3 ,3 5 1

1 5 ,0 4 7

3 2 ,0 4 9
20, 586

1 8 ,6 8 9
1 0 ,6 5 1

2 0 , 578

1 0 ,9 9 1
9 ,5 1 8

1 1 ,0 9 3
7 ,5 0 0

1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

5 ,8 6 1

3, 275

1 ,9 1 0

676

7 ,8 8 6

4 ,5 7 9
4 ,5 7 3

2 ,4 6 9
1 ,1 9 0

838
860

3 ,2 5 9
2 ,7 8 1
2 ,4 6 1

4 ,8 6 4
6 , 801
2 ,7 6 7

65 2

499
332

678

292

3 0 ,9 2 0

580

4 ,7 4 8
2, 244

2 ,0 1 7

713
807

263
482
200

2 3 ,1 8 0
2 7 ,1 0 7

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

6 ,6 2 3
8 ,7 7 5
1 0 ,2 6 0
5 ,8 0 8
7 ,4 7 8
8, 0 8 0

5 ,0 2 9

2 5 ,8 1 9

8 ,5 1 3
1 0 ,6 5 3
7 ,5 7 8

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

442

1 6 3 ,1 7 7

7 0 ,3 5 4

6 5 ,1 2 8

982

2 7 0 ,0 7 9

1 4 2 ,0 8 1

1 0 5 ,6 3 1

1 0 ,1 4 8

5 ,0 9 6
1 ,4 5 0

3 ,1 0 5
6 , 787

1 ,9 4 7
2 ,1 6 6

782
314

2 1 8 ,7 7 3

9 4 ,9 8 4

1 9 2 ,7 9 1
2 2 2 , 888
2 3 5 ,9 8 0

1 1 0 ,4 0 5
1 1 1 ,7 7 2
1 2 4 ,2 1 1

1 0 4 ,7 1 3
5 4 ,0 2 3
7 9 ,7 6 8
83 , 60 8

2 8 6 ,2 8 0

1 7 1 ,2 7 9
1 2 7 ,6 1 1

90 , 219
1 3 6 ,3 8 0

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

9, 565
1 2 ,0 0 8

1 ,7 5 8
2 ,2 1 0

6 ,1 5 5
7 ,8 0 2

1 ,6 5 2

401
430

9 ,3 5 3

1 ,9 9 6

2 9 6 ,5 7 6

911

2 7 ,6 9 5
2 2 ,3 6 7

8 ,0 9 1
1 6 ,1 9 6

1 9 ,0 7 6
2 8 ,3 6 3
3 1 ,3 4 8

9 , 535
1 0 ,7 3 4
10, 390
1 2 ,2 8 1

2 8 ,1 6 1
2 4 ,7 8 2
3 2 , 585

1 7 ,5 7 5
12, 455

3 7 ,0 0 4

9 ,9 3 4

12, 816

1 4 ,2 5 4

1 ,0 9 0

4 0 ,7 5 3

1 6 ,1 3 8

15, 589

9 ,0 2 6

2 ,1 9 5

2 0 ,8 9 6

2 4 ,6 9 0

2, 349

2 8 ,9 5 9

1 3 ,4 5 7

2 ,9 1 3

2 2 ,5 6 7

6 6 ,4 9 2
6 5 ,9 7 7

2 4 ,0 7 6

2 8 ,8 2 7

15, 384

1 5 ,3 6 5
18, 867

1 5 ,1 2 6
1 7 ,9 0 2
1 5 ,0 7 1

1 5 ,8 8 5
1 6 ,8 4 2
16, 7 3 2

5 7 ,2 5 6
8 7 ,1 3 6

15, 200

16, 481

1 6 ,2 2 3

1 ,6 1 3
1, 540
1 ,1 2 0

17, 350
1 3 ,2 1 2
1 6 ,5 1 2

1 ,6 8 3
2, 567

2 1 ,8 3 6
8 ,3 8 4

2 3 ,8 3 1
2 2 ,6 7 2

3 3 ,2 4 3
2 0 ,2 1 3
4 7 ,9 5 2

1 3 ,1 3 2
1 5 ,0 0 0

2 3 ,0 5 1

1 3 ,0 0 5

1 ,1 1 1

1 6 ,2 5 3
2 0 ,9 2 6
14, 9 7 2

3 2 , 79 4
4 3 ,2 1 4

1 6 ,1 5 1

6 2 ,1 7 9
7 9 ,1 4 0
9 2 ,0 9 4

6 2 ,0 8 3

1 5 ,0 3 9

4 7 ,2 2 3
5 8 ,6 0 5
4 1 ,3 1 7
4 7 , 904
5 2 , 207

1 7 ,8 6 2

3 4 ,0 7 4

2 0 ,1 1 2
3 5 ,2 5 5

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

4 8 , 733
3 2 , 48 6
3 8 ,2 6 1
4 3 ,9 3 8
44, 264

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

5 0 ,1 5 5
6 0 , 384

3 ,7 9 3
1 ,3 3 1

1 7 ,4 5 3
1 8 ,2 0 2
2 1 ,8 3 1
1 9 ,9 0 6
2 7 , 052
3 5 ,1 3 8

1 0 ,0 9 1
7 ,8 2 4
1 1 ,1 5 9
1 4 ,6 5 4
16, 247
1 8 ,9 8 9
1 6 ,1 0 2
1 6 ,7 8 6

34, 583
7 8 ,0 7 0

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

6 9 ,0 7 9
1 3 2 ,9 4 9
96, 978
1 0 2 ,4 0 8

1 9 5 3 ..........................
19 5 4 ..........................

140 , 391

5 1 ,7 3 3
5 3 ,0 9 0
8 4 , 581

1 6 6 ,6 1 2

8 8 ,7 4 6

1 3 2 ,9 1 4

5 1 ,4 6 2

107, 281

S ee fo o t n o t e s at en d o f table*

5 7 ,6 7 4

2 2 , 795
3 9 ,1 0 3
2 6 ,3 2 3
3 7 ,6 7 2

2 ,2 1 9
1 ,6 5 5
2, 00 4
1 ,4 5 6

CORPUS CHRISTI,, TEX.
3 ,8 7 1

2 ,6 1 9

1 6 ,1 1 3

10, 272

5 ,6 5 4
3 ,8 7 4

4 ,5 4 9
1 ,8 1 1
1 ,7 1 2

2 9 ,9 1 9
17, 352
21, 690

2 ,1 1 3
1 ,8 6 6
2, 290
2 ,9 6 7

3 0 ,9 9 9
3 4 ,2 5 1
2 9 ,9 8 1
20, 9 2 8

1 5 ,9 1 3
9 ,1 2 5
1 1 ,0 7 8
1 7 ,3 6 1
22, 0 7 4
1 6 ,0 4 8

5 ,4 0 5
5 ,8 6 0
5 ,3 6 9
7 ,0 0 1
8 ,4 6 0

8 ,5 9 1

DALLAS, TEX.




2 ,1 3 1
3 ,2 8 0
2 ,4 8 0

6 1 ,4 7 1
6 8 ,2 3 6

COLUMBUS, OHIO

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

1 ,1 9 9
1 ,1 1 5
1 ,4 3 6

CLEVELAND, OHIO

CINCINNATI, OHIO

1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

1 ,4 8 9

2, 903

1 5 ,7 6 1

1 ,8 8 9
2 ,0 2 1

323
636

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

7 ,6 1 7

5 ,3 2 8

1 0 ,4 0 3

1 ,9 1 5
1 ,9 7 0

1 8 ,4 9 9
12, 536
1 3 ,1 7 4

4 ,5 6 9

2 ,3 9 1
1 ,8 8 2

1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

3 ,1 3 6
1 ,2 7 6

1 ,8 1 0

5 ,4 3 3
5 ,9 5 7

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

3 ,3 3 8

5 ,7 4 6

1 ,5 2 9
3 ,6 5 0

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

2 ,1 3 4
2 ,0 4 6

9 ,0 2 7

1 1 ,4 8 9

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

6 ,1 7 0
1 1 ,3 1 4
8 ,0 2 0

12, 336

1 9 5 3 ..........................
19 5 4 ..........................

1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

1 ,1 9 9
1 ,0 3 3
93 7

551
503
85
134
101

CHICAGO, ILL.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

470
805
118

CHARLOTTE, N. c .

CANTON, OHIO

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

o f new
d w e llin g
u n its

and r e p a ir s

4 ,8 4 3
78 4
4 ,9 0 2

5 ,9 0 1
8 , 527

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

181

b u ild in g 2

N um ber

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,

CAMDEN, N. J.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

O ther
n ew

3 ,8 1 9
10, 73 7
5 ,8 7 0
8, 303
1 0 ,9 9 8
8 ,9 3 2
7 ,8 6 5
8 ,8 3 6

2 ,0 2 2

1 ,8 5 5
2 ,6 6 1
1 ,2 7 0

3, 269
2 ,3 5 7
2, 309
2 ,6 4 0

1 ,7 8 3
2 , 385
3 ,0 1 2
2 ,1 4 4

3 ,2 4 5
6 ,0 6 8
3 ,5 0 1

1 ,1 3 9

DAYTON, OHIO
1 1 ,7 0 1
15, 77 6
1 2 ,9 8 1

6 ,3 0 9
1 2 ,1 9 7

1 3 ,9 1 8
2 1 ,8 2 5
2 4 ,8 4 3
1 9 ,8 7 2
2 0 ,1 0 0

1 3 ,0 0 3

7 , 315
6 ,9 7 2

4 0 ,2 4 8
4 2 ,1 3 6

1 3 ,9 4 3
1 3 ,6 7 4

6 , 397
10, 267

6 2 ,9 8 5
6 6 ,6 7 0

1 4 ,8 8 1
14, 782

9 , 379

1 9 ,9 5 3
3 9 ,8 7 1

4 ,6 4 3

2 3 ,4 3 5

7 , 248
1 2 ,9 3 0
8, 726
6, 282

3 ,8 0 4
5 ,4 7 1
1 2 ,0 2 1

2 ,8 6 6
3 ,4 2 4

10, 275

3 ,3 1 5

1 ,0 0 9
1 ,7 4 3
1 ,1 4 1
730

7 ,7 7 1

4 ,0 9 6

.

7 ,7 6 6
8 ,0 5 0

7 ,6 5 3

4 ,5 6 3
4 ,2 5 0

1 ,0 0 8
894

1 3 ,5 5 9
6 ,1 7 6

1 9 ,3 2 9
1 1 ,6 8 7

6 ,9 8 3
5, 572

1 ,3 8 9
67 0

86

Table B-14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56—Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ear

(in thousands of dollars)

A ll
b u ild in g

N ew
d w e llin g

c o n s t r u c tio n

u n its 1

O th er
n ew

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,

b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

N um ber
o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

V a lu a tio n
A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

DENVER, COLO.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................
1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

5 ,1 7 0
6 ,6 8 2

3 8 , 539
2 4 , 423
3 6 ,9 2 7

3 6 , 03 6

9 , 296
9 ,9 5 8

3 9 ,8 7 6

2 3 ,6 1 6

2 3 ,1 3 9
4 5 ,0 0 5
3 7 ,6 6 7

6 6 ,8 8 4

1 9 5 5 ..........................

6 9 ,7 5 5
7 9 ,7 5 5
7 7 ,1 3 6

1 9 5 6 ...........................

7 3 ,1 5 9

3 2 ,8 7 0

2 8 ,6 8 9

3 1 ,7 3 5

N ew
d w e llin g
u n its 1

7 ,9 5 6
8 ,6 2 8

1 3 ,6 4 4
1 2 ,7 3 5

3 ,9 4 7
6 ,9 1 1
4 ,8 6 1
5 ,9 9 0
3 ,7 2 6
5 ,4 8 3
5 ,3 9 2
3 ,4 5 9

2 6 , 582
2 4 ,8 7 7
15, 973
19, 43 2
23, 418

1 1 ,3 8 2
1 6 ,4 1 5
9, 38 7

22, 2 2 9

7 ,9 5 9
9 , 587
1 1 ,6 0 1

3 1 ,2 1 9
27 , 4 0 4

1 6 ,9 8 3
1 1 ,7 1 1

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 8 8 ,3 8 2

116, 568

2 0 9 ,2 7 4
163 , 90 0

1 2 7 ,8 1 9
72, 879

1 3 6 ,7 8 9
1 6 6 ,4 6 1

5 5 ,1 6 4
5 6 ,8 6 7
4 6 ,6 9 2
3 9 ,8 3 7
3 0 ,1 7 6

1 2 9 ,7 5 8
1 4 3 ,6 5 7
1 1 0 ,8 2 1

4 , 101
6 ,8 9 7
4 ,6 3 4

2, 564
3 ,8 7 7
1 ,2 0 2

3, 509

960

4 ,0 8 9

1 ,6 8 0

5 ,3 1 3
3 ,6 5 6
6 ,0 9 7

3 ,4 0 8

3 ,3 9 8
1 0 ,4 0 3

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

7 , 557
15, 306
1 6 ,8 1 2
1 1 ,3 1 2

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 1 ,5 1 6
1 5 ,2 4 1
1 4 ,8 6 6
1 1 ,9 1 6

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 .........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

98 9
980

1 0 ,8 5 9
5 ,0 5 3
5 ,1 8 5
5 ,8 0 4
6 ,8 0 4
5 ,8 2 6

4 ,1 9 8
3 ,8 6 1

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

5 ,9 0 8
1 ,7 7 6

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

2 ,7 4 9
2, 08 2

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

2 , 0 88
3 ,6 8 3

3 ,1 3 3
2 ,1 2 6
4 ,0 2 2
726
76 5
809
962
1 ,0 0 2

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

10, 66 2
1 3 ,7 2 6
1 7 ,3 5 7
1 1 ,0 2 7
1 2 ,2 1 4
1 8 ,8 0 3
1 4 ,8 3 4
1 6 ,3 9 9

S e e f o o t n o t e s at end o f t a b le .




5 ,1 8 6
9 ,7 4 1
7, 338
5 ,3 8 4
6 ,6 5 8

1 ,6 1 8
1 ,5 4 0

1 ,4 6 8
1 ,8 4 2
921

5 ,2 9 9
1 0 ,0 1 4
1 1 ,7 2 1

1 ,2 8 7
1 ,4 5 9
2 ,1 1 0

8 ,0 9 9
12, 234

2 ,5 2 9
2 ,0 0 2

753
872
1 ,0 2 2
1 ,2 5 0

1 2 ,1 7 7

3 ,5 1 6

839

6 ,6 4 9
7 , 562
6 ,4 1 4

1 ,7 0 4
3 ,9 7 6
4, 2 3 0

3, 70 9
2, 206

1 ,2 3 6
1 ,3 8 0

945

1 ,2 3 9

325
651
530

6 0 ,1 5 3

2 1 ,4 7 2

5 ,4 4 3

6 ,1 6 6

2 ,1 4 6

8 5 , 252
6 1 , 20 9

2 4 , 342
2 1 ,8 5 7

5 ,5 3 1
4 ,7 1 5

6 ,0 4 8
7 ,7 1 2

2 ,5 1 8

7 9 ,1 7 2
4 8 ,3 7 5

2 4 ,6 4 8
3 2 ,2 7 0

3 ,6 9 5
2 ,6 6 0

8 ,5 1 3
1 1 ,2 9 1

2, 65 9
2, 226
4 ,4 7 8
4 ,1 3 2

2 ,1 9 3
3 ,0 4 0
3 ,4 1 6

6 ,7 2 5

544
76 8
212

1 6 ,2 0 4
24, 897
14, 590

8 ,0 3 4
14, 6 6 8

5 ,6 9 2
6 ,6 2 8

3 ,1 0 8

250
436
324

9 ,6 7 5

2 ,0 1 5
1 ,9 0 7

534
502

136

1 5 ,4 1 7

3 ,0 5 4
3 ,9 1 8

242

1 ,3 7 9
2, 300
4 ,3 7 4

526
36 7

456
110

743

135

1 9 ,1 9 9
2 9 , 77 6
38, 800
2 7 ,8 4 2

9 , 354
8 ,8 2 1
21 , 784

1 ,4 5 4

534

2 ,1 3 9
1 ,6 6 6

1 ,3 2 5

1 ,2 8 7
2, 584

2 ,7 0 5
2 ,7 6 4
4 ,2 8 7
4, 5 2 0
4, 283
8 ,0 4 3
6 ,6 4 1
4 ,9 9 0

730
659
1 ,1 0 5
748

1 ,7 3 9
2 ,0 4 8
1 ,3 9 4
1 ,4 2 1
1 ,1 0 0

335
1 ,0 7 6
781
302

626
1 ,0 4 4

5 ,8 6 1

3, 791
1 1 ,4 4 7

4 ,9 2 5
6 ,3 5 5

7 ,7 3 5
7, 5 9 4

348
267
354
407

2, 47 8
3 ,6 0 1

1 ,3 6 4
2, 379
1 ,3 9 4

22 , 285
1 7 ,1 6 9

8 , 378
5 ,4 5 5
13, 8 4 9
7 ,7 2 4

1 ,8 6 1
2 ,1 4 5
2, 000
2, 537
2, 66 6
2 ,9 4 9

1 ,5 1 8
1 ,3 2 8
3 ,0 6 7
2 ,7 8 0
1 ,9 1 0

1 ,6 2 9
69 9
62 8
686
73 3
551

5 ,1 6 8
5 ,6 3 8
3 ,8 3 4
5 ,9 5 4

1 ,3 6 1
2 ,2 8 0
1 ,5 7 6

1 0 ,8 8 3
6 ,4 1 4
1 0 ,0 2 9

2 ,7 2 9
2, 262
2, 704
2 ,0 1 8

5 ,0 5 3

2 ,1 0 8

2, 940

867

2 ,4 4 3
1 ,3 3 7
1 ,7 0 8
7 , 546
2 ,4 0 8
6 ,8 4 9
1 ,4 7 2

915
921
1 ,5 1 7
1 ,0 7 5
1 ,3 0 2
1 ,1 6 2

419
717
47 6
527
640

1 ,4 7 3

653
482
360

2 ,3 6 9
2 ,5 9 4
3 ,9 5 4
5 ,2 0 2

2 ,0 1 5
1 ,0 3 5
1 ,3 5 6

FLINT, MICH.

1 ,6 3 7

4 ,2 3 6

298

EVANSVILLE, IND.

1 ,5 3 5
926
500

4, 2 2 9
2 ,9 8 8
8 ,6 2 8

1 ,3 6 1
1 ,3 0 4
1 ,0 4 1
1 ,3 4 1
1 ,1 5 0

EL PASO, TEX.

449
347

430
289
447
99
104
108
129
126

1 4 ,9 2 4
2 6 , 367
2 1 ,6 7 2
2 4 , 580
2 8 ,7 9 4

7 ,1 2 6
1 4 ,6 1 8
9 ,0 3 6

5 ,4 2 9
9 ,1 5 5
8 ,6 8 2

1 1 ,6 6 9
1 3 ,6 7 7
1 8 ,7 8 8

8 ,5 7 9
6 ,1 7 0

32, 339
3 4 ,1 2 4

2 1 ,2 8 0

29 , 0 8 7

1 1 ,6 6 5

7 ,7 0 9

6 ,5 3 8

97 8

5 ,9 2 6

7, 381
6 ,9 1 8

1 ,5 3 2
2, 0 9 6
2 ,3 0 2

1 0 ,5 7 3

6 , 84 9

1 ,2 1 4

3 ,0 3 6
3 ,7 6 0
3 ,8 1 0

4, 131

FORT WORTH, TEX.

FORT WAYNE, IND.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

13, 582
6 ,9 2 2

1 3 ,3 3 6
13, 565
7 ,0 2 9

FALL RIVER, MASS.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

d w e llin g
u n its

2 2 ,0 9 4
2 2 , 931
2 4 ,0 6 5

ERIE, PA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

b u ild in g 2 and re p a ir s

Num ber
o f n ew

4 9 ,7 2 0
5 8 ,5 2 4
6 6 ,9 5 6

ELIZABETH, N. J.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,

DULUTH, MINN.

DETROIT, MICH.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

O ther
new

DES MOINES, IOWA

1 5 ,4 0 4
14, 588
2 2 ,5 5 4
1 9 ,7 1 7

4 3 ,7 1 3
6 6 ,2 7 5
6 8 ,1 7 7

(in thousands of dollars)

779
1 ,2 3 1
782

2 9 ,8 6 2

1 8 ,9 3 7

4 9 ,1 6 1
4 2 ,6 9 0

3 1 ,1 1 7
1 9 ,8 2 0

1 ,7 6 5

580
60 6

45 , 704
4 1 ,9 4 1

1 ,4 9 5
2 ,1 7 4
2 ,4 5 0

518
392
510

4 6 ,9 2 2
5 7 ,1 1 6

3 0 ,2 7 5
1 9 ,5 2 1
2 4 ,6 8 8
32, 3 7 6

5 1 ,3 7 7

2 1 ,2 8 1

1 ,2 4 7
997
1 ,3 9 1
1 ,4 0 7

7 ,8 8 9
1 4 ,2 8 4
1 9 ,0 6 0
1 0 ,9 7 1
1 8 ,3 1 7
1 7 ,7 9 7
1 9 ,9 2 8
25, 900

4 ,4 5 8
4 ,1 0 3
4 ,4 3 7
4 , 812
4 ,1 9 6

7 ,1 3 1
4, 496
6 ,1 8 6
3 ,4 5 3
3 ,8 6 7
4 ,3 0 8
2, 577

87

Table B-14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56--Continued
V a lu a tio n
A ll
Y ea r

b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

(inthousands of dollars)
N ew

O th er
n ew

d w e llin g
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2

Num ber

o f new
a lt e r a tio n s , d w e llin g
u n its
and r e p a ir s
A d d it io n s ,

V a lu a tio n
A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

GARY, IND.
1 9 4 9 .........................
1 9 5 0 .........................
1 9 5 1 .........................
1 9 5 2 .........................

1 3 ,9 4 1

1 0 ,0 8 5

1 7 ,1 3 1
1 2 ,8 8 4

1 0 ,4 3 1
8 ,2 8 5
1 2 ,3 1 6

1 9 ,4 5 4

1 9 5 3 .........................
1 9 5 4 .........................

2 4 ,4 1 5
2 5 ,8 0 6

1 9 5 5 .........................
1 9 5 6 .........................

2 3 ,3 9 1
2 2 ,6 4 5

1 9 4 9 .........................
1 9 5 0 .........................

12, 250

(in thousands of dollars)
O th er
N ew
n ew
d w e llin g
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2

1 ,2 6 2
1, 102

3 ,4 3 8

1 ,1 6 1

983

1 4 ,9 0 2

5 ,4 8 3
5 ,9 4 0

1 5 ,1 9 2
12, 206

5 ,9 3 3
6 ,0 9 8

1 ,6 5 5
3, 573
4 ,6 8 1
5 ,0 8 7

1 ,4 4 3
1 ,8 7 3
1 ,7 3 8
1 ,2 7 3

1 0 ,9 4 5

9 ,0 7 3

2 ,6 2 7

98 5

1 ,8 2 6

2 ,2 1 3
2 ,7 9 9
3 ,1 4 2

547
882
842
484

1 ,5 0 3

12, 8 7 9
18, 308

4 , 163

12, 288
8 ,9 1 7

5 ,4 0 9
3 ,0 1 3
3 ,8 8 5

1 0 ,1 7 2
1 1 ,6 1 7

8 , 359

1 9 5 1 .........................
1 9 5 2 .........................
1 9 5 3 .........................
1 9 5 4 .........................
1 9 5 5 .........................
1 9 5 6 .........................

2 0 ,1 5 9
1 4 ,3 8 2
8 ,8 2 2
20 , 350

7, 893

3 ,3 4 7
2 ,1 9 0

1 2 ,4 7 7

3 ,8 3 3
2 ,7 4 9
3 ,7 9 7

1 4 ,8 8 5
14, 568

1 ,4 9 3
1 ,8 6 9

1 9 5 1 .........................
1 9 5 2 .........................
1 9 5 3 .........................
1 9 5 4 .........................
1 9 5 5 .........................
1 9 5 6 .........................

2, 799
3 ,9 3 6
2 ,3 7 6

1 3 ,6 6 5
6 ,3 0 4

3 ,0 4 1
3 ,7 9 0

1 0 ,3 5 1
8 ,9 0 9

1 9 5 1 .........................
1 9 5 2 .........................

1 7 ,4 6 4
23, 393
1 1 ,3 4 8

3 6 ,0 4 9
4 4 ,0 0 5
4 0 ,5 7 7
34, 512

1 5 ,4 4 4
15, 2 1 2
1 3 ,3 7 6
1 7 ,1 3 7

2 4 ,7 1 5
2 2 , 341
1 2 ,4 0 5

4 ,2 4 5
6 ,3 9 7
4 ,0 7 8
4 ,8 6 0
4 ,9 7 0

4 6 ,0 1 2

1 8 ,0 2 6

22, 25 9

5 ,7 2 7

1 9 5 3 .........................
1 9 5 4 .........................
1 9 5 5 .........................
1 9 5 6 .........................

12, 312

365
538
177
226

3 ,2 3 1
3 ,8 5 0

1 9 ,9 5 9
9 ,1 6 0
2 8 ,0 8 4

8 ,1 5 5
3 ,2 9 1
5 ,6 1 2
7 ,7 2 2

3 6 ,8 6 4
4 4 ,0 9 8

1 9 5 1 .........................
1 9 5 2 .........................

3 3 ,5 9 6
4 2 , 528
4 5 ,9 7 1

14, 208

1 9 5 3 .........................
1 9 5 4 .........................
1 9 5 5 .........................
1 9 5 6 .........................

6 3 ,0 3 0
7 1 , 230
5 2 ,1 8 8

7 9 , 579
7 0 ,4 1 4
6 7 ,0 0 6

4 5 ,0 7 7

1 2 ,5 6 9

31 , 074
4 6 , 269

1 6 5 ,3 9 7

8 4 ,4 8 9
7 0 ,3 2 5

5 9 ,4 9 8

1 3 ,1 6 4
1 6 ,9 4 1
2 1 ,4 1 0

4 9 ,0 2 0
7 0 ,9 1 7

22 , 350
2 7 , 00 2

1 4 1 ,6 9 5
1 5 1 ,4 8 6

1 ,8 1 9
2 ,0 6 1

2 1 ,3 2 9
1 7 ,0 1 2

20 9
727

1 ,1 9 3

1 ,5 4 0

933
1 ,5 5 6

2 ,0 2 6

1 7 ,3 9 0

85
65
428
470

6 ,8 4 6
7 ,0 4 6
6 ,6 1 2
1 0 ,8 7 1
7 ,4 9 0
12, 4 9 3
1 0 ,5 5 4
1 0 ,0 0 4

3 ,8 4 7
6, 691
6 , 479
5 ,6 4 4
6 ,6 2 2
9, 679
1 2 ,7 8 3
1 0 ,9 4 2

2, 363
2 ,9 5 7
1 ,8 8 1
2 ,6 0 6
1 ,9 0 5
1 ,8 5 3
1 ,5 8 8
1 ,3 0 8

7 ,3 4 7
1 9 ,9 5 4
7 ,9 8 2

9 ,2 4 4
2 1 ,0 9 0

3 ,7 9 3
1 1 ,2 1 0

3 ,8 6 5
6 ,9 7 1

1 9 5 1 .........................
1 9 5 2 .........................

2 1 ,9 3 0
8 ,8 6 8
1 0 ,5 8 2

6 ,4 2 4

1 3 ,6 7 5
1 ,5 5 0

1 9 5 3 .........................
1 9 5 4 .........................
1 9 5 5 .........................
1 9 5 6 ......................... i1

1 9 ,1 6 2
1 1 ,4 2 2
9 ,1 5 6

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le .




4 ,8 4 3
4 ,3 5 2
6 ,1 2 8
6 ,4 0 0
4, 38 2

3 ,8 1 3
1 0 ,8 3 6
3 ,0 9 7
2 ,7 9 3

4 ,7 0 8
5, 546

9 , 823
8 ,1 6 8
6 ,9 1 9
7 , 387

4 , 305
3, 536

1 3 ,2 0 7
2 5 ,9 8 0
1 2 ,4 6 4

3 ,2 1 9

8 ,9 6 9

1 ,3 5 8
2 ,8 1 9
2, 337
2 ,0 9 3
1 ,8 9 9
2, 0 9 7
1 ,5 3 1
1 ,8 5 2

2 ,5 9 7
1 2 ,1 4 2

1 1 ,2 3 8

3 ,1 2 6
2, 562

6 ,6 0 0
12, 226
1 1 ,7 3 0
1 2 ,2 1 7

2 ,4 5 9
3 ,3 3 3
3 ,1 5 0
1 ,6 7 1

8 ,6 5 9
6 ,8 3 8
4 ,6 9 3

3 ,0 6 7

1 ,9 8 7

3, 585
4 ,1 2 5
4 , 278
5 ,9 4 2

2, 03 3
1 ,2 5 4

6 ,0 5 6

929
1 ,1 1 6
1 ,0 1 0

5 ,3 2 9
4 ,8 2 4

702

1 ,0 6 2

358
554
481

527

4 ,4 2 6
3, 282
3 ,2 2 1

945
1 ,0 5 4
1 ,8 4 3
1 ,6 6 6

6 ,9 3 5
3 ,9 2 5
8 , 573
7 ,0 4 4
4 ,9 5 5

1 ,8 2 3

379
28 9
312

1 ,9 7 9
3 ,1 9 7

204
270

433
1 ,7 9 0
440

3 ,6 7 0

1 ,0 8 0

6 ,2 9 9
2 ,9 1 7
6, 8 0 0

1 ,5 1 3
1 ,9 3 9
1 ,8 7 6

2 ,6 4 5
7, 320

1 ,4 9 6

384

1 ,5 7 3
2, 377
1 ,5 2 1

48 3
430

6 ,2 0 3
9 ,0 2 5

370

224

LONG BEACH, CALIF.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
194 9 ........................
1 9 5 0 .........................

7 , 540
7 ,3 7 7

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

1 6 ,1 0 5
1 3 ,6 7 5
9 ,8 5 6

2 3 , 549

5 ,8 2 2
1 1 ,9 0 9
7 ,9 9 7

KANSAS CITY, 1KANS.

1 ,7 6 1

1 7 ,6 9 7

5 ,3 5 6

53, 567

1 6 ,3 7 3
2 4 ,6 9 5
3 6 ,3 4 1

2, 361
2, 521

2 0 ,2 3 3
1 9 ,8 0 1

62 4
421

1 2 ,1 4 1
9 ,6 8 7

1 ,9 3 8
1 ,7 6 4
1 ,6 2 1

2 ,4 6 9
2 ,4 8 4
4 ,8 5 2
1 ,5 3 7

12, 491
2 0 ,8 6 1
3 3 ,1 1 8
3 8 ,6 4 6

2 ,7 5 5
2, 921

2 9 ,8 2 7
7 4 ,8 5 4

9 ,9 4 8
6, 346

1 ,0 2 2

24 , 393
18, 4 8 8

455
616

4 0 ,6 4 5
1 0 1 ,4 3 8

9 ,5 9 0

459
628

1 6 ,9 1 2

1 ,5 9 3
1 ,8 6 0

8 2 ,6 1 3
185, 9 7 9
1 3 7 ,2 2 5
1 1 4 ,6 5 2
1 3 0 ,2 1 6

2 2 ,4 8 0

1 ,6 4 0
1 ,7 4 0

2 3 , 732
17, 261

4 ,6 9 4

4 ,0 3 6

KANSAS CITY, MO.
1 9 4 9 .........................
1 9 5 0 .........................

723
37 0

4 ,2 9 6

2 1 ,7 0 1

2 ,5 1 3
2 ,9 6 1

3 ,1 3 9
4 ,1 4 0

3 ,0 6 5
1 ,4 1 2

1 3 ,9 1 8

3 ,0 3 3
3 ,5 5 6
1 ,3 5 0

2 ,9 9 7
4 ,9 3 2
7 ,4 6 7
78 2
561

688
1 ,5 1 0

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

3 6 ,4 0 3
4 3 ,6 7 7

7 ,1 5 0

5 ,8 1 5

HOUSTON, TEX.

4 0 ,6 5 4

9 ,6 3 3
5 ,2 5 2

6 ,3 5 8

1 1 ,2 5 3

JERSEY CITY, 1N. J.
1 9 4 9 .........................
1 9 5 0 .........................

2 ,3 5 8
4 ,1 3 4
3 ,8 1 4
4 ,4 9 2
4 ,1 4 8

INDIANAPOLIS, ND.
1 9 4 9 .........................
1 9 5 0 .........................

d w e llin g
u n its

5 ,6 0 9
5 ,8 0 7

HARTFORD, CONN.
5, 328
1 0 ,2 4 3

o f n ew

a lt e r a tio n s ,
and r e p a ir s

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

2 ,5 9 4
5 ,5 9 8

4, 70 9
7 ,1 1 7

Num ber

A d d it io n s ,

1 ,5 8 6
2 ,9 0 9
1 ,8 3 1
2 ,4 7 5
2 ,4 1 7
2 ,1 9 8
1 ,9 2 5
1 ,9 8 1

633
1 ,5 2 9
83 2
482
419
576
552
327

3 8 ,7 6 2
3 8 , 579
3 7 ,7 3 7
4 2 ,9 0 7
4 8 ,8 7 2
3 8 ,6 2 7
5 1 ,1 3 1
5 4 ,2 7 3

1 3 ,1 9 8
1 1 ,9 0 9
1 1 ,7 1 0

1 7 ,8 2 1
1 8 ,7 0 8

7 ,7 4 3
7 ,9 6 2

2 ,5 4 2
1 ,8 1 0

1 8 ,4 7 4

1 9 ,2 9 8
21, 484

1 4 ,9 1 3
1 7 ,3 0 4
9 , 320

7, 553
8, 69 6
1 0 ,0 8 4

1 ,4 3 3
2 ,6 4 1
3 ,0 6 1
2 ,4 8 7

19, 8 5 8
1 6 ,0 1 1
1 2 ,2 1 1

2 3 ,6 7 8
2 9 ,8 5 0

9 ,4 4 9
1 1 ,4 4 2
1 2 ,2 1 2

2 ,3 5 3
1 ,8 5 4

88

Table B-14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56—Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ea r

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(inthousands of dollars)
N ew

V a lu a tio n

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,
d w e llin g
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s
O ther
n ew

Num ber
o f new
d w e llin g
u n its

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(in thousands of dollars)
N ew

A d d it io n s ,
d w e llin g
a lt e r a tio n s ,
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................
1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 7 4 ,6 3 8
2 2 4 ,1 7 6
1 6 0 ,2 9 4

7 2 ,3 2 9
1 1 3 ,1 1 2
7 6 ,3 8 5

3 8 ,0 4 5

18, 62 7

3 7 1 , 272

2 3 0 ,1 5 6
2 4 2 ,5 3 1
2 4 6 ,7 2 1

4 6 ,4 2 5
5 2 ,7 3 7

2 8 ,0 7 0

4 2 3 ,6 1 7

9 4 ,6 9 1
1 2 8 ,3 4 9
1 0 7 ,5 1 8

2 3 4 ,8 7 8

1 3 6 ,2 2 5

6 4 , 574

1 4 3 ,2 6 3

7 4 ,7 4 3

4 8 4 ,7 4 7

2 6 6 ,7 4 1

3 5 ,3 3 4
7 0 ,0 0 5

55, 722

2 6 ,1 0 1
3 0 , 798

2 9 ,4 3 9
28 , 148
2 4 ,1 9 4
2 6 ,8 8 8

2 2 ,3 4 9
2 3 ,1 7 9
3 2 , 539
1 6 ,5 4 1

6 ,3 4 1
1 3 ,3 3 7

18, 490

6 , 771

2 7 ,6 7 2
32 , 971

9 ,9 3 9
1 7 ,2 4 7
1 2 ,1 4 6

3 3 ,3 8 6

5 ,3 0 6

2 ,9 6 7

2 ,0 0 8

75 4

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

5 ,6 1 7
1 ,4 0 1

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

1 ,6 0 2
3 ,7 5 0
5 ,6 6 8
4 ,6 7 2

2 ,7 2 5
526
70 0

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

885
4 ,8 7 0
2 ,2 5 3

480

1 ,8 5 9
785

469
382

2 ,5 1 0
506
516
2, 3 4 7
316

369
386
518
482

1 ,5 6 8

851

391
136

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

4 3 ,6 2 7
4 7 ,0 3 7

23 , 594
2 4 ,9 8 1

387

1 8 ,7 3 7

1 1 ,2 2 5

4 ,9 6 4

4 ,2 1 8

3 0 ,9 9 3

1 5 ,1 5 5

9 ,1 2 1

6 ,6 8 2

2 0 ,3 4 5
2 4 ,2 6 2
2 0 ,4 5 4

8 ,3 0 7
17, 3 5 6
1 7 ,4 9 8

8 , 506
7 ,9 0 2
8 ,0 5 2

4 ,0 9 7

11, 373
1 2 ,8 2 6
1 8 ,9 7 6

8, 398
10, 545
1 3 ,6 2 0

4 ,2 0 9
3 ,1 2 8
1 ,9 2 0

9 ,6 7 4
9 ,5 1 2
10, 20 4

3 , 4 }7
6 , 322
3 ,8 8 7

1 1 ,1 3 2

3 ,6 7 5
4 ,3 6 8
5 ,2 4 6
3 ,9 8 2

4 9 ,5 2 0
4 6 ,0 0 4

2 0 ,7 5 0
2 4 ,7 1 4

7 9 ,0 9 1
6 8 ,7 4 0

3 9 ,3 1 3
38 , 7 5 8

2 9 , 574
1 8 ,8 5 0

8 0 ,5 4 3
1 0 4 ,2 1 8

4 3 ,3 8 8
5 3 ,6 1 0

2 6 ,7 7 0

8 8 ,4 9 4

4 1 ,0 6 8

1 0 3 ,1 2 7

5 1 ,0 5 1

2, 911

8 ,8 4 9

3 ,8 5 5

20 , 342
2 0 ,0 3 2

1 3 ,3 5 6
1 7 ,8 6 0

4 6 ,4 3 3

1 7 ,1 3 2

1 8 ,4 2 6

8 ,8 6 2
1 0 ,8 7 5

3 ,4 8 5
2, 584

4 9 ,7 7 1

1 7 ,6 3 7

2 0 ,7 5 8

11, 376

2 ,6 6 8

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

45, 066
35 , 362

1 2 ,7 9 0

16, 4 9 9
14, 65 0
2 3 ,7 8 1
1 7 ,7 0 1

1 0 ,1 4 9

3 ,0 2 5

1 9 ,1 3 5
1 1 ,7 0 6

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

9 ,6 1 4
1 3 ,2 0 0
9 , 74 8
1 1 ,4 9 2
1 0 ,3 4 3
2 0 ,5 0 5
1 5 ,8 5 7
12, 582

6 ,7 7 3
1 0 ,2 8 2
7 ,0 3 5
8 ,9 6 7
5 ,9 6 0

1 ,9 2 9
1 ,4 4 2
1 ,7 9 0
1 ,1 0 1

5 ,9 7 9
7 , 505
7 ,9 7 4
8 ,5 7 5
6 , 693
6 ,9 8 3
8 ,3 3 5
7 ,5 1 2

1 9 5 1 ..:.......................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

2 ,4 7 7

8 ,9 4 7

1 ,1 8 2

85 2

1 2 ,9 3 2

5 ,2 1 1

6, 468

1 ,2 5 3

1 ,7 4 3

1 ,6 7 9
1 ,2 4 6

2, 375
7 ,3 7 6
2 ,4 0 8
6 ,3 7 7

3 ,6 2 8
2 ,0 2 8

1 ,2 9 3
1 ,5 9 7

1 ,2 2 9
1 ,2 8 3
1 ,0 3 1
913

7 , 296
1 1 ,0 0 1
6 , 528
13, 703
1 4 ,7 2 5
1 7 ,0 7 0

2 ,5 6 9
4 ,9 5 1
5 ,0 1 5
5 ,0 7 0

1 ,5 5 1
2 ,3 7 5
2 ,8 8 5
3 ,2 5 2

639
1 ,1 1 2
544
1 ,0 4 6

1955 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

2 ,1 9 0

18, 774

923
1 ,4 2 4
1 ,2 8 0

2 ,2 9 3
1 ,0 6 1
1 ,3 4 0
930

1 6 ,3 9 1
4 2 ,7 9 3
1 8 ,2 6 7
1 2 ,4 8 8
8 , 993
2 1 ,4 8 8

3 ,1 0 3
3 ,6 3 0

1 ,6 1 8

2 ,5 3 6

11, 751

2 ,6 5 0

1 ,4 5 6

3 ,2 1 4

1 ,4 8 5

1 ,7 9 0
1 ,0 4 1

2 ,6 1 0

2, 286

1 5 ,3 5 0
8, 879

5 ,9 2 9
3 ,6 3 7

849
293
2 ,7 0 0

4 0 ,0 5 5

2 3 ,0 6 5
570

1 1 ,3 1 1
1 1 ,4 5 7

5 ,6 7 9
4 ,0 1 2

2 ,8 0 9
77

8 ,4 4 6

2 ,8 7 3
3 ,4 9 7
6 ,3 9 5

1 ,6 2 2

S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le .




78 1

9 ,2 6 9
1 7 ,8 0 4

1 ,1 2 9
1 ,3 3 4

2 5 ,6 2 3

2 ,7 5 9
3 ,8 9 2

1 3 ,8 6 9
8 , 255

2 ,1 4 6
4 ,2 4 4

1 4 ,3 9 3
1 0 ,1 1 1
2 ,3 0 0

2 5 ,2 5 1
5 ,0 4 8

3 ,1 4 9
3 ,1 0 8
3 ,3 5 2

1 ,4 8 0

5 ,0 7 9
1 4 ,9 7 8

2, 3 5 9
638

6 ,8 3 6

1 9 ,1 5 9

2 , 434
4 ,1 5 1
5 ,8 2 6

688
1 ,0 2 4
2 ,0 1 7
1 ,5 1 4
408
38 5
537
157

NEW BEDFORD. MASS.

4 ,7 4 5
2 ,2 2 0
22 , 26 7

1 5 ,4 4 9
678

6 ,8 2 5
8 ,7 4 8

NASHVILLE, TENN.
912
1 ,4 7 6

9 ,6 4 1
2 3 ,4 9 9
3 4 ,7 8 3
1 6 ,0 3 9
2 6 ,7 6 8
1 3 ,4 4 4
2 4 ,9 8 0

4 ,7 0 1

1 2 ,6 0 6

NEWARK, N. J.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

4 0 ,5 1 3
3 7 ,3 5 8
4 1 ,3 3 2

1 0 ,3 8 5
1 0 ,0 9 5
1 0 ,0 6 8
1 0 ,7 4 4

2 ,4 7 7
2 ,9 0 0

1 5 ,2 5 7
7 ,8 8 3

5 ,1 5 1
3 ,8 2 8

MOBILE, ALA.

MONTGOMERY, ALA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

1 ,3 1 9

5 3 ,1 3 4

7 ,6 4 9
8 ,0 0 7

5 ,8 0 9

10, 346

1 3 ,6 2 9
15, 261
12, 9 5 0

1 ,9 9 8

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

1 1 ,7 5 8

2 0 ,1 7 2
1 0 ,4 9 2

1 9 ,2 4 2

2 7 ,7 3 0

18, 951

1 7 ,4 9 6
1 3 ,6 6 1

1 ,3 3 9
1 ,9 1 8

5 8 ,1 5 4
8 7 ,3 6 0

1 7 ,6 6 0

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

1 ,7 8 6
1 ,7 9 0

4 ,9 0 0
4, 664

5 ,6 8 1

1 2 ,0 8 1

1 ,2 2 9
994

2 5 ,2 6 4

1 4 ,3 5 2
16, 247

2 1 ,1 5 1
2 6 , 282

2 ,1 2 2

4 5 ,0 3 5
4 2 ,5 0 6
4 4 ,3 0 2

3 6 ,9 4 6

3 9 ,9 2 0

9 , 597
15, 9 4 7
1 3 ,9 3 4

99
116
156
577
310

3 7 , 425
4 2 , 547
4 6 , 754

4 5 ,8 6 8
4 5 ,6 4 2
3 2 ,7 2 8
3 6 ,8 2 1
3 6 ,8 9 4

2 ,1 7 4

5 5 ,2 6 9
3 7 ,1 5 8

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

7 ,0 5 5

1 ,3 7 3
2 ,3 1 0

3 4 ,9 2 6

MIAMI, FLA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

1 4 ,3 8 5
7 ,1 5 2

943
971
1 ,3 0 2
2 ,3 3 4

1 5 ,0 6 5
8 ,8 7 1
1 6 ,8 5 2

MEMPHIS, TENN.

LOWELL, MASS.5
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

LOUISVILLE, KY.

2 8 2 , 301
4 0 7 ,2 9 3
2 7 4 ,7 2 4

4 0 9 ,9 6 1
4 3 5 ,6 7 7

N um ber

O ther
n ew

85
97

2 ,3 6 7
2 ,4 9 7
4 ,1 0 2

903
686
2 ,3 1 4

678
1 ,0 3 4
532

2 ,0 0 2

937

585

480

168

4 ,1 1 9
4 ,7 2 7

3 ,0 7 6

285

758

793
2 ,8 4 6
2 ,0 6 7

3 ,3 3 9
462

595
617

2 ,5 1 4

76 4

389
133
395
277

3 ,9 4 8
4 ,2 1 7
6 ,9 4 8

3 ,9 2 5
5 ,3 4 5

336
387
534

89

Table B-14: Valuation, bv Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56— Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ea r

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

(in thousands of dollars)
N ew

O ther

d w e llin g
u n its 1

A d d it io n s ,

new
a lte r a tio n s ,
b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

Num ber
o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

V a lu a tio n
A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

NEW HAVEN, CONN.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................
1951............................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

7, 559

1 ,7 6 4

3 ,6 7 7

1 4 ,0 5 1
1 3 ,8 2 1

7 ,0 6 9
4 ,5 7 0

4 ,7 7 2

8 ,6 9 1
1 4 ,0 9 7

1 ,5 3 3

2 8 ,3 4 4

1 ,0 9 3

7 7 ,5 4 7

43, 628

46 9
164
528
23 7
211

7 7 ,6 7 7
8 2 , 734
9 2 ,8 8 3
56 , 528

4 3 , 895
3 1 ,1 2 4
4 6 , 597
27 , 508

215

9 8 ,5 6 9
8 6 ,0 9 7

39, 519
3 4 ,5 2 5

4 3 ,3 6 6
3 9 ,6 0 4

4 4 ,1 6 8
3 9 ,4 0 8

9 2 ,1 4 7
4 5 ,7 3 0

7 7 , 534
2 7 ,8 5 6

4 3 ,8 3 4
3 5 ,8 7 6

2 4 ,7 8 7
2 2 , 536
2 2 ,1 9 6

7 1 ,1 7 5
8 4 ,2 4 3
6 2 ,1 0 6
4 8 ,2 3 6

5 5 ,6 6 3
4 6 ,3 9 5
3 7 ,4 4 0
2 6 ,1 7 0

4 0 ,1 2 1 .
6 4 , 598

2 9 ,0 0 5
36, 589

1 ,8 5 4

1 2 ,4 9 5
1 0 ,8 3 2

7 ,9 1 4
6, 587

2, 451
2 ,6 7 8
2 ,1 4 2

9 ,6 4 6

2 ,0 4 5

5 ,2 1 4

2 ,3 8 7

1 3 3 ,4 1 9
105 , 3 2 0
1 2 2 ,7 5 0

1 8 1 ,8 0 2

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

3 5 5 ,8 7 6
3 6 6 ,9 6 5
4 8 4 ,8 7 6

1 8 6 ,8 9 3
2 3 5 ,4 5 4

1 3 8 ,1 9 8
1 3 0 ,1 9 4
2 0 0 ,6 6 6

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

4 5 5 ,7 4 3
5 1 0 ,0 8 8

2 4 9 ,7 2 2
2 0 8 ,3 3 6

1 6 9 ,9 1 6
2 6 4 ,3 8 8

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

117, 080

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................
1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

Brooklyn—new
1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

4 5 ,7 7 6

9 3 ,1 7 3
4 9 ,9 4 0
2 1 ,9 2 0

7 8 ,3 5 9
9 0 ,6 0 8

4 5 ,3 7 3
5 5 ,4 5 7

1 1 1 ,6 0 4
1 0 0 ,1 8 6

6 3 ,2 6 6

7 1 ,8 1 1

7 3 ,8 3 3

4 9 ,8 7 8
4 8 , 756
3 6 ,1 0 5
3 7 ,3 6 4

13, 595
2 4 ,2 2 6
2 8 ,6 7 9
3 8 ,3 1 7
2 7 ,1 0 4
2 7 , 780

6 5 ,6 2 3
4 0 ,9 9 5

2 7 ,0 4 5
3 0 ,2 6 4
2 4 ,5 2 8

8," 3 37 *'
5 ,6 9 0
10, 261
8 , 760
6, 472

1 1 ,8 3 5
6, 566
2 ,5 0 7

177 , 374
117 , 08 0
1 2 0 ,0 3 4

6 8 ,2 6 2

1 5 ,7 6 3
2 5 ,2 4 5

1 0 ,0 2 1

7 ,4 4 7

6 3 ,1 3 5
1 0 5 ,1 4 6
1 9 7 ,6 1 7

7 ,4 5 9
5 ,0 5 8

7 ,7 7 6
5 ,0 9 6

2 0 2 ,9 6 5
2 5 4 ,4 6 4

5 ,4 3 3
6 ,4 3 6

3 8 , 771
2 7 , 23 9

6 5 ,0 6 6
8 7 ,3 2 3
6 3 ,8 5 4

Queens—HEWYORK CITY
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

1 3 3 ,3 5 3
194, 562

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

1 2 0 ,4 1 7
1 1 8 ,6 6 2

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

102, 71 7
1 2 2 ,4 9 1
1 0 6 ,4 1 2

1 0 5 ,4 3 5
1 6 8 ,7 8 3
8 6 ,8 3 0

2 3 ,6 2 9
2 0 ,4 0 7
2 8 ,5 3 6
4 8 , 557

6 5 ,5 1 6
6 3 ,8 0 8
7 8 ,0 3 8

1 0 8 ,7 3 8

6 3 ,6 8 7
6 2 , 347

1 2 ,2 3 4

7 ,0 5 7

2 0 ,0 1 2
29 , 440
3 1 ,8 0 7
2 4 ,0 1 1
1 3 ,2 8 6
16, 587
2 6 ,4 8 2

1 3 ,4 2 9
15, 371
2 0 , 352
9 ,6 0 0
4 ,2 2 2

1 6 ,6 8 8

5 ,0 8 9
2 3 ,7 9 2

2 7 ,9 5 2
3 6 ,6 1 6
4 0 ,0 6 0
4 1 ,7 8 5

1 5 ,1 0 4
2 4 ,3 3 6

1 1 ,3 8 8
4 ,5 7 4

5 ,0 5 1

1 2 ,6 8 0
8 ,9 6 1

2 ,6 3 2
1 1 ,4 7 7

8 ,2 7 0

6 ,3 8 8
4 ,9 2 8

2 ,6 6 5
4 ,6 0 6

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

5 ,6 1 3
7 ,3 3 4

3 ,6 4 3
4 ,4 2 7
7, 2 7 8
7 ,8 7 5
1 0 ,2 7 6
6 ,5 4 6
6 ,7 8 7
1 4 ,6 6 6

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

5 0 ,6 4 6
2 5 ,3 1 0
2 3 ,6 4 7

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

4 1 ,1 2 3
4 5 ,9 0 4

1 9 5 5 ............................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

4 2 ,7 0 9
4 7 ,6 7 6

S ee fo o t n o t e s at end o f ta b le t




1 5 ,4 3 4
13, 322
1 5 ,1 2 0
2 7 ,7 8 5
2 6 , 457
17, 598

9 ,6 1 9
2 4 ,0 4 2
7, 346
7 ,7 3 4
2 2 ,7 6 4
14, 430
1 2 ,3 2 1
2 5 ,8 0 8

1 2 ,6 8 3

4 ,7 9 3
3 ,5 1 0

3 0 , 552
1 6 ,2 7 4

1 5 ,0 9 3
1 5 ,7 3 4
1 2 ,7 4 6

4 1 ,2 0 2

1 7 ,8 4 8

3 9 ,6 8 9

1 1 ,8 8 3

7 ,3 6 5
3 ,6 8 2

1 1 ,4 0 8

4 ,1 0 4

3 2 ,4 4 0

5 ,4 0 8

1 8 ,7 5 3
1 7 ,2 6 1
8 ,4 6 0

5 ,9 1 3
4 ,8 0 5
2, 65 6
2, 787

2 5 , 222

8 6 , 20 9
5 4 ,2 1 8
6 9 ,0 3 0
3 1 ,3 3 2

4 ,9 1 6
2 ,1 3 8
2 ,9 2 6
2 ,1 0 1

c it y

7, 2 4 8
1 4 ,1 9 2

9 ,5 1 3
3 ,6 8 9
6 , 599
5 ,2 3 7
4 ,2 3 2
3 ,1 1 0
3 ,3 8 6
4 ,0 9 2

c it y

2 2 , 903
2 4 ,0 9 1
2 3 , 765
1 6 ,0 4 0

6 ,6 1 9
4 ,3 8 9
2 ,8 1 8
1 ,9 3 4

5 4 ,1 6 2

2 5 , 73 9

2 ,6 5 1

1 0 7 ,2 4 2

25, 309
2 2 , 82 7

6 , 565

9 2 ,8 1 5
1 6 6 ,3 6 0

9, 589
7 ,9 8 8
7 ,3 6 5

6 ,0 5 9
8 ,4 5 5

76 3
32 2

8 ,7 5 5

1 ,6 4 3
64 8
1 ,2 3 0

4 ,9 4 3
2 ,9 1 4
4 ,0 8 4
4 , 551

24, 250

1 0 ,6 5 1
7 ,4 8 1

181

472
769
653

1 ,4 7 7

1 ,0 7 9
79 7
784
49 8

3 ,2 4 1

66 3

1 ,0 9 7
428
183
971
607
334
463
494

6AKLAND, CALIF.
1 ,5 3 4
2 ,1 5 6
6 ,7 9 1
3 ,5 8 0
4 ,1 3 5
2 ,5 1 8
4 ,1 8 7
4 ,4 8 2

1 ,5 0 9
2 ,1 3 2
2 ,1 5 3
2 ,9 2 0
1 ,3 5 6
578
739
896

3 0 ,5 9 6
3 1 ,2 2 7
3 1 ,9 4 6
2 7 ,5 6 4
2 6 ,4 0 0
2 3 ,6 4 7
3 1 ,4 4 7
4 1 ,4 2 2

1 1 ,3 2 2
1 3 ,3 3 0
1 2 ,1 8 8
1 1 ,0 0 1
1 0 ,5 6 1
1 0 ,3 4 1
14, 360
1 5 ,3 0 8

1 3 ,9 7 1
2 8 ,0 1 4

6 ,6 3 6
1 7 ,1 6 0

1 ,9 8 0
2 ,8 1 2
2 , 530
2, 591

15, 2 9 8
2 1 ,1 1 1

7 ,5 5 1
1 0 ,5 8 8

3 ,2 3 9

1 6 ,0 4 7

6 ,6 2 6
1 1 ,0 7 2

3 ,6 8 9
3 ,9 3 1
4, 270

12, 591
1 1 ,4 8 3
1 1 ,5 7 2
9 , 530
8 , 567
6 ,8 2 1
1 0 ,3 0 5
1 8 ,5 6 9

6 ,6 8 3
6 ,4 1 4
8 ,1 8 6

1 ,3 3 9
1 ,4 9 1
1 ,3 0 1

7 ,0 3 3
7 ,2 7 2
6 , 485
6 ,7 8 2

1 ,2 4 1
1 ,1 4 9
1 ,2 2 0

7 ,5 4 5

1 ,4 6 8
1 ,6 7 1

OMAHA, NEBR.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ........................

5 ,0 9 1

2 1 ,0 9 9
3 6 ,5 1 7

1 0 ,1 5 3
3 ,4 8 3
1 ,7 9 8

NORFOLK, VA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................
1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

8 ,1 3 1

Richmond- NEW YORK CITY

4 ,2 8 9
5 ,3 7 2
4 ,5 8 9
1 0 ,9 5 7
7, 837

4 ,2 4 8

8 ,0 5 9

Manhattan—
n ew y o r k

YORK c it y

1 5 ,5 7 0
1 6 ,1 8 1

Num ber
o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

1 9 ,6 3 3
2 5 ,7 8 8

Bronx- new y o r k

NEW YORK, N. Y. (ALL BOROUGHS)
3 5 4 ,5 5 7
2 8 8 ,8 3 3
1 9 3 ,4 5 0

A d d it io n s ,

a lt e r a tio n s ,
d w e llin g
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

5 6 ,0 3 6

5 ,0 9 9
1 ,9 0 3
2 ,1 0 3

5 3 1 ,3 4 2
4 3 3 ,7 5 7
3 6 0 ,0 3 4

O ther
new

247

1 ,7 7 6

6 ,5 4 7

N ew

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
2 , 118
2 ,2 1 0

7 ,4 7 5
5 ,3 0 4

(in thousands of dollars)

1 ,0 2 5
4 ,1 2 0
2 ,4 0 1
2 ,1 3 1
2 ,1 4 1
3 ,4 7 5
2 ,7 7 9
1 ,5 5 3

2 5 , 554
2 7 ,7 3 8
38, 776

5 ,1 5 5
8 , 588
5 ,3 1 0

2 ,1 8 0

1 ,3 0 7

2 ,2 6 6
2 ,4 3 7

2 , 533
1 ,0 6 8

8 ,4 3 2

2 ,0 9 1
2 ,8 2 4

1 ,4 6 7

2 ,6 4 4
2 , 580
4 ,6 2 0

1 ,4 8 9
1 ,6 1 0
2 ,0 2 0

1 2 ,0 6 6

6 ,5 9 7
1 1 ,8 3 8
1 3 ,0 9 2

1 7 ,0 9 5

1 7 ,0 6 1

915

90

Table B-14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56—Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ear

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(in thousands of dollars)
N ew

O ther

new
d w e llin g
u n it s 1
b u ild in g 2

A d d it io n s ,

Num ber
o f new

a lt e r a tio n s , d w e llin g
and r e p a ir s
u n its

V a lu a tio n
A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(inthousands of dollars)
N ew
d w e llin g
u n it s 1

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

8 ,6 0 0

5 ,9 7 0

2 ,0 7 6

1 ,1 0 0

4 ,2 5 8

1 ,3 2 2

1 ,5 2 5

1 ,4 1 1

2 0 ,5 9 0
2 2 ,6 2 7

1 4 ,1 7 7

4 ,0 9 4

1 ,4 9 7

1 5 ,6 8 3
6 ,8 0 5
8 ,7 1 7

4 ,6 8 9
5 ,3 0 3
4 ,2 1 5
6 ,0 5 4
8 ,3 3 8

2 ,3 1 9
2 ,2 5 5
2 ,2 4 7

1 ,4 5 1
750

7, 34 0
10, 01 0

3 ,7 8 8
6, 61 8

2 ,4 0 9
2 ,1 2 2

1 ,0 2 9
1 ,0 7 7

5, 831
4 ,8 1 0

1 ,9 6 3
1 ,3 1 2

2 ,2 8 3
1 ,8 8 4
2 ,1 6 2
1 ,5 7 0

1 ,2 6 9
1 ,5 0 8
1 ,7 0 6
1 ,9 2 8

1 ,3 5 6

697
603

1 ,7 4 8
2 ,6 4 6

1 ,3 8 6
1 ,9 0 4

2 ,1 3 7
2 ,1 0 7

4 ,4 4 4

8 , 863
5 ,2 4 1
6 ,4 1 2

5 ,3 7 0

2 ,7 5 6

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 8 ,2 8 4
2 1 ,1 2 4

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

6 ,1 0 3
1 1 ,1 2 2

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

12, 733
5, 542
1 1 ,4 3 6

8 , 834
7 ,1 9 0
7 ,0 6 7

9 ,6 1 3

6 ,8 6 5
1 3 ,2 5 6
11, 5 6 7

1 ,9 0 9
4 ,4 8 4
6 ,0 9 4
2 ,0 9 9
4 , 38 7
2 ,3 5 9
3 ,1 7 5
2 ,4 2 3

2 ,4 0 1
4 ,4 1 9
3 ,4 1 6
1 ,8 5 6
5 ,4 6 2
2 ,7 4 2
8 ,1 3 9
5 ,8 0 8

1 ,7 9 3
2 ,2 1 9
3 ,2 2 3
1 ,5 8 7
1 ,5 8 7
1 ,7 6 4
1 ,9 4 2
3 ,3 3 6

255
597
670
190
498
181
205
145

8 8 , 126
157 , 332
1 1 1 ,7 2 5
119 , 0 5 7
130 , 750
1 3 1 ,6 7 7
1 4 0 ,0 9 6
1 1 9 ,4 7 9

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ............................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 2 ,0 7 1

2 ,7 5 8

7, 78 0

1 5 ,4 0 0
2 1 ,4 2 4
14, 604

7 , 466
8 ,4 4 8

5 ,7 2 4

1 7 ,4 5 4
1 8 ,1 5 7
2 2 ,1 9 7
3 5 ,3 7 6

1 1 ,0 1 5
7 , 701

1 ,5 3 3
2 ,2 1 0
1 ,9 6 1

467

4 3 ,0 3 4

1 ,1 6 9
1 ,3 0 6

1 0 5 ,3 3 5
4 8 ,3 3 2
2 9 ,5 0 1
3 4 ,4 5 3
5 6 ,0 0 7

7 ,2 8 9

7 , 222

2 ,9 4 3

838
1 ,2 4 7

6 ,5 4 5
6 ,6 7 0
1 1 ,3 5 0

9 ,1 7 3
1 2 ,5 0 4
2 0 ,4 7 2

2 ,4 3 9
3 ,0 2 3
3 ,5 5 4

1 ,0 1 5
1 ,1 0 3
1 ,4 0 6

4 ,3 5 4

2 ,5 4 9

33 , 582

39 , 902

PORTLAND, OREG.
1 9 4 9 ............................
1 9 5 0 ............................
1 9 5 1 ............................
1 9 5 2 ............................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ............................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

4 7 ,6 5 6
6 3 ,3 2 5
3 7 ,7 8 7
4 9 ,6 4 3
5 1 ,8 8 0
5 1 ,6 7 6
4 7 ,6 4 6
4 5 ,1 1 9

2 3 ,7 7 8
3 4 , 782

1 4 ,9 0 5
1 8 ,6 8 0

17 , 7 9 9

1 1 ,5 0 3
1 9 ,5 0 7
1 8 ,3 4 3
17, 665
2 0 ,1 5 9
2 1 ,5 0 2

1 9 ,1 0 4
2 2 ,3 7 5
2 2 , 945
1 6 ,3 2 3
1 3 ,1 8 1

4 4 ,6 2 6
8 8 ,9 7 0
5 7 ,5 4 1
6 2 , 944

2 7 , 684
4 5 ,5 4 8

5 7 ,6 9 0
4 0 ,1 5 7

4 7 ,1 7 0

50 , 505
4 4 ,4 0 2

1 1 ,9 7 9
2 2 ,8 1 2
25, 690
10, 7 0 6
1 1 ,7 3 0
14 , 710
14, 3 7 7
1 4 ,1 9 7

3 ,2 5 3
4 ,7 6 6

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

4 ,2 8 5
8 , 501
6, 911

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ............................

5 ,0 3 8
8 ,0 1 1
7 ,5 1 1

1 ,4 5 7
626
768
5 ,4 5 3
964
875
2 ,0 1 7
1 ,2 6 4

8 ,9 7 3
9 ,8 6 3
8 ,4 8 5
1 1 ,0 3 2
1 1 ,1 6 2
1 1 ,0 6 6
1 1 ,1 6 4
1 0 ,4 3 6

2 ,9 7 6
3 ,8 2 4
1 ,7 2 1

1 9 ,5 1 3
1 6 ,4 0 6

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

2 1 ,1 5 3
1 6 ,9 7 4
2 2 ,5 2 1
1 7 ,1 0 6
2 0 ,0 5 7

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ............................

1 5 ,2 6 4

S ee f o o t n o t e s at en d o f ta b le .




1 ,8 6 2

224
312

1 5 ,8 1 6
2 2 ,8 1 4
2 4 ,9 0 0
2 1 ,7 3 2

6 ,5 5 5
1 2 ,4 8 4
7 , 362
7 , 094

6 3 ,6 8 6
6 0 ,6 2 8
5 0 ,2 8 0

2 5 ,8 9 0
2 7 , 83 4

6 , 922

2 8 ,9 6 3
24, 797

5 ,8 2 9
4 ,8 1 0

5 ,0 0 0

2 4 ,4 4 2

6 , 613

1 ,8 4 2

7 5 , 02 0
1 5 ,3 1 6

7 ,5 0 3
7, 326

3 ,3 2 0

1 2 ,7 7 6

6 ,0 1 9
7 ,2 8 9

2 ,8 1 3
1 ,1 5 0
1 ,3 5 2

7 ,5 4 9
6 ,2 5 8
6 ,9 3 6

1 ,5 8 9
1 ,5 9 3
1 ,5 8 8

3 ,2 3 6

267

3 ,7 1 9
3 ,4 9 7

775
1 ,2 7 5
32 2

1 4 ,5 6 3
1 2 ,1 9 4
3 5 ,3 7 2
1 8 , 76 9

1 ,8 8 0
2 ,1 8 0
2 ,1 7 9
1 ,3 7 1
99 6

1 ,9 1 7
5 ,7 6 2

5 ,0 6 9
8, 297

1 9 ,0 7 1
8, 225
1 0 ,9 0 1

1 3 ,1 6 7
2 ,8 7 7
2 ,0 4 6

2 ,4 0 7

3 ,3 0 5
4 ,4 8 3
1 3 ,2 5 4

1 ,8 5 3
2 ,2 6 7

4 ,1 3 3
7, 805
874
1 ,6 8 1

1 ,9 1 3

1 0 ,6 5 3

1 ,2 1 5
1 ,0 5 0
578
535
688

230
195
237
190

RICHMOND, VA.
377

18, 074
3 2 ,9 4 9
3 1 ,3 3 3
2 1 ,4 8 8

4 ,2 0 7

79
80
600
71
47
171

3 ,4 2 9

88

507
1 ,6 7 0
1 ,6 7 6
367
2 ,6 1 2
1 ,1 0 6

1 ,2 8 9
2 ,4 7 0
1 ,8 4 1
2 ,6 8 1
3 ,3 3 5
3 ,0 5 7

1 ,7 8 7
2 ,8 1 8

2 0 ,1 9 1
3 2 ,9 5 4
2 4 ,1 5 0
28, 988

6 ,5 4 6
1 0 ,5 7 8
16, 572
6, 825
6, 9 3 9
6 , 253
5 ,1 6 6
7 ,3 7 1

8 , 503
1 5 ,6 6 2
10, 952
1 0 ,3 7 8
9 ,0 4 9
2 1 ,5 9 7
1 4 ,4 6 6
1 6 ,3 6 7

3 ,0 2 5
6 ,7 0 9

890
1 ,3 3 6

3 ,8 0 9
4 ,2 8 5
4 ,2 0 3
5 ,1 0 4
4 ,5 1 8
5 ,2 5 0

1 ,7 2 3
677
650
73 7
480
769

SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

5 ,9 2 7

1 0 ,1 6 8

3 ,2 1 8

6 ,7 3 9
9 ,5 0 1
5 ,6 7 1

6 ,2 1 9
8 , 321
7 ,7 3 6

3 ,4 4 8

3 ,5 0 9

1 6 ,0 5 8
1 0 ,3 0 6
1 3 ,1 7 8
8 ,3 6 6

3 ,0 2 3
3 ,4 3 7
2 ,6 0 2

2 9 ,2 8 4
3 4 ,3 8 1

1 0 ,2 2 2
17, 778

ROCHESTER, N. Y.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

27 9
163
650

PROVIDENCE, 1
R. 1.

READING, PA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

194
472
726

PA.
PITTSBURGH, 1

PHOENIX, ARIZ.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

d w e llin g
u n its

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

PEORIA, ILL.

1 9 5 5 ............................
1 9 5 6 ............................

and r e p a ir s

1 6 ,6 4 6

1 4 ,3 5 5
1 5 ,3 4 1
1 7 ,0 1 0

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

a lt e r a t io n s ,

b u ild in g 2

N um ber
o f new

PATERSON, N. J.

PASADENA. CAL,.IF.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

A d d it io n s ,

O th er
new

3, 331
3, 5 6 7
2 ,9 5 4
3 ,7 7 7
3 ,4 4 2
4 ,2 9 6

1 ,0 8 3
1 ,0 4 0
1 ,0 5 8
668
403
359
378
385

18, 814

6 ,6 7 5

9 ,6 8 4

3 0 ,5 2 4
1 4 ,1 7 7
1 2 ,9 0 8

1 6 ,0 7 9
6 ,2 8 0

1 2 ,9 9 5
5 ,9 6 2

6 ,1 8 7

3 3 , 472
27, 317

9 ,2 1 3
1 1 ,2 0 9
1 6 ,1 0 0

4 ,5 3 2
2 0 ,9 7 4
1 3 ,4 2 7
7, 350

1 3 ,4 1 3

2 3 ,1 5 1

2 5 , 781
4 0 ,2 4 6

2 ,4 5 5
1 ,4 5 0

1 ,2 6 7
3 ,0 4 8

1 ,9 3 5
2 ,1 8 9
3 ,2 8 5
2 ,6 8 1

1 ,1 5 1
954
1 ,0 5 0
1 ,2 3 0

2 ,3 3 1
3 ,6 8 2

1 ,6 3 9
1 ,2 8 7

91

Table B -14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56-Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ea r

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(in thousands of dollars)

N um ber

N ew

o f n ew

d w e llin g
u n it s 1

O th er
new
b u ild in g 2

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,
and r e p a ir s

V a lu a tio n

A ll
d w e llin g
b u ild in g
u n its
c o n s t r u c t io n

ST. LOUIS, MO.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

3 0 , 413
7 4 ,6 5 9

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

3 9 , 758
5 8 , 381
5 1 ,4 4 4

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

6 3 ,7 9 1
4 9 ,2 3 9
3 6 ,3 0 0

1 1 ,5 1 6
3 4 ,5 3 1
1 3 ,6 6 6
2 8 , 755
1 3 ,8 9 3
2 7 ,6 5 8
17, 547
7 ,1 6 2

1 8 ,0 8 6

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

3 3 ,7 4 0
1 5 ,5 9 5
1 6 ,6 6 7
1 5 ,3 5 0
2 1 ,9 2 0

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

1 9 ,6 6 9
2 7 , 532

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

6, 585
8 ,4 4 1

1 5 ,2 1 8

10, 874

1 ,6 3 3

3 6 ,3 4 5

2 2 ,4 0 7
3 0 ,8 7 0

7 ,2 1 9
6 ,6 8 1

34 , 283
4 2 ,0 2 4

27 , 37 9
2 3 ,3 7 2
1 8 ,7 0 7

8, 754

2 ,7 9 9
1 ,4 1 5
2 ,8 5 6

3 8 ,1 0 7

16, 520

1 ,7 5 8
754

4 4 ,4 1 9
4 3 ,9 8 8

18, 91 8

8 ,3 2 0
1 0 ,4 3 1

943
727

6 ,1 3 5
8 ,8 3 5
1 1 ,2 2 8
9 ,3 8 8

5 ,5 0 3
1 0 ,3 5 4
5 ,3 7 8

2 ,2 1 3
2 ,3 4 0
3 ,7 1 2

1 3 ,4 6 9

2 ,7 3 1
3 ,0 6 3
4 ,6 7 5

625
883
924
709

3 6 ,9 4 1
5 7 ,0 4 0
5 3 ,5 4 7
4 7 , 964

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

8 6 ,1 7 1
1 0 7 ,5 3 7

4 ,7 5 3
7 ,8 6 7
6 ,0 4 7

6 ,1 6 9
5 ,8 2 8

4 1 ,8 7 7
6 7 ,3 6 3
5 5 ,8 1 4

2 0 ,2 3 9
18, 505

4 9 , 343
6 1 ,8 2 4
6 7 ,0 8 8

2 3 ,4 4 3
16, 824

9 , 595
1 0 ,1 9 4
7 ,9 2 4

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ............................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

6

6 ,0 3 3
5 ,6 2 4
9 ,4 6 4
4, 570
5 ,7 8 3

3 ,4 8 6

3 ,0 2 1

563
851
997
817
1 ,6 9 6

3 ,1 8 8
6 2, 921
3 ,3 4 7

5 ,7 8 6
61 , 1 1 0
1 ,6 4 7

6 ,3 1 8
4 ,2 5 2
4 ,6 2 8

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

5 3 ,6 7 3
5 7 ,7 4 2
5 4 ,1 3 6
6 1 ,1 8 1
5 5 ,2 5 8
7 7 , 545
7 2 ,0 3 6
8 0 ,0 3 2

2 5 ,4 1 3
3 1 ,2 2 1
2 3 ,3 6 2
2 6 ,2 4 9
2 3 ,4 4 3
4 0 , 961
3 5 , 771
3 0 , 783

2 1 ,9 2 8
1 9 ,0 6 0
2 4 ,2 7 1
2 7 , 581
2 2 ,5 2 0
2 6 ,1 1 4
2 5 ,0 8 8
3 7 ,0 5 7

5 7 ,4 3 3
5 9 , 290

3 7 ,8 6 9
2 5 ,3 2 1

9 , 718

7, 523
9 ,5 0 4

3 ,2 2 4

6 8 , 281

5 ,9 5 1
6, 072

8 5 ,1 0 4
5 6 ,4 1 7

4 1 ,3 2 9
3 2 ,7 1 9
1 4 ,9 7 2

9, 730
8 ,0 3 4

5 1 ,0 0 5
59 , 802

1 5 ,0 6 5
1 6 ,9 6 7

5 ,4 2 5
6 ,0 3 1
6 ,8 6 7

62, 929

2 6 ,3 9 1
2 2 ,9 1 5
1 4 ,8 0 8

6 9 ,2 1 5
7 1 ,2 2 5

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

3 ,0 8 8
3 ,3 1 3
909
592
3 ,9 2 7
2 ,5 9 7
1 ,8 3 7
1 ,4 7 3

S ee fo o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le .




2 ,2 2 5
2 ,1 7 3
27
34
2 ,2 9 4
20
94
23

148
503
267
174
1 ,2 5 1
2, 201
1 ,1 9 8
1 ,0 1 7

6 ,2 8 9
5 ,5 7 0
6 ,3 1 4
6 ,0 4 1
4 ,8 7 6
6 ,2 2 3

1 ,7 9 7
1 ,2 7 5
1 ,2 1 1
1 ,2 1 6
1 ,2 3 6
1 ,0 2 7

9, 521
1 2 ,6 6 4
9 ,4 8 8
1 1 ,9 6 9
1 3 ,6 8 5
1 4 ,9 8 3
12, 7 4 9
25, 998

5 ,8 0 8
10 , 703
7 ,7 0 9
7 ,8 0 4
7 ,1 5 7
6 ,0 2 6
6 , 815
7, 971

5 ,2 9 3
5 ,9 8 9
6 ,1 5 9
4 , 945
5 ,1 2 6
5 ,5 3 2
5 ,6 9 8
3 ,5 3 9

1 4 ,9 1 1
3 9 ,0 3 0
2 8 ,1 9 8
2 2 ,5 3 2
27, 588
2 3 ,9 8 7
3 1 ,6 6 8
3 6 ,3 1 8

1 2 ,0 4 1

3, 66 4

1 3 ,3 5 5
1 3 ,2 4 7

3 ,7 8 5
1 ,6 9 2

1 3 ,4 0 8
1 5 ,2 4 7

1 ,7 0 8
1, 6 6 6

1 2 ,5 5 1
1 4 ,6 3 2

2, 743
2 ,1 8 1

2 0 ,0 9 9

1 ,2 4 8

1 ,6 4 5
1 ,1 0 8
906
627

324
68

SCRANTON, PA.
704
698
798
58 8
90 7
490
6 539
789

743
1 ,0 9 5

3 ,1 3 7
5 ,7 6 1

755
904
627

2 ,7 0 9
2 ,9 3 7

287
2, 543

669
588

3, 443

483
1 ,9 9 2
3 ,0 7 7
736
850

601

5 ,5 6 3

1 ,1 6 1

3 ,1 1 5
3 ,4 1 5
2 ,2 4 9
2 ,5 4 8
2 ,1 3 6
3 ,6 3 2

27, 487

9 ,4 5 7
2 1 , 822

9, 851
2 ,7 1 4

1 ,2 0 5
2 ,1 1 0
1 ,3 2 0
318
5 ,9 6 1
1 ,1 0 7
1 ,8 4 7
2 ,2 0 8

813
871
746
2 ,1 9 4

42

225
323
76
79
94

SHREVEPORT, LA.
6 ,3 3 2
7 ,4 6 1
6 ,5 0 3
7 ,3 5 1
9 ,2 9 5
1 0 ,4 7 0
1 1 ,1 7 7
1 2 ,1 9 2

3, 380
2 ,9 1 4

2 8 , 851
1 5 ,1 8 6
2 0 ,3 8 1
2 3 ,8 3 0
2 9 ,9 3 5
3 5 ,2 4 3
2 7 , 850

SOMERVILLE, MASS.
1 9 4 9 .........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

2 0 , 625
2 3 , 586

3 3 ,6 7 3
3 6 ,3 5 0

5 0 ,2 4 4
5 7 ,7 0 1

SEATTLE,WASH.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

18 , 792
1 5 ,5 4 6

2 1 ,6 1 2

SAVANN AH , GA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

1 2 ,2 8 6

6 ,0 8 5

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

6, 8 1 0
1 1 ,1 2 6
2 2 ,8 2 4

30 , 945

1 1 ,9 2 2

1 4 ,1 7 9

2 8 ,1 9 1
2 9 , 402
3 6 , 692

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

8 4 ,5 1 3
8 0 ,7 1 0

6 , 894
1 1 ,5 3 0

SAN ANTONIO, TEX.

4 ,5 9 0
7 ,6 2 7

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................

1 ,2 9 5
3 ,2 1 6

2 9 ,8 0 9
1 8 ,1 3 4
1 6 ,4 2 7
16, 9 1 8

8, 792
6, 700

74 , 419
9 7 ,1 9 7

4 ,0 3 6

4 7 ,4 2 4

1 ,5 1 3
2 ,2 0 7

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

10, 672

2 ,2 9 3
2 ,8 1 4

2 4 , 073
4 3 ,8 1 6

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,
and r e p a y s

2 1 ,6 0 2

5 ,3 0 9
1 4 ,3 5 8

3 7 , 052
6 0 ,7 7 0

N um ber

O th er
N ew
n ew
d w e llin g
u n it s 1 b u ild in g 2

1 ,5 5 9
4 ,1 4 5

10, 484
1 6 ,5 6 8

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

(inthousands of dollars)

ST. PAUL, MINN.

1 2 ,3 1 2
3 1 ,6 8 7

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

1

9 ,7 4 9
7, 8 8 8
1 2 ,4 7 6
1 5 ,3 3 8
1 4 ,9 2 1
1 1 ,4 4 6

1 5 ,1 3 1
3 ,5 9 0
1 ,7 4 2
5 ,4 3 5
7, 2 6 9
9 ,3 8 4
15, 7 4 9
8, 248

2 ,8 9 9
3 ,4 3 9
3 ,6 9 5
7 ,0 5 8
4 ,0 8 5
5 ,2 1 3
4 ,5 7 3
8 ,1 5 6

1 ,7 7 5
3, 281
1 ,4 3 9
98 3
1 ,5 8 2
1 ,6 0 7
1 ,4 4 9
938

SOUTH BEND, IND.
715
637
615
384
382
376

174
249
6
5
22 0
2

545

15

433

3

1 2 ,1 4 3
2 1 ,2 4 7
17, 985
16, 715
17, 625
1 5 ,6 6 6
1 7 ,4 5 3
19, 4 8 7

986

7 ,9 9 3
1 6 ,5 1 4
1 1 ,2 5 2

3 ,1 6 4
3 ,3 4 2

1 1 ,1 3 3
1 2 ,8 9 1
7, 2 0 7

3 ,8 2 5
3 ,2 3 3
7 ,1 9 6

9 ,5 6 4

6 ,3 1 6

1 ,5 7 3

6 ,9 9 3

1 1 ,2 5 5

1 ,2 3 9

5 ,0 2 1

1 ,3 9 1
1 ,7 1 2
1 ,7 5 7
1 ,5 0 1
1 ,2 6 3

1 ,0 7 8
2 ,0 1 2
1 ,0 8 7
1 ,0 2 4
1 ,1 1 7
689
815
534

92

Table B-14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56—Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ea r

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c t io n

(inthousands of dollars)
O th er

N ew

new
d w e llin g
u n i t s 1 b u ild in g 2

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,
and re p a irs

N um ber
o f new
d w e llin g
u n its

V a lu a tio n

(inthousands of dollars)

A ll
N ew
b u ild in g
d w e llin g
c o n s t r u c tio n
u n its 1

SPOKANE, WASH.

O ther
n ew
b u ild in g 2

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,
and re p a ir s

N um ber
o f n ew
d w e llin g
u n its

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

18, 254

12, 35 9

3 ,7 5 6

2 ,1 3 9

1 ,7 4 2

9 , 294

3 ,5 9 4

3 ,3 7 7

3 3 , 473

2 2 ,1 9 2

13, 3 4 6
2 1 , 587

9 ,2 9 6

2 ,1 9 3

2 ,3 2 3
1 ,8 5 7

2 1 ,9 0 3
21, 773

2 ,8 4 6
2 ,5 2 4

2, 435

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

8 ,4 3 5
5 ,1 0 7
5 ,0 0 5

5 ,7 8 3
5 ,3 9 1
7, 210

1 ,2 5 5
1 ,6 7 4

2 8 , 763
4 0 ,7 9 8
2 8 ,1 6 2
3 4 ,7 0 0

1 0 ,2 5 1
1 1 ,0 7 2

1 4 ,5 4 9
3 ,1 8 6

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ........................

2 ,8 5 5
3 ,3 6 8

665
1 ,1 9 2
887
86 4

14, 6 6 0

8 ,4 1 0

1 ,7 1 1
1 ,5 5 7

1 ,2 2 9
1 ,2 8 2

14, 960
14, 3 2 0

9, 4 5 7
7, 151

2 ,1 5 1
4 ,6 9 3
3 ,4 7 4
5, 116

2 ,0 2 9
2 ,0 5 3

1 ,0 0 9

2, 239
2, 26 7

1 ,1 0 5
1 ,7 5 0

2 ,5 8 1
2 ,2 5 8
2, 708
2 ,3 8 7

1 ,1 0 3
582
508

1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

14, 272
1 3 ,9 1 3
17, 782
2 7 ,6 7 7
17, 7 8 7
12, 22 7

7 ,6 1 3
1 0 ,3 7 2
7 ,4 7 2
1 8 ,1 2 3

2 ,7 4 9
2, 903
4 ,3 5 0

1 ,4 2 9
1 ,3 5 1
1 ,6 0 3
2 ,3 2 2
1 ,2 4 0
844

TACOMA, WASH.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

2 6 ,0 2 7
1 6 ,9 4 0

8 ,0 1 6
1 0 ,1 5 8

1 6 ,2 6 4
4, 2 6 7

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

1 8 ,1 6 6
10, 259
2 0 ,8 4 4
1 5 ,8 7 1
1 8 ,1 8 2

5 ,6 3 1
5 ,1 4 6
9 ,0 4 2

9 , 87 4
2 ,9 1 2

1 8 ,5 6 7

5 ,3 3 9

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

5, 292
6 ,6 5 6

9 ,4 5 4
8 , 38 6
8 ,9 8 7
8 ,2 5 5

1 ,7 4 7

881
1 ,4 1 6
680
492

13, 371
2 3 ,3 3 1
1 8 ,1 5 9
1 3 ,1 3 2

2 ,1 9 3

898
46 4

1 3 ,8 4 1
1 4 ,8 4 8

2 ,5 3 9
4 ,9 7 3

60 5
423

1 3 ,1 0 5
18, 78 6

2 ,5 1 5
2 ,6 6 1
2 ,2 0 1
2 ,3 4 8

8 ,6 8 8

2, 444

1 5 ,0 4 5
10, 912
6 ,4 5 0

6 ,0 1 9
4 ,6 6 6
4 ,4 2 4
5 ,3 6 2

5, 771
8 ,0 9 7
7 ,7 7 8
6 ,7 9 0

9 ,3 6 1
1 5 ,6 5 8

4 ,1 9 3
9 ,1 1 4

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................

1 2 ,9 7 3
1 3 ,9 8 7
2 5 ,1 3 7
4 0 ,6 9 7

7 ,1 8 5
7 ,2 4 7

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ..........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

4 9 ,1 6 7
4 7 ,1 8 5

3 ,0 5 5
4 ,0 8 3
3 ,5 2 5
3, 587

2 ,1 1 3
2 ,4 6 1
2, 263

2 7 ,8 9 9
28 , 2 3 9

7 ,1 1 3
6 ,6 6 1
12, 2 3 8

3 ,1 5 3
5 ,0 0 6
6 ,1 3 7
8 ,6 9 0

2 5 ,1 8 6

1 5 ,2 4 4

6 ,7 5 5

1 3 ,0 1 8

827
1 ,5 4 8
1 ,1 0 2
1 ,1 8 9
1 ,9 2 9
3 ,4 1 4
3 ,0 4 8
2 ,5 9 0

1 8 ,2 8 3
2 2 , 645
1 9 ,4 9 4
1 7 ,7 8 3
1 8 ,4 3 6
1 5 ,6 0 9
2 4 ,1 7 9
1 8 ,8 9 7

2, 368
2, 867
1 ,7 1 1

8 ,9 4 4
7, 77 0
7, 3 4 8
8, 500

6 ,2 4 8
8 ,1 4 0
5 ,6 1 1

2 ,5 9 1
2, 52 6
2 ,6 5 0
2 ,6 1 4

6 ,4 0 2

8 ,5 2 3
6 ,7 0 8

248

286

1 1 4 ,7 3 4

4 4 ,6 9 8

543
2 ,7 3 5
5 60
1 ,5 2 2

396
474

213
345

38 9
338

235
128

3 0 ,9 8 7
2 9 ,4 5 7
30, 482
3 1 ,5 4 8

2 ,8 5 2

245
502

196

5 9 ,1 9 4
6 9 ,3 4 5
54 , 297
7 2 ,1 2 8
7 6 ,0 3 6

265
180

8 7 , 332
6 6 ,2 5 0

3 ,3 2 2
3 ,6 7 6

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

6 ,9 2 7

1 ,8 8 1

4, 79 8

2 ,3 2 2

1, 383
2 ,3 6 5
1 ,4 9 9
929
1 ,3 2 8
1 ,9 2 6
1 ,3 4 4

1 ,5 4 3
4, 44 2

585
1 ,8 2 7
5 ,3 8 3
2 ,1 3 7
2, 0 9 5
2, 443
412
1 ,7 5 8

1 ,9 5 4
1, 77 9
1 ,1 1 5
1, 46 7
1 ,3 6 3
1 ,2 4 8
1 ,8 5 3
1 ,5 8 8

140
67
595
143
355
230
106

UTICA, N. Y.

1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

5 ,5 7 4
2, 4 4 8
2 ,7 8 9
4 ,4 2 5
3 ,9 7 1
6 ,1 4 7

6 , 761
9 ,0 6 1
5 ,5 4 2
4 ,3 6 1
4, 89 4
7 ,1 4 0

361

2 0 ,4 3 1
20 , 381
2 1 ,8 8 9

3 ,7 5 7

2 ,3 9 7

959

401

336

22 , 540

1 4 ,9 9 8

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................

5, 854
3 ,6 2 0

752
2 ,7 8 7

1 8 ,3 8 3
1 5 ,5 6 0

6 ,4 0 7

2, 071

743
549
830

2 8 ,2 0 4
3 0 ,4 3 6

1 2 ,0 6 5

2 ,9 2 3
1 ,0 2 9
3 ,5 8 7

1 9 5 3 ...........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

6 ,6 6 3
6 ,9 4 6

3 ,0 7 6
3 ,6 5 8

2 ,1 3 2

1 ,4 5 5

431

2 0 , 885
1 5 ,4 6 1

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

8 ,1 5 5
1 1 ,1 0 3

4, 589
5 ,5 7 4

2, 735
2 ,8 4 7
4 ,3 9 7

553
71 9
1 ,1 3 2

539
648

3 1 ,9 1 1
3 9 ,3 6 4
4 1 ,3 2 2




1 ,1 4 5
1 ,0 1 2
865
790
842

3 ,7 5 8

61 9

7 ,4 5 3
7 ,5 7 3
4 ,7 4 4

1 ,2 7 6
1 ,5 3 9
2 ,4 5 6
1 ,9 1 4

1 ,3 7 1
1 ,4 3 0
74 8
761

6 ,4 8 3
1 3 ,8 0 9
1 0 ,8 5 9
1 3 ,1 6 6
1 1 ,5 0 6

1 ,9 3 5
1 ,6 4 2

769
1 ,0 9 4
1 ,0 7 4
778

1 ,8 9 5
2, 360

5 7 ,1 0 0
1 5 ,9 1 0

1 2 ,9 3 6
1 2 ,2 9 7

24 , 4 9 7
1 5 ,0 2 8
26 , 312

1 5 ,3 9 1
8 ,7 8 7
14, 26 8

4 4 ,2 1 1

1 1 ,3 9 4

52, 26 6
27 , 388

14, 685
1 6 ,9 7 3

8 ,2 5 4
4, 85 7
4 ,4 9 4
4 ,7 6 1
5 ,3 8 4
2 ,9 8 4
2 ,7 9 6
2 ,1 7 6

WICHITA, KANS.

9 ,5 2 9
7 ,4 3 6

S e e f o o t n o t e s at e n d o f ta b le t

1 3 ,0 6 5
8 ,7 3 7

80 4
1 ,6 6 0

WASHINGTON, D. C.

WATERBURY, CONN.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

72 3
623
514

TULSA, OKLA.

23

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ...........................

847
444
5 ,0 8 2
1 ,0 9 2
2 ,7 3 7
2 ,1 5 9
1 ,0 5 7
330

5 ,1 8 9

9 ,5 3 2
5 ,7 5 2
7 ,2 1 7

1 5 ,4 9 0
1 8 ,1 7 3
1 2 ,7 4 2
1 2 ,7 5 8
2 0 ,6 3 8
19, 641
2 3 , 584
2 0 ,5 7 4

3 ,3 8 6
4 ,0 5 0
1 1 ,5 8 0
4 ,6 9 6
6 ,1 9 5
5 ,8 5 0

2, 503

6, 383
1 4 ,0 2 6
10, 5 6 6

TRENTON, N. J.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................
1 9 5 1 ...........................
1 9 5 2 ...........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1 9 5 4 ...........................

4 ,3 6 4
2 ,8 2 4
6, 8 0 7
TOLEDO,OHIO

TAMPA, FLA.
1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

1 ,4 4 1

609

4 3 ,1 2 5
3 3 ,2 9 8

2 5 ,1 5 0
21 , 587
1 4 ,5 5 8

4, 233
5 ,6 8 7
9, 02 9
5 ,1 4 4
1 6 ,4 7 8
8 ,7 0 8
12, 9 3 9
1 0 ,5 4 6

3 ,3 0 9
4 ,1 3 4
5 ,8 4 7
5 ,8 8 2

3 ,5 3 3

7 ,4 2 5
7 ,4 6 4
8, 608
8 ,1 9 4

2 ,3 5 5
3 ,8 4 1

3 ,8 5 3
2 ,9 8 4
3 ,6 3 3

3 ,0 4 5
1 ,8 4 3

93

Table B -14: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units in Cities of
100,000 Population or More (1950 Census), Annually, 1949-56—Continued
V a lu a tio n
Y ea r

A ll
b u ild in g
c o n s t r u c tio n

(in thousands of dollars)
N ew

O ther

d w e llin g
u n its 1

new

A d d it io n s ,
a lt e r a tio n s ,

b u ild in g 2 and r e p a ir s

V a lu a tio n

N um ber
o f new

A ll

d w e llin g
u n its

c o n s t r u c tio n

b u ild in g

WILMINGTON, DEL.
1 9 4 9 ..........................
1 9 5 0 ..........................

1 0 ,6 1 9
8, 620

1951..........................

8, 968

1 9 5 2 ..........................

1 2 ,8 1 6
1 1 ,5 7 8

1 9 5 3 ..........................
1954..........................
1 9 5 5 ..........................
1956..........................

7 ,6 7 7
10, 387
9 ,9 1 8

1, 0 7 4
2 ,5 8 9
2 ,6 8 9
6, 306
1 ,7 6 9
718
1 ,3 1 2
708

7 ,4 2 9
2 ,9 1 0
3, 68 6
4, 491
7 ,3 6 4

2 ,5 9 3
2 ,0 1 9
2, 445

260
581

4, 735
5 ,6 4 2

2, 224

49
88
48

1 9 4 9 ...........................
1 9 5 0 ...........................

1 9 ,1 9 5
1 5 ,8 4 7

1 9 5 1 ..........................
1 9 5 2 ..........................
1 9 5 3 ..........................
1954...........................

8 ,4 3 3
17, 803
28, 396
1 6 ,6 8 0

1 9 5 5 ...........................
1 9 5 6 ..........................

14, 438
20, 522

16, 00 0
11, 180
5 ,7 4 0
1 3 ,0 5 1
2 2 ,9 1 3
1 1 ,0 1 8
10, 98 7
1 3 ,1 6 3

3, 121

3, 433
3 ,7 4 5

5 ,4 6 5

151

new

a lt e r a tio n s ,

b u ild in g 2

and r e p a ir s

N um ber
o f new
d w e llin g
u n its

2, 844

2 ,0 6 6

2, 0 6 8

493

1 6 ,3 1 4

3 ,4 6 1

2 ,1 6 2

25 , 763
12, 145
1 4 ,1 5 7

1 0 ,6 9 1
8 , 763
2 ,7 4 7
2 ,6 3 2

1 5 ,4 3 2

1 ,5 6 8

8, 053
8 ,0 1 7

1 ,3 4 5
3 ,5 0 8

1 ,3 8 3
1 ,0 8 1
467
421

1 0 ,6 8 3
18, 616

3 ,1 4 1
3 ,4 2 4

5 ,8 1 3
1 3 ,4 7 1

1 ,7 2 9
1 ,7 2 1

491
542

8, 305

2 ,2 2 3

4, 479

1 ,6 0 3

409

1 ,2 0 4
99 8

514
1 ,0 6 8

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
886
93 6

1 ,9 4 3
3, 757

750

634

995
884

1 ,3 8 9
2 ,8 4 7

459
970

1 ,2 7 5

5 ,2 0 3
2, 481
6, 568

A d d it io n s ,

6, 9 7 8

7

791

* H ousekeeping only.
Covers all types o f nonresidential buildin gs, and h o te ls, m otels,
tourist courts,and other nonhousekeeping resid en tial buildin gs.
^ Includes Center H ill D istrict, which reported independently dur­
ing 1949-51, and s in ce has been annexed to Atlanta.
4 Data not available.
^ Although L o w e ll, M ass., had le s s than 100,000 population a c ­
cording to the 1950 C en sus, it was includ ed here to provide 1949-56




109
27 6

2 ,3 0 9
3 ,7 3 1

4, 5 9 9

d w e llin g
u n its 1

O th er

WORCESTER, MASS.
2 ,1 1 6

YONKERS, N. Y

(in thousands of dollars)
N ew

2 ,5 6 8
1 ,4 5 0

1 ,2 9 3
1 ,4 9 7

6 ,6 7 6

3, 202

2 ,2 7 0

1 1 ,3 7 2

6 ,9 9 5
5 ,0 8 0

3 ,3 7 9
3 ,6 8 8

2 ,3 6 2

570

6 , 434

6, 845
1 0 ,4 6 1
3 ,6 8 6

1 ,8 7 9
2 ,9 0 8
2 ,8 9 2

658
700

4 ,9 7 9
6 ,4 1 2

2 ,9 5 8
3 ,4 7 2

1 1 ,1 3 0
1 5 ,1 5 8
2 0 ,4 1 8
1 5 ,9 4 5
18, 574
2 0 ,4 1 6

7 ,0 4 9
9 , 367
. 1 0 ,6 3 7
1 0 ,5 3 2

951
956
91 9

data to link with h is to rica l s ta tis tic s presented in the Bureau report,
Building Construction in Princip al C itie s o f the U nited States, 192148, is su e d June 19496 11 months only.
7 Data for 1949 represent a p p lication s file d ; data for 1950
represent perm its is su e d , exclu din g those perm its for which app li­
ca tio n s had been file d in 1949.

94

Table B -15: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total
in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1954-56
V a lu a tio n
T y p e o f b u ild in g c o n s t r u c tio n

A ll p e r m it -is s u in g p l a c e s
1954

1955

1 6 ,4 8 5 .8

1 8 ,9 3 9 .0

|

P e r c e n t o f m e tro p o lita n
area t o ta l in —

(inmillions of dollars)
M e tro p o lita n a r e a s

1956

1954

1 8 ,7 6 0 .7

1 3 ,1 8 0 .7

|

1955

1

C en tral c i t i e s
1956

S uburbs

1954) 1955|l956 1954|1955 19561

UNITED STATES
15, 1 0 8 .9

1 4 ,6 6 7 .4

39

37

38

9 , 8 5 5 . 6 11, 535 . 1 10, 138. 5
136. 2
161. 1
1 4 2 .2
5 , 0 2 4 . 1 5 ,5 9 3 . 7 6 , 6 4 9 . 7

8 , 107. 3
81 . 1

9, 357. 1

7, 9 8 0 .2

30

28

28

9 4 .4

9 0 .6

46

4 ,3 5 2 .3

5, 1 5 1 .3

51
50

44

3 , 8 3 6 .9

49

C om m ercia l b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

1, 5 9 1 .4

1, 8 5 8 . 7

2 ,0 7 8 .0

1, 280 . 1

1 ,4 9 6 . 4

1, 6 6 5 .0

56

A m u sem en t b u ild in g s .....................................

9 7 .6
60. 1

9 9 .4
6 6 .7
1 4 0 .0

1 1 3 .4
6 0 .0

7 2 .3
5 2 .4
7 4 .2

7 6 .0

9 3 .2

55
57

5 7 .6
8 7 .4

5 1 .3
107. 1

77

56
80

45

44

69
44

6 3 6 .7
7 7 6 .8

69
46

75
45

1 ,6 4 3 .9
1 ,0 3 0 . 1

53
47

49
44

288. 1
3 2 5 .7
1 6 1 .8

74
53
36

69
50
34

1 ,0 2 5 . 5
2 1 7 .8

35
54

35
50

74
48
32
30

2 4 9 .9
1 8 7 .4

48

A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t i o n ........................................
N ew d w e llin g u n i t s 1 ..................................................
N ew n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s .........
N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g s .............................

C o m m e rcia l g a r a g e s .......................................
G a s o lin e and s e r v i c e s t a t i o n s ...................
S to r e s and o th e r m e r ca n tile b l d g s ............

1 1 9 .9
454. 1
8 5 9 .6

C om m unity b u i l d in g s ............................................

1, 8 7 5 . 3

999. 1
1 ,9 4 6 . 2

E d u c a t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .....................................

1, 177. 7

1, 242 . 3

I n s titu tio n a l b u ild in g s ..................................

3 3 6 .2

R e l i g io u s b u i l d in g s ..........................................
G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s id e n t ia l ...........................

3 6 1 .5
166. 4

3 0 7 .7
3 9 6 .2
1 8 7 .6

In d u s tr ia l b u i l d in g s ...............................................
P u b li c b u ild in g s ....................................................

6 6 2 .3
318. 1

8 3 0 .4

P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u i l d i n g s ..................................
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g s ..............

2 0 9 .4
201. 1

273 . 1
1 9 1 .0

A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s , and r e p a i r s ...................

1, 4 6 9 .9

O f f i c e b u i l d i n g s ..................................................

5 5 3 .4

3 0 6 .6

1, 6 4 9 .1

1 6 5 .5
7 3 4 .4
1 ,0 0 4 .7

3 9 3 .4
6 8 7 .8

2 ,2 2 5 .7

1, 36 5 . 2

8 0 0 .5
1, 45 7 . 2

1, 407. 1

8 4 5 .4

921. 1

2 5 3 .8
2 6 6 .0
1 3 1 .6

2 4 6 .8
2 8 9 .3
150. 2

5 2 8 .8

672. 1

2 2 3 .0

2 4 0 .6

1 5 5 .2

1 9 1 .4

1 5 3 .0

1 4 4 .3
1, 3 0 5 .1

3 6 7 .8
4 5 0 .8
2 0 1 .9
1, 260 . 5
3 2 6 .9
3 2 6 .7
2 2 9 .9
1 ,8 3 0 .4

1, 1 5 5 .4

4 7 5 .0

1 ,4 4 5 . 2

49
61

59
44
60

61
70

63

62

72

72

49
50

56

54

47

51

53

56

45

44

44

52

43
23

48

55

44
20
56

74
42

31
54

25
55

58

50

47

51

50

45

53

56

55

26
47
64

31
50
66

41

65
46

65
50

26
52
68
70

49

52

41

39

51
39

56
40

59

31
56
26

59
51
61
41

NORTHEAST
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t i o n .......................................

3 ,6 6 3 .9

4 ,1 2 9 ,6

4 ,0 4 7 . 8

3 ,2 7 9 .7

3 ,6 7 8 .2

3, 5 5 9 .1

31

29

31

69

71

69

N ew d w e llin g u n i t s ! ...................................................

2, 1 5 9 .1
1 8 .6

2, 500. 1

2, 196. 6

1 ,9 3 5 .8

2, 232 . 1

1 ,9 2 6 .3

22

21

21

2 5 .5
1 ,4 3 1 .6

1 1 .6

2 0 .4

1 7 .5

30

56

34

79
44

79
66

1, 1 4 9 .6

3 0 .9
1 ,2 3 3 .8

78
70

1 ,0 3 7 .7

40

60

57

50

2 0 .7

1 9 .7
1 8 .8

43
62

26
66

35
58

54
57
38

50

1 6 .3
1 6 .4

3 2 5 .5
1 8 .4
1 5 .8

46

23. 1
1 7 .7

4 6 4 .5
2 2 .7

43
51

58

4 2 8 .0

1 ,2 7 0 .9
4 2 3 .8

42

3 5 5 .6

1, 105. 5
3 9 4 .0
1 4 .2

49
65
42

2 0 .9
128. 2

2 3 .6

2 9 -8

1 7 .3

1 9 .2

2 3 .6

182. 4

2 0 7 .8

189. 2
4 3 8 .6

1 8 3 .5
5 2 9 .7

1 7 8 .3
167. 6

1 9 9 .8
1 6 2 .0

31
64

1 6 5 .7
4 3 9 .4
2 8 1 .2

1 2 3 .9
1 5 0 .0

31
74
26

2 9 2 .8

3 3 4 .5

3 9 0 .3
248 . 4

4 6 3 .8
2 9 3 .0

39

43

8 6 .4
7 1 .9
3 8 .6
156. 1

5 6 .7
8 9 .0

55
32

45
36

43
80
34

4 0 .3
1 9 4 .4

3 1 .9
1 4 5 .2

91. 1
3 1 .0

3 6 .3
5 2 .9

9 8 .9
9 6 .3
4 1 .5
2 4 3 .0
4 7 .2

3 9 2 .3
2 5 8 .9
5 3 .4
7 9 .9
3 3 .5
1 6 8 .6

29
76
24
42

8 3 .3
2 7 .4

3 2 .5
4 4 .5

3 7 .9
3 3 6 .6

43. 3

3 4 .0
2 9 4 .6

N ew n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s . 2....
N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g s .............................
C o m m e r c ia l b u i l d i n g s .......................................
A m u sem en t b u i l d i n g s .....................................
C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s .......................................
G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ...................
O f f i c e b u i l d i n g s ..................................................
S to r e s and o th e r m e r ca n tile b l d g s ............
C om m u n ity b u i l d i n g s ............................................
E d u c a t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .....................................
In s t it u t io n a l b u ild in g s ..................................
R e l i g io u s b u i l d in g s .......................................
G a r a g e s , p r iv a t e r e s id e n t ia l ........................
In d u s tr ia l b u ild in g s ..........................................
P u b li c b u ild in g s .................................................
P u b li c u t i l i t i e s b u i l d in g s ................................
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g s ..............
A d d it io n s , a lt e r a t io n s , and r e p a i r s ................

3 6 4 .9

6 3 .2
4 2 .5
394. 1

7 7 .8
6 4 .1

1 4 .8

8 8 .7
82. 1

31
41

48

69
36
69
59
61

71
24
76
58
57

69
26
74
52
57
20
66

86

55
64
86

46
47

69
33
66

81
61
67

50

22

60

50

78

51

45

44

49

55

56

3 4 .6

14

14

217 . 3
3 6 .0
5 5 .9

31
67
34

19
39
33

40. 2

3 9 .4

40

3 2 0 .2

3 4 4 .4

15
24

45
68

74
34

85
76
54
53

NORTH CENTRAL
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t i o n .......................................

4, 8 3 8 .1

5 ,7 1 5 .4

5 ,6 7 0 .7

3 ,9 2 2 .0

4 ,6 1 8 . 1

4 , 5 0 7 .5

36

35

34

64

65

66

N ew d w e llin g u n its ! ..................................................

2 ,9 0 5 .8
3 5 .2

3, 4 8 8 .5

3, 1 3 7 .0
32. 1

2, 4 3 2 .5

2 ,8 7 8 . 1
1 9 .6
1, 362 . 6
3 9 8 .0

2, 543. 3

26

24

24

74

76

76

2 4 .3
1 ,5 2 9 .8

58
48

46

42
52

51

44

54
56

445. 2
2 9 .4
1 0 .6

49
66

49
49
57
60

49
61

51
34

73
43
65
37
47

15
52
47

42

N ew n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s . 2 ....
N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d i n g s ................................
C o m m e r c ia l b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

1 ,4 9 3 .0
446. 1

G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ...................

2 3 .9
38. 1

3 1 .5
2 3 .7
4 3 .0

O f f i c e b u i l d i n g s .................................................

1 1 3 .8

1 2 7 .0

S to r e s and oth e r m e r ca n tile b l d g s ............
C om m unity b u i l d in g s ............................................
E d u c a t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .....................................

2 4 2 .0
528 . 5
3 3 6 .9

6 4 2 .3
3 9 6 .2

I n s titu tio n a l b u i l d in g s .....................................

8 1 .7

1 2 0 .0

R e l i g io u s b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

1 0 9 .9
8 1 .6

126. 1
9 7 .6

2 2 2 .2
7 3 .2

3 1 5 .9
8 0 .8

9 0 .7
5 0 .6
404. 1

9 2 .9
2 7 .3
4 4 9 .2

A m u sem en t b u ild in g s .....................................
C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s .......................................

G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s id e n t ia l ...........................
In d u s tria l b u i l d i n g s ...............................................
P u b li c b u ild in g s ......................................................
P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u i l d in g s ..................................
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u ild in g s ..............
A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s , and r e p a i r s ......................
S e e f o o t n o t e s at en d o f t a b le .




2 8 .3

29. 1
1 ,7 4 8 . 7
4 9 1 .8

2 6 6 .6

1 ,9 9 1 .4
5 3 9 .4
3 5 .7
13. 1
5 0 .7
1 7 1 .4

2 5 .9
1, 147. 2
3 6 6 .6
2 1 .2
2 1 .7
2 4 .4
9 8 .6

25. 2
2 1 .3
2 8 .0
1 0 5 .0

3 5 .3
1 5 0 .8
2 1 9 .0

85
48

89
46
72

51
43
40
11

39
27

54
28

35
63
53
58

51

57

2 0 0 .7

2 1 8 .4
473 . 6
2 8 6 .7

4 7 3 .0

4 4 5 .8

3 7 2 .3
2 3 1 .7

298. 1

53
41
54
46

54

53
51
60

9 4 .6

5 9 .6

9 7 .3

6 8 .4

89

75

68

11

25

32

1 4 1 .9
1 0 8 .6
4 5 1 .0

8 1 .0

8 9 .6
80. 2
2 5 7 .8

1 0 6 .5

54
38

47

49

46

53

35
42

33
34

62

65
58

51
67

31
64
50

41

42

55
53
62

59
29
36

2 6 8 .5
6 8 2 .4

6 3 .8

6 6 .0
1 8 4 .4

9 9 .8

5 6 .3
6 4 .8

4 6 .4
5 1 0 .2

3 1 6 .5

3 6 .6

6 7 .6
6 4 .5
2 0 .9
3 5 7 .9

8 9 .5
3 6 3 .3
5 1 .4
7 0 .7
3 6 .7
4 1 0 .1

33
58
41
71
64

47
49
40

63

59
46

67

69
36
50
37

66
59
45
47
38

95

Table 6-15: Valuation, by Type of Building Construction, Region, and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total
in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1954-56--Continued
V a lu a tio n
T y p e o f b u ild in g c o n s t r u c tio n

A ll p e r m it -is s u in g p l a c e s
1954

1955

P e r c e n t o f m e tro p o lita n

(inmillions of dollars)

1956

a re a t o ta l in -C e n tra l c i t i e s

M e tro p o lita n a r e a s
1954

1955

1956

Suburbs

1954 1955 1956 1954 1955 1956

SOUTH
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t io n ..........................................
N ew d w e llin g u n i t s 1 ....................................................
N ew n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s . 2 ......
N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g s ..................................

4 , 1 4 4 .7

4 ,6 6 7 .7

4 ,4 6 2 .6

2 ,9 6 5 .5

3 ,3 0 3 .5

3 ,0 3 4 .7

56

53

55

44

47

45

2 ,3 3 9 . 5

2 ,7 0 0 .9

2, 347 . 1

1 ,7 2 8 .8

1, 538. 6

46

43

42

54

57

58

3 8 .5
1, 3 7 4 . 9

2 4 .7

48

1, 127. 7

68

52
32

65

1, 0 0 7 . 4
3 9 1 .8

4 2 1 .9

75

1 8 .9
1 2 .9
3 0 .9

73
82

73
61

25
27

45
34
27

23. 1
1 6 .6
2 4 .7
1 0 0 .6

35
67
71
76

55
66

C o m m e r c ia l b u ild in g s ............................................

6 0 .3
1 ,4 5 5 .4
5 3 2 .6
3 3 .2

1 ,9 2 6 .9
3 8 .2

92
61

18
41

87

6

4 2 .1

2 8 .7

1 ,5 9 1 .5
5 9 1 .8

9 2 5 .7
3 4 7 .2
1 9 .2

G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ......................

4 7 3 .1
2 6 .5
1 0 .7
3 7 .2

O f f i c e b u i l d i n g s ....................................................

1 2 7 .9

1 3 0 .9

1 9 5 .9

S to r e s an d o th e r m e r ca n tile b l d g s ...............

2 7 0 .7

3 0 3 .0

3 0 0 .7

1 9 4 .8

2 2 6 .8

C om m unity b u i l d i n g s ...............................................
E d u c a t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .......................................

5 4 0 .8

5 0 5 .7
2 9 2 .3
8 3 .8
1 2 9 .7
1 9 .0

3 5 4 .6
1 8 4 .8

3 3 1 .2

2 9 3 .9
1 2 3 .8
1 2 3 .0

557 . 1
3 2 2 .7

A m u sem en t b u i l d i n g s ..........................................
C o m m e r c ia l g a r a g e s ............................................

In s t it u t io n a l b u i l d i n g s .......................................
R e l i g io u s b u i l d in g s ............................................
G a r a g e s , p r iv a te r e s id e n t ia l ................................
In d u s tr ia l b u i l d i n g s .................................................
P u b li c b u i l d i n g s .........................................................
P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u i l d i n g s .....................................
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s ............................
A d d it io n s , a lt e r a t io n s , and r e p a i r s ......................

1 7 .4
1 6 7 .0
7 9 .6

1 9 .4
46. 2

5 5 .5

1 4 5 .4

5 0 .5

1 0 9 .3
8 6 .8

4 6 .5

5 6 .6

3 9 1 .9

2 4 .5
1 5 .2

451. 1

1 0 0 .5
1 3 3 .8
1 8 .9
1 8 9 .7
9 8 .5
9 5 .5
4 0 .0
4 8 1 .9

8 .6
1 9 .5
1 0 5 .0

8 8 .4
8 1 .5
1 2 .4

1 8 8 .3
5 6 .5
8 6 .5
1 3 .8
98. 1

1 5 7 .5
2 0 1 .7
3 8 8 .0
22 6 . 2
8 0 .6
81. 2

88

41

39
8

59
94

59
87

67

64

64

33

36

36

71

67
61
80
71

69
65
86

29
37
12

33
39
20

31
35
14

65
52

27

54

29
46

53
67

54
40

35
48
46
60

79

52
53
77

63
88
73
55
47

4 3 .4
4 0 .6

8 3 .0

1 3 .9
1 4 4 .6
6 3 .2

58. 2

7 0 .1

2 7 .0

3 1 .2

2 8 2 .3

3 3 1 .0

2 5 .9
3 4 3 .8

77

45
78

1 0 0 .4

33
29
24
12

35
81
54

45
53
65
19
46
23

13

47
33
21
55
22

39
13

48
47
23

WEST
A ll b u ild in g c o n s t r u c t io n ..........................................

3 ,8 3 9 . 1

4 ,4 2 6 . 2

4 ,5 7 9 . 7

3 ,0 1 3 .5

3 ,5 0 9 .0

3 ,5 6 6 .0

34

31

34

66

69

66

N ew d w e llin g u n i t s 1 ....................................................

2, 4 5 1 .2

2 ,4 5 7 . 9

2 ,0 1 0 .1

2, 3 2 0 .0

1 ,9 7 2 .0

4 2 .4

1 4 .9
7 2 6 .4

1 6 .2
8 7 6 .8

2 4 .1
1, 2 2 3 .0

C o m m ercia l b u ild in g s ............................................
C o m m e rcia l g a r a g e s .............................................

3 1 6 .7
1 9 .8
7 .7

374. 1
2 5 .2
9 .0

63
18

54
57
44

51
50
42

G a s o lin e and s e r v ic e s t a t i o n s ......................

2 3 .7

2 9 .4

1 5 .5

36

61

64

8 4 .3
1 8 1 .2

1 5 9 .3
252. 1

6 5 .8
1 4 2 .2

1 7 .3
1 2 8 .6
194. 1

39

O f f i c e b u i l d i n g s ....................................................
S to r e s and o th e r m e r ca n tile b l d g s ................

63
41

66
37

37

34

3 6 6 .6

4 5 6 .6

38
32

63
62

4 4 .3
5 6 .6

187. 2
3 9 .6

319 . 1
2 1 2 .8
5 0 .4

45

I n s titu tio n a l b u i l d in g s ........................................

2 4 7 .9
1 8 0 .4
2 8 .0

59
55
57

65
32
62

C om m unity b u i l d i n g s ...............................................
E d u c a tio n a l b u i l d i n g s .......................................

2 7 .3
113. 2
2 4 0 .3
3 5 9 .6

6 .3
1 3 .0

3 1 2 .6
1 3 .4
5 .0

43
48
37
82

43
36

40

1 ,6 3 5 .2

75
54
60

71

1 ,1 5 5 .9
4 0 6 .3
1 8 .4
7. 1

25
46
40

72

4 3 .9
1 ,0 0 6 .6

28
60

29

N ew n o n h o u s e k e e p in g r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s . 2 ......
N ew n o n r e s id e n t ia l b u i l d in g s ..................................

2 ,8 4 5 .7
4 0 .8

2 1 .3
9 8 .7
4 0 .0

3 3 .4
2 2 .7

5 5 .9
2 3 .8

45
50

1 4 7 .6
5 7 .4

3 0 0 .3
6 7 .2

33
40

2 2 .4

2 4 .2

5 5 .4
2 6 2 .0

5 2 .0
296. 1

5 3 .1
8 5 .4

25
37

3 4 6 .9

53

A m u sem en t b u i l d i n g s ..........................................

R e l i g io u s bui l d i n g s ............................................
G a r a g e s , p r iv a t e r e s id e n t ia l................................
In d u stria l b u ild in g s .................................................
P u b li c b u i l d in g s .........................................................
P u b li c u t i li t ie s b u i l d i n g s .....................................
A ll o th e r n o n r e s id e n t ia l b l d g s ............................
A d d it io n s , a lt e r a tio n s , and r e p a i r s ......................
1 H ousekeeping on ly.




2 6 5 .7

2 8 .8
1 1 7 .0
7 4 .2
3 7 .2 ,
66. 1
3 3 7 .3

2 6 1 .0
4 7 .2
5 1 .4
3 0 .7
1 7 4 .7

4 8 2 .3
3 0 .5
1 1 .0

304. 1
7 3 .8
7 8 .7
3 2 .8
3 7 6 .8
1 1 7 .4

8 0 .3
4 0 .5
6 3 .8

68. 2
1 0 1 .0

3 8 3 .9

4 4 4 .2

2 4 0 .7
1 3 .4

3 9 .4

9 1 .1
1 8 7 .7
260. 1

43
57

2 Inclu des h o te ls, m otels, and tourist courts.

46
43
56

49
50
58
35
68
38
36

69
37

30
51
44

44
27

43
20

55
47

37
40

35

37

53

53

57
52

68

43

31

55
50
67
60

63
56

57
64

64
70
49
56

73

57
80

75

45
53

63
60

63
47

65
47

63
47

96

Table B-16: Number of New Nonresidential Buildings,1 by Type of Building, Region, and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total
in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1954-56
Number of buildings
Type of building

All permit-issuing places
1954
1956
1955

Nonhousekeeping residential bldgs....
6,694
5,806
6,291
Commercial buildings.................
53,412
55,598
56, 785
Amusement buildings ..............
2,446
2,248
3, 159
Commercial garages ................
2, 421
2,272
2,262
Gasoline and service stations.....
9,022
9,827
10,615
Office buildings.....................
6,868
7, 590
5,433
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..
34, 288
32, 685
34,659
Community buildings...................
11,956
11,554
11, 547
Educational buildings..............
5,157
5, 113
5, 179
Institutional buildings .............
988
941
993
Religious buildings.................
5,427
5,806
5,453
Garages, private residential ......... 207, 365 224,546 223, 273
Industrial buildings....................
9, 582
13,655
15, 363
1,300
Public buildings .......................
1, 170
1, 259
Public utilities buildings.............
2,174
2, 479
1,895
All other nonresidential buildings ....
72, 728
59, 567 67, 520
Nonhousekeeping residential bldgs...
Commercial buildings.................
Amusement buildings..............
Commercial garages ................
Gasoline and service stations.....
Office buildings......................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs^.
Community buildings...................
Educational buildings..............
Institutional buildings .............
Religious buildings.................
Garages, private residential .........
Industrial buildings....................
Public buildings .......................
Public utilities buildings.............
All other nonresidential bldgs........

2, 115
9, 332
442
842
1, 466
723
5, 859
1, 423
588
175
660
44, 316
2, 227
189
443
7, 497

2, 306
10, 470
1,410
742
1,579
908
5, 831
1, 441
598
137
706
44, 786
2, 750
155
565
8,038

1, 849
9,138
546
714
1,895
910
5,073
1,607
638
181
788
42, 274
3, 059
203
609
7,688

Nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. ..
Commercial buildings.................
Amusement buildings ..............
Commercial garages ................
Gasoline and service stations.....
Office buildings.....................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs...
Community buildings...................
Educational buildings..............
Institutional buildings .............
Religious buildings ................
Garages, private residential .........
Industrial buildings....................
Public buildings .......................
Public utilities buildings.............
All other nonresidential bldgs........

963
13,694
502
710
2,628
1, 353
8,501
2,699
1, 259
218
1, 222
102,095
2, 451
282
538
7,629

865
13, 808
503
627
2,660
1,710
8, 308
2,816
1,248
283
1,285
116, 149
3, 524
315
585
7,546

748
13, 723
573
617
2,816
1,874
7,843
2,873
1,269
249
1, 355
118,832
4,070
253
667
9,262

See footnotes at end of table.




Metropolitan areas
1954

1 1955 | 1956
UNITED STATES

Percent of
metropolitan area total inCentral cities
Suburbs
1954 1955 1956 1954 1955|11956

2, 280
2, 598
38, 750
37, 335
1,761
2, 395
1,546
1, 581
6,032
6,767
4, 973
5,531
21,730
23, 769
7,606
8,024
3,662
3,635
672
631
3,340
3,690
175, 367 174, 305
11,436
10,037
732
773
1, 430
1,685
54, 480
59,401
NORTHEAST

29
43
35
46
44
56
40
48
47
61
46
38
38
33
37
33

28
42
24
50
45
58
39
45
42
58
45
36
35
33
38
38

21
43
35
49
44
57
39
41
37
57
43
35
35
35
36
37

71
57
65
54
56
44
60
52
53
39
54
62
62
67
63
67

72
58
76
50
55
42
61
55
58
42
55
64
65
67
62
62

79
57
65
51
56
43
61
59
63
43
57
65
65
65
64
63

828
879
799
7,706
8,815
7,419
471
362
1,307
554
663
593
1,480
1, 189
1,273
801
646
789
4,846
4,841
4, 125
1,208
1,204
1, 323
516
492
534
118
155
145
561
570
644
36,692
37, 205 34,902
2, 292
2, 583
1,939
164
123
151
362
478
490
6, 472
5,869
6,313
NORTH CENTRAL

6
25
22
30
29
34
23
29
31
44
24
15
23
25
24
15

14
23
7
32
29
34
23
32
31
52
28
15
18
29
26
13

7
27
19
34
30
33
25
32
32
54
27
16
22
27
20
12

94
75
78
70
71
66
77
71
69
56
76
85
77
75
76
85

86
77
93
68
71
66
77
68
69
48
72
85
82
71
74
87

93
73
81
66
70
67
75
68
68
46
73
84
78
73
80
88

27
46
37
51
47
57
44
46
43
‘ 73
45
40
43
36
48
57

21
47
39
61
46
63
43
42
34
65
44
37
45
35
49
54

28
46
40
58
46
62
41
41
38
60
41
36
43
43
51
56

73
54
63
49
53
43
56
54
57
27
55
60
57
64
52
43

79
53
61
39
54
37
57
58
66
35
56
63
55
65
51
46

72
54
60
42
54
38
59
59
62
40
59
64
57
57
49
44

2,907
35, 284
1, 508
1,651
5,430
4,087
22, 608
7, 422
3, 438
652
3, 332
161, 279
7, 338
694
1, 263
47, 339

317
9,080
309
450
1, 590
1,030
5,701
1, 730
826
146
758
81,098
1,656
166
324
5,648

352
9, 500
332
417
1, 658
1,313
5,780
1, 829
832
200
797
92, 779
2, 356
216
380
5,588

367
9, 363
390
399
1,895
1,465
5,214
1, 885
847
160
878
95, 280
2,744
148
458
7,244

97

Table B-16: Number of New Nonresidential Buildings,1 by Type of Building, Region, and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total
in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1954-56-Continued
Percent of
metropolitan area total in-.

Number of buildings
Type of building

All permit-issuing places
1954

Nonhousekeeping residential bldgs...
1,469
Commercial buildings..................
17, 318
Amusement buildings ................
643
Commercial garages .................
465
Gasoline and service stations......
2,967
Office buildings.......................
1,504
Stores and other mercantile bldgs. .. 11,739
Community buildings....................
4, 156
Educational buildings................
1,384
Institutional buildings ..............
382
Religious buildings..................
2, 390
Garages, private residential........... 26, 536
Industrial buildings.....................
2,049
Public buildings ........................
444
Public utilities buildings..............
429
All other nonresidential buildings ... 14, 158

| 1955
1, 308
17,965
738
495
3,429
2,096
11, 207
3,946
1, 371
338
2, 237
28,828
3, 101
379
591
17,629

!

Metropolitan areas

1956

1954

1, 250
18, 385
772
436
3,734
2, 281
11, 162
3,981
1, 365
333
2, 283
27, 298
3, 376
394
638
15, 105

775
9, 362
436
255
1, 470
989
6, 212
2, 325
787
210
1, 328
18,601
1, 393
188
273
9,836

| 1955 | 1956
SOUTH
596
10, 160
430
284
1,760
1,280
6, 406
2, 250
816
190
1,244
20, 224
1,925
203
321
13,093

Central cities

Suburbs

1954 1955 1956 1954 1955 1956

457
10, 347
534
252
1,998
1, 448
6, 115
2, 334
819
207
1,308
19, 424
2, 129
218
382
-10,825

72
63
52
72
57
81
63
65
64
79
63
64
69
40
51
61

61
64
58
73
60
79
63
64
62
73
63
60
63
41
53
69

65
63
55
67
61
80
61
64
63
75
63
57
66
47
50
64

28
37
48
28
43
19
37
35
36
21
37
36
31
60
49
39

39
36
42
27
40
21
37
36
38
27
37
40
37
59
47
31

35
37
45
33
39
20
39
36
37
25
37
43
34
53
50
36

946
10,206
366
341
1, 394
1,829
6,276
2, 482
1,462
160
860
24,699
3,980
243
355
35,019

15
32
27
51
41
48
26
42
46
40
35
49
28
31
29
21

15
30
32
49
37
49
23
35
38
32
29
44
24
26
27
27

8
30
23
50
34
45
24
25
24
32
26
42
22
23
25
29

85
68
73
49
59
52
74
58
54
60
65
51
72
69
71
79

85
70
68
51
63
51
77
65
62
68
71
56
76
74
73
73

92
70
77
50
66
55
76
75
76
68
74
58
78
77
75
71

WEST
Nonhousekeeping residential bldgs...
2, 147
1,812
1, 959
Commercial buildings..................
13,068
14, 542
14, 352
Amusement buildings ................
661
508
555
Commercial garages .................
408
404
495
Gasoline and service stations......
2, 170
1,961
2, 159
Office buildings.......................
2, 154
2,525
1,853
Stores and other mercantile bldgs. .. 8, 189
8,607
9,313
Community buildings....................
3, 276
3, 344
3,495
Educational buildings................
1,882
1, 962
1,885
Institutional buildings ..............
230
213
183
Religious buildings .................
1,181
1, 380
1, 199
Garages, private residential .......... 34,418
34, 783
34, 869
Industrial buildings.....................
4, 280
4,858
2,855
Public buildings ........................
321
385
409
Public utilities buildings..............
485
433
565
All other nonresidential bldgs......... 30,283
34, 307 40,673
1 Includes nonhousekeeping residential buildings, such as hotels,
motels, tourist courts, etc.




936
9, 136
401
283
1, 181
1,422
5,849
2,159
1, 333
141
685
24, 888
2, 350
189
304
25, 986

533
10, 275
326
287
1,341
1,579
6, 742
2, 323
1,471
123
729
25, 159
3,464
190
251
29,327

98

Table B-17: Average Valuation for Selected Types of New Nonresidential Buildings,1 by Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56

(Dollars)
Commercial buildings
Location

Amuse­ Commer­
cial
ment
buildings garages

Community buildings
j
Nonhouse­
Indus­
Gasoline
Stores
Educa­ Institu­
keeping
trial
Office
and
and other
tional
tional Religious
service buildings mercantile buildings buildings buildings buildings residential
buildings
stations
buildings

1954
United States..........
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.........
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

43,429
47,932
76,919
32,085
34,254

24,831
31,749
53,649
13,429
9,997

13,293
13,673
13,982
13,428
12,717

83,590
96,258
119,193
67,147
45,124

25,069
30,421
35,126
27,274
14,711

230,328 340,279
245,898 389,279
242,896 475,846
248,602 254,506
198,369 245,196

66,288
79, 826
91,331
69,867
45,021

69,117
72,063
66,661
75,337
59,482

20,346
27,884
49,453
19,207
14,560

Northeast................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

52,170
50,870
97,605
37,399
58,050

21,010
23,872
49,750
13,011
10,408

14, 274
14,580
15,543
14,182
12,960

177,344
191,859
365,286
104,135
55,571

28,277
30,952
41,134
27,888
15,482

478,172 493, 663
504,970 501,865
633,656 625,500
446,337 405,230
340,833 430,100

108,909
114,289
156,068
101,306
78,424

70,082
74,903
101,251
67,191
37,628

8,801
13,248
7,018
9,814
5,638

North Central..........
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities........
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

56,365
68,595
122,122
36,866
36,782

33, 713
48,184
80,474
15,023
8,665

14,491
15,348
15,731
15,011
13,179

84,088
95,766
89,036
104,791
46,848

28,464
35,204
33,244
36,741
14,741

267,578 374,830
280,547 408,390
300,176 498,368
265,970 169,950
242,838 306,778

89,969
106,827
127,647
89,892
62,429

90,652
111,380
84,665
131,628
47,475

36,587
81,587
175,058
46,788
14,505

South ....................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs..............
Nonmetropolitan places

41,199
44,094
61,833
24,649
35,101

23,118
33,835
38,565
21,577
10,105

12,545
13,290
13,127
12,719
11,812

85,019
106,168
124,089
31,776
44,406

23,064
31,365
33,573
27,665
13,734

324,181
420,724
467,494
244, 273
206,308

26,182
36,977
24, 714

29,932
33, 526
45,422
29,086
24,388

19,158
22,191
35,757
8,137
12,066

12,084
10,981
10,572
11,259
13,754

45,485
46,292
61,258
32,499
42,821

22,125
24,315
37,727
19,501
16,650

207, 770
198,894
279,754
144,024
225,153

51,467
61,346
70,825
45,240
39,113
47,959
57,547
75,232
48,192
34,718

81,526
72,086
48,544
124,809
101,570

West......................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities........
Suburbs...............
Nonmetropolitan places

212,372
234,806
229,119
244,989
182,799
141,179
135,356
124,155
145,036
155,317

40,970
42,000
50,438
38,754
36,174

20,442
15,913
62,685
7,479
23,942

United States..........
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs...............
Nonmetropolitan places

31,465
31,718
74,051
18,466
30,670

29,356
36,416
58,047
14,593
13,201

14,251
14,483
14,397
14,553
13,881

80,579
95,510
124,240
55,814
41,397

28,827
33,680
38,962
30,343
18,236

239,878 327,037
253,401 391,103
265,917 458,640
244,497 295,985
208,041 196,632

73,000
86,631
96,237
78, 753
51,184

60,816
66,965
65,724
67,640
4 3,755

25,605
41,409
66,717
31,767
16,621

Northeast................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities........
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

11,542
10,853
43,628
8,545
20,282

22,158
24,912
50,911
12,464
11,195

14,954
15,119
14,960
15,186
14,265

200,873
222,551
498,967
81,213
38,598

32,453
34,611
36,354
34,081
21,901

489,684 414,036
501,824 452,881
694,013 394,754
415,447 515,088
413,293 172,789

126,067
140,133
179,932
124,331
67,110

70,704
73, 571
77,790
72,624
56,354

13,395
25,558
10,178
13,003
6,947

North Central..........
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

62,664
76,036
116,054
49,955
36,702

37, 879
51,014
.74,744
14,037
11,795

16,159
16,874
16,869
16,878
14,976

74, 267
80,006
92,078
59,862
55,285

32,090
37,793
41,203
35,184
19,050

317,505
344,606
408,943
311,441
263,303

423,926
486,695
559,954
350,643
272,675

98,121
112,403
121,553
105,347
74,797

89,653
109,404
100,951
116,437
49,813

33,587
55,560
130,877
35,853
18,511

South ....................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

44,947
53,777
69,777
31,341
32,620

39,283
58,349
70,592
26,013
13,621

13,465
14,011
13,837
14,271
12,890

62,432
78,578
86,753
47,562
37,104

27,035
35,412
36,070
34,300
15,859

213,166 247,938
230,766 297,126
228,844 325,647
233,903 219,392
187,288 184,791

57,975
69,501
77,759
55,280
43,536

46,881
50,973
42,236
66,161
40,183

46,112
64,119
37,309
105,594
31,033

West.....................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs...............
Nonmetropolitan places

36,283
41,141
56,447
34,072
27,582

17, 306
17,272
19,627
14,966
17,388

12,633
11,544
11,334
11,667
14,417

52,542
57,683
76,583
39,233
38,423

25,804
27,840
44,765
22,808
20,465

133,029 258,169
127,230 321,569
105,397 694,872
140,728 148,250
150,401 128,200

42,863
45,856
58,909
40,610
38,221

40,815
42,617
48,623
40, 749
33,162

22,529
30,432
91,407
19,504
19,235

6 7 ,9 1 4

14,127

1955

See footnote at end of table.




99

Table B-17: Average Valuation for Selected Types of New Nonresidential Buildings,1 by Region, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56-Continued

(Dollars)
Location

Amuse­
ment
buildings

Commercial buildings
Commer­ Gasoline
Office
and
cial
service buildings
garages
stations

Community buildings
Nonhouse­
Indus­
Stores
Educa­ Institu­
trial
keeping
and other
tional
tional Religious
mercantile buildings buildings buildings buildings residential
buildings
buildings

1956
United States..........
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

46,360
52,927
78,512
38,920
29,477

26,527
33,161
46,941
19,872
12,204

15, 588
15,823
15,792
15,848
15,173

96,761
115,109
149,087
69,857
47,475

30,740
35, 747
38,743
33,866
20,807

272,851 370,422
281,292 428,685
340,503 558, 984
246,637 259,116
252,175 248,452

77,643
88,262
100,147
79,470
59,125

82,050
89,676
77,247
96,413
59,842

24, 484
34,868
77,325
23,857
16,075

Northeast................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

41,575
41,788
76,656
33,551
40, 240

29,001
33,968
57,739
21,757
11,806

15,732
15,939
16,296
15,787
14,995

228,356
253,196
572,124
98, 237
66,380

36,163
39,268
41,085
38,671
22,649

524,296 546,232
548,757 611,641
738,688 912,218
460,052 261,716
398,702 282, 778

122,212
127,467
161,983
114,890
98, 708

79,428
84,142
91,237
82,169
53,847

13, 797
21,132
9,660
15,023
7,849

North Central ..........
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs..............
Nonmetropolitan places

60,309
75,490
114,236
49,382
34,219

21,169
26,554
33,021
17,476
11,312

18,016
18,631
17,618
19,484
16,751

91,484
102,926
108,299
94,142
50,499

34,235
42,008
37,443
45,218
18,820

351, 301
351,941
388,947
329,471
350,017

380,088
427,250
481,813
345,406
295,303

104,731
121,320
145,285
104,821
74,195

110,821
132,388
103,454
154,153
66,192

42,955
66,278
108,058
49,757
20,488

South ....................
Metropolitan areas.....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

31,736
35,361
39,294
30,581
23,601

34,931
51,008
70,343
11,639
12,913

14,867
15,477
15,535
15,388
14,164

85,866
108,805
118,308
69,682
45,993

26,936
32,981
34,762
30,213
19,612

236,422 301,787
276,158 389,396
287, 633 448,181
257,020 214,173
176,819 157,857

58,625
62,089
64,177
58,604
53,977

56,186
67,937
55,928
90,903
36,123

33,698
53,969
46,030
68,706
22,016

West.....................
Metropolitan areas....
Central cities.......
Suburbs ..............
Nonmetropolitan places

54,944
68,847
151,398
44,636
28,021

22,236
26,390
30,716
22,140
13,039

13,551
12,381
12,683
12, 223
15,652

63,095
70,289
105,302
41,391
44,188

29,291
30,926
48,986
25,324
24,889

161,313 320,974
145,546 315,144
180,149 500,765
134,655 228,294
215,809 334,300

57,060
64,960
112,041
48,678
43,994

77, 570
75,448
67,120
77,819
87,187

21,640
25,476
145,417
15,595
18,057

1 Includes nonhousekeeping residential buildings, such as hotels,
motels, tourist courts, etc.




100

Table B-18: Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent in Central Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1954-56
Type of building construction

Valuation (in thousands o f dollars)
1954

1955 | 1956

ATLANTA, GA.

1954

1955

All building construction .................... 167, 246 169,878 141,852 223,505 261,299
New dwelling units 1........................... 98,895 100,998 86,301 145,871 155,211
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. 2....
130
428
675
191
1,639
New nonresidential buildings ...............
56,718 54,729 41, 589 59,150 84,804
17,667 25,719 18,030 13,412 33,799
Commercial buildings .....................
428
2,074
Amusement buildings ....................
607
365
1,855
946
2,281
698
Commercial garages .....................
613
203
1,086
1,166
1, 478
Gasoline and service stations.........
831
1, 304
2, 470 7,920
4, 534 9,151
3, 587
Office buildings .........................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs...... 10,673 11,048 11,745 9,544 22,022
Community buildings ....................... 32,739 15, 628
7, 403 25, 568 23,813
Educational buildings ..................
4,919
8,755
3, 162 15,684 17, 534
2,770
21,412
700
Institutional buildings ..................
215
1, 535
Religious buildings .....................
6, 408 4, 103 3, 542 9,669
4,745
Garages, private residential..............
244
277
838
273
815
Industrial buildings.........................
6, 220 12, 307 12, 544 18, 527
4,061
Public buildings ............................
836
2,795
485
2, 609
3,183
Public utilities buildings........... ~......
2,001
1,077
3,694
3,027
2,712
All other nonresidential bldgs.............
1, 152
415
735
429
1,955
Additions, alterations, and repairs .........
9,994 13,476 13,771 18,353 20,856
BOSTON, MASS.
All building construction .................. 219, 583 240, 287
New dwelling units1 ......................
108,697 121,829
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. ..
2,095
355
New nonresidential buildings ..............
83, 293 84, 666
Commercial buildings.....................
18,
754
17,003
Amusement buildings ..................
1, 218
1,888
Commercial garages ....................
457
929
712
1, 000
Gasoline and service stations.........
5,800
4,556
Office buildings ........................
8,816 10,381
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
Community buildings.......................
37, 202 46,022
Educational buildings .................
21,955 36,913
Institutional buildings .................
4,197
10,763
Religious buildings ....................
4,484
4,912
Garages, private residential.............
1,382
1,640
Industrial buildings .......................
16,067
9,363
1,
100
Public buildings ...........................
8,313
2, 642
4,068
Public utilities buildings ................
684
All other nonresidential bldgs............
3,719
Additions, alterations, and repairs .......
25, 498 33, 437

See footnotes at end of table.




226,196
125,149
105
83,555
15,028
1,055
1,321
2,077
4, 180
6,395
38,939
19,606
15,421
3,912
827
16,957
3, 399
6, 591
1,814
17, 387

BUFFALO, N. Y.

250,952 145, 747 167,781 167,625
112,435 81,536 106, 207 103, 361
47
758
1,797
1, 328
105,819 52,812 48, 228 52,069
29,607
6,984 12, 702 13, 178
2,698
170
1,064
369
4,006
276
453
443
1, 172
1,760
1,627
1,638
1, 160 5,004
8,893
3, 460
12,838
3,441
5, 259 6,739
41, 316 27, 319 13, 659 11, 504
26,011 21, 674 8, 190 7,180
8, 517
2,214
1, 579
1,631
6,788
3,890
3, 430
2,693
1,742
3, 179 3,282
3, 565
22,410
5,897 11,869
5, 566
4,956
192
3,492
2,019
6,880
2, 628
3,829
3, 573
372
3,917
4, 159 9,132
32,651 10,641 12,018 10, 399

CLE\/ELAND, OHIO
All building construction ................... 290,531 360,441
New dwelling units1 ................. .......
189, 353 238, 248
3,846
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. ..
2,928
New nonresidential buildings ..............
75, 184 94, 386
17,620 20,855
Commercial buildings...».................
520
988
Amusement buildings ..................
Commercial garages ....................
828
1, 433
Gasoline and service stations.........
1,268
1, 485
Office buildings ........................
5,574
5,339
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
8,842 12, 197
Community buildings .....................
28,762' 37, 402
Educational buildings .................
14,512 27,037
Institutional buildings ................
9,416
1,617
Religious buildings ....................
4,834
8,748
Garages, private residential.............
4,888
5, 646
16, 287 24,100
Industrial buildings .......................
Public buildings ........................
499 4,729
1,090
Public utilities buildings................
5,723
All other nonresidential bldgs............
1,405
563
Additions, alterations, and repairs.........
23,066 23,962

1956

BALTIMORE, MD.

COLUMBUS, OHIO

380,867 122,874 152,814 134,648
193,016 84,893 102, 465 92, 195
520
1,280
54
3, 303
158,118 29,777 37,813 30,519
57,293 13,735 13,798 16,757
500
342
610
4,991
382
149
573
783
566
2, 345
453
1,049
3,922
22,088
7,315
2,969
27,086 9, 477 8,663
7,319
5,918
27,859 7,620 11,642
4,310
5,071 9,754
16,888
(3)
700
770
7,178
1,608
3,792
1, 118
1,849
1,620
2,006
6, 383
1,669
3,036
44,417
905 7,798
2, 231
2, 643
5,453
4,453
11
11,466
91
1,025
481
254
5,248
419
26, 429 7,684 11, 256 11,880

1954

1955

1956

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
50,881
30,898
164
13,771
5, 356
64
90
294
1,702
3, 206
5,329
3,670
129
1, 530
253
778
364
56
1,635
6,048

72,825
40, 142
455
22, 363
10,853
190
93
570
2,086
7,913
7,875
4,653
673
2, 549
274
2,516
457
135
253
9,865

70,860
33,944
164
25, 108
12, 191
117
13
1,026
3,597
7,437
9,618
6, 197
556
2,865
254
1,767
259
216
803
11,644

CHICAGO, ILL.
885,328 1,119,629 1,190,814
778, 359
603,186
733,514
5,463
5,083
7,893
369,516
215,803
275, 143
75, 186
80,671
91,614
5,758
3, 567
5,364
1, 426
3,792
9, 263
5,
340
6,645
4,319
14,705
15,884
30,773
50, 291
43, 331
47,013
112,846
79, 266
65,935
56, 428
72, 336
39,150
8,884
7,422
11,629
17,901
15,416
28,881
14,924
19,621
24, 201
37,554
67,541
102, 580
7,461
15, 470
5,028
11, 388
24, 145
8,805
3, 354
9,101
3,769
60,877
61,044
79, 890
DENVER, COLO.
165,088
104,157
402
48,063
13,660
90
1,053
865
3,094
8,558
15,988
12,618
1, 133
2, 237
1,958
4, 505
7,734
408
3,810
12, 466

169,616
110, 377
1, 236
41, 170
16,415
1,400
659
1,284
1,539
11, 534
13, 159
10,778
114
2, 267
2, 366
6,084
2,551
146
449
16,833

158, 415
86,942
599
54, 548
20,611
378
584
1, 287
8,313
10,049
10, 335
6,748
695
2,891
2, 276
16, 421
2,303
1,517
1, 116
16, 326

101

Table B-18: Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent in Central Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1954-56-Continued
Valuation (in thousands of dollars)

Type of building construction
1954

1955

1956

DETROIT, MICH.

1954

| 1955

1956

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

1954

1955

1956

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

All building construction ................... 691,885 757,861 691,901 110,679 106,133 127,858 1,326,533 1, 533,942 1,579,583
New dwelling units 1......................... 434, 246 475,067 391, 571 67,015 70,673 65,519
919, 190 1,010,964 915,214
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2 ..
3,817
130
2, 471
5,554
4,927
1,571
309
2,356
775
New nonresidential buildings .............. 209,925 227,658 232,793 36,806 29,079 53,897
498,135
279, 362 379,045
164,211
8,784 19,956
Commercial buildings .....................
69, 586 63,052 62, 874 12,576
91,215
128,923
4,521
876
4,757
1,521
832
8,794
Amusement buildings....................
6,185
2, 359
4,855
Commercial garages .....................
2,812
8, 158
127
1,717
136
1, 542
2,025
1,943
99
Gasoline and service stations........
4, 361
4, 224 6, 182
1,068
1,668
3, 150
3,629
699
2,549
47, 187
Office buildings........................
4,608
29, 294 9,378 18, 241
2, 215
65, 325
3, 775
25, 839
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
28,454 38, 933 31,986
4,526 13,554
56, 430
72, 113
5,613
82,919
Community buildings.....................
52, 339 72, 341 62,873 10,598 11,254 10,039
78,632
95,437
115,114
Educational buildings .................
38,547 51, 124 48, 164 4, 725 8,246
62,252
65, 326
4, 46979, 371
Institutional buildings.................
1,356
8,482
5,666
3,000
4, 380 (3)
4,716
19,934
19, 227
12, 436 12, 735 9, 043
Religious buildings....................
11,664
10, 178
2, 570
16,516
3,008
1,493
Garages, private residential .............
9,922
15,997 19, 322 21, 785
1, 408
1,358
9,732
10,304
1, 469
Industrial buildings........................
133,050
46,924 52,752 71,725
4,602 19,834
81,676
51, 114
2,245
Public buildings...........................
5,671
3,810
10,794
7,903
5, 374
1,335 (3)
4,731
23,755
Public utilities buildings.................
2, 110
8,656
13, 564 11,389
3, 377 3,318
5,157
16,831
935
All other nonresidential bldgs............
3,611
601
701
35,282
3, 132 4,785
34, 174
47,830
2,851
Additions, alterations, and repairs ........
45,358 53,565 63,720
8,312
6,084
138,379
161, 307
125, 509
6,073
NEW YORKlitl
IA|A11 c U
LiIC
MiLnMUiMlC,
nla.
IYI1 IYIlp r U“•
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
All building construction ................... 234, 362 260,432
New dwelling units 1......................... 137, 180 148,601
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2.... 11,751 18, 182
New nonresidential buildings ...........
59, 236 64,778
Commercial buildings ..................... ‘ 23,691 36,627
Amusement buildings...................
1,497
2,939
Commercial garages ....................
221
745
Gasoline and service stations........
1,374
1, 125
Office buildings........................
3, 184
5,273
Stores and other mercantile bldgs...
17,140 26,818
Community buildings .....................
14,051 11,455
Educational buildings.................
6, 467
10,369
Institutional buildings.................
1, 542 2, 226
Religious buildings ...................
2,139
2,763
Garages, private residential.............
756
874
Industrial buildings.......................
3,521
4, 796
Public buildings...........................
9, 587 6,452
Public utilities buildings.................
1,746
4, 169
All other nonresidential bldgs............
3,462
2,829
Additions, alterations, and repairs ........
26, 194 28,871

194, 261 178, 535 181, 393 1,496, 307 1,555,904 1,547,551
945, 237 1,019,786
109,911 102, 164 105,137
873, 223
4,886
4, 328
790
4,880
333
7,383
435,002
66,005 6i, 130 60, 811
422, 128 544,043
18, 526 13, 749 10,415
162, 104 201,023
215,442
2,788
2,936
1, 377
6, 860
5, 167
5, 222
621
6,480
4,921
1, 279
4, 179
533
6,601
1,216
6,470
1,047
7,728
1,073
2, 571 4, 574
3,798
108, 788
134, 548
83, 284
4,402
3,660
10,815
58,879
76,419
63,023
136,868
177,764
33,099 32,002 28,334
111, 932
88, 260
107,053
18,605 20,793 18, 062
74,649
9,757
6,320
4, 378'
24, 451
44,715
11,065
4,737
24,156
26, 218
5,894
25, 996
4,889
12, 254
11,490
10, 774
3, 356
3, 700
4,525
4,984 13, 152
70,834
8,095
83, 282
50,331
1,654
6,417
1,043 4, 440
55, 406
22, 589
1,447
1,472
1,813
9,085
13,213
18,243
438
918
7,220
783
8,953
15,949
14,017 14,451 15, 111
111, 188
122,902
109, 104
PHOENIX, ARIZ
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH, VA.

All building construction ..................
New dwelling units 1 .........................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2..
New nonresidential buildings...............
Commercial buildings ..,...................
Amusement buildings...................
Commercial garages.....................
Gasoline and service stations........
Office buildings.........................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
Community buildings ......................
Educational buildings..................
Institutional buildings..................
Religious buildings.....................
Garages, private residential..............
Industrial buildings .......................
Public buildings............................
Public utilities buildings ................
All other nonresidential bldgs. .........
Additions, alterations, and repairs ........
See footnotes at end of table.




266,043
152,885
10, 398
70,618
29,086
3,968
876
2,437
5,906
15,900
14,829
11,802
1, 108
1,918
900
6, 145
2, 251
13, 573
3,834
32, 142

65,841 66,487 80,887 504, 302 584,369
39,663 43,731 37, 104 286, 475 359,101
772 10, 447
521
625
155
20,004 14, 956 37,088 165, 213 153,930
4,490
6,469 13, 326 53, 605 54, 272
198
2, 238
127
1,196
1,873
1,818
60
347
107
1, 585
734
664 3, 359
3, 444
995
676
647
625 8, 321 17, 729
2, 345 3,785 11,779 37,869 29,641
2, 198 12, 700 55,204 46, 478
9,203
1, 116 5, 120 30,011 28,767
6,933
50 6,015 16,000
1,441
202
2,068
1,033
1,565
9, 193 16, 271
3,962
654
650
4,526
534
642
576
1, 285 36,894 17,699
7,726
3,817
4,317
6,019
4,423
74
1,028
2,173
6, 505
91
620
375 9,558 18, 430
669
7,175
6, 173 51,842 60,892
6,019

513,407
265, 586
1, 187
188, 835
64,015
2, 573
3, 889
4, 100
22, 118
31,334
70,766
48, 868
7,024
14, 874
4,895
33,961
4,635
3,874
10,643
57, 800

96,168
63,066
2, 244
25,441
14,793
1, 544
191
979
5, 236
6,843
5,295
3,867
157
1,271
160
4,082
210
81
821
5,416

108,455
75, 499
1,787
24,968
12,205
779
673
1,381
3,064
6, 308
7,462
6,269
174
1,019
152
3, 324
97
448
1, 280
6, 202

125,198
67,235
7, 112
43, 352
17,078
568
206
1, 182
4,799
10,322
14, 906
11,002
1,827
2,077
223
7,262
2, 156
347
1,380
7,499

102

Table B-18: Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent in Central Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1954-56—Continued
Valuation (in thousands o f dollars)

Type of building construction
1954

1955

1956

All building construction .................
New dwelling units 1........................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2.
New nonresidential buildings..............
Commercial buildings....................
Amusement buildings .................
Commercial garages ..................
Gasoline and service stations.......
Office buildings........................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs....
Community buildings.....................
Educational buildings ................
Instututional buildings................
Religious buildings....................
Garages, private residential ............
Industrial buildings.......................
Public buildings...........................
Public utilities buildings ................
All other nonresidential bldgs...........
Additions, alterations, and repairs .......

All building construction .................
New dwelling units 1........................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2.
New nonresidential buildings..............
Commercial buildings....................
Amusement buildings..................
Commercial garages....................
Gasoline and service stations........
Office buildings.................... ....
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
Community buildings .....................
Educational buildings
Institutional buildings..................
Religious buildings ....................
Garages, private residential ............
Industrial buildings.......................
Public buildings...........................
Public utilities buildings................
All other nonresidential bldgs-...........
Additions, alterations, and repairs

1954

1955

1956

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

63, 071 84,898 69,720 57,625 60, 323 69, 474
40, 666 52, 107 41, 266 40, 192 45,301 43, 115
560
1, 110
197
35
43
5
16, 816 27,793 22,099 13, 143 11,011 19, 544
8 , 706
5,627
5,034
5, 109 8, 141
3, 425
412
120
20
226
545
175
262
500 ( 3 )
1,036
749
91
730
1, 001
407
770
961
603
508
1,961
4, 290
1, 607 4, 575
593
2,216
2, 684
2, 475
1,925
2, 491
2, 109
2,310
7, 184 3,000
9,058
3, 502
6 , 602
3,697
4,076
1, 424
1,375
1, 505
5, 396
340
202
510 ( 3)
261
4,697
1, 817
664
2,906
1,115
805
865
898
1, 155
816
1,365
1, 251
731
338
1, 236
2, 765
4, 279 8,416 6,951
437 ( 3 )
547
739
413
269
1, 478
326
245
685 ( 3)
2,879
371
496
372
614
629
2, 008
6, 349 3,730
5, 705
5, 392
3,969
4,963
SAN FRANCISCOSEATTLE, WASH.
OAKLAND, CALIF.
411, 563
259,963
2,656
107, 345
32,686
2,836
674
2,155
8,838
18, 182
41, 291
32,715
3,011
5,565
1,865
15, 598
7,387
2,841
5,677
41,599

513,987
330,217
4, 773
128,451
47,906
2,134
657
2,799
12, 831
29,485
44,097
31,452
8, 142
4,503
2, 023
16, 424
11, 190
1,918
4,893
50, 546

464,944
236,856
3,760
165, 377
59,082
10,087
2,053
2,161
13,752
31,029
42,212
28, 107
4,801
9,303
2,044
37,291
12,457
3,770
8, 521
58,951

170,897 172,443 174, 254
109, 519 113,701 84, 115
516
1,822
263
47,457 43,090 71,080
8,784 16,176 10, 706
922
417
1,260
996
374
381
1,076
1,414
785
1,788
4, 474
4,554
4, 293 9,835
3,097
17,803 11,914 28, 206
9,051' 14,970
10,831
592 9,829
1,665
5, 307 2, 270 3,408
752
765
874
12,678
9,519 25,091
2,201
928
786
4,092
2, 235 4,009
1, 146
1,554
1,408
13, 404 15, 388 17, 237

1954

1956
1955
SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

147, 417
90, 632
2, 927
40,979
10, 160
867
93
533
2,312
6, 354
24, 435
11,420
10,628
2, 388
2,159
819
1, 141
647
1,618
12,879

167,470
112, 869
336
41,595
11,226
1, 298
98
634
2,668
6,529
13,715
11,792
478
1,444
2,075
2,979
9,151
969
1, 479
12, 671

200,864
131, 183
609
53,381
10,983
508
271
348
4,660
5,197
15,516
11,802
488
3,227
2,721
12,748
6, 539
1,494
3, 380
1 5 ,6 9 2

WASHINGTON, D. C.
329,031
210,022
546
95, 676
21, 583
513
377
1, 146
4,763
14,784
58,429
26, 056
27, 321
5,053
735
2,662
5,292
5,107
1,867
22,787

399, 578
239,890
4,290
126, 996
34, 403
893
1, 578
1,959
9, 422
20, 552
55,083
32, 196
6,997
15,891
612
3,988
25,856
3, 146
3,909
28,402

322, 293
185, 805
1,643
104, 155
27,809
1,074
680
1,557
9, 451
15,047
51,939
31,215
12,732
7,992
545
3,416
14, 499
4,654
1,293
30,690

Percent of valuation in central city or cities
.
BALTIMORE, MD1

ATLANTA, GA
All building construction
New dwelling units ?...... ......................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs.2...
New nonresidential buildings.................
Commercial buildings...... :
Amusement buildings.....................
Commercial garages...................
Gasoline and service stations.........
Office buildings...........................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.......
Community buildings.........................
Educational buildings................. .
Institutional buildings ...................
Religious buildings........................
Garages, private residential
Industrial buildings.........................
Public buildings..............................
Public utilities buildings...................
All other nonresidential bldgs............
Additions, alterations, and repairs.........
See footnotes at end of table.




55
39
99
78
73
61
93
41
90
67
84
25
100
78
57
55
82
82
36
84

44
29
97
63
73
82
68
51
94
58
48
34
92
48
64
49
83
65
45
83

41
26
0
61
72
54
93
42
89
70
55
63
27
53
39
43
100
84
56
77

34
22
0
51
39
47
17
16
64
35
48
26
59
83
12
75
4
71
27
73

34
21
0
48
65
59
29
20
94
58
43
40
75
41
11
40
6
15
21
72

BIRMINGHAM, ALA
29
14
19
43
41
42
89
28
44
34
58
34
100
13
14
37
0
5
33
64

50
33
7.
74
81
39
100
52
87
81
69
78
100
43
74
70
15
29
81
82

51
33
79
67
69
82
98
48
69
69
65
66
93
57
82
61
96
59
46
85

51
33
61
61
75
88
77
58
84
74
42
24
100
68
83
67
58
37
68
83

103

Table B-18: Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent in Central Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1954-56»Continued
Percent of valuation in central city or cities

Type of building construction
1954

' 1955

1956

1954

BOSTON, MASS.
All building construction ...........................
New dwelling units1 ....................................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs,2....
New nonresidential buildings.....................
Commercial buildings .............................
Amusement buildings...........................
Commercial garages.............................
Gasoline and service stations............
Office buildings..................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.......
Community buildings...............................
Educational buildings.........................
Institutional buildings.........................
Religious buildings.............................
Garages, private residential...................
Industrial buildings.................................
Public buildings......................................
Public utilities buildings.......................
All other nonresidential buildings..........
Additions, alterations, and repairs............

15

17

6

6
0

9
23
24

19
5

0

14

17

11
0

10

29
28
9
87
27
14
24
26
18
48
31
3
35

13
33

89
23
4
4

24
33
15
32
36
39
33
23
19
30
53
5
4

2

10

21

0

54

4
83
39

42

39
3
41

26
15
33
13
31
34

10

2
29

2
34

2
3
13
53
43
5
3

0

21

22

24

9
92
40
51
16
70
25
47
57
45
29

9
42
44
46
13

8
10

86
13
25
38

0
10
7
57

66
29
67
39
40
46
81
13

40
45
73
31
35
70

21
33
18
71
26

22

21

50
69
65
4
63

39

19




67
13
39
48
18
25

19
38
49
34
91
46
59
39
33
18
89
40

34
32
47
36
78
40
61
42

21

0
31
32
38
65

26

10

37

0

21

6
11

54

36
18
46

36
23
85

62
70
99
98
35
78
67
84

86
100
72
56
71

1

0
99
4
70

6

38
39
COLUMBUS, OHIO
33
26
24
42
43
30
56
54

0

0

55
65
75
94
37

67

88

88

23
59
60
94
23
53
24
(4)

42
46
44
(3)
53
56
54

100

75
19
72

19
63

16

37

20

55
29

64
34
39
50
94
27
50
25
29
28
23
40
27
33
29
65
16
46

8
60
20
27
76
79
27
25
18
16

10
41
37
23
14
32
35

21
51

26

60
74
75
92
40
99
57
72
71
91
18
53
34

22
17
81
80

33
25
97
41
58
70
98
41
73
51
24
18
(3)
41
51
26
80
96
45
83

1956

45
38

8

36
28
77
41
47

20
91
51
28
53
59
46

100
35
55
18
(4)
98
87
69

26
24
33
30
19
25
33
38

20
41

25
17
44
36
44
23
45
45
67
31
39
32
69
42
19
28

12
50
38
41

DENVER, COLO.
48
35

68
10
97
58
53
71
58
53
99
63
48
85
72
0
90
80

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

8

39
38
40
41
31
16
49
31
47
48

92
29

26

22

42

19

26

20

27

21

12

19

26

10
23
73
14
31

23
18

27
7

11

87
84
35
9

65
25
39
50

1955
CHICAGO, ILL.

27

47
65
57

DETROIT, MICH.
All building construction.............................
New dwelling units 1 ....................................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs,2....
New nonresidential buildings......................
Commercial buildings...............................
Amusement buildings...........................
Commercial garages.............................
Gasoline and service stations ............
Office buildings ...................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs........
Community buildings ...............................
Educational buildings .........................
Institutional buildings.........................
Religious buildings .............................
Garages, private residential...................
Industrial buildings .................................
Public buildings......................................
Public utilities buildings .......................
All other nonresidential buildings..........
Additions, alterations, and repairs ............

1954

10

CLEVELAND, OHIO
All building construction ...........................
New dwelling units1 ....................................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs? ....
New nonresidential buildings.....................
Commercial buildings .............................
Amusement buildings...........................
Commercial garages ...........................
Gasoline and service stations............
Office buildings..................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs........
Community buildings...............................
Educational buildings.........................
Institutional buildings.........................
Religious buildings.............................
Garages, private residential ..................
Industrial buildings.................................
Public buildings......................................
Public utilities buildings.......................
All other nonresidential buildings..........
Additions, alterations, and repairs ............

1956

1955

BUFFALO, N. Y.

46
36
75
57
71
40
84
45
43
80
43
40
91
50
44
47
88
0
9
81

46
33
62
57
76
13
61
29
91
73
69
63

86
78
44
31
83
26
26
78

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
31
27
62
38
41
9
74
41
57
35
49
53
31
38
57
17
5
23
39
44

28
23
37
35
39
32
35
34
64
23
33
25
65
24
53
16
85
14
39
47

31
29
26
28
46
19
32
32
63
37
17
15
15
30
55

11
11
16
43
46

104

Table B-1& Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent in Central Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1954-5 6-Continued
Percent of valuation in central city or cities
1954

1955 | 1956

20

18

19

15

12

12

1

3
28
37
31
40
26
41
37
24
15
17
53
13
5
14
16

43
23
37
19
99
26
73
26

24
14
71
35
40

23
17

0

0

42

45

30
47
24

1
36
78
46
23
18
73
15
17
17

0

11
5
47

26
12
6

19
18
20
16
19
34
38
35
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
44

All building construction .............................
26
New dwelling units ................................ ....
14
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. .....
17
New nonresidential buildings.......................
38
Commercial buildings ...............................
33
Amusement buildings.............................
34
Commercial garages...............................
49
Gasoline and service stations..............
29
Office buildings ....................................
70
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.........
25
38
Community buildings...............................
28
Educational buildings .........................
Institutional buildings...........................
67
20
Religious buildings...............................
Garages, private residential.....................
7
Industrial buildings ..................................
46
Public buildings........................................
11
Public utilities buildings......................... (4)
All othier nonresidential bldgs. ................
76
Additions, alterations, and repairs..............
54

6

27
28

20

21

64
31
31
34
3
26
7
7
30

45
16
26
19
97
17

0
75
48

6

24
18
5
67
43

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
All building construction...............................
New dwelling units.1.......................................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. 2.....
New nonresidential buildings.......................
Commercial buildings.................................
Amusement buildings.............................
Commercial garages...............................
Gasoline and service stations ..............
Office buildings ....................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..........
Community buildings .................................
Educational buildings ...........................
Institutional buildings...........................
Religious buildings ...............................
Garages, private residential.....................
Industrial buildings .................................
Public buildings........................................
Public utilities buildings .........................
All other nonresidential bldgs...................
Additions, alterations, and repairs..............
1 Housekeeping only.
2 Includes hotels, motels, and tourist courts.




55
54
85
51
59
31
32
56
63
63
54
41

66
60
43
38
32
7
14
62

1955 1 1956

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

MIAMI, FLA.
All building construction .............................
New dwelling units1......................................
New nonhousekeeping residential bldgs. 2 ....
New nonresidential buildings.......................
Commercial buildings ...............................
Amusement buildings.............................
Commercial garages...............................
Gasoline and service stations ..............
Office buildings....................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.........
Community buildings .................................
Educational buildings...........................
Institutional buildings...........................
Religious buildings...............................
Garages, private residential.....................
Industrial buildings...................................
Public buildings........................................
Public utilities buildings.........................
All other nonresidential bldgs...................
Additions, alterations, and repairs..............

1954

54
50
56
40
49
49
82
87
79
60
66
56
64
76
73
80
74
83
82
94
49
49
49
39
90
94
86
66
58
59
56
62
67
30
58
71
47
99
85
70
50
71
62
55
59
66
54
33
10
41
43
92
39
49
68
28
31
72
71
70
PHOENIX, ARIZ.
28
17
48
24
32
43
50
44
28
33
86
38
63
32
4
13
77
67
53
28
56
51
16
44
23
36
8
22
100
100
93
21
41
29
21
28
33
61
19
13
0
0
69
44
14
64
52
53
13
47
49
45
SAN FRANC1SCOOAKLAND, CALIF.
19

10

51
55
73
40
50
52
38
52
60
46
59
61
60
38
25
32

53
51
5
58
65
57
25
28
77
59

21

70
43
55 .
23

21

2

37

51
53
59

46

66

68
11

60

20

9
75
45
52
9

14
69
27
33
67
48
24
45
23
23

20
11
35
31
39
53
55

22

18
35
17
42
15

62
29
30
24
60
19
14
17
41

14
46

19
44

2

2

24
13
56
32
42
87
65
23
52
24
33
19
74
52

1954 | 1955
1956
NEWYORKNORTHEASTERN
NEWJERSEY
34
35
31
27
24
25
37
22
49
48
42
52
52
62
51
22
11
25
58
64
38
26
26
30
80
75
83
22
14
23
50
57
65
60
65
63
86
37
63
38
32
29
4
5
5
17
10
17
80
13
59
22
35
33
2
7
5
47
37
37
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
27
7
51
61
39
96
7
14
85
27
55
57

100
26
23
95
91

68
16

70

52

20

11

30
47

0

38
47
29
52
37
93
18
17

47
53

20
99
18
87
41
13
14
7
47
19
76
97
70
37
69

12
100

18

22
53
36

66

34

68

SEATTLE, WASH.
45
37
65
54
63
90
98
48
65
51
44
41
90
36
48
76
54

12
12

22
6
0

24
7

65
78

42
31
52
58
63
62
91
50
84
54
36
26
71

66
45
89
9
31
61
73

1954 | 1955

1956 i

NORFOLKPORTSMOUTH, VA.
33
24
18
49
48

0
100
11

33
19

40
24

2

0

55

49
33
42

76
35

100

33
25

40

66
88

59
88
98
93
62
46
27
80
82
69
87
70
83
100
100
14
30
72
49
40
55
53
48
79
79
20
17
15
8
69
9
68
52
19
70
74
85
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
38

22
95
75
90
71

100
57

100
81
53
71
69
23
49
47
26
(3)
51
73

22

0

99
63
64
93
73
44
98

49
59

100
(3)
62
97
30

2
0
(3)

8

34
25

100

5
48
99
(3)

31
41
79

55
77

88

0

0

91

83

WASHINGTON, 13. C.
46
37
94
50
60
36
80
42
85
39

68

57
92
51
47

22
9
79
45
71

23

10
0
46
30
44
33
15
95

10

22
8
0

21
12
0

41
35

26
30

0

6

73
14
57

73

26

54
24
85
42

38
31
4

12
60

16

66
1

3
83

75
3

50

52

2

2

21

58
13
32
17

68
34

12
19
7

10
5
55

^ No buildings of this type reported for this area in die year
shown.
* Less than one-half of 1 percent.

105

Table B-19: Valuation of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Structure
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56
Valuation
Metropolitan area

1954
Atlanta, Ga...................
Baltimore, Md...............
Birmingham, Ala...........
Boston, Mass................
Buffalo, N. Y...............
Chicago, 111..................
Cleveland, Ohio..........
Columbus, Ohio ..........
Denver, Colo................
Detroit, Mich................
Indianapolis, Ind..........
Los Angeles, Calif......
Miami, Fla....................
Milwaukee, Wis............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey..............
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa..........
Phoenix, Ariz...............
Rochester, N. Y...........
Salt Lake City, Utah ....
San Diego, Calif..........
San FranciscoOakland, Calif..........
Seattle, Wash...............
Washington, D. C.........

(in thousands <of dollars) of dwelling iunits in—

98,895
11*5,871
30,898
103,697
31,536
603,186
189,353
8L,893
10u,l57
1*3!*, 21*6
67,015
919,190
137,180
109,911

1955
100,993

1 5 5 ,2 1 1

1*0,11*2
121,829
106,207

778,359

238,21*8
102,1*65
110,377
1*75,067
70,673
1,010,961*
11*8,601
102,161*

2-or-more family structures

1-family houses

All types of structures
1956

1954

iI 1955
I 1956
TOTAL METROPOLITAN AREA

95,206

86,301
125,11*9
33,91*1*
112,1*35
103,361
733,511*
193,016
92,195
86,91*2
391,571
65,519
915,211*
152,885
105,137

33,586
137,297
28,530
10l*,951*
73,818
552,103
175,71*3
78,781

150,582
38,1*72
117,21*0
96,273
685,911*
225,186
100,056
96,618
99,232
1*11,056 1*63,917
70,376
65,1*1*1*
779,1*91* 886,003
111*, 990 127,772
89,218
89,803

82,622
122,232
32,588
103,822
81*, 039
658,371*
130,268
88,371
81,033
378,322
61*, 019
761*, 51*2
125,350
81*, 050

1954
15,309
8,571*

|

1955

5,792
1*,62 9

|

1956

20,108

121*, 961
20,829
12,91*6

3,679
2,867
1,356
3,613
19,272
75,11*0
12,71*3
3 , 821*
5,909
13,21*9
1,500
150,672
27,535
21,087

2,368
3,71*3
7,718
51,083
13,610
6,112
7,539
23,190
1,571
139,696
22,190

1,670
L, 569
9,931*
92,1*1*5
13,062
2,1*09

11,0 9 5
1 1 ,1 5 0
297

91+5,237
39,663
286,1*75
63,066
1*0, 666
1*0,192
90,632

1 , 019,786
1*3,731
359,101
75,1*99
52,107
1*5,301
112,869

873,223
37,101*
265,536
67,235
1*1,266
1*3,115
131,183

632,956
31*, 676
265,226
60,871*
1*0,290
38,211*
77,279

762,297
1*1,790
31*3,590
71,1*77
51,667
1*3,783
106,1*07

666,955
33,687
252,297
61,069
1*0,321
1*1,919
118,951

262,281
1*, 987
21,250
2,192
376
1,978
13,353

257,1*39
1,91*1
15,511
l+,022
1*1*0
1,518
6,1*62

206,268
3,1*17
13,289
6,166
91*5
1,196
12,232

259,963
109,519
210,022

330,217
113,701
239,890

236,856
81*, 115
185,805

229,800
100,231*
176,51*1

301,652
101*, Oil*
215,928

210,723
73,939
157,300

30,163
9,285
33,1*81

28,565
9,687
23,962

26,133
10,176
28,505

CENTRAL CITY OR CITIES
Atlanta, Ga...................
Baltimore, Md...............
Birmingham, Ala...........
Boston, Mass................
Buffalo, N. Y................
Chicago, 111..................
Cleveland, Ohio..........
Columbus, Ohio ..........
Denver, Colo................
Detroit, Mich................
Indianapolis, Ind..........
Los Angeles, Calif......
Miami, Fla....................
Milwaukee, Wis.............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey..............
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa..........
Phoenix, Ariz...............
Rochester, N. Y.........
Salt Lake City, Utah ....
San Diego, Calif...........
San FranciscoOakland, Calif...........
Seattle, Wash................
Washington, D. C..........




38,139
31,501
10,31*2
6,01+3
9,297
121*, 211
16,251
19,906
36,927
1*6,691*
13,377
21*6,720
20,033
53,609

28,806
31,965
13,235
7,567
10,130
171,278
20,921*
27,052
39,871*
39,836
17,31*8
231*,878
17,131
1*1,068

251,1*51*
9,619
1*0,157
6,5W*
3,022
8,835
1*9,31*2

253,536

36,732
1*0,961
20,1*29

37,271*
35,772

8 ,2 1 1
50,523

6,670

3,1*36
11,227
61,825

20,380

22,220
17,600
11,172
5,387

23,11*0
21*, 523
9,121
5,81*9
3,980
81*, 205
11*, 055
13,829
31,265
33,1*38
12,375
180,601
10,305
37,166

23,788
27,572
11,705
6,573
3,675
96,1*66
16,511*
26,285
30,532
33,362
17,133
179,516
8,865
31,11*2

19,909
11*, 786
9,996
l*,93l*
2,685
76,688
10,352
31*, 1*56
21*, 668
21*, 833
16,619
196,510
8,1*78
33,369

11*, 999
6,978
1,221
191*
5,317
1*0,006
2,196
1,077
5,662
13,256
1,002
66,119
9,728
16,1*1*3

5,018
L, 393
1,530
991*
6,1*55
71*, 812
1+,1+10
767
9,31*2
6,1*71*
215
55,362
8,266
9,926

1*5,006
6,616
1*1*, 205
3,929
3,106
10,112
57,128

1*2,061*
5,832

217,1*31*
1+.517

208,530
1,595
6,318
2,71*1
330
1,115
1*,697

171,237
3,126
8,581
3,917
809

9,389
67,088

31*, 020
5,102
32,060
5,313
2,858
7,1*21*
37,830

30,111*
30,781*
21,889

18,620
32,51*3
8,678

26,61+3
8,133

11*, 1*62
9,129
12,21*7

8,71*7
9,787
15,128

18,808
127,611
11*, 971
35,137
23,688
30,175
18,026
266,71*0
17,637
51,01*8
213,301
8,958
1*1*, 1*02
11,350

2,601

22,812

3 5 ,8 2 1

8,098

7,1*33
1,792
8,571
58,039

1,231
161*
1,1*11
11,512

21,367
20,997
6,761

1 8 ,1 1 2
8,1*18
11,751

2,311

2 , 811*
1 ,1 7 6
1*53
16,123
50,923
1*,619

681
l+,020
5,31*2
1,1*07
70,230
9,159
17,679

818

9,01*9

106

Table B-19: Valuation of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Structure
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56—Continued
Valuation
Metropolitan area

(in thousands of dollars) of dwelling units in—
1-family houses

All types of structures
1954

1955

1956

1954

|

1955

|

2-or-more family structures
1956

1954

1955

1956

SUBURBS
Atlanta, Ga..................
Baltimore, Md..............
Birmingham, Ala..........
Boston, Mass...............
Buffalo, N. Y................
Chicago, 111..................
Cleveland, Ohio..........
Columbus, Ohio..........
Denver, Colo................
Detroit, Mich................
Indianapolis, Ind..........
Los Angeles, Calif......
Miami, Fla....................
Milwaukee, Wis.............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey..............
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa..........
Phoenix, Ariz...............
Rochester, N. Y...........
Salt Lake City, Utah ....
San Diego, Calif...........
San FranciscoOakland, Calif..........
Seattle, Wash................
Washington, D. C..........




60,756
111;,370
20,556
102,651*
72,239
1*78,975
173,102
61*, 937
67,230
387,552
53,638
672,1*70
117,11*7
56,302

72,192
123,21*6
26,907
111*, 262
96,077
607,081
217,32^
75,ai3
70,503
U35,231
53,325
776,086
131,U70
61,096

693,783
30,01*1*
21*6,318
56,522
37,61*1*
31,357
1*1,290

766,250
35,520
308,578

223,231
68,558
189,593

6a , 081
107,5a9
22,772
10 7 , oas

6o,aa6

7 i ,a is

1 1 2 , 77 a
99,105
69,838
a67, 898

123 ,0 10
26,767
110,667
92,598
589, aas

57,058
58,25a
361,396
a?,a93
6a8,a7a
13 5 , 2a 8
5a , 089

161,686
59,952
65,353
377,618
53,069
598,893
10a,685
52,637

209,672
73,771
68,750
a30,555
53,2a3
706,a87
118,907
58,076

659,922
28,11*6
2 2 1 , 18 a
55,885
38,665
33,726
6 a ,095

6a8,936
29,57a
233,166
55,561
37,a32
30,790
39 , aa9

717,291
35,17a
299,385
67,5a8
a8,56l
33,671
a9,279

62a , 891

292, 9a3 206, 7a2
77,929 ' 53,331
2 19 ,5 10 163,916

2 11,18 0

278,3ao
77,371
207,795

189,356
52,9a2
150,539

68,829
a 8 ,671
3a , 07a
5i,oaa

605,903
17 3 , oa5

i9,ao9

67,691
167,863

62,713
107,a96
22,592
103,888
8i,aoa

581,686
169,916
53,9 15
56,365
353,a89
a7,aoo
568,032
116,872
50,681

27,855
216 , a?6
53,636
38,529
33,3a8

60,912

310
1,596
i,i a 7
3,5a9
2 ,a o i
11,077
n ,a ia

5,035
1,877

9 , 93a
569
73,577
1 2 ,a 62
3,665
aa,aa7
a7o

13 ,15 2
961
212
567
i,8 a i

12 ,0 5 1
867
21,730

77a
236
iao

1,368

3,595

3,160
3,ia 9
2a,217
8,129
3,ia3
1,839
7,907
93
oo,aa 2
13,376
3,ao8

3,a79

17,6 33
8,652
i,6a 2
1,753
a , 676
82
69,599
12,563
3,020

53

180

a s ,959
3U6
9,193
1,281
110
ao3
1,765

35 ,0 31
291
a, 708

ia ,io 3
558
11,715

17,386
389

2,2a9

136
373
3,18 3

13,377

107

Table B-20: Number of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Structure
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56
Number of dwelling units
Metropolitan area

1955

1956

1956
1955
TOTAL METROPOLITAN AREA

12,539
15,1*61*
It,752
10,71(5
8,36U
49,oo5
13,379
7,291
1 2 ,70lt
1*0,966
6,600
10 U,082
16,175
9,522

11,521
15,3U0
5,314
11,444
10,902
60,062
15,718
7,6L2
13,091
1(0,623
6,166
103,720
16,362
3,358

9,1*85
11,538
It, 087
9,936
9,711*
51,1*75
12,235

10,098
lit, 275
It, 071
10,201*
7,856
1*3,531
11,989
6,511
10,936
37,819
6,355
78,661*
11,598
7,108

95,12lt
6,097
30,544
8,918
1*,121
1*,093
10,207

97,21*4
5,803
36,U60
10,130
It, 683
it, 061
11,1(29

77,650
It, 831
23,938

23,388
9,937
23,909

32,058
9,874
22,590

1954

Atlanta, Ga....................
Baltimore, Md................
Birmingham, Ala............
Boston, Mass.................
Buffalo, N. Y.................
Chicago, 111...................
Cleveland, Ohio............
Columbus, Ohio............
Denver, Colo.................
Detroit, Mich.................
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Los Angeles, Calif........
Miami, Fla.....................
Milwaukee, Wis..............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey................
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Phoenix, Ariz................
Rochester, N. Y............
Salt Lake City, Utah.....
San Diego, Calif............
San FranciscoOakland, Calif...........
Seattle, Wash.................
Washington, D. C...........

(housekeeping only) in—

1-family houses

All types of structures
1954

10,131*
lit, 795
1*,S00

8,512

11,2 0 5

2-or-more family structures
1954
1956
1955

2,441
1,18 9
681
541
1,006
5,474
1,39 0

9,792
1*9,971*
lit, 1*1*9
7,359
11,100
39,030
6,119
81,396
12,296
6,81*2

3,705
9,490
7,830
43,732
10,890
6,592
7,913
29,399
5,376
63,432
11,974
5,952

730
1,718
3,147
245
25,418
4,577
2,414

8,500
3,203
3,580
13,269

63,172
5,21(2
26,1*10
8,21*8
1(,059
3,733
7,831*

64,209
5,1*10
34,561
9,112
4,619
3,818
10,104

51,732
4,334
22,215
7,352
2,964
3,381
10,945

21,956
7,055
15,911

23,677
8,591*
17,758

27,650
8,184
18,272

17,427
5,387
12,102

6,968
9,182

31,1*10
5,5814

89,262
17 ,131
8,1*73

10 ,9 16

1,387
545
514
528

1 ,11 0
10,088
1,269
283
1,991
1,593
47
22,324

973
333
382
446
1,884
7,743
1,345
396
1,269

2 ,0 11
208

1,516

25,830
5,157
2,521

31,952
855
4,134
670
62
360
2,373

33,035
393
1,899
1,018
64
243
1,325

25,918
497
1,723
1,143
239
199
2,324

4,711
1,343
6,151

4,408
1,690
4,318

4,529
1,668
3,809

2,31*0
825
1*1*3
33

1,201
508
1*86
11*7
51*5
8,379
5io
ill*
1,61*1
895
37
9,1*61*
1,71*3
1,186

722

4,066

CENTRAL CITY OR CITIES
Atlanta, Ga...................
Baltimore, Md...............
Birmingham, Ala...........
Boston, Mass................
Buffalo, N. Y..............
Chicago, 111. ................
Cleveland, Ohio ..........
Columbus, Ohio............
Denver, Colo.................
Detroit, Mich.................
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Los Angeles, Calif.......
Miami, Fla.....................
Milwaukee, Wis.............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey ..............
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Phoenix, Ariz........... .
Rochester, N. Y............
Salt Lake City, Utah ....
San Diego, Calif............
San FranciscoOakland, Calif...........
Seattle, Wash. ............. .
Washington, D. C..........




k,kio
3,709
1,838
6U7

1,066
12,231
1,655
1,866.
5,1*83
U,715
1,621
28,1U8
3,1*85

3,130
3,6U2
2,078
8W*
989
17,575
2,001*
2,290
5,392
3,695

2,321
1,915
1,533
575
1,799
12,1*55
1,1*56
2,967 :
3,1*59

2,070
2,8814
1,395
6II4
U55
7,977
1,35U

1,689

1,929
3,134
1,592
697
444
9,196
1,494
2,176
3,751

24,194
2,581*
3,982

26,838
2,668
1*,701

1*,133
2,997
l,l*ll*
16,1*22
1,096
3,239

25,0914
1,091
14,310
1,1*06
385
709
6,867

3,089
666
3,770
7h2
325
6I4I4
3,520

4,235
825
5,035
495

5,1*25

30,777
1 , 111 *
5,829
1,103
378
921*
6,031

3,963
3,632
2,98b

3,61*9
3,380
2,796

2,919
2,911;
2,176

l,53U
2,1*09
72U

1,706

5,2146

28,732
1,370
5,000
1,015
359

883

1,8 19

2,660
2,061

2,800
1,78 2
14,730

836
2,796

326

767
5,082

1,8 0 1

688

1,599
1,587
1,196
517
323
6,997
375
2,855
2,616
1,925
1,865
15,028
779
2,583

l*,30l*
301
177
1,350
1,718
207
11,726
2,389
2,007

3; 825
652
3,706
846
175
592
5,178

25,61*3
70l*
1,230
273
31*
239
1,905

26 , 51*2
289

1,503
1,306
413

2,1*29
1,223
2,260

1,9L3
1,579

6 11

79i*

608

52
157

9h9

2,108

328
337
58
1,1*76
5,1*53
581
112
81*3
735
196

11,8 6 0
1,889
2 ,118
21,269
1*39
1 , 101*
560
210
117
1,689
1,1*11

1,608

1,763

108

Table B-20: Number of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Structure
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56—Continued
Number of dwelling units
Metropolitan area

All types of structures
1954

Atlanta, Ga...................
Baltimore, Md...............
Birmingham, Ala..........
Boston, Mass...............
Buffalo, N. Y...............
Chicago, 111..................
Cleveland, Ohio..........
Columbus, Ohio ..........
Denver, Colo................
Detroit, Mich................
Indianapolis, Ind..........
Los Angeles, Calif......
Miami, Fla....................
Milwaukee, Wis............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey..............
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa..........
Phoenix, Ariz..............
Rochester, N. Y...........
Salt Lake City, Utah....
San Diego, Calif..........
San FranciscoOakland, Calif..........
Seattle, Wash................
Washington, D. C.........




1955

8,391
11,698
3,236

(housekeeping only) in—

1-family houses

2-or-more family structures
1956

1956

1954

8,028
11,391
2,676
9,590
7,1*03
35,551*
10,635
1*, 822
6,853
3U,622
It, 91*1
62,21*2
10,502
3,869

8,205
11,661
3,208
10,219
9,31*8
1*0,778
12,955
5,183
7,31*9
36,230
1*, 337
66,666
11,1*60
l*,0l*6

6,913
9,613
2,509
8,973
7,507
36,735
10,015
3,737
5,297
27,1*71*
3,511
1*8,1*01*
11,195
3,369

1

1955
I
SUBURBS

8,129
11,755
2,91i»
10,098
7,798
36,721*
11,721*
5,1*25
7,221
36,251
1*,979
75,931*
12,690
1*,276

13,711*
5,352
7,699
36,928
1*, 31*7
79,526
13,778
1*,376

7,161*
9,623
2,551*
9,361
7,915
39,020
10,779
1*,021
5,723
28,750
3,523
62,371*
ll*,l*63
3,772

66,392
1*, 727
25,51.1*
7,903
3,762
3,210
1*, 732

66,1*67
1*,689
30,631
9,027
1*,305
3,137
5,398

52,556
3,71*0
19,128
7,091*
2,818
2,871
6,1*02

60,083
1*,576
22,61*0
7,506
3,731*
3,089
l*,31i»

59,971*
1*,585
29,526
8,617
1*,293
3,051
5,022

1*7,907

21*,1*25
6,305
20,925

28,1*09
6,1*91*
19,791*

19,037
1*,11*1
13,735

22,11*3
6,185
17,031*

25,91*1*
6,383
17,581*

10,600
9,913

1*2 , 1*87

1954

I

10 1
36U

1956

1955

186
37

238

28

5o3
393
1,170

381
563
1,709
739
169
350

1,009
603

368
1,U29
38
13,692

231
5
a5
338
U08
2,285

764
28a

U07

2,318
330

a26
1,276
12
13,970
3,268
ao3

18,509
6, >06
2,7 89
2,789
5,767

6,309
131
2,90a
397
28
121
a68

6,U93
10 U
1,105
aio
12
86
376

a,6a9
56
619
588
29
82
635

15,919
l*,08l
11,689

2,282
120
3,^91

2,U65
ill
2,210

3,116
60
2 ,oa 6

3,682

2,188

698
10

12,860

109

Table B-21: Average Valuation of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Structure
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56
Average valuation per dwelling unit in—
Metropolitan area

All types of structures
1954

|

1955

2-or-more family structures

1-family houses

1956

1954

1955

1956

1954

|

1955

|

1956

TOTAL METROPOLITAN AREA
Atlanta, Ga....................
Baltimore, Md................
Birmingham, Ala............
Boston, Mass.................
Buffalo, N. Y.................
Chicago, 111....................
Cleveland, Ohio ..........
Columbus, Ohio............
Denver, Colo.................
Detroit, Mich..................
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Los Angeles, Calif........
Miami, Fla..................... .
Milwaukee, Wis..............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey................
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Phoenix, Ariz................
Rochester, N. Y.............
Salt Lake City, Utah.....
San Diego, Calif............
San FranciscoOakland, Calif...........
Seattle, Wash.................
Washington, D. C...........

$7,887
9,1+33
6,502
10,116
9,199
12,309
11+,153
11,61+1+
8,199

10^600

$8,766
10,118
7,551+
10,61*6
9,71+2
12,959
15,158
13,1+08
8,1*32
11j 695
11,1*62
9,71+7

$9,099
10,81+7
3,305
11,316
10,61*0
il+,25o
15,776
13,193
9,1*69
12,1+66
11,733

$8,277
9,618
7,008
10,286
9,391+
12,683
11+.659
12,100
8,795

10,869

12^223

1 2 , 1*08

10,298
9,909
9,915
12,631+

9,937
6,5o5
9,379
7,072
9,868
9,820
8,879

10,1+87
7,536
9,81+9
7,1+53
11,127
11,155
9,876

11,21+6

1 0 ,8 1 1

7,680
11,095
7,910
12,881+
12,01+3
9,886

6,615
10,01+3
7,380
9,926
10,237
9,865

9,157
11,021
8,781*

10,301
11,515
10,619

11,923
11,678

10,151+
8,831
8,1*81
11 ',51+3

9,082

10,253

8,921*

10,788

9,706
11,663
9,91+1

$9,395
10,178
8,015
10,7U0
9,832
13,725
15,585
13,596
8,91+U
11,886
11,501
10,885
10,391
13,0U0

$9,707
10,913
8,796
11,1+67
10,739
15,055
16,55U
13,Uo6
1 0 ,2U0
12,369
11,908
12,053
10,U69
11+, 121

$6,272
7,211
3,U77
6,919
7,672
9,332
9,791
7,836
U, 388
7,369
6,U12
5,U96
U, 8U8
8,330

$U,176
8,U9U
3,2U9
8,691
8,950
9,161+
10,293
8,512
5,573
6,999
6,319
5,598
5,123
8,5U0

$3,781
8,610
3,550
8,101
10,229
9,70U
9,U78
9,657
U,656
6,588
7,212
5,833
5,339
8,365

11,872
7,725
9,9U2
7,8UU
11,186
11.U68
10,531

12,893
7,773
11,357
8,306
13,60U
12,398
10,868

8,209
5,833
5,11+0
3,272
6,065
S,U9U
5,627

7,79U
U.939
8,168
3,951
6,075
6.2U7
U,877

7,958
6,875
7,713
5,371
3,95U
6,010
5,263

10 ,9 10

12,092
13,725
12,998

6,U03
6,911+
5,UU3

6,U8o
5,732
5,5U9

5,770
6,101
7,U6U

$6,U10
8,U53
2,756
5,879
8,702
9,295
7,296
6,085
It, 191+
7,716
U,BU1
5,639
U,072
8,193

$U,178
8,61+8
3,11+8
6,762
11,81+U
8,929
8.6U7
6,728
5,693
7,23U
5,811
5,850
U,729
8,369

$3,201
8,579
3,U90

8,U79
6,U16
6,58U
U,509
U,32U
5,90U
6,OU3

7,857
5,519
7,957
U,5o8
6,3U6
7,102
U,9U9

8,051
7,121
7,773
6,995
3,852
6,991
5,358

7,U57

7,UU3
5,782
5,810

6,199

6,883

12,709
11,817

CENTRAL CITY OR CITIES
Atlanta, Ga....................
Baltimore, Md................
Birmingham, Ala............
Boston, Mass.................
Buffalo, N. Y.................
Chicago, 111...................
Cleveland, Ohio............
Columbus, Ohio ............
Denver, Colo..................
Detroit, Mich.................
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Los Angeles, Calif........
Miami, Fla.....................
Milwaukee, Wis..............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey................
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Phoenix, Ariz................
Rochester, N. Y.............
Salt Lake City, Utah.....
San Diego, Calif............
San FranciscoOakland, Calif............
Seattle, Wash.................
Washington, D. C...........




$8,61+8
8,1+93
5,627
9,31+0
8,721
10,111+
9,819
10,668
6,735
9,903
8,252
8,765
5,71+8
10,219

$9,203
8,777
6,369

$9,573
9,191

8,966

10,313

9,369
10,1+55
10,21+6
10,282
11,81+3
8,291+
11,31+1+
8,71+6
9,920
6,611
10,859

8,752
7,021
8,031
6,1+1+7
8 , 1+18

8,238

8,500

9,095

7,371
8,668
6,01+7
9,090
12,150
10,251

8,211
9,231
8,073
6,756
13,21+3
9,770

11,013
7,661
8, SOU
7,160
8,79U
11,528
10,7U7

7,937
9,528
13,18U
11,21+1

10,997
8,9U5
9,666
8,786
1 0 ,2U0
1U,U78
11,209

9,269
11,278
6,81+6

10,215
10,583
7,289

10,317
10,561+
10,059

12,138
13,509
11,986

13,372
1U,793
11,821

1U,169
16,077
16,370

10,006

10,21+3
9,71+6
10,1+1+1
11,813
7,395

10 ,7 8 1

9,537
9,708

6,630

7,288

$11,179 $12,332 $12,1+51
8,798
8,503
9,317
6,538
8,358
7,352
9,526
9,U30
9,5UU
8,71+7
8,277
8,313
10,U90
10,556
10,960
10,380
11,831
11,05U
11,11+8
12,080
12,069
8,lU0
9,U30
7,565
12,900
n ,i5 7
11,915
9,6lU
8,752
8,911
13,076
10,998
12,187
9,1+02
10 , 60U 10,883
11,138
11,1+75
12,919
10,627
8,019

8,780

5,200

7,8 10
10,923
9,330
7,950

6,080
U,769
7,268
7,179
5,922
U,8U9
8,3U7

6,086
8,581

no

Table B-21: Average Valuation of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Structure
and Central City-Suburban Location, Annually, 1954-56--Continued
Average valuation per dwelling unit in-Metropolitan area

1-family houses

All types of structures
1954

1955

1956

1954

1955

2-or-more family structures
1956

1954

1955

$ 3,069
1*,385
1*,819
6,986
6,078
9,1*68
10,1*81
8,350
5,101

$1*,161
6,378
5,000
9,1*36
6,158
10,318
11,399
9,716
5,-009
6,699
8,200
5,1*12
5,1*20
9,152

$5,1*50

1956

SUBURBS

Atlanta, Ga....................
Baltimore, Md................
Birmingham, Ala............
Boston, Mass.................
Buffalo, N. Y.................
Chicago, 111...................
Cleveland, Ohio............
Columbus, Ohio............
Denver, Colo.................
Detroit, Mich.................
Indianapolis, Ind...........
Los Angeles, Calif........
Miami, Fla.....................
Milwaukee, Wis..............
New York-Northeastern
New Jersey................
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa...........
Phoenix, Ariz................
Rochester, N. Y...........
Salt Lake City, Utah.....
San Diego, Calif............
San FranciscoOakland, Calif...........
Seattle, Wash.................
Washington, D* C...........




$7,1*71*
9,729
7,051*
10,166
9,261*
13,OU3
1U,765
11,979
9,310
10,691
10,773
8,856
9,231
13,167

$ 8, 60lt
10,536
8,315
10,779
9,692
11*, 289
15,81*7
H*, 091
9,157
11,786
12,267
9,759
9,51*2
13,962

$8,91*5
11,176
8,916
11,1*36
10,683
15,528
16,518
11*, 190
10,179
12,570
13,1*81
10,397
9,351
11*, 31*0

$7,529
9,900
7,253
10,331*
9,1*31*
13,160
15,203
12,1*33
9,536
10,81*1*
10,71*1
9,622
9,968
13,605

$8,701*
10,51*9
8,31*1*
10,330
9,906
111, 1*55
16,107
11*, 233
9,3 55
11,881*
12,276
10,597
10,376
11*,351*

$9,072
11,177
9,001*
11,578
10,81*1*
15,835
16,966
11*,1*27
10,61*1
12,866
13,500
11,735
10,1*1*0
15,01*3

io,U5o
6,356
9,6U3
7,152

12,557
7,526
11,563
7,878
13,721
11,71*7
10,012

10 ,8 0 1

9,769
8,63U

11,528
7,575
10,071*
7,625
11,306
10,862
9,1*56

6,1*63
10,299
7,1*02
10,025
9,968
9,11*1*

11,960
7,672
10,11*0
7,839
11,312
11,036
9,313

13,01*1*
7,565
11,696
8,21*1*
13,815
11,957
10,562

3,113
1*,529
2,1*21
7,571
1*,686
3,931*

7,51*0
3,327
8,319
3,121*
9,167
1*,686
1*,691*

7,535
5,017
7,6o6
3,825
1*,690
1*,610
5,013

9,139
10,87U
9,061

10,312
12,000
11,090

10,860
12,879
11,931*

9,537
10,91*1*
9,855

10,71*8
12,121
11,817

11,895
12,973
12,879

5,281
7,225
5,585

5,721
5,027
5,301

5,576
6,1*83
6,538

10,006

6,952
11*, 971*
5,371*
5,696
9,005

7,108

10,600
1*,000
8,11*1*
7,718
10,593
10,61*0
11,067
I*,U3i*
6,197
7,750
5,758
5,623
8,1*57

Ill

SU PPLEM EN T:

S -l.

S -2.

S -3.

S -4.

S -5 .
S -6.

S e le c t e d T a b u la t io n s o f

B u ild in g

P e r m it

D a ta ,

1 9 5 7 -5 8

Total valuation and amount in m etropolitan a re a s, by type o f building con­
struction and reg ion , and p ercen t of m etropolitan area total in central
c itie s and suburbs, annually, 1957-58 ....................................................................

112

Number o f new dw elling units, by type of stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te ow ner­
ship, re g io n , and p ercen t o f m etropolitan area total in cen tral citie s
and suburbs, annually, 1957-58

114

Valuation o f new dw elling units by type o f stru ctu re, p u b lic-p riv a te ow ner­
ship, re g io n , and p ercen t o f m etropolitan area t o t e l in cen tral citie s
and suburbs, annually, 1957-58

115

Valuation, by m a jo r c la s s o f building con stru ction , and num ber o f new
dw elling units, by m etropolitan -n on m etropolitan loca tion and by State,
annually, 1957-58 ...............................................................................................................

116

Valuation in se le cte d m etropolitan areas and p ercen t in cen tral c itie s , by
type o f building con stru ction , annually, 195 7-5 8 ................................................

117

Valuation and num ber o f new dwelling units in selected m etropolitan areas
and in cen tra l c itie s o f each area, annually, 1957-58 ....................................

120




112

Table S-l: Total Valuation and Amount in Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Building Construction and Region,
and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1957-58
Metropolitan areas
Type of building construction

Valuation,
all places

(Millions of dollars)
1957

1958

Percent in
metropolitan
areas
1957

1958

Percent of valuation in—

Valuation

(Millions of dollars)
1957

1958

Central cities

Suburbs

1957

1958

1957

1958

41
32
49
60
48
77
42
79
40
48
45
57
43
33
32
58
37
60

42
33
51
61
49
82
43
75
46
50
52
48
43
31
44
43
29
60

59
68
51
40
52
23
58
21
60
52
55
43
57
67
68
42
63
40

58
67
49
39
5.1
18
57
25
54
50
48
52
57
69
56
57
71
40

36
23
48
63
28
65
30
85
28
47
47
57
32
14
26
30
31
44

35
28
41
59
46
76
33
77
38
41
42
48
13
17
31
21
44

64
77
52
37
72
35
7.0
15
72
53
53
43
68
86
74
70
69
56

65
72
59
41
54
24
67
23
62
59
58
52
72
87
83
69
79
56

38
27
49
53
54
90
41
71
37
42
43
39
45
33
66
36
29
64

62
74
54
44
40
10
61
23
63
52
59
34
56
67
70
32
61
36

62
73
51
47
46
10
59

UNITED STATES
All building construction 1....................... 18,168.8 20,086.9
New dwelling units2.................................. 9,229.1 10,792.7
6,851.2 7, 172.7
New nonresidential building ...................
Commercial buildings........................... 2,224.6 2,447.4
Amusement buildings .......................
139.8
192.9
Commercial garages .........................
56.0
57.5
159.2
125.5
Gasoline and service stations..........
976.1 1,074.8
Office buildings................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
892.0
998.2
Community buildings............................. 2,487.5 2,683.9
Educational buildings.......................
1,497.2 1,644. 3
569.2
525.0
Institutional buildings .....................
465.4
470.3
Religious buildings...........................
Garages, private residential ................
178.7
200,5
Industrial buildings............................... 1,092.3
873.6
424.6
Public utilities buildings.....................
424.3
422.0
All other nonresidential buildings ......
56.4.6
Additions, alterations, and repairs........
1,904.3 1,916.2

78
78
77
81
82
86
66
86
77
73
73
74
71
79
83
71
70
80

78
78
78
82
80
95
65
87
78
75
76
75
72
78
84
77
70
79

14,130.7 15,718.1
7, 221.8 8,444.6
5 , 262.9
5,613, 1
1,796.6 2,011.2
114.7
154.8
49.6
53,1
105.4
81.5
938i 5
843.3
683.7
783.3
1,804.8 2 , 009. 5
1,088.9 1, 245. 5
426.5
386.5
337. 5
329.5
138.7
158.9
730.2
905.4
327.2
301.4
396.2
295.8
1,518.8 1,519.6

NORTHEAST
All building construction1.........................
New dwelling units2 ................................
New nonresidential building ...................
Commercial buildings...........................
Amusement buildings .......................
Commercial garages...........................
Gasoline and service stations..........
Office buildings................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.....
Community buildings.............................
Educational buildings.......................
Institutional buildings .....................
Religious buildings...........................
Garages, private residential ................
Industrial buildings..............................
Public utilities buildings....................
All other nonresidential buildings ......
Additions, alterations, and repairs........

3,886.1
1,864.8
1, 556.8
567.7
30.6
14.7
29.7
323.1
169.7
577.8
366.8
119.4
91,5
4JL0
210.0
81.5
78.8
424.8

3,918.9
2,035.9
1,452.3
479.3
4Z 3
28.4
20.1
2P8. 4
180.0
566.3
35.2.8
117.9
95.6
37.3
184.9
88.9
95.7
399.6

88
88
87
92
89
93
80
94
89
86
88
82
84
83
90
70
79
89

88
89
87
89
89
98
83
92
84
84
84
81
86
82
90
95
85
88

3,404.5 3,442.9
1,639.1 1,807.0
1, 359.0 1, 263. 4
426.2
519.5
27.1
37.5
13.6
27.8
23.7
16.6
19Z6
3P4.8
150.4
151.8
496,6
474.5
296.6
321.3
96.0
98. 2
82.0
77.1
30.6
33.9
166.2
189.9
84,7
56.9
6Z2
81.3
377.4
350.7

All building construction 1.......................
New dwelling units2.................................
New nonresidential building....................
Commercial buildings...........................
Amusement buildings.......................
Commercial garages.........................
Gasoline and service stations ........
Office buildings ..............................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs....
Community buildings ...........................
Educational buiLdings .....................
Institutional buildings.....................
Religious buildings .........................
Garages, private residential................
Industrial buildings .............................
Public utilities bui Idings...................
All other nonresidential buildings.......
Additions, alterations, and repairs........

5, 283. 5 5,532.6
2,645.9 2,913.9
2,103.8 2,095,1
555.1
571.9
60,7
44.5
17.2
11.4
50.1
37.8
210.0
2D5.4
233.4
256.6
765.7
861.4
489.4
443.1
164.2
219,9
152.1
158.3
110.0
92.7
369.7
437.9
156. C
86.3
113,0
79.1
491.2
499.9

79
80
76
80
87
90
69
82
80
69
66
76
70
82
82
76
76
80

80
81
78
83
85
96
69
88
79
74
73
78
72
80
86
71
69
80

4,157.9
2,128.1
1,602.0
445.8
38.7
15.4
34.4
171.3
186.0
528.3
292.2
125.6
110.4
90,5
353.6
118.4
60,5
401.7

28

NORTH CENTRAL

See footnotes at end of table.




4,407.2
2,347.8
1,64Z8
47Z 7
5.1.8
10.9
,25.9
180.9
203. 3
640.2
358.4
172 0
109.8
7.4.1
316,3
61.6
77.8
3916

38
26
46
56
60
90
39
77
37
48
41
66
44
33
30
68
39
64

29
63
58
57
61
55
67
34
64.
71
36

113

Table $-1: Total Valuation and Amount in Metropolitan Areas, by Type of Building Construction and Region,
and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1957-58-Continued
Metropolitan ;areas
Type of building construction

Valuation,
all places

(Millions of dollars)
1957

Percent in
metropolitan
areas

1958

1957 | 1958

Percent of valuation in—

Valuation

(Millions of dollars)
1957

1958

Suburbs

Central cities
1957 1 1958

1957

| 1958

43
53
35
25
35
14
41
12
38
41
45
34
39
47
45
29
46
25

42
52
34
29
36
12
45
22
37
31
29
27
40
50
44
45
54
24

64
68
64
60
68
33
63
47
71
65
63
67
70
53
74
53
68
45

62
70
54
41
71
11
61
26
58
54
50
61
66
61
78
56
75
47

SO U TH

All building construction \.......................... 4,627.0 5,420.8
New dwelling units.................................... 2, 370.0 2,919.7
New nonresi dendal building ..................... 1,668.3 1,904.3
Commercial buildings.............................
638.0
763.5
Amusement buildings .........................
34.6
45.4
Commercial garages ...........................
12. 3
7.5
Gasoline and service stations............
40.0
50.7
264. 2
346.8
Office buildings..................................
276.2
323.8
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.......
628,8
Community buildings..............................
725. 1
351.4
444.2
Educational buildings.........................
137.0
137.0
Institutional buildings .......................
Religious buildings.............................
140. 3
143.8
Garages, private residential ..................
19.4
19.7
Industrial buildings................................
198.2
137.7
Public utilities buildings.......................
133.2
97.3
All other nonresidendal buildings ........
86.7
125.1
Additions, alterations, and repairs............
520.7
531.2

68
66
70
72
75
76
59
83
64
67
70
63
63
71
73
72
59
73

70
69
73
76
72
91
55
83.
71
71
75
65
65
71
71
78.
61
73

3,165. 3 3,816.3
1, 574. 5 2,003.7
1, 163. 4 1, 383.8
462.3
578.5
26.0
32.7
9.4
6,8
29.7
21.9
286.8
219.9
177, 2
230.3
513.0
421.8
331. 1
247.2
86.1
88.4
88.5
93.5
13.7
13.9
98.4
144.9
69.7
103.4
76.6
51.0.
380.1
387.5

37
47
65
75
65
86
59
88
62
59
55
66
61
53
55
71
54
75

58
48
66
71
64
88
55
78
63
69
71

36
32
36
40
32
67
37
53
29
35
37
33
30
47
26
47
32
55

38
30
46
59
29
89
39
74
42
46
50
39
34
39
22
44
25
53

73
60
50
56
55
46
76

I

WEST

All building construction 1 ......................... 4,372.3 5,214.6
New dwelling units .................................. 2,348.4 2,923. 2
New nonresidendal building..................... 1, 522. 4 1,721.0
Commercial buildings............................
463.8
632.7
Amusement buildings..........................
30. 2
44. 4
Commercial garages ...........................
13.4
8 .8
Gasoline and service stations............
28.7
27.6
Office buildings..................................
178. 7
314.2
Stores and other mercantile bldgs.......
237.7
212.8
Community buildings..............................
515.3
531.1
Educational buildings.........................
335.8
357.9
Institutional buildings .......................
94.4
104.3
Religious buildings............................
78.8
75.2
Garages, private residential ..................
30.1
28,9
Industrial buildings...................... *.........
246.3
181.3
Public udiides buildings.......................
116.2
.89.5
All other nonresidendal buildings ........
177.4
230.8
Additions, alterations, and repairs............
494.2
458.9
1 Includes new nonhousekeeping residential building, not shown
separately.




78
80
75
80
76
84
61
82
80
69
68
73
71
69
86
63
69
78

78
78
77
84
74
86
62
89
83
72
72
74
66
69
82
67
69
79

3,403.0 4,051.6
1,880.1 2,286.1
1,138. 5 1,323.0
369.0
533.9
32.9
22*9
11.2
7.6
17.2
17.5
147.2
278.3
170. 2
197.9
358.1
381.8
228.0
259.4
76.6
70, 1
53.5
52.3
20.8
20.0
212.1
149.4
77.6
56.5
122.0
160.4
359.6
388. 9

2 Housekeeping only,

.

114

TabU S-2: Number of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Percent of Metropolitan Area Total in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1957-58

Ownership and
type of structure

Number of new
dwelling units,
an pi;aces

Percent in
metropolitan
areas

1957

1957

1958

1958

Metropolitan areas
Number of new
dwelling units
1957

1958

Percent of dwelling units in—
Central cities
Suburbs
1957
1958
1957
1958

UNITED STATES
All new dwelling units.....
Privately owned................
1*family.........................
2-4 family......................
5-or-more family............
Publicly owned ................

848,020 1,002,484
820,398- 959, 492
748,240
668,914
49,490
60,089
101,994
151,163
27, 622
42,992

77
77
74
83
93
68

77
78
74
81
95
72

649,647
630,942
495, 559
40,897
94, 486
18,705

35
34
28
48
62
70

37
36
29
47
57
65

65
66
72
52
38
30

63
64
71
53
43
35

29
26
15
58
80
84

34
3P
14
56
74
78

71
74
85
42
20
16

66
70
86
44
26
22

184,181
178,726
148,122
1.0,679
19,925
5,455

30
30
25
59.
61
54

31
29
25
53
50
77

70
70
75
41
39
46

69
71
75
47
50
23

286,812
199,647
159,069
9,498
31,080
7,165

49
48
44
62
70
69

50
50
46
64
66
64

51
52
56
38
30
31

50
50
54
36
34
36

224,638
220, 420
140,916
18,538
60,966
4,218

33
33
25
28
53
30

31
32
25
30
47
9

67
67
75
72
47
70

69
68
75
70
53.
91

775,479
744, 431
552,579
48, 398
143, 454
31,048

NORTHEAST
All new dwelling units.....
Privately owned................
1-family.........................
2-4 family......................
5-or-more family..........
Publicly owned ................

162,306
153,920
127, 279
8, 780
17,861
8,386

181,255
165,606
123,360
10,170
32,076
15,649

87
86
84
93
99
90

88
88
85
95
98
91

140,475
132,914
107, U0
8,143.
17,661.
7, 561

159,848
145,638
104,472
9,683
11,483
14,210

NORTH CENTRAL
All new dwelling units .....
Privately owned................
1-family.........................
2-4 family......................
5-or-more family............
Publicly owned ................

207,345
203,568
177, 469
U, 355
14, 744
3,777

231,526
224,823
19.1,244
12,640
20,939
6,703

79
79
77
88
94
85

80
79
77
84
95.
81

163,837
160,63.1
136,718
9,984
13,929
3,206

68
69
65
67
92
59

157,021
151,194
127,743
7,733
15,718
6,627

78
79
74
80
94
50

187,514
186, 203
123,988
15,037
47,178
1, 311

SOUTH
All new dwelling units.....
Privately.owned ..............
1-family.........................
2-4 family......................
5-or-more ......................
Publicly owned................

244,558
233,206
201,696
11,619
19,891
11,352

303,076
290,903
243,064
14,222
33,617
12,173

65
65
63
67
79
58

All new dwelling units.. ..
Privately owned............ .
1-family ......................
2-4 family......................
5-or-more family ..........
Publicly owned ................

233,811
229,704
162, 470
17,736
49,498
4, 107

286,627
278,160
190, 572
23,057.
64,531
8, 467

80
81
76
85
95
32

WEST




115

Table S-3: Valuation of New Dwelling Units, by Type of Structure, Public-Private Ownership, Region,
and Percent of Metropolitan-Area Total in Central Cities and Suburbs, Annually, 1957-58
Valuation

Ownership and
type of structure

(inmillions of dollars)
1957

Percent in
metropolitan
areas
1957

1958

10,792.7
10, 303. 5
8, 886. 4
418.7
998.4
489. 1

78
79
77
85
92
68

78
78
76
83
95
73

2,035.9
1,857.5
1,532.6
76. 1
248.8
178.4

88
88
87
94
99
88

89
89
87
96
99
89

1958

Metiropolitan areas
Valuation

(inmillions of dollars)
1957
U N IT E D

All new dwelling units.......
Privately owned ...............
1-family .........................
2-4 family.......................
5-or-more family ............
Publicly owned..................

9,229. 1
8,938.9
7,923.0
340.4
675.5
290.2

1958

Percent of valuation in—
Suburbs
Central cities
1957

1958

1957

1958

STATES

7,221.8
7,024. 3
6, 113.7
290.4
620.2
197. 5

32
31
26
48
65
67

33
32
27
46
59
61

68
69
74
52
35
33

67
68
73
54
41
39

23
20
12 .
57
83
79

28
23
11
55
77
77

77
80
88
43
17
21

72
77
89
45
23
23

154.5
63. 2

26
25.
21
57
60
59

27
25
22
52
50
75

74
75
79
43
40
41

73
75
78
48
50
25

2,003.7
1,925. 1
1, 699. 5
52. 1
173.5
78.6

47.
47
45
59
70
65

48
48
46
62
64
57

53
53
55
41
30
35

52
52
54
38
36
43

2,286.1
2, 229 . 5
1,728.3
125.9
375. 3 j
56.6

32
32
28
29
56
23

30
31
27
31
49
8

68
68
72
71
44
77

70
69
73
69
51
92

8,444.6
8, 087.9
6,791.7
346.5
949.7
356.6

NORTH E AST

All new dwelling units......
Privately owned....... •••......
1-family ........................
2-4 family.......................
5-or-more family ............
Publicly owned..................

1, 864.8
1,778. 1
1, 569.9
64.8
143. 4
86.7

1,639. 1
1, 563. 2
1, 359.7
61.0
142.5
75.9
NORTH

All new dwelling units......
Privately owned ................
1-family .........................
2-4 family.......................
5-or-more family.............
Publicly owned..................

2,645.9
2,608.9
2,3.88. 4
103.0
115.4
37.0

2,913.9
2,840.0
2,567.9
110,4
161.7
73.9

80
80
79
90
95
86

81
80
79
86
96
86

1,807.0
1, 648.7
1, 329 .2
73. 1
246.4
158.3

CENTRAL

2,128. 1
2,096. 2
1,892.1
94.8
109.3
31.9

2,347.8
2, 284. 6
2,034.7

95.4

SO U TH

All new dwelling units......
Privately owned.......
1-family....................
2-4 family......................
5-or-more family.............
Publicly owned ............

2,370.0
2, 253. 5
2,077. 9
59.6
116.0
116.6

2,919.7
2,792.5
2, 523.3
76.6
192.6
127. 2

66
67
66
66
70
64

69
69
67
68
90
62

1, 574.5
1, 499. 3
1, 378. 6
39. 1
81.6
75.2

All new dwelling units......
Privately owned..........
1-family.................
2-4 family..................... .
5-or-more family...........
Publicly owned .................

2, 348.4
2, 298. 4
1,886.8
111.0
300.6
49.9

2,923.2
2,813.5
2, 262. 6
155.6
395.3
109.7

80
81
79
86
95
29

78
79
76
81
95
52

1,880.1
1, 865. 6
1, 483. 2
95.5
286.9
14. 5

WEST




116

Table S-4: Valuation, by Major Class of Building Construction, and Number of New Dwelling Units, by MetropolitanNonmetropolitan Location and by State, Annually, 1957-58
Valuation
State

All building
construction 1

(inmillions of dollars)
New residential buildings
Total 2
Housekeeping only

New nonresidential buildings

Number of new
dwelling units 5
1957

1953

1957

1958

ALL STATES.............. 18,168.8 20,086.9
Metropolitan areas....... 14,130. 7 15,718.1
Noninetropolitan areas . 4,038. 1 4,368.8

6,851.2
5,262.9
1, 588.3

7,172.7
5,613. 1
1, 559.6

9,413.3
7,348.9
2,064.4

10,998.0
8,585.4
2,412.6

9,229.1
7, 221.8
2,007. 3

10,792.7
8,444.6
2,348. 1

Alabama ................ .....
Arizona.......... .............
Arkansas ........ ...........
California....................
Colorado.....................

190.6
224.6
72.7
3, 055.5
261.9

236.8
292.2
77.5
3,500.6
313.0

65.9
74.0
32.5
1,033. 6
100.3

62 2
90.8
26.9
1, 106. 2
106.5

102.1
135, 3
31.9
1, 705. 8
137.7

151.6
184.6
41.7
2,042 3
182. 1

100.0
133. 5
30.9
1, 683.6
133. 5

149.6
178. 5
40.4
1, 997. 6
178. 1

13,056
15, 644
3, 706
169,425
12,897

19, 251
21,001
4, 389
196,716
17,922

Connecticut................
Delaware....................
District of Columbia....
Florida........................
Georgia.......................

390.6
68.9
133.8
948.0
252.4

328.6
82. 4
220.9
948.8
321.3

153.9
31,8
81,8
231.3
95.2

117.9
34.5
150. 6.
240. 1
130.4

196.0
30.0
27.8
611. 5
132.0

177.3
39. 5
39.7
603. 1
166. 9

193.5
29.6
26.6
577. 1
130.8

175.7
38.9
38.9
588.9
161. 2

15,612
2,344
3,082
63,050
14, 952

14, 129
2,935
4,975
64, 175.
18,251

Idaho...........................
Illinois.......................
Indiana.......................
Iowa ...........................
Kansas.......................

38.2
1, 240. 0
419. 5
160. 5
134.8

45.5
1,362 6
373.5
212.9
149.3

12.7
480.9
203.3
67.7
51. 1

16.0
538.5
148.5
90.7
47.7

18. 1
639.3
185. 1
76.2
68.7

23.0
702. 4
195, 2
101. 9
83.9

16. 9
649. 4
182.9
72.9
67. 1

22.6
695.9
192. 1
101.4
82.5

1,510
47,019
15, 119
5,888
6, 408

2,016
49,618
15,836
8,049
7,819

Kentucky ....................
Louisiana....................
Maine .........................
Maryland.....................
Massachusetts............

169. 1
250.5
29.2
448.7
440. 5

172. 1
327.3
30.7
479.3
469.5

72. 1
82.3
10.9
165. 3
197.8

60.7
112.8
13.3
178.5
202.7

88.2
131.2
13.8
251.3
184.4

101.3
177.6
13.0
267. 2
212.3

86.3
122. 4
12.7
249. 1
178.0

100.3
169.6
12.6
265.3
206.4

7,681
11, 269
1, 165
22, 298
16, 343

9,253
15,231
1, 154
25, 141
18, 574

Michigan......................
Minnesota....................
Mississippi ................
Missouri ......................
Montana........................

933.4
390.7
54.2
302.0
35. 1

867.3
449.8
54.5
385.2
38.9

356.7
163.3
22. 5
136. 9
16.0

330.3
168.7
.23.7
166.0
15.6

485.6
194.4
21.5
118.2
14. 5

451.3
248.4
23.4
183.7
18.6

431.7
192,3
21.3
115.5
14. 2

447,0
247.0
22.8
182 0
18. 3

39, 983
14,091
2,648
10,845
1, 334

37,744
18, 836
3,009
17, 270
1,761

Nebraska......................
Nevada.......................
New Hampshire ..........
New Jersey..................
New Mexico ................

78.5
60. 2
30. 1
727.4
. 88.4

111.8
63.2
32.7
763.3
134.5

31.6
20.9
11. 1
227.4
29.4

48. 7
21.4
11.6
226.9
35.6

38.5
32. 1
14.6
419.5
50,9

55.9
36.6
15.5
457, 8
91. 4

38.0
28.9
412 4
49.7

55.6
31.9
15.4
449.7
89.6

3, 794
2, 540
1, 351
34, 310
5, 414

5,489
2,895
1, 468
38, 652
9,561

1,453.4 1, 529, 1
231.7
194.3
45.2
37. 2
1,093-7 1,116. 5
121. 3
180.9

641.8
87.4
13.0
386.6
47. 1

582. 3
91.2
15.4
374.9
77.6

687.4
83.7
17.3
602.3
63.1

829. 5.
115. 1
26.5
645.0
89.4

678.8
82.0
17.1
596, 3
61.6

820.6
111.0
26. 2
639.2
88. 2

62,513
9,089
1, 541
43,013
5,750

77, 258
12,002
2, 327
48,176
8, 557

1957

New York ....................
North Carolina............
North Dakota ..............
Ohio.............................
Oklahoma ....................

1958

1957

1958

1957

13.6

1958

848,020 1,002,484
649,647
775, 479
198,373
227,005

Oregon.........................
Pennsylvania..............
Rhode Island ..............
South Carolina............
South Dakota ..............

138.9
749. 3
48.8
63.4
36.4

197.9
697.5
55.0
74.0
35.6

63.4
284.1
18.7
23.9
2), 5

92.9
267,7
21.7
27.9
13.0

52.5
360.8
24. 3.
3P. 1
12. 1

82. 1
333.0
25. 2
36. 1
18.6

49.9
348.0
24. 1
29.4
11.5

73.5
327. 4
24.8
32 8
18.0

4,315
28,043
2,634
3, 265
1, 155

6,439
27,070
2, 638
3, 478
1,679

Tennessee ..................
Texas .........................
Utah.............................
Vermont.......................
Virginia........................

179.3
1,013. 4
113.5
15.6
385.2

233.0
1, 196. 3
159*4
12.6
502.9

76. 1
375. 2
35.6
11.1
136.3

94.8
368.0
63.4
8. 2
184.0

77. 1
518.8
69.7
3.8
209.8

110.2
714.9
87. 2
3.4
278.4

76. 0
511.9
68.3
3.8
207.4

109.0
703.0
86.8
3.4
272.0

9, 954
49, 602
5,648
335
20, 280

14,093
69,903
7, 388
312
26,088

Washington..................
West Virginia..............
Wisconsin....................
Wyoming ......................

335.3
80.8
457, 8.
21. 1

440,4
81, 1
421.0
29.0

129.9
40.9
192.3
7.0

166. 1
40.3
152.9
6.5

163. 1
28.0
222,0
11.4

232.0
29.0
233.6
19.5

158.6
27.8
221. 2
11.3

226.9
27.6
227. 1
19.3

14, 141
2, 532
18, 489
943

19, 253
2, 345
18,683
1,675

* Includes additions, alterations, and repairs.
2 Includes hotels, motels, and tourist courts.




^ Housekeeping only.

117

Table S-5: Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent lit Central Cities, by Type ot Building Construction,
Annually, 1957-58
Valuation

Type of building
construction

1957

1958

Atlanta, Ga.

1957

(in thousands of dollars)

1958

1957

1958

1957

B oston, M ass.

Birmingham, A la.

Baltimore, Md.

1958

A ll building construction1 ..........................

1 4 3 ,5 6 7

2 0 5 ,9 4 5

2 3 8 ,9 4 2

2 1 3 ,0 4 9

6 8 ,2 5 4

8 6 ,6 7 9

2 4 4 ,4 8 9

2 6 1 ,4 3 6

New dwelling u n its2 .......................................
New nonresidential building .....................
Commercial bu ildin gs................................
Amusement b u ild in g s ..........................
Commercial g a r a g e s .............................

7 2 , 166

9 7 ,1 7 7

1 3 3 ,7 1 4

118,901

3 6 ,2 1 3

54, 154

8 9 ,7 4 8

1 0 4 ,7 7 1

56, 505

8 4 ,6 4 0

2 1 ,6 9 5
6 ,0 8 8

116, 349

1 1 7 ,8 6 3

4 3 ,0 3 5

72, 249
, 526

2 0 ,8 2 7

21, 641

9 2 , 522
36, 708

35, 396

3 3 ,1 1 3

1 ,0 4 9
5 52

1, 387
400

2 ,6 7 3

1, 2 7 2

917

G asolin e and service station s.........
O ffice buildings......................................

1 ,5 4 9
5 ,8 4 7

Stores and other mercantile bldgs..
Community buildings..................................
Educational buildings..........................
Institutional b u ild in g s ........................

1 2 ,6 4 5
2 3 ,8 9 3

R eligiou s buildings...............................
G arages, private re s id e n tia l.................

5, 194

Industrial buildings....................................

7 ,0 8 3
2, 798
8 70

P u blic u tilities buildings........................
A ll other nonresidential buildings ....
Additions, alterations, and repairs........

13, 165
5, 534

220

14, 135

136

326

8, 375

1, 117

1, 650

1, 248

2 4 ,4 1 3
14, 163

1, 6 4 6

6 91
3, 147

28,1 6 3

1 8 ,0 3 5
32, 487

6, 293

19, 393
2 ,7 8 4

25, 147
1, 347

5 ,9 8 6

5 ,9 9 3
698

2 8 ,0 4 3
1 0 ,9 8 1
1 0 ,9 4 3
, 119
282
5 ,4 1 1
17, 530

6

4, 548
1 2 ,6 6 1

794
6 ,8 0 4
1 ,8 1 2
4 ,0 3 2
1 9 ,9 5 3

3, 880
2,011
10, 647
, 310

21

627
1 ,4 3 4

11, 176

3 , 594
1 0 ,3 1 7

3 ,9 1 6

4 ,8 4 9
2 ,9 7 1

18, 335
47, 757
37, 211
4 ,7 9 7

2, 360

354

2 ,4 9 7
301

5 ,7 4 8
1 ,6 1 1

3 ,6 2 8
1 ,7 6 0

4, 165
488

24, 243
4, 3 64

418

336
1 0 ,8 0 2

2 ,9 7 9
3 6 ,0 2 9

3, 607

16

11, 198

151, 260

1 4 1 ,2 3 3

New dw elling units 2 ................

76, 707

7 0 ,2 9 9

New nonresidential bu ild in g .....................

62, 125

58, 589

458, 206

488, 98 2

Commercial b u ild in g s ...............................

1 3 ,9 8 0

Amusement b u ild in g s ..........................
Commercial garages ............................

1 ,9 5 3
230

10, 692
1 ,6 0 6

118, 290
5 ,6 2 0

9 4 , 447
7, 101
720

4 ,0 3 9
1 ,0 8 6

G asolin e and service stations....^..

1 ,3 3 4

870

831
7 ,8 8 6

6 ,8 0 8

2 ,3 4 1

1 .9 9 0
1 ,1 9 7

66

1 ,1 3 8 , 149 1, 2 2 3 .0 0 3
586, 102
6 2 4 ,4 4 7

1, 333
3 ,8 9 2
6 53
16, 339

10,896
60,626
47, 596
7, 048
5 ,9 8 3
1, 380

15,861
2 ,9 7 2
3 ,9 1 0
36, 437

Colum bus, Ohio

C leveland, Ohio

C hicago, III.

2,

164
2 ,3 9 4
1 ,3 2 7

429
4

11

15, 366
18, 439

B uffalo, N .Y .
All building construction1 ..........................

22

3 3 2 ,6 1 6

2 9 9 ,9 8 7

1 2 5 ,4 6 9

1 8 4 ,9 1 6

185, 583

1 5 9 ,1 3 9

7 5 ,8 3 5

1 1 9 ,7 9 4

1 1 9 ,6 4 3
37, 431

1 1 5 ,8 0 6

3 3 ,4 5 5
7 ,4 7 2

52, 310
12, 508

4 1 ,6 6 3
3 ,9 9 2

423
290

1 ,6 1 4
35
484

1, 299

O ffice buildings.......................................

5 ,1 1 5

4 ,0 2 9

6 3 ,0 0 4

24, 869

10, 309

1 8 ,6 2 6

2 ,5 0 9

5 ,8 5 8

Stores and other mercantile bldgs..

5, 347
19, 551
12, 324

4 0 ,9 4 9
1 3 4 ,7 0 0

1 5 ,9 3 9
1,8694 ,8 1 1

6 4 ,4 5 9
4 5 ,8 0 5
24, 436

5 4 ,9 4 9
158, 121
, 578
41, 258

1 9 ,6 5 6
3 7 ,8 3 6
18, 591
1 1 ,2 6 0

1 5 ,8 5 9
5 2 ,6 3 5
18, 256

11, 450
2, 684
10, 6 42
1 0 ,9 8 5

1 4 ,9 3 8

2 8 ,2 8 5
20 , 558
1 8 7 ,1 7 2

7 ,9.8 5
7, 144

Industrial buildings.-...................................
Public utilities bu ildin gs.......................

2 4 ,0 1 4
134, 547

2 ,9 5 1
9 ,0 9 9
4 ,8 3 2
1 ,7 3 0
2 ,5 3 7
2 ,0 8 8

4 ,5 1 7

Community bu ildin gs..................................
Educational buildings...........................
Institutional buildings .......................
R eligiou s bu ildin gs...............................
Garages, private re s id e n tia l.............

4, 121
2 2 ,6 1 8

2 ,0 3 1
5 ,2 8 3
1 0 ,9 4 6

30, 430
16, 225
8 6 ,8 3 9

13, 537
15, 146
104, 336

All other nonresidential buildings ....
Additions, alterations, and repairs.........

3, 148
4 ,0 7 9
3 ,8 1 8

3,026

Denver, C olo.

88

Detroit, Mich.

25, 563
7, 340
4, 329
2 3 ,9 7 6

A ll building construction1..........................

1 4 9 ,9 0 2

1 8 7 ,3 4 6

595, 320

5 2 4 , 314

1 1 5 ,9 0 2

7 9 ,8 8 1

106,090

3 0 6 ,7 1 6

55, 279

4 9 ,8 3 9
15, 461

65, 492
2 7 ,2 2 8

979

670

231, 218
7 2 ,7 5 1
16, 599

2 8 7 ,7 1 9
183, 328
5 6 ,0 8 5
17, 140

963
1 ,7 4 0
4 ,8 1 6

156
1, 400
15, 322
, 681

G asoline and service s t a t io n s .......
O ffice buildings.......................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..
Community buildings..................................
Educational bu ildin gs..........................

6, 964

R eligious buildings...............................

1 7 ,8 2 0
1 5 ,0 7 2
6 34
2 ,1 1 4

G arages, private r e s id e n tia l................

1 ,8 6 5

Industrial buildings.....................................

1 0 ,9 6 6

Public u tilities buildings........................
A ll other nonresidential buildings ....
Additions, alterations, and repairs.........

2, 0 8 9

Institutional buildings ........................

See footnotes at end of table.




1, 638
1 6 ,7 1 2

9
26, 563
2 1 ,3 4 8
3 ,1 8 3
2 ,0 3 2

1,5.46

6,

183
179

3 ,7 9 3
14, 706

4, 300
2 5 ,9 0 8

142
4, 3 57
9, 355
2 5 ,0 9 1
, 875
5 1 ,8 9 4

24, 5 4 4
70, 431
4 4 ,8 9 7

86

11, 194
14, 340
22, 664

23, 196
1 1 ,7 8 5
1 6 ,5 5 4

3 7 ,9 5 3
2 1 ,3 1 1
, 108

7 , 500

55, 426

6

8

1 0 ,6 6 9
3 ,8 8 4
1 ,9 0 7

22,888

Indianapolis, Ind.

New dwelling units 2.......................................
New nonresidential b u ild in g .....................
Commercial b u ildin gs................................
Amusement buildings ..........................
Commercial garages .............................

1, 400

2 6 ,1 7 5
, 205
5 ,0 4 7

1 0 0 ,1 5 3

2 2 ,7 4 0

59, 631
29, 226.
1 3 ,5 4 1

647

896

51,862
681
1 ,9 0 7
7, 119
12, 387
10, 594
4 ,0 8 5
3 ,0 4 0

980
517
, 157

8

2 ,9 9 1
, 395
3 ,6 9 4

6

0

8, 599
2 ,8 4 5
3 , 353
1 5 ,8 3 2

21, 567
4, 589
1 3 ,6 5 5
3 ,3 2 3
1 ,7 7 5
12, 422
86 9
3, 170
11, 536

L o s A n g eles, C a lif.

1 ,4 2 7 ,8 2 9

1 , 5 4 0 ,2 2 4

8 1 2 ,4 1 7

8 0 4 , 410
5 3 2 ,9 2 6

4 4 0 ,9 1 3
1 7 2 ,0 6 4

9,162
5, 194
4 ,8 6 0
6 4 ,4 2 4
, 425
1 0 7 ,0 8 6

88

7 1 , 193

225, 331
1 5 ,2 0 5
1, 676.

5, 221
1 2 5 ,0 7 7
7 8 , 152
151, 103
103, 270
3 0 ,7 0 4

3, 470
1 ,7 0 6

2 ,7 0 1

18, 731
17, 161

1 ,2 6 9

8 ,8 4 1

1 7 ,1 2 9
, 565

3 ,3 6 9
3, 212

7 5 ,7 8 6

48, 281

3 ,4 4 6

1 3 ,4 9 5
2 ,2 9 8

1 2 ,8 6 7

1 ,0 3 0

5 0 ,8 6 6

8, 361

1, 440
1 0 ,0 9 6

2 3 ,9 2 5
5 3 , 211
1 6 5 ,8 1 6

7 3 ,0 7 2
190, 408

6

2 8 ,5 7 5

118

Table S-5: Valuation in Selected Metropolitan Areas and Percent in Central Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1957-58-Continued
Valuation

T y pe o f building
construction

1957

1958

1957

Miami. F la .

(in thousands o / dollars)

1958

1957

1958

2 9 3 ,4 0 3

268, 310

1 8 7 ,8 3 0

1 5 0 ,7 9 5

1 , 5 0 4 ,5 9 3

New d w e llin g u n its 2 .......................................
New non residential building .....................

160, 413

1 6 7 ,8 2 8

9 6 ,0 7 2

7 9 , 380

7 5 5 ,9 8 8

7 8 ,5 8 6
34, 357

5 5 ,9 7 3
2 0 ,4 9 8

7 5 ,7 3 4
3 7 ,0 0 6

Amusement b u ild in g s ..........................
Commercial g a r a g e s .............................

3 ,4 8 9

2 ,0 3 5

949

G asolin e and service s ta tio n s.........

2 ,4 6 1
1 6 ,6 5 4

5 5 ,1 7 3
1 4 ,8 5 5
2 ,2 8 5
434
727

6 0 5 ,3 0 7

Commercial b u ildin gs................................

O ffice bu ildin gs.......................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..

11, 632

Community buildings..................................
Educational buildings...........................
Institutional b u ild in g s........................

2 3 ,0 3 3
15, 284

R eligiou s buildings................................
G arages, private re s id e n tia l.................

1 ,5 3 5

Industrial buildings....................................

6 ,2 1 3
915
, 723
3 ,7 5 0

12

652
1 ,8 1 4
4 ,3 0 9

1,696
973
1 0 ,7 0 9

53.2

2 ,6 8 7
8 ,7 2 2

2 3 2 .9 3 4

1 3 1 ,2 9 1
5 8 ,9 2 7

789
2 ,7 4 6

3, 119
9 ,8 4 6

2 7 ,5 5 1
16, 200

1 5 7 ,6 1 8
9 4 , 310

19, 048

5 ,9 6 2

3 7 ,9 3 3
25, 376

14, 319
, 130

1 1 ,5 8 7

580
887

1,012

328

3 ,0 6 0

2
6, 559

7 ,0 9 2
4, 259

25, 696

928

4 ,4 1 7

7 , 240

9 ,8 4 7

3, 593
7 ,7 7 0

1 1 ,8 3 3
6 1 ,9 9 8

Additions, alterations, and repairs.........

36, 240

3 9 ,7 9 5

P h iladelphia, Pa.

66, 3 6 4

4 ,6 9 1
3 72

6

2, 599
2

14, 172
675

0

3 ,2 3 1
858
1 ,8 7 2
591

8 ,9 1 7

7 0 ,3 9 5
3 7 ,9 1 0

736

18,9 6 5

3 5 ,8 6 5

6 ,3 3 1

2, 669

14, 186

139, 520

132,128

5, 8 64

6, 830

668

647
.1 ,0 9 1
1 5 ,9 0 4

31,866
38
746

1 8 4 ,5 3 1
1 1 7 ,9 9 1
4 0 ,8 4 4

3 ,2 6 3
3 ,8 8 5

41, 359
27, 467

8 ,2 8 3
, 453

13, 669
, 499

3 ,8 0 7

7 6 ,7 9 4

2 8 ,4 4 1

3 ,5 2 5
7 ,3 9 2

9 , 575
, 183
4, 400

P u blic u tilitie s buildings........................
A ll other nonresidential buildings ....

Portsmouth, Va.
6 7 ,1 3 4

5 2 9 ,0 8 9
2 1 5 ,7 1 2
1 0 ,7 5 8

2 2 ,6 7 8

6

1 ,5 8 0 ,8 9 6
9 1 4 ,0 2 0

3 1 9 ,0 6 3
8 ,8 4 9

11,688
20, 158

22,7 2 6

1958

Norfolk-

Northeastern N. Jersey
A ll building con struction1 ..........................

121

1957

New York-

Milwaukee. V is.

Phoenix, Ariz.

R ochester, N.TY.

Salt Lake C ity, Utah

A ll building construction1 ..........................

4 6 1 ,6 2 5

4 5 0 ,0 9 3

6 9 ,0 9 6

6 9 ,8 7 7

58, 760

9 0 ,2 0 2

2 4 1 ,9 8 6

237, 219

1 4 5 ,4 3 7
9 9 ,9 6 8

2 1 4 ,5 9 7

New dw elling units 2 ......................................

1 3 7 ,7 3 5

3 5 ,7 8 7

38 , 221

37, 593

51, 562

New nonresidential b u ild in g ......................

1 5 6 ,8 8 5

1 5 2 ,7 0 8

36, 459

63, 202

2 6 ,7 0 1

25, 341

15, 670

33, 512

Commercial b u ild in g s ...............................

4 0 ,8 3 3

55, 299

141

24, 341

6 ,1 6 6

6, 582

7, 236

Amusement b u ild in g s ..........................
Commercial garages .............................

2, 115

4, 384
2 ,2 7 0

74 8

1 ,3 4 0

1, 189
848

584

448

1,300

9 , 65 3
1, 471
1 ,4 0 8

G asolin e and service stations.........

4 ,3 2 3
1 5 ,4 4 1

534
1 ,0 7 1

219
1 ,3 7 8

O ffice buildings.......................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..
Community b u ildin gs..................................
Educational buildings...........................
Institutional buildings ........................
R eligiou s bu ildin gs...............................
G arages, private r e s id e n tia l.................
Industrial b u ildin gs....................................
P ublic u tilitie s b u ildin gs........................
All other nonresidential buildings ....
A d ditions, alterations, and repairs.........

1, 289

1 7 ,6 6 6

58,912
41, 230
7 ,9 7 8
9 ,7 0 5
3 ,7 5 9
2 3 ,4 2 6
1 8 ,6 0 8
11, 346
61, 299

2 ,9 1 4
1 3 ,8 0 9
3 1 ,9 2 2

9 , 384

4 ,0 0 2

12, 534

.2 ,5 2 4

14, 679

16,698

7, 254
, 404

9, 204
2, 544

1 2 ,8 4 7
3, 517
1 4 ,7 6 2

2, 537

2 ,9 3 1
267

1 ,4 0 3
18, 190
, 782

56

A ll building con struction1..........................

2 4 0 ,9 8 6

3 2 9 , 251

159, 583
6 4 ,9 9 7
1 4 ,0 6 8

2 3 5 ,0 8 5
70, 400

Amusement buildings ..........................

2 ,7 0 3
161

1 ,3 1 9
61

28, 111

2

129
, 318

6
1,668
4, 009

8, 547

8 9 , 384
52, 250

173, 632
, 224

66
2,866
33, 163

6,096

8 ,6 9 0

Community buildings..................................
Educational bu ildin gs..........................

15, 247
9 ,8 7 1

Institutional buildings ........................

2 ,0 7 5
3 ,3 0 1
2 ,6 2 1

2 5 ,0 0 5
3 8 ,4 9 3
26, 664
1 ,8 4 2

20,

Public u tilities bu ildin gs........................
A ll other nonresidential buildings ....

1 1 ,0 8 6

Additions, alterations, and repairs.........

15, 362

See footnotes at end of table.




204

1 ,7 7 1

1,782
850

9 , 585
18, 410

9 ,9 8 8
1 ,7 1 2
3 .6 ,2 6 2
1 3 ,0 9 1
17, 850

66, 230

166,991
8 3 , 537
4 ,0 2 7
2 ,4 0 4
1 ,9 3 6
51, 215
2 3 ,9 5 4
2 9 ,4 U

15,918

3,

102

6 ,9 3 9
4 ,9 3 5

622

11, 152
1, 193
147

2 ,4 1 5

1, 105
5 ,3 0 8

1, 333
4 ,3 1 1

22B .0 2 1
121, 6 5 2

859

3 ,8 0 9
7 ,9 5 7

1, 268
4 ,0 0 3
2, 687
737
3, 332
9 ,4 1 1
2, 42 2

5,

122

3 6 6 ,6 4 4

5 9 5 ,7 3 1

81, 797

161, 535
1 6 0 ,8 1 6

3 5 .6 6 7

8 2 , 446

311, 525
1 6 1 ,2 7 2

1, 223
536
2 ,0 2 4

2 ,1 9 5
1 ,6 8 5
1 ,6 2 9

1,906
608

7 ,6 2 5
3 1 ,0 7 7
2 6 ,3 9 8

1 ,7 7 7

201

523
2 ,4 4 3

Washington, D .C .

5, 354

7 ,6 9 2
5 ,8 0 0

3, 579
1 ,4 8 2
270

8 ,9 2 5
51 2

1 ,6 7 5
2 3 ,8 5 4

15, 337
3, 123
4, 307

3 ,9 1 9
2 ,0 7 2

1 ,8 2 7
904

1 ,4 1 1
3 ,0 4 8

22,168

40
757

1, 382
1, 277

Seattle, Wash.

162, 299

668

3 ,7 0 5

1, 254
677
441
6 ,0 8 0

2 7 5 ,9 8 0

17, 374

3, 770

1, 4 6 4

5 2 2 ,4 2 3

529

3, 350

9, 409

0
1,526

199,606

4, 579

13,826

16,312

15, 172

4 4 0 ,8 5 1

G asolin e and service s t a t io n s .......
O ffice buildings.......................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..

20, 946

5 ,6 3 4
1 ,9 6 8

San F ranciscoOakland, C alif.

2 ,9 8 5
2 ,2 0 5

Industrial buildings.....................................

1,021

12, 194

New dwelling units 2.......................................
New nonresidential b u ild in g ......................
Commercial b u ild in gs................................

R eligiou s bu ildin gs...............................
G arages, private r e s id e n tia l................

62

709
1 ,0 5 9
5, 6 22

59, 536
3 2 ,3 0 4
14, 385

San D iego, C alif.

Commercial garages .............................

12,

1, 183
3 ,4 9 6
871

26, 233

8,838

1 2 ,9 4 4

6 ,0 2 7

1 3 ,0 8 9
6 7 ,4 0 2

2 ,6 0 6

5 ,7 9 5
2 ,7 6 7

18, 484

2 0 ,7 4 9

5 ,6 1 9

233, 291

63, 5 6 3
15,100

132, 123
2 3 ,6 4 0

4 9 ,7 6 5
34, 208
6 ,5 7 0

9 8 ,7 1 8
80,
1 1 ,6 7 7

8 ,9 8 6

6, 545

6 43
1 2 ,3 8 7
6 ,8 3 2

588
4 ,8 2 2

491

3 3 , 276

8, 744

1 2 ,8 4 9

4 1 , 539

4 6 ,7 9 7

119

Tablt S-5: Valuation in Soloctod Metropolitan Arnos and Porcont in Control Cities, by Type of Building Construction,
Annually, 1957-58~Continued
Percent
1957 1958

VN
ON

construction

1958

Atlanta,

Baltimore,

Ga.

Md.

46

19

33

34

4

52

43

58

22

35
17

73
77

54

37

90

63

95
27

64

100

47
62

83

25

60

60

23

16

84
71

53
52

23.
61

67

64

Commercial b u ild in gs................................

74

79

68

Am usem ent b u ild in g s ...........................
Commercial g a r a g e s ..............................

48
76

95
99

29
17

G a so lin e and service sta tio n s.........

55
81

46
96

31
96

76
27
26

77
77

5
50

95
48

43
45
65

29
42
94

55
64

51
67

Industrial bu ildin gs.....................................
P u b lic u tilitie s buildings........................
A ll other nonresidential buildings ....
A dditions; alterations, and repairs.........

33
37
41
7

66
33
56
60

13
30

63
99

68

66

37

64

70

51
80

A ll building construction1 ..........................

39

40

21

New dw elling u n it s 2 ......................................

22

New nonresidential b u ild in g ......................

27
41

63

Commercial b u ild in g s ...............................

63

72

Amusement b u ild in g s ..........................
Commercial garages ............................

32
98

33
83

G a so lin e and service stations.........

35

37

27

38

O ffice bu ildin gs.......................................

83
56

83
62
64

73

34

Stores and other mercantile bldgs..

R eligiou s b u ildin gs...............................
G arages, private r e s id e n tia l.................
Industrial b u ildin gs.....................................
P u blic u tilities b u ildin gs........................
All other nonresidential buildings ....
Additions, alterations, and repairs.........

A ll building con struction1......................
New dwelling units 2........................................
New nonresidential b u ild in g ......................
Commercial bu ild in g s................................
Amusement buildings ...........................
Commercial g a r a g e s .............................
G asolin e and service s t a t i o n s .......
O ffice bu ildin gs.......................................
Stores and other mercantile bldgs..
Community bu ildin gs..................................
Educational bu ildin gs..........................
Institutional b u ild in g s ........................

36

75

0

8

21

17

6-

12

12
35
39
46

27

20
20
23
19

20
49

22

58
59
45

100
39
54
40

2
55.
71

24

36
49
3
75
40

29
48
14

99
26

69
26

78

70

23
30

Additions, alterations, and repairs.........

39

35

19

22 38
6 21
74

30

8
51
39
14




2

6
2
28

80

36

35

24

79
19
26

30
32
80

43

90

86

28
57

33
69

45
75

89

19
19

66

33

20

22

39
32

27
30

6

23
82

46

15

33.

42

11

15.

11

22

35

21

13

14

2
2

3

2
35

47

IB
64
7
48

19
73

11
12

55

69

85

43
33
77

25

45

22
86

26
10

73

48

87

59
75
77

75

78

17

33
18

56

44

52

67

65
62
76

95

93

5
82

79

43
31
52

6
6
54

20

5

36

36

20

19

53

55

42

40

50

40

32
62

34

15
25

12

54
48

50
58

79
59

36
46

14

33

30
42

16
67

49
38
26

33
26

56

72

68

33

42

17

36

96

99

60

46

16

50

24

33

29

52

67
92

89
24

89
36

98

63

51

84

85
60

30

60

40

42

53
58

62

Milwaukee,
V is.

31
37

1

New YorkNorfolkNortheastern Portsmouth,
New Jersey
Va.

48

80
33

93

24
46

66

24
70

29
32

24
38

29

27

37

83
4

45

5

4.5

68

21

49

60
7
26

(4)

5

15
90
48

64
84
70

58

4

63
54

63
64

12

3
9
34

38
48
72

52
51
69

9
19
37

38

(3)
48

10
22

53
56

63

85
55
84

55
42

11
49

9

45
29
50

23
13
36

Salt Lake
Utah

25

34

7

19
55

27

55
14

2

55

50

26

11

55

45

51
47

59
77

16
28
41

59

54

42

66

41

14

56

23

67
27

69
67

39
54

5
56

100 100 100
57

75

95
17
14

21
37
28

68

0

8
100

19

29

51

42

54

21

18

39

37

40
56

40

47
44

51

93
76

81

22 12

34

33

40

60

47

65

66

76

80

0

14

13

45
58
71
27

FranciscoSan Diego, SanAu
UUii#l
vjuciuia,
Calif.
Calif.

43
48

45

12

27

74
16

54

27

23
17

58

46

95
41

9

3

Miami,
Fla.

21
(3 )

19
36

62

L os
Angeles,
Calif.

.L,

59
62

Includes new nonhousekeeping residential building, not shown

separately.
2 Housekeeping only.

24

36

Rochester,
N. Y.

40

32

1

25

34
81

38

8
10
6
10
0

33

24

100 100

14
32
42

19

66
8

22

11

54

47

49

20

21

29
84

12

24

20

28

33

21

54
30
16

70

74

19

73
23

62

43

22

0

39
37

31

41
16

43
27

46

Phoenix,
Ariz.

0
68
22

37

64

Philadel­
phia, Pa.

20

57

22.

35

23

29
73

50

73
58

50

48

20

5

57

43

45

39

11

83
93

71
30

0

8

15

53

45

25

18

18

23

61
93

P ublic u tilitie s bu ildin gs........................
A ll other nonresidential buildings ....

Industrial buildings......... ............................

33

38
75
14

6
6
1
0
10

R eligiou s bu ildin gs...............................
G arages, private r e s id e n tia l.................

8

In

3

15
24

20

Indian r

7

15

77

Detroit,
Mich.

57

6
26

50

9

19

19

34

10

Ohio

24

21
12
6

29
80

1958

30

12
10

58

1957

Columbus,

28

16
17

39

Denver,
Colo.

Community bu ild in gs..................................
Educational buildings..........................
Institutional buildings ........................

0

1958

Cleveland,
Ohio

14

1.4

68
86

73

111.

1957

14

73
32

65
37

1958

Chicago,

19

58
18

68

1957

N. Y .

32

35
78

R elig io u s buildings................................
G arages, private r e s id e n tia l.................

Mass.

1958

Buffalo,

36

57

28

66

Boston,

22

41

Community buildings...................................
Educational buildings...........................
Institutional b u ild in g s .........................

Ala.

1957 1958 1957

18

A ll building construction1 ...........................

O ffice b u ildin gs.......................................
Stores and other m ercantile bldgs..

1958

Birmingham,

53

New dw elling u n its2 .......................................
New nonresidential b u ild in g .....................

50

of valuation in central city or c it ie s o f each area

1957

69
63
36
5

24
4

82

72

Seattle,
Wash.

65

21

49
48

94
27

51
42

34
32

52

22

49

16

82
37
27

Washington,
D.. C.
36
16

37
17

51

48
55
16

96
42

79

99

75
36
34

90

63

24

83
16

53

23

53
46

31

8

12

12

9
56

55

68
0 (4)
11 9
13

9

75
78

43
84
92

65
77

(4)

44

41

50

68

74

13
58

16

54

15

26

18

51
33

9

30
23

19
84
57

17

19
16

93
47

14

45

59

19
24

4

48

28

59

53

19

65
70

11

68
6

59
61

29
47

57

40

31

92

100 100

38

48

29
50

66

45
97

74
78

38
50

88

68 .87
1P0 100
100 (3)

11
8
20

46

37

0

40

30
16
42

100

29
61

62

79

No buildings of this type reported for year shown.
L e ss than one-half of 1 percent.

1

65

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Table S-6: Valuation and Number of New Dwelling Units in Selected Metropolitan Areas and in Central Cities of Each Area,
Annually, 1957-58
( H o u s e k e e p i n g u n its o n l y )

T otal m etropolitan area
V aluation
Metropolitan area

(in t h o u s a n d s
o f d o lla r s)

1957
Atlanta, Ga. ...... ...... ...... ........ .
..............
Baltim ore, Md...................... ;...............................
Birmingham, A la .................................................
B oston, M ass........................................................
B uffalo, N. Y........................................................
C h ica go, 111...........................................................
C levelan d, O h io .................................................
Columbus, Ohio .................................................
Denver, C o lo ........................................................
Detroit, Mich........................................................
Indianapolis, Ind.................................................
L o s A n geles, C a lif............................................
Miami, F la .............................................................
Milwaukee, Wis....................................................
New York-Northeastern New J e r s e y ...........
N orfolk-Portsm outh, Va....................................
P hilad elp h ia, P a .................................................
P h oen ix, A riz .......................................................
R och ester, N. Y..................................................
Salt L ake C ity, U tah........................................
San D iego, C a lif.................................................
San Franci s c o -0 a k l and, C a lif.......................
Seattle, Wash.......................................................
Washington, D. C ................................................




1958

72, 166
133 ,71 4
36, 213
89, 748
76, 707
5 8 6 ,1 0 2

97, 177
118, 901
5 4 ,1 5 4
104,771
70 , 299
6 24 ,44 7

185, 583
7 5 ,8 3 5
7 9 ,8 8 1
306, 716

159, 139
119,794
106,090

55, 279
812, 417
160, 413
96, 072
755, 988
28, 441
241, 986
9 9 ,9 6 8
35, 787
37, 593
159,583
199, 606
8 9 ,3 8 4
161,535

2 87,719
.59 ,6 3 1
804, 410
167,828
7 9 ,3 8 0
9 1 4 ,0 2 0
41, 359
237, 219
137,735
38, 221
51, 562
235, 085
275, 980
1 21 ,65 2
233, 291

In central city or c it ie s

Number
o f dw elling
units
1957

1958

7 ,6 3 0
12,059
4 ,6 0 3
7 ,4 5 7
7 ,0 4 1
41, 510
11,777
5 ,3 2 6
8, 103
24, 292

10,337
10, 979
6, 649
8 ,8 0 3
6, 328

4 ,5 4 5
8 0 ,6 5 4
18, 387
8, 507
66, 289
3, 165
20, 396
11,8 26
2 ,6 5 2
2 ,905
16, 268
18, 800
7 ,9 6 6
13, 995

4 3 ,6 3 1
1 0 ,3 5 2
8 ,9 6 7
11, 170
23, 742
4 ,9 8 7
80, 562
1 8 ,7 61
6, 660
84, 159
4 ,7 1 5
20, 793
16, 196
2, 969
4 ,1 9 6
2 2,8 39
25, 157
10, 300
22, 455

Valuation
(in th o u s a n d s
o f d o lla r s)

1957
2 0,3 05
29, 967
11,823
3 ,6 1 8
5, 308
1 07,641
2 0 ,4 3 8
37, 897
2 1 ,8 1 7
2 5,4 87
10, 998
278, 114
23, 525
51,6 60
2 1 9 ,7 0 3
3 ,8 5 7
46, 267
11,
2,
7,
88,

235
701
209
234

3 1 ,9 8 3
34, 197
2 6 ,6 0 1

1958
33, 949
22, 476
18, 263
6, 392
1 ,844
96, 038
8 ,6 5 2
68, 407
23, 568
23, 196
18, 809
240 ,09 4
2 0 ,8 1 2
4 0 ,0 1 3
326, 210
6, 734
5 0,9 84
19,056
2 ,795
5 ,8 2 9
106, 485
44, 848
37, 491
3 8 ,9 0 2

Number
o f d w elling
units
1957
2,070
3 ,0 3 8
1,919
396
60 5
10,647
2,087
2 ,9 7 2
2 ,3 4 9
2, 259
1, 27 2
2 7 ,2 0 2
3, 793
5, 281
24,8 53
430
4, 694
1 ,645
324
5 60
9, 280
3 ,2 7 6
3 ,6 8 8
3 ,0 8 2

1958
4, 115
2, 379
2, 780
599
232
8 ,9 1 0
839
5, 669
2, 803
2, 242
1 ,918
24, 139
3, 213
3 ,9 2 5
35,967
565
5 ,7 9 6
2, 747
360
499
10,8 29
4 ,5 7 8
3, 746
4, 975

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New Dwelling Units A uthorized by L oca l Building P e rm its.
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