1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1973-1975                     PAGE 1
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1973:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    519448 521348 531786 515315 513666 510348 509972 505033 501988 494184 488708 483781
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    415398 420728 425780 414063 413400 410552 412611 406863 399071 393121 388275 384339
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    240544 245576 248172 236239 233827 229132 227335 223914 218083 213849 208839 203897
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    201063 205917 205520 200267 201004 198662 194149 189070 183710 176285 168935 162942
      1 UNIT.............................    131109 135792 135467 131933 131644 128435 124649 120221 115949 111061 106476 102784
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     69954  70125  70053  68334  69360  70227  69500  68848  67762  65224  62459  60159
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    119160 119015 121664 121694 123207 124491 127421 125035 122932 121775 121771 123592
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     27191  25845  26477  27139  27329  28567  30575  30808  31433  31493  31292  32520
     OFFICE..............................     24790  25106  25950  25359  25959  25627  26965  26026  25374  24648  24994  24558
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      7967   8379   8872   9415   8865   8506   8374   8136   7878   7872   7763   7502
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     35726  36149  37163  37034  37906  38431  38370  37859  36863  36062  36394  37262
     RELIGIOUS...........................      3105   3101   2839   2824   2805   2786   2953   2826   2733   2765   2844   2818
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      3702   3779   3681   3702   3658   3733   3601   3579   3298   3259   3121   3126
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     12550  12788  12401  12010  12326  12107  12459  11801  11634  12071  11585  12114
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      4129   3868   4281   4211   4360   4734   4124   4000   3719   3605   3778   3691
    FARM NONRESIDENTIAL..................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    PUBLIC UTILITIES.....................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS..................      8237   8497   8395   8608   8760   8980   9297   9330   9377   9086   9616   8895
     RAILROAD............................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER............      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     GAS.................................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     PETROLEUM PIPELINES.................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    ALL OTHER PRIVATE....................      2560   2461   2509   2579   2685   2717   2871   2973   2940   2874   2772   2877
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    104050 100620 106006 101252 100266  99796  97361  98170 102917 101063 100433  99442
    BUILDINGS............................     45494  42019  46140  44120  42465  41367  38919  38350  40993  43117  42677  41477
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      2902   2487   3609   3153   3166   3448   3438   3049   2599   4603   3868   2868
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1493   1351   1463   1307   1358   1662   1337   1332   1477   1573   1624   1777
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     24758  22191  23026  24266  22241  20613  20987  17906  20506  21742  21600  21602
     HOSPITAL............................      2963   3292   3129   3189   3168   3318   3178   3746   3328   3393   3158   3432
     OTHER...............................     13378  12698  14913  12205  12532  12327   9980  12317  13083  11806  12427  11797
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     31773  32372  31978  30135  29750  30916  31662  31682  32203  30164  30631  31208
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      3689   3704   3638   3192   3975   3996   3825   3859   3364   3524   3396   3429
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      7239   6555   8951   6785   7636   6605   6652   6981   7112   6962   7193   6712
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     15855  15970  15299  17021  16440  16912  16302  17297  19245  17296  16536  16616
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................      5076   4963   5105   5696   5645   5876   5580   6187   8350   6515   6431   6390
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      2690   3413   2747   3543   3145   3099   3117   3212   3124   2923   4087   3028
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........      8089   7594   7446   7781   7650   7938   7605   7899   7771   7859   6018   7198
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1973-1975                     PAGE 2
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1974:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    470417 478046 467386 472671 464386 449327 449480 445911 436158 433391 419444 417617
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    371954 371307 362973 363990 356139 344091 344566 344483 336400 333176 322275 313070
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    195449 194123 190364 188499 183457 174843 178430 179426 175269 165241 156603 151139
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    154846 153721 148988 149735 146924 140506 138994 136636 131613 123829 117269 112963
      1 UNIT.............................     97880  98184  95583  98758  98497  96353  95928  95041  93147  89404  86019  83072
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     56965  55536  53406  50977  48428  44153  43066  41595  38466  34425  31249  29892
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    117279 118296 113975 118136 116738 114443 111036 110555 107723 113918 112312 109591
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     31159  32166  31401  31834  32749  32074  31396  31844  29815  34971  36006  34785
     OFFICE..............................     23842  25119  22296  23841  23183  23235  22713  22297  22646  21985  22081  20741
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      6957   6733   6176   6166   5652   5164   4873   4669   4528   4525   4231   4113
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     34614  34437  34260  36089  35171  34806  32847  33066  32333  33820  31839  31900
     RELIGIOUS...........................      2751   2831   2966   2957   2930   2827   2972   2813   2876   2715   2673   2611
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      2803   2693   2463   2515   2405   2292   2268   2044   1981   2031   2180   2080
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     11592  11200  11157  11191  11009  10807  10606  10516  10279  10525  10268  10298
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      3561   3118   3256   3544   3640   3239   3361   3306   3264   3346   3034   3063
    FARM NONRESIDENTIAL..................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    PUBLIC UTILITIES.....................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS..................      9102   8943   9352   8971   8779   8568   8165   8125   7976   8046   7703   7707
     RAILROAD............................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER............      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     GAS.................................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     PETROLEUM PIPELINES.................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    ALL OTHER PRIVATE....................      2644   2578   2546   2569   2608   2642   2527   2550   2618   2728   2687   2595
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................     98464 106739 104413 108681 108248 105236 104915 101428  99758 100215  97169 104547
    BUILDINGS............................     39184  42426  40798  44520  46011  44692  43947  42635  41202  40372  40496  42581
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      2336   2897   2612   3624   2971   2966   3634   3777   4467   2593   3119   3153
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1565   1527   1523   1550   1652   2203   1409   1416   1381   1731   1629   1684
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     21790  21588  21250  22697  23252  21473  20774  19621  19488  18687  19565  20256
     HOSPITAL............................      3406   3181   3184   3567   3809   4029   3301   3305   3205   3648   4124   3508
     OTHER...............................     10086  13232  12229  13083  14327  14020  14829  14516  12661  13713  12059  13981
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     31681  35481  33055  33513  32463  30107  31432  30349  31781  29858  26366  28261
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      3372   3219   3465   3627   3241   3345   2984   3029   3272   3034   2995   3070
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      5949   7025   7127   7690   7311   7862   7102   6694   6933   7590   7196   7775
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     18277  18588  19967  19331  19221  19230  19448  18722  16572  19361  20117  22860
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................      6603   7458   7165   7361   7613   6767   7290   6376   6452   6846   6972   8153
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      3716   3075   3957   3630   3233   3748   3259   3758   2978   3302   3559   4867
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........      7959   8055   8846   8340   8375   8715   8899   8588   7141   9213   9586   9840
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1973-1975                     PAGE 3
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1975:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    426456 408383 389746 395838 395672 390702 398121 403187 408220 410351 414407 416964
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    308922 299132 287275 291370 294102 292243 295142 298155 301691 302484 305447 303227
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    146113 142368 137664 141656 142912 145132 147491 151863 153655 156766 159232 159581
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    108625 104615  98196  97606  97031  98642 101443 105693 108186 111041 113578 114124
      1 UNIT.............................     78903  78342  76991  76721  78383  81284  84991  89230  90460  93650  95950  97250
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     29722  26273  21205  20885  18648  17359  16451  16463  17726  17391  17628  16874
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    110255 105226  97670  96959  97530  93639  94967  94300  93848  92694  92729  91201
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     33655  33089  31547  31903  33577  31751  32523  31566  30959  30027  30522  30365
     OFFICE..............................     20739  20546  19202  17766  18222  17290  17294  17036  16387  16706  16308  16470
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      4198   3883   3696   3521   3650   3181   3141   2730   3119   3406   2916   2718
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     32731  29420  25599  25806  24475  23899  24473  25318  25454  24928  25276  24225
     RELIGIOUS...........................      2967   2534   2254   2756   2757   2529   2396   2323   2352   2610   2668   2611
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      1992   2033   2034   1962   1984   2037   1935   1834   1920   1918   1909   1856
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     11062  10767  10479  10291   9974  10114  10173  10558  10588  10155  10404   9926
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      2910   2953   2859   2954   2891   2838   3031   2935   3069   2944   2726   3030
    FARM NONRESIDENTIAL..................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    PUBLIC UTILITIES.....................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS..................      8519   8234   7191   7592   7215   6821   7314   6901   6884   6909   6673   7170
     RAILROAD............................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER............      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     GAS.................................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     PETROLEUM PIPELINES.................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    ALL OTHER PRIVATE....................      2568   2403   2468   2203   2269   2514   2774   2684   2474   2114   2342   2292
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    117535 109251 102471 104468 101571  98459 102979 105032 106529 107867 108960 113737
    BUILDINGS............................     43613  45405  42576  42587  42145  40633  42646  42200  43185  46468  45671  46737
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      3696   3132   3739   3448   3670   3994   4461   3942   4290   4477   4077   4235
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1647   2019   2006   1915   1743   2615   1767   1784   1756   1748   1863   1604
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     22261  24415  20712  21783  20670  18511  19506  20543  20692  22103  22107  22310
     HOSPITAL............................      4781   4514   4510   4764   4686   4659   4878   4481   4795   4814   5090   5166
     OTHER...............................     11227  11325  11609  10677  11376  10854  12033  11450  11652  13326  12534  13421
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     40459  30389  27472  29356  29023  26624  30131  27159  27894  26705  29419  33960
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      2920   2875   3258   3173   3146   3086   3195   3530   4161   3635   3959   3760
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      7077   7121   6888   6656   7153   7265   7561   8045   8147   7876   8214   8096
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     23466  23461  22277  22695  20104  20851  19445  24099  23142  23184  21697  21184
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................     11626  11774  10446  11080   9642   8576   8867   8795   9449   9547   9390   9382
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      4560   4237   3879   4091   3006   3074   2920   3504   3637   3313   3793   3322
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........      7280   7450   7952   7524   7456   9202   7658  11800  10056  10323   8514   8480
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS