The 2008 Statistical Abstract
The National Data Book
Construction & Housing
This section presents data on the construction industry and on various indicators of its activity and costs; on housing units and their characteristics and occupants; and on the characteristics and vacancy rates for commercial buildings.
Tables for Construction and Housing Section [PDF 891k]
Authorizations, Starts and Completions
933 - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized by State: 2000 and 2006 [Excel 134k] | [PDF 453k]
934 - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started--Selected Characteristics: 1970 to 2006 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 453k]
935 - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started by State: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 453k]
936 - Characteristics of New Privately Owned One-Family Houses Completed: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 57k] | [PDF 453k]
937 - Housing Starts and Average Length of Time From Start to Completion of New Privately Owned One- Unit Residential Buildings: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 451k]
946 - New Unfurnished Apartments Completed and Rented in 3 Months by Region: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 81k] | [PDF 466k]
Commercial Offices
968 - Commercial Buildings--Summary: 2003 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 453k]
Construction Indices and Value
927 - Construction Materials--Producer Price Indexes: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 466k]
928 - Value of New Construction Put in Place: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 466k]
929 - Value of Private Construction Put in Place: 1995 to 2006 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 454k]
930 - Value of State and Local Government Construction Put in Place: 1995 to 2006 [Excel 39k] | [PDF 454k]
Construction Industry
925 - Construction--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by Kind of Business (NAICS Basis): 2003 and 2004 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 452k]
926 - Construction--Establishments, Employees, Payroll, Value of Construction, Costs, and Capital Expenditures by Kind of Business (NAICS Basis): 2002 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 452k]
Homeownership and Housing Costs
955 - Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder and Household Type: 1985 to 2006 [Excel 116k] | [PEF 452k]
956 - Homeownership Rates by State: 1985 to 2006 [Excel 73k] | [PDF 452k]
957 - Occupied Housing Units-Costs by Region: 2006 [Excel 74k] | [PDF 465k]
958 - Occupied Housing Units--Financial Summary by Selected Characteristics of the Householder: 2005 [Excel 90k] | [PDF 465k]
959 - Owner-Occupied Housing Units--Value and Costs by State: 2005 [Excel 59k] | [PDF 452k]
960 - Renter-Occupied Housing Units--Gross Rent by State: 2005 [Excel 52k] | [PDF 452k]
961 - Mortgage Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units: 2005 [Excel 59k] | [PDF 466k]
Housing Sales
938 - Price Indexes of New One-Family Houses Sold, by Region: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 451k]
939 - New Privately-Owned One-Family Houses Sold by Region and Type of Financing, 1980 to 2006, and by Sales-Price Group, 2006 [Excel 35k] | [PDF 465k]
940 - Median Sales Price of New Privately Owned One-Family Houses Sold by Region: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 465k]
941 - New Manufactured (Mobile) Homes Placed for Residential Use and Average Sales Price by Region: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 24k] | [PDF 465k]
942 - Existing One-Family Homes Sold and Price by Region: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 466k]
943 - Median Sales Price of Existing One-Family Homes by Selected Metropolitan Area: 2005 to 2006 [Excel 37k] | [PDF 466k]
944 - Existing Home Sales by State: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 466k]
945 - Existing Apartment Condos and Co-ops--Units Sold and Median Sales Price by Region: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 466k]
Housing Units and Characteristics
947 - Total Housing Inventory for the United States: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 39k] | [PDF 453k]
948 - Occupied Housing Inventory by Age of Householder: 1985 to 2006 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 453k]
949 - Vacancy Rates for Housing Units--Characteristics: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 56k] | [PDF 453k]
950 - Housing Units and Tenure--States: 2005 [Excel 62k] | [PDF 453k]
951 - Housing Units--Characteristics by Tenure and Region: 2005 [Excel 151k] | [PDF 466k]
952 - Housing Units by Units in Structure and State: 2005 [Excel 81k] | [PDF 451k]
953 - Housing Units-Size of Units and Lot: 2005 [Excel 47k] | [PDF 466k]
954 - Occupied Housing Units--Tenure by Race of Householder: 1991 to 2005 [Excel 22k] | [PDF 466k]
Housing and Neighborhood Quality
962 - Occupied Housing Units--Neighborhood Indicators by Selected Characteristics of the Householder: 2005 [Excel 65k] | [PDF 466k]
963 - Heating Equipment and Fuels for Occupied Units: 1995 to 2005 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 466k]
964 - Occupied Housing Units--Housing Indicators by Selected Characteristics of the Householder: 2005 [Excel 39k] | [PDF 466k]
965 - Net Stock of Residential Fixed Assets: 1990 to 2005 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 464k]
966 - Home Remodeling--Work Done and Amount Spent: 2006 [Excel 23k] | [PDF 464k]
967 - Expenditures by Residential Property Owners for Improvements and Maintenance and Repairs by Type of Payment and Year Structure Built: 1995 to 2006 [Excel 23k] | [PDF 464k]
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