The 2010 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.
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Authorizations, Starts and Completions
933 - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized by State [Excel 42k] | [PDF 448k]
934 - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started--Selected Characteristics [Excel 51k] | [PDF 448k]
935 - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started by State [Excel 33k] | [PDF 448k]
936 - Characteristics of New Privately Owned One-Family Houses Completed [Excel 63k] | [PDF 448k]
937 - Housing Starts and Average Length of Time From Start to Completion of New Privately Owned One-Unit Residential Buildings [Excel 30k] | [PDF 446k]
946 - New Unfurnished Apartments Completed and Rented in 3 Months by Region [Excel 106k] | [PDF 460k]
Commercial Offices
971 - Commercial Buildings--Summary: 2003 [Excel 53k] | [PDF 448k]
Construction Indices and Value
927 - Construction Materials--Producer Price Indexes [Excel 38k] | [PDF 459k]
928 - Value of New Construction Put in Place [Excel 25k] | [PDF 459k]
929 - Value of Private Construction Put in Place [Excel 32k] | [PDF 449k]
930 - Value of State and Local Government Construction Put in Place [Excel 31k] | [PDF 449k]
931 - Construction Contracts--Value of Construction and Floor Space of Buildings by Class of Construction [PDF 431k]
932 - Construction Contracts--Value by Region [PDF 431k]
Construction Industry
926 - Construction--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by Kind of Business (NAICS Basis) [Excel 59k] | [PDF 446k]
Homeownership and Housing Costs
957 - Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder and Household Type [Excel 82k] | [PEF 447k]
958 - Homeownership Rates by State [Excel 72k] | [PDF 447k]
959 - Occupied Housing Units-Costs by Region: 2007 [Excel 63k] | [PDF 459k]
960 - Occupied Housing Units--Financial Summary by Selected Characteristics of the Householder: 2007 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 459k]
961 - Owner-Occupied Housing Units--Value and Costs by State: 2007 [Excel 69k] | [PDF 447k]
962 - Renter-Occupied Housing Units--Gross Rent by State: 2007 [Excel 108k] | [PDF 447k]
963 - Mortgage Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units: 2007 [Excel 61k] | [PDF 459k]
964 - Home Purchase Loans by Race and Sex: 2007 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 446k]
969 - Home Improvement Loans by Race: 2007 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 476k]
Housing Sales
938 - Price Indexes of New One-Family Houses Sold, by Region [Excel 25k] | [PDF 446k]
939 - New Privately-Owned One-Family Houses Sold by Region and Type of Financing, and by Sales-Price Group [Excel 33k] | [PDF 459k]
940 - Median Sales Price of New Privately Owned One-Family Houses Sold by Region [Excel 33k] | [PDF 459k]
941 - New Manufactured (Mobile) Homes Placed for Residential Use and Average Sales Price by Region [Excel 24k] | [PDF 459k]
942 - Existing One-Family Homes Sold and Price by Region [Excel 25k] | [PDF 459k]
943 - Median Sales Price of Existing One-Family Homes by Selected Metropolitan Area [Excel 40k] | [PDF 459k]
944 - Existing Home Sales by State [Excel 29k] | [PDF 460k]
945 - Existing Apartment Condos and Co-ops--Units Sold and Median Sales Price by Region [Excel 34k] | [PDF 460k]
Housing Units and Characteristics
947 - Total Housing Inventory for the United States [Excel 45k] | [PDF 448k]
948 - Occupied Housing Inventory by Age of Householder [Excel 29k] | [PDF 448k]
949 - Vacancy Rates for Housing Units--Characteristics [Excel 24k] | [PDF 448k]
950 - Housing Units and Tenure--States: 2007 [Excel 60k] | [PDF 447k]
951 - Homeownership and Rental Vacancy Rates by State [Excel 57k] | [PDF 449k]
952 - Homeownership and Rental Vacancy Rates by Metropolitan Area [Excel 56k] | [PDF 449k]
953 - Housing Units--Characteristics by Tenure and Region: 2007 [Excel 67k] | [PDF 460k]
954 - Housing Units by Units in Structure and State: 2007 [Excel 70k] | [PDF 446k]
955 - Housing Units-Size of Units and Lot: 2007 [Excel 61k] | [PDF 459k]
956 - Occupied Housing Units--Tenure by Race of Householder [Excel 24k] | [PDF 459k]
Housing and Neighborhood Quality
965 - Occupied Housing Units--Neighborhood Indicators by Selected Characteristics of the Householder: 2007 [Excel 65k] | [PDF 459k]
966 - Heating Equipment and Fuels for Occupied Units [Excel 51k] | [PDF 459k]
967 - Occupied Housing Units--Housing Indicators by Selected Characteristics of the Householder: 2007 [Excel 42k] | [PDF 459k]
968 - Home Remodeling--Number of Households with Work Done and Amount Spent: 2008 [Excel 59k] | [PDF 476k]
970 - Net Stock of Residential Fixed Assets [Excel 47k] | [PDF 448k]
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