Construction Activity

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Thousands*				Percent change
	February		March		Feb 2011 to	Mar 2011 to
	2011	2012	2011	2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
Tenth District States	398	405	417	415	1.7	-0.5
Colorado	103	107	105	110	4.6	4.0
Kansas	47	50	50	51	6.0	3.0
Missouri	90	89	97	95	-1.5	-1.8
Nebraska	36	37	38	38	0.8	-0.8
New Mexico	40	39	42	39	-2.7	-7.6
Oklahoma	64	65	67	64	1.6	-4.0
Wyoming	18	18	18	18	1.7	1.1
Sum of U.S. States	4,916	4,946	5,036	5,021	0.6	-0.3

Note: * Rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Note: Seasonally adjusted by FRBKC
Source: Census Bureau

TOTAL HOUSING PERMITS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
					Percent change
	Dec 2011	Jan 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012	Dec 2011 to	Jan 2012 to	Feb 2012 to
					Jan 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
District States	4,074	4,457	4,076	4,646	9.4	-8.6	14.0
Colorado	1,205	1,287	1,062	1,358	6.8	-17.4	27.8
Kansas	307	394	456	360	28.4	15.7	-21.0
Missouri	696	850	820	811	22.1	-3.6	-1.1
Nebraska	423	459	501	728	8.5	9.0	45.4
New Mexico	365	392	384	643	7.5	-2.1	67.4
Oklahoma	649	873	676	569	34.5	-22.5	-15.9
Wyoming	136	161	179	266	18.9	10.9	48.7
U.S.	55,917	56,833	59,333	63,667	1.6	4.4	7.3

Note: Seasonally adjusted by FRBKC
Source: Census Bureau

TOTAL HOUSING PERMITS, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
					Percent change
	February		March		Feb 2011 to	Mar 2011 to
	2011	2012	2011	2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
District States	2,558	3,289	3,879	5,296	28.6	36.5
Colorado	569	851	1,264	1,687	49.6	33.5
Kansas	240	303	457	386	26.2	-15.5
Missouri	767	735	675	883	-4.2	30.8
Nebraska	180	338	322	687	87.8	113.4
New Mexico	212	312	315	690	47.2	119.0
Oklahoma	515	634	693	686	23.1	-1.0
Wyoming	75	116	153	277	54.7	81.0
U.S.	37,232	51,927	53,650	67,380	39.5	25.6

Source: Census Bureau

Note: Seasonally adjusted by FRBKC
Source: Census Bureau

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING PERMITS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
					Percent change:
	Dec 2011	Jan 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012	Dec 2011 to	Jan 2012 to	Feb 2012 to
					Jan 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
District States	2,967	3,361	3,262	2,949	13.3	-3.0	-9.6
Colorado	829	927	890	856	11.9	-4.0	-3.8
Kansas	263	297	330	275	13.2	11.1	-16.6
Missouri	505	604	619	535	19.6	2.5	-13.6
Nebraska	397	368	368	396	-7.3	0.1	7.6
New Mexico	290	338	333	303	16.4	-1.4	-9.2
Oklahoma	565	636	618	578	12.7	-2.9	-6.6
Wyoming	106	131	154	139	23.8	17.1	-9.6
U.S.	36,750	37,500	39,917	38,917	2.0	6.4	-2.5

Note: Seasonally adjusted by FRBKC
Source: Census Bureau

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING PERMITS, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
					Percent change:
	February		March		Feb 2011 to	Mar 2011 to
	2011	2012	2011	2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
District States	1,921	2,679	2,800	3,309	39.5	18.2
Colorado	496	710	735	913	43.1	24.2
Kansas	185	253	287	289	36.8	0.7
Missouri	333	514	469	634	54.4	35.2
Nebraska	174	242	317	386	39.1	21.8
New Mexico	201	275	292	325	36.8	11.3
Oklahoma	482	574	601	632	19.1	5.2
Wyoming	50	111	99	130	122.0	31.3
U.S.	26,469	35,086	37,592	42,217	32.6	12.3

Source: Census Bureau

Note: Seasonally adjusted by FRBKC
Source: F.W. Dodge, Inc.

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT VALUES, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Index: 1990=100				Percent change
	Dec 2011	Jan 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012	Dec 2011 to	Jan 2012 to	Feb 2012 to
					Jan 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
Total Construction
District	220	274	207	308	24.6	-24.6	48.9
U.S.	169	160	159	189	-5.2	-0.7	18.5
Residential
District	207	237	220	216	14.6	-7.3	-1.9
U.S.	146	144	144	140	-1.7	-0.0	-2.9
Nonresidential
District	154	258	262	204	67.9	1.4	-22.0
U.S.	147	134	141	125	-8.8	4.8	-11.1
Nonbuilding
District	304	283	166	524	-7.0	-41.2	214.8
U.S.	250	266	222	425	6.3	-16.7	91.8

Note: Seasonally adjusted by FRBKC
Source: F.W. Dodge, Inc.

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT VALUES, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
	Index: 1990=100				Percent change
	February		March		Feb 2011 to	Mar 2011 to
	2011	2012	2011	2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2012
Total Construction
District	193	173	200	273	-10.4	36.3
U.S.	147	135	172	190	-8.2	10.9
Residential
District	132	172	206	227	29.9	9.9
U.S.	96	121	126	145	25.6	15.3
Nonresidential
District	275	211	194	182	-23.2	-6.3
U.S.	134	112	185	121	-16.7	-34.8
Nonbuilding
District	167	121	200	465	-27.3	132.7
U.S.	274	207	237	414	-24.3	74.5

Source: F.W. Dodge, Inc.