HOME | EMPLOYMENT | CONTACT US | FAQs | SITE MAP   About   the Fed Economic Research Economic Data Banking Info Financial Services Publications & Resources Community Affairs Economic Education News & Events You are here: Home > Economic Data > U.S. Economic Data     Economic Data Economic Data Home Regional Data Resources Regional Data by Topic Regional Data by State Dallas Fed Indexes U.S. Economic Data International Data Financial Data DataBasics Resources and Links Tools E-mail Alerts E-mail This Page U.S. Economic Data U.S. HOUSING STARTS MONTHLY , SEASONALLY ADJUSTED , THOUSAND UNITS, ANNUAL RATES Year Month Value Annual Average Year-over-Year Percent Change December-over-December Percent Change 1969 1 1769.0 . . . 1969 2 1705.0 . . . 1969 3 1561.0 . . . 1969 4 1524.0 . . . 1969 5 1583.0 . . . 1969 6 1528.0 . . . 1969 7 1368.0 . . . 1969 8 1358.0 . . . 1969 9 1507.0 . . . 1969 10 1381.0 . . . 1969 11 1229.0 . . . 1969 12 1327.0 1486.67 . . 1970 1 1085.0 . . . 1970 2 1305.0 . . . 1970 3 1319.0 . . . 1970 4 1264.0 . . . 1970 5 1290.0 . . . 1970 6 1385.0 . . . 1970 7 1517.0 . . . 1970 8 1399.0 . . . 1970 9 1534.0 . . . 1970 10 1580.0 . . . 1970 11 1647.0 . . . 1970 12 1893.0 1434.83 -3.49 42.65 1971 1 1828.0 . . . 1971 2 1741.0 . . . 1971 3 1910.0 . . . 1971 4 1986.0 . . . 1971 5 2049.0 . . . 1971 6 2026.0 . . . 1971 7 2083.0 . . . 1971 8 2158.0 . . . 1971 9 2041.0 . . . 1971 10 2128.0 . . . 1971 11 2182.0 . . . 1971 12 2295.0 2035.58 41.87 21.24 1972 1 2494.0 . . . 1972 2 2390.0 . . . 1972 3 2334.0 . . . 1972 4 2249.0 . . . 1972 5 2221.0 . . . 1972 6 2254.0 . . . 1972 7 2252.0 . . . 1972 8 2382.0 . . . 1972 9 2481.0 . . . 1972 10 2485.0 . . . 1972 11 2421.0 . . . 1972 12 2366.0 2360.75 15.97 3.09 1973 1 2481.0 . . . 1973 2 2289.0 . . . 1973 3 2365.0 . . . 1973 4 2084.0 . . . 1973 5 2266.0 . . . 1973 6 2067.0 . . . 1973 7 2123.0 . . . 1973 8 2051.0 . . . 1973 9 1874.0 . . . 1973 10 1677.0 . . . 1973 11 1724.0 . . . 1973 12 1526.0 2043.92 -13.42 -35.50 1974 1 1451.0 . . . 1974 2 1752.0 . . . 1974 3 1555.0 . . . 1974 4 1607.0 . . . 1974 5 1426.0 . . . 1974 6 1513.0 . . . 1974 7 1316.0 . . . 1974 8 1142.0 . . . 1974 9 1150.0 . . . 1974 10 1070.0 . . . 1974 11 1026.0 . . . 1974 12 975.0 1331.92 -34.84 -36.11 1975 1 1032.0 . . . 1975 2 904.0 . . . 1975 3 993.0 . . . 1975 4 1005.0 . . . 1975 5 1121.0 . . . 1975 6 1087.0 . . . 1975 7 1226.0 . . . 1975 8 1260.0 . . . 1975 9 1264.0 . . . 1975 10 1344.0 . . . 1975 11 1360.0 . . . 1975 12 1321.0 1159.75 -12.93 35.49 1976 1 1367.0 . . . 1976 2 1538.0 . . . 1976 3 1421.0 . . . 1976 4 1395.0 . . . 1976 5 1459.0 . . . 1976 6 1495.0 . . . 1976 7 1401.0 . . . 1976 8 1550.0 . . . 1976 9 1720.0 . . . 1976 10 1629.0 . . . 1976 11 1641.0 . . . 1976 12 1804.0 1535.00 32.36 36.56 1977 1 1527.0 . . . 1977 2 1943.0 . . . 1977 3 2063.0 . . . 1977 4 1892.0 . . . 1977 5 1971.0 . . . 1977 6 1893.0 . . . 1977 7 2058.0 . . . 1977 8 2020.0 . . . 1977 9 1949.0 . . . 1977 10 2042.0 . . . 1977 11 2042.0 . . . 1977 12 2142.0 1961.83 27.81 18.74 1978 1 1718.0 . . . 1978 2 1738.0 . . . 1978 3 2032.0 . . . 1978 4 2197.0 . . . 1978 5 2075.0 . . . 1978 6 2070.0 . . . 1978 7 2092.0 . . . 1978 8 1996.0 . . . 1978 9 1970.0 . . . 1978 10 1981.0 . . . 1978 11 2094.0 . . . 1978 12 2044.0 2000.58 1.98 -4.58 1979 1 1630.0 . . . 1979 2 1520.0 . . . 1979 3 1847.0 . . . 1979 4 1748.0 . . . 1979 5 1876.0 . . . 1979 6 1913.0 . . . 1979 7 1760.0 . . . 1979 8 1778.0 . . . 1979 9 1832.0 . . . 1979 10 1681.0 . . . 1979 11 1524.0 . . . 1979 12 1498.0 1717.25 -14.16 -26.71 1980 1 1341.0 . . . 1980 2 1350.0 . . . 1980 3 1047.0 . . . 1980 4 1051.0 . . . 1980 5 927.0 . . . 1980 6 1196.0 . . . 1980 7 1269.0 . . . 1980 8 1436.0 . . . 1980 9 1471.0 . . . 1980 10 1523.0 . . . 1980 11 1510.0 . . . 1980 12 1482.0 1300.25 -24.28 -1.07 1981 1 1547.0 . . . 1981 2 1246.0 . . . 1981 3 1306.0 . . . 1981 4 1360.0 . . . 1981 5 1140.0 . . . 1981 6 1045.0 . . . 1981 7 1041.0 . . . 1981 8 940.0 . . . 1981 9 911.0 . . . 1981 10 873.0 . . . 1981 11 837.0 . . . 1981 12 910.0 1096.33 -15.68 -38.60 1982 1 843.0 . . . 1982 2 866.0 . . . 1982 3 931.0 . . . 1982 4 917.0 . . . 1982 5 1025.0 . . . 1982 6 902.0 . . . 1982 7 1166.0 . . . 1982 8 1046.0 . . . 1982 9 1144.0 . . . 1982 10 1173.0 . . . 1982 11 1372.0 . . . 1982 12 1303.0 1057.33 -3.56 43.19 1983 1 1586.0 . . . 1983 2 1699.0 . . . 1983 3 1606.0 . . . 1983 4 1472.0 . . . 1983 5 1776.0 . . . 1983 6 1733.0 . . . 1983 7 1785.0 . . . 1983 8 1910.0 . . . 1983 9 1710.0 . . . 1983 10 1715.0 . . . 1983 11 1785.0 . . . 1983 12 1688.0 1705.42 61.29 29.55 1984 1 1897.0 . . . 1984 2 2260.0 . . . 1984 3 1663.0 . . . 1984 4 1851.0 . . . 1984 5 1774.0 . . . 1984 6 1843.0 . . . 1984 7 1732.0 . . . 1984 8 1586.0 . . . 1984 9 1698.0 . . . 1984 10 1590.0 . . . 1984 11 1689.0 . . . 1984 12 1612.0 1766.25 3.57 -4.50 1985 1 1711.0 . . . 1985 2 1632.0 . . . 1985 3 1800.0 . . . 1985 4 1821.0 . . . 1985 5 1680.0 . . . 1985 6 1676.0 . . . 1985 7 1684.0 . . . 1985 8 1743.0 . . . 1985 9 1676.0 . . . 1985 10 1834.0 . . . 1985 11 1698.0 . . . 1985 12 1942.0 1741.42 -1.41 20.47 1986 1 1972.0 . . . 1986 2 1848.0 . . . 1986 3 1876.0 . . . 1986 4 1933.0 . . . 1986 5 1854.0 . . . 1986 6 1847.0 . . . 1986 7 1782.0 . . . 1986 8 1807.0 . . . 1986 9 1687.0 . . . 1986 10 1681.0 . . . 1986 11 1623.0 . . . 1986 12 1833.0 1811.92 4.05 -5.61 1987 1 1774.0 . . . 1987 2 1784.0 . . . 1987 3 1726.0 . . . 1987 4 1614.0 . . . 1987 5 1628.0 . . . 1987 6 1594.0 . . . 1987 7 1575.0 . . . 1987 8 1605.0 . . . 1987 9 1695.0 . . . 1987 10 1515.0 . . . 1987 11 1656.0 . . . 1987 12 1400.0 1630.50 -10.01 -23.62 1988 1 1271.0 . . . 1988 2 1473.0 . . . 1988 3 1532.0 . . . 1988 4 1573.0 . . . 1988 5 1421.0 . . . 1988 6 1478.0 . . . 1988 7 1467.0 . . . 1988 8 1493.0 . . . 1988 9 1492.0 . . . 1988 10 1522.0 . . . 1988 11 1569.0 . . . 1988 12 1563.0 1487.83 -8.75 11.64 1989 1 1621.0 . . . 1989 2 1425.0 . . . 1989 3 1422.0 . . . 1989 4 1339.0 . . . 1989 5 1331.0 . . . 1989 6 1397.0 . . . 1989 7 1427.0 . . . 1989 8 1332.0 . . . 1989 9 1279.0 . . . 1989 10 1410.0 . . . 1989 11 1351.0 . . . 1989 12 1251.0 1382.08 -7.11 -19.96 1990 1 1551.0 . . . 1990 2 1437.0 . . . 1990 3 1289.0 . . . 1990 4 1248.0 . . . 1990 5 1212.0 . . . 1990 6 1177.0 . . . 1990 7 1171.0 . . . 1990 8 1115.0 . . . 1990 9 1110.0 . . . 1990 10 1014.0 . . . 1990 11 1145.0 . . . 1990 12 969.0 1203.17 -12.95 -22.54 1991 1 798.0 . . . 1991 2 965.0 . . . 1991 3 921.0 . . . 1991 4 1001.0 . . . 1991 5 996.0 . . . 1991 6 1036.0 . . . 1991 7 1063.0 . . . 1991 8 1049.0 . . . 1991 9 1015.0 . . . 1991 10 1079.0 . . . 1991 11 1103.0 . . . 1991 12 1079.0 1008.75 -16.16 11.35 1992 1 1176.0 . . . 1992 2 1250.0 . . . 1992 3 1297.0 . . . 1992 4 1099.0 . . . 1992 5 1214.0 . . . 1992 6 1145.0 . . . 1992 7 1139.0 . . . 1992 8 1226.0 . . . 1992 9 1186.0 . . . 1992 10 1244.0 . . . 1992 11 1214.0 . . . 1992 12 1227.0 1201.42 19.10 13.72 1993 1 1210.0 . . . 1993 2 1210.0 . . . 1993 3 1083.0 . . . 1993 4 1258.0 . . . 1993 5 1260.0 . . . 1993 6 1280.0 . . . 1993 7 1254.0 . . . 1993 8 1300.0 . . . 1993 9 1343.0 . . . 1993 10 1392.0 . . . 1993 11 1376.0 . . . 1993 12 1533.0 1291.58 7.51 24.94 1994 1 1272.0 . . . 1994 2 1337.0 . . . 1994 3 1564.0 . . . 1994 4 1465.0 . . . 1994 5 1526.0 . . . 1994 6 1409.0 . . . 1994 7 1439.0 . . . 1994 8 1450.0 . . . 1994 9 1474.0 . . . 1994 10 1450.0 . . . 1994 11 1511.0 . . . 1994 12 1455.0 1446.00 11.96 -5.09 1995 1 1407.0 . . . 1995 2 1316.0 . . . 1995 3 1249.0 . . . 1995 4 1267.0 . . . 1995 5 1314.0 . . . 1995 6 1281.0 . . . 1995 7 1461.0 . . . 1995 8 1416.0 . . . 1995 9 1369.0 . . . 1995 10 1369.0 . . . 1995 11 1452.0 . . . 1995 12 1431.0 1361.00 -5.88 -1.65 1996 1 1467.0 . . . 1996 2 1491.0 . . . 1996 3 1424.0 . . . 1996 4 1516.0 . . . 1996 5 1504.0 . . . 1996 6 1467.0 . . . 1996 7 1472.0 . . . 1996 8 1557.0 . . . 1996 9 1475.0 . . . 1996 10 1392.0 . . . 1996 11 1489.0 . . . 1996 12 1370.0 1468.67 7.91 -4.26 1997 1 1355.0 . . . 1997 2 1486.0 . . . 1997 3 1457.0 . . . 1997 4 1492.0 . . . 1997 5 1442.0 . . . 1997 6 1494.0 . . . 1997 7 1437.0 . . . 1997 8 1390.0 . . . 1997 9 1546.0 . . . 1997 10 1520.0 . . . 1997 11 1510.0 . . . 1997 12 1566.0 1474.58 0.40 14.31 1998 1 1525.0 . . . 1998 2 1584.0 . . . 1998 3 1567.0 . . . 1998 4 1540.0 . . . 1998 5 1536.0 . . . 1998 6 1641.0 . . . 1998 7 1698.0 . . . 1998 8 1614.0 . . . 1998 9 1582.0 . . . 1998 10 1715.0 . . . 1998 11 1660.0 . . . 1998 12 1792.0 1621.17 9.94 14.43 1999 1 1748.0 . . . 1999 2 1670.0 . . . 1999 3 1710.0 . . . 1999 4 1553.0 . . . 1999 5 1611.0 . . . 1999 6 1559.0 . . . 1999 7 1669.0 . . . 1999 8 1648.0 . . . 1999 9 1635.0 . . . 1999 10 1608.0 . . . 1999 11 1648.0 . . . 1999 12 1708.0 1647.25 1.61 -4.69 2000 1 1636.0 . . . 2000 2 1737.0 . . . 2000 3 1604.0 . . . 2000 4 1626.0 . . . 2000 5 1575.0 . . . 2000 6 1559.0 . . . 2000 7 1463.0 . . . 2000 8 1541.0 . . . 2000 9 1507.0 . . . 2000 10 1549.0 . . . 2000