House
House
September 19, 2023 ‐ The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly
announced the following new residential construction statistics for August 2023:
Thousands of Units
1,800
Building Permits
Privately‐owned housing units authorized by building permits in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
1,543,000. This is 6.9 percent above the revised July rate of 1,443,000, but is 2.7 percent below the August 2022
rate of 1,586,000. Single‐family authorizations in August were at a rate of 949,000; this is 2.0 percent above the
revised July figure of 930,000. Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 535,000
in August.
Housing Starts
Privately‐owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,283,000. This is 11.3
percent (±8.3 percent) below the revised July estimate of 1,447,000 and is 14.8 percent (±9.0 percent) below the
August 2022 rate of 1,505,000. Single‐family housing starts in August were at a rate of 941,000; this is 4.3 percent
(±8.8 percent)* below the revised July figure of 983,000. The August rate for units in buildings with five units or
more was 334,000.
Housing Completions
Privately‐owned housing completions in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,406,000. This is 5.3
percent (±15.1 percent)* above the revised July estimate of 1,335,000 and is 3.8 percent (±13.2 percent)* above the
August 2022 rate of 1,355,000. Single‐family housing completions in August were at a rate of 961,000; this is 6.6
percent (±11.1 percent)* below the revised July rate of 1,029,000. The August rate for units in buildings with five
units or more was 433,000.
The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance
protection of the confidential source data (Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB‐FY23‐0307).
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* The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. In such cases, there is insufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from
zero.
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 748 54 552 112 53 178 92 770 455 294 148
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,482 796 48 638 113 51 188 101 825 484 356 160
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,437 829 52 556 148 55 204 103 768 502 317 169
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417 856 58 503 107 55 174 108 803 521 333 172
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,496 902 54 540 137 56 187 106 822 544 350 196
June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,441 924 52 465 106 57 196 111 801 558 338 198
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 930 47 466 108 51 182 115 811 566 342 198
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543 949 59 535 118 54 208 118 843 576 374 201
1
Percent Change
Aug. 2023 from Jul. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9% 2.0% 25.5% 14.8% 9.3% 5.9% 14.3% 2.6% 3.9% 1.8% 9.4% 1.5%
Aug. 2023 from Aug. 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . ‐2.7% 7.2% 15.7% ‐17.7% ‐14.5% ‐5.3% ‐0.5% 4.4% ‐1.6% 10.3% ‐2.1% 4.1%
2022 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,196.1 728.4 36.3 431.3 103.7 41.2 154.3 88.7 651.9 433.1 286.2 165.4
2023 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006.9 615.5 36.5 354.8 80.0 37.3 127.7 75.0 565.3 373.6 234.0 129.6
Year to date percent change¹ . . . . . . . . ‐15.8% ‐15.5% 0.6% ‐17.7% ‐22.9% ‐9.5% ‐17.2% ‐15.5% ‐13.3% ‐13.7% ‐18.2% ‐21.6%
2022
August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.8 82.3 4.9 55.6 11.9 5.4 20.3 11.1 77.8 47.7 32.8 18.0
September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.3 72.0 4.5 56.9 10.7 5.5 20.4 10.3 70.9 41.7 31.4 14.4
October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.5 67.0 5.0 52.5 8.7 4.5 20.4 9.8 69.7 39.8 25.7 12.9
November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 56.5 4.3 44.8 10.2 4.2 16.0 7.4 57.1 33.9 22.2 11.0
December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.8 51.0 3.6 53.2 11.1 4.2 11.8 5.6 57.8 31.0 27.1 10.3
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.0 53.1 3.8 44.1 7.5 3.7 9.8 4.8 62.2 34.4 21.5 10.2
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.9 58.7 3.2 49.0 7.3 3.3 10.6 5.9 65.5 37.8 27.4 11.6
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.3 79.4 4.7 47.2 12.6 4.5 17.6 9.3 71.8 49.0 29.3 16.6
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.6 75.1 4.7 37.8 8.5 4.7 15.2 10.0 65.9 45.3 28.0 15.2
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.6 88.9 4.8 45.8 12.3 5.5 19.0 11.4 76.0 52.6 32.2 19.5
June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.7 91.0 5.0 39.7 10.5 5.8 18.9 11.5 73.3 53.5 32.9 20.2
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.7 77.8 3.8 37.1 8.9 4.5 15.4 10.2 66.5 46.3 27.8 16.8
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.0 88.4 5.6 48.0 10.8 5.1 20.4 11.6 77.2 52.7 33.6 18.9
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards
X Not applicable
1
Computed using unrounded data
Note: Year‐to‐date permits estimates reflect revisions not distrubuted to months.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2023.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/methodology.html>.
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Authorized, but Not Started, at End of Period
(Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 135 S 159 36 15 26 11 170 80 66 29
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 133 S 164 35 15 24 11 177 79 65 28
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 133 S 154 33 14 21 10 173 79 64 30
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 141 S 149 33 14 23 13 171 83 66 31
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 136 S 142 34 15 18 10 162 79 68 32
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 140 S 129 34 15 21 11 153 80 64 34
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 138 S 126 33 14 22 11 150 80 62 33
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 142 S 135 37 15 24 12 156 82 65 33
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 X 12 30 20 9 10 7 6 10 11
2
Percent Change
Aug. 2023 from Jul. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6% 2.9% S 7.1% 12.1% 7.1% 9.1% 9.1% 4.0% 2.5% 4.8% 0.0%
3
. 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . ± 3.2 ± 4.9 X ± 5.4 ± 12.9 ± 13.2 ± 13.3 ± 14.6 ± 3.5 ± 6.8 ± 5.4 ± 7.2
Aug. 2023 from Aug. 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . ‐5.1% ‐2.1% S ‐8.8% ‐2.6% 7.1% ‐4.0% ‐7.7% ‐2.5% ‐8.9% ‐12.2% 17.9%
. 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . . ± 7.1 ± 8.5 X ± 10.5 ± 29.8 ± 32.2 ± 25.0 ± 31.6 ± 10.1 ± 8.8 ± 14.7 ± 25.1
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.1 130.4 4.4 164.3 36.4 14.8 24.6 9.1 172.1 78.1 66.0 28.4
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.2 131.1 3.7 165.5 37.6 15.0 23.7 10.6 174.8 77.4 64.2 28.1
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.5 139.4 3.5 157.6 34.3 14.6 25.5 12.0 172.9 80.2 67.8 32.6
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.1 142.6 3.4 150.2 32.8 14.2 26.5 15.2 169.2 82.3 67.7 30.9
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.2 142.2 3.5 140.5 35.7 15.5 19.0 11.6 163.6 81.1 68.0 34.0
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.9 146.2 3.3 129.5 35.5 15.4 21.1 12.3 155.2 81.6 67.1 36.8
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.6 137.8 3.3 122.5 33.7 14.1 19.3 10.6 149.5 80.5 61.1 32.7
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.6 144.2 4.6 132.8 34.5 14.4 24.1 12.3 157.2 83.4 65.7 34.1
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 35 12 30 20 9 10 7 6 10 11
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards
X Not applicable
1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period
2
Computed using unrounded data
3
See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals
Note: These data represent the number of housing units authorized in all months up to and including the last day of the reporting period and not started
as of that date without regard to the months of original permit issuance. Cancelled, abandoned, expired, and revoked permits are excluded.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2023.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/methodology.html>.
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Started
(Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 823 S 506 128 61 128 98 786 534 298 130
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,436 835 S 588 105 69 187 87 792 514 352 165
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,380 843 S 515 185 67 133 113 827 535 235 128
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 847 S 489 124 58 175 92 745 502 304 195
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,583 1,012 S 563 96 61 260 139 880 617 347 195
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,418 930 S 473 98 59 167 111 813 558 340 202
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447 983 S 453 96 55 173 122 783 546 395 260
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283 941 S 334 97 54 160 107 745 590 281 190
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 X 13 20 21 13 12 7 6 10 10
2
Percent Change
Aug. 2023 from Jul. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . ‐11.3% ‐4.3% S ‐26.3% 1.0% ‐1.8% ‐7.5% ‐12.3% ‐4.9% 8.1% ‐28.9% ‐26.9%
3
. 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . ± 8.3 ± 8.8 X ± 20.6 ± 41.0 ± 22.9 ± 17.2 ± 18.6 ± 10.6 ± 14.1 ± 15.9 ± 15.2
Aug. 2023 from Aug. 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . ‐14.8% 2.4% S ‐41.0% ‐45.5% ‐10.0% ‐12.1% ‐15.1% ‐6.1% 14.6% ‐20.2% ‐12.8%
. 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . . ± 9.0 ± 11.2 X ± 14.9 ± 36.2 ± 49.8 ± 19.1 ± 23.2 ± 14.8 ± 15.7 ± 15.6 ± 20.6
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.7 57.9 0.8 39.0 8.8 3.7 7.1 4.7 59.6 40.2 22.2 9.2
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.2 58.9 1.0 43.3 6.2 3.6 11.5 4.1 59.5 39.1 25.9 12.1
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.0 71.4 1.8 40.8 14.7 5.4 9.8 8.3 69.9 46.7 19.6 11.1
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7 78.8 1.0 41.9 10.9 5.3 15.5 8.4 66.7 45.9 28.5 19.3
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.0 92.6 0.8 52.6 8.8 5.5 26.3 15.0 79.3 54.6 31.6 17.4
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.6 89.8 1.4 41.5 9.2 5.8 16.8 11.9 75.3 52.9 31.3 19.2
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.6 91.2 0.9 38.5 9.1 5.6 16.9 12.6 69.2 49.0 35.4 24.0
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.2 84.1 0.7 29.3 8.6 4.8 15.0 10.3 65.5 51.8 25.2 17.2
1
. Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 45 13 20 21 13 12 7 6 10 10
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards
X Not applicable
1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period
2
Computed using unrounded data
3
See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2023.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/methodology.html>.
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Under Construction at End of Period
(Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695 747 S 932 221 67 211 100 794 397 469 183
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686 727 S 943 219 67 211 97 787 385 469 178
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 708 S 955 217 67 214 96 787 376 462 169
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 697 S 966 214 66 210 93 796 370 460 168
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,687 693 S 978 214 66 213 93 797 369 463 165
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692 684 S 991 217 66 212 91 799 362 464 165
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691 677 S 997 217 65 206 89 800 356 468 167
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 676 S 995 213 66 208 87 798 356 469 167
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 X 5 8 7 4 5 4 4 5 7
2
Percent Change
Aug. 2023 from Jul. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . ‐0.2% ‐0.1% S ‐0.2% ‐1.8% 1.5% 1.0% ‐2.2% ‐0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
3
. 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . ± 0.9 ± 1.2 X ± 1.2 ± 3.9 ± 3.6 ± 2.8 ± 2.4 ± 1.2 ± 1.8 ± 1.0 ± 2.2
Aug. 2023 from Aug. 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . ‐0.8% ‐16.3% S 13.5% ‐5.8% 8.2% ‐2.3% ‐19.4% 1.3% ‐18.0% ‐1.3% ‐18.5%
. 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . . ± 3.0 ± 2.8 X ± 5.7 ± 12.7 ± 8.5 ± 5.4 ± 5.8 ± 3.9 ± 3.6 ± 4.6 ± 5.9
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670.1 724.1 16.3 929.8 220.2 66.3 207.7 96.7 780.7 384.4 461.4 176.7
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.9 703.4 16.4 944.1 217.2 65.2 205.1 91.2 776.9 374.2 464.7 172.8
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.5 687.3 17.4 958.9 215.6 65.3 207.9 89.6 780.0 366.6 460.0 165.7
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.7 688.6 17.3 972.8 214.3 65.4 205.9 88.2 795.6 366.3 463.0 168.7
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695.5 693.2 16.3 986.0 215.1 65.8 213.2 92.0 801.3 369.4 465.9 166.0
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705.8 692.7 17.3 995.8 217.8 66.0 214.5 92.6 807.2 367.8 466.3 166.2
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,708.7 696.6 16.9 995.2 217.7 66.2 209.3 92.2 809.2 366.0 472.6 172.2
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,701.9 695.6 16.5 989.8 213.7 67.2 210.9 90.7 806.2 366.8 471.1 170.9
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 19 5 8 7 4 5 4 4 5 7
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards
X Not applicable
1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period
2
Computed using unrounded data
3
See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2023.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/methodology.html>.
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Completed
(Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 1,018 S 350 105 60 182 134 738 586 352 238
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,577 1,029 S 542 131 64 205 124 881 623 360 218
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,528 1,035 S 480 135 66 215 133 761 602 417 234
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,416 979 S 420 136 74 211 127 734 565 335 213
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,534 1,007 S 509 118 64 200 137 880 574 336 232
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,492 1,008 S 476 133 61 189 128 845 611 325 208
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335 1,029 S 297 91 62 201 157 752 599 291 211
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406 961 S 433 107 37 201 139 783 589 315 196
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 X 13 24 21 14 14 8 8 12 10
2
Percent Change
Aug. 2023 from Jul. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3% ‐6.6% S 45.8% 17.6% ‐40.3% 0.0% ‐11.5% 4.1% ‐1.7% 8.2% ‐7.1%
3
. 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . ± 15.1 ± 11.1 X ± 40.3 ± 110.1 ± 19.8 ± 26.4 ± 32.2 ± 17.1 ± 17.2 ± 29.9 ± 19.2
Aug. 2023 from Aug. 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8% ‐5.8% S 32.0% ‐15.7% ‐43.1% ‐2.4% 5.3% 16.3% 4.4% ‐9.7% ‐24.3%
. 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . . ± 13.2 ± 12.9 X ± 35.4 ± 46.7 ± 17.2 ± 22.9 ± 25.2 ± 24.7 ± 23.6 ± 15.4 ± 14.4
2023
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 71.0 0.6 23.2 6.9 3.9 12.2 9.0 51.5 41.5 24.2 16.7
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.7 76.9 0.4 34.4 8.4 4.1 13.9 8.8 64.8 48.5 24.6 15.6
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.4 87.2 1.0 38.2 10.4 4.9 16.4 9.9 66.7 54.1 32.9 18.3
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.3 77.4 1.3 32.6 9.7 4.9 16.4 9.9 59.2 46.0 26.0 16.6
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.6 84.4 1.6 43.7 10.5 5.8 16.5 11.2 74.3 48.0 28.3 19.3
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.1 87.2 0.7 43.2 12.5 6.0 16.7 11.1 72.4 51.2 29.5 18.9
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.7 84.0 0.9 30.8 8.4 5.4 17.6 13.0 64.3 48.5 25.4 17.1
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.0 83.1 1.2 41.7 9.9 3.2 18.1 12.1 68.9 50.2 29.1 17.6
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. Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 49 13 24 21 14 14 8 8 12 10
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards
X Not applicable
1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period
2
Computed using unrounded data
3
See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2023.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/methodology.html>.