TABLE F-3: Urban building authorized, by principal class of construction and by type of building' 1 Building for which building permits were issued and Federal contracts awarded in all urban places, including an estimate of building undertaken in some smaller urban places that do not issue permits. The data cover federally and nonfederally financed building construction combined. Estimates of non-Federal (private and State and local government) urban building construction are based primarily on building-permit reports received from places containing about 85 percent of the urban population of the country; estimates of federally financed projects are compiled from notifications of construction contracts awarded, which are obtained from other Federal agencies. Data from building permits are not adjusted to allow for lapsed permits or for lag between permit issuance and the start of construction. Thus, the estimates do not represent construction actually started during the month. Urban is defined according to the 1940 Census, and includes all incorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more in 1940 and a small number of places, usually minor civil divisions, classified as urban under special rule. Sums of components do not always equal totals exactly because of rounding. Covers additions, alterations, and repairs, as well as new residential and nonresidential building. Includes units in 1-family and 2-family structures with stores. Covers hotels, dormitories, tourist cabins, and other nonhousekeeping residential buildings. • Revised. 'Preliminary. TABLE F-4: New nonresidential building authorized in all urban places,' by general type and by geographic division " 15, 378 11, 952 16, 233 17, 486 22, 552 14, 538 Middle Atlantic.. 42, 840 East North Central. 40,731 $278, 133 $260, 908 $278, 386 $332, 523 $288, 053 $311, 049 $362, 123 $268, 016 $213, 028 $195, 643 $214, 990 $217, 087 $246, 654 $2, 637, 037 $2,815, 669 197,698 4,958 12, 952 7,398 14,312 20, 554 165, 928 74, 963 102, 275 30, 510 68, 768 440, 529 76, 925 92, 818 West North Central. 423, 143 23, 677 26, 308 50, 315 23, 548 30,470 55, 290 18, 584 597, 588 19,846 South Atlantic.... 18, 280 744, 183 36, 375 11, 544 18, 391 10, 736 27, 366 25, 093 215, 776 52,476 East South Central. 22, 261 205, 435 35, 083 10, 940 10,870 21, 967 10, 086 8, 558 21,322 10, 164 276, 783 6, 575 11,631 West South Central. 10, 891 306, 997 9, 150 24, 642 9,879 28, 570 11, 913 120, 165 117,328 Mountain 22, 049 26, 945 23, 035 17, 547 9, 961 17,762 10, 749 11, 082 17, 562 12, 836 8, 978 281,588 44, 503 12,950 39, 452 101, 699 103, 345 36, 599 44, 886 435, 953 • Includes amusement and recreation buildings, stores and other mercantile buildings, commercial garages, gasoline and service stations, etc. Includes churches, hospitals, and other institutional buildings, schools, libraries, etc. Includes Federal, State, county, and municipal buildings, such as courthouses, city halls, fire and police stations, Jails, prisons, arsenals, armories, army barracks, etc. Includes railroad, bus and airport buildings, roundhouses, radio stations, gas and electric plants, public comfort stations, etc. 10 Includes private garages, sheds, stables and barns, and other buildings not elsewhere classified. TABLE F-5: Number and construction cost of new permanent nonfarm dwelling units started, by urban or rural location, and by source of funds 1 The estimates shown here do not include temporary units, conversions, dormitory accommodations, trailers, or military barracks. They do include prefabricated housing units. These estimates are based on building-permit records, which, beginning with 1945, have been adjusted for lapsed permits and for lag between permit issuance and start of construction. They are based also on reports of Federal construction contract awards and beginning in 1946 on field surveys in nonpermit-issuing places. The data in this table refer to nonfarm dwelling units started, and not to urban dwelling units authorized, as shown in table F-3. All of these estimates contain some error. For example, if the estimate of nonfarm starts is 50,000, the chances are about 19 out of 20 that an actual enumeration would produce a figure between 48,000 and 52,000. DOROTHY S. BRADY, Chief, Division of Prices and Cost of Living H. M. DOUTY, Chief, Division of Wages and Industrial Relations LEON GREENBERG, Acting Chief, Division of Productivity and Technological Developments WALTER G. KEIM, Chief, Division of Field Service PAUL R. KERSCHRAUM, Chief, Office of Program Planning LAWRENCE R. KLEIN, Chief, Office of Publications H. E. RILEY, Chief, Division of Construction Statistics OSCAR WEIGERT, Chief, Division of Foreign Labor Conditions FAITH M. WILLIAMS, Chief, Office of Labor Economics SEYMOUR L. WOLFBEIN, Chief, Division of Manpower and Employment Statistics The Monthly Labor Review is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. The printing of this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (October 22, 1953). |