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July 17, 2024 - The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly
announced the following new residential construction statistics for June 2024:
Thousands of
1,200
Housing Starts: 1,353,000 900
600
Housing Completions: 1,710,000 300 Permits
0 Starts
Next Release: August 16, 2024 Jun-19 Completions
Building Permits
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
1,446,000. This is 3.4 percent above the revised May rate of 1,399,000, but is 3.1 percent below the June 2023 rate
of 1,493,000. Single-family authorizations in June were at a rate of 934,000; this is 2.3 percent below the revised
May figure of 956,000. Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 460,000 in June.
Housing Starts
Privately-owned housing starts in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,353,000. This is 3.0 percent
(±10.5 percent)* above the revised May estimate of 1,314,000, but is 4.4 percent (±12.7 percent)* below the June
2023 rate of 1,415,000. Single-family housing starts in June were at a rate of 980,000; this is 2.2 percent (±12.1
percent)* below the revised May figure of 1,002,000. The June rate for units in buildings with five units or more was
360,000.
Housing Completions
Privately-owned housing completions in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,710,000. This is 10.1
percent (±10.6 percent)* above the revised May estimate of 1,553,000 and is 15.5 percent (±12.6 percent) above
the June 2023 rate of 1,480,000. Single-family housing completions in June were at a rate of 1,037,000; this is 1.8
percent (±10.3 percent)* above the revised May rate of 1,019,000. The June rate for units in buildings with five
units or more was 656,000.
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.
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508 1,031 51 426 147 59 213 123 800 608 348 241
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563 1,027 57 479 214 60 237 141 794 603 318 223
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485 984 52 449 146 56 204 133 794 577 341 218
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440 977 56 407 152 61 166 119 828 589 294 208
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399 956 57 386 120 58 180 114 779 577 320 207
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,446 934 52 460 117 61 208 121 801 551 320 201
Percent Change1
Jun. 2024 from May. 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4% -2.3% -8.8% 19.2% -2.5% 5.2% 15.6% 6.1% 2.8% -4.5% 0.0% -2.9%
Jun. 2024 from Jun. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . -3.1% -1.3% -5.5% -6.5% -11.4% 0.0% 2.0% 6.1% -2.2% -3.3% -5.3% 0.0%
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.8 75.9 3.7 35.1 10.7 4.4 12.3 6.6 66.7 48.0 25.1 17.0
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.1 79.4 4.1 35.6 14.3 4.2 14.3 8.8 64.9 49.5 25.6 16.9
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.3 85.2 4.3 34.8 12.4 4.4 15.9 10.6 67.2 51.2 28.8 18.9
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.3 93.6 5.0 33.7 12.1 5.6 16.2 12.2 77.5 56.0 26.5 19.8
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.4 94.1 5.2 33.1 10.9 5.8 18.3 11.8 73.2 55.8 30.0 20.6
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.0 83.3 4.4 37.3 11.8 5.7 18.2 11.2 66.5 48.0 28.6 18.4
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality 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, July 17, 2024.
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
Table 2a - Seasonally adjusted
United States Northeast Midwest South West
Period 2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2023
June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 274 140 S 131 35 15 21 11 153 80 65 34
July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 137 S 128 32 14 21 11 152 79 63 33
August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 275 140 S 130 34 14 22 12 155 81 64 33
September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 141 S 131 34 15 22 13 152 79 69 34
October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 144 S 133 39 16 19 13 158 83 66 32
November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 139 S 136 35 14 19 11 157 81 69 33
December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 140 S 120 29 14 19 12 152 83 65 31
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 142 S 120 30 13 21 12 151 86 65 31
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 140 S 122 33 12 21 13 148 83 64 32
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 139 S 131 38 14 20 12 151 81 66 32
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 139 S 129 41 15 21 12 147 81 65 31
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 139 S 127 38 15 23 11 149 83 62 30
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 140 S 131 39 16 25 12 149 82 64 30
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 X 9 23 21 10 9 7 7 10 8
Percent Change2
Jun. 2024 from May. 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8% 0.7% S 3.1% 2.6% 6.7% 8.7% 9.1% 0.0% -1.2% 3.2% 0.0%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 2.9 ± 4.7 X ± 4.1 ± 7.0 ± 8.4 ± 10.3 ± 11.8 ± 4.2 ± 7.4 ± 5.5 ± 5.6
Jun. 2024 from Jun. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1% 0.0% S 0.0% 11.4% 6.7% 19.0% 9.1% -2.6% 2.5% -1.5% -11.8%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 12.5 ± 10.4 X ± 20.9 ± 42.6 ± 48.0 ± 28.6 ± 26.7 ± 15.5 ± 13.2 ± 16.8 ± 17.2
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.4 138.3 4.7 125.5 30.6 12.6 21.0 10.6 153.2 84.7 63.5 30.3
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.8 139.4 4.0 127.4 34.8 12.1 21.7 12.9 149.5 82.6 64.8 31.8
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.5 140.9 5.2 132.4 39.3 14.0 21.8 13.6 149.4 80.3 68.0 33.0
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.9 142.2 5.7 132.0 40.7 15.7 25.1 13.3 147.7 81.1 66.5 32.2
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.4 147.7 5.9 126.8 39.7 16.1 24.8 13.4 150.9 85.7 65.0 32.5
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.4 141.9 6.3 128.3 40.1 16.3 24.2 13.1 147.6 80.9 64.5 31.5
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 29 9 23 21 10 9 7 7 10 8
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality 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, July 17, 2024.
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
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,376 1,011 S 347 133 69 139 112 754 579 350 251
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,546 1,134 S 396 119 82 239 152 863 669 325 231
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,299 1,041 S 251 96 67 154 135 732 615 317 224
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,377 1,037 S 334 103 63 182 142 806 617 286 215
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314 1,002 S 295 90 69 153 110 745 588 326 235
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353 980 S 360 121 67 194 111 732 591 306 211
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 X 15 18 19 13 11 7 7 9 10
Percent Change2
Jun. 2024 from May. 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0% -2.2% S 22.0% 34.4% -2.9% 26.8% 0.9% -1.7% 0.5% -6.1% -10.2%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 10.5 ± 12.1 X ± 31.7 ± 48.2 ± 45.6 ± 36.8 ± 27.1 ± 13.0 ± 18.2 ± 16.7 ± 15.9
Jun. 2024 from Jun. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . -4.4% 5.4% S -23.4% 24.7% 15.5% 16.2% 0.0% -10.0% 5.5% -9.5% 5.0%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 12.7 ± 13.6 X ± 20.1 ± 64.8 ± 42.7 ± 30.3 ± 25.0 ± 17.5 ± 19.9 ± 16.9 ± 13.9
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.9 70.3 1.4 26.1 9.4 4.6 7.2 5.2 57.0 43.8 24.3 16.8
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.7 82.2 1.2 30.3 7.5 4.7 14.0 7.3 68.2 53.3 24.0 16.8
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.8 88.8 0.6 20.5 7.6 5.2 11.4 9.9 64.1 54.5 26.7 19.2
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.7 96.1 0.6 29.0 9.2 5.7 16.6 13.2 72.7 56.3 27.1 20.9
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.2 92.1 1.6 26.6 8.3 6.4 15.6 11.7 66.9 52.7 29.5 21.3
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.1 92.3 1.1 32.6 11.0 6.1 19.3 11.8 67.1 54.4 28.6 20.0
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 40 15 18 19 13 11 7 7 9 10
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality 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, July 17, 2024.
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
Table 4a - Seasonally adjusted
United States Northeast Midwest South West
Period 2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2023
June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,693 683 S 993 217 66 213 91 800 362 463 164
July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702 681 S 1,004 217 65 210 90 802 358 473 168
August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,697 677 S 1,003 214 65 213 88 798 357 472 167
September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 672 S 991 212 65 210 87 791 353 467 167
October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680 668 S 995 211 65 210 88 786 347 473 168
November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,683 680 S 986 210 67 214 92 784 351 475 170
December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679 677 S 985 205 64 214 91 779 348 481 174
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670 684 S 969 207 65 209 91 777 351 477 177
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,657 686 S 954 205 66 206 91 774 353 472 176
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,641 692 S 933 208 67 201 91 774 359 458 175
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,611 681 S 915 207 65 196 92 757 351 451 173
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587 677 S 895 212 66 187 89 740 348 448 174
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563 668 S 880 208 65 178 86 734 344 443 173
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 X 6 5 10 3 5 4 4 6 6
Percent Change2
Jun. 2024 from May. 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . -1.5% -1.3% S -1.7% -1.9% -1.5% -4.8% -3.4% -0.8% -1.1% -1.1% -0.6%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 1.3 ± 1.6 X ± 1.6 ± 1.5 ± 3.4 ± 3.2 ± 3.9 ± 2.5 ± 3.0 ± 1.5 ± 1.7
Jun. 2024 from Jun. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . -7.7% -2.2% S -11.4% -4.1% -1.5% -16.4% -5.5% -8.3% -5.0% -4.3% 5.5%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 3.9 ± 4.4 X ± 5.2 ± 9.1 ± 10.1 ± 4.6 ± 7.3 ± 6.1 ± 6.7 ± 5.4 ± 9.2
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647.4 664.6 17.2 965.6 205.6 64.5 206.0 88.1 765.6 340.7 470.3 171.3
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,635.4 664.2 17.4 953.8 203.6 64.2 200.1 84.9 764.9 344.1 466.8 171.0
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,624.6 673.4 15.9 935.3 207.1 65.7 195.2 85.3 767.3 351.0 455.1 171.4
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,609.1 673.0 15.0 921.1 207.1 64.5 192.4 87.3 757.8 349.0 451.7 172.2
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,592.0 676.9 15.4 899.7 212.0 65.5 187.1 88.4 742.7 348.6 450.1 174.5
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.0 677.3 14.8 882.9 208.6 64.9 178.8 87.1 741.2 350.0 446.3 175.3
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 16 6 5 10 3 5 4 4 6 6
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality 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, July 17, 2024.
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
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504 902 S 583 91 46 239 111 800 549 374 196
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698 1,077 S 608 124 68 260 152 957 637 357 220
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491 939 S 526 88 44 186 126 830 553 387 216
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,659 1,131 S 513 152 99 220 136 937 654 350 242
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,553 1,019 S 520 91 68 212 128 867 605 383 218
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710 1,037 S 656 137 66 326 147 887 619 360 205
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 X 13 17 19 15 15 9 8 11 12
Percent Change2
Jun. 2024 from May. 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1% 1.8% S 26.2% 50.5% -2.9% 53.8% 14.8% 2.3% 2.3% -6.0% -6.0%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 10.6 ± 10.3 X ± 24.5 ± 43.9 ± 44.8 ± 49.1 ± 32.1 ± 14.1 ± 15.7 ± 19.5 ± 15.5
Jun. 2024 from Jun. 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.5% 3.2% S 40.2% 3.0% 4.8% 74.3% 15.7% 5.7% 1.6% 12.1% -0.5%
90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . ± 12.6 ± 10.4 X ± 33.1 ± 34.3 ± 36.7 ± 43.8 ± 32.0 ± 13.7 ± 14.7 ± 29.2 ± 19.9
2024
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.4 61.8 1.3 40.3 6.3 3.2 16.3 7.4 55.3 37.9 25.5 13.2
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 81.6 0.9 41.9 8.4 4.6 18.0 10.6 72.8 50.7 25.2 15.7
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.5 78.9 2.1 41.5 6.6 3.1 14.2 9.4 71.2 49.3 30.5 16.9
April (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.1 91.0 1.2 39.9 11.0 6.9 17.2 10.6 76.0 54.0 28.0 19.5
May (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.2 85.1 1.2 46.9 7.9 5.8 18.0 10.5 74.0 50.4 33.2 18.4
June (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.6 89.8 1.5 59.2 12.7 6.3 29.3 13.1 76.1 51.9 32.4 18.4
Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 46 13 17 19 15 15 9 8 11 12
p Preliminary
r Revised
S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality 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, July 17, 2024.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/methodology.html>.
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