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Privately‐Owned Housing Units Authorized, but Not Started, at End of Period
(Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
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
2021
August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 150 S 109 25 12 28 13 143 91 66 34
September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 146 S 108 24 11 28 13 143 90 62 32
October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 152 S 111 24 12 29 14 149 94 64 32
November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 149 S 114 26 13 27 16 150 88 63 32
December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 140 S 120 33 14 25 12 143 84 62 30
2022
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 149 S 122 37 15 25 14 150 90 62 30
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 151 S 121 37 14 26 14 149 92 64 31
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 152 S 134 38 13 24 14 160 94 68 31
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 151 S 132 40 14 25 14 158 94 65 29
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 147 S 134 37 13 24 14 156 91 68 29
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 143 S 139 39 13 23 12 151 89 73 29
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 148 S 147 36 14 25 14 163 91 74 29
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 143 S 143 37 14 25 14 156 88 72 27
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 X 7 14 20 11 11 5 7 8 9
2
Percent Change
Aug. 2022 from Jul. 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . ‐2.7% ‐3.4% S ‐2.7% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% ‐4.3% ‐3.3% ‐2.7% ‐6.9%
3
. 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . ± 2.7 ± 3.9 X ± 4.9 ± 5.3 ± 7.6 ± 7.5 ± 10.7 ± 4.4 ± 5.2 ± 6.6 ± 7.8
Aug. 2022 from Aug. 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7% ‐4.7% S 31.2% 48.0% 16.7% ‐10.7% 7.7% 9.1% ‐3.3% 9.1% ‐20.6%
. 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . . ± 11.5 ± 7.1 X ± 27.0 ± 18.6 ± 17.0 ± 25.5 ± 42.2 ± 12.8 ± 12.4 ± 25.2 ± 12.0
Table 2b ‐ Not 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
2021
August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.1 149.0 2.7 106.3 23.4 11.6 26.7 12.6 142.6 91.2 65.3 33.6
September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.0 145.2 2.6 106.3 21.9 10.6 27.2 12.3 144.4 90.5 60.6 31.8
October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.4 147.4 2.6 109.4 22.0 11.4 29.0 12.9 146.8 92.0 61.6 31.1
November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.9 138.7 2.6 108.6 23.2 11.8 25.5 13.0 141.7 84.9 59.5 28.9
December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.7 138.6 3.2 125.9 35.3 13.0 23.2 11.0 144.6 83.5 64.6 31.1
2022
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.0 141.5 3.3 125.2 37.4 13.9 22.5 11.8 148.5 86.9 61.6 28.9
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.2 147.0 4.3 121.9 39.6 14.1 23.6 13.1 146.8 89.7 63.2 30.1
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.4 158.0 4.3 136.1 40.6 14.2 25.6 15.3 160.9 95.3 71.3 33.2
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.1 155.0 4.8 133.3 40.5 13.9 29.0 16.6 156.9 94.9 66.7 29.7
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.0 151.4 4.2 133.4 38.6 13.8 24.8 15.1 156.8 93.2 68.7 29.3
June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.6 149.1 4.3 141.2 40.5 13.9 22.5 12.9 156.3 91.4 75.3 30.9
July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.4 146.4 3.3 143.7 36.6 13.9 23.9 13.1 160.8 90.0 72.2 29.4
August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.2 143.8 3.8 141.7 35.1 13.9 25.7 13.7 157.5 88.7 70.9 27.6
. Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 24 7 14 20 11 11 5 7 8 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
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 20, 2022.
Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at <www.census.gov/construction/nrc/how_the_data_are_collected/ >.