1 Table 1. Annual Value of Construction Put in Place in the United States: 1998 - 2002 (Millions of dollars) 0 Type of construction Current dollars Constant (1996) dollars 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 + (r) (r) (r) (r) (r) (r) (r) (r) Total construction............ 705685 766062 828768 852553 860923 665156 694326 718708 709233 701943 Private construction......... 551383 596331 642633 652496 650495 519859 540220 557186 541110 528844 Residential buildings....... 314607 350562 374457 388324 421521 297960 317236 323977 318803 338852 New housing units.......... 223983 251272 265047 279391 298450 212068 227467 229324 229426 239908 1 unit.................... 199409 223837 236788 249086 265889 188785 202620 204867 204522 213727 2 units or more........... 24574 27434 28259 30305 32561 23283 24848 24457 24903 26182 Improvements............... 90624 99290 109410 108933 123071 85892 89769 94653 89377 98944 Nonresidential buildings.... 190710 193935 208241 202334 167084 177644 173429 178074 166852 135764 Industrial................. 40484 32639 31801 29521 16580 37720 29206 27194 24358 13475 Office..................... 42226 47582 55605 52260 37578 39333 42552 47534 43126 30536 Hotels, motels............. 14816 15951 16293 14490 10285 13794 14274 13944 11950 8359 Other commercial........... 53598 56915 60381 60760 55879 49915 50870 51635 50077 45404 Religious.................. 6594 7371 8019 8385 8217 6139 6590 6858 6908 6676 Educational................ 9698 9645 11375 12591 12841 9039 8621 9726 10371 10434 Hospital and institutional 13793 13530 14434 14910 17434 12853 12102 12342 12295 14161 Miscellaneous.............. 9501 10301 10332 9418 8269 8850 9214 8842 7766 6719 Farm nonresidential......... 4284 5059 5988 5135 5040 3989 4519 5116 4230 4095 Public utilities............ 39212 44066 50994 53849 54370 37818 42534 47400 48752 48036 Telecommunications......... 12458 18404 18799 19569 18024 12188 18305 18255 18473 16757 Other public utilities..... 26754 25662 32195 34280 36346 25631 24229 29145 30280 31280 Railroads................. 5736 4670 4263 4456 4864 5463 4311 3782 3861 4108 Electric light and power.. 12381 14585 22038 23803 24789 11883 13892 20090 21120 21396 Gas....................... 7372 4918 4891 5078 5500 7072 4625 4377 4468 4747 Petroleum pipelines....... 1265 1489 1003 943 1193 1213 1401 897 830 1029 All other private........... 2570 2709 2954 2853 2481 2447 2501 2619 2473 2096 Public construction.......... 154302 169732 186135 200057 210428 145297 154106 161523 168123 173099 Buildings................... 72418 79976 90005 94407 102071 67517 71541 77003 77774 82876 Housing and redevelopment.. 5187 5146 4927 5096 5507 4913 4661 4263 4186 4427 Industrial................. 1010 925 1158 1556 1906 941 827 991 1282 1548 Educational................ 35001 41079 45643 50035 56154 32589 36710 39023 41207 45623 Hospital................... 3923 4070 4785 4243 4932 3656 3639 4092 3497 4006 Other...................... 27297 28756 33494 33477 33572 25418 25704 28635 27602 27273 Highways and streets........ 44676 48900 52992 58942 59613 42249 44601 45992 49549 48677 Military facilities......... 2530 2125 2441 2842 2923 2377 1922 2105 2365 2382 Conservation and development 5466 6121 6381 7269 7937 5237 5713 5779 6503 6938 Sewer systems............... 9943 10525 10332 10339 11072 9526 9826 9363 9249 9676 Water supply facilities..... 6678 6967 7028 8358 8528 6405 6547 6247 7173 7107 Miscellaneous public........ 12591 15117 16955 17899 18284 11985 13957 15033 15511 15443