1 Table 1. Annual Value of Construction Put in Place in the United States: 1964 - 1968 (Millions of dollars) 0 Type of construction Current dollars Constant (1996) dollars 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 + (r) (r) (r) (r) (r) (r) Total construction............ 75097 81886 85753 87221 96824 405864 428899 430631 424218 446145 Private construction......... 54893 59966 61907 61844 69386 300372 317740 314197 303880 323080 Residential buildings....... 30526 30235 28611 28737 34172 169635 162872 147243 143091 161347 New housing units.......... 24098 23846 21811 21541 26723 133916 128428 112287 107222 126127 1 unit.................... 17649 17839 16568 16817 19520 98078 96078 85300 83721 92169 2 units or more........... 6449 6007 5243 4724 7203 35837 32349 26987 23501 33958 Improvements............... 6428 6389 6800 7196 7449 35719 34445 34956 35870 35220 Nonresidential buildings.... 17385 21896 24238 23117 23811 96497 117762 125310 116120 112547 Industrial................. 5028 7182 9261 8400 8492 27901 38612 47861 42203 40115 Office..................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hotels, motels............. 1548 1579 1511 1345 1315 8599 8500 7821 6758 6215 Other commercial........... 6330 7865 7933 7956 9104 35118 42293 41011 39955 43023 Religious.................. 1044 1263 1205 1118 1135 5793 6796 6225 5615 5371 Educational................ 822 861 1080 1147 1255 4565 4632 5581 5762 5945 Hospital and institutional 1485 1603 1637 1532 1816 8242 8632 8469 7696 8588 Miscellaneous.............. 1128 1543 1612 1618 694 6279 8297 8342 8130 3291 Farm nonresidential......... 1331 1387 1484 1702 1598 7386 7471 7676 8552 7563 Public utilities............ 5314 6032 7090 7834 9232 25169 27618 31689 34065 39157 Telecommunications......... 1314 1463 1609 1638 1704 4581 4840 5096 4978 4987 Other public utilities..... 4000 4569 5481 6196 7528 20588 22778 26594 29087 34171 Railroads................. 493 572 698 604 762 2458 2774 3271 2727 3276 Electric light and power.. 2211 2589 3060 3777 4421 11842 13386 15356 18193 20595 Gas....................... 1130 1286 1581 1503 1988 5483 6047 7309 6766 8735 Petroleum pipelines....... 166 122 142 312 357 805 572 657 1401 1565 All other private........... 338 416 484 454 573 1685 2016 2278 2052 2466 Public construction.......... 20203 21920 23846 25377 27437 105492 111159 116434 120338 123065 Buildings................... 6997 7751 8759 9823 10271 38869 41710 45270 49313 48605 Housing and redevelopment.. 567 603 655 709 746 3150 3244 3368 3537 3515 Industrial................. 223 226 208 249 351 1241 1219 1075 1251 1662 Educational................ 3790 4284 5333 5988 6061 21050 23055 27560 30083 28701 Hospital................... 469 520 511 637 698 2605 2800 2643 3196 3305 Other...................... 1948 2118 2052 2240 2415 10822 11393 10625 11246 11422 Highways and streets........ 7133 7550 8405 8591 9321 36026 36934 39331 39071 40184 Military facilities......... 910 830 727 695 808 4810 4258 3571 3311 3636 Conservation and development 1750 2019 2194 2124 1973 8601 9704 10316 9555 8463 Sewer systems............... 1325 1195 1300 1058 1551 6515 5748 6117 4762 6649 Water supply facilities..... 956 1266 1066 1270 1514 5029 6453 5285 6112 6935 Miscellaneous public........ 1132 1309 1395 1816 1999 5642 6353 6544 8215 8592