Title:               Estimated Production of Nonfarm Residential Housekeeping Units for United States
Series ID:           A02238USA496NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Number of Units Produced
Date Range:          1840-01-01 to 1939-01-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 11:36 AM CDT
Notes:               The Data Represent Estimates Of The Number Of New Nonfarm Housekeeping
                     Units Erected Each Year. They Are Presented As A Suggested Revision Of
                     The Official Estimates For The Period 1890-1939, And An Extension Of
                     This Series Back To 1840. The Estimates Are Intended Primarily For Use
                     In The Study Of Long-Swing Movements Of Residential Construction, And,
                     According To The Author, May Not Do Justice To Short Cyclical
                     Movements. For Further Information See The Source Work Cited Above And
                     Lipsey And Preston, Pp. 270-71. Source: Manuel Gottlieb "Estimates Of
                     Residential Building, United States, 1840-1939, " (New York, NBER
                     Technical Paper 17, 1964)
                     
                     This NBER data series a02238 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: a02238

DATE       VALUE
1840-01-01    36
1841-01-01    41
1842-01-01    34
1843-01-01    34
1844-01-01    38
1845-01-01    46
1846-01-01    58
1847-01-01    72
1848-01-01    70
1849-01-01    82
1850-01-01    94
1851-01-01   109
1852-01-01   121
1853-01-01   133
1854-01-01   138
1855-01-01   138
1856-01-01   135
1857-01-01   142
1858-01-01   103
1859-01-01    98
1860-01-01    93
1861-01-01    76
1862-01-01    79
1863-01-01    74
1864-01-01    60
1865-01-01    81
1866-01-01   114
1867-01-01   140
1868-01-01   166
1869-01-01   169
1870-01-01   158
1871-01-01   188
1872-01-01   168
1873-01-01   174
1874-01-01   124
1875-01-01   127
1876-01-01   102
1877-01-01   103
1878-01-01    81
1879-01-01    90
1880-01-01   127
1881-01-01   191
1882-01-01   208
1883-01-01   237
1884-01-01   246
1885-01-01   267
1886-01-01   278
1887-01-01   326
1888-01-01   320
1889-01-01   368
1890-01-01   278
1891-01-01   252
1892-01-01   323
1893-01-01   226
1894-01-01   225
1895-01-01   262
1896-01-01   218
1897-01-01   247
1898-01-01   222
1899-01-01   239
1900-01-01   230
1901-01-01   330
1902-01-01   320
1903-01-01   347
1904-01-01   403
1905-01-01   535
1906-01-01   524
1907-01-01   471
1908-01-01   462
1909-01-01   576
1910-01-01   477
1911-01-01   472
1912-01-01   510
1913-01-01   477
1914-01-01   467
1915-01-01   474
1916-01-01   467
1917-01-01   291
1918-01-01   169
1919-01-01   415
1920-01-01   250
1921-01-01   491
1922-01-01   767
1923-01-01   950
1924-01-01   963
1925-01-01  1048
1926-01-01  1010
1927-01-01   837
1928-01-01   741
1929-01-01   573
1930-01-01   485
1931-01-01   373
1932-01-01   197
1933-01-01   137
1934-01-01   185
1935-01-01   325
1936-01-01   469
1937-01-01   494
1938-01-01   597
1939-01-01   757