United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

740 Construction and Housing
The Annual Housing Survey (Current Housing Reports, Series H-150 and H-170), which began in
1973, provides a current and ongoing series of data on selected housing and demographic characteristics.
It is based on a national sample and on separate samples for 60 SMSA's selected to
represent a cross section of the housing stock in these areas. Annual Housing Survey estimates
are subject to both sampling and nonsampling errors; caution should, therefore, be used in making
comparisons with 1970 census data.
Data on residential mortgages were collected continuously from 1890 to 1970, except 1930, as
part of the decennial census by the Bureau of the Census. Since 1973, mortgage status data,
which are limited to single family homes on less than ten acres with no business on the property,
have been presented in the Annual Housing Survey.
Housing units.— In general, a housing unit is a group of rooms or a single room occupied or
intended for occupancy as separate living quarters; that is, the occupants do not live and eat with
any other persons in the structure, and there is either (1) direct access from the outside or through
a common hall, or (2) complete kitchen facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants. Transient
accommodations, barracks for workers, and institutional-type quarters are not counted as housing
units.
Statistical reliability.— For a discussion of statistical collection and estimation, sampling procedures,
and measures of statistical reliability applicable to Census Bureau data, see Appendix III.
Historical statistics.—Tabular headnotes provide cross-references, where applicable, to H istoric
a l S tatistics o f the U nited States, C olonial Times to 1970. See Appendix I.
No. 1 3 2 9 . C o n s tr u c tio n In d u s t r i e s — S u m m a r y , b y In d u s t r y : 1 9 7 2 a n d 1 9 7 7
[Based on a probability sample of about 167,000 construction establishments with payroll; in 1972 and 161,000 In 1977, see
Appendix til. “N.e.c." means Not elsewhere classified]
Establish;
EMPLOYEES
(1.000)
PAYROLL
(mil. dol.)
RECEIPTS
(mil. dol.)
Value
in d u s t r y
with
payroll
(1,000)
Total
Construction
workers
Total
Construction
workers
Total
Net
construction
1
(mil.
dol.)
1972, total........................................................... 437.9 4,146 3,487 40,005 32,107 155,850 111,232 68,197
Contract construction........................................ 430.0 4,083 3,464 39,528 32,036 152,722 110,716 67,810
General building contractors........................... 133.1 1,150 938 10,159 7,740 64,350 33,245 17,884
Heavy construction contractors....................... 28.0 827 709 9.255 7,537 31,461 25,357 16,200
Special trade contractors 269.0 2,107 1,017 20.114 16,759 56,911 52,114 33,726
1977, total.......................... 480.0 4,273 3,565 54,980 43,112 224,665 164,516 98,864
Contract construction........................................ 474.9 4,234 3,548 54,566 42,963 221,622 163,463 98,116
General building contractors........................... 156.0 1,181 963 13.537 10,041 89,787 46,262 25,040
Single-family houses... 101.0 438 383 3,736 3,066 21,890 15.070 7,297
Other residential buildings........................... 4.8 56 46 646 485 4.515 2,203 1,145
Operalive builders................... -.................. 23.8 174 110 2,026 1,053 22,918 10,627 5,229
Industrial buildings and warehouses............. 8.3 202 171 2,853 2,247 13,063 7.545 4,258
Nonresldential buildings, n.e.c..................... 18.5 312 254 4,275 3,190 27,400 12,816 7,112
Heavy construction contractors3..................... 31.3 917 757 14,267 10,968 50,728 40,272 26,573
Highway and street construction.................. 11.7 268 233 3,596 2,927 15,621 12,546 7,641
10.2 9.6 5 3 8,371 5,523
Heavy conslruction, n.e’.c............................ 8.3 413 318 7.290 5>74 23^283 17*627 12,447
Special trade contractorss............................. 287.7 2,136 1,827 26,762 21,934 81,108 74,929 48,502
Plumbing, heating, air-conditioning............. 56.4 459 369 6,414 5,025 21,431 19,136 10,681
Painting, paperhanging, decorating............. 27.4 133 121 1,361 1,191 3,205 3,051 2,362
Electrical work................... 36.8 357 297 5,483 4,497 14,482 13,919 8,748
Masonry and other stonework.................... 24.8 152 143 1,493 1,350 3,805 3,678 2,417
Plastering, drywall, insulation 16.7 180 158 2.262 1,901 6.266 5,819 3,630
Carpentering...................... 24.4 125 115 1,202 1,061 3,647 3,328 2,083
Rooting and sheet metal work................... 20.6 172 146 1,968 1,555 6,321 5.939 3,420
Concrete work................... 17.0 118 107 1,210 1,043 4.152 3,862 2,226
Excavating and foundation work................. 16.5 104 92 1,208 1,021 4,370 3,930 2,994
Special trade contractors n.e c 20.6 128 108 1,384 1,086 4,608 4,129 2.693
Subdwlders and developers, n.e.c 5.1 39 18 414 150 3,043 1,053 748
1Construction receipts less payments lor construction work subcontracted to others, not shown separately. 2Total receipts
less (a) payments (or materials, components, and supplies, (6) payments for construction work subcontracted to others, not shown
separately. 3 Includes other industries each with less than $2.5 billion in total receipts, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C e n su s o f C o n s tru c tio n In d u s trie s , 1 9 7 2 and 1 9 7 7 , series CC.