Construction Permits BlockPy Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart, Joung Min Choi, Bo Guan, Sam Donald
Version 3.1.0, created 9/1/2022
Tags: construction, permits, us, united states, america, government, buildings, private, units, valuation, housing

Overview

This dataset provides data on the number and valuation of new housing units authorized by building permits. Data are available monthly at the national, regional, divisional, and state level. The data are from the Building Permits Survey. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey, provides for voluntary responses, and provides an exception to confidentiality for public records.

https://www.census.gov/construction/bps/statemonthly.html

Key Descriptions

Key	List of...	Comment	Example Value
Name	String	State	"Mississippi"
Number of Permits.1 unit	Integer	Tne number of new privately owned housing unit authorized for current month for 1 unit	789
Number of Permits.2 units	Integer	Tne number of new privately owned housing unit authorized for current month for 2 units	0
Number of Permits.3-4 units	Integer	Tne number of new privately owned housing unit authorized for current month for 3-4 units	4
Number of Permits.5+ units	Integer	Tne number of new privately owned housing unit authorized for current month for more than 5 units	82
Period.full	String	The full representation of the time period for this report. The format is "Month.Year".	"Jun.03"
Period.month	Integer	Month	6
Period.month name	String	Month name	"June"
Period.year	Integer	4-digit year	2003
Valuations.1 unit	Integer	Estimated value of the residential structure from the permit official for 1 unit	83156
Valuations.2 units	Integer	Estimated value of the residential structure from the permit official for 2 units	0
Valuations.3-4 units	Integer	Estimated value of the residential structure from the permit official for 3-4 units	146
Valuations.5+ units	Integer	Estimated value of the residential structure from the permit official for more than 5 units	3169