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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