RESIDENTIAL / NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
By Building Permits Issued and Contracts Awarded
All dollar amounts in thousands
Residential Building** Non-res Building Permit Valuations Buildin Metropolitan January January Percent January Areas (MSA) * 1988 1987 Change 1988 Anaheim-Santa Ana $121,657 $143,653 -15.3 $79,683 Bakersfield 12,650 32,133 -60.6 15,742 Chico 6,013 12,520 -52.0 1,703 Fresno 20,471 22,754 -10.0 63,749 Los Angeles-Long Beach 254,748 527,315 -51.7 325,284 Merced 11,615 6,321 83.8 3,724 Modesto 18,048 31,531 -42.8 8,432 Oakland 47,404 81,549 -41.9 41,944 Oxnard-Ventura 28,066 32,170 -12.8 15,327 Redding 3,207 5,065 -36.7 875 Riverside- 345,577 257,257 34.3 63,867 San Bernardino Sacramento 91,849 79,182 16.0 38,461 Salinas-Seaside- 8,794 24,793 -64.5 4,044 Monterey San Diego 127,015 202,218 -37.2 58,186 San Francisco 35,200 76,049 -53.7 40,492 San Jose 52,309 33,947 54.1 31,987 Santa Barbara- 8,211 14,939 -45.0 3,587 Santa Maria-Lompoc Santa Cruz 5,832 6,964 -16.3 3,359 Santa Rosa-Petaluma 20,314 24,507 40.0 6,953 Stockton 16,846 20,827 -19.1 16,742 Vallejo-Fairfield- 17,875 7,360 -3.3 2,378 Napa Visalia-Tulare- 7,117 7,360 -3.3 2,378 Porterville Yuba City 2,075 4,826 -57.0 1,439 MSA Totals 1,262,890 1,661,768 -24.0 832,046 State Totals 1,304,289 1,742,710 -25.2 843,238
Heavy (Non-building) idential Building*** Construction**** g Permit Valuations Contract Awards Metropolitan January Percent January January Percent Areas (MSA) * 1987 Change 1988 1987 Change Anaheim-Santa Ana $139,919 -43.0 $18,433 $15,947 15.6 Bakersfield 11,625 35.4 12,598 5,657 123.1 Chico 1,760 -3.2 362 223 62.3 Fresno 12,004 431.1 1,040 362 187.3 Los Angeles-Long Beach 274,228 18.6 79,391 46,986 69.0 Merced 1,105 237.0 152 4,986 -96.9 Modesto 4,237 99.0 10,392 513 2025.7 Oakland 55,359 -24.2 13,484 11,689 15.4 Oxnard-Ventura 16,077 -4.7 4,148 39,943 -89.6 Redding 2,639 -66.8 55 66 -16.7 Riverside- 57,157 11.7 30,799 15,992 92.6 San Bernardino Sacramento 54,380 -29.3 24,112 3,228 647.0 Salinas-Seaside- 7,347 -45.0 1,554 420 270.0 Monterey San Diego 51,133 13.8 16,420 54,215 -69.7 San Francisco 52,686 -23.1 3,145 15,191 -79.3 San Jose 60,700 -47.3 5,029 3,597 39.8 Santa Barbara- 6,575 -45.4 349 2,324 -85.0 Santa Maria-Lompoc Santa Cruz 3,529 -4.8 502 918 -45.3 Santa Rosa-Petaluma 3,878 79.3 1,832 5,496 -66.7 Stockton 18,655 -10.3 604 89 578.6 Vallejo-Fairfield- 1,859 27.9 174 943 -81.6 Napa Visalia-Tulare- 1,859 27.9 174 943 -81.6 Porterville Yuba City 1,129 27.5 121 2,344 -94.8 MSA Totals 841,878 -12 227,965 231,841 -17 State Totals 854,383 -1.3 248,201 235,270 5.5
* Metropolitan Statistical Areas consist of one or more counties
** Residential Building includes new single-multi-family housing as well as residential alterations and additions.
*** Non-residential building includes office, store, hotel, industrial, hospital and other buildings for non-residential uses, as well as alterations and additions made on these non-residential buildings.
**** “Non-building” or “heavy” construction includes streets and highways, bridges, sewerage and water-supply systems, electrical power and heating systems, river, harbor and flood control, and other public works and utilities. Wide fluctuations in dollar amounts often occur because of the influence of a few very large projects.
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