Oakland PMSA (Alameda & Contra Costa Counties)	San Francisco PMSA (Marin, SF & San Mateo Counties)	San Jose PMSA (Santa Clara County)	Santa Rosa PMSA (Sonoma County)	Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa PMSA (Napa & Solano Counties)	Bay Area Totals
1999	10,810	4,392	6,880	3,036	2,724	27,842
1998	9,973	5,262	7,506	3,062	2,703	28,506
1997	9,723	3,914	8,310	1,961	1,887	25,795
1996	7,033	3,016	7,574	1,487	1,818	20,928
1995	6,167	2,429	3,401	1,930	1,331	15,258
1994	6,955	2,206	3,945	2,511	1,907	17,524
1993	5,661	1,823	3,453	1,938	1,866	14,741
1992	6,965	1,861	3,051	1,976	2,326	16,179
1991	6,783	2,261	3,788	2,202	2,238	17,272
1990	6,987	2,715	3,788	3,645	3,021	21,351
1989	13,564	5,350	4,859	4,475	7,199	35,447
1988	14,568	5,727	6,485	4,675	6,127	37,582
1987	17,759	6,742	7,636	3,902	3,736	39,775
1986	23,011	6,486	8,019	4,490	6,027	48,033
1985	17,495	4,597	9,523	5,809	6,294	43,718
1984	13,887	4,418	7,324	5,099	2,951	33,679

Graph of Bay Area Total

The data presented here relate to new housing units intended for occupancy on a housekeeping basis. They exclude hotels, motels and other group-residential structures such as nursing homes and college dormitories. Also excluded are mobile home units.

Current surveys indicate that construction is ultimately undertaken for all but a very small percentage of housing units authorized by building permits. A major portion typically get under way during the month of permit issuance, and most of the remainder begin within the three following months. Because of this lag, however, the housing unit statistics shown in this report do not represent the number of units actually put into construction for the period shown and should therefore not be directly interpreted as "housing starts."

The source for data presented here is the U.S. Census Bureau. Narrative descriptions, technical details, and data for other geographic areas can be found on the Bureau's Constructions Statistics Page.