New privately-owned housing units started in the Midwest Census Region (thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate; FRED HOUSTMW, U.S. Census Bureau and HUD, New Residential Construction release, monthly 1959-01 onward). Carries 1-month and 12-month changes, the 3-month annualized percent change, and a contraction_flag marking months with fewer starts than a year earlier. Census revises history with each vintage (kept as published).

Source: US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless)
Rows: 812
Columns: 14
Source cadence: Monthly
Last refreshed: Oct 2, 2026
Theme: housing

Column	Type	Description
month_start	date	First day of the calendar month. (unit: date)
year_month	string	Calendar month as YYYY-MM (panel join key). (unit: string)
region	string	Census region (Midwest: East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) plus West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)). (unit: string)
region_code	string	Short Census region code (panel join key). (unit: string)
country	string	Country name (shared normalization layer). (unit: string)
country_code	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (USA). (unit: string)
starts_thousands	float	New privately-owned housing starts in the Midwest Census Region (thousands of units, SAAR; U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction (Table 3)). (unit: thousands of units, SAAR)
starts_mom_thousands	float	1-month change in housing starts (null for the first panel month). (unit: thousands of units)
starts_mom_pct	float	1-month percent change in housing starts (null for the first panel month). (unit: percent)
starts_yoy_thousands	float	12-month change in housing starts (null for the first panel year). (unit: thousands of units)
starts_yoy_pct	float	12-month percent change in housing starts (null for the first panel year). (unit: percent)
starts_3m_ann_pct	float	3-month annualized percent change in housing starts (null for the first 3 panel months). (unit: percent)
contraction_flag	integer	1 when 12-month housing starts growth is negative (fewer units than a year earlier), else 0. (unit: flag)
row_hash	string	Deterministic 16-hex sha256 of year_month + region_code + the level (idempotency key). (unit: string)

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

month_start	year_month	region	region_code	country	country_code	starts_thousands	starts_mom_thousands	starts_mom_pct	starts_yoy_thousands	starts_yoy_pct	starts_3m_ann_pct	row_hash
1959-01-01	1959-01	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	452	—	—	—	—	—	ca1bc818ce7cedae
1959-02-01	1959-02	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	469	17	3.761	—	—	—	82178cfaae54ebdc
1959-03-01	1959-03	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	413	-56	-11.94	—	—	—	94539b88de6ccc5b
1959-04-01	1959-04	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	391	-22	-5.327	—	—	-44.004	fc80b9456cbaa952
1959-05-01	1959-05	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	355	-36	-9.207	—	—	-67.174	90578c6602208159
1959-06-01	1959-06	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	343	-12	-3.38	—	—	-52.425	cfa043b89039ab03
1959-07-01	1959-07	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	371	28	8.163	—	—	-18.943	4fe11ed1a690203a
1959-08-01	1959-08	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	350	-21	-5.66	—	—	-5.516	704f2a8baf0f9bde
1959-09-01	1959-09	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	362	12	3.429	—	—	24.067	5ea157a31bcb4f65
1959-10-01	1959-10	Midwest	MW	United States	USA	305	-57	-15.746	—	—	-54.322	a1bf3c0b6987e955

Oct 2, 2026Current
20261002T045132Z-9e0786934033 · sha256 9e0786934033…
812 rows · first snapshot

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import requests

ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_midwest_monthly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")

# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_midwest_monthly

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US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless). (2026). US Midwest housing starts, monthly [Data set, snapshot 20261002T045132Z-9e0786934033, sha256 9e0786934033]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-02, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_midwest_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045132Z-9e0786934033

BibTeX

@misc{dz_fred_housing_pack_us_housing_starts_midw_9e078693,
  title        = {{US Midwest housing starts, monthly}},
  author       = {{US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless)}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_midwest_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045132Z-9e0786934033}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20261002T045132Z-9e0786934033, sha256 9e07869340332f9ceba809532e33eea052f43605f2d2b4a99d34d243ae97dce4; accessed 2026-10-02}
}

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