US South housing starts, monthly
New privately-owned housing units started in the South Census Region — the largest construction region (thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate; FRED HOUSTS, 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).
- 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 (South: South Atlantic (DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, DC) plus East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) and West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)). (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 South 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 | contraction_flag | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-01-01 | 1959-01 | South | S | United States | USA | 505 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | b6eb2ed8b0f6c5a8 |
| 1959-02-01 | 1959-02 | South | S | United States | USA | 508 | 3 | 0.594 | — | — | — | 0 | fe8874eec2fb9e33 |
| 1959-03-01 | 1959-03 | South | S | United States | USA | 503 | -5 | -0.984 | — | — | — | 0 | bf1f26378022b151 |
| 1959-04-01 | 1959-04 | South | S | United States | USA | 536 | 33 | 6.561 | — | — | 26.909 | 0 | 82fc67d7aca77893 |
| 1959-05-01 | 1959-05 | South | S | United States | USA | 487 | -49 | -9.142 | — | — | -15.538 | 0 | 1b63e0049374e16f |
| 1959-06-01 | 1959-06 | South | S | United States | USA | 518 | 31 | 6.366 | — | — | 12.473 | 0 | 9aec2377975c3ffc |
| 1959-07-01 | 1959-07 | South | S | United States | USA | 533 | 15 | 2.896 | — | — | -2.22 | 0 | e8bb55e6fd2ed2bd |
| 1959-08-01 | 1959-08 | South | S | United States | USA | 474 | -59 | -11.069 | — | — | -10.258 | 0 | c6e416cc075bed07 |
| 1959-09-01 | 1959-09 | South | S | United States | USA | 560 | 86 | 18.143 | — | — | 36.594 | 0 | d2570f3eb4724eae |
| 1959-10-01 | 1959-10 | South | S | United States | USA | 443 | -117 | -20.893 | — | — | -52.279 | 0 | 6e6605c5c2dccab3 |
- Current
20261002T045134Z-f319419a5a42 · sha256 f319419a5a42…
812 rows · first snapshot
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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_south_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_south_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_south_monthly
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US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless). (2026). US South housing starts, monthly [Data set, snapshot 20261002T045134Z-f319419a5a42, sha256 f319419a5a42]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-02, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_south_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045134Z-f319419a5a42
@misc{dz_fred_housing_pack_us_housing_starts_sout_f319419a,
title = {{US South 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_south_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045134Z-f319419a5a42}},
note = {Snapshot 20261002T045134Z-f319419a5a42, sha256 f319419a5a42366ca50333959ae3d1df7ce7b7eb4680f078248440931a3cefd3; accessed 2026-10-02}
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