December construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,181.5 billion, down 0.2 percent compared to the revised November estimate of $1,184.4 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce. The December figure is 4.2 percent above the December 2015 estimate of $1,133.7 billion.
The value of construction in 2016 was $1,162.4 billion, 4.5 percent above the $1,112.4 billion spent in 2015.
In December, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $284.5 billion, 1.7 percent below the revised November estimate of $289.6 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $70.1 billion, 2.2 percent below the revised November estimate of $71.6 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $94.3 billion, 0.6 percent below the revised November estimate of $94.9 billion.
The value of public construction in 2016 was $286.0 billion, 1 percent below the $288.9 billion spent in 2015. Educational construction in 2016 was $69.7 billion, 4.7 percent above the 2015 figure of $66.6 billion and highway construction was $91.2 billion, 2 percent above the $89.4 billion in 2015.
