Total construction was valued at $850.2 billion, up from $778.2 billion in 2011.

Of that total, $283.4 billion was linked to residential, the highest since 2008, according to the Census.

Multifamily construction was valued at $21.3 billion, an increase from $14.8 billion in 2011.

By comparison, single-family housing construction came in at $129.2 billion, which was up from $108.2 billion in 2011.

The preliminary figures valued nonresidential construction at $566.8 billion last year, the highest since 2009.

Here is a breakdown of annual construction values since 2002: