Our new construction market, according to new data, is among the nation’s best.

Through September of 2014, Boston had the No. 9 new construction market in the country.

According to fresh numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics, Boston’s construction starts for the first nine months of 2014 totaled $5.5 billion, which, surprisingly, represents a 10 percent decrease from the same period in 2013.

See our graph below for some perspective on how Boston compares with the nation’s other top construction markets.