Table 2v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
           Valuation for Regions, Divisions, and States
                     (in thousands of dollars)

           Annual    1997

                                                      3 and 4   5 Units
                           Total    1 Unit  2 Units     Units   or More


 United States         141004397 121194486  2304007   2057673  15448231

 Northeast              14137188  12566201   291723    183331   1095933
   New England           4737713   4423817    59329     49033    205534
     Connecticut         1100557   1023486     8920     10383     57768
     Maine                451158    428602     7070      2222     13264
     Massachusetts       2172003   2024472    32641     26558     88332
     New Hampshire        571675    529606     4534      6544     30991
     Rhode Island         250456    235635     3433      1648      9740
     Vermont              191864    182016     2731      1678      5439

   Middle Atlantic       9399473   8142384   232394    134297    890398
     New Jersey          2533450   2332346    45538     13548    142018
     New York            3064240   2389731   148819     72386    453304
     Pennsylvania        3801783   3420307    38037     48363    295076

 Midwest                30261941  26150526   878345    700449   2532621
   East North Central   21688002  18858166   584087    516384   1729365
     Illinois            5087002   4267423   110313    154113    555153
     Indiana             3705711   3380983    90880     30036    203812
     Michigan            5101603   4628382    79627     90320    303274
     Ohio                4795483   4186968   125479    165944    317092
     Wisconsin           2998203   2394410   177788     75970    350035

   West North Central    8573939   7292360   294258    184065    803256
     Iowa                1012033    845053    27799     24037    115144
     Kansas              1349982   1155203    54220     15889    124670
     Minnesota           2757956   2410282    58589     76958    212127
     Missouri            2265005   1966818   118190     48706    131291
     Nebraska             711145    547877    23316      6402    133550
     North Dakota         221875    146451     7258      2298     65868
     South Dakota         255942    220675     4887      9774     20606

 South                  55879736  47745356   518938    517802   7097640
   South Atlantic       35206709  29973764   301061    341907   4589977
     Delaware             381453    354477     1365      6929     18682
     Dist. of Columbia      1317      1103        0       214         0
     Florida            12205450   9550594   118944    200128   2335784
     Georgia             6459614   5746781    37488     32392    642953
     Maryland            2356798   2072938     9499     13831    260530
     North Carolina      6722702   5987351    66271     42184    626896
     South Carolina      2651372   2247213    29632     16858    357669
     Virginia            4119267   3749184    34192     23403    312488
     West Virginia        308733    264122     3669      5967     34975

   East South Central    6840596   6042509   106094     66259    625734
     Alabama             1536622   1353495    17587     14176    151364
     Kentucky            1483895   1320525    44521     24072     94777
     Mississippi          716139    630367     7250      7630     70892
     Tennessee           3103939   2738122    36736     20380    308701

   West South Central   13832433  11729084   111783    109637   1881929
     Arkansas             760728    621066    21189     13181    105292
     Louisiana           1332274   1256623    12704      8652     54295
     Oklahoma            1014322    898695    14306      5324     95997
     Texas              10725108   8952700    63583     82481   1626344

 West                   40725532  34732402   615002    656091   4722037
   Mountain             17426315  15038687   225362    245836   1916430
     Arizona             5775743   5075320    24653     37432    638338
     Colorado            4658596   3973564   101830     78937    504265
     Idaho               1041831    963727    17029     17579     43496
     Montana              204445    151770    15943     11789     24943
     Nevada              2787984   2277934     8119     58394    443537
     New Mexico           887175    794950     1651      4260     86314
     Utah                1880380   1629495    52333     34123    164429
     Wyoming              190163    171928     3805      3321     11109

   Pacific              23299218  19693715   389640    410255   2805608
     Alaska               334123    271617    24903     13592     24011
     California         15395622  13538518   117839    194174   1545091
     Hawaii               506896    364189     5995      8028    128684
     Oregon              2837727   2182713   100294     93073    461647
     Washington          4224849   3336678   140609    101388    646174