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

           February  1999

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


 United States          11811834  10319776   144008    153700   1194350

 Northeast               1022676    922034    38280     12868     49494
   New England            321911    286725     8713      3833     22640
     Connecticut           72435     71392      801         0       242
     Maine                 30443     25590     2153       200      2500
     Massachusetts        152083    127622     2801      2686     18974
     New Hampshire         37295     34277     1458       876       684
     Rhode Island          17716     16264     1381        71         0
     Vermont               11940     11580      119         0       241

   Middle Atlantic        700764    635309    29567      9034     26854
     New Jersey           181140    167868     7101       582      5589
     New York             234405    195423    21048      4629     13305
     Pennsylvania         285220    272019     1418      3823      7960

 Midwest                 2122364   1902951    38529     41012    139872
   East North Central    1506501   1353515    20992     31874    100120
     Illinois             374422    319096     4962     12714     37650
     Indiana              291578    278917     4238      3190      5233
     Michigan             299599    284123     2511      3181      9784
     Ohio                 348472    319696     2715      6418     19643
     Wisconsin            192426    151682     6565      6370     27809

   West North Central     615862    549435    17537      9138     39752
     Iowa                  69907     65236     2459       445      1767
     Kansas               105831     96679     2654      1013      5485
     Minnesota            185363    160528     4558      3152     17125
     Missouri             186569    171082     7121      1736      6630
     Nebraska              48286     41548      745       461      5532
     North Dakota           3404      3034        0       150       220
     South Dakota          16502     11328        0      2181      2993

 South                   5539037   4747053    36061     52425    703498
   South Atlantic        3518465   3004744    23905     40019    449797
     Delaware              35613     35264        0         0       349
     Dist. of Columbia      7381      7211        0       170         0
     Florida             1168559    874975    14134     23462    255988
     Georgia              711414    651459     2601       749     56605
     Maryland             223118    212046      816      1286      8970
     North Carolina       675736    619286     2883     10879     42688
     South Carolina       323656    262739     1785      1064     58068
     Virginia             352235    321842     1445      2308     26640
     West Virginia         20752     19922      240       100       490

   East South Central     639102    593705     5735      5859     33803
     Alabama              134039    123729     1323      2572      6415
     Kentucky             120569    110662     2880       893      6134
     Mississippi           71914     68689      173       653      2399
     Tennessee            312580    290625     1359      1742     18854

   West South Central    1381469   1148604     6420      6547    219898
     Arkansas              66619     62832      706       361      2720
     Louisiana            128677    114133     1170      1808     11566
     Oklahoma              90722     88169      697         0      1856
     Texas               1095452    883471     3848      4378    203755

 West                    3127758   2747738    31138     47396    301486
   Mountain              1463423   1320441    11043     23214    108725
     Arizona              537177    488399     2632      3706     42440
     Colorado             380880    342622     4484      6851     26923
     Idaho                 62685     61134      285       729       537
     Montana                9394      8454      339       200       401
     Nevada               297785    255639        0      8316     33830
     New Mexico            49275     48327        0       433       515
     Utah                 114261    103898     3305      2979      4079
     Wyoming               11968     11968        0         0         0

   Pacific               1664335   1427297    20095     24182    192761
     Alaska                18830      6924      713       600     10593
     California          1152753   1018364    10014     14597    109778
     Hawaii                26527     26184        0         0       343
     Oregon               178684    154116     5548      3367     15653
     Washington           287542    221709     3820      5618     56395