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

           August    1997

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

 United States          12061519  10265903   176738    179265   1439613

 Northeast               1258063   1083855    24844     14762    134602
   New England            479479    408699     4679      1388     64713
     Connecticut          135654     84792     2013       379     48470
     Maine                 49045     47861      273       144       767
     Massachusetts        201669    186533     1937       865     12334
     New Hampshire         48693     45989      113         0      2591
     Rhode Island          22489     21700      238         0       551
     Vermont               21929     21824      105         0         0

   Middle Atlantic        778584    675156    20165     13374     69889
     New Jersey           190888    180065     2870       950      7003
     New York             274768    223026    13162      6708     31872
     Pennsylvania         312928    272065     4133      5716     31014

 Midwest                 2668807   2287559    57581     53849    269818
   East North Central    1910868   1680601    36851     43122    150294
     Illinois             418958    363830    10253      9322     35553
     Indiana              356444    311706     6870      1902     35966
     Michigan             457553    409454     2704     13377     32018
     Ohio                 442842    391145     5749     14314     31634
     Wisconsin            235071    204466    11275      4207     15123

   West North Central     757939    606958    20730     10727    119524
     Iowa                 118538     88388     2419      2829     24902
     Kansas               107496     80862     2074       319     24241
     Minnesota            235209    210969     5465      4632     14143
     Missouri             175023    146553     6364      1612     20494
     Nebraska              75957     45596      946       408     29007
     North Dakota          17975     12266     1418       460      3831
     South Dakota          27741     22324     2044       467      2906

 South                   4610431   3918366    39688     45360    607017
   South Atlantic        2916029   2463003    23108     36071    393847
     Delaware              27734     27029       60        70       575
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida              995799    801300     6488     26853    161158
     Georgia              557748    481381     4448      1193     70726
     Maryland             186316    176225      849       481      8761
     North Carolina       531831    477653     4966      2957     46255
     South Carolina       227048    176487     1682       767     48112
     Virginia             366447    303447     4253      1660     57087
     West Virginia         23106     19481      362      2090      1173

   East South Central     581473    496587     9977      5297     69612
     Alabama              116224    100200     1101      1279     13644
     Kentucky             125596    106844     3520      2750     12482
     Mississippi           57803     53283     2575       321      1624
     Tennessee            281850    236260     2781       947     41862

   West South Central    1112929    958776     6603      3992    143558
     Arkansas              54006     48874     1569       684      2879
     Louisiana            101075     97639      753      1214      1469
     Oklahoma              68608     61432      929       637      5610
     Texas                889240    750831     3352      1457    133600

 West                    3524218   2976123    54625     65294    428176
   Mountain              1492861   1279142    17159     23393    173167
     Arizona              501411    433410     1679      4263     62059
     Colorado             389436    324507     7553      6252     51124
     Idaho                105573     90959     2297      5680      6637
     Montana               14731     12430      549       818       934
     Nevada               232260    196761     1777      4563     29159
     New Mexico            81456     68066      167        60     13163
     Utah                 150961    136334     2779      1757     10091
     Wyoming               17033     16675      358         0         0

   Pacific               2031357   1696981    37466     41901    255009
     Alaska                36076     25827     4278      4697      1274
     California          1341029   1173433    13477     12962    141157
     Hawaii                32770     28066        0      1162      3542
     Oregon               214633    176527     8772      3681     25653
     Washington           406849    293128    10939     19399     83383