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

           April     1997 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          42102147  36569121   658539    567662   4306825

 Northeast               3957541   3435205    88503     43183    390650
   New England           1318528   1210933    18145     11230     78220
     Connecticut          326532    297269     2777      2004     24482
     Maine                 98172     94055     3408       200       509
     Massachusetts        629435    578675     9294      4586     36880
     New Hampshire        144960    129466     1110      2338     12046
     Rhode Island          67510     65860      958       305       387
     Vermont               51919     45608      598      1797      3916

   Middle Atlantic       2639013   2224272    70358     31953    312430
     New Jersey           664485    619471    17780      2605     24629
     New York             804605    615315    36892     15453    136945
     Pennsylvania        1169923    989486    15686     13895    150856

 Midwest                 8577106   7435286   232653    188546    720621
   East North Central    6243013   5428976   157504    148259    508274
     Illinois            1490529   1224339    34965     44933    186292
     Indiana             1150931   1043050    21635      7312     78934
     Michigan            1437620   1300572    21847     36106     79095
     Ohio                1371474   1215398    32608     36541     86927
     Wisconsin            792459    645617    46449     23367     77026

   West North Central    2334093   2006310    75149     40287    212347
     Iowa                 314654    241781     4963      5822     62088
     Kansas               380650    338493    23714      2999     15444
     Minnesota            694832    607739    10150     10386     66557
     Missouri             678970    591909    29416     16377     41268
     Nebraska             188333    160812     5681      3387     18453
     North Dakota          27775     20057      534       621      6563
     South Dakota          48879     45519      691       695      1974

 South                  17728851  15352328   160385    157290   2058848
   South Atlantic       11132097   9709406    93416    109031   1220244
     Delaware             122074    114551      530      1348      5645
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida             3819645   3048026    36374     66703    668542
     Georgia             2157961   1951112    15495     12195    179159
     Maryland             689656    642365     1435      3290     42566
     North Carolina      2143367   1955954    21308     11192    154913
     South Carolina       846450    745148     4509      6915     89878
     Virginia            1254918   1170649    12833      6074     65362
     West Virginia         98026     81601      932      1314     14179

   East South Central    2270982   1986234    31746     27894    225108
     Alabama              523380    438667     6338      4507     73868
     Kentucky             465687    409425    13638     12820     29804
     Mississippi          217864    189991     2196      4391     21286
     Tennessee           1064051    948151     9574      6176    100150

   West South Central    4325772   3656688    35223     20365    613496
     Arkansas             262679    221182     6238      3928     31331
     Louisiana            466938    403589     7189      3095     53065
     Oklahoma             327300    294515     3257       380     29148
     Texas               3268855   2737402    18539     12962    499952

 West                   11838649  10346302   176998    178643   1136706
   Mountain              5236643   4638874    55295     69225    473249
     Arizona             1794926   1602472    12784     12183    167487
     Colorado            1361400   1204918    14585     13473    128424
     Idaho                273389    258266     5248      4198      5677
     Montana               61016     43656     6567      2984      7809
     Nevada               876194    731453     3129     19294    122318
     New Mexico           280060    264830      861      1126     13243
     Utah                 546162    492351    11581     15233     26997
     Wyoming               43496     40928      540       734      1294

   Pacific               6602006   5707428   121703    109418    663457
     Alaska                87254     75705     6870      1442      3237
     California          4208374   3747237    34367     59746    367024
     Hawaii               137642    105864     1262       116     30400
     Oregon               920245    735778    45279     22914    116274
     Washington          1248491   1042844    33925     25200    146522