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

           May       1999 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          71587160  62867244   897151    879399   6943366

 Northeast               6885986   6177097   178507     80110    450272
   New England           2288905   2135925    33829     18188    100963
     Connecticut          592198    553630     2833      1179     34556
     Maine                217330    207676     3587      1099      4968
     Massachusetts        972058    889222    18282     10880     53674
     New Hampshire        291982    280370     4753      4131      2728
     Rhode Island         113323    110370     1963       350       640
     Vermont              102015     94657     2411       550      4397

   Middle Atlantic       4597081   4041172   144678     61922    349309
     New Jersey          1245014   1113719    33712      7369     90214
     New York            1577689   1257197   103384     35529    181579
     Pennsylvania        1774375   1670255     7581     19024     77515

 Midwest                14685461  13050763   308342    246201   1080155
   East North Central   10506482   9357707   190157    186369    772249
     Illinois            2343344   2054942    30766     61131    196505
     Indiana             1849155   1725970    31043     13843     78299
     Michigan            2357254   2137886    20976     20681    177711
     Ohio                2482831   2210615    41556     53605    177055
     Wisconsin           1473898   1228295    65816     37108    142679

   West North Central    4178979   3693055   118186     59832    307906
     Iowa                 508111    460081     9612      4701     33717
     Kansas               655982    573280    18018      5167     59517
     Minnesota           1398776   1239789    35888     27790     95309
     Missouri            1056109    966865    38403     13458     37383
     Nebraska             353750    286427    11873      1282     54168
     North Dakota          78994     60739     2346      1244     14665
     South Dakota         127260    105875     2046      6191     13148

 South                  30012964  26002718   190697    297594   3521955
   South Atlantic       19003207  16229534   113724    218223   2441726
     Delaware             228183    213643        0         0     14540
     Dist. of Columbia     29844     13973        0       170     15701
     Florida             6586277   4999038    51561    124249   1411429
     Georgia             3622129   3366291    17949     21268    216621
     Maryland            1191004   1079901     2351      2148    106604
     North Carolina      3451466   3110662    21343     34358    285103
     South Carolina      1541721   1306373    11142     13389    210817
     Virginia            2204296   2004609     8157     22539    168991
     West Virginia        148285    135045     1220       100     11920

   East South Central    3520301   3270378    24933     24533    200457
     Alabama              787668    718433     4843      2163     62229
     Kentucky             735098    682460    11257     10573     30808
     Mississippi          402129    363719     1822      4978     31610
     Tennessee           1595406   1505767     7012      6818     75809

   West South Central    7489458   6502806    52041     54838    879773
     Arkansas             394952    354784     5831      5920     28417
     Louisiana            721391    646001     9664      5511     60215
     Oklahoma             593571    523455     3592      1092     65432
     Texas               5779545   4978566    32954     42316    725709

 West                   20002749  17636667   219604    255494   1890984
   Mountain              8706855   7854438    90835    100234    661348
     Arizona             3170042   2881727    16204     23354    248757
     Colorado            2401759   2136721    43209     31061    190768
     Idaho                498147    473854     5787      4027     14479
     Montana               81404     64052     3763      3410     10179
     Nevada              1180660   1027457      864      7951    144388
     New Mexico           454610    445321     1029      3922      4338
     Utah                 792395    717775    18674     13467     42479
     Wyoming              127838    107530     1305     13043      5960

   Pacific              11295894   9782229   128769    155260   1229636
     Alaska               128665     98972    11245      4668     13780
     California          7874094   6995023    41646     98219    739206
     Hawaii               217629    204947     1486         0     11196
     Oregon              1114902    937018    38314     29583    109987
     Washington          1960604   1546269    36078     22790    355467