Table 2u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
           Unadjusted Units for Regions, Divisions, and States 

           December  1999 Year-to-Date

                                                                Num of
                                                                Struc-
                                                                 tures
                                                                  With
                                               3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units
                         Total  1 Unit 2 Units   Units or More or More


 United States         1640220 1231811   32030   34385  341994   22691 

 Northeast              161524  125157    6958    3851   25558    1542 
   New England           46945   40391    1238     586    4730     310 
     Connecticut         10898    9566     100      56    1176      69 
     Maine                5506    5151     114      54     187      26 
     Massachusetts       18545   15249     718     339    2239     135 
     New Hampshire        6051    5568     144      87     252      27 
     Rhode Island         3304    2639      90      15     560      18 
     Vermont              2641    2218      72      35     316      35 

   Middle Atlantic      114579   84766    5720    3265   20828    1232 
     New Jersey          32159   25344    1428     272    5115     288 
     New York            41517   24637    3910    2145   10825     581 
     Pennsylvania        40903   34785     382     848    4888     363 

 Midwest                336976  257564   10546    9484   59382    4684 
   East North Central   235200  179894    6560    6884   41862    3518 
     Illinois            52515   39456    1280    2143    9636     701 
     Indiana             40881   33517    1264     564    5536     440 
     Michigan            52560   43555     774     845    7386     618 
     Ohio                55774   40041    1242    1960   12531    1170 
     Wisconsin           33470   23325    2000    1372    6773     589 

   West North Central   101776   77670    3986    2600   17520    1166 
     Iowa                12758    9897     324     405    2132     173 
     Kansas              14697   10732     736     168    3061     241 
     Minnesota           33510   26176    1070     873    5391     280 
     Missouri            25373   19844    1416     883    3230     242 
     Nebraska             8918    6547     312      74    1985     117 
     North Dakota         2556    1472      64      35     985      59 
     South Dakota         3964    3002      64     162     736      54 

 South                  745545  548027    8214   13025  176279   11060 
   South Atlantic       467098  342050    4394    7584  113070    6908 
     Delaware             5288    4825       0      28     435      38 
     Dist. of Columbia     683     319       6       3     355       4 
     Florida            163148  105107    1698    3599   52744    3126 
     Georgia             91044   71817     780    1385   17062     973 
     Maryland            29472   24028     108      40    5296     255 
     North Carolina      84309   63754     910    1153   18492    1322 
     South Carolina      35717   26557     476     493    8191     572 
     Virginia            52997   42254     338     408    9997     558 
     West Virginia        4440    3389      78     475     498      60 

   East South Central    91348   73647    1318    1880   14503    1210 
     Alabama             19311   16172     216     339    2584     191 
     Kentucky            21642   16604     588     774    3676     356 
     Mississippi         12282    9409     112     337    2424     233 
     Tennessee           38113   31462     402     430    5819     430 

   West South Central   187099  132330    2502    3561   48706    2942 
     Arkansas            11682    7973     324     528    2857     223 
     Louisiana           17210   13486     334     454    2936     174 
     Oklahoma            13293   10728     166      87    2312     174 
     Texas              144914  100143    1678    2492   40601    2371 

 West                   396175  301063    6312    8025   80775    5405 
   Mountain             188528  150411    2712    3594   31811    2514 
     Arizona             63951   52118     452     671   10710     919 
     Colorado            48874   38267    1408     995    8204     512 
     Idaho               11550    9918     204     159    1269      93 
     Montana              2390    1472     140     246     532      50 
     Nevada              32663   24271      44     641    7707     714 
     New Mexico           9559    8640      18     208     693      62 
     Utah                17743   14281     434     622    2406     140 
     Wyoming              1798    1444      12      52     290      24 

   Pacific              207647  150652    3600    4431   48964    2891 
     Alaska               2205    1537     218      66     384      43 
     California         135032  100157    1176    2555   31144    1782 
     Hawaii               3955    3143      40      35     737      70 
     Oregon              22605   16217     994     945    4449     310 
     Washington          43850   29598    1172     830   12250     686