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

           August    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         1129785  862269   21452   22631  223433   15179 

 Northeast              110926   86564    4772    2270   17320    1042 
   New England           32155   27944     812     332    3067     198 
     Connecticut          7731    6659      74      19     979      48 
     Maine                3752    3557      78      19      98      14 
     Massachusetts       12616   10561     444     197    1414      96 
     New Hampshire        4154    3822     106      74     152      17 
     Rhode Island         2049    1782      50       7     210       3 
     Vermont              1853    1563      60      16     214      20 

   Middle Atlantic       78771   58620    3960    1938   14253     844 
     New Jersey          22517   17300     898     184    4135     236 
     New York            27640   17102    2756    1204    6578     344 
     Pennsylvania        28614   24218     306     550    3540     264 

 Midwest                225885  177417    6840    5923   35705    2808 
   East North Central   157874  123906    4280    4353   25335    2097 
     Illinois            34632   26186     844    1369    6233     434 
     Indiana             27656   23327     840     352    3137     259 
     Michigan            36355   29986     440     584    5345     428 
     Ohio                36498   28082     838    1189    6389     616 
     Wisconsin           22733   16325    1318     859    4231     360 

   West North Central    68011   53511    2560    1570   10370     711 
     Iowa                 8477    6969     186     217    1105     107 
     Kansas              10010    7327     448     142    2093     158 
     Minnesota           21786   17633     590     550    3013     151 
     Missouri            16845   14008     966     500    1371     122 
     Nebraska             6254    4503     290      21    1440      74 
     North Dakota         1850    1003      40      24     783      55 
     South Dakota         2789    2068      40     116     565      44 

 South                  518127  385615    5764    9217  117531    7634 
   South Atlantic       323850  239463    3108    5363   75916    4805 
     Delaware             3714    3309       0       0     405      33 
     Dist. of Columbia     574     234       2       3     335       3 
     Florida            111935   72811    1170    2547   35407    2081 
     Georgia             61509   50027     600    1051    9831     596 
     Maryland            19728   16315      58      54    3301     212 
     North Carolina      61270   45669     632     756   14213    1011 
     South Carolina      25354   18721     362     345    5926     449 
     Virginia            36753   30064     228     363    6098     366 
     West Virginia        3013    2313      56     244     400      54 

   East South Central    62683   51958     888    1206    8631     787 
     Alabama             13103   11228     162     241    1472     106 
     Kentucky            15165   11895     444     557    2269     234 
     Mississippi          8406    6764      86     152    1404     160 
     Tennessee           26009   22071     196     256    3486     287 

   West South Central   131594   94194    1768    2648   32984    2042 
     Arkansas             7991    5575     224     334    1858     149 
     Louisiana           12879    9645     266     346    2622     154 
     Oklahoma             9723    7699     142      64    1818     152 
     Texas              101001   71275    1136    1904   26686    1587 

 West                   274847  212673    4076    5221   52877    3695 
   Mountain             130768  106171    1738    2304   20555    1724 
     Arizona             44926   37240     312     481    6893     572 
     Colorado            33116   26643     906     583    4984     371 
     Idaho                7869    6969     110      87     703      41 
     Montana              1761    1069      76     201     415      35 
     Nevada              22747   16881      44     379    5443     536 
     New Mexico           7020    6186      12     173     649      58 
     Utah                12054   10160     266     363    1265      94 
     Wyoming              1275    1023      12      37     203      17 

   Pacific              144079  106502    2338    2917   32322    1971 
     Alaska               1730    1170     164      62     334      35 
     California          92222   70605     660    1671   19286    1155 
     Hawaii               2689    2173      36      29     451      40 
     Oregon              16395   11466     702     644    3583     248 
     Washington          31043   21088     776     511    8668     493