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

           Preliminary Annual 1997

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


 United States         140416757 120280610  2311347   2138562  15686238

 Northeast              14242747  12579176   289101    181766   1192704
   New England           4846183   4488865    59635     44849    252834
     Connecticut         1229311   1113259     9637     10149     96266
     Maine                437278    418750     7473      1259      9796
     Massachusetts       2184009   2039731    32994     23462     87822
     New Hampshire        552636    502185     3102      5186     42163
     Rhode Island         247328    230730     3721      1648     11229
     Vermont              195621    184210     2708      3145      5558

   Middle Atlantic       9396564   8090311   229466    136917    939870
     New Jersey          2489921   2286288    46795     14914    141924
     New York            3099288   2443610   144234     74877    436567
     Pennsylvania        3807355   3360413    38437     47126    361379

 Midwest                30078813  25786649   882054    759021   2651089
   East North Central   21546544  18696268   571135    543607   1735534
     Illinois            5133347   4256616   116775    178063    581893
     Indiana             3745613   3379607    87288     32127    246591
     Michigan            4988172   4532053    66301     83964    305854
     Ohio                4815304   4229676   122320    166013    297295
     Wisconsin           2864108   2298316   178451     83440    303901

   West North Central    8532269   7090381   310919    215414    915555
     Iowa                1145205    906533    24552     22542    191578
     Kansas              1272075   1080424    60133     13375    118143
     Minnesota           2781065   2371402    68110    100977    240576
     Missouri            2121115   1839854   104250     47596    129415
     Nebraska             753507    562106    39010      6894    145497
     North Dakota         182903    113181     6468      1863     61391
     South Dakota         276399    216881     8396     22167     28955

 South                  55537804  47345445   527989    555758   7108612
   South Atlantic       35003193  29774209   295464    379707   4553813
     Delaware             384279    356393     1365      6929     19592
     Dist. of Columbia      1317      1103        0       214         0
     Florida            12083657   9477873   119653    197413   2288718
     Georgia             6546734   5769645    44315     77563    655211
     Maryland            2353383   2069938     4918      9181    269346
     North Carolina      6686346   5942506    62435     45864    635541
     South Carolina      2560049   2182830    21997     14309    340913
     Virginia            4080173   3708504    37771     23556    310342
     West Virginia        307255    265417     3010      4678     34150

   East South Central    6916249   6070182   110701     72241    663125
     Alabama             1429462   1242223    17196      8247    161796
     Kentucky            1473125   1298274    41848     34804     98199
     Mississippi          715207    622942     8255      8600     75410
     Tennessee           3298455   2906743    43402     20590    327720

   West South Central   13618362  11501054   121824    103810   1891674
     Arkansas             770166    626154    20519     13171    110322
     Louisiana           1340023   1238692    14442     10280     76609
     Oklahoma             953748    843792    12590      3788     93578
     Texas              10554425   8792416    74273     76571   1611165

 West                   40557393  34569340   612203    642017   4733833
   Mountain             17199503  14830421   207563    234805   1926714
     Arizona             5709268   4992804    24535     36623    655306
     Colorado            4554409   3912395    85826     65782    490406
     Idaho                979828    907013    14738     18565     39512
     Montana              188384    142189    13582     11087     21526
     Nevada              2836384   2313229     8253     58394    456508
     New Mexico           888854    796019     1651      4440     86744
     Utah                1856395   1599587    54763     34938    167107
     Wyoming              185981    167185     4215      4976      9605

   Pacific              23357890  19738919   404640    407212   2807119
     Alaska               359642    290321    28752     13880     26689
     California         15295531  13417839   118632    196091   1562969
     Hawaii               503449    362285     5916      8028    127220
     Oregon              2855846   2187942   117360     85428    465116
     Washington          4343422   3480532   133980    103785    625125