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

           June      1997 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          68384549  59349239  1085836    949735   6999739

 Northeast               6682748   5827409   145388     72465    637486
   New England           2206005   2043361    24590     17908    120146
     Connecticut          534633    494581     3325      4628     32099
     Maine                192149    184526     3804       200      3619
     Massachusetts       1033440    956371    13779      8160     55130
     New Hampshire        245409    219180     1525      2038     22666
     Rhode Island         105582    102538     1051       349      1644
     Vermont               94792     86165     1106      2533      4988

   Middle Atlantic       4476743   3784048   120798     54557    517340
     New Jersey          1123725   1037803    25823      4480     55619
     New York            1410292   1100458    72540     31288    206006
     Pennsylvania        1942726   1645787    22435     18789    255715

 Midwest                14504988  12684437   387429    315897   1117225
   East North Central   10497003   9193330   268196    247925    787552
     Illinois            2498171   2077599    53909     77082    289581
     Indiana             1855163   1695872    39024     14506    105761
     Michigan            2435743   2220757    35305     47707    131974
     Ohio                2309638   2051505    53906     69324    134903
     Wisconsin           1398288   1147597    86052     39306    125333

   West North Central    4007985   3491107   119233     67972    329673
     Iowa                 544002    438127    11200     10657     84018
     Kansas               611348    540537    32170      5294     33347
     Minnesota           1271234   1131435    20843     23782     95174
     Missouri            1089696    963725    42332     22580     61059
     Nebraska             317593    267611     9523      3943     36516
     North Dakota          65332     49545     1181       771     13835
     South Dakota         108780    100127     1984       945      5724

 South                  27881550  23980153   254248    283358   3363791
   South Atlantic       17568108  15117488   146227    195387   2109006
     Delaware             190422    180416      530      1996      7480
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida             6117716   4761306    57794    101117   1197499
     Georgia             3322531   2958237    23028     44296    296970
     Maryland            1122216   1045398     1862      3388     71568
     North Carolina      3351231   3027821    31640     22641    269129
     South Carolina      1283320   1130185     8971      9784    134380
     Virginia            2016626   1880749    20539      9937    105401
     West Virginia        164046    133376     1863      2228     26579

   East South Central    3536352   3114885    51055     41391    329021
     Alabama              754366    662479     9027      5358     77502
     Kentucky             746528    658590    21271     19286     47381
     Mississippi          361361    307843     3513      6339     43666
     Tennessee           1674097   1485973    17244     10408    160472

   West South Central    6777090   5747780    56966     46580    925764
     Arkansas             420118    337348    11356      6611     64803
     Louisiana            721623    639619     9387      4670     67947
     Oklahoma             522885    446415     5082      1405     69983
     Texas               5112464   4324398    31141     33894    723031

 West                   19315263  16857240   298771    278015   1881237
   Mountain              8504628   7476121   100107    111912    816488
     Arizona             2737957   2480720    16062     16529    224646
     Colorado            2293325   1987286    33526     32907    239606
     Idaho                465798    440102     7946      5527     12223
     Montana              103706     74355     8202      4187     16962
     Nevada              1420948   1153223     4137     30340    233248
     New Mexico           473828    434331     1008      1548     36941
     Utah                 920671    825044    27919     20140     47568
     Wyoming               88395     81060     1307       734      5294

   Pacific              10810635   9381119   198664    166103   1064749
     Alaska               179232    152354    12504      1813     12561
     California          6877213   6165277    49930     89456    572550
     Hawaii               284663    166773     3154      3484    111252
     Oregon              1437092   1182819    71755     36834    145684
     Washington          2032435   1713896    61321     34516    222702