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

           March     1996 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          28096380  24797106   403549    331583   2564142

 Northeast               2119806   1942049    54364     29889     93504
   New England            707698    680381     9368      2956     14993
     Connecticut          160463    154761      773       535      4394
     Maine                 55674     55275      179         0       220
     Massachusetts        347339    336243     4765       731      5600
     New Hampshire         67095     62778     1822      1104      1391
     Rhode Island          37127     33875      870       436      1946
     Vermont               40000     37449      959       150      1442

   Middle Atlantic       1412108   1261668    44996     26933     78511
     New Jersey           355251    332211     9174      2268     11598
     New York             479669    387178    30151     23664     38676
     Pennsylvania         577188    542279     5671      1001     28237

 Midwest                 5580782   4973107   151096    101335    355244
   East North Central    3925674   3546077    98363     69459    211775
     Illinois             944152    838699    24092     22598     58763
     Indiana              754895    698116    27581      3578     25620
     Michigan             829878    779322     6424     13422     30710
     Ohio                 914681    841051    12540     19015     42075
     Wisconsin            482068    388889    27726     10846     54607

   West North Central    1655108   1427030    52733     31876    143469
     Iowa                 181202    152436     2338      3436     22992
     Kansas               328193    261578    11652      1619     53344
     Minnesota            425953    401506     2153      5378     16916
     Missouri             522831    466977    23852     18821     13181
     Nebraska             142781    105854    10217       594     26116
     North Dakota           6934      6934        0         0         0
     South Dakota          47214     31745     2521      2028     10920

 South                  12221308  10974491   100042     87209   1059566
   South Atlantic        7468770   6629322    55166     62908    721374
     Delaware              78532     78372        0         0       160
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida             2577018   2106072    21925     43721    405300
     Georgia             1617069   1504257     8730      6649     97433
     Maryland             498424    466499     1135       458     30332
     North Carolina      1295573   1207724    12435      6926     68488
     South Carolina       569321    489187     2852      1476     75806
     Virginia             775581    724363     7600      3045     40573
     West Virginia         57252     52848      489       633      3282

   East South Central    1553577   1414705    17344     13381    108147
     Alabama              350787    326036     2015      2366     20370
     Kentucky             293262    265138     4261      3497     20366
     Mississippi          162485    138833     4601      4720     14331
     Tennessee            747043    684698     6467      2798     53080

   West South Central    3198961   2930464    27532     10920    230045
     Arkansas             202763    174716     6433      1322     20292
     Louisiana            323333    298508     3308      2703     18814
     Oklahoma             249387    229460     4221       716     14990
     Texas               2423478   2227780    13570      6179    175949

 West                    8174484   6907459    98047    113150   1055828
   Mountain              4010626   3293833    32389     44554    639850
     Arizona             1435846   1180640     5051      7217    242938
     Colorado             999091    785541    11241      6225    196084
     Idaho                180984    170587     2558      3403      4436
     Montana               32741     26020     1463      3055      2203
     Nevada               704634    547665     2652      5893    148424
     New Mexico           199462    186798      292       165     12207
     Utah                 419168    359668     9132     17839     32529
     Wyoming               38700     36914        0       757      1029

   Pacific               4163858   3613626    65658     68596    415978
     Alaska                37171     30442     2211       598      3920
     California          2479246   2203990    19396     42071    213789
     Hawaii               111039     88015     1815         0     21209
     Oregon               615797    501466    19621     11969     82741
     Washington           920605    789713    22615     13958     94319