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

           December  1998 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         1604305 1183719   32146   36379  352061   24158 

 Northeast              157225  122290    5994    3536   25405    1386 
   New England           47525   40190    1058     712    5565     300 
     Connecticut         12627    9658     188     135    2646     132 
     Maine                5593    5022      90      65     416      19 
     Massachusetts       18816   16035     540     330    1911     106 
     New Hampshire        5572    5020     102     142     308      22 
     Rhode Island         2663    2542      66      22      33       5 
     Vermont              2254    1913      72      18     251      16 

   Middle Atlantic      109700   82100    4936    2824   19840    1086 
     New Jersey          30358   24958    1144     243    4013     185 
     New York            38456   23191    3234    1643   10388     449 
     Pennsylvania        40886   33951     558     938    5439     452 

 Midwest                323161  244112   10950   10974   57125    4431 
   East North Central   223121  170430    6816    7937   37938    3230 
     Illinois            47209   35883    1124    2179    8023     610 
     Indiana             40664   31586    1312     744    7022     624 
     Michigan            52765   43072     780     925    7988     611 
     Ohio                49357   37549    1762    2713    7333     716 
     Wisconsin           33126   22340    1838    1376    7572     669 

   West North Central   100040   73682    4134    3037   19187    1201 
     Iowa                13847    8887     344     579    4037     268 
     Kansas              14462   10451     970     339    2702     180 
     Minnesota           30253   23976     986    1042    4249     264 
     Missouri            25098   19730    1348     759    3261     207 
     Nebraska             9695    6162     258     125    3150     185 
     North Dakota         3041    1731     148      73    1089      54 
     South Dakota         3644    2745      80     120     699      43 

 South                  727133  525177    8850   13116  179990   11891 
   South Atlantic       439448  325467    4770    6241  102970    6887 
     Delaware             5345    4690      20      42     593      39 
     Dist. of Columbia     429     255       2       0     172       2 
     Florida            147640   97352    1436    3407   45445    2793 
     Georgia             87867   69425     740     783   16919    1060 
     Maryland            31342   23873     164     198    7107     496 
     North Carolina      80456   63167    1004     926   15359    1243 
     South Carolina      32488   23809     788     423    7468     596 
     Virginia            50154   39871     596     418    9269     603 
     West Virginia        3727    3025      20      44     638      55 

   East South Central    92204   70074    1746    1788   18596    1448 
     Alabama             20097   14548     268     326    4955     346 
     Kentucky            22065   16637     730     777    3921     352 
     Mississippi         12880    8778     148     249    3705     328 
     Tennessee           37162   30111     600     436    6015     422 

   West South Central   195481  129636    2334    5087   58424    3556 
     Arkansas            10241    7345     442     403    2051     178 
     Louisiana           16109   13523     418     385    1783     138 
     Oklahoma            14330    9659     254      42    4375     281 
     Texas              154801   99109    1220    4257   50215    2959 

 West                   396786  292140    6352    8753   89541    6450 
   Mountain             194791  147205    2354    3261   41971    3239 
     Arizona             63566   50178     330     628   12430     909 
     Colorado            49503   35621     884    1083   11915     882 
     Idaho               10728    9622     182     173     751      66 
     Montana              2462    1502     174     176     610      51 
     Nevada              36574   24643      82     436   11413     984 
     New Mexico          10753    9587      54     129     983      75 
     Utah                18969   14523     466     628    3352     199 
     Wyoming              2236    1529     182       8     517      73 

   Pacific              201995  144935    3998    5492   47570    3211 
     Alaska               2874    1998     178     316     382      34 
     California         123653   92933    1366    2689   26665    1677 
     Hawaii               3217    2747      62      20     388      46 
     Oregon              25281   16647    1044     911    6679     554 
     Washington          46970   30610    1348    1556   13456     900