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

           September 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         1209544  903238   24136   27492  254678   17747 

 Northeast              115905   91712    4316    2595   17282    1067 
   New England           36205   30307     758     608    4532     242 
     Connecticut          9768    7235     136     131    2266     106 
     Maine                4200    3715      72      52     361      17 
     Massachusetts       14202   12181     374     276    1371      77 
     New Hampshire        4293    3828      62     112     291      22 
     Rhode Island         1945    1846      54      25      20       3 
     Vermont              1797    1502      60      12     223      17 

   Middle Atlantic       79700   61405    3558    1987   12750     825 
     New Jersey          21679   18086     684     189    2720     164 
     New York            27818   17449    2422    1054    6893     364 
     Pennsylvania        30203   25870     452     744    3137     297 

 Midwest                239741  184717    7952    7848   39224    3190 
   East North Central   166040  129107    5062    5599   26272    2315 
     Illinois            34711   27140     904    1732    4935     401 
     Indiana             29670   24152     768     343    4407     397 
     Michigan            39993   32589     632     713    6059     474 
     Ohio                37228   28328    1380    1912    5608     553 
     Wisconsin           24438   16898    1378     899    5263     490 

   West North Central    73701   55610    2890    2249   12952     875 
     Iowa                10250    6665     242     422    2921     186 
     Kansas              10065    7819     558     230    1458      82 
     Minnesota           22029   17872     656     743    2758     241 
     Missouri            19237   15109    1000     570    2558     168 
     Nebraska             7197    4768     226     131    2072     139 
     North Dakota         2213    1281     138      34     760      40 
     South Dakota         2710    2096      70     119     425      19 

 South                  552987  402230    6998   10514  133245    8851 
   South Atlantic       330357  247493    3614    4697   74553    5062 
     Delaware             4277    3643      20      42     572      35 
     Dist. of Columbia     231      87       2       0     142       1 
     Florida            109941   74549    1082    2694   31616    1939 
     Georgia             66942   52438     588     557   13359     861 
     Maryland            23999   18622     114     171    5092     382 
     North Carolina      60311   47753     706     666   11186     960 
     South Carolina      24128   17834     610     272    5412     435 
     Virginia            37765   30160     478     288    6839     409 
     West Virginia        2763    2407      14       7     335      40 

   East South Central    70682   54123    1450    1150   13959    1051 
     Alabama             15283   11295     242     194    3552     241 
     Kentucky            17027   12713     570     564    3180     275 
     Mississippi          9380    6677     142      35    2526     216 
     Tennessee           28992   23438     496     357    4701     319 

   West South Central   151948  100614    1934    4667   44733    2738 
     Arkansas             8025    5793     348     338    1546     122 
     Louisiana           12590   10401     366     351    1472     135 
     Oklahoma            11012    7421     218      38    3335     195 
     Texas              120321   76999    1002    3940   38380    2286 

 West                   300911  224579    4870    6535   64927    4639 
   Mountain             149024  112928    1872    2450   31774    2428 
     Arizona             48076   38392     226     455    9003     704 
     Colorado            38761   27209     732     845    9975     724 
     Idaho                8243    7463     144     113     523      44 
     Montana              1691    1145     116     116     314      30 
     Nevada              27980   19062      40     305    8573     712 
     New Mexico           8141    7249      64     110     718      57 
     Utah                14551   11157     368     498    2528     145 
     Wyoming              1581    1251     182       8     140      12 

   Pacific              151887  111651    2998    4085   33153    2211 
     Alaska               2388    1684     150     245     309      25 
     California          92247   70641     992    2052   18562    1149 
     Hawaii               2457    2099      56      20     282      29 
     Oregon              19789   13063     810     727    5189     402 
     Washington          35006   24164     990    1041    8811     606