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

           February  2003 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          31235962  27106473   401993    396124   3331372

 Northeast               2411746   1921639   130930     74366    284811
   New England            752557    647056    17788     15088     72625
     Connecticut          171248    147830     2343      5177     15898
     Maine                 93737     86887     1577      4290       983
     Massachusetts        320724    254068     8789      4849     53018
     New Hampshire        106573    100292     4012       153      2116
     Rhode Island          29649     28411      360       268       610
     Vermont               30627     29569      708       350         0

   Middle Atlantic       1659189   1274583   113142     59278    212186
     New Jersey           427472    350023    29169      4563     43717
     New York             635793    408502    80126     47872     99293
     Pennsylvania         595926    516058     3847      6844     69177

 Midwest                 4845780   4287472    81606     84915    391787
   East North Central    3335086   2967512    46529     56233    264812
     Illinois             879581    769120    10349     17792     82320
     Indiana              518675    493526     8139      2994     14016
     Michigan             626161    568689     4257      6632     46583
     Ohio                 771434    730560     9370     17261     14243
     Wisconsin            539235    405617    14413     11554    107651

   West North Central    1510694   1319960    35077     28682    126975
     Iowa                 154910    124689      525      7661     22035
     Kansas               205483    179753     4457      4769     16504
     Minnesota            567016    487818     5989      8304     64905
     Missouri             395582    364410    16611      6849      7712
     Nebraska             122062    115298     4064      1100      1600
     North Dakota          18703     11626     3200         0      3877
     South Dakota          46939     36366      231         0     10342

 South                  13811011  12118650    90790    121700   1479871
   South Atlantic        8795040   7627813    57247     82049   1027931
     Delaware             103627    101475        0       583      1569
     Dist. of Columbia     38226      4042        0         0     34184
     Florida             3848624   3148267    31828     61079    607450
     Georgia             1481106   1370071     4831      7313     98891
     Maryland             426996    375673     2572      1483     47268
     North Carolina      1260856   1153830    10348      3587     93091
     South Carolina       599516    546111     1811      2427     49167
     Virginia             979774    873642     5560      4720     95852
     West Virginia         56313     54702      296       856       459

   East South Central    1417759   1321766     8376     11700     75917
     Alabama              413580    374656     2274      2491     34159
     Kentucky             282707    252412     2782      3121     24392
     Mississippi          162813    157580      976      2024      2233
     Tennessee            558660    537117     2345      4065     15133

   West South Central    3598212   3169071    25167     27951    376023
     Arkansas             163714    147442     2021      2228     12023
     Louisiana            291369    284942     1590      1094      3743
     Oklahoma             270177    253456     1672       579     14470
     Texas               2872949   2483230    19883     24050    345786

 West                   10167425   8778712    98667    115143   1174903
   Mountain              3803064   3438336    33823     32915    297990
     Arizona             1346558   1274994     7955      4697     58912
     Colorado             861791    775356    11558     14296     60581
     Idaho                212261    187699     2556      3621     18385
     Montana               45905     31398     2962      2354      9191
     Nevada               728392    625884      593      1833    100082
     New Mexico           192396    186022      775       819      4780
     Utah                 382453    324899     7059      5296     45199
     Wyoming               33310     32086      364         0       860

   Pacific               6364361   5340376    64844     82228    876913
     Alaska                48216     28011    11071       466      8668
     California          4632633   3906739    26693     65576    633625
     Hawaii               261808    185920      300       243     75345
     Oregon               582469    477383    11085      4620     89381
     Washington           839237    742323    15696     11324     69894