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

           May       1997

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


 United States          13023240  11309331   188584    174996   1350329

 Northeast               1278150   1176051    27669     14125     60305
   New England            439151    421433     3159      4975      9584
     Connecticut          101711     96629      401      2317      2364
     Maine                 51913     48936      110         0      2867
     Massachusetts        195386    188732     1874      1753      3027
     New Hampshire         49531     48134      338       120       939
     Rhode Island          18882     17950      436       109       387
     Vermont               21728     21052        0       676         0

   Middle Atlantic        838999    754618    24510      9150     50721
     New Jersey           194232    177416     3388       162     13266
     New York             284098    253579     9636      4626     16257
     Pennsylvania         360669    323623    11486      4362     21198

 Midwest                 2966401   2642543    67854     54375    201629
   East North Central    2159926   1921171    46344     46924    145487
     Illinois             506925    436086    10576     15508     44755
     Indiana              372578    349356     6931      1695     14596
     Michigan             489834    448249     5312      5668     30605
     Ohio                 477512    429019     9169     17449     21875
     Wisconsin            313077    258461    14356      6604     33656

   West North Central     806475    721372    21510      7451     56142
     Iowa                 110233     93395     2587      2271     11980
     Kansas               103400     91489     3310         0      8601
     Minnesota            257335    247713     4185      2763      2674
     Missouri             211203    187322     7985      1696     14200
     Nebraska              71844     59081     2374       471      9918
     North Dakota          23245     16073      128         0      7044
     South Dakota          29215     26299      941       250      1725

 South                   5035561   4304756    46996     65879    617930
   South Atlantic        3191250   2680648    22650     52684    435268
     Delaware              38736     37476        0         0      1260
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida             1102646    836812    11056     15807    238971
     Georgia              593870    496128     3403     30168     64171
     Maryland             218280    190637      363         0     27280
     North Carolina       612104    543245     3464      3711     61684
     South Carolina       214845    189510     1451      1788     22096
     Virginia             372196    356526     2449       931     12290
     West Virginia         38573     30314      464       279      7516

   East South Central     654933    580209    11601      7756     55367
     Alabama              123741    118860     1994       483      2404
     Kentucky             148473    130671     4664      2540     10598
     Mississippi           86217     62836      334      1867     21180
     Tennessee            296502    267842     4609      2866     21185

   West South Central    1189378   1043899    12745      5439    127295
     Arkansas              93850     62792     3686       798     26574
     Louisiana            113128    110394     1640       788       306
     Oklahoma              78646     75193      854      1025      1574
     Texas                903754    795520     6565      2828     98841

 West                    3743128   3185981    46065     40617    470465
   Mountain              1707806   1446977    15019     23573    222237
     Arizona              489117    441367     1800      2198     43752
     Colorado             488824    416194     4136     11265     57229
     Idaho                 93558     90456     1888        49      1165
     Montana               22422     16576     1801       516      3529
     Nevada               315747    224482     1473      3704     86088
     New Mexico            96915     73439       80       518     22878
     Utah                 177675    165258     2797      3073      6547
     Wyoming               23548     19205     1044      2250      1049

   Pacific               2035322   1739004    31046     17044    248228
     Alaska                39759     35363     1006         0      3390
     California          1236993   1126877     6181      8994     94941
     Hawaii               125694     29221      327       893     95253
     Oregon               249333    217426    11872      4807     15228
     Washington           383543    330117    11660      2350     39416