Table 2v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
           Valuation for Regions, Divisions, and States
		(in thousands of dollars)
  
         October   1996

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


 United States          11739482  10119312   199885    216283   1204002

 Northeast               1295846   1094081    26659     24269    150837
   New England            450468    389151     5889      2598     52830
     Connecticut           98306     95267      285       127      2627
     Maine                 36740     34480      471       125      1664
     Massachusetts        205694    181102     3830      1730     19032
     New Hampshire         66573     40235      356       449     25533
     Rhode Island          26124     22547      757         0      2820
     Vermont               17031     15520      190       167      1154

   Middle Atlantic        845378    704930    20770     21671     98007
     New Jersey           219056    193585     6479      3209     15783
     New York             280893    205670    12876     14647     47700
     Pennsylvania         345429    305675     1415      3815     34524

 Midwest                 2926213   2483934    83921     84456    273902
   East North Central    2146332   1826806    64708     62484    192334
     Illinois             507117    414827    14757     17632     59901
     Indiana              378025    338503     8585      3151     27786
     Michigan             488454    439929     6122      6954     35449
     Ohio                 463607    398861    11216     22257     31273
     Wisconsin            309129    234686    24028     12490     37925

   West North Central     779881    657128    19213     21972     81568
     Iowa                  92126     83212     1916       773      6225
     Kansas                98859     89622     4991       776      3470
     Minnesota            267751    232436     3603      7752     23960
     Missouri             189904    167042     5842      9371      7649
     Nebraska              78838     48941     1520      1203     27174
     North Dakota          22538     14503      568      1825      5642
     South Dakota          29865     21372      773       272      7448

 South                   4309650   3825215    36775     45350    402310
   South Atlantic        2720399   2424103    17490     22608    256198
     Delaware              30890     30745        0         0       145
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida              908952    789607     7049     12930     99366
     Georgia              496772    480879     2041      2162     11690
     Maryland             182605    167117      478      1458     13552
     North Carolina       500942    452855     4047      1085     42955
     South Carolina       220055    182164     1649       340     35902
     Virginia             345108    289162     1921      3293     50732
     West Virginia         35075     31574      305      1340      1856

   East South Central     596223    515651     9994      6385     64193
     Alabama              128874    108092     1522       432     18828
     Kentucky             111990     99872     3258      3597      5263
     Mississippi           60227     58055      186       688      1298
     Tennessee            295132    249632     5028      1668     38804

   West South Central     993028    885461     9291     16357     81919
     Arkansas              62212     58912     1468       914       918
     Louisiana            101312     99147     1961       102       102
     Oklahoma              70820     68899      699         0      1222
     Texas                758684    658503     5163     15341     79677

 West                    3207773   2716082    52530     62208    376953
   Mountain              1404145   1203272    20547     22595    157731
     Arizona              452861    384100     1596      3802     63363
     Colorado             377670    325257     9084      6614     36715
     Idaho                 71433     67566     1584       427      1856
     Montana               19837     14122     1086      1697      2932
     Nevada               229153    182151     2903      4391     39708
     New Mexico            75297     66694      205        77      8321
     Utah                 162108    150544     3290      3712      4562
     Wyoming               15786     12838      799      1875       274

   Pacific               1803628   1512810    31983     39613    219222
     Alaska                22814     18332     1095      2511       876
     California          1177767   1011056     6780     21198    138733
     Hawaii                29611     28361     1250         0         0
     Oregon               246148    192869    10033      5288     37958
     Washington           327288    262192    12825     10616     41655