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

           July      1998

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


 United States          15230585  13167011   214658    223192   1625724

 Northeast               1567351   1340545    35332     22648    168826
   New England            568741    485529     6248      6529     70435
     Connecticut          151486    125844     1075      1225     23342
     Maine                 61998     56049      443       266      5240
     Massachusetts        240524    193942     3258      3840     39484
     New Hampshire         66331     62784      323      1199      2025
     Rhode Island          27984     27490      494         0         0
     Vermont               20418     19420      655         0       343

   Middle Atlantic        998610    855016    29084     16119     98391
     New Jersey           263165    249760     3184      1092      9129
     New York             357392    259003    21449      7347     69593
     Pennsylvania         378053    346253     4450      7680     19670

 Midwest                 3200959   2851772    86331     63495    199361
   East North Central    2238410   2012905    56297     46040    123168
     Illinois             512613    461686     8669     15690     26568
     Indiana              378891    356299    13520      2620      6452
     Michigan             531605    485329     5675      6861     33740
     Ohio                 520692    447994    14528     16941     41229
     Wisconsin            294610    261598    13904      3928     15180

   West North Central     962548    838867    30034     17455     76192
     Iowa                 135505    118963     3209      2701     10632
     Kansas               130587    111208     3511      3205     12663
     Minnesota            355764    298684    14048      5303     37729
     Missouri             217526    203269     4517      3921      5819
     Nebraska              65183     56638     1948      1751      4846
     North Dakota          27260     20902     2480       194      3684
     South Dakota          30724     29202      321       380       821

 South                   6005213   5118234    46369     73354    767256
   South Atlantic        3723287   3159643    32665     39380    491599
     Delaware              40810     40429        0         0       381
     Dist. of Columbia      7831      1060      116         0      6655
     Florida             1335292   1036257     9168     25456    264411
     Georgia              654157    587845     3708      2734     59870
     Maryland             266724    229630      792       454     35848
     North Carolina       696921    636835     5758      5435     48893
     South Carolina       272434    219339    10655      3860     38580
     Virginia             417976    379031     2266      1288     35391
     West Virginia         31141     29217      202       153      1569

   East South Central     696596    624920     6759      2998     61919
     Alabama              138564    123842     1181       867     12674
     Kentucky             155107    144231     2758       843      7275
     Mississippi           74920     62408      900       472     11140
     Tennessee            328008    294439     1921       816     30832

   West South Central    1585328   1333671     6944     30975    213738
     Arkansas              66549     60132     1759      2547      2111
     Louisiana            129055    125343     1302      1312      1098
     Oklahoma             108631     99190     1029         0      8412
     Texas               1281092   1049005     2854     27116    202117

 West                    4457061   3856459    46626     63694    490282
   Mountain              1894089   1635069    18984     20729    219307
     Arizona              619728    545105     2192      7858     64573
     Colorado             601536    455259     8579      6378    131320
     Idaho                106680    102230      473      1454      2523
     Montana               19355     16997     1362       595       401
     Nevada               251235    243907        0      2375      4953
     New Mexico            91495     83353      218       328      7596
     Utah                 181859    169064     3113      1740      7942
     Wyoming               22199     19153     3046         0         0

   Pacific               2562972   2221391    27642     42965    270974
     Alaska                44265     35082     3917      2745      2521
     California          1688092   1555454     7181     24009    101448
     Hawaii                37110     37110        0         0         0
     Oregon               332965    246788     5005      5508     75664
     Washington           460542    346958    11539     10704     91341