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

           May       1998

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


 United States          14241442  12606118   175817    185063   1274444

 Northeast               1377473   1280371    24253     12173     60676
   New England            505869    482902     6457      2971     13539
     Connecticut          130227    119312     2911         0      8004
     Maine                 53669     52048      999       273       349
     Massachusetts        218434    210419     1953      2225      3837
     New Hampshire         59225     57437      285       473      1030
     Rhode Island          22157     22157        0         0         0
     Vermont               22156     21529      308         0       319

   Middle Atlantic        871603    797468    17796      9202     47137
     New Jersey           199722    189408     2632       417      7265
     New York             318804    271082    12716      5170     29836
     Pennsylvania         353078    336979     2449      3615     10035

 Midwest                 3308568   2953054    63700     51577    240237
   East North Central    2315170   2085176    37885     27811    164298
     Illinois             515030    460265     5809      9780     39176
     Indiana              421873    384818     3740       862     32453
     Michigan             533482    498021     3456      3461     28544
     Ohio                 513382    467239    10372      9088     26683
     Wisconsin            331401    274832    14507      4620     37442

   West North Central     993398    867878    25815     23766     75939
     Iowa                 138277    110329     2431      2826     22691
     Kansas               121117    115646     3371      1863       237
     Minnesota            344776    314265     5227      5667     19617
     Missouri             249811    209489     7111     10010     23201
     Nebraska              78786     69508     2116      1064      6098
     North Dakota          24247     19678     3511       360       698
     South Dakota          36387     28965     2048      1976      3398

 South                   5697867   4905872    35625     56811    699559
   South Atlantic        3418980   2958787    19976     32089    408128
     Delaware              36876     35958      537         0       381
     Dist. of Columbia       318       318        0         0         0
     Florida             1104560    891513     9607     16723    186717
     Georgia              679707    585245     2178      4055     88229
     Maryland             320596    263159      226      1250     55961
     North Carolina       657942    609566     4152      6396     37828
     South Carolina       235325    207974     1946      3070     22335
     Virginia             354931    338132     1198       596     15005
     West Virginia         28727     26922      132         0      1673

   East South Central     737719    676607     5421      3291     52400
     Alabama              149606    132412     1395       400     15399
     Kentucky             168355    151995     1870      2067     12423
     Mississippi           72659     70024      223       153      2259
     Tennessee            347097    322176     1932       671     22318

   West South Central    1541167   1270477    10227     21432    239031
     Arkansas              87666     70507     1685      4195     11279
     Louisiana            122346    116995      890      1571      2890
     Oklahoma              94287     84621     1462       559      7645
     Texas               1236868    998354     6190     15106    217218

 West                    3857534   3466821    52239     64502    273972
   Mountain              1674201   1521359    20982     26159    105701
     Arizona              501192    484665     1022      5002     10503
     Colorado             484719    434868    11855      8937     29059
     Idaho                112122    105298     3436       661      2727
     Montana               20471     18878      551       641       401
     Nevada               255645    205281      171      2230     47963
     New Mexico            99889     93225      186       872      5606
     Utah                 176971    156791     3659      7640      8881
     Wyoming               23194     22353      103       177       561

   Pacific               2183333   1945462    31257     38343    168271
     Alaska                43739     36797     1023       409      5510
     California          1440949   1303325    14201     17481    105942
     Hawaii                39311     37006      482      1480       343
     Oregon               249829    200075     7644      3723     38387
     Washington           409505    368259     7907     15250     18089