Table 2u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
           Unadjusted Units for Regions, Divisions, and States 

           August    1998 Year-to-Date

                                                                Num of
                                                                Struc-
                                                                 tures
                                                                  With
                                               3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units
                         Total  1 Unit 2 Units   Units or More or More


 United States         1067872  800943   21216   24529  221184   15409 

 Northeast              100947   80736    3910    2415   13886     871 
   New England           31668   26646     688     538    3796     204 
     Connecticut          8827    6396     128     117    2186     102 
     Maine                3599    3167      64      39     329      12 
     Massachusetts       12159   10774     342     244     799      53 
     New Hampshire        3745    3341      56     104     244      18 
     Rhode Island         1755    1656      54      25      20       3 
     Vermont              1583    1312      44       9     218      16 

   Middle Atlantic       69279   54090    3222    1877   10090     667 
     New Jersey          18553   15999     602     175    1777     128 
     New York            24226   15245    2180    1006    5795     296 
     Pennsylvania        26500   22846     440     696    2518     243 

 Midwest                210450  163078    6790    6662   33920    2781 
   East North Central   146264  114317    4230    4787   22930    1995 
     Illinois            30513   23994     760    1487    4272     352 
     Indiana             26467   21435     644     307    4081     355 
     Michigan            35347   28804     570     633    5340     410 
     Ohio                32704   25131    1108    1591    4874     471 
     Wisconsin           21233   14953    1148     769    4363     407 

   West North Central    64186   48761    2560    1875   10990     786 
     Iowa                 8899    5791     232     389    2487     185 
     Kansas               8878    6946     508     181    1243      61 
     Minnesota           19191   15500     552     583    2556     239 
     Missouri            16932   13437     874     457    2164     143 
     Nebraska             6191    4224     198     123    1646     112 
     North Dakota         1680    1028     136      30     486      29 
     South Dakota         2415    1835      60     112     408      17 

 South                  489333  357562    6308    9812  115651    7667 
   South Atlantic       292144  218980    3264    4132   65768    4514 
     Delaware             3812    3181      20      42     569      34 
     Dist. of Columbia     203      59       2       0     142       1 
     Florida             97926   66576     998    2293   28059    1755 
     Georgia             59499   46267     530     504   12198     791 
     Maryland            20926   16018     106     137    4665     356 
     North Carolina      53221   42450     646     633    9492     821 
     South Carolina      21584   15759     534     253    5038     399 
     Virginia            32514   26530     414     260    5310     322 
     West Virginia        2459    2140      14      10     295      35 

   East South Central    62902   48172    1304    1062   12364     935 
     Alabama             13979   10179     234     191    3375     227 
     Kentucky            15123   11293     478     535    2817     245 
     Mississippi          8352    5919     138      38    2257     200 
     Tennessee           25448   20781     454     298    3915     263 

   West South Central   134287   90410    1740    4618   37519    2218 
     Arkansas             7364    5133     340     287    1604     125 
     Louisiana           10957    9380     344     348     885      95 
     Oklahoma             9834    6706     208      38    2882     155 
     Texas              106132   69191     848    3945   32148    1843 

 West                   267142  199567    4208    5640   57727    4090 
   Mountain             133136  100164    1628    2182   29162    2133 
     Arizona             42848   34413     194     386    7855     599 
     Colorado            34516   24229     598     781    8908     600 
     Idaho                7329    6599     134      81     515      43 
     Montana              1475     998      94      98     285      26 
     Nevada              25237   16654      42     267    8274     662 
     New Mexico           7293    6402      60     110     721      55 
     Utah                13039    9801     328     447    2463     136 
     Wyoming              1399    1068     178      12     141      12 

   Pacific              134006   99403    2580    3458   28565    1957 
     Alaska               2170    1518     128     236     288      22 
     California          81207   62770     802    1643   15992    1015 
     Hawaii               2062    1849      50      20     143      12 
     Oregon              17479   11759     698     636    4386     358 
     Washington          31088   21507     902     923    7756     550