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

           August    1997 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          962325  718590   23108   22708  197919   13844 

 Northeast               95123   73226    3528    1863   16506     915 
   New England           28243   23863     530     384    3466     208 
     Connecticut          7138    5517      86      98    1437      53 
     Maine                2992    2820      80      19      73       6 
     Massachusetts       11607   10079     274     143    1111      75 
     New Hampshire        3571    2829      28      53     661      53 
     Rhode Island         1586    1444      36      24      82       6 
     Vermont              1349    1174      26      47     102      15 

   Middle Atlantic       66880   49363    2998    1479   13040     707 
     New Jersey          17542   15025     574     176    1767     110 
     New York            21637   13035    1884     773    5945     299 
     Pennsylvania        27701   21303     540     530    5328     298 

 Midwest                197034  146489    7562    7263   35720    2887 
   East North Central   138095  103544    5044    5445   24062    2158 
     Illinois            31361   22253     986    1490    6632     489 
     Indiana             24232   19103     868     297    3964     344 
     Michigan            32570   26767     576    1025    4202     395 
     Ohio                30259   22093    1020    1847    5299     569 
     Wisconsin           19673   13328    1594     786    3965     361 

   West North Central    58939   42945    2518    1818   11658     729 
     Iowa                 8860    5463     204     258    2935     194 
     Kansas               8006    6088     532     227    1159      82 
     Minnesota           15507   12925     382     494    1706     101 
     Missouri            16591   12310    1072     680    2529     173 
     Nebraska             6606    3842     228     100    2436     123 
     North Dakota         1435     691      48      16     680      36 
     South Dakota         1934    1626      52      43     213      20 

 South                  430301  317696    6768    7759   98078    6499 
   South Atlantic       265280  199099    3580    4607   57994    3722 
     Delaware             3113    2783      18      32     280      29 
     Dist. of Columbia       0       0       0       0       0       0 
     Florida             89559   60876    1112    1919   25652    1545 
     Georgia             53007   41072     778    1275    9882     542 
     Maryland            16770   14560      46      77    2087     111 
     North Carolina      48571   38103     802     512    9154     715 
     South Carolina      20375   15056     268     216    4835     340 
     Virginia            30960   24649     492     454    5365     367 
     West Virginia        2925    2000      64     122     739      73 

   East South Central    57885   44806    1616    1420   10043     965 
     Alabama             12547    9385     240     220    2702     250 
     Kentucky            13004    9887     738     557    1822     210 
     Mississippi          7029    5364     172     231    1262     124 
     Tennessee           25305   20170     466     412    4257     381 

   West South Central   107136   73791    1572    1732   30041    1812 
     Arkansas             7387    4623     308     183    2273     172 
     Louisiana           11373    8879     262     277    1955      94 
     Oklahoma             7522    5575     146      39    1762     115 
     Texas               80854   54714     856    1233   24051    1431 

 West                   239867  181179    5250    5823   47615    3543 
   Mountain             118997   90901    1776    2505   23815    1907 
     Arizona             37073   29546     280     390    6857     579 
     Colorado            29373   21797     586     588    6402     466 
     Idaho                6681    5681     146     223     631      59 
     Montana              1591     981     122      96     392      24 
     Nevada              23579   16053     122     679    6725     607 
     New Mexico           7141    5881      28      62    1170      64 
     Utah                12469   10079     442     420    1528     104 
     Wyoming              1090     883      50      47     110       4 

   Pacific              120870   90278    3474    3318   23800    1636 
     Alaska               1827    1403     178      82     164      22 
     California          70612   55349     768    1473   13022     824 
     Hawaii               2530    1650      30      38     812      21 
     Oregon              17561   11639    1328     725    3869     340 
     Washington          28340   20237    1170    1000    5933     429