Table 2v. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized
           Valuation for Regions, Divisions, and States
                     (in thousands of dollars)
           Annual    1996
                                                      3 and 4   5 Units
                           Total    1 Unit  2 Units     Units   or More
 United States         134175811 116535045  2069137   1861424  13710205
 Northeast              13210739  11827259   308430    156684    918366
   New England           4416648   4161600    56033     26178    172837
     Connecticut          987222    941093     6786      7541     31802
     Maine                436422    425650     1879      2116      6777
     Massachusetts       2055225   1927960    32361     11063     83841
     New Hampshire        516839    473734     5430      4257     33418
     Rhode Island         219557    202375     5837       839     10506
     Vermont              201383    190788     3740       362      6493
   Middle Atlantic       8794091   7665659   252397    130506    745529
     New Jersey          2134126   1985727    47616     14716     86067
     New York            3110079   2380716   177108     76539    475716
     Pennsylvania        3549886   3299216    27673     39251    183746
 Midwest                30837453  26974516   756213    608727   2497997
   East North Central   22145189  19488800   507806    440508   1708075
     Illinois            5198763   4423251   109291    166745    499476
     Indiana             3719252   3428866    80660     32859    176867
     Michigan            5179181   4733581    52184     53696    339720
     Ohio                5000781   4430635   112136    109762    348248
     Wisconsin           3047212   2472467   153535     77446    343764
   West North Central    8692264   7485716   248407    168219    789922
     Iowa                1050537    862899    30113     24158    133367
     Kansas              1322385   1124060    52382     16639    129304
     Minnesota           2902560   2581526    34575     57676    228783
     Missouri            2275667   2008419   101620     55071    110557
     Nebraska             681359    540899    19531      4443    116486
     North Dakota         181018    147765     2496      3578     27179
     South Dakota         278738    220148     7690      6654     44246
 South                  53078933  46007666   449443    446809   6175015
   South Atlantic       32912784  28649068   246698    302713   3714305
     Delaware             351730    342781     1448       271      7230
     Dist. of Columbia         0         0        0         0         0
     Florida            11471660   9361145    99500    186202   1824813
     Georgia             6075222   5429227    36723     20291    588981
     Maryland            2284010   2170591     3687      4889    104843
     North Carolina      6042572   5418435    51955     41310    530872
     South Carolina      2464112   2145657    14902     17460    286093
     Virginia            3947353   3534235    35528     27614    349976
     West Virginia        276125    246997     2955      4676     21497
   East South Central    7036864   5988963    80871     67849    899181
     Alabama             1508738   1301462    10131     10333    186812
     Kentucky            1484079   1314348    32251     23328    114152
     Mississippi          709629    633815     5720      5748     64346
     Tennessee           3334418   2739338    32769     28440    533871
   West South Central   13129285  11369635   121874     76247   1561529
     Arkansas             777153    673828    22974     12679     67672
     Louisiana           1436403   1308078    14246      7778    106301
     Oklahoma             980991    906920    15041      2659     56371
     Texas               9934738   8480809    69613     53131   1331185
 West                   37048686  31725604   555051    649204   4118827
   Mountain             17240998  14726281   215841    264685   2034191
     Arizona             5448566   4759903    30839     29026    628798
     Colorado            4274869   3621681    81568     85941    485679
     Idaho               1058954    983104    22387     25428     28035
     Montana              209026    149625    16066     13664     29671
     Nevada              2854151   2258801    14052     41463    539835
     New Mexico          1083501   1029456     1114      3473     49458
     Utah                2111224   1748741    45128     56997    260358
     Wyoming              200707    174970     4687      8693     12357
   Pacific              19807688  16999323   339210    384519   2084636
     Alaska               316425    249435    21770     10540     34680
     California         12472294  11130529   110365    200184   1031216
     Hawaii               486062    373848     7105      7508     97601
     Oregon              2759925   2225636    86248     54988    393053
     Washington          3772982   3019875   113722    111299    528086