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

           April     1999 Year-to-Date

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


 United States          55555656  48515885   702772    736712   5600287

 Northeast               5252672   4659565   149745     71757    371605
   New England           1752503   1618314    27640     14815     91734
     Connecticut          460999    424570     2247      1179     33003
     Maine                152653    144699     3270       728      3956
     Massachusetts        763473    690569    15101      8944     48859
     New Hampshire        216366    207916     3270      3290      1890
     Rhode Island          86773     84129     1879       125       640
     Vermont               72240     66431     1873       550      3386

   Middle Atlantic       3500169   3041251   122105     56943    279870
     New Jersey           971222    854015    29325      6792     81090
     New York            1198040    938830    85609     29559    144042
     Pennsylvania        1330907   1248406     7171     20591     54739

 Midwest                10942548   9765665   224498    199782    752603
   East North Central    7772574   6973397   135001    149576    514600
     Illinois            1760760   1550212    25383     50250    134915
     Indiana             1395344   1322122    21077     13347     38798
     Michigan            1712225   1581436    13262     14695    102832
     Ohio                1789947   1601602    26928     42318    119099
     Wisconsin           1114296    918024    48350     28967    118955

   West North Central    3169975   2792268    89498     50206    238003
     Iowa                 382966    349188     7973      2099     23706
     Kansas               511161    442736    12604      4985     50836
     Minnesota           1029663    907832    27031     23012     71788
     Missouri             825097    757373    30663     10073     26988
     Nebraska             267056    215144     9370      1037     41505
     North Dakota          57640     43301      721      1244     12374
     South Dakota          96391     76693     1136      7755     10807

 South                  23921047  20514451   157470    243877   3005249
   South Atlantic       15136015  12761159    93082    175146   2106628
     Delaware             180420    168983        0         0     11437
     Dist. of Columbia     28834     12963        0       170     15701
     Florida             5243475   3891491    44542    103824   1203618
     Georgia             2965233   2730523    12429     18245    204036
     Maryland             934563    845982     1838      1918     84825
     North Carolina      2662131   2390187    16356     30137    225451
     South Carolina      1254284   1037566    10053      9341    197324
     Virginia            1758714   1583345     6542     11412    157415
     West Virginia        108362    100119     1321       100      6822

   East South Central    2800657   2578033    19869     20104    182651
     Alabama              639720    574265     4027      1559     59869
     Kentucky             588195    544265     8810      8788     26332
     Mississippi          318528    287444     1515      4310     25259
     Tennessee           1254215   1172058     5517      5448     71192

   West South Central    5984375   5175259    44519     48627    715970
     Arkansas             311832    281343     4565      4949     20975
     Louisiana            576218    505346     7845      3503     59524
     Oklahoma             480071    422707     3398      1092     52874
     Texas               4616255   3965863    28712     39083    582597

 West                   15439388  13576203   171059    221296   1470830
   Mountain              6842699   6127739    68351     88543    558066
     Arizona             2494625   2281437    10447     20314    182427
     Colorado            1893307   1667155    32286     27124    166742
     Idaho                373766    351214     5323      2745     14484
     Montana               62698     47363     3510      3410      8415
     Nevada               937387    793370      803      6208    137006
     New Mexico           359377    350637     1006      3553      4181
     Utah                 622322    557254    14071     12146     38851
     Wyoming               99216     79308      905     13043      5960

   Pacific               8596689   7448464   102708    132752    912765
     Alaska                86324     61927     8993      1624     13780
     California          5981257   5281961    34405     90714    574177
     Hawaii               164546    154293      660         0      9593
     Oregon               902001    763150    33605     22073     83173
     Washington          1462561   1187134    25045     18341    232041