STATE RANKINGS
 
[When states share the same rank, the next lower
 rank is omitted.  States may share the same value
 but have different ranks due to rounding]
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                          Housing starts, 1996
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       STATE              Number      Single family
                                          units
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                      1,000   Rank   Percent   Rank
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  United States      1,451.0      X      79.0      X
 
Alabama                 21.9    25       80.8    25
Alaska                   2.7    46       66.7    43
Arizona                 57.7     6       78.5    29
Arkansas                13.2    33       77.3    31
California              95.3     3       82.8    18
Colorado                41.7    12       76.7    35
Connecticut              9.8    35       94.9     3
Delaware                 4.9    39       95.9     1
District of Columbia        -     X          -     X
Florida                122.8     1       74.3    36
Georgia                 79.8     4       82.5    19
Hawaii                   3.9    44       66.7    43
Idaho                    9.4    37       87.2    12
Illinois                49.9     8       81.8    21
Indiana                 40.3    14       87.1    13
Iowa                    11.0    34       70.0    40
Kansas                  14.6    30       66.4    45
Kentucky                20.2    27       83.2    17
Louisiana               16.5    29       85.5    14
Maine                    4.6    40       95.7     2
Maryland                27.7    21       89.9     8
Massachusetts           16.6    28       94.0     4
Michigan                53.7     7       84.2    15
Minnesota               24.7    24       87.4    11
Mississippi             13.6    31       73.5    37
Missouri                28.6    19       83.9    16
Montana                  2.8    45       64.3    48
Nebraska                 9.7    36       60.8    50
Nevada                  41.0    13       65.4    46
New Hampshire            4.5    42       82.2    20
New Jersey              25.8    23       90.3     7
New Mexico               9.2    38       79.3    28
New York                28.6    19       62.6    49
North Carolina          67.6     5       81.2    23
North Dakota             2.0    50       80.0    26
Ohio                    49.0     9       81.0    24
Oklahoma                13.4    32       81.3    22
Oregon                  26.9    22       68.8    42
Pennsylvania            32.2    16       88.5    10
Rhode Island             2.6    47       92.3     5
South Carolina          30.3    17       76.9    33
South Dakota             4.3    43       65.1    47
Tennessee               40.3    14       76.9    33
Texas                  122.2     2       77.8    30
Utah                    21.6    26       72.7    39
Vermont                  2.1    49       90.5     6
Virginia                48.7    10       77.2    32
Washington              43.4    11       73.0    38
West Virginia            4.6    41       89.1     9
Wisconsin               29.7    18       69.7    41
Wyoming                  2.5    48       80.0    26
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 - Represents zero.
X Not applicable.
 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan
        Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-18.