Table 3. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started:
Not seasonally adjusted

	Thousands of Units
Name	Jan 2021	Dec 2020	Jan 2020
United States
Total	109.5	115.4	113.1
In structures with 1 unit	77.9	89.4	67.4
In structures with 2 to 4 units	1.3	0.8	0.7
In structures with 5 units or more	30.3	25.2	45.0
Northeast
Total	9.1	9.1	15.1
1 unit	5.1	5.4	4.0
Midwest
Total	12.1	15.0	9.0
1 unit	7.7	12.5	6.6
South
Total	60.7	60.8	58.7
1 unit	46.6	50.1	38.7
West
Total	27.5	30.5	30.3
1 unit	18.4	21.4	18.1

Table 3. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started:Not seasonally adjusted