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

	Thousands of Units
Name	Aug 2020	Jul 2020	Aug 2019
United States
Total	127.3	139.1	121.0
In structures with 1 unit	93.2	93.1	80.9
In structures with 2 to 4 units	1.7	0.7	1.3
In structures with 5 units or more	32.4	45.3	38.8
Northeast
Total	7.8	13.1	14.8
1 unit	5.1	7.7	5.6
Midwest
Total	24.6	20.5	17.4
1 unit	15.5	13.9	12.3
South
Total	62.1	77.2	61.8
1 unit	48.2	51.1	42.3
West
Total	32.7	28.3	27.0
1 unit	24.4	20.3	20.7

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