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Residential Buildings: Residential building contracts in 1957 reached $13,039,005,Q00, up l/o from 1956. This total would probably be below the comparable figure of 1955, if one: were available, since 1955 was far higher than 1956 on a' 37-state basis. The residential gain for the year 1957 was primarily the result of trimendous percentage increases in contracts'for apartment buildings and two-family houses, which offset a sizeable decline in single-family houses. Single-family houses totalled $10,623,093,000, down 5/o. Apartments, at $1,2L5,239,000, were up 45/o, and, two-family houses, at $532,727,000, were up 126/o. Among the l, W;ll;om,&o"le

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'Dwelfin!'units covered by all types of residential contracts in 1957 totalled 998,547, down 3/o from 1956. Here, too, a", decline in the number of single-family units was largely offset by increases in two-family and apartment units. Apartments, which accounted for I0/o of all units in 1956, rose to 14% in 1957.

Regional Trends: The leading state in total contracts in 1957 was California with $4,023,750,000, followed by New York at $3,190,249,000, and Illinois at $2,036,352,000. These three leading states together accounted f.or 29/o of all the "' construction contracts in the United States in 1957. i

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