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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Patrick Industries, Inc.'s Form 10-Q and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Form 10-Q filing.

3-MOS DEC-31-1996 MAR-31-1996 3,131,491 0 26,420,906 125,000 33,860,226 63,507,699 57,057,563 23,557,675 102,168,885 19,085,219 0 0 0 21,294,217 0 102,168,885 93,767,541 93,767,541 82,014,145 90,303,454 0 0 296,881 3,167,206 1,222,500 0 0 0 0 1,944,706 .33 .33