<ARTICLE>                         5
<LEGEND>

This schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted from Angeles
Partners  VIII 2000 First  Quarter  10-QSB and is  qualified  in its entirety by
reference to such 10-QSB filing.

</LEGEND>

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<NAME>                            Angeles Partners VIII
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<FN>

<F1> Registrant has an unclassified balance sheet. <F2> Multiplier is 1.

</FN>