Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 2000 Year-to-Date Num of Struc- tures With 3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More or More Abilene* TX MSA 56 56 0 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 338 137 8 0 193 14 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 364 293 4 0 67 5 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1305 1230 0 0 75 4 Alexandria* LA MSA 94 94 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 476 370 0 13 93 5 Altoona* PA MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 128 128 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 167 153 14 0 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 60 39 0 0 21 4 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 418 320 34 0 64 7 Asheville* NC MSA 363 253 14 0 96 11 Athens* GA MSA 337 247 48 4 38 4 Atlanta GA MSA 15959 12329 54 165 3411 146 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 604 578 0 6 20 3 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 4057 2328 20 24 1685 93 Bakersfield* CA MSA 683 591 2 10 80 1 Bangor* ME MSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 318 310 2 6 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 538 349 0 0 189 18 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 121 121 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 240 213 12 0 15 3 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 551 544 4 3 0 0 Binghamton* NY MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 1467 1141 0 3 323 14 Bismarck* ND MSA 56 54 2 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 147 111 4 16 16 3 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 261 169 4 8 80 6 Boise City* ID MSA 1341 1249 24 52 16 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 3704 3011 126 84 483 33 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1745 1195 102 61 387 20 Brockton MA PMSA 181 167 4 0 10 1 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 97 85 2 0 10 2 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 346 298 0 13 35 2 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 183 178 0 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 176 160 4 6 6 1 Nashua NH PMSA 170 153 2 0 15 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 120 118 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 271 256 6 4 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 415 401 4 0 10 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 649 587 32 4 26 3 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 350 247 52 0 51 5 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 365 279 4 0 82 5 Burlington* VT MSA 138 121 6 0 11 2 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 208 193 6 4 5 1 Casper* WY MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 350 142 34 28 146 16 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 124 69 2 0 53 3 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 1158 906 84 3 165 11 Charleston* WV MSA 83 71 0 4 8 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 6433 4019 10 55 2349 145 Charlottesville* VA MSA 301 281 14 0 6 1 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 573 543 12 3 15 3 Cheyenne* WY MSA 115 94 4 0 17 2 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 8715 6528 78 369 1740 110 Chicago IL PMSA 7820 5874 66 334 1546 97 Gary IN PMSA 543 447 12 12 72 4 Kankakee IL PMSA 89 78 0 11 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 263 129 0 12 122 9 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 176 176 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 2712 2320 38 45 309 25 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 2244 1871 38 34 301 24 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 468 449 0 11 8 1 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 370 303 4 8 55 7 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 2341 1937 36 59 309 29 Akron OH PMSA 754 563 8 15 168 15 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 1587 1374 28 44 141 14 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 1376 1070 2 32 272 15 Columbia* MO MSA 274 246 18 0 10 1 Columbia* SC MSA 1281 1045 0 0 236 24 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 273 258 2 7 6 1 Columbus OH MSA 3127 2118 28 166 815 54 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 334 223 8 63 40 3 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 9536 8612 34 20 870 49 Dallas TX PMSA 6885 6128 14 16 727 47 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 2651 2484 20 4 143 2 Danville* VA MSA 81 79 2 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 150 125 6 4 15 2 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 493 401 4 16 72 4 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1318 1073 12 3 230 9 Decatur* Al MSA 111 96 0 0 15 3 Decatur* IL MSA 104 40 2 0 62 1 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 8791 5403 46 53 3289 207 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 652 578 0 4 70 7 Denver CO PMSA 7283 4015 32 24 3212 199 Greeley CO PMSA 856 810 14 25 7 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 629 538 2 11 78 9 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 5620 4867 114 126 513 49 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1069 925 10 3 131 12 Detroit MI PMSA 4130 3561 92 101 376 36 Flint MI PMSA 421 381 12 22 6 1 Dothan* AL MSA 90 90 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 201 201 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 62 42 4 4 12 1 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 114 93 8 3 10 2 Eau Claire* WI MSA 137 105 8 24 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 954 776 14 128 36 1 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 240 220 0 20 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 83 77 0 0 6 1 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 304 289 10 0 5 1 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 612 286 12 0 314 19 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 128 45 2 0 81 4 Fayetteville* NC MSA 420 206 0 0 214 15 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 774 504 20 16 234 20 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 109 109 0 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 157 134 2 0 21 3 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 777 648 4 25 100 6 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 1863 1198 98 160 407 33 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 1019 591 8 0 420 25 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 170 114 28 0 28 3 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 598 337 0 3 258 6 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 520 513 2 0 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 672 588 4 0 80 10 Gadsden* AL MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 467 272 0 0 195 17 Glens Falls* NY MSA 82 67 0 0 15 3 Goldsboro* NC MSA 136 97 16 23 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 309 269 12 12 16 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1642 1305 24 14 299 32 Great Falls* MT MSA 33 14 2 4 13 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 238 196 26 0 16 3 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 2676 2154 16 13 493 34 Greenville* NC MSA 507 188 24 0 295 30 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1795 1600 18 0 177 19 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 340 340 0 0 0 0 Hartford* CT MSA 713 640 34 4 35 4 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 509 451 4 7 47 2 Honolulu HI MSA 405 369 0 0 36 3 Houma* LA MSA 195 191 4 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 8496 7297 62 28 1109 54 Brazoria TX PMSA 474 470 4 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 774 742 0 16 16 2 Houston TX PMSA 7248 6085 58 12 1093 52 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 331 247 0 0 84 6 Indianapolis IN MSA 3225 2818 54 26 327 25 Iowa City* IA MSA 289 105 12 12 160 10 Jackson* MI MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 548 525 2 0 21 1 Jackson* TN MSA 207 207 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 2450 1850 6 56 538 23 Jacksonville* NC MSA 186 186 0 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 96 77 2 7 10 2 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 332 244 6 0 82 5 Johnstown* PA MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 60 50 6 4 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 103 39 8 8 48 6 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 304 248 0 0 56 4 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 3449 2600 132 112 605 56 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 543 365 58 120 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 965 841 10 11 103 7 Kokomo* IN MSA 79 77 2 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 88 54 16 0 18 2 Lafayette* LA MSA 380 340 40 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 386 146 30 31 179 9 Lake Charles* LA MSA 224 218 6 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1037 802 8 3 224 15 Lancaster* PA MSA 263 253 4 0 6 1 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 283 266 12 0 5 1 Laredo* TX MSA 397 372 4 10 11 2 Las Cruces* NM MSA 230 186 0 0 44 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 6692 5718 28 51 895 88 Lawrence* KS MSA 225 112 16 28 69 5 Lawton* OK MSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 926 819 50 20 37 5 Lima* OH MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 445 261 12 0 172 11 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 653 617 28 8 0 0 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 13024 8266 142 273 4343 217 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 4652 2301 88 75 2188 80 Orange County CA PMSA 2931 1434 34 143 1320 69 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 4487 3964 16 55 452 30 Ventura CA PMSA 954 567 4 0 383 38 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1492 1299 4 28 161 18 Lubbock* TX MSA 245 178 20 32 15 2 Lynchburg* VA MSA 275 261 8 6 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 464 460 4 0 0 0 Madison* WI MSA 817 393 66 80 278 17 Mansfield* OH MSA 99 65 2 32 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1327 1188 24 50 65 9 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 250 240 2 8 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1064 868 8 19 169 15 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 3197 1725 80 0 1392 103 Merced* CA MSA 261 261 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 4965 3711 36 218 1000 44 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2323 2162 4 13 144 6 Miami FL PMSA 2642 1549 32 205 856 38 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1640 983 92 34 531 28 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1403 848 84 34 437 24 Racine WI PMSA 237 135 8 0 94 4 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 5050 3666 150 94 1140 76 Missoula* MT MSA 193 71 10 0 112 9 Mobile* AL MSA 1091 887 10 0 194 7 Modesto* CA MSA 643 618 8 7 10 2 Monroe* LA MSA 90 88 2 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 367 357 0 4 6 1 Muncie* IN MSA 113 42 0 11 60 1 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 1364 488 8 56 812 35 Naples* FL MSA 2022 944 12 219 847 54 Nashville TN MSA 2732 2219 46 26 441 46 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 204 199 0 0 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 797 707 24 3 63 4 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 12955 6875 934 408 4738 163 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1290 194 52 3 1041 16 Bridgeport CT PMSA 167 165 2 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 173 167 0 6 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 213 210 0 3 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 328 1 48 6 273 5 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 1137 863 8 16 250 14 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1758 1431 0 0 327 27 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1341 1043 8 3 287 28 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 295 198 0 0 97 4 New York NY PMSA 3700 843 686 315 1856 45 Newark NJ PMSA 1246 905 114 53 174 7 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 496 375 2 3 116 14 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 430 114 10 0 306 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 270 266 4 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 111 100 0 0 11 2 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2125 1650 22 63 390 42 Ocala* FL MSA 576 576 0 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 209 81 0 0 128 1 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 1633 1120 22 20 471 19 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 1365 770 8 0 587 24 Orlando FL MSA 5445 3713 32 56 1644 74 Owensboro* KY MSA 198 110 0 0 88 3 Panama City* FL MSA 216 200 16 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 58 30 0 28 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 604 588 16 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 289 197 4 4 84 5 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5152 4261 150 109 632 43 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 600 448 132 3 17 3 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 3771 3115 16 103 537 32 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 77 47 2 3 25 3 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 704 651 0 0 53 5 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 12411 8548 50 206 3607 276 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 27 25 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1698 1153 18 37 490 26 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 30 28 2 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 291 275 4 4 8 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 3694 2625 108 121 840 59 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 3207 2276 80 98 753 50 Salem OR PMSA 487 349 28 23 87 9 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 684 559 18 7 100 1 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 713 608 30 16 59 7 Pueblo* CO MSA 284 262 8 4 10 2 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 347 298 2 8 39 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 3956 3211 42 24 679 53 Rapid City* SD MSA 94 94 0 0 0 0 Reading* PA MSA 263 213 2 0 48 6 Redding* CA MSA 332 168 0 164 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 664 627 0 0 37 3 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 210 210 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1543 1505 6 0 32 4 Roanoke* VA MSA 354 242 4 0 108 7 Rochester* MN MSA 211 145 26 16 24 1 Rochester* NY MSA 379 341 2 3 33 5 Rockford* IL MSA 452 354 28 60 10 2 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 124 120 4 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 3572 2568 6 16 982 84 Sacramento CA PMSA 3459 2460 6 16 977 83 Yolo CA PMSA 113 108 0 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 111 95 8 3 5 1 St. Cloud* MN MSA 167 157 0 0 10 2 St. Joseph* MO MSA 61 34 2 3 22 3 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 3225 2432 82 74 637 30 Salinas* CA MSA 362 282 20 60 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1941 1723 32 36 150 11 San Angelo* TX MSA 71 67 4 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 2491 1943 42 4 502 32 San Diego CA MSA 3939 2104 24 29 1782 43 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 6275 3637 60 173 2405 142 Oakland CA PMSA 2336 1510 6 85 735 54 San Francisco CA PMSA 1110 562 24 9 515 15 San Jose CA PMSA 1738 653 4 51 1030 57 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 217 73 2 24 118 15 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 447 418 18 4 7 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 427 421 6 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 415 354 6 20 35 7 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 182 136 2 3 41 3 Santa Fe* NM MSA 116 116 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 1800 1449 14 21 316 12 Savannah* GA MSA 541 374 44 0 123 9 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 82 71 0 11 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 6408 3706 144 136 2422 92 Bremerton WA PMSA 239 235 4 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 294 288 6 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 4583 2230 90 96 2167 76 Tacoma WA PMSA 1292 953 44 40 255 16 Sharon* PA MSA 146 22 2 0 122 1 Sheboygan* WI MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 23 21 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 248 248 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 43 41 2 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 611 334 6 4 267 15 South Bend* IN MSA 332 221 8 0 103 3 Spokane* WA MSA 327 219 10 4 94 7 Springfield* IL MSA 159 130 24 0 5 1 Springfield* MO MSA 595 504 32 8 51 6 Springfield* MA MSA 118 114 4 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 72 63 2 0 7 1 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 1107 1107 0 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 121 88 18 0 15 3 Syracuse* NY MSA 217 142 4 0 71 1 Tallahassee* FL MSA 812 549 24 0 239 22 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 4272 3216 96 94 866 51 Terre Haute* IN MSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 61 61 0 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 469 304 22 12 131 6 Topeka* KS MSA 148 130 18 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 1608 1524 24 49 11 2 Tulsa* OK MSA 811 789 2 4 16 2 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 178 172 6 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 94 79 0 0 15 3 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 341 341 0 0 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 171 133 4 3 31 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 11613 9680 6 11 1916 97 Baltimore MD PMSA 2390 2263 0 0 127 14 Hagerstown MD PMSA 123 121 2 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 9100 7296 4 11 1789 83 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 50 50 0 0 0 0 Wausau* WI MSA 78 72 2 4 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 2396 1831 24 36 505 40 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 485 467 18 0 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 928 636 12 0 280 21 Yakima* WA MSA 86 57 6 4 19 3 York* PA MSA 342 309 20 8 5 1 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 210 168 18 10 14 2 Yuba City* CA MSA 55 53 2 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 284 282 2 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.