Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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 365 155 18 0 192 15 Albany* GA MSA 681 466 16 6 193 14 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 2146 1747 16 28 355 28 Albuquerque* NM MSA 4756 4646 0 40 70 3 Alexandria* LA MSA 356 356 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 2115 1787 0 73 255 12 Altoona* PA MSA 63 63 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 520 518 2 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 1190 821 210 26 133 14 Anniston* AL MSA 304 156 0 39 109 20 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 2105 1302 168 14 621 61 Asheville* NC MSA 1418 1082 52 29 255 21 Athens* GA MSA 1393 903 92 4 394 29 Atlanta GA MSA 64007 46778 202 457 16570 691 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 574 330 132 18 94 9 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 2196 2154 0 0 42 5 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 17095 9584 162 347 7002 471 Bakersfield* CA MSA 2913 2710 6 48 149 10 Bangor* ME MSA 302 184 0 3 115 3 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 1152 1110 16 21 5 1 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 1546 1162 10 0 374 32 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 521 502 6 8 5 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 1534 983 60 40 451 35 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 66 58 0 8 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 448 404 4 12 28 4 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 3220 1988 32 22 1178 117 Binghamton* NY MSA 114 94 2 0 18 1 Birmingham* AL MSA 4698 3964 0 3 731 33 Bismarck* ND MSA 505 389 44 64 8 1 Bloomington* IN MSA 620 480 50 44 46 9 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 846 587 8 42 209 17 Boise City* ID MSA 5529 5017 56 264 192 19 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 17156 13421 554 334 2847 173 Boston MA-NH PMSA 7990 5070 406 256 2258 103 Brockton MA PMSA 828 759 2 4 63 5 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 427 368 6 3 50 8 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1326 1240 16 30 40 6 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 832 723 4 0 105 11 Manchester NH PMSA 1089 861 30 8 190 21 Nashua NH PMSA 904 864 10 0 30 6 New Bedford MA PMSA 486 480 6 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 1281 1199 18 12 52 5 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1993 1857 56 21 59 8 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 2112 1884 72 47 109 10 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 1372 752 118 3 499 25 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 2217 1494 16 0 707 46 Burlington* VT MSA 778 665 32 25 56 7 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 973 932 20 16 5 1 Casper* WY MSA 145 107 0 0 38 6 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 1561 738 70 117 636 57 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 773 401 8 0 364 13 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 5293 3812 134 37 1310 142 Charleston* WV MSA 330 288 2 15 25 4 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 23814 16414 208 192 7000 457 Charlottesville* VA MSA 1188 1134 32 0 22 3 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 2215 1916 24 36 239 18 Cheyenne* WY MSA 285 261 4 3 17 2 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 42499 30400 602 1725 9772 579 Chicago IL PMSA 38025 27083 460 1586 8896 525 Gary IN PMSA 3069 2388 120 72 489 27 Kankakee IL PMSA 388 314 18 35 21 3 Kenosha WI PMSA 1017 615 4 32 366 24 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 1039 870 0 0 169 22 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 12367 9476 122 347 2422 229 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 9968 7562 108 288 2010 192 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2399 1914 14 59 412 37 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 1448 1047 4 76 321 40 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 10811 8824 132 358 1497 108 Akron OH PMSA 3326 2591 24 79 632 37 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 7485 6233 108 279 865 71 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 6257 5079 12 48 1118 63 Columbia* MO MSA 1263 899 80 8 276 16 Columbia* SC MSA 4258 3816 2 4 436 35 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1634 965 8 19 642 55 Columbus OH MSA 14274 8992 142 656 4484 323 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 845 676 20 89 60 5 Corvallis OR MSA* 264 226 12 0 26 3 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 184 145 0 0 39 7 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 44678 36067 158 208 8245 468 Dallas TX PMSA 31878 25483 52 168 6175 338 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 12800 10584 106 40 2070 130 Danville* VA MSA 360 292 6 6 56 8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 663 501 18 13 131 6 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 2309 1849 26 114 320 26 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 4969 4424 40 111 394 25 Decatur* Al MSA 443 383 0 0 60 12 Decatur* IL MSA 256 134 10 0 112 2 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 33112 21223 510 426 10953 669 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2769 2467 52 77 173 10 Denver CO PMSA 26054 14915 422 290 10427 624 Greeley CO PMSA 4289 3841 36 59 353 35 Des Moines* IA MSA 2935 2366 82 55 432 35 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 25424 20879 350 638 3557 286 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4692 4200 36 46 410 28 Detroit MI PMSA 18387 14950 272 508 2657 225 Flint MI PMSA 2345 1729 42 84 490 33 Dothan* AL MSA 649 327 14 10 298 25 Dover* DE MSA 828 823 0 0 5 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 235 163 24 36 12 1 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 762 564 24 6 168 12 Eau Claire* WI MSA 1020 724 48 113 135 12 El Paso* TX MSA 3104 2780 68 164 92 8 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 1271 871 12 56 332 16 Elmira* NY MSA 187 48 0 9 130 16 Enid* OK MSA 53 49 4 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 453 334 8 14 97 5 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1330 1153 74 26 77 3 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1690 1111 50 26 503 35 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 1201 547 42 71 541 27 Fayetteville* NC MSA 1470 812 6 24 628 41 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 2598 1752 78 76 692 58 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 664 562 10 0 92 12 Florence* AL MSA 173 117 8 0 48 9 Florence* SC MSA 607 512 4 0 91 14 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 3354 2516 32 70 736 81 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 9120 5152 384 653 2931 204 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 3482 2750 64 26 642 40 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 557 369 70 8 110 5 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1489 1057 4 19 409 15 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 2523 2365 68 8 82 7 Fresno CA MSA 3799 3453 10 111 225 25 Gadsden* AL MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 1973 1072 10 60 831 65 Glens Falls* NY MSA 521 400 34 12 75 12 Goldsboro* NC MSA 440 369 20 51 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 52 50 2 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 1316 1132 30 71 83 6 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 6521 5730 74 120 597 52 Great Falls* MT MSA 117 74 4 4 35 4 Green Bay* WI MSA 1189 871 132 8 178 23 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 9629 8119 94 90 1326 102 Greenville* NC MSA 1713 709 64 0 940 80 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 6701 5867 102 35 697 51 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 1608 1470 4 19 115 10 Hartford* CT MSA 3330 3131 74 26 99 15 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 226 72 2 4 148 19 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 2129 1943 26 18 142 13 Honolulu HI MSA 1969 1732 4 0 233 22 Houma* LA MSA 696 692 4 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 35401 27729 118 143 7411 516 Brazoria TX PMSA 1927 1741 6 0 180 7 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 2802 2219 10 47 526 44 Houston TX PMSA 30672 23769 102 96 6705 465 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 68 64 0 4 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 1163 1011 0 8 144 13 Indianapolis IN MSA 15272 12623 302 250 2097 150 Iowa City* IA MSA 845 394 40 39 372 25 Jackson* MI MSA 150 82 0 0 68 5 Jackson* MS MSA 2478 2002 2 4 470 40 Jackson* TN MSA 593 593 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 10467 7817 22 130 2498 153 Jacksonville* NC MSA 891 610 12 20 249 20 Jamestown* NY MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 412 259 30 37 86 14 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 1246 943 18 0 285 30 Johnstown* PA MSA 76 60 4 6 6 1 Jonesboro* AR MSA 280 246 6 12 16 1 Joplin* MO MSA 232 172 4 8 48 6 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 1706 999 16 36 655 39 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 12979 9337 560 425 2657 244 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 1723 1261 136 316 10 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 3752 2967 50 75 660 48 Kokomo* IN MSA 420 357 30 0 33 4 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 414 283 56 46 29 4 Lafayette* LA MSA 1155 1115 40 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 1710 769 62 82 797 52 Lake Charles* LA MSA 929 863 40 26 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 4749 3523 26 42 1158 93 Lancaster* PA MSA 1272 1083 12 32 145 10 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 1709 1197 30 16 466 43 Laredo* TX MSA 1863 1423 8 59 373 13 Las Cruces* NM MSA 1017 765 0 11 241 26 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 28273 23181 86 219 4787 509 Lawrence* KS MSA 746 441 96 48 161 13 Lawton* OK MSA 136 126 0 0 10 1 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 157 146 2 9 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 3828 2980 146 58 644 59 Lima* OH MSA 62 60 2 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1606 1221 42 0 343 29 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2607 2103 56 251 197 16 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 118 118 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 54841 37255 632 1024 15930 743 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 16904 8381 366 403 7754 282 Orange County CA PMSA 12528 6857 186 425 5060 249 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 21414 18998 40 168 2208 142 Ventura CA PMSA 3995 3019 40 28 908 70 Louisville KY-IN MSA 6718 5353 26 56 1283 97 Lubbock* TX MSA 865 755 42 48 20 3 Lynchburg* VA MSA 941 897 20 19 5 1 Macon* GA MSA 2399 1865 26 4 504 52 Madison* WI MSA 3636 1759 228 344 1305 81 Mansfield* OH MSA 547 319 66 59 103 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 5116 4615 92 238 171 26 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 1400 1152 32 52 164 8 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 4286 3422 6 31 827 58 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 10131 5923 130 199 3879 284 Merced* CA MSA 1263 1227 0 36 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 23838 15134 136 833 7735 349 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 11701 9142 32 111 2416 123 Miami FL PMSA 12137 5992 104 722 5319 226 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 6736 4159 446 147 1984 138 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5848 3608 384 117 1739 115 Racine WI PMSA 888 551 62 30 245 23 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 21987 16652 466 391 4478 242 Missoula* MT MSA 571 299 40 12 220 17 Mobile* AL MSA 4418 3391 18 0 1009 43 Modesto* CA MSA 2956 2719 14 18 205 15 Monroe* LA MSA 375 355 4 4 12 1 Montgomery* AL MSA 1142 1112 0 4 26 2 Muncie* IN MSA 345 213 4 16 112 4 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 4355 1833 22 162 2338 113 Naples* FL MSA 7974 4064 64 729 3117 212 Nashville TN MSA 10774 8851 134 121 1668 156 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 951 914 2 6 29 2 New Orleans* LA MSA 3607 3067 160 34 346 21 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 56736 32124 5038 2025 17549 664 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 3307 1318 266 27 1696 27 Bridgeport CT PMSA 893 782 12 7 92 3 Danbury CT PMSA 869 847 10 12 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 992 972 6 14 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 1306 96 226 40 944 21 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 4725 3515 28 6 1176 84 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 7837 6728 8 4 1097 67 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 6156 4643 148 28 1337 120 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1156 891 18 0 247 9 New York NY PMSA 18128 3614 3692 1785 9037 237 Newark NJ PMSA 5978 4452 556 78 892 36 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 2520 2039 24 15 442 46 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 1048 494 36 9 509 6 Trenton NJ PMSA 1215 1142 4 0 69 6 Waterbury CT PMSA 606 591 4 0 11 2 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7455 6519 24 92 820 80 Ocala* FL MSA 2356 2335 2 19 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 398 264 0 0 134 2 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 5078 3860 50 20 1148 63 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 5465 3557 18 235 1655 67 Orlando FL MSA 24947 15409 92 239 9207 598 Owensboro* KY MSA 835 707 8 40 80 2 Panama City* FL MSA 1479 774 56 22 627 4 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 237 165 0 52 20 1 Pensacola* FL MSA 2400 2317 44 15 24 3 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 1348 981 40 19 308 25 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 22469 18125 492 442 3410 225 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 2793 2215 388 10 180 23 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 16240 13294 90 432 2424 138 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 256 227 12 0 17 2 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 3180 2389 2 0 789 62 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 45070 34089 166 617 10198 863 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 134 104 18 0 12 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 6503 5167 82 196 1058 65 Pittsfield* MA MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 101 95 6 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 1322 1250 16 15 41 5 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 15320 11340 346 362 3272 211 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 13593 9979 304 296 3014 182 Salem OR PMSA 1727 1361 42 66 258 29 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 2795 2405 142 39 209 8 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 3129 2595 104 123 307 29 Pueblo* CO MSA 1098 1028 48 12 10 2 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 1670 1211 16 71 372 27 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 18908 12593 120 122 6073 373 Rapid City* SD MSA 413 400 2 0 11 2 Reading* PA MSA 1106 920 14 20 152 18 Redding* CA MSA 983 804 0 179 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 4699 3192 10 10 1487 107 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 835 814 0 6 15 3 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 5931 5674 66 76 115 14 Roanoke* VA MSA 1166 918 20 0 228 12 Rochester* MN MSA 1550 890 74 110 476 30 Rochester* NY MSA 2369 1802 4 12 551 48 Rockford* IL MSA 1682 1428 74 119 61 9 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 690 510 36 0 144 19 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 16917 13438 30 106 3343 207 Sacramento CA PMSA 15751 12433 26 106 3186 191 Yolo CA PMSA 1166 1005 4 0 157 16 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 771 388 30 15 338 23 St. Cloud* MN MSA 975 809 4 19 143 12 St. Joseph* MO MSA 196 151 0 0 45 4 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 12226 9462 272 357 2135 135 Salinas* CA MSA 1633 1448 32 86 67 11 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 7998 6556 168 343 931 54 San Angelo* TX MSA 247 239 8 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 10080 7877 112 12 2079 156 San Diego CA MSA 15601 9296 88 574 5643 296 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 26606 16286 308 562 9450 480 Oakland CA PMSA 8901 6847 18 120 1916 128 San Francisco CA PMSA 5175 1622 142 136 3275 128 San Jose CA PMSA 6681 2815 24 183 3659 160 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 559 394 6 24 135 18 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 2515 2023 112 88 292 26 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 2775 2585 6 11 173 20 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1684 1558 12 26 88 16 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 888 773 18 38 59 6 Santa Fe* NM MSA 591 430 0 4 157 9 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 7375 5906 54 111 1304 88 Savannah* GA MSA 2100 1454 52 4 590 47 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 658 480 2 38 138 4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 25935 14912 630 1035 9358 465 Bremerton WA PMSA 1109 1103 6 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 1298 1138 22 24 114 8 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 18858 8939 422 611 8886 427 Tacoma WA PMSA 4670 3732 180 400 358 30 Sharon* PA MSA 234 110 2 0 122 1 Sheboygan* WI MSA 99 69 2 0 28 4 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 91 83 8 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 912 912 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 193 159 14 8 12 2 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 2239 1495 24 42 678 31 South Bend* IN MSA 1657 881 20 108 648 61 Spokane* WA MSA 1995 1257 36 33 669 38 Springfield* IL MSA 805 617 132 3 53 6 Springfield* MO MSA 2432 1756 92 32 552 48 Springfield* MA MSA 638 591 16 19 12 1 State College* PA MSA 330 310 8 0 12 2 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 57 32 0 20 5 1 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 5427 5385 4 16 22 4 Sumter* SC MSA 298 294 4 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 886 741 34 40 71 1 Tallahassee* FL MSA 2280 1427 62 20 771 43 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 19155 13236 434 262 5223 308 Terre Haute* IN MSA 178 178 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 410 243 2 156 9 1 Toledo* OH MSA 1948 1361 66 43 478 47 Topeka* KS MSA 587 534 50 3 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 6539 5857 34 83 565 48 Tulsa* OK MSA 3429 3143 8 23 255 15 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 714 575 6 0 133 14 Tyler* TX MSA 379 303 0 9 67 12 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 87 87 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 167 167 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 1583 1488 20 56 19 2 Waco* TX MSA 629 455 94 18 62 4 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 51055 40031 212 57 10755 467 Baltimore MD PMSA 11664 9679 72 4 1909 86 Hagerstown MD PMSA 628 562 18 0 48 3 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 38763 29790 122 53 8798 378 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 320 196 4 8 112 6 Wausau* WI MSA 451 372 16 15 48 5 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 10313 6746 36 142 3389 195 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1774 1686 60 28 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 215 205 2 0 8 1 Wilmington* NC MSA 2819 2275 22 16 506 35 Yakima* WA MSA 351 260 28 37 26 3 York* PA MSA 1333 1224 48 32 29 4 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 1228 958 78 114 78 12 Yuba City* CA MSA 308 306 2 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 1155 1071 4 0 80 10 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.