Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 2001 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 583 171 56 164 192 13 Albany* GA MSA 500 489 0 11 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 2125 1834 18 4 269 31 Albuquerque* NM MSA 5908 5223 0 39 646 17 Alexandria* LA MSA 343 333 2 0 8 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 2580 2020 2 71 487 24 Altoona* PA MSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 971 535 6 64 366 3 Anchorage* AK MSA 1965 1055 648 84 178 22 Anniston* AL MSA 252 236 0 0 16 3 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 2863 1392 168 40 1263 116 Asheville* NC MSA 2006 1219 78 57 652 39 Athens* GA MSA 1399 933 94 3 369 35 Atlanta GA MSA 65483 48428 150 350 16555 637 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 963 365 44 13 541 43 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 2667 2467 4 0 196 21 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 12728 6030 60 275 6363 346 Bakersfield* CA MSA 3280 3173 8 7 92 12 Bangor* ME MSA 200 194 2 4 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 1085 972 6 0 107 4 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 1720 1246 8 44 422 32 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 777 489 0 0 288 29 Bellingham* WA MSA 1521 1060 54 25 382 24 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 165 161 0 4 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 534 530 0 4 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 2080 1867 20 14 179 14 Binghamton* NY MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 4377 4072 4 0 301 17 Bismarck* ND MSA 713 479 22 47 165 11 Bloomington* IN MSA 882 492 66 8 316 26 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 1485 925 14 11 535 52 Boise City* ID MSA 6125 5006 86 154 879 78 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 16434 12229 598 358 3249 157 Boston MA-NH PMSA 7681 4573 400 204 2504 115 Brockton MA PMSA 840 744 6 10 80 1 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 452 432 0 20 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1278 1152 32 20 74 11 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 817 669 28 33 87 6 Manchester NH PMSA 917 718 12 19 168 6 Nashua NH PMSA 935 731 14 4 186 13 New Bedford MA PMSA 392 386 2 4 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 1245 1106 64 40 35 3 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1877 1718 40 4 115 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 2545 2363 74 63 45 6 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 1439 821 160 6 452 29 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 2322 1717 22 0 583 33 Burlington* VT MSA 834 585 34 42 173 14 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 962 885 56 16 5 1 Casper* WY MSA 141 105 0 0 36 5 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 1486 748 50 127 561 49 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 634 356 14 4 260 16 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 4637 3852 162 58 565 59 Charleston* WV MSA 273 260 2 0 11 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 22446 16907 160 319 5060 424 Charlottesville* VA MSA 1548 1158 40 4 346 27 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 2599 2038 44 77 440 33 Cheyenne* WY MSA 317 255 2 4 56 7 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 44783 31175 606 1765 11237 666 Chicago IL PMSA 39963 27762 432 1539 10230 598 Gary IN PMSA 3366 2337 140 189 700 51 Kankakee IL PMSA 406 354 26 26 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 1048 722 8 11 307 17 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 1075 1005 34 13 23 3 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 12448 9993 134 224 2097 188 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 10145 7913 118 175 1939 178 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2303 2080 16 49 158 10 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 1608 1084 4 158 362 26 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 10449 8983 112 378 976 70 Akron OH PMSA 3246 2520 42 172 512 26 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 7203 6463 70 206 464 44 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 7111 5249 6 96 1760 117 Columbia* MO MSA 1189 1049 46 34 60 6 Columbia* SC MSA 4154 3809 8 23 314 30 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1632 998 40 27 567 33 Columbus OH MSA 15681 10404 136 792 4349 355 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 1002 830 18 105 49 7 Corvallis OR MSA* 793 310 56 17 410 34 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 135 135 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 49953 37892 160 264 11637 583 Dallas TX PMSA 35139 25648 66 144 9281 443 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 14814 12244 94 120 2356 140 Danville* VA MSA 307 292 0 15 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 623 517 16 0 90 8 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 2431 1996 38 177 220 17 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 6169 4769 82 53 1265 56 Decatur* Al MSA 295 290 0 0 5 1 Decatur* IL MSA 153 153 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 34421 20269 420 277 13455 702 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 3321 1916 44 44 1317 102 Denver CO PMSA 26779 14385 340 213 11841 578 Greeley CO PMSA 4321 3968 36 20 297 22 Des Moines* IA MSA 3623 2667 78 99 779 62 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 24093 18979 242 520 4352 348 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4801 4181 20 42 558 50 Detroit MI PMSA 16239 12867 214 459 2699 239 Flint MI PMSA 3053 1931 8 19 1095 59 Dothan* AL MSA 363 324 8 26 5 1 Dover* DE MSA 1022 958 4 0 60 2 Dubuque* IA MSA 255 209 22 24 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 580 508 12 36 24 2 Eau Claire* WI MSA 1205 757 130 129 189 21 El Paso* TX MSA 3362 3247 18 64 33 6 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 997 867 14 8 108 5 Elmira* NY MSA 94 53 0 0 41 4 Enid* OK MSA 149 43 10 0 96 6 Erie* PA MSA 422 323 0 32 67 6 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1395 1217 56 27 95 12 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1130 1089 24 6 11 2 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 1413 690 8 32 683 30 Fayetteville* NC MSA 1247 958 6 11 272 28 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 3619 2197 88 74 1260 115 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 855 829 6 4 16 2 Florence* AL MSA 82 77 0 0 5 1 Florence* SC MSA 632 540 2 0 90 13 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 3636 2746 20 66 804 51 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 10852 6354 524 711 3263 217 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 4077 3091 34 72 880 44 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 452 381 52 19 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1444 1090 2 13 339 19 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 2980 2504 52 4 420 53 Fresno CA MSA 4532 4292 42 147 51 10 Gadsden* AL MSA 90 90 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 2335 1063 16 8 1248 102 Glens Falls* NY MSA 390 347 8 12 23 4 Goldsboro* NC MSA 430 418 12 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 99 61 6 0 32 2 Grand Junction* CO MSA 1253 1146 28 23 56 3 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 7165 6046 98 92 929 90 Great Falls* MT MSA 167 113 0 12 42 5 Green Bay* WI MSA 1707 996 94 0 617 58 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 10808 8535 90 186 1997 135 Greenville* NC MSA 1793 728 196 6 863 74 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 6906 6079 158 3 666 39 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 1827 1583 4 26 214 24 Hartford* CT MSA 3614 3100 94 48 372 44 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 216 96 0 12 108 14 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 2371 1784 36 20 531 35 Honolulu HI MSA 1936 1663 12 39 222 30 Houma* LA MSA 711 699 12 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 37259 30266 36 457 6500 363 Brazoria TX PMSA 2383 2383 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 2551 2437 10 16 88 8 Houston TX PMSA 32325 25446 26 441 6412 355 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 69 49 4 8 8 1 Huntsville* AL MSA 1579 958 0 12 609 42 Indianapolis IN MSA 17053 14606 476 177 1794 141 Iowa City* IA MSA 931 462 16 11 442 29 Jackson* MI MSA 148 115 0 3 30 3 Jackson* MS MSA 2651 2299 4 4 344 38 Jackson* TN MSA 763 545 6 4 208 10 Jacksonville FL MSA 12655 9600 52 17 2986 158 Jacksonville* NC MSA 1134 754 6 16 358 30 Jamestown* NY MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 470 217 68 26 159 16 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 1030 883 6 8 133 19 Johnstown* PA MSA 64 45 0 13 6 1 Jonesboro* AR MSA 415 343 24 24 24 3 Joplin* MO MSA 219 219 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 1172 1001 14 26 131 9 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 14961 9759 536 646 4020 304 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 2168 1460 220 472 16 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 3950 3121 80 72 677 49 Kokomo* IN MSA 396 351 32 0 13 2 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 447 355 24 44 24 3 Lafayette* LA MSA 1207 1022 2 3 180 17 Lafayette* IN MSA 1476 835 82 40 519 26 Lake Charles* LA MSA 1032 847 8 0 177 14 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 4506 3836 38 0 632 38 Lancaster* PA MSA 1308 1058 10 26 214 20 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 1293 1145 20 0 128 9 Laredo* TX MSA 1810 1495 0 22 293 21 Las Cruces* NM MSA 994 744 2 16 232 14 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 31927 24001 174 303 7449 591 Lawrence* KS MSA 961 481 300 27 153 13 Lawton* OK MSA 131 126 0 0 5 1 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 193 185 2 6 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 3090 2780 102 141 67 9 Lima* OH MSA 67 67 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1650 1321 58 0 271 25 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2739 2346 40 57 296 37 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 153 153 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 56648 40786 542 1058 14262 680 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 18118 8354 242 278 9244 354 Orange County CA PMSA 8585 6061 256 519 1749 115 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 26492 23203 38 250 3001 195 Ventura CA PMSA 3453 3168 6 11 268 16 Louisville KY-IN MSA 6599 5630 50 46 873 70 Lubbock* TX MSA 1678 941 124 220 393 27 Lynchburg* VA MSA 1165 979 94 20 72 5 Macon* GA MSA 2615 2129 44 0 442 62 Madison* WI MSA 4435 2036 244 279 1876 93 Mansfield* OH MSA 447 368 22 28 29 3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 5759 5090 106 306 257 28 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 1596 1289 20 79 208 29 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 5011 4319 10 17 665 50 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 7643 6066 164 151 1262 75 Merced* CA MSA 1061 1059 2 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 24764 15104 242 845 8573 416 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 10768 8276 42 301 2149 98 Miami FL PMSA 13996 6828 200 544 6424 318 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 6507 4217 348 222 1720 132 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5711 3641 290 203 1577 111 Racine WI PMSA 796 576 58 19 143 21 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 22600 17042 492 652 4414 265 Missoula* MT MSA 523 283 20 25 195 15 Mobile* AL MSA 3900 3352 46 7 495 25 Modesto* CA MSA 3036 2915 30 15 76 11 Monroe* LA MSA 450 437 8 0 5 1 Montgomery* AL MSA 1383 1135 0 8 240 17 Muncie* IN MSA 269 235 2 0 32 2 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 4159 1968 24 59 2108 113 Naples* FL MSA 8143 3867 108 1131 3037 195 Nashville TN MSA 11966 10263 114 164 1425 115 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 889 870 16 3 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 3819 2948 118 35 718 53 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 53351 28698 5564 3316 15773 657 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 2407 1438 240 103 626 27 Bridgeport CT PMSA 915 836 16 7 56 9 Danbury CT PMSA 857 840 8 9 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 1190 887 0 18 285 14 Jersey City NJ PMSA 1095 75 270 92 658 33 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 4047 3225 22 82 718 58 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 5941 5320 12 29 580 25 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 5658 4153 234 108 1163 123 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1005 814 18 48 125 14 New York NY PMSA 19347 3422 3922 2379 9624 243 Newark NJ PMSA 5493 3437 764 373 919 55 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 2448 2117 22 13 296 32 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 1064 438 22 11 593 11 Trenton NJ PMSA 1395 1211 10 44 130 13 Waterbury CT PMSA 489 485 4 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 8380 6957 86 164 1173 73 Ocala* FL MSA 3158 3092 30 36 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 267 252 2 0 13 1 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 5601 4431 70 0 1100 76 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 4432 3648 18 16 750 59 Orlando FL MSA 23335 16716 100 150 6369 324 Owensboro* KY MSA 741 701 6 26 8 1 Panama City* FL MSA 979 840 102 26 11 2 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 284 182 4 38 60 1 Pensacola* FL MSA 2593 2504 32 0 57 1 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 952 854 34 17 47 6 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 21568 17566 548 204 3250 255 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 3087 2416 480 38 153 23 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 14867 12330 62 166 2309 151 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 255 249 6 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 3359 2571 0 0 788 81 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 43073 34675 232 465 7701 547 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 134 128 6 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 6711 4777 92 227 1615 93 Pittsfield* MA MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 137 104 14 19 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 1472 1210 42 97 123 9 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 15541 11887 326 348 2980 229 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 13750 10639 260 304 2547 199 Salem OR PMSA 1791 1248 66 44 433 30 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 2604 2343 130 52 79 11 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 3182 2439 74 256 413 36 Pueblo* CO MSA 1390 1114 96 16 164 10 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 2028 1436 34 164 394 49 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 20128 14108 124 90 5806 313 Rapid City* SD MSA 470 434 4 16 16 2 Reading* PA MSA 1098 901 20 32 145 17 Redding* CA MSA 1024 1018 2 4 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 4978 3842 12 27 1097 101 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 967 921 10 16 20 4 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 8130 6519 6 127 1478 104 Roanoke* VA MSA 1174 920 24 0 230 8 Rochester* MN MSA 1604 1119 28 111 346 20 Rochester* NY MSA 2213 1740 16 111 346 33 Rockford* IL MSA 1980 1447 56 248 229 16 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 631 479 92 0 60 10 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 18295 14686 42 221 3346 286 Sacramento CA PMSA 16992 13455 40 189 3308 279 Yolo CA PMSA 1303 1231 2 32 38 7 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 511 393 30 33 55 11 St. Cloud* MN MSA 948 805 4 20 119 10 St. Joseph* MO MSA 154 104 44 0 6 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 11951 9940 344 265 1402 108 Salinas* CA MSA 1045 883 2 0 160 16 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 9580 7138 140 317 1985 112 San Angelo* TX MSA 249 247 2 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 12022 8631 98 275 3018 207 San Diego CA MSA 15468 9442 100 413 5513 267 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 22977 13328 368 345 8936 383 Oakland CA PMSA 7399 5800 40 64 1495 78 San Francisco CA PMSA 3181 1172 172 136 1701 67 San Jose CA PMSA 5728 1603 28 75 4022 123 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 572 405 10 8 149 17 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 2559 1683 110 37 729 38 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 3538 2665 8 25 840 60 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1844 1714 18 32 80 14 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 979 868 28 52 31 6 Santa Fe* NM MSA 676 603 0 3 70 6 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 9379 7015 48 259 2057 170 Savannah* GA MSA 1935 1428 52 15 440 31 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 557 503 6 48 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 24380 15396 476 493 8015 371 Bremerton WA PMSA 1139 1127 2 0 10 1 Olympia WA PMSA 1481 1435 38 8 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 16069 8749 326 466 6528 307 Tacoma WA PMSA 5691 4085 110 19 1477 63 Sharon* PA MSA 117 106 2 0 9 1 Sheboygan* WI MSA 51 47 4 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 151 137 14 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 1026 1026 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 200 147 10 3 40 3 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 2254 1527 26 41 660 43 South Bend* IN MSA 878 772 28 0 78 10 Spokane* WA MSA 1950 1235 66 48 601 33 Springfield* IL MSA 748 641 98 4 5 1 Springfield* MO MSA 2349 2002 64 49 234 16 Springfield* MA MSA 713 649 36 28 0 0 State College* PA MSA 470 416 6 3 45 3 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 74 60 8 0 6 1 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 4342 4008 6 0 328 42 Sumter* SC MSA 375 284 40 0 51 9 Syracuse* NY MSA 926 739 2 76 109 15 Tallahassee* FL MSA 2106 1434 64 39 569 51 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 21454 15782 650 345 4677 352 Terre Haute* IN MSA 257 193 0 0 64 6 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 221 201 20 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 2525 1815 66 23 621 63 Topeka* KS MSA 711 637 14 0 60 8 Tucson* AZ MSA 6369 5493 74 105 697 49 Tulsa* OK MSA 3929 3418 28 76 407 20 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 926 682 0 4 240 14 Tyler* TX MSA 390 320 0 6 64 12 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 144 144 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 1734 1657 18 9 50 10 Waco* TX MSA 880 483 94 4 299 7 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 49621 38080 152 37 11352 440 Baltimore MD PMSA 10525 8698 6 0 1821 107 Hagerstown MD PMSA 986 834 20 0 132 5 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 38110 28548 126 37 9399 328 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 414 163 28 16 207 20 Wausau* WI MSA 512 338 36 10 128 10 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 10915 7744 50 69 3052 141 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1927 1785 106 0 36 5 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 357 211 2 144 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 4147 3127 8 99 913 52 Yakima* WA MSA 350 237 30 55 28 3 York* PA MSA 1396 1334 18 0 44 6 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 1108 910 72 90 36 7 Yuba City* CA MSA 576 570 6 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 1231 1147 4 0 80 6 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.