Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 2002 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 24 22 2 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 98 98 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 239 220 4 0 15 3 Albuquerque* NM MSA 745 509 0 12 224 1 Alexandria* LA MSA 62 54 0 0 8 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 263 256 0 7 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 91 89 2 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 209 127 66 0 16 3 Anniston* AL MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 289 224 10 12 43 5 Asheville* NC MSA 226 166 16 4 40 1 Athens* GA MSA 201 185 10 0 6 1 Atlanta GA MSA 9880 7920 32 76 1852 110 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 143 47 24 4 68 6 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 547 483 0 0 64 3 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 2753 999 28 4 1722 44 Bakersfield* CA MSA 553 543 2 3 5 1 Bangor* ME MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 99 99 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 223 201 0 0 22 3 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 101 99 2 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 193 139 8 3 43 2 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 331 311 0 4 16 2 Binghamton* NY MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 754 744 0 0 10 2 Bismarck* ND MSA 78 26 4 0 48 3 Bloomington* IN MSA 131 78 2 4 47 6 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 150 106 0 0 44 2 Boise City* ID MSA 774 686 12 28 48 8 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 2470 1866 110 30 464 27 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1052 643 72 9 328 12 Brockton MA PMSA 139 137 2 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 74 74 0 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 207 162 8 8 29 4 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 87 74 6 7 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 250 194 2 0 54 6 Nashua NH PMSA 90 85 0 0 5 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 238 170 14 6 48 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 262 256 6 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 510 462 16 22 10 2 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 274 180 44 24 26 1 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 261 223 0 0 38 4 Burlington* VT MSA 84 43 4 0 37 1 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 126 121 0 0 5 1 Casper* WY MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 103 74 6 8 15 1 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 170 52 0 0 118 8 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 867 710 2 19 136 17 Charleston* WV MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 3055 2608 14 21 412 28 Charlottesville* VA MSA 358 234 2 0 122 1 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 443 403 24 6 10 2 Cheyenne* WY MSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 5458 3906 50 178 1324 72 Chicago IL PMSA 4974 3542 38 158 1236 63 Gary IN PMSA 312 234 10 8 60 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 50 38 0 12 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 122 92 2 0 28 4 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 161 159 2 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 1680 1331 16 40 293 28 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1318 1084 10 36 188 19 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 362 247 6 4 105 9 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 242 195 28 3 16 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1338 1119 10 29 180 16 Akron OH PMSA 420 270 6 0 144 12 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 918 849 4 29 36 4 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 650 611 2 27 10 2 Columbia* MO MSA 176 145 12 3 16 2 Columbia* SC MSA 917 665 8 12 232 9 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 224 196 8 20 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1744 1448 20 29 247 18 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 162 131 4 22 5 1 Corvallis OR MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 6619 5526 68 4 1021 82 Dallas TX PMSA 4573 3706 24 4 839 68 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 2046 1820 44 0 182 14 Danville* VA MSA 56 53 0 3 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 144 60 2 0 82 3 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 274 259 8 7 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1170 1096 52 7 15 3 Decatur* Al MSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Decatur* IL MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 4159 2697 20 69 1373 74 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 353 256 2 10 85 7 Denver CO PMSA 3187 1898 18 51 1220 62 Greeley CO PMSA 619 543 0 8 68 5 Des Moines* IA MSA 1142 348 6 20 768 65 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 2786 2283 78 50 375 40 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 587 569 4 4 10 1 Detroit MI PMSA 1990 1507 72 46 365 39 Flint MI PMSA 209 207 2 0 0 0 Dothan* AL MSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 155 155 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 23 21 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 45 37 0 3 5 1 Eau Claire* WI MSA 100 44 0 8 48 6 El Paso* TX MSA 627 545 8 24 50 10 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 120 120 0 0 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 55 8 0 0 47 6 Erie* PA MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 239 196 10 0 33 6 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 235 231 0 4 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 39 11 0 4 24 2 Fayetteville* NC MSA 431 145 4 4 278 25 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1072 315 12 16 729 61 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 87 83 4 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 27 22 0 0 5 1 Florence* SC MSA 107 92 2 0 13 2 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 418 345 14 7 52 6 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 1793 1185 96 72 440 27 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 999 767 6 11 215 17 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 197 72 10 0 115 1 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 242 211 4 8 19 3 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 318 308 10 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 511 490 8 8 5 1 Gadsden* AL MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 293 151 0 3 139 7 Glens Falls* NY MSA 95 39 0 16 40 5 Goldsboro* NC MSA 62 62 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 168 160 8 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 875 720 6 21 128 14 Great Falls* MT MSA 22 14 0 3 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 151 104 10 0 37 5 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1584 1235 14 6 329 15 Greenville* NC MSA 235 109 40 0 86 9 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1219 1025 50 0 144 7 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 340 250 0 0 90 1 Hartford* CT MSA 486 372 2 3 109 17 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 23 19 0 4 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 485 436 10 0 39 3 Honolulu HI MSA 205 205 0 0 0 0 Houma* LA MSA 154 152 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 6491 5169 26 55 1241 92 Brazoria TX PMSA 746 434 0 0 312 15 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 424 389 2 0 33 3 Houston TX PMSA 5321 4346 24 55 896 74 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 6 4 2 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 216 212 0 4 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1918 1688 28 12 190 17 Iowa City* IA MSA 161 63 2 0 96 6 Jackson* MI MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 732 364 0 0 368 27 Jackson* TN MSA 133 83 0 0 50 5 Jacksonville FL MSA 2015 1688 0 0 327 12 Jacksonville* NC MSA 138 138 0 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 54 40 4 0 10 2 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 250 159 2 0 89 9 Johnstown* PA MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 57 57 0 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 33 33 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 162 155 0 0 7 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1755 1529 86 95 45 8 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 490 315 46 124 5 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 626 530 12 14 70 5 Kokomo* IN MSA 47 45 2 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 64 25 8 4 27 1 Lafayette* LA MSA 216 216 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 384 79 44 4 257 33 Lake Charles* LA MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 700 698 2 0 0 0 Lancaster* PA MSA 181 159 4 0 18 2 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 180 141 0 0 39 4 Laredo* TX MSA 318 257 0 8 53 2 Las Cruces* NM MSA 145 116 0 0 29 2 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 4862 3596 32 6 1228 113 Lawrence* KS MSA 85 51 18 6 10 1 Lawton* OK MSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 674 636 6 20 12 2 Lima* OH MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 209 160 4 0 45 3 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 417 396 10 11 0 0 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 8054 6226 34 76 1718 132 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 1896 1062 20 21 793 71 Orange County CA PMSA 1821 1278 4 11 528 32 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 4002 3603 8 33 358 24 Ventura CA PMSA 335 283 2 11 39 5 Louisville KY-IN MSA 996 880 4 13 99 8 Lubbock* TX MSA 204 196 8 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 132 128 4 0 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 349 347 2 0 0 0 Madison* WI MSA 445 328 12 19 86 8 Mansfield* OH MSA 32 24 4 4 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1181 888 32 224 37 6 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 187 176 6 0 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1385 862 0 0 523 34 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1213 994 2 72 145 23 Merced* CA MSA 159 159 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 4520 2394 30 48 2048 69 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2038 1291 6 44 697 41 Miami FL PMSA 2482 1103 24 4 1351 28 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1170 574 44 35 517 20 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1073 495 38 35 505 18 Racine WI PMSA 97 79 6 0 12 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 3388 2061 40 67 1220 37 Missoula* MT MSA 76 59 4 7 6 1 Mobile* AL MSA 726 572 2 0 152 6 Modesto* CA MSA 423 414 6 3 0 0 Monroe* LA MSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 259 219 0 0 40 6 Muncie* IN MSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 359 316 6 12 25 2 Naples* FL MSA 1723 847 12 210 654 34 Nashville TN MSA 1875 1659 52 4 160 11 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 128 114 10 4 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 658 621 10 6 21 2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 7513 4047 853 411 2202 125 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 237 152 45 4 36 2 Bridgeport CT PMSA 115 110 2 3 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 119 119 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 164 89 0 14 61 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 118 26 24 19 49 4 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 508 414 2 0 92 8 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 856 790 0 6 60 5 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1021 697 42 24 258 41 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 181 136 10 0 35 4 New York NY PMSA 2620 534 570 255 1261 37 Newark NJ PMSA 912 443 94 62 313 16 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 326 285 4 0 37 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 204 124 56 24 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 60 58 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1202 1111 52 34 5 1 Ocala* FL MSA 784 703 6 3 72 7 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 66 64 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 974 882 12 8 72 4 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 709 495 10 0 204 8 Orlando FL MSA 4483 2764 12 27 1680 73 Owensboro* KY MSA 127 118 0 4 5 1 Panama City* FL MSA 385 261 4 4 116 6 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 28 20 0 8 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 626 618 2 6 0 0 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 91 91 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 3041 2693 83 33 232 24 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 447 369 73 4 1 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 2035 1866 10 29 130 14 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 34 34 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 525 424 0 0 101 9 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 6053 5740 16 48 249 14 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 16 12 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 832 661 26 24 121 9 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 220 199 4 7 10 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 2599 1945 68 27 559 45 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 2179 1689 60 27 403 38 Salem OR PMSA 420 256 8 0 156 7 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 482 389 22 3 68 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 447 305 8 8 126 5 Pueblo* CO MSA 165 141 24 0 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 303 261 2 40 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 2908 2256 18 50 584 29 Rapid City* SD MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Reading* PA MSA 204 107 0 0 97 2 Redding* CA MSA 222 186 0 36 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 411 385 0 0 26 3 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 161 156 2 3 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1045 1040 0 0 5 1 Roanoke* VA MSA 238 159 12 0 67 8 Rochester* MN MSA 195 121 6 8 60 4 Rochester* NY MSA 240 228 2 0 10 2 Rockford* IL MSA 250 236 2 0 12 1 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 113 69 30 0 14 1 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 3119 2221 30 6 862 55 Sacramento CA PMSA 2917 2066 28 3 820 50 Yolo CA PMSA 202 155 2 3 42 5 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 58 49 4 0 5 1 St. Cloud* MN MSA 84 71 0 3 10 2 St. Joseph* MO MSA 23 15 8 0 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1821 1537 84 59 141 12 Salinas* CA MSA 96 83 4 9 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1194 921 14 69 190 7 San Angelo* TX MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 1301 1264 14 7 16 2 San Diego CA MSA 2430 1421 8 98 903 56 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 3500 1650 84 125 1641 75 Oakland CA PMSA 1335 796 14 20 505 22 San Francisco CA PMSA 268 108 18 25 117 8 San Jose CA PMSA 1053 251 4 62 736 33 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 56 47 0 0 9 1 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 296 204 48 10 34 5 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 492 244 0 8 240 6 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 528 386 4 11 127 5 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 91 81 0 0 10 2 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 1850 1207 0 115 528 26 Savannah* GA MSA 308 276 4 3 25 4 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 62 54 8 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 2950 2342 98 147 363 24 Bremerton WA PMSA 136 116 0 0 20 2 Olympia WA PMSA 257 231 2 24 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 1830 1358 72 109 291 18 Tacoma WA PMSA 727 637 24 14 52 4 Sharon* PA MSA 30 15 0 0 15 2 Sheboygan* WI MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 177 177 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 11 9 2 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 350 350 0 0 0 0 South Bend* IN MSA 97 95 2 0 0 0 Spokane* WA MSA 144 144 0 0 0 0 Springfield* IL MSA 73 58 10 0 5 1 Springfield* MO MSA 473 315 38 0 120 5 Springfield* MA MSA 88 83 2 3 0 0 State College* PA MSA 96 48 0 0 48 1 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 601 567 0 0 34 2 Sumter* SC MSA 69 59 0 0 10 1 Syracuse* NY MSA 120 102 0 0 18 3 Tallahassee* FL MSA 383 287 6 16 74 9 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 4374 3199 66 69 1040 79 Terre Haute* IN MSA 29 29 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 31 31 0 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 242 216 8 0 18 3 Topeka* KS MSA 103 101 2 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 867 780 30 12 45 3 Tulsa* OK MSA 670 610 0 60 0 0 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 102 102 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 66 56 0 0 10 2 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 382 253 2 67 60 1 Waco* TX MSA 86 74 8 4 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 7230 6107 26 7 1090 52 Baltimore MD PMSA 1678 1257 2 4 415 13 Hagerstown MD PMSA 121 117 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 5431 4733 20 3 675 39 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 28 20 0 0 8 1 Wausau* WI MSA 43 41 2 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 2068 1296 6 7 759 49 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 363 294 18 8 43 2 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 51 47 4 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 544 469 14 48 13 2 Yakima* WA MSA 41 21 16 4 0 0 York* PA MSA 262 209 12 0 41 2 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 124 101 12 6 5 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 101 99 2 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 264 237 0 27 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.