Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 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 58 34 6 18 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 145 145 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 582 394 10 11 167 16 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1888 1048 0 12 828 52 Alexandria* LA MSA 178 76 0 0 102 3 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 477 451 0 14 12 1 Altoona* PA MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 137 135 2 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 456 256 114 0 86 6 Anniston* AL MSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 416 334 24 12 46 5 Asheville* NC MSA 371 251 20 32 68 3 Athens* GA MSA 345 297 42 0 6 1 Atlanta GA MSA 15548 12417 76 91 2964 150 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 468 100 34 4 330 22 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 778 746 0 0 32 1 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 3621 1719 46 12 1844 57 Bakersfield* CA MSA 876 856 4 6 10 2 Bangor* ME MSA 31 27 4 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 162 160 2 0 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 368 312 2 0 54 5 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 150 148 2 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 332 244 14 9 65 3 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 118 116 2 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 500 476 0 8 16 2 Binghamton* NY MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 1177 1157 0 0 20 3 Bismarck* ND MSA 124 72 4 0 48 3 Bloomington* IN MSA 299 104 4 4 187 13 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 243 199 0 0 44 2 Boise City* ID MSA 1283 1117 32 51 83 13 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 3653 2818 152 80 603 41 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1499 1007 100 39 353 18 Brockton MA PMSA 198 196 2 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 105 103 2 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 293 243 12 14 24 3 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 153 135 6 7 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 306 225 0 0 81 8 Nashua NH PMSA 177 129 2 6 40 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 98 98 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 416 284 18 14 100 8 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 408 398 10 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 735 665 20 30 20 3 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 384 284 76 24 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 413 355 2 0 56 6 Burlington* VT MSA 281 71 2 6 202 6 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 227 208 2 0 17 2 Casper* WY MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 201 140 10 12 39 3 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 249 77 4 0 168 10 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 1441 1117 10 26 288 30 Charleston* WV MSA 91 67 4 0 20 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 4787 4169 30 27 561 38 Charlottesville* VA MSA 506 366 4 0 136 3 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 646 597 24 9 16 3 Cheyenne* WY MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 9347 6620 92 278 2357 116 Chicago IL PMSA 8549 5972 74 250 2253 106 Gary IN PMSA 490 400 14 16 60 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 80 68 0 12 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 228 180 4 0 44 5 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 246 244 2 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 2922 2332 28 59 503 45 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 2295 1875 22 52 346 32 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 627 457 6 7 157 13 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 381 303 32 6 40 5 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 2148 1874 18 40 216 19 Akron OH PMSA 632 470 12 6 144 12 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 1516 1404 6 34 72 7 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 1398 1044 2 40 312 26 Columbia* MO MSA 298 263 16 3 16 2 Columbia* SC MSA 1300 1048 8 12 232 9 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 349 310 12 27 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 3105 2402 26 74 603 49 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 247 195 8 34 10 2 Corvallis OR MSA* 85 79 6 0 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 11211 9233 68 4 1906 129 Dallas TX PMSA 7062 5983 34 4 1041 81 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 4149 3250 34 0 865 48 Danville* VA MSA 88 85 0 3 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 190 106 2 0 82 3 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 508 464 10 34 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1794 1638 90 29 37 5 Decatur* Al MSA 98 98 0 0 0 0 Decatur* IL MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 6279 4620 38 128 1493 91 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 457 346 2 24 85 7 Denver CO PMSA 4752 3335 30 93 1294 70 Greeley CO PMSA 1070 939 6 11 114 14 Des Moines* IA MSA 1446 640 12 26 768 65 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 4826 3996 128 93 609 68 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1054 994 6 4 50 7 Detroit MI PMSA 3395 2657 118 70 550 60 Flint MI PMSA 377 345 4 19 9 1 Dothan* AL MSA 92 92 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 245 243 2 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 81 49 8 3 21 2 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 70 58 0 7 5 1 Eau Claire* WI MSA 159 93 2 16 48 6 El Paso* TX MSA 930 812 16 44 58 11 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 212 200 0 12 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 65 15 0 3 47 6 Erie* PA MSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 364 317 14 0 33 6 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 344 336 4 4 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 90 38 0 4 48 3 Fayetteville* NC MSA 802 236 4 4 558 38 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1231 478 12 12 729 61 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 140 136 4 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 42 37 0 0 5 1 Florence* SC MSA 169 142 4 0 23 4 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 681 580 16 10 75 8 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 2502 1680 150 100 572 34 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 1429 1141 8 39 241 19 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 255 108 14 18 115 1 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 392 336 4 11 41 6 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 613 545 10 0 58 4 Fresno CA MSA 887 851 6 20 10 2 Gadsden* AL MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 406 221 0 3 182 11 Glens Falls* NY MSA 128 72 0 16 40 5 Goldsboro* NC MSA 96 94 2 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 9 3 6 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 298 274 8 0 16 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1394 1189 8 35 162 19 Great Falls* MT MSA 29 21 0 3 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 284 199 18 0 67 8 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 2425 1929 18 37 441 22 Greenville* NC MSA 401 180 46 0 175 16 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1893 1665 56 8 164 11 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 514 416 0 0 98 2 Hartford* CT MSA 764 635 12 3 114 18 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 50 38 0 4 8 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 483 418 18 0 47 4 Honolulu HI MSA 286 286 0 0 0 0 Houma* LA MSA 223 221 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 11119 7852 32 199 3036 198 Brazoria TX PMSA 986 674 0 0 312 15 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 644 587 2 0 55 5 Houston TX PMSA 9489 6591 30 199 2669 178 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 10 8 2 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 408 360 0 12 36 3 Indianapolis IN MSA 3502 2883 46 30 543 39 Iowa City* IA MSA 311 107 4 0 200 15 Jackson* MI MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 949 581 0 0 368 27 Jackson* TN MSA 179 129 0 0 50 5 Jacksonville FL MSA 3475 2331 0 4 1140 50 Jacksonville* NC MSA 204 199 2 3 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 81 55 8 3 15 3 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 313 220 4 0 89 9 Johnstown* PA MSA 12 6 0 0 6 1 Jonesboro* AR MSA 91 91 0 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 46 46 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 287 254 0 0 33 4 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 2881 2462 122 196 101 12 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 698 455 58 180 5 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 1032 832 22 15 163 12 Kokomo* IN MSA 82 70 12 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 94 50 10 7 27 1 Lafayette* LA MSA 477 319 0 0 158 5 Lafayette* IN MSA 455 134 48 4 269 34 Lake Charles* LA MSA 115 110 2 3 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1028 1022 6 0 0 0 Lancaster* PA MSA 278 256 4 0 18 2 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 320 247 0 0 73 6 Laredo* TX MSA 472 390 2 15 65 3 Las Cruces* NM MSA 244 169 0 46 29 2 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 7475 5789 48 12 1626 168 Lawrence* KS MSA 157 102 24 9 22 2 Lawton* OK MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 49 46 0 3 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 951 888 12 23 28 5 Lima* OH MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 349 271 8 0 70 5 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 755 580 16 14 145 16 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 11964 9449 94 155 2266 190 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 2968 1678 54 36 1200 112 Orange County CA PMSA 2243 1629 22 51 541 35 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 6233 5668 14 48 503 39 Ventura CA PMSA 520 474 4 20 22 4 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1434 1302 4 24 104 9 Lubbock* TX MSA 288 278 10 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 265 233 16 16 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 520 516 4 0 0 0 Madison* WI MSA 700 529 34 39 98 10 Mansfield* OH MSA 75 52 8 10 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1755 1436 22 247 50 8 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 359 307 8 10 34 5 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1975 1395 2 8 570 36 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1777 1558 2 72 145 23 Merced* CA MSA 254 254 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 6651 3747 42 60 2802 91 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2860 1996 8 52 804 47 Miami FL PMSA 3791 1751 34 8 1998 44 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1792 966 96 78 652 31 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1637 839 88 78 632 28 Racine WI PMSA 155 127 8 0 20 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 5029 3328 56 114 1531 69 Missoula* MT MSA 191 82 6 22 81 9 Mobile* AL MSA 1033 868 8 0 157 7 Modesto* CA MSA 754 741 10 3 0 0 Monroe* LA MSA 88 88 0 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 393 353 0 0 40 6 Muncie* IN MSA 46 46 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 659 509 8 16 126 9 Naples* FL MSA 2291 1141 22 330 798 48 Nashville TN MSA 2818 2515 70 10 223 16 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 211 197 10 4 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 966 902 20 9 35 3 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 10971 6151 1293 676 2851 182 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 331 230 53 7 41 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 206 196 4 6 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 218 218 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 231 156 0 14 61 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 166 33 42 22 69 6 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 707 569 6 0 132 12 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1387 1179 4 6 198 17 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1456 1019 58 38 341 49 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 257 212 10 0 35 4 New York NY PMSA 3711 752 868 482 1609 64 Newark NJ PMSA 1288 713 180 77 318 17 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 508 455 6 0 47 9 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 111 107 4 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 283 203 56 24 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 111 109 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2886 1774 58 57 997 5 Ocala* FL MSA 1140 1057 8 3 72 7 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 91 87 4 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 1407 1313 14 8 72 4 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 1235 815 18 0 402 17 Orlando FL MSA 5926 3905 18 31 1972 86 Owensboro* KY MSA 201 190 2 4 5 1 Panama City* FL MSA 518 394 4 4 116 6 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 46 38 0 8 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 935 917 12 6 0 0 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 196 168 6 3 19 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 4540 4153 127 45 215 27 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 683 561 107 4 11 3 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 3047 2848 18 41 140 18 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 58 58 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 752 686 2 0 64 6 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 9513 8653 46 65 749 45 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 24 20 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1305 1055 32 47 171 15 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 350 315 6 14 15 2 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 3951 3053 120 72 706 58 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 3451 2692 106 60 593 52 Salem OR PMSA 500 361 14 12 113 6 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 677 571 32 6 68 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 645 483 12 24 126 5 Pueblo* CO MSA 296 248 32 16 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 489 425 2 62 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 4260 3509 38 53 660 35 Rapid City* SD MSA 89 89 0 0 0 0 Reading* PA MSA 263 171 2 0 90 1 Redding* CA MSA 364 273 0 84 7 1 Reno* NV MSA 837 744 2 0 91 8 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 266 256 4 6 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1865 1642 0 0 223 17 Roanoke* VA MSA 326 255 14 0 57 7 Rochester* MN MSA 310 190 12 16 92 6 Rochester* NY MSA 406 383 2 0 21 4 Rockford* IL MSA 363 343 4 4 12 1 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 181 120 34 0 27 2 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 5051 3885 32 24 1110 68 Sacramento CA PMSA 4689 3570 30 21 1068 63 Yolo CA PMSA 362 315 2 3 42 5 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 114 83 8 3 20 3 St. Cloud* MN MSA 202 95 0 6 101 4 St. Joseph* MO MSA 41 28 8 0 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 2907 2365 146 80 316 20 Salinas* CA MSA 169 148 12 9 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 2234 1589 34 107 504 16 San Angelo* TX MSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 2379 2016 32 7 324 16 San Diego CA MSA 3738 2228 16 219 1275 67 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 5750 3190 114 155 2291 108 Oakland CA PMSA 2486 1688 20 20 758 28 San Francisco CA PMSA 499 193 30 31 245 15 San Jose CA PMSA 1255 404 6 76 769 38 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 67 65 2 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 704 355 54 16 279 21 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 739 485 2 12 240 6 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 692 543 4 18 127 5 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 168 163 2 3 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 124 106 0 0 18 3 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 2711 1913 4 159 635 38 Savannah* GA MSA 496 407 4 3 82 12 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 122 109 8 0 5 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 4803 3742 170 253 638 38 Bremerton WA PMSA 224 204 0 0 20 2 Olympia WA PMSA 445 341 12 84 8 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 3005 2202 118 155 530 28 Tacoma WA PMSA 1129 995 40 14 80 7 Sharon* PA MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 18 14 4 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 48 46 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 253 253 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 25 18 2 0 5 1 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 424 424 0 0 0 0 South Bend* IN MSA 188 148 4 0 36 6 Spokane* WA MSA 322 273 2 7 40 3 Springfield* IL MSA 146 116 20 0 10 2 Springfield* MO MSA 676 510 42 4 120 5 Springfield* MA MSA 166 153 4 3 6 1 State College* PA MSA 119 71 0 0 48 1 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 1016 982 0 0 34 2 Sumter* SC MSA 89 74 0 0 15 3 Syracuse* NY MSA 184 161 0 0 23 4 Tallahassee* FL MSA 562 386 86 16 74 9 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 6038 4723 118 52 1145 85 Terre Haute* IN MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 49 49 0 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 392 356 18 0 18 3 Topeka* KS MSA 166 152 2 12 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 1287 1196 30 16 45 3 Tulsa* OK MSA 1243 945 0 60 238 1 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 223 151 0 0 72 9 Tyler* TX MSA 106 86 0 3 17 3 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 538 409 2 67 60 1 Waco* TX MSA 119 99 16 4 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 12146 9311 160 131 2544 86 Baltimore MD PMSA 2735 2132 6 4 593 20 Hagerstown MD PMSA 209 183 2 0 24 1 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 9202 6996 152 127 1927 65 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 85 33 0 4 48 4 Wausau* WI MSA 64 62 2 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 3690 2296 26 49 1319 88 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 617 536 30 8 43 2 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 279 63 4 0 212 7 Wilmington* NC MSA 817 747 14 48 8 1 Yakima* WA MSA 81 55 18 8 0 0 York* PA MSA 375 320 14 0 41 2 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 215 178 20 12 5 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 192 188 4 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 403 376 0 27 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.