Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 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 132 106 8 18 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 381 369 12 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 1690 1349 12 31 298 30 Albuquerque* NM MSA 4796 3918 0 50 828 52 Alexandria* LA MSA 367 263 2 0 102 3 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 1620 1500 6 38 76 6 Altoona* PA MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 432 428 4 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 1367 647 416 102 202 19 Anniston* AL MSA 211 183 2 0 26 5 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 1831 1028 128 24 651 54 Asheville* NC MSA 1187 940 72 104 71 3 Athens* GA MSA 1502 803 68 0 631 33 Atlanta GA MSA 45990 35504 156 428 9902 381 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 1016 300 76 35 605 54 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 2092 1891 8 28 165 13 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 8748 4991 150 92 3515 150 Bakersfield* CA MSA 2476 2466 2 3 5 1 Bangor* ME MSA 205 189 8 8 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 589 534 4 36 15 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 1147 877 2 10 258 22 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 391 383 2 0 6 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 985 749 22 31 183 15 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 110 110 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 453 392 2 3 56 8 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 1447 1417 6 8 16 2 Binghamton* NY MSA 87 85 2 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 3381 3140 2 22 217 21 Bismarck* ND MSA 585 405 8 24 148 9 Bloomington* IN MSA 810 420 146 18 226 16 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 746 593 16 3 134 11 Boise City* ID MSA 3905 3543 76 135 151 18 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 12408 8661 420 284 3043 157 Boston MA-NH PMSA 5138 3201 256 142 1539 60 Brockton MA PMSA 801 603 6 0 192 8 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 325 323 2 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 908 704 18 31 155 17 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 629 405 28 42 154 5 Manchester NH PMSA 1058 520 16 11 511 20 Nashua NH PMSA 623 450 20 9 144 19 New Bedford MA PMSA 293 293 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 1125 791 64 14 256 21 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1508 1371 10 35 92 7 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 2352 1791 52 120 389 53 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 1120 745 172 27 176 8 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 1559 1227 14 28 290 24 Burlington* VT MSA 678 309 30 13 326 16 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 746 691 32 6 17 2 Casper* WY MSA 102 97 0 0 5 1 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 987 537 36 48 366 15 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 730 360 6 4 360 24 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 3946 3501 22 52 371 43 Charleston* WV MSA 285 187 10 8 80 13 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 14016 11895 118 133 1870 138 Charlottesville* VA MSA 1535 921 16 27 571 33 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 1744 1582 80 31 51 9 Cheyenne* WY MSA 297 285 12 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 30906 21988 446 1168 7304 447 Chicago IL PMSA 27961 19643 296 1064 6958 419 Gary IN PMSA 1935 1553 118 72 192 13 Kankakee IL PMSA 287 239 16 32 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 723 553 16 0 154 15 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 811 778 10 23 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 8672 7180 64 161 1267 129 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 6911 5764 44 133 970 101 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1761 1416 20 28 297 28 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 1113 844 76 41 152 19 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 7102 6177 68 224 633 72 Akron OH PMSA 1902 1611 28 66 197 17 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 5200 4566 40 158 436 55 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 4629 3629 16 80 904 69 Columbia* MO MSA 1246 769 68 47 362 30 Columbia* SC MSA 3199 2918 12 15 254 13 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1116 771 30 91 224 8 Columbus OH MSA 11082 7155 122 350 3455 254 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 789 636 20 81 52 9 Corvallis OR MSA* 362 259 26 0 77 8 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 138 136 2 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 34278 27121 174 741 6242 335 Dallas TX PMSA 22110 17584 96 442 3988 211 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 12168 9537 78 299 2254 124 Danville* VA MSA 250 236 2 12 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 494 318 6 48 122 7 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 1819 1546 22 119 132 11 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 4447 3866 138 27 416 29 Decatur* Al MSA 251 246 0 0 5 1 Decatur* IL MSA 162 74 0 0 88 2 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 18659 13740 228 306 4385 291 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 1876 1215 6 47 608 34 Denver CO PMSA 13643 9624 212 251 3556 236 Greeley CO PMSA 3140 2901 10 8 221 21 Des Moines* IA MSA 3206 2018 84 84 1020 88 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 17047 13849 346 375 2477 217 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3580 3167 32 17 364 23 Detroit MI PMSA 11685 9424 298 339 1624 163 Flint MI PMSA 1782 1258 16 19 489 31 Dothan* AL MSA 232 232 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 974 964 10 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 233 154 20 3 56 4 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 399 386 2 11 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 992 536 46 106 304 18 El Paso* TX MSA 2511 2335 26 72 78 15 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 755 659 10 37 49 3 Elmira* NY MSA 48 45 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 97 42 2 6 47 6 Erie* PA MSA 252 216 2 23 11 2 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1082 979 44 15 44 8 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1246 934 8 16 288 17 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 1449 571 58 39 781 28 Fayetteville* NC MSA 1675 990 8 4 673 51 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 2700 1480 72 214 934 87 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 522 507 12 3 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 94 73 2 0 19 3 Florence* SC MSA 196 167 6 0 23 4 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 2249 1834 44 57 314 34 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 7101 4701 496 325 1579 108 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 3850 3051 48 59 692 42 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 484 284 52 18 130 2 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1233 941 8 7 277 16 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 2197 1797 26 8 366 29 Fresno CA MSA 2830 2760 16 44 10 2 Gadsden* AL MSA 133 93 0 0 40 1 Gainesville* FL MSA 1448 680 0 7 761 87 Glens Falls* NY MSA 390 293 10 47 40 5 Goldsboro* NC MSA 291 287 0 4 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 170 60 16 0 94 2 Grand Junction* CO MSA 952 882 20 13 37 3 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 4554 3975 70 101 408 54 Great Falls* MT MSA 88 77 0 6 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 1137 657 74 3 403 26 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 7465 5826 54 71 1514 122 Greenville* NC MSA 1133 509 146 0 478 46 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 5705 4792 92 35 786 56 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 1400 1280 0 6 114 3 Hartford* CT MSA 2699 2229 54 10 406 56 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 157 89 2 20 46 6 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 1373 1244 30 0 99 11 Honolulu HI MSA 1415 1164 0 71 180 10 Houma* LA MSA 606 574 32 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 31286 23935 134 451 6766 441 Brazoria TX PMSA 2340 2028 0 0 312 15 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1910 1794 2 4 110 13 Houston TX PMSA 27036 20113 132 447 6344 413 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 44 28 2 14 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 1320 860 8 28 424 33 Indianapolis IN MSA 11479 9008 208 141 2122 155 Iowa City* IA MSA 698 337 6 20 335 27 Jackson* MI MSA 109 74 2 25 8 1 Jackson* MS MSA 2588 1640 0 12 936 74 Jackson* TN MSA 490 416 20 4 50 5 Jacksonville FL MSA 10062 7221 14 46 2781 136 Jacksonville* NC MSA 659 622 0 8 29 2 Jamestown* NY MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 289 186 32 18 53 9 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 879 703 8 0 168 20 Johnstown* PA MSA 57 30 0 3 24 4 Jonesboro* AR MSA 327 315 8 4 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 130 130 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 1163 810 4 25 324 19 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 9286 7073 402 539 1272 66 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 2121 1212 326 396 187 3 Knoxville* TN MSA 2922 2443 72 47 360 35 Kokomo* IN MSA 263 233 20 10 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 313 229 14 24 46 4 Lafayette* LA MSA 1053 879 4 12 158 5 Lafayette* IN MSA 956 543 94 4 315 40 Lake Charles* LA MSA 323 268 8 3 44 4 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 3018 2882 14 0 122 10 Lancaster* PA MSA 852 773 6 0 73 9 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 1209 846 2 0 361 28 Laredo* TX MSA 1242 1022 6 19 195 15 Las Cruces* NM MSA 708 549 0 46 113 6 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 20479 15793 128 142 4416 441 Lawrence* KS MSA 677 264 128 3 282 13 Lawton* OK MSA 110 100 0 0 10 2 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 202 189 10 3 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 2713 2422 48 69 174 13 Lima* OH MSA 55 53 2 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1206 972 48 0 186 13 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2609 1767 20 28 794 82 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 142 142 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 40458 31665 416 555 7822 562 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 10148 5546 162 112 4328 303 Orange County CA PMSA 6812 4570 92 226 1924 103 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 21749 20058 156 194 1341 140 Ventura CA PMSA 1749 1491 6 23 229 16 Louisville KY-IN MSA 4658 4098 48 48 464 49 Lubbock* TX MSA 1297 817 58 56 366 27 Lynchburg* VA MSA 854 755 24 48 27 5 Macon* GA MSA 1547 1453 20 28 46 7 Madison* WI MSA 2586 1550 96 173 767 42 Mansfield* OH MSA 299 250 34 15 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 4815 4246 66 358 145 19 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 1107 989 14 45 59 10 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 4667 3227 20 19 1401 84 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5310 4836 8 72 394 56 Merced* CA MSA 970 895 0 75 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 18005 8834 134 187 8850 318 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 8692 4189 38 96 4369 161 Miami FL PMSA 9313 4645 96 91 4481 157 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 4794 2849 288 190 1467 93 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 4187 2418 248 183 1338 77 Racine WI PMSA 607 431 40 7 129 16 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 16127 11606 260 402 3859 181 Missoula* MT MSA 595 267 44 37 247 21 Mobile* AL MSA 2913 2544 20 4 345 27 Modesto* CA MSA 2177 2083 36 53 5 1 Monroe* LA MSA 242 242 0 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 994 931 0 0 63 8 Muncie* IN MSA 164 156 0 0 8 1 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 2183 1507 32 31 613 41 Naples* FL MSA 5581 3029 76 756 1720 127 Nashville TN MSA 8014 7345 180 33 456 49 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 699 635 20 7 37 2 New Orleans* LA MSA 3421 2653 38 34 696 30 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 36901 18694 3864 2216 12127 505 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1337 875 148 84 230 12 Bridgeport CT PMSA 598 572 10 16 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 596 577 0 0 19 2 Dutchess County NY PMSA 753 555 2 44 152 16 Jersey City NJ PMSA 606 61 216 67 262 21 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 2884 2055 16 48 765 41 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 3728 3666 12 9 41 5 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3551 2727 168 77 579 76 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 719 637 16 0 66 5 New York NY PMSA 14797 1965 2608 1700 8524 219 Newark NJ PMSA 3813 2162 588 164 899 54 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1811 1563 10 0 238 35 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 470 331 14 4 121 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 847 601 52 3 191 15 Waterbury CT PMSA 391 347 4 0 40 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 6850 5135 84 68 1563 36 Ocala* FL MSA 3427 3293 22 22 90 10 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 233 229 4 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 3688 3576 32 8 72 4 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 3615 2759 50 12 794 33 Orlando FL MSA 17469 11439 110 109 5811 306 Owensboro* KY MSA 549 521 6 17 5 1 Panama City* FL MSA 1224 785 12 8 419 10 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 128 116 0 12 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 2204 1991 20 9 184 11 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 718 653 46 8 11 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 14803 12888 372 228 1315 150 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 2060 1666 288 35 71 12 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 10445 9058 76 181 1130 120 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 191 191 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 2107 1973 8 12 114 18 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 31679 27221 142 196 4120 298 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 76 56 20 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 4672 3659 88 171 754 60 Pittsfield* MA MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 127 84 10 8 25 1 Portland* ME MSA 1205 953 18 53 181 11 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 11236 8427 316 270 2223 163 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 9892 7357 244 240 2051 150 Salem OR PMSA 1344 1070 72 30 172 13 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 1866 1576 80 114 96 9 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 2336 1716 56 57 507 40 Pueblo* CO MSA 837 725 76 36 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 1243 1044 22 136 41 5 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 11804 9651 188 73 1892 110 Rapid City* SD MSA 435 380 0 15 40 3 Reading* PA MSA 795 579 22 8 186 7 Redding* CA MSA 917 824 2 84 7 1 Reno* NV MSA 2920 2466 6 10 438 51 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 956 904 8 13 31 5 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 6209 4825 10 39 1335 85 Roanoke* VA MSA 759 680 14 0 65 8 Rochester* MN MSA 1053 856 0 0 197 10 Rochester* NY MSA 1461 1216 36 62 147 21 Rockford* IL MSA 1412 1120 58 212 22 3 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 456 401 36 0 19 2 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 13864 11763 68 123 1910 129 Sacramento CA PMSA 12935 10882 68 117 1868 124 Yolo CA PMSA 929 881 0 6 42 5 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 381 314 12 19 36 7 St. Cloud* MN MSA 581 442 0 18 121 8 St. Joseph* MO MSA 119 82 32 0 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 9631 7629 434 308 1260 91 Salinas* CA MSA 660 618 18 9 15 2 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 6410 5051 108 253 998 58 San Angelo* TX MSA 187 187 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 8880 6415 72 79 2314 157 San Diego CA MSA 9417 6046 114 346 2911 95 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 14792 9942 212 340 4298 212 Oakland CA PMSA 6093 5035 32 44 982 42 San Francisco CA PMSA 1636 726 82 70 758 32 San Jose CA PMSA 3195 1194 24 166 1811 86 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 289 280 4 0 5 1 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1576 1017 68 35 456 41 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 2003 1690 2 25 286 10 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1548 1291 14 56 187 9 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 1087 530 14 111 432 51 Santa Fe* NM MSA 567 534 2 4 27 5 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 7209 4563 12 242 2392 133 Savannah* GA MSA 1716 1089 18 10 599 37 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 543 403 12 53 75 2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 16069 11846 546 517 3160 215 Bremerton WA PMSA 776 746 10 0 20 2 Olympia WA PMSA 1329 1154 24 99 52 8 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 10416 6789 390 378 2859 183 Tacoma WA PMSA 3548 3157 122 40 229 22 Sharon* PA MSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 58 46 12 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 139 129 10 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 987 787 0 0 200 25 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 125 114 8 3 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 1248 1037 2 16 193 14 South Bend* IN MSA 785 496 6 0 283 20 Spokane* WA MSA 1270 982 18 18 252 25 Springfield* IL MSA 461 347 50 0 64 4 Springfield* MO MSA 1899 1577 82 34 206 18 Springfield* MA MSA 604 520 34 20 30 5 State College* PA MSA 427 364 0 0 63 2 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 56 32 4 0 20 1 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 3782 3637 4 0 141 12 Sumter* SC MSA 299 232 52 0 15 3 Syracuse* NY MSA 718 581 2 12 123 14 Tallahassee* FL MSA 1379 1163 120 22 74 9 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 17033 12486 366 105 4076 290 Terre Haute* IN MSA 138 127 8 3 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 155 149 6 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 1224 1049 78 16 81 13 Topeka* KS MSA 868 467 18 51 332 14 Tucson* AZ MSA 3869 3572 68 19 210 6 Tulsa* OK MSA 2966 2560 2 60 344 7 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 875 437 0 0 438 32 Tyler* TX MSA 295 241 0 3 51 8 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 62 62 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 156 156 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 1300 1161 6 73 60 1 Waco* TX MSA 529 323 26 4 176 4 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 33840 27182 222 144 6292 228 Baltimore MD PMSA 7400 6297 10 8 1085 48 Hagerstown MD PMSA 739 618 12 0 109 7 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 25701 20267 200 136 5098 173 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 265 100 50 11 104 9 Wausau* WI MSA 440 366 44 3 27 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 9334 6303 108 123 2800 156 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1544 1445 44 12 43 2 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 382 160 10 0 212 7 Wilmington* NC MSA 2821 2385 22 56 358 20 Yakima* WA MSA 251 201 34 16 0 0 York* PA MSA 1047 958 34 0 55 4 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 758 665 54 12 27 4 Yuba City* CA MSA 656 648 8 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 1005 978 0 27 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.