Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 2003 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 34 30 4 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 113 85 4 0 24 3 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 246 196 0 36 14 2 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1028 906 0 11 111 2 Alexandria* LA MSA 132 128 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 267 220 0 7 40 4 Altoona* PA MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 99 99 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 228 76 74 4 74 11 Anniston* AL MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 350 193 6 7 144 9 Asheville* NC MSA 233 213 14 6 0 0 Athens* GA MSA 376 220 14 0 142 9 Atlanta GA MSA 8888 8039 20 19 810 29 Auburn-Opelika* AL MSA 182 57 26 22 77 5 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 791 575 0 0 216 5 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 1197 1040 44 50 63 12 Bakersfield* CA MSA 712 708 0 4 0 0 Bangor* ME MSA 26 19 4 3 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 88 88 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 246 242 0 4 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 68 66 2 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 239 161 6 0 72 6 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 104 78 2 0 24 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 362 356 6 0 0 0 Binghamton* NY MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 819 819 0 0 0 0 Bismarck* ND MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 116 57 4 11 44 5 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 236 80 6 12 138 12 Boise City* ID MSA 1105 867 10 42 186 9 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 2012 1343 98 56 515 30 Boston MA-NH PMSA 818 510 74 29 205 16 Brockton MA PMSA 295 50 0 0 245 5 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 46 46 0 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 147 101 8 4 34 3 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 96 66 2 12 16 3 Manchester NH PMSA 98 94 4 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 77 72 0 0 5 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 215 192 10 3 10 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 162 154 0 8 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 431 413 10 8 0 0 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 385 153 4 0 228 20 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 226 174 4 0 48 8 Burlington* VT MSA 64 60 4 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 117 104 10 3 0 0 Casper* WY MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 141 61 2 16 62 5 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 74 41 0 3 30 1 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 868 835 2 11 20 3 Charleston* WV MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 2809 2348 22 12 427 21 Charlottesville* VA MSA 460 157 0 0 303 11 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 422 361 14 14 33 4 Cheyenne* WY MSA 59 53 0 0 6 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 4997 3717 60 162 1058 51 Chicago IL PMSA 4537 3342 42 158 995 47 Gary IN PMSA 232 211 12 4 5 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 58 56 2 0 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 170 108 4 0 58 3 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 180 164 0 11 5 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 1576 1375 8 63 130 15 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1321 1120 8 63 130 15 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 255 255 0 0 0 0 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 185 166 0 3 16 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1065 992 4 22 47 6 Akron OH PMSA 320 287 0 16 17 2 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 745 705 4 6 30 4 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 758 706 2 0 50 1 Columbia* MO MSA 200 148 52 0 0 0 Columbia* SC MSA 692 678 0 0 14 2 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 343 276 2 48 17 2 Columbus OH MSA 1596 1476 22 42 56 4 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 261 185 10 0 66 8 Corvallis OR MSA* 44 42 2 0 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 7621 5809 54 216 1542 74 Dallas TX PMSA 5060 3844 26 192 998 20 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 2561 1965 28 24 544 54 Danville* VA MSA 57 39 2 16 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 247 243 4 0 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1341 1211 60 8 62 7 Decatur* Al MSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Decatur* IL MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 3670 2797 24 100 749 55 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 391 205 0 4 182 10 Denver CO PMSA 2742 2085 22 76 559 44 Greeley CO PMSA 537 507 2 20 8 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 609 302 2 16 289 28 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 2805 2210 18 24 553 33 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 543 452 2 0 89 8 Detroit MI PMSA 2034 1566 14 24 430 22 Flint MI PMSA 228 192 2 0 34 3 Dothan* AL MSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 197 177 0 8 12 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 27 25 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 34 30 0 4 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 42 32 0 0 10 1 El Paso* TX MSA 543 521 4 8 10 2 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 113 104 4 0 5 1 Elmira* NY MSA 8 5 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 11 8 0 3 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 40 25 0 4 11 1 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 230 202 14 0 14 2 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 190 188 2 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 103 36 0 0 67 2 Fayetteville* NC MSA 177 153 0 0 24 2 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 445 307 20 8 110 11 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 98 94 4 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 10 8 2 0 0 0 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 464 345 22 16 81 10 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 2471 1293 116 78 984 54 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 688 566 2 20 100 4 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 66 52 10 4 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 384 235 2 9 138 8 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 269 267 2 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 921 754 26 36 105 15 Gadsden* AL MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 178 178 0 0 0 0 Glens Falls* NY MSA 42 40 2 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 80 80 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 224 206 14 4 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 773 666 22 45 40 7 Great Falls* MT MSA 16 13 0 3 0 0 Green Bay* WI MSA 186 111 8 0 67 5 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1198 1118 4 4 72 5 Greenville* NC MSA 210 112 26 0 72 3 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1223 1000 26 0 197 10 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 216 216 0 0 0 0 Hartford* CT MSA 445 304 6 14 121 4 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 10 8 2 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 197 197 0 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 686 402 6 0 278 2 Houma* LA MSA 111 111 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 10103 6045 32 48 3978 209 Brazoria TX PMSA 430 430 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 635 409 18 0 208 11 Houston TX PMSA 9038 5206 14 48 3770 198 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 233 164 4 4 61 5 Indianapolis IN MSA 1746 1547 32 18 149 13 Iowa City* IA MSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 423 389 2 20 12 2 Jackson* TN MSA 77 77 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 1910 1842 0 3 65 3 Jacksonville* NC MSA 132 132 0 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 43 28 2 8 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 194 151 2 0 41 5 Johnstown* PA MSA 6 3 0 3 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 154 135 4 9 6 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 2102 1523 56 75 448 44 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 290 224 6 36 24 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 556 490 16 18 32 3 Kokomo* IN MSA 23 17 6 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 17 15 2 0 0 0 Lafayette* LA MSA 207 207 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 57 54 0 3 0 0 Lake Charles* LA MSA 139 124 2 0 13 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 989 753 20 0 216 9 Lancaster* PA MSA 167 131 0 0 36 4 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 192 180 2 0 10 2 Laredo* TX MSA 296 252 0 4 40 4 Las Cruces* NM MSA 168 164 0 4 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 6284 4488 56 37 1703 108 Lawrence* KS MSA 82 67 8 7 0 0 Lawton* OK MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 493 475 18 0 0 0 Lima* OH MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 206 168 10 0 28 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 411 408 0 3 0 0 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 12849 8590 144 253 3862 219 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 3546 1424 74 117 1931 90 Orange County CA PMSA 2002 789 44 76 1093 66 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 6420 5930 26 60 404 40 Ventura CA PMSA 881 447 0 0 434 23 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1173 792 8 16 357 31 Lubbock* TX MSA 534 230 0 0 304 15 Lynchburg* VA MSA 196 186 0 0 10 2 Macon* GA MSA 629 337 12 0 280 31 Madison* WI MSA 787 347 42 27 371 11 Mansfield* OH MSA 69 62 2 0 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 968 808 10 51 99 10 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 390 280 2 12 96 6 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 846 819 2 3 22 2 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1249 1153 8 0 88 1 Merced* CA MSA 288 288 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 3469 2023 32 416 998 83 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1370 872 8 144 346 23 Miami FL PMSA 2099 1151 24 272 652 60 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1383 662 44 22 655 14 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1261 560 40 19 642 12 Racine WI PMSA 122 102 4 3 13 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 3002 2216 30 62 694 24 Missoula* MT MSA 271 67 30 4 170 6 Mobile* AL MSA 928 576 6 8 338 19 Modesto* CA MSA 517 498 8 0 11 2 Monroe* LA MSA 59 59 0 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 204 204 0 0 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 701 485 0 8 208 12 Naples* FL MSA 1059 615 22 24 398 29 Nashville TN MSA 1568 1514 12 7 35 4 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 105 100 2 3 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 754 719 8 6 21 2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 6736 3080 1050 548 2058 103 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 304 198 26 3 77 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 86 82 4 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 68 65 0 3 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 134 101 0 3 30 3 Jersey City NJ PMSA 129 5 40 6 78 5 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 381 342 8 7 24 3 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1171 807 6 3 355 9 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 586 483 34 16 53 6 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 112 67 6 34 5 1 New York NY PMSA 2648 319 746 424 1159 43 Newark NJ PMSA 590 232 176 45 137 11 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 228 172 0 4 52 8 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 173 81 4 0 88 11 Trenton NJ PMSA 93 93 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 33 33 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1673 1335 12 8 318 8 Ocala* FL MSA 955 914 2 11 28 4 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 1187 972 8 4 203 15 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 542 534 8 0 0 0 Orlando FL MSA 4210 3058 32 0 1120 57 Owensboro* KY MSA 80 80 0 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 502 199 2 0 301 5 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 769 532 34 3 200 7 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 90 82 4 4 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 3888 2507 100 11 1270 55 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 537 434 82 4 17 3 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 2788 1562 16 7 1203 45 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 37 37 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 526 474 2 0 50 7 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 6824 6160 14 24 626 25 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 14 12 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 828 552 16 34 226 16 Pittsfield* MA MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 163 125 8 22 8 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 3066 1818 54 23 1171 80 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 2584 1528 40 23 993 65 Salem OR PMSA 482 290 14 0 178 15 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 244 210 16 3 15 2 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 624 317 24 3 280 8 Pueblo* CO MSA 226 182 16 28 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 278 265 4 3 6 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 2665 1884 16 7 758 45 Rapid City* SD MSA 84 80 4 0 0 0 Reading* PA MSA 97 90 4 3 0 0 Redding* CA MSA 210 180 4 7 19 3 Reno* NV MSA 747 573 0 3 171 9 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 246 213 0 12 21 3 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1331 1012 2 48 269 39 Roanoke* VA MSA 198 174 2 0 22 3 Rochester* MN MSA 187 165 2 6 14 1 Rochester* NY MSA 237 187 2 0 48 1 Rockford* IL MSA 269 254 4 11 0 0 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 110 54 24 32 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 3184 2938 20 0 226 35 Sacramento CA PMSA 2960 2714 20 0 226 35 Yolo CA PMSA 224 224 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 83 47 0 8 28 4 St. Cloud* MN MSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 St. Joseph* MO MSA 22 15 4 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1680 1532 72 26 50 7 Salinas* CA MSA 174 157 0 0 17 1 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1727 1326 18 29 354 32 San Angelo* TX MSA 46 46 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 1780 1230 2 4 544 27 San Diego CA MSA 2795 1605 20 238 932 78 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 4776 2091 24 70 2591 114 Oakland CA PMSA 1840 1007 6 14 813 49 San Francisco CA PMSA 320 192 8 7 113 9 San Jose CA PMSA 1618 329 4 15 1270 35 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 329 98 0 3 228 11 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 320 152 6 27 135 8 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 349 313 0 4 32 2 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 381 316 6 3 56 2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 164 112 4 0 48 5 Santa Fe* NM MSA 84 80 4 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 1511 1342 6 83 80 5 Savannah* GA MSA 300 246 4 0 50 3 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 60 57 0 3 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 3560 2813 118 105 524 30 Bremerton WA PMSA 236 214 4 0 18 1 Olympia WA PMSA 293 251 22 0 20 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 2187 1585 78 98 426 19 Tacoma WA PMSA 844 763 14 7 60 9 Sharon* PA MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 183 183 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 232 99 0 0 133 3 South Bend* IN MSA 98 92 6 0 0 0 Spokane* WA MSA 226 205 10 4 7 1 Springfield* IL MSA 87 73 14 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 372 262 20 11 79 3 Springfield* MA MSA 79 71 8 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 259 51 0 0 208 15 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 994 994 0 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 85 81 4 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 96 78 0 8 10 2 Tallahassee* FL MSA 670 516 4 0 150 4 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 4285 2977 64 26 1218 81 Terre Haute* IN MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 82 56 26 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 263 205 12 0 46 6 Topeka* KS MSA 115 88 0 27 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 887 858 12 3 14 2 Tulsa* OK MSA 626 597 4 0 25 2 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 148 128 0 0 20 3 Tyler* TX MSA 70 54 0 3 13 2 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 423 340 2 0 81 11 Waco* TX MSA 128 81 14 3 30 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 7674 5368 10 16 2280 77 Baltimore MD PMSA 1275 994 0 7 274 13 Hagerstown MD PMSA 136 122 4 0 10 2 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 6263 4252 6 9 1996 62 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Wausau* WI MSA 59 57 2 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 2171 1586 14 7 564 29 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 291 283 4 4 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 111 49 2 48 12 2 Wilmington* NC MSA 812 537 0 8 267 15 Yakima* WA MSA 57 47 4 6 0 0 York* PA MSA 183 183 0 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 81 71 0 0 10 2 Yuba City* CA MSA 103 101 2 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 237 237 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.