Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 1996 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* 62 39 0 0 23 2 Albany GA MSA* 308 261 2 12 33 2 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 133 109 6 0 18 3 Albuquerque NM MSA* 712 702 0 0 10 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 189 121 0 0 68 1 Altoona PA MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 79 79 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 96 74 2 0 20 1 Anniston AL MSA* 28 23 0 0 5 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 261 157 18 0 86 7 Asheville NC MSA* 145 126 2 17 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 618 132 20 14 452 33 Atlanta GA MSA 7364 6114 10 43 1197 75 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 320 320 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 2149 1487 46 4 612 43 Bakersfield CA MSA* 310 282 2 18 8 1 Bangor ME MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 148 145 0 3 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 261 261 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 187 160 0 16 11 2 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 334 286 0 8 40 1 Binghamton NY MSA* 4 2 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 710 700 2 3 5 1 Bismarck ND MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 104 78 14 0 12 1 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 73 71 2 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 563 544 4 8 7 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1414 1320 38 6 50 9 Boston MA-NH PMSA 599 553 18 3 25 4 Brockton MA PMSA 78 76 2 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 53 44 4 0 5 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 154 152 2 0 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 116 112 4 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 New Bedford MA PMSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 81 63 0 3 15 3 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 172 159 8 0 5 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 286 234 8 8 36 4 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 157 107 50 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 163 137 2 3 21 3 Burlington VT MSA* 50 48 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 77 67 4 0 6 1 Casper WY MSA* 16 12 0 4 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 62 45 2 15 0 0 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 41 30 2 0 9 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 407 382 0 10 15 3 Charleston WV MSA* 68 64 0 4 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 2269 1679 4 3 583 48 Charlottesville VA MSA* 120 116 4 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 355 339 12 4 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 46 38 0 0 8 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3787 3028 94 168 497 52 Chicago IL PMSA 3427 2732 74 157 464 47 Gary IN PMSA 238 211 14 3 10 2 Kankakee IL PMSA 37 23 6 8 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 85 62 0 0 23 3 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 54 54 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1465 1034 22 51 358 36 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1185 787 20 20 358 36 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 280 247 2 31 0 0 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 419 277 4 6 132 9 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1057 842 8 80 127 6 Akron OH PMSA 355 307 4 38 6 1 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 702 535 4 42 121 5 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 958 653 6 4 295 8 Columbia MO MSA* 184 114 70 0 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 552 537 12 3 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 249 245 4 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1323 872 22 100 329 27 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 179 167 4 0 8 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 5129 4089 22 8 1010 27 Dallas TX PMSA 3661 2905 12 4 740 5 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 1468 1184 10 4 270 22 Danville VA MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 34 32 2 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 319 209 10 0 100 1 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 462 450 8 4 0 0 Decatur Al MSA* 52 47 0 0 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 27 11 0 16 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 4076 2452 34 15 1575 132 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 247 237 10 0 0 0 Denver CO PMSA 3571 1963 18 15 1575 132 Greeley CO PMSA 258 252 6 0 0 0 Des Moines IA MSA* 306 279 4 18 5 1 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2528 2268 12 62 186 19 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 501 485 0 16 0 0 Detroit MI PMSA 1831 1592 12 46 181 18 Flint MI PMSA 196 191 0 0 5 1 Dothan AL MSA* 96 64 8 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 39 30 4 0 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 35 19 4 12 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 661 393 8 0 260 16 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 146 132 14 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 24 15 0 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 40 26 0 0 14 2 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 302 208 14 6 74 4 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 165 148 0 0 17 2 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 381 273 0 0 108 7 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 406 332 50 8 16 2 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 214 82 4 0 128 1 Florence AL MSA* 53 29 0 0 24 2 Florence SC MSA* 91 67 0 0 24 2 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 408 364 4 19 21 3 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 914 541 46 53 274 19 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 408 351 16 8 33 3 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 150 86 6 0 58 5 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 334 252 0 0 82 10 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 232 230 2 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 529 509 16 4 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 311 189 0 0 122 14 Glens Falls NY MSA* 44 36 0 0 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 81 78 0 3 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 132 129 0 3 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 792 628 16 6 142 7 Great Falls MT MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 149 72 20 4 53 5 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 889 864 8 7 10 1 Greenville NC MSA* 157 109 0 0 48 4 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 1523 836 20 0 667 42 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 183 183 0 0 0 0 Hartford CT MSA* 205 203 2 0 0 0 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 233 227 6 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 336 172 4 0 160 11 Houma LA MSA* 125 122 0 3 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 4149 3101 18 0 1030 50 Brazoria TX PMSA 236 236 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 374 197 0 0 177 1 Houston TX PMSA 3539 2668 18 0 853 49 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 12 4 0 3 5 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 106 106 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1486 1361 22 31 72 6 Iowa City IA MSA* 54 23 6 6 19 1 Jackson MI MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 419 353 0 0 66 6 Jackson TN MSA* 103 87 16 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 2559 1170 4 0 1385 89 Jacksonville NC MSA* 133 129 0 4 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 43 23 8 0 12 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 212 181 2 7 22 4 Johnstown PA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 38 26 12 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 145 127 6 12 0 0 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1961 1687 26 103 145 14 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 391 340 28 23 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 573 437 2 9 125 10 Kokomo IN MSA* 35 27 8 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 20 16 4 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 232 202 2 16 12 2 Lafayette IN MSA* 91 77 4 0 10 2 Lake Charles LA MSA* 178 163 12 3 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 374 369 2 3 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 93 85 2 0 6 1 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 163 155 0 0 8 1 Laredo TX MSA* 271 150 2 12 107 10 Las Cruces NM MSA* 135 117 0 0 18 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 5675 3252 30 48 2345 245 Lawrence KS MSA* 328 52 42 14 220 17 Lawton OK MSA* 64 50 14 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 409 359 34 10 6 1 Lima OH MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 305 125 16 4 160 3 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 646 365 2 3 276 24 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 4522 3590 44 50 838 50 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 1064 718 16 14 316 15 Orange County CA PMSA 1323 860 24 24 415 28 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1876 1757 0 12 107 7 Ventura CA PMSA 259 255 4 0 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 859 722 6 3 128 16 Lubbock TX MSA* 103 103 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 125 121 4 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 319 300 0 0 19 2 Madison WI MSA* 238 159 12 24 43 4 Mansfield OH MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 876 793 12 22 49 8 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 207 172 8 9 18 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 566 465 4 4 93 9 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1291 1089 2 0 200 14 Merced CA MSA* 188 151 0 0 37 7 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2889 1865 20 96 908 58 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2325 1483 6 86 750 43 Miami FL PMSA 564 382 14 10 158 15 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 755 495 50 20 190 21 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 680 434 46 20 180 19 Racine WI PMSA 75 61 4 0 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1563 1425 10 32 96 7 Mobile AL MSA* 580 483 14 0 83 7 Modesto CA MSA* 154 154 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 80 80 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 245 242 0 3 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 665 337 0 7 321 22 Naples FL MSA* 645 359 18 71 197 19 Nashville TN MSA 1828 1374 12 8 434 35 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 990 524 18 7 441 11 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3453 2579 292 254 328 22 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 113 72 6 4 31 2 Bridgeport CT PMSA 107 107 0 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 30 17 10 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 452 386 6 16 44 4 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 532 530 2 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 460 438 2 0 20 1 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 101 96 0 0 5 1 New York NY PMSA 953 305 236 217 195 10 Newark NJ PMSA 301 260 22 14 5 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 79 77 2 0 0 0 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 53 37 4 0 12 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 104 88 0 0 16 2 Waterbury CT PMSA 47 45 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1044 917 28 11 88 10 Ocala FL MSA* 369 367 2 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 62 60 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 751 675 36 0 40 1 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 836 338 12 0 486 17 Orlando FL MSA 2389 1842 4 14 529 49 Owensboro KY MSA* 49 43 0 0 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 160 158 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 18 11 2 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 602 530 2 3 67 1 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 80 71 6 3 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1856 1739 80 3 34 5 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 191 131 52 0 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1190 1143 28 3 16 2 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 440 430 0 0 10 2 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 7759 4629 16 52 3062 217 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 18 16 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 561 480 12 10 59 4 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 77 75 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 3156 2001 142 60 953 76 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 2837 1748 108 53 928 72 Salem OR PMSA 319 253 34 7 25 4 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 258 212 12 14 20 1 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 656 342 26 44 244 14 Pueblo CO MSA* 157 139 10 8 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 144 122 0 4 18 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1986 1465 68 8 445 31 Rapid City SD MSA* 47 33 0 0 14 1 Reading PA MSA* 81 75 0 0 6 1 Redding CA MSA* 93 77 10 6 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 475 450 2 7 16 1 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 114 114 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 699 697 2 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 111 104 0 7 0 0 Rochester MN MSA* 71 37 4 15 15 3 Rochester NY MSA* 244 210 2 0 32 4 Rockford IL MSA* 229 161 12 16 40 4 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 70 55 6 0 9 1 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 961 950 6 0 5 1 Sacramento CA PMSA 874 872 2 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 87 78 4 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 62 54 8 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 67 42 0 3 22 2 St. Joseph MO MSA* 36 33 0 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1734 1296 60 285 93 9 Salinas CA MSA* 243 148 2 11 82 16 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1401 1076 10 38 277 28 San Angelo TX MSA* 131 57 0 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 1376 1159 6 11 200 12 San Diego CA MSA 853 710 2 38 103 12 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2396 1540 44 154 658 28 Oakland CA PMSA 643 602 0 28 13 2 San Francisco CA PMSA 686 69 42 19 556 17 San Jose CA PMSA 549 437 0 40 72 7 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 256 249 2 0 5 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 226 147 0 67 12 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 155 138 0 0 17 3 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 80 70 0 0 10 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 1053 629 18 8 398 20 Savannah GA MSA* 300 257 0 0 43 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 3334 2524 156 51 603 52 Bremerton WA PMSA 254 228 2 0 24 2 Olympia WA PMSA 624 399 6 4 215 15 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1833 1405 88 10 330 30 Tacoma WA PMSA 623 492 60 37 34 5 Sharon PA MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 202 192 10 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 20 13 2 0 5 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 90 72 2 4 12 1 South Bend IN MSA* 160 112 0 0 48 2 Spokane WA MSA* 295 177 6 7 105 6 Springfield IL MSA* 154 95 26 0 33 3 Springfield MO MSA* 305 271 34 0 0 0 Springfield MA MSA* 71 65 6 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 76 76 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 380 246 2 0 132 11 Sumter SC MSA* 73 70 0 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 132 55 0 0 77 7 Tallahassee FL MSA* 281 277 4 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 2273 1433 14 42 784 36 Terre Haute IN MSA* 20 16 4 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 188 152 4 10 22 3 Topeka KS MSA* 93 63 30 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 974 798 8 0 168 12 Tulsa OK MSA* 431 423 8 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 137 135 2 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 30 28 2 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 148 146 2 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 66 37 26 3 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 5159 4055 10 11 1083 52 Baltimore MD PMSA 1442 1143 0 8 291 14 Hagerstown MD PMSA 70 64 6 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3647 2848 4 3 792 38 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 23 19 4 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 1478 1337 0 27 114 8 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Wichita KS MSA* 301 297 4 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 40 40 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 500 451 10 4 35 5 Yakima WA MSA* 51 34 8 9 0 0 York PA MSA* 98 98 0 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 127 91 36 0 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 128 113 2 3 10 2 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.