Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 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* 98 62 0 0 36 3 Albany GA MSA* 382 314 18 19 31 5 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 287 214 16 0 57 8 Albuquerque NM MSA* 1378 1157 2 4 215 29 Alexandria LA MSA* 79 79 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 345 261 0 6 78 3 Altoona PA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 122 122 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 149 123 6 0 20 1 Anniston AL MSA* 49 39 0 0 10 2 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 372 245 36 0 91 8 Asheville NC MSA* 258 210 4 44 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 729 210 22 14 483 35 Atlanta GA MSA 11365 9717 32 51 1565 98 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 454 454 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 3190 2269 64 8 849 54 Bakersfield CA MSA* 610 559 0 41 10 2 Bangor ME MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 237 237 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 397 389 0 8 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 116 116 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 318 269 2 25 22 4 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 15 12 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 63 61 2 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 664 440 4 8 212 18 Binghamton NY MSA* 8 6 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 1237 1087 2 7 141 15 Bismarck ND MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 168 142 14 0 12 1 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 134 132 2 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 970 948 8 8 6 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 2596 2392 68 9 127 20 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1141 1027 34 6 74 10 Brockton MA PMSA 124 120 4 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 96 74 4 0 18 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 252 243 4 0 5 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 243 235 8 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 97 92 0 0 5 1 Nashua NH PMSA 120 118 2 0 0 0 New Bedford MA PMSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 143 123 2 3 15 3 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 304 284 10 0 10 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 524 366 6 12 140 5 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 566 174 28 0 364 30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 344 247 6 3 88 10 Burlington VT MSA* 121 109 12 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 172 156 10 0 6 1 Casper WY MSA* 99 95 0 4 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 137 100 6 23 8 1 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 90 65 6 0 19 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 654 619 0 10 25 5 Charleston WV MSA* 130 94 0 4 32 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 3456 2795 18 3 640 53 Charlottesville VA MSA* 225 206 12 7 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 577 552 12 8 5 1 Cheyenne WY MSA* 84 76 0 0 8 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 6944 5396 188 313 1047 114 Chicago IL PMSA 6174 4801 136 298 939 105 Gary IN PMSA 566 443 36 7 80 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 77 55 14 8 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 127 97 2 0 28 4 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 150 143 0 0 7 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 2406 1869 32 57 448 45 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1902 1458 24 20 400 41 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 504 411 8 37 48 4 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 553 373 6 18 156 13 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1921 1597 28 101 195 15 Akron OH PMSA 581 506 20 34 21 4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 1340 1091 8 67 174 11 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 1367 1062 6 4 295 8 Columbia MO MSA* 365 187 174 4 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 893 859 18 3 13 1 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 431 334 6 3 88 1 Columbus OH MSA 2304 1518 44 221 521 49 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 260 248 4 0 8 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 7705 6476 28 15 1186 41 Dallas TX PMSA 5521 4644 12 11 854 14 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 2184 1832 16 4 332 27 Danville VA MSA* 64 59 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 94 85 6 3 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 655 387 12 14 242 16 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 726 712 10 4 0 0 Decatur Al MSA* 86 76 0 0 10 2 Decatur IL MSA* 49 21 0 19 9 1 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 6450 3878 42 29 2501 188 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 473 368 10 0 95 3 Denver CO PMSA 5509 3078 26 15 2390 184 Greeley CO PMSA 468 432 6 14 16 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 839 531 4 18 286 15 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 4345 3888 32 143 282 31 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 831 793 2 28 8 1 Detroit MI PMSA 3200 2806 26 111 257 27 Flint MI PMSA 314 289 4 4 17 3 Dothan AL MSA* 130 98 8 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 117 117 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 70 23 0 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 49 47 2 0 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 108 60 4 28 16 2 El Paso TX MSA* 975 617 12 0 346 23 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 238 224 14 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 36 25 2 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 96 51 0 0 45 8 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 655 324 26 9 296 26 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 288 234 8 0 46 4 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 545 425 0 0 120 8 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 782 532 70 12 168 15 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 283 139 6 4 134 2 Florence AL MSA* 80 46 0 4 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 148 115 0 0 33 3 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 658 560 6 23 69 6 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 1413 825 64 83 441 35 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 687 541 32 65 49 5 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 262 134 10 0 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 488 357 0 0 131 12 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 476 455 6 0 15 1 Fresno CA MSA 920 869 22 11 18 3 Gadsden AL MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 683 277 0 0 406 31 Glens Falls NY MSA* 68 60 0 0 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 131 123 2 6 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 259 257 2 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1329 1106 22 7 194 12 Great Falls MT MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 289 151 34 4 100 11 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1575 1532 14 11 18 2 Greenville NC MSA* 241 193 0 0 48 4 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 2060 1330 24 3 703 44 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 400 338 0 0 62 5 Hartford CT MSA* 449 444 2 3 0 0 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 22 20 2 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 380 367 8 0 5 1 Honolulu HI MSA 626 357 12 0 257 12 Houma LA MSA* 193 190 0 3 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 5986 4932 20 4 1030 50 Brazoria TX PMSA 382 382 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 524 343 0 4 177 1 Houston TX PMSA 5080 4207 20 0 853 49 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 189 189 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 2630 2403 40 31 156 16 Iowa City IA MSA* 143 58 8 6 71 5 Jackson MI MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 569 565 0 4 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 179 161 18 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 3200 1744 10 28 1418 92 Jacksonville NC MSA* 203 195 0 8 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 102 47 22 6 27 2 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 354 308 6 17 23 4 Johnstown PA MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 63 47 16 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 239 204 12 23 0 0 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 3165 2731 84 145 205 23 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 580 487 50 43 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 1015 797 8 12 198 14 Kokomo IN MSA* 89 65 24 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 134 46 10 0 78 1 Lafayette LA MSA* 356 326 2 16 12 2 Lafayette IN MSA* 156 131 10 0 15 3 Lake Charles LA MSA* 260 245 12 3 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 598 583 4 3 8 1 Lancaster PA MSA* 221 210 2 3 6 1 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 264 231 2 0 31 3 Laredo TX MSA* 411 242 2 16 151 15 Las Cruces NM MSA* 219 190 2 0 27 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 8589 5045 30 98 3416 356 Lawrence KS MSA* 610 111 120 26 353 32 Lawton OK MSA* 82 68 14 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 728 624 54 13 37 6 Lima OH MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 500 209 28 4 259 8 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 840 543 2 14 281 25 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 52 46 2 4 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 7458 5800 64 81 1513 109 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 1892 1118 28 24 722 41 Orange County CA PMSA 2096 1371 28 27 670 59 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 3037 2900 0 30 107 7 Ventura CA PMSA 433 411 8 0 14 2 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1425 1185 14 3 223 28 Lubbock TX MSA* 186 168 2 0 16 2 Lynchburg VA MSA* 241 231 10 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 484 464 0 0 20 2 Madison WI MSA* 531 318 32 67 114 11 Mansfield OH MSA* 70 58 4 8 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 1284 1152 18 33 81 13 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 356 286 20 16 34 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 899 734 8 8 149 13 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1878 1662 6 0 210 16 Merced CA MSA* 266 234 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 4328 2829 30 124 1345 87 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 3318 2245 12 90 971 54 Miami FL PMSA 1010 584 18 34 374 33 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1344 835 80 39 390 35 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1110 722 72 39 277 29 Racine WI PMSA 234 113 8 0 113 6 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 2763 2523 20 58 162 17 Mobile AL MSA* 919 766 24 0 129 10 Modesto CA MSA* 297 293 4 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 130 125 0 0 5 1 Montgomery AL MSA* 423 396 0 3 24 3 Muncie IN MSA* 45 37 0 8 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 929 476 8 7 438 29 Naples FL MSA* 949 532 22 115 280 29 Nashville TN MSA 2928 2259 18 14 637 60 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 178 169 0 9 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 1365 857 42 11 455 12 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 6220 4634 504 283 799 62 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 189 124 18 4 43 4 Bridgeport CT PMSA 169 169 0 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 137 137 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 84 82 2 0 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 70 38 26 6 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 915 701 4 0 210 15 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 876 876 0 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 798 716 6 0 76 8 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 196 173 2 0 21 4 New York NY PMSA 1562 578 406 259 319 18 Newark NJ PMSA 682 586 30 14 52 8 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 188 164 2 0 22 3 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 129 67 6 0 56 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 153 153 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1746 1486 36 7 217 21 Ocala FL MSA* 595 586 6 3 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 102 100 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 1442 1063 38 0 341 16 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 1126 619 16 0 491 18 Orlando FL MSA 3411 2844 4 17 546 51 Owensboro KY MSA* 91 83 2 0 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 231 223 8 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 41 27 4 0 10 2 Pensacola FL MSA* 1048 852 12 7 177 3 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 148 144 4 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 3466 3191 128 11 136 16 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 311 217 82 4 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 2352 2185 42 7 118 13 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 51 49 2 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 752 740 2 0 10 2 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 11864 7851 28 56 3929 286 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 23 21 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1003 877 20 7 99 12 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 186 182 4 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 4839 3237 216 121 1265 109 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 4329 2855 170 114 1190 99 Salem OR PMSA 510 382 46 7 75 10 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 471 386 24 17 44 2 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 896 524 48 80 244 14 Pueblo CO MSA* 219 194 14 11 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 235 213 0 4 18 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 3232 2554 76 30 572 41 Rapid City SD MSA* 100 60 0 0 40 2 Reading PA MSA* 154 148 0 0 6 1 Redding CA MSA* 137 121 10 6 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 639 609 2 7 21 2 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 318 211 0 3 104 7 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1241 1225 4 0 12 1 Roanoke VA MSA* 247 208 4 11 24 2 Rochester MN MSA* 98 64 4 15 15 3 Rochester NY MSA* 371 337 2 4 28 3 Rockford IL MSA* 327 251 20 16 40 4 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 111 93 8 0 10 1 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 1696 1604 8 0 84 2 Sacramento CA PMSA 1522 1439 4 0 79 1 Yolo CA PMSA 174 165 4 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 93 83 10 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 121 73 0 3 45 4 St. Joseph MO MSA* 49 46 0 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 2963 2291 114 403 155 20 Salinas CA MSA* 392 234 0 18 140 18 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 2287 1830 26 63 368 39 San Angelo TX MSA* 148 74 0 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 2152 1749 18 31 354 25 San Diego CA MSA 1498 1244 16 85 153 20 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 3981 2531 54 215 1181 60 Oakland CA PMSA 1163 1015 0 36 112 7 San Francisco CA PMSA 831 131 50 51 599 22 San Jose CA PMSA 1273 767 0 58 448 28 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 319 302 4 3 10 2 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 337 258 0 67 12 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 254 235 4 0 15 3 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 172 113 8 6 45 4 Santa Fe NM MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 1452 994 26 12 420 21 Savannah GA MSA* 449 402 0 4 43 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 82 76 0 0 6 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 5805 4105 216 106 1378 97 Bremerton WA PMSA 435 385 4 0 46 4 Olympia WA PMSA 800 570 6 4 220 16 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 3394 2301 128 57 908 59 Tacoma WA PMSA 1176 849 78 45 204 18 Sharon PA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 305 295 10 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 44 38 6 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 293 168 4 4 117 3 South Bend IN MSA* 254 204 2 0 48 2 Spokane WA MSA* 619 325 24 11 259 10 Springfield IL MSA* 268 173 42 0 53 4 Springfield MO MSA* 525 475 50 0 0 0 Springfield MA MSA* 125 113 8 4 0 0 State College PA MSA* 89 89 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 24 14 0 0 10 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 553 419 2 0 132 11 Sumter SC MSA* 107 104 0 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 190 106 0 0 84 8 Tallahassee FL MSA* 431 409 22 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 3903 2312 26 48 1517 109 Terre Haute IN MSA* 54 36 18 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 48 38 2 8 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 441 323 6 13 99 12 Topeka KS MSA* 222 113 40 0 69 6 Tucson AZ MSA* 1463 1270 14 0 179 13 Tulsa OK MSA* 759 744 10 0 5 1 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 267 217 2 0 48 6 Tyler TX MSA* 69 69 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 45 43 2 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 262 256 6 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 108 72 30 6 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 8808 7202 20 11 1575 82 Baltimore MD PMSA 2691 2166 0 8 517 26 Hagerstown MD PMSA 133 125 8 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 5984 4911 12 3 1058 56 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 58 48 4 0 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 2229 1999 2 51 177 10 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Wichita KS MSA* 502 496 6 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 63 57 2 4 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 824 737 8 12 67 7 Yakima WA MSA* 101 71 10 9 11 1 York PA MSA* 225 219 0 0 6 1 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 223 175 42 6 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 43 41 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 309 196 0 0 113 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.