Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area May 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* 183 113 2 0 68 5 Albany GA MSA* 530 445 20 34 31 5 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 866 485 26 3 352 32 Albuquerque NM MSA* 2524 2019 8 8 489 46 Alexandria LA MSA* 186 139 0 0 47 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 668 577 0 6 85 3 Altoona PA MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 207 207 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 399 337 32 10 20 1 Anniston AL MSA* 96 72 2 0 22 4 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 723 518 84 4 117 12 Asheville NC MSA* 502 376 20 56 50 7 Athens GA MSA* 1130 358 56 33 683 62 Atlanta GA MSA 20935 17194 70 58 3613 212 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 969 870 4 0 95 3 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 5574 3888 104 28 1554 87 Bakersfield CA MSA* 1197 994 2 63 138 18 Bangor ME MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 407 407 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1326 674 0 12 640 66 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 185 185 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 552 471 12 37 32 6 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 30 27 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 159 151 8 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1013 771 8 8 226 20 Binghamton NY MSA* 14 12 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 2154 1948 2 21 183 21 Bismarck ND MSA* 172 154 0 0 18 2 Bloomington IN MSA* 402 298 22 4 78 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 329 284 12 8 25 3 Boise City ID MSA* 1911 1820 14 32 45 2 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 5531 5079 122 19 311 39 Boston MA-NH PMSA 2450 2187 58 16 189 20 Brockton MA PMSA 251 241 10 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 205 150 8 0 47 5 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 522 501 6 0 15 3 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 431 418 8 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 269 253 10 0 6 1 Nashua NH PMSA 257 248 0 0 9 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 158 158 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 323 292 8 3 20 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 665 631 14 0 20 4 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 926 710 22 19 175 9 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 772 311 38 8 415 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 843 597 28 7 211 15 Burlington VT MSA* 267 247 16 4 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 414 375 28 0 11 2 Casper WY MSA* 120 113 0 7 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 441 269 12 34 126 8 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 172 115 6 0 51 3 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 1103 1065 0 13 25 5 Charleston WV MSA* 205 163 0 4 38 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 7569 5162 58 32 2317 170 Charlottesville VA MSA* 480 439 22 14 5 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1185 1145 20 15 5 1 Cheyenne WY MSA* 155 119 4 8 24 3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 15054 11410 356 742 2546 249 Chicago IL PMSA 13227 9996 246 708 2277 233 Gary IN PMSA 1234 1037 78 11 108 7 Kankakee IL PMSA 182 139 22 16 5 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 411 238 10 7 156 8 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 303 266 2 28 7 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 4830 3940 86 85 719 71 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 3897 3133 72 40 652 64 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 933 807 14 45 67 7 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 915 717 12 30 156 13 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 4212 3544 78 139 451 34 Akron OH PMSA 1444 1106 46 47 245 17 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 2768 2438 32 92 206 17 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 2373 1983 10 4 376 9 Columbia MO MSA* 715 380 280 24 31 5 Columbia SC MSA* 1634 1519 32 3 80 4 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 641 529 12 4 96 2 Columbus OH MSA 4759 3134 90 462 1073 109 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 565 474 10 4 77 5 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 14251 11766 40 253 2192 96 Dallas TX PMSA 10200 8255 18 249 1678 59 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 4051 3511 22 4 514 37 Danville VA MSA* 141 126 0 0 15 3 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 274 173 20 9 72 9 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 1093 762 34 14 283 22 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 1304 1282 12 4 6 1 Decatur Al MSA* 239 146 0 16 77 14 Decatur IL MSA* 106 53 6 32 15 1 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 10435 7148 74 82 3131 248 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 823 709 10 3 101 4 Denver CO PMSA 8757 5669 58 57 2973 235 Greeley CO PMSA 855 770 6 22 57 9 Des Moines IA MSA* 1409 1067 18 25 299 17 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 9883 8681 122 231 849 82 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1988 1691 6 35 256 21 Detroit MI PMSA 7138 6316 106 189 527 52 Flint MI PMSA 757 674 10 7 66 9 Dothan AL MSA* 191 159 8 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 248 236 12 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 122 75 0 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 170 143 4 7 16 3 Eau Claire WI MSA* 249 145 16 48 40 4 El Paso TX MSA* 1654 1031 32 3 588 41 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 462 425 32 0 5 1 Elmira NY MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 81 66 6 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 232 152 4 12 64 11 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 995 590 64 23 318 35 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 551 463 12 0 76 10 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 341 191 0 0 150 6 Fayetteville NC MSA* 827 703 4 0 120 8 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1469 995 130 16 328 29 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 466 257 12 24 173 5 Florence AL MSA* 105 76 0 0 29 3 Florence SC MSA* 273 216 0 0 57 6 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 1389 1080 20 74 215 20 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 2380 1466 110 173 631 52 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 1134 974 56 65 39 4 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 366 236 12 0 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 746 592 0 4 150 12 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 1017 943 22 4 48 4 Fresno CA MSA 1589 1531 26 25 7 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1005 498 0 9 498 36 Glens Falls NY MSA* 160 148 0 4 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 235 215 6 9 5 1 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 62 43 0 0 19 2 Grand Junction CO MSA* 490 439 38 0 13 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 2887 2406 48 21 412 24 Great Falls MT MSA* 45 45 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 565 338 76 12 139 16 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 3613 2949 42 59 563 44 Greenville NC MSA* 447 317 2 0 128 9 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 3300 2443 56 13 788 52 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 758 654 0 8 96 9 Hartford CT MSA* 1159 1036 8 10 105 6 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 44 30 4 0 10 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 774 743 12 8 11 2 Honolulu HI MSA 772 495 20 0 257 12 Houma LA MSA* 339 336 0 3 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 11403 8886 22 28 2467 134 Brazoria TX PMSA 715 715 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 792 609 2 4 177 1 Houston TX PMSA 9896 7562 20 24 2290 133 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 377 377 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 5439 4749 98 41 551 34 Iowa City IA MSA* 246 132 12 13 89 7 Jackson MI MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 1168 1026 0 15 127 13 Jackson TN MSA* 338 278 20 3 37 4 Jacksonville FL MSA 5270 3228 18 28 1996 125 Jacksonville NC MSA* 354 338 0 16 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 163 94 48 9 12 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 795 631 8 44 112 13 Johnstown PA MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 259 93 34 12 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 527 406 18 37 66 6 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 5580 4488 234 178 680 54 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1216 743 70 90 313 25 Knoxville TN MSA* 2297 1607 36 36 618 39 Kokomo IN MSA* 171 135 36 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 241 112 30 8 91 3 Lafayette LA MSA* 617 579 2 19 17 3 Lafayette IN MSA* 409 297 18 0 94 7 Lake Charles LA MSA* 465 428 34 3 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 1036 1008 14 6 8 1 Lancaster PA MSA* 677 466 2 3 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 552 489 2 0 61 5 Laredo TX MSA* 791 434 4 36 317 31 Las Cruces NM MSA* 405 345 6 12 42 4 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 13010 8925 36 242 3807 403 Lawrence KS MSA* 1089 214 142 73 660 61 Lawton OK MSA* 111 97 14 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 54 45 0 0 9 1 Lexington KY MSA* 1663 1176 104 31 352 48 Lima OH MSA* 40 40 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1063 416 34 8 605 25 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 1264 941 6 31 286 26 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 176 88 2 0 86 2 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 13710 10365 160 227 2958 240 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 3314 2089 68 84 1073 71 Orange County CA PMSA 4174 2479 70 85 1540 136 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 5327 4940 14 33 340 32 Ventura CA PMSA 895 857 8 25 5 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 2623 2131 22 28 442 47 Lubbock TX MSA* 300 272 6 6 16 2 Lynchburg VA MSA* 477 461 16 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 994 930 24 0 40 4 Madison WI MSA* 1031 714 72 95 150 12 Mansfield OH MSA* 152 129 12 11 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 2278 1929 42 135 172 27 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 569 496 34 21 18 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 1533 1326 8 8 191 15 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 3640 2478 10 0 1152 83 Merced CA MSA* 448 416 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 8743 5205 46 132 3360 179 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 6813 4027 20 90 2676 133 Miami FL PMSA 1930 1178 26 42 684 46 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 3220 1884 142 115 1079 88 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 2821 1623 132 112 954 80 Racine WI PMSA 399 261 10 3 125 8 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 6490 5832 54 139 465 54 Mobile AL MSA* 1551 1300 60 3 188 17 Modesto CA MSA* 596 548 8 40 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 210 210 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 757 698 4 31 24 3 Muncie IN MSA* 94 80 2 12 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 1518 844 16 7 651 50 Naples FL MSA* 2352 961 30 239 1122 67 Nashville TN MSA 5798 4331 36 20 1411 132 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 353 331 4 18 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 2080 1521 60 18 481 15 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 13730 9617 1306 402 2405 127 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 484 295 48 7 134 9 Bridgeport CT PMSA 353 351 2 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 286 282 4 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 202 192 2 3 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 113 46 64 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 1912 1448 16 0 448 34 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1804 1799 2 3 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1575 1464 30 0 81 9 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 414 379 6 0 29 5 New York NY PMSA 3862 1145 1022 362 1333 36 Newark NJ PMSA 1273 1088 82 21 82 10 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 664 463 16 3 182 17 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 278 159 8 0 111 6 Trenton NJ PMSA 296 296 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 214 210 4 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 3420 2792 56 37 535 60 Ocala FL MSA* 1039 1026 10 3 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 197 197 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 2263 1862 60 0 341 16 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 1953 1300 36 4 613 25 Orlando FL MSA 6107 5169 6 22 910 66 Owensboro KY MSA* 166 156 4 0 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 418 390 24 4 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 119 79 4 0 36 6 Pensacola FL MSA* 1669 1456 20 11 182 4 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 416 398 18 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 7061 6561 216 30 254 27 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 546 400 122 16 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 5118 4827 80 14 197 20 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 152 127 2 0 23 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 1245 1207 12 0 26 5 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 19303 13765 42 66 5430 388 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 74 42 4 0 28 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 2131 1886 34 29 182 24 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 421 408 8 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 8521 5862 394 244 2021 169 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 7509 5161 298 226 1824 147 Salem OR PMSA 1012 701 96 18 197 22 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 933 820 30 23 60 5 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 1486 957 80 105 344 26 Pueblo CO MSA* 457 377 50 12 18 1 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 422 381 4 7 30 3 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 6133 5043 94 63 933 79 Rapid City SD MSA* 182 131 0 3 48 3 Reading PA MSA* 394 344 0 0 50 3 Redding CA MSA* 280 250 16 9 5 1 Reno NV MSA* 1610 1127 2 7 474 63 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 286 279 2 0 5 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 2395 2319 4 0 72 2 Roanoke VA MSA* 398 352 6 11 29 3 Rochester MN MSA* 304 147 18 35 104 4 Rochester NY MSA* 882 703 8 7 164 20 Rockford IL MSA* 735 590 44 23 78 9 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 190 177 10 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 3280 3162 26 0 92 3 Sacramento CA PMSA 2989 2886 16 0 87 2 Yolo CA PMSA 291 276 10 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 181 153 24 4 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 286 184 2 3 97 8 St. Joseph MO MSA* 78 73 2 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 5615 4632 172 446 365 38 Salinas CA MSA* 764 462 0 30 272 34 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 5022 3636 78 67 1241 87 San Angelo TX MSA* 191 117 0 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 4163 3062 36 29 1036 76 San Diego CA MSA 2772 2313 24 247 188 24 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 7502 5231 120 353 1798 100 Oakland CA PMSA 2648 2332 2 79 235 13 San Francisco CA PMSA 1232 351 80 79 722 30 San Jose CA PMSA 2322 1385 26 112 799 50 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 100 95 0 0 5 1 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 618 576 12 10 20 4 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 582 492 0 73 17 2 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 542 505 8 4 25 5 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 315 236 14 13 52 5 Santa Fe NM MSA* 127 127 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 2658 1692 30 24 912 50 Savannah GA MSA* 983 628 0 4 351 15 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 200 190 4 0 6 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 10036 7279 348 361 2048 154 Bremerton WA PMSA 726 660 8 0 58 6 Olympia WA PMSA 1207 961 16 10 220 16 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 5989 4025 226 291 1447 111 Tacoma WA PMSA 2114 1633 98 60 323 21 Sharon PA MSA* 75 73 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 55 53 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 720 486 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 152 85 6 3 58 3 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 586 416 38 15 117 3 South Bend IN MSA* 488 432 2 0 54 3 Spokane WA MSA* 1223 654 42 18 509 27 Springfield IL MSA* 502 357 80 0 65 5 Springfield MO MSA* 936 815 64 12 45 4 Springfield MA MSA* 287 259 18 4 6 1 State College PA MSA* 207 141 4 3 59 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 47 29 4 0 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 979 763 8 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 195 184 0 11 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 323 224 0 0 99 10 Tallahassee FL MSA* 764 722 42 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 5879 4019 72 89 1699 139 Terre Haute IN MSA* 93 73 20 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 99 81 10 8 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 811 658 22 32 99 12 Topeka KS MSA* 350 231 50 0 69 6 Tucson AZ MSA* 2535 2244 34 6 251 16 Tulsa OK MSA* 1551 1283 12 0 256 18 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 662 328 2 0 332 39 Tyler TX MSA* 123 119 4 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 41 17 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 79 77 2 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 531 511 12 3 5 1 Waco TX MSA* 180 129 30 7 14 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 17166 14166 28 23 2949 157 Baltimore MD PMSA 4876 4062 0 16 798 40 Hagerstown MD PMSA 269 257 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 12021 9847 16 7 2151 117 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 138 118 6 8 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 3923 3464 4 87 368 28 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 9 4 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 952 940 12 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 99 93 2 4 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 1515 1264 10 20 221 20 Yakima WA MSA* 181 135 26 20 0 0 York PA MSA* 605 463 0 15 127 5 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 518 417 64 25 12 2 Yuba City CA MSA* 131 129 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 499 371 2 3 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.