Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area July 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* 182 146 0 0 36 3 Albany GA MSA* 691 562 22 46 61 8 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1202 730 34 11 427 41 Albuquerque NM MSA* 3612 2831 8 19 754 52 Alexandria LA MSA* 262 215 0 0 47 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 969 849 4 11 105 3 Altoona PA MSA* 57 52 0 0 5 1 Amarillo TX MSA* 290 290 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 642 497 48 29 68 2 Anniston AL MSA* 144 108 2 0 34 6 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1234 784 112 20 318 25 Asheville NC MSA* 720 570 32 56 62 9 Athens GA MSA* 1271 475 80 33 683 62 Atlanta GA MSA 28704 23321 96 65 5222 296 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1297 1187 4 16 90 2 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 8196 5171 176 28 2821 160 Bakersfield CA MSA* 1609 1390 2 79 138 18 Bangor ME MSA* 95 95 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 555 549 6 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1625 973 0 12 640 66 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 292 264 2 0 26 3 Bellingham WA MSA* 789 642 18 69 60 9 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 56 47 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 329 214 40 12 63 6 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1316 1052 10 12 242 22 Binghamton NY MSA* 20 18 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 3107 2700 4 21 382 36 Bismarck ND MSA* 317 240 4 0 73 4 Bloomington IN MSA* 520 406 22 4 88 6 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 576 399 12 12 153 13 Boise City ID MSA* 2765 2553 44 73 95 8 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 8384 7695 178 21 490 66 Boston MA-NH PMSA 3686 3309 96 18 263 31 Brockton MA PMSA 406 396 10 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 313 228 10 0 75 9 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 785 752 8 0 25 5 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 616 603 8 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 385 367 18 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 401 375 0 0 26 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 226 226 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 492 451 8 3 30 6 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1074 988 20 0 66 11 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1218 971 30 35 182 10 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 875 408 44 8 415 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1354 926 40 7 381 34 Burlington VT MSA* 425 405 16 4 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 605 543 48 3 11 2 Casper WY MSA* 141 134 0 7 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 617 392 24 61 140 10 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 226 166 6 0 54 3 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 1739 1486 2 74 177 10 Charleston WV MSA* 278 232 4 4 38 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 10869 7287 96 54 3432 243 Charlottesville VA MSA* 714 600 30 22 62 5 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1639 1573 34 19 13 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 334 186 4 8 136 17 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 21810 16731 566 1031 3482 336 Chicago IL PMSA 19163 14672 396 977 3118 315 Gary IN PMSA 1787 1505 130 27 125 9 Kankakee IL PMSA 265 204 24 16 21 2 Kenosha WI PMSA 595 350 16 11 218 10 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 405 368 2 28 7 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 7431 5783 162 125 1361 132 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 5649 4545 140 68 896 89 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1782 1238 22 57 465 43 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1226 988 14 50 174 16 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 6919 5546 130 293 950 77 Akron OH PMSA 2381 1723 66 173 419 35 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 4538 3823 64 120 531 42 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 3224 2652 18 52 502 23 Columbia MO MSA* 921 534 332 24 31 5 Columbia SC MSA* 2413 2296 34 3 80 4 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 848 697 12 12 127 5 Columbus OH MSA 7008 4588 132 629 1659 162 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 918 661 10 4 243 7 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 132 132 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 21393 16129 78 259 4927 274 Dallas TX PMSA 15685 11430 44 255 3956 213 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 5708 4699 34 4 971 61 Danville VA MSA* 213 188 0 0 25 5 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 384 265 26 9 84 10 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 1570 1221 32 18 299 24 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 1887 1865 12 4 6 1 Decatur Al MSA* 333 202 0 16 115 13 Decatur IL MSA* 156 102 10 44 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 14573 9854 120 134 4465 388 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 1918 1015 12 12 879 99 Denver CO PMSA 11513 7819 98 89 3507 277 Greeley CO PMSA 1142 1020 10 33 79 12 Des Moines IA MSA* 1988 1463 30 46 449 23 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 15484 13197 180 261 1846 130 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 2935 2540 12 51 332 30 Detroit MI PMSA 11259 9628 148 202 1281 82 Flint MI PMSA 1290 1029 20 8 233 18 Dothan AL MSA* 249 217 8 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 383 371 12 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 167 116 4 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 294 265 10 14 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 385 239 18 80 48 5 El Paso TX MSA* 2337 1424 36 3 874 59 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 673 622 34 7 10 2 Elmira NY MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 99 84 6 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 312 223 6 16 67 11 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1441 911 128 37 365 40 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 892 674 12 4 202 14 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 588 334 0 7 247 11 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1071 899 10 0 162 12 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1889 1334 162 32 361 34 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 647 378 14 39 216 9 Florence AL MSA* 145 103 0 12 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 373 309 2 0 62 7 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2025 1548 20 106 351 32 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 3312 2089 136 233 854 73 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 1683 1453 82 73 75 7 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 538 400 16 4 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1040 867 0 8 165 14 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 1579 1441 40 4 94 7 Fresno CA MSA 2267 2192 26 40 9 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 69 69 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1363 716 2 6 639 46 Glens Falls NY MSA* 238 222 0 8 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 322 296 4 6 16 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 104 83 2 0 19 2 Grand Junction CO MSA* 630 541 76 0 13 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 4344 3624 78 36 606 38 Great Falls MT MSA* 75 65 0 0 10 2 Green Bay WI MSA* 804 482 94 12 216 23 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 5558 4404 64 83 1007 78 Greenville NC MSA* 626 442 2 0 182 15 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 4347 3369 64 57 857 62 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1070 926 8 32 104 10 Hartford CT MSA* 1767 1598 10 46 113 7 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 72 41 4 0 27 3 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1126 1071 32 12 11 2 Honolulu HI MSA 1323 628 22 0 673 23 Houma LA MSA* 454 451 0 3 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 15603 12337 28 39 3199 179 Brazoria TX PMSA 1042 1029 0 0 13 1 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 988 803 4 4 177 1 Houston TX PMSA 13573 10505 24 35 3009 177 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 59 33 0 0 26 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 523 523 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 7992 6883 132 52 925 58 Iowa City IA MSA* 313 193 18 13 89 7 Jackson MI MSA* 93 93 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 1813 1475 0 34 304 22 Jackson TN MSA* 429 382 20 0 27 3 Jacksonville FL MSA 6911 4614 20 28 2249 144 Jacksonville NC MSA* 434 415 0 19 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 279 147 62 12 58 7 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1152 925 16 44 167 21 Johnstown PA MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 331 129 62 20 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 830 639 22 66 103 8 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 7626 6141 282 214 989 88 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1444 926 88 117 313 25 Knoxville TN MSA* 3014 2234 44 78 658 43 Kokomo IN MSA* 259 209 50 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 347 184 40 15 108 5 Lafayette LA MSA* 918 792 2 19 105 14 Lafayette IN MSA* 687 464 38 32 153 10 Lake Charles LA MSA* 624 566 50 3 5 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 1496 1450 20 10 16 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 857 645 2 4 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 987 756 2 4 225 24 Laredo TX MSA* 1125 605 4 54 462 44 Las Cruces NM MSA* 608 492 6 16 94 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 20104 12658 64 383 6999 640 Lawrence KS MSA* 1411 280 168 117 846 69 Lawton OK MSA* 141 121 14 6 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 71 71 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 2261 1698 134 45 384 53 Lima OH MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1292 590 38 8 656 27 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 1813 1286 6 35 486 42 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 208 122 2 0 84 2 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 19579 15421 230 287 3641 307 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 4669 3028 110 103 1428 97 Orange County CA PMSA 6019 4026 92 101 1800 167 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 7473 7086 14 33 340 32 Ventura CA PMSA 1418 1281 14 50 73 11 Louisville KY-IN MSA 3657 3017 36 36 568 62 Lubbock TX MSA* 414 372 12 6 24 3 Lynchburg VA MSA* 680 662 18 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 1557 1263 24 0 270 15 Madison WI MSA* 1575 1022 128 103 322 21 Mansfield OH MSA* 228 201 12 15 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 3291 2586 76 395 234 36 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 819 657 66 10 86 10 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2135 1862 10 14 249 17 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5306 3636 10 0 1660 153 Merced CA MSA* 588 556 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 12572 7759 102 139 4572 233 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 9407 5787 26 93 3501 164 Miami FL PMSA 3165 1972 76 46 1071 69 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 4605 2773 210 169 1453 128 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 3994 2380 188 157 1269 112 Racine WI PMSA 611 393 22 12 184 16 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 10225 9167 92 213 753 85 Mobile AL MSA* 2461 1872 74 0 515 25 Modesto CA MSA* 802 754 8 40 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 300 293 0 7 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 950 837 4 35 74 6 Muncie IN MSA* 137 114 6 12 5 1 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 2144 1154 22 54 914 80 Naples FL MSA* 3330 1378 60 366 1526 91 Nashville TN MSA 9165 6326 54 90 2695 240 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 594 529 4 33 28 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 2687 1981 94 18 594 16 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 21306 14755 2068 614 3869 217 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 781 519 110 13 139 11 Bridgeport CT PMSA 516 506 6 4 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 450 438 6 6 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 362 306 4 10 42 6 Jersey City NJ PMSA 207 73 102 27 5 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 2957 2266 14 17 660 48 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 2657 2647 2 3 5 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3051 2385 38 0 628 37 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 608 545 14 0 49 9 New York NY PMSA 5235 1678 1630 501 1426 44 Newark NJ PMSA 1917 1642 102 27 146 19 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1453 748 24 6 675 36 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 351 245 12 0 94 5 Trenton NJ PMSA 434 434 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 327 323 4 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 5246 4130 116 55 945 85 Ocala FL MSA* 1346 1327 8 6 5 1 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 250 250 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 3241 2472 88 24 657 30 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 2922 1935 48 12 927 43 Orlando FL MSA 8784 7433 12 29 1310 102 Owensboro KY MSA* 251 225 6 3 17 2 Panama City FL MSA* 594 562 28 4 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 199 121 4 4 70 10 Pensacola FL MSA* 2521 2042 20 14 445 17 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 653 623 26 4 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 10629 9682 282 54 611 66 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 750 588 138 16 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 7934 7200 124 38 572 59 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 169 167 2 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 1776 1727 18 0 31 6 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 25273 18895 66 90 6222 454 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 98 60 10 0 28 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 3242 2870 44 50 278 39 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 671 651 10 0 10 2 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 13116 8419 556 385 3756 286 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 11354 7411 422 358 3163 222 Salem OR PMSA 1762 1008 134 27 593 64 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 1420 1256 56 26 82 8 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2013 1409 104 109 391 32 Pueblo CO MSA* 695 545 86 28 36 4 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 638 571 20 7 40 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 8826 7152 96 102 1476 122 Rapid City SD MSA* 324 192 2 10 120 8 Reading PA MSA* 517 459 2 0 56 4 Redding CA MSA* 418 334 14 9 61 2 Reno NV MSA* 3075 1671 6 47 1351 129 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 450 434 4 0 12 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 3750 3392 6 0 352 14 Roanoke VA MSA* 573 520 8 11 34 4 Rochester MN MSA* 408 232 26 46 104 4 Rochester NY MSA* 1266 1033 14 11 208 15 Rockford IL MSA* 1193 869 74 150 100 11 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 252 237 12 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 5100 4742 30 0 328 24 Sacramento CA PMSA 4669 4326 20 0 323 23 Yolo CA PMSA 431 416 10 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 273 237 32 4 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 461 303 2 6 150 12 St. Joseph MO MSA* 143 93 30 12 8 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 7764 6683 212 480 389 41 Salinas CA MSA* 952 645 2 30 275 34 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 7613 5282 122 74 2135 139 San Angelo TX MSA* 240 162 4 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 6009 4135 44 17 1813 124 San Diego CA MSA 4233 3469 36 311 417 46 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 11692 8149 144 477 2922 177 Oakland CA PMSA 4276 3570 6 124 576 45 San Francisco CA PMSA 1680 562 96 99 923 41 San Jose CA PMSA 3783 2256 26 157 1344 82 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 187 164 0 0 23 3 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 854 792 12 6 44 5 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 912 805 4 91 12 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 685 646 10 4 25 5 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 463 400 20 13 30 2 Santa Fe NM MSA* 175 172 0 3 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 3832 2411 38 28 1355 73 Savannah GA MSA* 1300 892 2 4 402 17 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 290 278 6 0 6 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 14067 10039 418 687 2923 223 Bremerton WA PMSA 1071 931 14 7 119 13 Olympia WA PMSA 1494 1235 20 4 235 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 8703 5612 278 613 2200 171 Tacoma WA PMSA 2799 2261 106 63 369 22 Sharon PA MSA* 103 101 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 57 53 4 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 91 83 8 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 896 662 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 179 119 12 0 48 2 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 955 636 52 23 244 7 South Bend IN MSA* 662 612 2 0 48 2 Spokane WA MSA* 2122 962 64 11 1085 60 Springfield IL MSA* 633 509 100 0 24 2 Springfield MO MSA* 1280 1147 76 12 45 4 Springfield MA MSA* 422 385 24 7 6 1 State College PA MSA* 234 179 4 4 47 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 59 37 4 4 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1432 1216 8 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 262 244 0 18 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 551 330 2 0 219 20 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1053 1001 52 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 8514 5968 84 187 2275 166 Terre Haute IN MSA* 136 110 26 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 123 105 10 8 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 1179 996 40 38 105 13 Topeka KS MSA* 533 334 66 0 133 12 Tucson AZ MSA* 3678 3116 46 6 510 18 Tulsa OK MSA* 2043 1771 16 0 256 18 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 780 446 2 0 332 40 Tyler TX MSA* 171 151 16 4 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 55 31 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 104 102 2 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 782 741 20 11 10 2 Waco TX MSA* 235 186 32 7 10 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 26034 20361 54 40 5579 266 Baltimore MD PMSA 6862 5883 0 24 955 54 Hagerstown MD PMSA 426 414 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 18746 14064 42 16 4624 212 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 66 64 2 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 212 192 6 8 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 5618 4743 36 123 716 51 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 29 12 0 0 17 3 Wichita KS MSA* 1353 1331 22 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 128 122 2 4 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 2091 1770 16 20 285 27 Yakima WA MSA* 277 201 50 26 0 0 York PA MSA* 991 841 8 15 127 5 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 806 621 106 55 24 4 Yuba City CA MSA* 209 207 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 606 478 2 3 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.