Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 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* 219 168 0 0 51 4 Albany GA MSA* 776 626 20 50 80 9 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1351 859 34 15 443 42 Albuquerque NM MSA* 4080 3268 10 38 764 54 Alexandria LA MSA* 290 243 0 0 47 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1148 1020 12 11 105 3 Altoona PA MSA* 71 61 0 0 10 2 Amarillo TX MSA* 333 333 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 1023 613 54 29 327 14 Anniston AL MSA* 168 126 2 0 40 7 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1441 908 138 28 367 30 Asheville NC MSA* 820 650 34 56 80 12 Athens GA MSA* 1543 523 80 37 903 74 Atlanta GA MSA 34221 26486 128 65 7542 407 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1530 1376 12 52 90 2 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 9462 6062 230 46 3124 177 Bakersfield CA MSA* 1830 1588 2 90 150 19 Bangor ME MSA* 107 107 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 657 639 8 4 6 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1735 1083 0 12 640 66 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 339 311 2 0 26 3 Bellingham WA MSA* 884 722 18 84 60 9 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 67 55 0 12 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 373 256 42 12 63 6 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1455 1185 16 12 242 22 Binghamton NY MSA* 23 21 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 3756 3088 4 24 640 51 Bismarck ND MSA* 359 282 4 0 73 4 Bloomington IN MSA* 606 470 22 8 106 9 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 633 421 14 12 186 17 Boise City ID MSA* 3098 2897 46 89 66 6 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 9949 8981 194 27 747 80 Boston MA-NH PMSA 4340 3903 110 21 306 35 Brockton MA PMSA 471 461 10 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 413 301 12 0 100 10 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 938 866 10 0 62 6 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 692 674 8 0 10 2 Manchester NH PMSA 466 444 16 0 6 1 Nashua NH PMSA 482 441 2 0 39 4 New Bedford MA PMSA 262 262 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 551 505 8 3 35 7 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1334 1124 18 3 189 15 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1790 1083 34 31 642 49 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 946 469 54 8 415 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1529 1057 44 7 421 36 Burlington VT MSA* 507 456 24 4 23 3 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 753 663 56 15 19 3 Casper WY MSA* 155 144 0 11 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 703 464 30 69 140 10 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 277 188 6 0 83 4 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 1931 1681 4 74 172 9 Charleston WV MSA* 312 263 4 7 38 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 12167 8389 106 73 3599 259 Charlottesville VA MSA* 845 697 36 26 86 6 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1781 1715 34 19 13 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 370 215 6 8 141 18 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 25672 19531 676 1162 4303 402 Chicago IL PMSA 22565 17159 486 1100 3820 372 Gary IN PMSA 2104 1746 150 34 174 12 Kankakee IL PMSA 300 234 24 16 26 3 Kenosha WI PMSA 703 392 16 12 283 15 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 448 411 2 28 7 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 8635 6781 192 140 1522 152 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 6629 5367 162 86 1014 104 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2006 1414 30 54 508 48 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1387 1111 28 58 190 18 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 8051 6476 156 320 1099 93 Akron OH PMSA 2746 2028 72 181 465 39 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 5305 4448 84 139 634 54 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 3871 3007 18 52 794 42 Columbia MO MSA* 1021 606 360 24 31 5 Columbia SC MSA* 2719 2602 34 3 80 4 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 940 789 12 12 127 5 Columbus OH MSA 8198 5349 150 734 1965 185 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1005 748 10 4 243 7 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 140 140 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 24590 18347 82 269 5892 326 Dallas TX PMSA 18272 13046 46 265 4915 264 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 6318 5301 36 4 977 62 Danville VA MSA* 246 216 0 0 30 6 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 474 337 30 12 95 11 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 1993 1394 36 24 539 37 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 2233 2192 16 4 21 2 Decatur Al MSA* 356 220 0 16 120 14 Decatur IL MSA* 167 113 10 44 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 15912 11046 130 175 4561 402 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2105 1190 12 12 891 100 Denver CO PMSA 12520 8714 106 109 3591 290 Greeley CO PMSA 1287 1142 12 54 79 12 Des Moines IA MSA* 2320 1652 34 57 577 32 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 18443 15389 208 361 2485 173 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3391 2956 10 62 363 32 Detroit MI PMSA 13508 11219 174 291 1824 121 Flint MI PMSA 1544 1214 24 8 298 20 Dothan AL MSA* 275 243 8 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 475 433 12 0 30 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 182 131 4 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 371 330 10 20 11 2 Eau Claire WI MSA* 497 293 24 92 88 10 El Paso TX MSA* 2553 1633 38 0 882 60 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 761 703 38 10 10 2 Elmira NY MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 113 98 6 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 372 264 10 36 62 11 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1657 1020 148 44 445 50 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 997 779 12 4 202 14 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 742 414 2 7 319 13 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1151 979 10 0 162 12 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2146 1546 172 35 393 36 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 684 443 14 42 185 7 Florence AL MSA* 157 115 0 12 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 426 350 8 0 68 8 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2329 1778 20 136 395 36 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 3770 2383 150 260 977 82 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2003 1675 84 73 171 13 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 593 450 18 7 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1268 997 48 19 204 17 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 1813 1668 42 4 99 8 Fresno CA MSA 2658 2458 30 76 94 13 Gadsden AL MSA* 109 109 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1476 798 2 6 670 47 Glens Falls NY MSA* 282 266 0 8 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 364 338 4 6 16 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 105 84 2 0 19 2 Grand Junction CO MSA* 712 619 80 0 13 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5109 4209 92 48 760 46 Great Falls MT MSA* 89 74 0 0 15 3 Green Bay WI MSA* 924 549 110 12 253 28 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 6224 4940 88 79 1117 88 Greenville NC MSA* 682 484 2 0 196 16 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 5066 3816 72 57 1121 73 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1244 1062 4 40 138 13 Hartford CT MSA* 2028 1869 14 42 103 5 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 89 47 4 0 38 4 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1262 1207 32 12 11 2 Honolulu HI MSA 1541 842 26 0 673 23 Houma LA MSA* 521 518 0 3 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 17123 13854 34 44 3191 179 Brazoria TX PMSA 1140 1140 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1076 883 4 12 177 1 Houston TX PMSA 14907 11831 30 32 3014 178 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 90 36 0 0 54 2 Huntsville AL MSA* 608 608 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 9342 7964 150 59 1169 77 Iowa City IA MSA* 412 226 20 17 149 12 Jackson MI MSA* 94 94 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2048 1680 0 37 331 24 Jackson TN MSA* 492 436 20 3 33 3 Jacksonville FL MSA 7550 5251 22 28 2249 144 Jacksonville NC MSA* 515 457 0 34 24 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 350 170 62 12 106 13 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1280 1037 20 44 179 23 Johnstown PA MSA* 45 45 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 362 156 66 20 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 930 735 26 66 103 8 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 8551 6932 346 218 1055 95 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1574 1031 98 132 313 25 Knoxville TN MSA* 3420 2553 56 87 724 46 Kokomo IN MSA* 287 233 54 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 393 220 44 15 114 6 Lafayette LA MSA* 1078 922 2 19 135 18 Lafayette IN MSA* 828 531 56 32 209 14 Lake Charles LA MSA* 725 644 78 3 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 1790 1726 26 10 28 3 Lancaster PA MSA* 986 736 8 36 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1256 884 6 4 362 30 Laredo TX MSA* 1299 690 4 62 543 50 Las Cruces NM MSA* 676 556 6 20 94 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 22870 14687 74 415 7694 720 Lawrence KS MSA* 1489 328 176 121 864 71 Lawton OK MSA* 168 138 16 6 8 1 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 83 83 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 2587 1979 146 48 414 57 Lima OH MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1383 686 44 11 642 26 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2079 1500 22 47 510 44 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 213 138 4 0 71 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 22695 18296 268 328 3803 326 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 5414 3638 130 138 1508 110 Orange County CA PMSA 6867 4796 104 101 1866 173 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 8730 8322 14 33 361 33 Ventura CA PMSA 1684 1540 20 56 68 10 Louisville KY-IN MSA 4395 3468 50 43 834 80 Lubbock TX MSA* 455 408 14 9 24 3 Lynchburg VA MSA* 798 776 22 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 1754 1460 24 0 270 15 Madison WI MSA* 1681 1126 142 111 302 26 Mansfield OH MSA* 273 239 14 15 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 3703 2911 106 414 272 41 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 930 759 70 10 91 11 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2411 2120 14 17 260 18 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5948 4252 10 0 1686 155 Merced CA MSA* 674 642 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 14235 9141 128 152 4814 256 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 10568 6758 30 102 3678 183 Miami FL PMSA 3667 2383 98 50 1136 73 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 5241 3155 232 216 1638 139 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 4560 2704 212 200 1444 121 Racine WI PMSA 681 451 20 16 194 18 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 11920 10621 112 274 913 101 Mobile AL MSA* 2758 2121 84 0 553 28 Modesto CA MSA* 979 931 8 40 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 356 341 0 15 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1105 970 6 35 94 7 Muncie IN MSA* 168 136 6 16 10 2 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 2477 1313 24 61 1079 93 Naples FL MSA* 4055 1616 66 433 1940 120 Nashville TN MSA 10241 7131 60 101 2949 259 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 667 599 4 36 28 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 2929 2205 112 18 594 16 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 26219 17311 2208 693 6007 248 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 883 617 128 16 122 8 Bridgeport CT PMSA 629 603 8 18 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 528 510 6 6 6 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 430 366 4 10 50 7 Jersey City NJ PMSA 239 85 114 35 5 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 3562 2668 16 17 861 62 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 3079 3067 4 3 5 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3371 2691 42 0 638 38 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 694 630 12 0 52 9 New York NY PMSA 7424 1987 1712 545 3180 52 Newark NJ PMSA 2342 2009 118 30 185 21 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1708 872 28 13 795 42 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 403 297 12 0 94 5 Trenton NJ PMSA 517 503 0 0 14 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 410 406 4 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 5892 4695 120 91 986 89 Ocala FL MSA* 1646 1589 8 44 5 1 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 273 273 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 3617 2835 96 24 662 31 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 3958 2199 54 12 1693 79 Orlando FL MSA 11311 8562 18 32 2699 199 Owensboro KY MSA* 288 258 6 7 17 2 Panama City FL MSA* 681 645 28 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 233 144 6 8 75 11 Pensacola FL MSA* 2799 2320 20 14 445 17 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 794 759 28 7 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 12223 11113 330 54 726 81 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 836 654 158 16 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 9167 8294 148 38 687 74 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 211 205 6 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2009 1960 18 0 31 6 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 27761 21293 80 108 6280 462 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 114 69 12 0 33 3 Pittsburgh PA MSA 3781 3320 48 54 359 49 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 818 752 12 8 46 8 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 15160 9758 602 443 4357 315 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 13177 8604 452 400 3721 246 Salem OR PMSA 1983 1154 150 43 636 69 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 1715 1474 92 26 123 10 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2246 1604 114 125 403 34 Pueblo CO MSA* 730 580 86 28 36 4 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 719 646 22 11 40 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 9818 8035 98 125 1560 133 Rapid City SD MSA* 331 212 2 7 110 6 Reading PA MSA* 577 514 2 0 61 5 Redding CA MSA* 496 412 14 9 61 2 Reno NV MSA* 3331 1921 8 51 1351 129 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 552 495 2 4 51 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 4507 3869 6 0 632 26 Roanoke VA MSA* 650 593 12 11 34 4 Rochester MN MSA* 455 271 28 52 104 4 Rochester NY MSA* 1482 1198 14 11 259 20 Rockford IL MSA* 1391 1025 88 170 108 12 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 289 272 14 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 6009 5513 32 0 464 37 Sacramento CA PMSA 5509 5028 22 0 459 36 Yolo CA PMSA 500 485 10 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 443 278 38 4 123 5 St. Cloud MN MSA* 531 345 2 6 178 13 St. Joseph MO MSA* 169 101 30 12 26 4 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 8978 7602 274 498 604 54 Salinas CA MSA* 1046 734 2 30 280 35 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 8648 6042 138 93 2375 159 San Angelo TX MSA* 260 182 4 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 6779 4675 48 23 2033 135 San Diego CA MSA 4665 3883 54 311 417 45 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 13625 9614 232 515 3264 197 Oakland CA PMSA 4976 4212 24 109 631 52 San Francisco CA PMSA 1853 699 96 99 959 45 San Jose CA PMSA 4426 2617 26 193 1590 90 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 206 183 0 0 23 3 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1001 931 14 12 44 5 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1163 972 72 102 17 2 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 786 747 10 4 25 5 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 512 438 24 13 37 3 Santa Fe NM MSA* 203 200 0 3 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 4320 2841 42 28 1409 79 Savannah GA MSA* 1346 983 8 4 351 15 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 327 315 6 0 6 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 16285 11397 478 812 3598 272 Bremerton WA PMSA 1229 1067 20 10 132 15 Olympia WA PMSA 1639 1364 36 4 235 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 10221 6371 292 717 2841 216 Tacoma WA PMSA 3196 2595 130 81 390 24 Sharon PA MSA* 125 123 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 70 64 6 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 111 97 14 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 978 744 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 226 155 14 0 57 3 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1045 717 56 23 249 8 South Bend IN MSA* 753 703 2 0 48 2 Spokane WA MSA* 2425 1097 74 17 1237 71 Springfield IL MSA* 732 588 120 0 24 2 Springfield MO MSA* 1481 1319 78 12 72 6 Springfield MA MSA* 534 457 24 7 46 8 State College PA MSA* 337 195 4 4 134 5 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 68 40 6 8 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1634 1414 12 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 295 285 0 10 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 599 386 4 0 209 19 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1170 1114 56 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 10043 6916 104 207 2816 200 Terre Haute IN MSA* 136 110 26 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 354 120 10 8 216 1 Toledo OH MSA* 1334 1117 50 50 117 14 Topeka KS MSA* 581 380 68 0 133 12 Tucson AZ MSA* 4118 3532 54 6 526 19 Tulsa OK MSA* 2321 2045 20 0 256 18 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 847 513 2 0 332 40 Tyler TX MSA* 186 166 16 4 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 60 36 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 116 114 2 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 897 841 18 15 23 2 Waco TX MSA* 263 200 38 25 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 30535 23526 60 56 6893 307 Baltimore MD PMSA 7699 6648 0 24 1027 59 Hagerstown MD PMSA 482 470 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 22354 16408 48 32 5866 248 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 199 67 20 0 112 1 Wausau WI MSA* 248 228 6 8 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 6464 5555 36 149 724 52 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 38 14 0 0 24 4 Wichita KS MSA* 1556 1524 32 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 220 134 2 4 80 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 2323 2002 16 20 285 27 Yakima WA MSA* 326 234 62 30 0 0 York PA MSA* 1091 939 10 15 127 5 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 961 732 126 74 29 5 Yuba City CA MSA* 243 241 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 661 533 2 3 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.