Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 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* 260 187 0 3 70 5 Albany GA MSA* 847 670 32 49 96 10 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1459 978 40 15 426 42 Albuquerque NM MSA* 4667 3669 12 38 948 69 Alexandria LA MSA* 329 264 0 0 65 2 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1295 1114 20 23 138 7 Altoona PA MSA* 72 66 0 0 6 1 Amarillo TX MSA* 362 362 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 1168 725 56 29 358 18 Anniston AL MSA* 196 145 4 0 47 8 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1611 1014 156 28 413 35 Asheville NC MSA* 933 731 42 56 104 16 Athens GA MSA* 1671 584 116 37 934 78 Atlanta GA MSA 38267 29318 276 68 8605 450 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1620 1466 12 52 90 2 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 10219 6611 242 50 3316 187 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2029 1763 2 90 174 23 Bangor ME MSA* 122 122 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 714 708 6 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1852 1200 0 12 640 66 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 381 353 2 0 26 3 Bellingham WA MSA* 971 798 24 84 65 10 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 74 62 0 12 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 413 282 48 12 71 7 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1615 1330 14 12 259 24 Binghamton NY MSA* 29 27 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 4110 3427 4 24 655 54 Bismarck ND MSA* 408 329 6 0 73 4 Bloomington IN MSA* 700 533 40 8 119 11 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 894 470 22 12 390 27 Boise City ID MSA* 3430 3181 50 102 97 8 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 11314 10130 220 30 934 98 Boston MA-NH PMSA 4960 4420 118 24 398 44 Brockton MA PMSA 522 512 10 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 461 334 12 0 115 11 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1076 982 12 0 82 7 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 764 739 10 0 15 3 Manchester NH PMSA 511 483 22 0 6 1 Nashua NH PMSA 541 491 4 0 46 5 New Bedford MA PMSA 291 291 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 672 598 12 3 59 9 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1516 1280 20 3 213 18 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1947 1202 42 39 664 53 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 996 501 72 8 415 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1685 1179 56 11 439 38 Burlington VT MSA* 581 500 24 4 53 4 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 840 742 64 15 19 3 Casper WY MSA* 158 147 0 11 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 785 510 34 89 152 11 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 295 206 6 0 83 4 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2122 1861 6 78 177 10 Charleston WV MSA* 357 305 4 10 38 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 13597 9357 118 84 4038 283 Charlottesville VA MSA* 940 766 36 26 112 7 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1957 1883 42 19 13 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 395 235 8 11 141 18 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 28979 22026 742 1287 4924 456 Chicago IL PMSA 25397 19328 532 1205 4332 421 Gary IN PMSA 2449 1985 164 31 269 17 Kankakee IL PMSA 361 276 28 36 21 2 Kenosha WI PMSA 772 437 18 15 302 16 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 543 484 4 28 27 4 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 9762 7513 202 143 1904 180 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 7504 5896 172 89 1347 128 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2258 1617 30 54 557 52 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1540 1228 28 70 214 21 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 9024 7214 174 334 1302 108 Akron OH PMSA 3038 2230 82 181 545 39 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 5986 4984 92 153 757 69 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 4383 3263 22 52 1046 59 Columbia MO MSA* 1217 666 370 28 153 13 Columbia SC MSA* 2954 2837 34 3 80 4 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1018 867 12 12 127 5 Columbus OH MSA 9197 5988 168 842 2199 207 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1102 809 10 7 276 9 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 153 153 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 28190 20207 102 272 7609 397 Dallas TX PMSA 20855 14342 50 265 6198 310 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 7335 5865 52 7 1411 87 Danville VA MSA* 280 245 0 0 35 7 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 531 392 32 12 95 11 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 2217 1551 48 31 587 40 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 2561 2495 16 7 43 4 Decatur Al MSA* 401 245 0 16 140 17 Decatur IL MSA* 178 124 10 44 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 17377 12162 156 199 4860 428 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2239 1291 12 15 921 103 Denver CO PMSA 13693 9593 130 121 3849 311 Greeley CO PMSA 1445 1278 14 63 90 14 Des Moines IA MSA* 2548 1846 36 57 609 35 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 20706 17097 222 446 2941 226 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3791 3369 12 79 331 30 Detroit MI PMSA 15212 12383 186 352 2291 174 Flint MI PMSA 1703 1345 24 15 319 22 Dothan AL MSA* 302 268 10 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 521 475 16 0 30 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 194 139 8 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 440 386 16 21 17 3 Eau Claire WI MSA* 583 337 42 116 88 10 El Paso TX MSA* 2763 1793 42 12 916 63 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 906 776 38 22 70 4 Elmira NY MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 125 110 6 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 409 299 12 36 62 11 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1716 1135 160 40 381 43 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1116 898 12 4 202 14 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 920 503 4 7 406 18 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1294 1074 10 0 210 18 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2336 1678 180 51 427 39 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 766 497 24 43 202 7 Florence AL MSA* 168 126 0 12 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 487 388 2 0 97 12 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2561 1945 22 175 419 38 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 4222 2640 166 285 1131 95 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2260 1875 88 81 216 17 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 654 509 20 7 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1413 1128 50 23 212 18 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2055 1897 50 4 104 9 Fresno CA MSA 3002 2750 40 104 108 16 Gadsden AL MSA* 87 87 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1553 829 2 6 716 49 Glens Falls NY MSA* 315 299 0 8 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 394 357 6 10 21 4 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 132 109 4 0 19 2 Grand Junction CO MSA* 807 714 80 0 13 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5870 4741 114 71 944 56 Great Falls MT MSA* 102 82 0 0 20 4 Green Bay WI MSA* 1015 600 126 12 277 30 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 7345 5483 92 79 1691 124 Greenville NC MSA* 775 513 6 0 256 20 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 5565 4242 120 57 1146 75 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1464 1149 10 76 229 25 Hartford CT MSA* 2315 2145 16 45 109 6 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 106 51 4 0 51 5 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1553 1332 34 12 175 10 Honolulu HI MSA 1758 978 26 0 754 30 Houma LA MSA* 650 581 2 3 64 2 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 19143 15376 38 43 3686 216 Brazoria TX PMSA 1336 1257 0 0 79 5 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1247 1052 4 8 183 2 Houston TX PMSA 16560 13067 34 35 3424 209 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 74 48 0 0 26 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 681 681 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 10458 8861 192 75 1330 96 Iowa City IA MSA* 496 256 26 17 197 13 Jackson MI MSA* 99 99 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2257 1829 0 40 388 29 Jackson TN MSA* 480 462 18 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 9289 5771 22 28 3468 203 Jacksonville NC MSA* 529 474 0 31 24 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 407 191 76 15 125 14 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1453 1173 20 47 213 28 Johnstown PA MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 383 175 68 20 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1077 844 30 70 133 9 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 9576 7555 396 245 1380 98 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1704 1119 104 136 345 29 Knoxville TN MSA* 3742 2809 58 103 772 47 Kokomo IN MSA* 319 257 62 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 418 239 50 15 114 6 Lafayette LA MSA* 1182 1026 2 19 135 18 Lafayette IN MSA* 922 585 80 32 225 16 Lake Charles LA MSA* 937 680 84 3 170 21 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 2013 1919 28 38 28 3 Lancaster PA MSA* 1084 832 10 36 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1360 981 8 4 367 31 Laredo TX MSA* 1480 764 4 70 642 59 Las Cruces NM MSA* 738 618 6 20 94 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 25443 16553 98 456 8336 768 Lawrence KS MSA* 1564 373 186 125 880 73 Lawton OK MSA* 164 144 14 6 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 102 102 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 2908 2202 158 63 485 69 Lima OH MSA* 68 66 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1438 753 46 11 628 25 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2226 1612 24 80 510 44 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 223 146 6 0 71 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 25222 20343 298 384 4197 350 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 6042 4014 148 154 1726 124 Orange County CA PMSA 7545 5375 114 135 1921 177 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 9744 9258 14 33 439 38 Ventura CA PMSA 1891 1696 22 62 111 11 Louisville KY-IN MSA 4955 3899 68 49 939 92 Lubbock TX MSA* 642 451 14 9 168 13 Lynchburg VA MSA* 874 850 24 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 1862 1568 24 0 270 15 Madison WI MSA* 1882 1236 160 141 345 30 Mansfield OH MSA* 317 266 20 21 10 2 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 4096 3199 116 432 349 51 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 1031 844 76 10 101 12 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2681 2329 14 20 318 21 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 7584 4777 10 0 2797 221 Merced CA MSA* 731 699 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 15850 10218 144 181 5307 288 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 11447 7438 34 127 3848 186 Miami FL PMSA 4403 2780 110 54 1459 102 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 5782 3493 264 226 1799 150 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5040 2993 242 210 1595 130 Racine WI PMSA 742 500 22 16 204 20 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 13435 11821 162 298 1154 124 Mobile AL MSA* 3254 2415 98 0 741 35 Modesto CA MSA* 1091 1043 8 40 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 385 375 10 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1194 1059 6 35 94 7 Muncie IN MSA* 175 152 6 12 5 1 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 2638 1437 24 81 1096 98 Naples FL MSA* 4494 1770 70 465 2189 143 Nashville TN MSA 12384 7915 108 82 4279 323 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 810 700 4 36 70 2 New Orleans LA MSA* 3225 2502 108 21 594 16 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 30167 20121 2432 720 6894 284 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1171 899 138 16 118 7 Bridgeport CT PMSA 704 676 10 18 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 584 566 6 6 6 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 487 418 4 10 55 8 Jersey City NJ PMSA 271 98 128 35 10 2 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 4228 3283 16 17 912 67 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 3510 3491 4 3 12 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3958 3096 46 0 816 46 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 798 730 12 12 44 8 New York NY PMSA 8294 2250 1892 570 3582 56 Newark NJ PMSA 2671 2258 126 14 273 27 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1959 988 28 13 930 51 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 454 340 14 0 100 6 Trenton NJ PMSA 587 583 4 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 491 445 4 6 36 3 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 6385 5147 120 98 1020 94 Ocala FL MSA* 1806 1747 10 44 5 1 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 294 294 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 3863 3075 102 24 662 31 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 4313 2428 60 12 1813 87 Orlando FL MSA 12701 9533 18 32 3118 242 Owensboro KY MSA* 325 293 8 7 17 2 Panama City FL MSA* 771 729 34 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 282 155 8 8 111 15 Pensacola FL MSA* 3396 2549 62 14 771 58 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 891 858 26 7 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 13922 12479 356 65 1022 98 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 970 769 174 19 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 10403 9296 154 46 907 84 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 244 231 8 0 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2305 2183 20 0 102 12 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 31348 23628 92 112 7516 553 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 124 77 14 0 33 3 Pittsburgh PA MSA 4327 3742 54 76 455 66 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 908 834 12 11 51 9 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 17377 10769 648 492 5468 391 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 15038 9472 472 437 4657 300 Salem OR PMSA 2339 1297 176 55 811 91 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 1901 1658 90 29 124 9 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2596 1785 120 164 527 45 Pueblo CO MSA* 839 663 100 40 36 4 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 791 718 22 11 40 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 10760 8723 106 125 1806 158 Rapid City SD MSA* 399 239 4 11 145 8 Reading PA MSA* 619 559 4 0 56 4 Redding CA MSA* 540 456 14 9 61 2 Reno NV MSA* 3684 2206 8 57 1413 135 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 613 544 2 4 63 2 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 4668 4293 8 15 352 14 Roanoke VA MSA* 716 649 10 11 46 4 Rochester MN MSA* 535 311 30 90 104 4 Rochester NY MSA* 1684 1326 16 11 331 29 Rockford IL MSA* 1703 1203 120 262 118 13 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 322 305 14 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 6817 6081 36 16 684 64 Sacramento CA PMSA 6271 5554 22 16 679 63 Yolo CA PMSA 546 527 14 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 473 311 40 4 118 4 St. Cloud MN MSA* 602 391 2 6 203 15 St. Joseph MO MSA* 221 108 34 15 64 10 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 10024 8547 300 563 614 57 Salinas CA MSA* 1142 828 4 30 280 35 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 9541 6745 166 127 2503 172 San Angelo TX MSA* 279 201 4 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 7246 5152 48 23 2023 135 San Diego CA MSA 5134 4275 58 374 427 47 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 15606 11002 260 631 3713 225 Oakland CA PMSA 5580 4771 22 129 658 55 San Francisco CA PMSA 2109 842 112 183 972 47 San Jose CA PMSA 5141 2982 34 205 1920 108 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 332 221 4 0 107 9 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1196 1127 16 9 44 5 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1248 1059 72 105 12 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 843 804 10 4 25 5 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 572 478 28 19 47 4 Santa Fe NM MSA* 235 231 0 4 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 4902 3228 46 28 1600 84 Savannah GA MSA* 1580 1083 8 4 485 29 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 381 357 6 12 6 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 18545 12687 614 898 4346 329 Bremerton WA PMSA 1385 1200 24 13 148 17 Olympia WA PMSA 1731 1448 44 4 235 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 11772 7168 388 771 3445 257 Tacoma WA PMSA 3657 2871 158 110 518 38 Sharon PA MSA* 140 138 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 93 75 10 0 8 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 119 103 16 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 1048 814 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 271 167 14 3 87 5 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1134 792 58 23 261 9 South Bend IN MSA* 833 781 4 0 48 2 Spokane WA MSA* 2661 1218 86 23 1334 78 Springfield IL MSA* 807 645 130 0 32 3 Springfield MO MSA* 1680 1440 92 28 120 9 Springfield MA MSA* 602 521 28 7 46 8 State College PA MSA* 258 202 4 4 48 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 76 48 6 8 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1876 1656 12 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 312 302 0 10 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 636 429 4 0 203 18 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1272 1210 62 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 11203 7775 118 230 3080 212 Terre Haute IN MSA* 143 117 26 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 554 136 10 8 400 34 Toledo OH MSA* 1470 1247 52 54 117 14 Topeka KS MSA* 642 413 96 0 133 12 Tucson AZ MSA* 4530 3917 64 18 531 20 Tulsa OK MSA* 2853 2257 16 0 580 45 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 899 565 2 0 332 40 Tyler TX MSA* 203 183 16 4 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 64 40 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 137 123 4 0 10 1 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1001 931 24 23 23 2 Waco TX MSA* 284 221 38 25 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 33755 26128 62 56 7509 366 Baltimore MD PMSA 8466 7341 0 24 1101 66 Hagerstown MD PMSA 521 509 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 24768 18278 50 32 6408 300 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 207 75 20 0 112 1 Wausau WI MSA* 283 261 8 8 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 7464 6340 36 168 920 62 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 50 20 0 0 30 5 Wichita KS MSA* 1746 1702 44 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 435 141 2 4 288 17 Wilmington NC MSA* 2500 2162 16 20 302 29 Yakima WA MSA* 362 264 68 30 0 0 York PA MSA* 1183 1017 24 15 127 5 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1084 822 136 97 29 5 Yuba City CA MSA* 268 266 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 717 585 2 7 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.