Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area October 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* 299 208 2 6 83 6 Albany GA MSA* 888 711 32 49 96 10 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1605 1097 40 15 453 46 Albuquerque NM MSA* 5256 4059 14 38 1145 85 Alexandria LA MSA* 358 293 0 0 65 2 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1484 1242 20 29 193 11 Altoona PA MSA* 84 73 0 0 11 2 Amarillo TX MSA* 441 439 2 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 1243 792 60 64 327 14 Anniston AL MSA* 220 164 4 0 52 9 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1890 1141 192 36 521 37 Asheville NC MSA* 1061 823 46 56 136 21 Athens GA MSA* 1738 643 124 37 934 78 Atlanta GA MSA 41481 32312 294 68 8807 457 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1786 1622 12 52 100 4 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 11416 7214 266 54 3882 212 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2326 1977 4 107 238 29 Bangor ME MSA* 141 141 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 815 799 10 6 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1944 1292 0 12 640 66 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 423 395 2 0 26 3 Bellingham WA MSA* 1093 875 28 84 106 13 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 87 68 0 19 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 476 314 48 12 102 10 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1771 1491 14 12 254 23 Binghamton NY MSA* 40 38 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 5130 3779 8 24 1319 71 Bismarck ND MSA* 471 362 8 4 97 6 Bloomington IN MSA* 811 596 44 15 156 16 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 984 536 22 12 414 30 Boise City ID MSA* 3781 3510 64 110 97 8 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 12939 11433 272 45 1189 119 Boston MA-NH PMSA 5739 5026 148 32 533 55 Brockton MA PMSA 594 580 14 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 533 378 14 0 141 13 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1252 1119 14 0 119 8 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 847 817 10 0 20 4 Manchester NH PMSA 601 561 26 3 11 2 Nashua NH PMSA 604 537 4 4 59 6 New Bedford MA PMSA 339 337 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 793 671 14 3 105 11 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1637 1407 26 3 201 20 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 2013 1272 44 35 662 52 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 1030 531 76 8 415 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1848 1281 58 23 486 43 Burlington VT MSA* 621 536 28 4 53 4 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 976 845 70 31 30 3 Casper WY MSA* 158 147 0 11 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 866 580 42 92 152 11 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 359 234 6 0 119 5 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2326 2070 6 78 172 9 Charleston WV MSA* 403 336 4 10 53 3 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 15232 10444 138 88 4562 314 Charlottesville VA MSA* 1052 865 40 30 117 8 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 2164 2088 44 19 13 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 420 258 10 11 141 18 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 33138 24738 842 1458 6100 559 Chicago IL PMSA 28985 21708 618 1352 5307 512 Gary IN PMSA 2793 2236 176 42 339 21 Kankakee IL PMSA 418 310 30 52 26 3 Kenosha WI PMSA 942 484 18 12 428 23 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 581 522 4 28 27 4 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 10761 8299 236 170 2056 198 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 8316 6515 198 105 1498 146 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2445 1784 38 65 558 52 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1684 1325 28 81 250 27 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 10091 8008 210 404 1469 125 Akron OH PMSA 3502 2492 90 208 712 55 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 6589 5516 120 196 757 70 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 4704 3547 28 52 1077 60 Columbia MO MSA* 1428 737 438 28 225 25 Columbia SC MSA* 3232 3106 34 3 89 5 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1088 937 12 12 127 5 Columbus OH MSA 10201 6657 190 955 2399 223 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1128 864 12 4 248 8 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 174 174 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 30813 22254 120 481 7958 447 Dallas TX PMSA 22716 15860 56 268 6532 361 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 8097 6394 64 213 1426 86 Danville VA MSA* 314 274 0 0 40 8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 591 449 32 15 95 11 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 2678 1738 60 35 845 56 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 2873 2815 22 10 26 3 Decatur Al MSA* 536 279 0 16 241 25 Decatur IL MSA* 207 131 12 64 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 18933 13644 162 249 4878 433 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2367 1442 18 15 892 101 Denver CO PMSA 14948 10745 130 172 3901 319 Greeley CO PMSA 1618 1457 14 62 85 13 Des Moines IA MSA* 2752 2018 38 57 639 37 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 23220 19104 292 517 3307 258 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4315 3752 14 79 470 42 Detroit MI PMSA 17008 13877 250 426 2455 193 Flint MI PMSA 1897 1475 28 12 382 23 Dothan AL MSA* 338 302 12 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 580 534 16 0 30 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 211 154 10 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 469 425 16 22 6 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 718 382 68 172 96 11 El Paso TX MSA* 3001 2005 48 12 936 67 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 1030 852 38 34 106 5 Elmira NY MSA* 31 28 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 128 113 6 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 446 334 14 36 62 11 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1988 1280 174 46 488 47 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1255 1009 12 8 226 17 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1033 559 8 30 436 22 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1433 1147 14 0 272 26 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2499 1830 182 60 427 39 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 1067 552 24 43 448 26 Florence AL MSA* 189 147 0 12 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 531 430 4 0 97 12 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2826 2149 26 187 464 47 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 4960 3108 190 363 1299 102 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2585 2062 98 81 344 27 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 712 563 24 7 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1536 1245 50 23 218 19 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2307 2139 52 7 109 10 Fresno CA MSA 3246 2997 42 108 99 15 Gadsden AL MSA* 94 94 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1701 913 2 10 776 54 Glens Falls NY MSA* 354 336 2 8 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 423 376 8 13 26 5 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 169 114 4 0 51 4 Grand Junction CO MSA* 892 795 84 0 13 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 6575 5303 132 96 1044 60 Great Falls MT MSA* 116 91 0 0 25 5 Green Bay WI MSA* 1211 663 158 12 378 33 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 8079 6100 104 83 1792 130 Greenville NC MSA* 853 559 6 0 288 22 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 6308 4745 124 57 1382 90 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1642 1296 12 88 246 27 Hartford CT MSA* 2608 2404 16 46 142 10 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 118 56 4 0 58 6 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1717 1485 40 12 180 11 Honolulu HI MSA 1814 1028 32 0 754 30 Houma LA MSA* 710 641 2 3 64 2 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 20826 16896 44 51 3835 226 Brazoria TX PMSA 1479 1384 4 0 91 6 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1355 1164 4 4 183 2 Houston TX PMSA 17992 14348 36 47 3561 218 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 91 49 0 4 38 2 Huntsville AL MSA* 762 762 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 11818 10005 212 72 1529 115 Iowa City IA MSA* 566 288 32 25 221 15 Jackson MI MSA* 117 117 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2296 1994 0 37 265 18 Jackson TN MSA* 565 514 20 3 28 4 Jacksonville FL MSA 9944 6410 38 28 3468 203 Jacksonville NC MSA* 578 523 0 31 24 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 442 213 82 18 129 15 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1622 1322 22 47 231 30 Johnstown PA MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 399 191 68 20 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1181 921 28 74 158 10 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 10678 8385 454 327 1512 112 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1829 1204 108 172 345 29 Knoxville TN MSA* 4168 3138 58 113 859 52 Kokomo IN MSA* 361 281 80 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 489 272 68 15 134 7 Lafayette LA MSA* 1279 1123 2 19 135 18 Lafayette IN MSA* 1048 639 98 32 279 21 Lake Charles LA MSA* 1002 745 84 3 170 21 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 2251 2139 28 38 46 5 Lancaster PA MSA* 1192 932 18 36 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1519 1087 8 4 420 36 Laredo TX MSA* 1639 843 4 80 712 66 Las Cruces NM MSA* 795 675 6 20 94 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 27823 17981 116 526 9200 882 Lawrence KS MSA* 1654 423 204 129 898 75 Lawton OK MSA* 173 153 14 6 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 113 113 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 3160 2418 176 66 500 72 Lima OH MSA* 76 74 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1913 835 58 8 1012 39 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2407 1773 24 80 530 45 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 250 160 8 0 82 2 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 28948 22591 334 432 5591 388 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 7538 4538 174 160 2666 139 Orange County CA PMSA 8600 5964 122 144 2370 198 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 10826 10338 16 33 439 39 Ventura CA PMSA 1984 1751 22 95 116 12 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5602 4384 68 52 1098 102 Lubbock TX MSA* 812 493 14 9 296 23 Lynchburg VA MSA* 954 926 28 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 2037 1743 24 0 270 15 Madison WI MSA* 2150 1354 192 177 427 35 Mansfield OH MSA* 361 300 30 21 10 2 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 4420 3464 132 441 383 57 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 1059 885 78 10 86 10 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2920 2572 14 17 317 21 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 8558 5338 10 0 3210 223 Merced CA MSA* 766 734 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 17157 11146 168 212 5631 314 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 12348 8108 34 147 4059 197 Miami FL PMSA 4809 3038 134 65 1572 117 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 6544 3875 290 247 2132 170 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5744 3325 268 231 1920 149 Racine WI PMSA 800 550 22 16 212 21 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 15333 13221 178 390 1544 149 Mobile AL MSA* 3546 2669 104 6 767 38 Modesto CA MSA* 1190 1140 10 40 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 415 405 10 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1386 1171 6 35 174 17 Muncie IN MSA* 196 169 6 16 5 1 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 3114 1609 34 85 1386 111 Naples FL MSA* 4896 2016 70 496 2314 157 Nashville TN MSA 13346 8619 124 86 4517 345 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 890 775 6 39 70 2 New Orleans LA MSA* 3518 2773 130 21 594 16 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 34432 22846 2682 908 7996 352 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1504 1016 162 16 310 13 Bridgeport CT PMSA 775 745 12 18 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 678 660 6 6 6 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 546 471 4 13 58 8 Jersey City NJ PMSA 313 114 146 38 15 3 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 4892 3821 18 17 1036 76 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 3983 3966 2 3 12 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4499 3522 54 0 923 58 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 892 797 14 12 69 11 New York NY PMSA 9507 2459 2074 728 4246 88 Newark NJ PMSA 2953 2603 134 23 193 25 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 2160 1115 32 28 985 57 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 511 388 16 0 107 7 Trenton NJ PMSA 678 674 4 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 541 495 4 6 36 3 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7060 5646 142 178 1094 103 Ocala FL MSA* 2001 1928 10 47 16 2 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 321 321 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 4175 3383 106 24 662 31 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 4635 2722 68 12 1833 85 Orlando FL MSA 14021 10825 20 32 3144 244 Owensboro KY MSA* 353 321 8 7 17 2 Panama City FL MSA* 855 811 36 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 319 172 8 12 127 16 Pensacola FL MSA* 4092 2859 66 14 1153 131 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 984 948 26 10 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 16212 14107 418 122 1565 119 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1201 932 224 31 14 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 12155 10470 168 73 1444 104 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 263 255 8 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2593 2450 18 18 107 13 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 34448 25660 94 142 8552 645 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 138 92 18 0 28 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 4938 4224 78 81 555 74 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 979 912 16 11 40 7 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 19492 12050 732 532 6178 441 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 16944 10611 538 465 5330 344 Salem OR PMSA 2548 1439 194 67 848 97 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2237 1908 102 26 201 14 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2818 1972 138 164 544 47 Pueblo CO MSA* 958 752 114 56 36 4 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 899 801 24 21 53 6 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 11911 9473 108 125 2205 183 Rapid City SD MSA* 396 258 0 7 131 10 Reading PA MSA* 689 627 6 0 56 4 Redding CA MSA* 609 503 16 29 61 2 Reno NV MSA* 3972 2478 16 60 1418 136 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 652 595 2 4 51 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 5600 4748 8 4 840 53 Roanoke VA MSA* 859 732 10 11 106 12 Rochester MN MSA* 644 385 32 99 128 6 Rochester NY MSA* 1835 1473 16 15 331 29 Rockford IL MSA* 1899 1315 140 270 174 19 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 346 329 14 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 7742 6962 36 16 728 65 Sacramento CA PMSA 7155 6394 22 16 723 64 Yolo CA PMSA 587 568 14 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 514 339 44 4 127 5 St. Cloud MN MSA* 678 435 2 6 235 16 St. Joseph MO MSA* 234 118 34 18 64 10 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 11023 9392 320 618 693 64 Salinas CA MSA* 1272 936 4 30 302 39 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 10392 7544 178 131 2539 173 San Angelo TX MSA* 310 228 8 0 74 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 8094 5654 48 23 2369 148 San Diego CA MSA 5792 4879 60 380 473 52 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 18469 12408 304 787 4970 260 Oakland CA PMSA 6292 5246 22 187 837 59 San Francisco CA PMSA 2418 955 130 200 1133 61 San Jose CA PMSA 6405 3389 36 277 2703 119 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 450 321 4 18 107 9 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1331 1288 6 3 34 3 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1573 1209 106 102 156 9 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 943 899 10 4 30 6 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 683 576 28 25 54 5 Santa Fe NM MSA* 286 286 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 5457 3526 60 32 1839 103 Savannah GA MSA* 1664 1176 10 4 474 29 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 434 405 6 12 11 2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 20469 13965 742 1018 4744 346 Bremerton WA PMSA 1541 1328 28 20 165 19 Olympia WA PMSA 1835 1546 50 4 235 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 13065 7911 452 876 3826 272 Tacoma WA PMSA 4028 3180 212 118 518 38 Sharon PA MSA* 154 152 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 103 85 10 0 8 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 122 106 16 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 1139 905 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 301 185 16 6 94 6 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1286 870 70 27 319 11 South Bend IN MSA* 1153 869 4 0 280 13 Spokane WA MSA* 2924 1327 98 28 1471 89 Springfield IL MSA* 896 700 152 0 44 4 Springfield MO MSA* 1844 1588 92 28 136 11 Springfield MA MSA* 657 594 28 7 28 5 State College PA MSA* 360 218 4 7 131 7 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 91 63 6 8 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 2052 1832 12 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 346 330 0 16 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 678 463 4 0 211 19 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1720 1354 70 8 288 14 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 12286 8567 126 248 3345 230 Terre Haute IN MSA* 159 133 26 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 568 148 12 8 400 34 Toledo OH MSA* 1653 1355 64 117 117 14 Topeka KS MSA* 693 460 100 0 133 12 Tucson AZ MSA* 4953 4333 68 21 531 20 Tulsa OK MSA* 3067 2463 24 0 580 45 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 937 603 2 0 332 40 Tyler TX MSA* 367 199 16 152 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 68 44 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 145 131 4 0 10 1 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1096 1024 26 23 23 2 Waco TX MSA* 322 248 40 25 9 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 37256 28788 72 56 8340 422 Baltimore MD PMSA 9320 8064 0 24 1232 76 Hagerstown MD PMSA 569 545 12 0 12 1 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 27367 20179 60 32 7096 345 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 224 90 22 0 112 1 Wausau WI MSA* 366 327 22 11 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 8357 7109 36 196 1016 72 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 60 25 0 0 35 6 Wichita KS MSA* 1957 1897 60 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 447 149 6 4 288 17 Wilmington NC MSA* 2800 2423 16 20 341 32 Yakima WA MSA* 396 291 72 33 0 0 York PA MSA* 1314 1124 26 27 137 7 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1270 918 162 150 40 7 Yuba City CA MSA* 298 296 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 789 655 4 7 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.