Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area November 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* 331 225 2 6 98 7 Albany GA MSA* 919 742 32 49 96 10 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1751 1216 40 15 480 48 Albuquerque NM MSA* 5548 4363 16 42 1127 83 Alexandria LA MSA* 377 312 0 0 65 2 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1679 1346 20 41 272 15 Altoona PA MSA* 90 84 0 0 6 1 Amarillo TX MSA* 474 472 2 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 1284 829 64 64 327 14 Anniston AL MSA* 244 177 4 0 63 11 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 2009 1227 198 50 534 36 Asheville NC MSA* 1290 900 54 56 280 35 Athens GA MSA* 1784 677 136 37 934 78 Atlanta GA MSA 44226 35098 172 79 8877 460 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1949 1775 12 62 100 4 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 12369 7598 326 54 4391 229 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2478 2107 4 119 248 33 Bangor ME MSA* 156 156 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 925 889 14 22 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 2371 1383 0 12 976 76 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 460 432 2 0 26 3 Bellingham WA MSA* 1188 929 36 112 111 14 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 97 75 0 22 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 558 325 52 16 165 13 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 2042 1612 16 16 398 31 Binghamton NY MSA* 43 41 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 5581 4114 8 28 1431 78 Bismarck ND MSA* 489 373 8 4 104 7 Bloomington IN MSA* 904 634 48 15 207 22 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 1038 586 26 12 414 30 Boise City ID MSA* 4081 3791 68 113 109 10 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 14422 12402 308 51 1661 160 Boston MA-NH PMSA 6589 5449 172 41 927 90 Brockton MA PMSA 646 632 14 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 582 411 14 0 157 15 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1380 1222 14 0 144 9 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 904 872 12 0 20 4 Manchester NH PMSA 685 605 28 0 52 3 Nashua NH PMSA 666 590 4 4 68 7 New Bedford MA PMSA 364 360 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 851 733 10 3 105 11 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1755 1528 36 3 188 21 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 2165 1396 50 43 676 54 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 1062 561 78 8 415 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1969 1379 60 23 507 45 Burlington VT MSA* 657 570 30 4 53 4 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 1053 914 78 31 30 3 Casper WY MSA* 170 155 0 15 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 918 616 42 92 168 13 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 404 257 6 4 137 8 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2542 2284 8 78 172 9 Charleston WV MSA* 430 361 6 10 53 3 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 16911 11348 160 114 5289 381 Charlottesville VA MSA* 1140 943 42 33 122 9 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 2346 2244 50 39 13 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 430 266 8 15 141 18 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 36762 26895 940 1816 7111 646 Chicago IL PMSA 32151 23630 702 1649 6170 589 Gary IN PMSA 3017 2420 174 68 355 24 Kankakee IL PMSA 517 330 44 75 68 8 Kenosha WI PMSA 1077 515 20 24 518 25 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 633 574 4 28 27 4 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 11559 8895 254 176 2234 216 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 8932 6968 206 104 1654 161 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2627 1927 48 72 580 55 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1786 1403 28 81 274 30 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 10815 8502 292 423 1598 145 Akron OH PMSA 3753 2624 152 220 757 68 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 7062 5878 140 203 841 77 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 4958 3797 32 52 1077 60 Columbia MO MSA* 1524 793 478 28 225 25 Columbia SC MSA* 3460 3334 34 3 89 5 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1179 1028 12 12 127 5 Columbus OH MSA 11318 7190 222 1038 2868 271 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1202 933 12 4 253 9 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 189 189 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 34188 23875 134 481 9698 539 Dallas TX PMSA 25383 17038 60 268 8017 455 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 8805 6837 74 213 1681 84 Danville VA MSA* 336 296 0 0 40 8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 653 471 32 18 132 14 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 3209 1826 66 35 1282 97 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 3086 3028 22 10 26 3 Decatur Al MSA* 569 296 0 32 241 25 Decatur IL MSA* 209 133 12 64 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 20295 14740 178 269 5108 450 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2535 1583 22 15 915 105 Denver CO PMSA 16028 11603 138 184 4103 331 Greeley CO PMSA 1732 1554 18 70 90 14 Des Moines IA MSA* 2998 2150 40 57 751 39 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 25245 20506 302 577 3860 308 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4598 4024 16 85 473 42 Detroit MI PMSA 18638 14897 256 480 3005 243 Flint MI PMSA 2009 1585 30 12 382 23 Dothan AL MSA* 353 317 12 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 620 574 16 0 30 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 222 165 10 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 519 462 16 22 19 3 Eau Claire WI MSA* 774 410 72 196 96 11 El Paso TX MSA* 3198 2169 54 15 960 71 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 1093 910 38 34 111 6 Elmira NY MSA* 34 31 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 134 119 6 4 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 489 363 14 39 73 13 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 2171 1364 184 46 577 56 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1344 1080 22 8 234 18 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1119 593 12 30 484 24 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1546 1224 14 0 308 28 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2609 1922 196 64 427 39 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 1242 582 24 41 595 36 Florence AL MSA* 199 157 0 12 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 574 466 4 0 104 13 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 3041 2269 32 205 535 58 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 5362 3349 204 388 1421 112 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 3056 2261 162 81 552 39 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 760 595 28 19 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1662 1343 54 29 236 21 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2532 2316 58 7 151 12 Fresno CA MSA 3474 3205 46 124 99 15 Gadsden AL MSA* 114 102 0 0 12 1 Gainesville FL MSA* 1862 981 2 10 869 59 Glens Falls NY MSA* 387 369 2 8 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 438 405 8 9 16 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 169 114 4 0 51 4 Grand Junction CO MSA* 977 860 84 0 33 3 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 7213 5686 142 114 1271 68 Great Falls MT MSA* 127 97 0 0 30 6 Green Bay WI MSA* 1262 697 166 16 383 34 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 8906 6639 112 95 2060 150 Greenville NC MSA* 937 629 8 0 300 23 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 6913 5171 98 61 1583 98 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1763 1386 14 91 272 30 Hartford CT MSA* 2853 2582 20 49 202 12 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 133 61 4 0 68 7 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1876 1623 56 12 185 11 Honolulu HI MSA 2057 1087 32 0 938 31 Houma LA MSA* 772 703 2 3 64 2 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 22486 18108 46 135 4197 250 Brazoria TX PMSA 1596 1501 4 0 91 6 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1421 1230 4 4 183 2 Houston TX PMSA 19469 15377 38 131 3923 242 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 94 52 0 4 38 2 Huntsville AL MSA* 862 812 0 4 46 7 Indianapolis IN MSA 13025 10798 228 75 1924 139 Iowa City IA MSA* 600 310 32 25 233 16 Jackson MI MSA* 124 124 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2497 2155 0 40 302 21 Jackson TN MSA* 575 514 24 4 33 3 Jacksonville FL MSA 10598 6862 44 32 3660 211 Jacksonville NC MSA* 632 565 0 43 24 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 465 220 76 15 154 19 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1717 1404 24 47 242 31 Johnstown PA MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 416 208 68 20 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1285 994 30 74 187 11 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 11425 9030 510 352 1533 123 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1975 1302 116 212 345 29 Knoxville TN MSA* 4412 3341 66 111 894 59 Kokomo IN MSA* 380 298 82 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 519 292 74 19 134 7 Lafayette LA MSA* 1360 1204 2 19 135 18 Lafayette IN MSA* 1201 699 104 40 358 25 Lake Charles LA MSA* 1101 802 126 3 170 21 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 2449 2333 32 38 46 5 Lancaster PA MSA* 1264 1002 20 36 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1586 1175 10 4 397 33 Laredo TX MSA* 1792 907 4 89 792 72 Las Cruces NM MSA* 847 725 8 20 94 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 29579 19117 122 626 9714 924 Lawrence KS MSA* 1718 456 214 133 915 77 Lawton OK MSA* 182 162 14 6 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 120 120 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 3849 2615 178 66 990 114 Lima OH MSA* 82 80 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 2006 912 66 8 1020 40 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2568 1903 40 95 530 45 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 255 165 8 0 82 2 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 31034 24460 368 497 5709 415 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 7870 4859 186 196 2629 146 Orange County CA PMSA 9138 6443 142 153 2400 202 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 11794 11154 18 53 569 56 Ventura CA PMSA 2232 2004 22 95 111 11 Louisville KY-IN MSA 6110 4752 114 60 1184 111 Lubbock TX MSA* 842 523 14 9 296 23 Lynchburg VA MSA* 1046 1002 32 12 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 2158 1864 24 0 270 15 Madison WI MSA* 2325 1418 206 197 504 41 Mansfield OH MSA* 384 314 34 21 15 3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 4793 3777 140 456 420 63 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 1124 935 82 21 86 10 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 3112 2767 14 20 311 21 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 9369 5792 10 0 3567 251 Merced CA MSA* 802 770 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 19148 12418 176 239 6315 326 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 13156 8924 38 150 4044 201 Miami FL PMSA 5992 3494 138 89 2271 125 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 7062 4182 314 263 2303 190 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 6170 3579 280 244 2067 166 Racine WI PMSA 892 603 34 19 236 24 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 16758 14168 194 441 1955 161 Mobile AL MSA* 3902 2855 114 6 927 66 Modesto CA MSA* 1272 1214 10 48 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 444 434 10 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1534 1207 6 35 286 31 Muncie IN MSA* 191 175 8 8 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 3714 1783 36 109 1786 155 Naples FL MSA* 5210 2211 72 533 2394 166 Nashville TN MSA 14361 9207 134 93 4927 371 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 951 826 4 39 82 3 New Orleans LA MSA* 4050 3014 132 21 883 19 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 38263 25503 2976 975 8809 414 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1592 1104 172 19 297 12 Bridgeport CT PMSA 834 804 12 18 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 744 726 6 6 6 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 617 527 4 17 69 10 Jersey City NJ PMSA 350 122 170 38 20 4 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 5517 4371 16 17 1113 81 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 4749 4548 2 3 196 3 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4921 3881 56 0 984 66 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 997 869 18 16 94 12 New York NY PMSA 10402 2704 2310 766 4622 124 Newark NJ PMSA 3297 2925 138 31 203 27 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 2304 1208 34 34 1028 62 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 593 418 30 4 141 9 Trenton NJ PMSA 768 764 4 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 578 532 4 6 36 3 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7551 6070 146 180 1155 106 Ocala FL MSA* 2220 2126 10 68 16 2 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 339 339 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 4520 3676 158 24 662 31 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 4841 2912 76 12 1841 86 Orlando FL MSA 14803 11582 22 35 3164 246 Owensboro KY MSA* 394 346 8 7 33 4 Panama City FL MSA* 925 879 38 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 342 185 12 12 133 17 Pensacola FL MSA* 4356 3100 66 18 1172 134 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 1234 1012 28 10 184 11 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 17964 15599 446 163 1756 133 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1396 1099 238 37 22 3 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 13483 11568 180 108 1627 117 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 310 295 10 0 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2775 2637 18 18 102 12 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 36348 27373 126 197 8652 658 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 150 94 18 0 38 3 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5437 4579 86 144 628 83 Pittsfield MA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 1057 977 18 17 45 8 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 20733 12800 760 597 6576 488 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 17984 11260 560 526 5638 381 Salem OR PMSA 2749 1540 200 71 938 107 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2415 2078 110 26 201 14 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 3572 2123 150 187 1112 117 Pueblo CO MSA* 1067 820 126 60 61 6 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 976 866 24 21 65 7 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 13138 10160 110 125 2743 225 Rapid City SD MSA* 414 276 0 7 131 10 Reading PA MSA* 754 686 6 0 62 5 Redding CA MSA* 664 536 18 49 61 2 Reno NV MSA* 4214 2726 18 57 1413 135 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 700 643 2 4 51 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 5678 5074 8 4 592 38 Roanoke VA MSA* 928 793 10 14 111 13 Rochester MN MSA* 680 415 38 99 128 6 Rochester NY MSA* 1950 1588 16 15 331 29 Rockford IL MSA* 2109 1433 150 298 228 24 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 383 364 16 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 8300 7518 38 16 728 65 Sacramento CA PMSA 7648 6885 24 16 723 64 Yolo CA PMSA 652 633 14 0 5 1 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 544 361 52 4 127 5 St. Cloud MN MSA* 754 484 2 6 262 18 St. Joseph MO MSA* 255 125 42 18 70 11 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 11779 10006 368 648 757 70 Salinas CA MSA* 1424 1085 4 33 302 39 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 11914 8344 226 153 3191 214 San Angelo TX MSA* 462 238 8 0 216 2 San Antonio TX MSA* 8804 6100 50 27 2627 159 San Diego CA MSA 6336 5365 78 409 484 54 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 19933 13379 318 861 5375 281 Oakland CA PMSA 6682 5556 22 141 963 59 San Francisco CA PMSA 2552 1033 144 203 1172 66 San Jose CA PMSA 7027 3725 36 335 2931 136 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 476 341 4 18 113 10 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1440 1363 10 6 61 6 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1756 1361 102 158 135 4 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 994 950 10 4 30 6 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 717 633 30 19 35 3 Santa Fe NM MSA* 307 304 0 3 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 5859 3822 74 61 1902 107 Savannah GA MSA* 1805 1265 10 4 526 33 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 487 452 6 12 17 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 22346 14960 822 1035 5529 368 Bremerton WA PMSA 1647 1414 28 20 185 17 Olympia WA PMSA 1916 1627 50 4 235 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 14546 8539 526 890 4591 296 Tacoma WA PMSA 4237 3380 218 121 518 38 Sharon PA MSA* 157 155 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 112 94 10 0 8 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 126 108 18 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 1196 962 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 293 196 16 3 78 5 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1373 918 72 27 356 14 South Bend IN MSA* 1211 927 4 0 280 13 Spokane WA MSA* 3172 1411 102 31 1628 98 Springfield IL MSA* 923 735 156 0 32 3 Springfield MO MSA* 1950 1689 104 48 109 9 Springfield MA MSA* 729 650 34 7 38 6 State College PA MSA* 290 225 6 3 56 4 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 83 53 8 8 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 2206 1986 12 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 374 354 0 20 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 717 505 4 0 208 19 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1799 1431 72 8 288 14 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 13111 9180 140 260 3531 245 Terre Haute IN MSA* 176 146 30 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 574 154 12 8 400 34 Toledo OH MSA* 1763 1443 74 129 117 14 Topeka KS MSA* 741 498 106 4 133 12 Tucson AZ MSA* 5294 4670 72 21 531 20 Tulsa OK MSA* 3196 2588 28 0 580 45 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 972 638 2 0 332 40 Tyler TX MSA* 625 217 16 152 240 16 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 76 52 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 157 143 4 0 10 1 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1190 1118 26 23 23 2 Waco TX MSA* 362 281 44 25 12 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 39727 31059 78 60 8530 437 Baltimore MD PMSA 10028 8728 0 24 1276 81 Hagerstown MD PMSA 620 584 12 0 24 2 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 29079 21747 66 36 7230 354 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 237 103 22 0 112 1 Wausau WI MSA* 402 357 22 11 12 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 9050 7683 36 240 1091 76 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 70 29 0 0 41 7 Wichita KS MSA* 2120 2046 74 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 457 159 6 4 288 17 Wilmington NC MSA* 3082 2632 22 20 408 35 Yakima WA MSA* 420 311 76 33 0 0 York PA MSA* 1406 1216 26 27 137 7 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1379 993 164 174 48 8 Yuba City CA MSA* 345 343 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 840 706 4 7 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.