Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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* 370 242 2 9 117 8 Albany GA MSA* 955 774 32 53 96 10 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1934 1290 38 15 591 48 Albuquerque NM MSA* 6105 4703 16 46 1340 102 Alexandria LA MSA* 387 322 0 0 65 2 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1782 1424 22 41 295 17 Altoona PA MSA* 92 86 0 0 6 1 Amarillo TX MSA* 509 507 2 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 1314 859 64 64 327 14 Anniston AL MSA* 300 184 4 0 112 20 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 2086 1291 208 53 534 36 Asheville NC MSA* 1548 967 50 59 472 59 Athens GA MSA* 1830 719 140 37 934 78 Atlanta GA MSA 48262 37523 204 87 10448 574 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 2070 1901 12 62 95 3 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 14408 8083 330 54 5941 255 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2615 2252 4 123 236 32 Bangor ME MSA* 165 165 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 1028 964 14 25 25 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 2563 1455 0 12 1096 77 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 483 455 2 0 26 3 Bellingham WA MSA* 1291 991 38 118 144 17 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 103 78 0 25 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 574 337 56 16 165 13 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 2144 1712 18 16 398 31 Binghamton NY MSA* 48 46 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 5880 4361 8 31 1480 85 Bismarck ND MSA* 495 379 8 4 104 7 Bloomington IN MSA* 881 641 44 15 181 19 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 1081 625 30 12 414 30 Boise City ID MSA* 4324 4027 70 113 114 11 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 16062 13492 332 62 2176 175 Boston MA-NH PMSA 7285 5943 190 52 1100 95 Brockton MA PMSA 703 689 14 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 618 429 14 0 175 16 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1525 1341 14 0 170 10 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 966 936 10 0 20 4 Manchester NH PMSA 937 652 34 0 251 7 Nashua NH PMSA 790 652 4 4 130 7 New Bedford MA PMSA 396 392 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 923 798 12 3 110 12 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1919 1660 36 3 220 24 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 2299 1502 56 47 694 57 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 1340 601 76 8 655 36 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 2200 1442 66 42 650 47 Burlington VT MSA* 692 603 32 4 53 4 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 1110 967 82 31 30 3 Casper WY MSA* 172 157 0 15 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 956 650 46 92 168 13 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 421 270 10 4 137 8 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2763 2505 8 78 172 9 Charleston WV MSA* 488 403 8 12 65 5 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 18458 12515 170 144 5629 410 Charlottesville VA MSA* 1213 1019 44 33 117 8 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 2433 2331 50 39 13 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 453 287 10 15 141 18 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 39102 28407 994 2004 7697 709 Chicago IL PMSA 34254 24922 748 1816 6768 653 Gary IN PMSA 3195 2587 180 85 343 23 Kankakee IL PMSA 536 345 44 79 68 8 Kenosha WI PMSA 1117 553 22 24 518 25 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 659 600 4 28 27 4 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 12357 9558 270 195 2334 226 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 9551 7494 216 107 1734 168 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2806 2064 54 88 600 58 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1887 1498 28 81 280 31 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 11452 8999 326 454 1673 148 Akron OH PMSA 4038 2799 184 240 815 71 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 7414 6200 142 214 858 77 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 5286 4027 34 52 1173 61 Columbia MO MSA* 1638 861 514 32 231 26 Columbia SC MSA* 3831 3558 34 3 236 16 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1247 1096 12 12 127 5 Columbus OH MSA 12250 7622 236 1101 3291 313 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1576 1021 12 4 539 20 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 199 199 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 39020 25508 168 492 12852 719 Dallas TX PMSA 28522 18223 90 276 9933 558 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 10498 7285 78 216 2919 161 Danville VA MSA* 364 319 0 0 45 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 736 486 34 12 204 23 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 3322 1884 68 51 1319 102 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 3454 3310 24 10 110 4 Decatur Al MSA* 578 305 0 32 241 25 Decatur IL MSA* 214 138 12 64 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 21931 15946 210 328 5447 471 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2775 1753 22 35 965 108 Denver CO PMSA 17283 12514 168 219 4382 347 Greeley CO PMSA 1873 1679 20 74 100 16 Des Moines IA MSA* 3271 2291 40 69 871 47 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 26983 21671 338 631 4343 332 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4924 4310 24 97 493 45 Detroit MI PMSA 19925 15712 284 515 3414 259 Flint MI PMSA 2134 1649 30 19 436 28 Dothan AL MSA* 378 342 12 24 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 659 613 16 0 30 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 232 175 10 0 47 1 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 565 474 24 23 44 5 Eau Claire WI MSA* 784 418 70 200 96 11 El Paso TX MSA* 3321 2281 52 19 969 71 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 1139 964 40 34 101 4 Elmira NY MSA* 37 34 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 150 129 6 10 5 1 Erie PA MSA* 528 377 14 47 90 15 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 2270 1452 190 46 582 57 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1395 1129 24 8 234 18 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1127 601 12 30 484 24 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1623 1291 14 0 318 29 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2753 1996 212 64 481 45 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 1320 622 24 39 635 41 Florence AL MSA* 205 163 0 12 30 3 Florence SC MSA* 607 494 4 0 109 14 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 3513 2401 32 229 851 86 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 5710 3677 226 405 1402 113 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 3261 2440 168 89 564 40 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 793 626 30 19 118 8 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1843 1535 52 26 230 20 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2708 2482 60 10 156 13 Fresno CA MSA 3752 3421 52 148 131 19 Gadsden AL MSA* 122 110 0 0 12 1 Gainesville FL MSA* 1849 1036 2 10 801 60 Glens Falls NY MSA* 416 390 2 8 16 2 Goldsboro NC MSA* 469 443 4 6 16 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 169 114 4 0 51 4 Grand Junction CO MSA* 1044 917 94 0 33 3 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 7683 6076 146 141 1320 73 Great Falls MT MSA* 134 104 0 0 30 6 Green Bay WI MSA* 1333 727 182 19 405 36 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 9410 7021 122 105 2162 160 Greenville NC MSA* 1001 649 14 0 338 25 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 7583 5508 118 71 1886 114 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1897 1516 18 91 272 30 Hartford CT MSA* 3002 2729 22 49 202 12 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 153 65 6 0 82 8 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1964 1701 66 12 185 11 Honolulu HI MSA 2102 1132 32 0 938 31 Houma LA MSA* 822 746 8 4 64 2 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 24048 19366 48 135 4499 260 Brazoria TX PMSA 1730 1633 6 0 91 6 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1497 1306 4 4 183 2 Houston TX PMSA 20821 16427 38 131 4225 252 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 100 58 0 4 38 2 Huntsville AL MSA* 926 876 0 4 46 7 Indianapolis IN MSA 14218 11459 240 80 2439 171 Iowa City IA MSA* 611 321 32 25 233 16 Jackson MI MSA* 128 128 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2849 2265 0 38 546 53 Jackson TN MSA* 636 514 26 0 96 6 Jacksonville FL MSA 11297 7466 42 43 3746 210 Jacksonville NC MSA* 730 631 0 75 24 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 496 249 78 15 154 19 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1794 1457 26 54 257 33 Johnstown PA MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 444 222 74 28 120 5 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1356 1065 30 74 187 11 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 12228 9728 534 345 1621 133 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 2058 1375 118 220 345 29 Knoxville TN MSA* 4694 3554 68 111 961 68 Kokomo IN MSA* 636 312 84 0 240 14 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 531 293 78 26 134 7 Lafayette LA MSA* 1454 1306 2 16 130 17 Lafayette IN MSA* 1257 744 110 40 363 26 Lake Charles LA MSA* 1153 854 126 3 170 21 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 2626 2504 34 42 46 5 Lancaster PA MSA* 1323 1061 20 36 206 24 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1645 1226 10 4 405 34 Laredo TX MSA* 1965 971 4 96 894 81 Las Cruces NM MSA* 926 784 10 23 109 6 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 32410 20551 132 635 11092 1038 Lawrence KS MSA* 1841 511 278 148 904 76 Lawton OK MSA* 192 172 14 6 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 128 128 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 4015 2755 200 70 990 114 Lima OH MSA* 87 85 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 2263 997 68 8 1190 45 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2669 2004 40 95 530 45 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 248 167 10 0 71 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 33054 25980 418 485 6171 454 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 8202 5185 232 181 2604 153 Orange County CA PMSA 10197 7023 146 156 2872 232 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 12339 11690 18 53 578 57 Ventura CA PMSA 2316 2082 22 95 117 12 Louisville KY-IN MSA 6450 5024 122 68 1236 118 Lubbock TX MSA* 893 574 14 9 296 23 Lynchburg VA MSA* 1116 1066 34 16 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 2477 1983 24 0 470 16 Madison WI MSA* 2478 1489 212 209 568 48 Mansfield OH MSA* 377 323 28 21 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 5093 4052 158 439 444 65 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 1191 993 90 21 87 10 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 3364 2973 14 20 357 22 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 9786 6223 10 4 3549 261 Merced CA MSA* 833 801 0 0 32 6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 21030 13353 194 280 7203 386 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 14503 9548 40 183 4732 253 Miami FL PMSA 6527 3805 154 97 2471 133 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 7491 4417 334 267 2473 197 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 6561 3783 302 244 2232 172 Racine WI PMSA 930 634 32 23 241 25 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 18277 15316 198 534 2229 183 Mobile AL MSA* 4226 3053 122 6 1045 70 Modesto CA MSA* 1342 1284 10 48 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 513 447 10 56 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1682 1269 10 31 372 45 Muncie IN MSA* 195 179 8 8 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 3997 1944 36 109 1908 164 Naples FL MSA* 5496 2371 74 573 2478 175 Nashville TN MSA 15596 10039 140 93 5324 394 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 1008 883 4 39 82 3 New Orleans LA MSA* 4268 3228 132 25 883 19 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 42108 27796 3230 1008 10074 472 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1934 1394 184 29 327 16 Bridgeport CT PMSA 956 868 12 18 58 3 Danbury CT PMSA 810 792 6 6 6 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 676 577 8 17 74 11 Jersey City NJ PMSA 360 131 180 34 15 3 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 5893 4697 20 14 1162 84 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 5260 5056 2 3 199 3 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 5291 4186 62 4 1039 70 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1065 926 18 20 101 13 New York NY PMSA 11539 2922 2438 788 5391 152 Newark NJ PMSA 3632 3141 234 31 226 29 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 2504 1285 30 34 1155 69 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 727 456 32 4 235 13 Trenton NJ PMSA 802 792 0 0 10 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 659 573 4 6 76 4 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 8134 6527 150 180 1277 121 Ocala FL MSA* 2492 2310 12 74 96 10 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 358 358 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 4774 3917 166 24 667 32 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 5342 3115 82 12 2133 100 Orlando FL MSA 16015 12442 38 51 3484 270 Owensboro KY MSA* 411 376 6 7 22 3 Panama City FL MSA* 998 948 42 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 357 195 12 12 138 18 Pensacola FL MSA* 4566 3308 68 18 1172 134 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 1285 1054 28 19 184 11 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 19633 16911 470 206 2046 153 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1717 1310 248 92 67 7 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 14647 12485 194 96 1872 133 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 316 306 10 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2953 2810 18 18 107 13 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 39354 29505 138 200 9511 741 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 150 94 18 0 38 3 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5850 4878 90 170 712 87 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 1106 1020 20 21 45 8 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 22394 13805 812 646 7131 531 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 19346 12176 600 551 6019 404 Salem OR PMSA 3048 1629 212 95 1112 127 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2674 2243 136 29 266 20 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 3622 2263 150 191 1018 80 Pueblo CO MSA* 1193 877 128 76 112 7 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 1065 941 24 25 75 8 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 14026 10891 122 129 2884 236 Rapid City SD MSA* 464 286 0 11 167 11 Reading PA MSA* 776 708 6 0 62 5 Redding CA MSA* 710 577 20 52 61 2 Reno NV MSA* 4377 2885 22 57 1413 135 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 726 660 4 11 51 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 6095 5428 8 7 652 39 Roanoke VA MSA* 984 845 12 11 116 14 Rochester MN MSA* 718 447 44 99 128 6 Rochester NY MSA* 2115 1690 20 79 326 30 Rockford IL MSA* 2205 1487 150 306 262 27 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 408 394 14 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 8984 8101 46 16 821 73 Sacramento CA PMSA 8184 7424 26 16 718 62 Yolo CA PMSA 800 677 20 0 103 11 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 566 381 54 4 127 5 St. Cloud MN MSA* 797 499 2 9 287 19 St. Joseph MO MSA* 273 131 48 18 76 12 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 12661 10527 400 662 1072 87 Salinas CA MSA* 1479 1145 4 33 297 38 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 12676 8901 230 170 3375 228 San Angelo TX MSA* 476 252 8 0 216 2 San Antonio TX MSA* 9201 6484 50 27 2640 161 San Diego CA MSA 6838 5821 94 444 479 53 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 21473 14315 330 863 5965 298 Oakland CA PMSA 7148 5927 22 141 1058 64 San Francisco CA PMSA 2915 1121 146 203 1445 69 San Jose CA PMSA 7573 4035 42 343 3153 145 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 513 378 4 18 113 10 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1490 1415 14 0 61 6 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1834 1439 102 158 135 4 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 1160 1071 10 4 75 15 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 779 692 28 22 37 3 Santa Fe NM MSA* 340 340 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 6193 4108 78 65 1942 109 Savannah GA MSA* 1866 1366 20 4 476 31 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 512 473 10 12 17 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 24322 16026 858 1045 6393 427 Bremerton WA PMSA 1774 1531 30 20 193 18 Olympia WA PMSA 1996 1711 50 0 235 17 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 15836 9057 538 904 5337 351 Tacoma WA PMSA 4716 3727 240 121 628 41 Sharon PA MSA* 161 159 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 217 99 10 0 108 5 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 133 115 18 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 1226 992 14 0 220 21 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 319 202 16 3 98 6 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1465 952 76 27 410 16 South Bend IN MSA* 1283 999 4 0 280 13 Spokane WA MSA* 3294 1478 102 36 1678 100 Springfield IL MSA* 989 780 166 0 43 4 Springfield MO MSA* 2072 1777 108 48 139 11 Springfield MA MSA* 771 686 34 7 44 7 State College PA MSA* 304 236 4 4 60 2 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 86 56 8 8 14 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 2337 2117 12 0 208 18 Sumter SC MSA* 389 379 0 10 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 746 534 4 0 208 19 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1926 1548 82 8 288 14 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 14456 10022 148 273 4013 259 Terre Haute IN MSA* 187 161 26 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 590 168 14 8 400 34 Toledo OH MSA* 1850 1528 76 129 117 14 Topeka KS MSA* 766 518 106 4 138 13 Tucson AZ MSA* 5659 5035 72 21 531 20 Tulsa OK MSA* 3388 2755 28 0 605 46 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 1054 672 2 6 374 46 Tyler TX MSA* 655 239 16 160 240 16 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 77 53 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 174 160 4 0 10 1 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1267 1182 36 26 23 2 Waco TX MSA* 381 306 44 25 6 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 42462 33117 82 64 9199 473 Baltimore MD PMSA 10747 9330 0 28 1389 89 Hagerstown MD PMSA 639 603 12 0 24 2 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 31076 23184 70 36 7786 382 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 246 108 22 4 112 1 Wausau WI MSA* 439 382 28 11 18 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 9794 8141 50 291 1312 84 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 77 29 0 0 48 8 Wichita KS MSA* 2301 2221 80 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 463 165 6 4 288 17 Wilmington NC MSA* 3393 2939 22 24 408 35 Yakima WA MSA* 425 314 74 37 0 0 York PA MSA* 1495 1283 32 43 137 7 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1443 1041 176 178 48 8 Yuba City CA MSA* 377 369 4 4 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 916 784 2 7 123 3 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.