Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 1997 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* 57 38 2 0 17 2 Albany GA MSA* 160 86 4 7 63 3 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 267 118 8 4 137 12 Albuquerque NM MSA* 766 724 2 15 25 4 Alexandria LA MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 162 140 4 0 18 2 Altoona PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 69 69 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 103 95 8 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 35 28 2 0 5 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 205 104 26 3 72 9 Asheville NC MSA* 167 147 8 0 12 1 Athens GA MSA* 251 113 24 0 114 16 Atlanta GA MSA 6233 5663 10 15 545 21 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 297 291 2 4 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 1588 934 24 0 630 27 Bakersfield CA MSA* 314 309 2 3 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 149 149 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 190 186 4 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 162 130 6 15 11 2 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 13 7 0 6 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 110 43 0 0 67 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 245 235 2 8 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 662 568 0 3 91 12 Bismarck ND MSA* 9 7 2 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 105 67 4 4 30 3 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 563 536 0 7 20 4 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 2424 1782 44 28 570 26 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1301 846 28 21 406 12 Brockton MA PMSA 109 109 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 82 47 4 0 31 2 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 226 177 0 4 45 2 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 113 113 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 86 72 6 3 5 1 Nashua NH PMSA 120 82 0 0 38 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 52 48 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 100 95 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 235 193 2 0 40 5 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 320 262 4 4 50 5 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 72 62 10 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 157 110 2 0 45 3 Burlington VT MSA* 38 30 0 3 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 149 90 4 0 55 1 Casper WY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 102 40 8 8 46 4 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 163 41 2 0 120 10 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 470 458 6 6 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 72 55 4 3 10 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 2462 2026 12 19 405 33 Charlottesville VA MSA* 171 152 6 4 9 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 350 344 6 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 54 39 4 6 5 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3810 2328 132 160 1190 60 Chicago IL PMSA 3407 2072 112 153 1070 54 Gary IN PMSA 294 187 16 7 84 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 32 30 2 0 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 77 39 2 0 36 1 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 97 91 6 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1918 1080 40 118 680 73 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1501 888 36 74 503 50 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 417 192 4 44 177 23 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 289 220 2 12 55 8 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 997 811 34 10 142 15 Akron OH PMSA 360 250 8 0 102 8 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 637 561 26 10 40 7 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 564 558 6 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 195 75 102 9 9 1 Columbia SC MSA* 691 571 0 0 120 5 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 206 156 2 0 48 3 Columbus OH MSA 1121 749 26 91 255 22 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 160 139 0 15 6 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 7217 3741 28 12 3436 188 Dallas TX PMSA 4977 2717 12 12 2236 113 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 2240 1024 16 0 1200 75 Danville VA MSA* 54 49 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 250 142 4 8 96 12 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 534 471 12 7 44 3 Decatur Al MSA* 55 40 0 0 15 3 Decatur IL MSA* 76 14 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 3768 2623 30 48 1067 71 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 330 286 4 0 40 5 Denver CO PMSA 3202 2118 22 40 1022 65 Greeley CO PMSA 236 219 4 8 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 145 141 4 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2881 2274 52 106 449 44 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 544 478 2 28 36 4 Detroit MI PMSA 2185 1664 42 74 405 39 Flint MI PMSA 152 132 8 4 8 1 Dothan AL MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 107 103 4 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 19 16 0 3 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 27 16 0 11 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 408 362 10 3 33 5 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 116 114 2 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 53 35 2 4 12 2 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 378 200 54 7 117 5 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 204 154 2 0 48 6 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 29 11 0 0 18 3 Fayetteville NC MSA* 258 184 0 8 66 5 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 457 296 32 4 125 13 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 94 50 2 6 36 2 Florence AL MSA* 54 22 0 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 90 78 2 0 10 2 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 391 324 2 18 47 4 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 758 514 40 65 139 13 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 466 360 66 13 27 3 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 109 97 6 0 6 1 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 373 230 0 0 143 11 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 315 241 18 16 40 5 Fresno CA MSA 459 455 4 0 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 282 148 0 0 134 8 Glens Falls NY MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 82 65 4 8 5 1 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 16 0 0 0 16 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 152 124 28 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 787 593 26 19 149 10 Great Falls MT MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 72 53 14 0 5 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1181 999 16 4 162 15 Greenville NC MSA* 259 140 2 0 117 9 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 909 839 18 10 42 4 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 361 271 0 4 86 12 Hartford CT MSA* 284 265 2 0 17 3 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 36 6 0 0 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 240 211 24 0 5 1 Honolulu HI MSA 94 60 2 0 32 4 Houma LA MSA* 129 125 4 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 3532 2859 8 0 665 28 Brazoria TX PMSA 240 230 0 0 10 1 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 149 149 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 3143 2480 8 0 655 27 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 149 149 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1793 1211 26 8 548 39 Iowa City IA MSA* 31 26 2 3 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 299 272 0 6 21 2 Jackson TN MSA* 82 80 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 1359 1099 8 0 252 27 Jacksonville NC MSA* 79 75 0 4 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 41 31 10 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 251 218 2 11 20 4 Johnstown PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 43 33 6 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 268 135 10 16 107 12 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1429 1114 70 37 208 21 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 232 188 10 24 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 748 470 10 0 268 21 Kokomo IN MSA* 51 39 12 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 28 20 8 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 290 162 0 0 128 3 Lafayette IN MSA* 153 67 6 0 80 5 Lake Charles LA MSA* 105 92 8 0 5 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 396 377 8 0 11 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 172 150 2 0 20 2 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 153 132 4 0 17 3 Laredo TX MSA* 273 142 2 15 114 11 Las Cruces NM MSA* 159 132 4 0 23 2 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 4860 3078 28 249 1505 145 Lawrence KS MSA* 91 47 16 8 20 2 Lawton OK MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 504 382 60 0 62 8 Lima OH MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 252 109 4 3 136 11 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 483 248 12 0 223 7 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 4748 4086 56 120 486 46 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 1223 996 34 8 185 13 Orange County CA PMSA 1117 1006 12 46 53 7 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 2087 1805 2 32 248 26 Ventura CA PMSA 321 279 8 34 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 722 693 4 4 21 4 Lubbock TX MSA* 92 84 2 0 6 1 Lynchburg VA MSA* 161 155 6 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 296 292 4 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 364 122 18 45 179 9 Mansfield OH MSA* 32 18 14 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 676 561 18 25 72 11 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 159 150 2 7 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 433 421 2 0 10 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 964 799 2 36 127 10 Merced CA MSA* 120 120 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 4385 2316 20 56 1993 117 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2783 1332 4 17 1430 100 Miami FL PMSA 1602 984 16 39 563 17 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 882 428 50 23 381 23 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 783 348 44 20 371 21 Racine WI PMSA 99 80 6 3 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1479 1341 18 40 80 4 Mobile AL MSA* 608 467 14 20 107 5 Modesto CA MSA* 162 162 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 90 68 2 20 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 232 172 0 52 8 1 Muncie IN MSA* 24 22 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 567 375 6 44 142 11 Naples FL MSA* 701 408 16 96 181 19 Nashville TN MSA 1879 1325 20 11 523 46 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 109 109 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 494 484 10 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 5551 3300 330 113 1808 56 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 231 105 14 4 108 10 Bridgeport CT PMSA 139 133 0 0 6 1 Danbury CT PMSA 87 87 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 66 61 0 0 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 37 19 18 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 715 601 2 0 112 5 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 649 649 0 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 762 546 14 30 172 10 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 131 108 2 0 21 3 New York NY PMSA 1911 327 240 42 1302 19 Newark NJ PMSA 424 333 32 33 26 3 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 177 115 2 4 56 4 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 73 69 4 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 91 91 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 58 56 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1115 1015 2 19 79 9 Ocala FL MSA* 454 338 4 3 109 14 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 601 575 26 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 341 289 20 0 32 3 Orlando FL MSA 2593 1927 2 19 645 73 Owensboro KY MSA* 67 53 4 0 10 1 Panama City FL MSA* 189 171 10 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 39 12 2 8 17 2 Pensacola FL MSA* 523 487 4 0 32 4 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 78 57 0 6 15 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 3031 2248 134 7 642 26 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 243 159 84 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 2349 1679 50 7 613 23 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 403 374 0 0 29 3 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 6922 4640 36 65 2181 182 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 609 531 18 8 52 6 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 115 94 16 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 3172 2119 134 116 803 62 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 2770 1814 112 94 750 54 Salem OR PMSA 402 305 22 22 53 8 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 344 311 20 8 5 1 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 322 227 26 8 61 6 Pueblo CO MSA* 193 157 20 16 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 164 154 0 0 10 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1905 1716 18 7 164 20 Rapid City SD MSA* 39 19 0 0 20 1 Reading PA MSA* 211 211 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 103 69 6 28 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 284 260 2 0 22 1 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 82 73 0 3 6 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 944 732 0 0 212 9 Roanoke VA MSA* 191 113 6 0 72 6 Rochester MN MSA* 43 35 8 0 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 251 161 0 0 90 3 Rockford IL MSA* 196 170 6 4 16 2 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 69 69 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 1191 933 2 0 256 18 Sacramento CA PMSA 1127 871 0 0 256 18 Yolo CA PMSA 64 62 2 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 45 37 8 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 40 35 0 0 5 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 31 11 12 3 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1510 1131 30 31 318 19 Salinas CA MSA* 151 149 2 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1209 1104 22 7 76 5 San Angelo TX MSA* 30 28 2 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 1272 1055 4 4 209 12 San Diego CA MSA 1256 911 22 61 262 36 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 3134 1906 14 82 1132 38 Oakland CA PMSA 968 799 0 29 140 4 San Francisco CA PMSA 487 85 8 26 368 18 San Jose CA PMSA 1070 489 6 21 554 10 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 324 248 0 6 70 6 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 213 213 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 148 141 2 0 5 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 91 86 2 3 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 123 33 0 0 90 12 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 788 659 16 11 102 7 Savannah GA MSA* 221 219 2 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 73 52 2 0 19 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 3417 2392 150 126 749 52 Bremerton WA PMSA 260 232 8 3 17 2 Olympia WA PMSA 211 199 0 0 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 2291 1379 112 106 694 45 Tacoma WA PMSA 655 582 30 17 26 3 Sharon PA MSA* 14 10 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 17 3 2 0 12 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 7 3 4 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 144 140 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 70 68 2 0 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 127 125 2 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 152 144 8 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 62 56 6 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 227 184 6 11 26 2 Springfield MA MSA* 63 48 2 4 9 1 State College PA MSA* 125 18 0 6 101 4 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 4 0 4 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 245 223 2 20 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 46 44 2 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 290 260 6 0 24 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1707 1515 16 28 148 11 Terre Haute IN MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 245 167 8 4 66 7 Topeka KS MSA* 62 58 4 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 719 697 2 12 8 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 408 408 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 159 137 2 0 20 2 Tyler TX MSA* 50 45 0 0 5 1 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 182 22 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 211 191 4 16 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 77 55 22 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 5618 4483 14 15 1106 57 Baltimore MD PMSA 1443 1152 0 0 291 15 Hagerstown MD PMSA 63 59 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 4112 3272 10 15 815 42 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 38 22 8 0 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 1400 1090 4 96 210 9 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 17 7 0 0 10 2 Wichita KS MSA* 341 323 18 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 647 517 6 8 116 10 Yakima WA MSA* 79 49 8 4 18 1 York PA MSA* 131 123 4 4 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 111 91 14 0 6 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 67 39 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 115 115 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.