Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 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* 100 59 2 3 36 3 Albany GA MSA* 204 128 6 7 63 3 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 380 218 14 4 144 13 Albuquerque NM MSA* 1209 1150 4 18 37 6 Alexandria LA MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 293 253 6 0 34 3 Altoona PA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 100 100 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 243 192 20 6 25 1 Anniston AL MSA* 55 41 2 0 12 2 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 325 198 38 3 86 11 Asheville NC MSA* 268 222 18 4 24 3 Athens GA MSA* 351 176 28 0 147 20 Atlanta GA MSA 10372 9128 38 39 1167 46 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 464 448 8 8 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 2744 1579 50 6 1109 68 Bakersfield CA MSA* 535 513 2 7 13 1 Bangor ME MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 265 248 2 15 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 317 313 4 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 86 86 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 438 198 12 18 210 16 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 21 12 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 147 71 6 3 67 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 378 366 4 8 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 4 2 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 1095 935 0 3 157 15 Bismarck ND MSA* 70 20 2 0 48 1 Bloomington IN MSA* 182 117 8 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 128 110 2 4 12 1 Boise City ID MSA* 1007 943 12 22 30 5 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 3701 2897 68 25 711 43 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1853 1364 46 18 425 14 Brockton MA PMSA 146 146 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 129 77 4 0 48 4 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 308 277 2 4 25 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 190 190 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 195 130 8 3 54 9 Nashua NH PMSA 176 132 0 0 44 4 New Bedford MA PMSA 84 80 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 249 170 0 0 79 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 371 331 4 0 36 7 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 459 375 14 11 59 6 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 130 110 20 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 316 210 6 0 100 10 Burlington VT MSA* 83 68 2 3 10 2 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 281 170 12 8 91 3 Casper WY MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 185 93 10 12 70 6 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 203 64 2 0 137 11 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 750 733 4 6 7 1 Charleston WV MSA* 90 86 0 4 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 4079 3183 22 19 855 76 Charlottesville VA MSA* 271 242 16 4 9 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 540 526 10 4 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 84 64 6 9 5 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 6974 4827 202 331 1614 87 Chicago IL PMSA 6198 4275 164 316 1443 77 Gary IN PMSA 547 408 24 11 104 7 Kankakee IL PMSA 74 66 4 4 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 155 78 10 0 67 3 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 129 123 6 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 2878 1860 78 146 794 87 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 2256 1488 68 83 617 64 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 622 372 10 63 177 23 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 422 331 2 28 61 9 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1949 1524 68 40 317 28 Akron OH PMSA 687 480 22 3 182 11 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 1262 1044 46 37 135 17 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 1204 936 8 0 260 17 Columbia MO MSA* 343 173 126 9 35 5 Columbia SC MSA* 992 872 0 0 120 5 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 446 263 4 8 171 15 Columbus OH MSA 1968 1309 42 173 444 36 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 257 204 0 15 38 2 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 10329 5959 48 12 4310 212 Dallas TX PMSA 7453 4327 28 12 3086 136 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 2876 1632 20 0 1224 76 Danville VA MSA* 91 81 0 0 10 2 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 204 84 0 0 120 6 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 493 271 10 116 96 12 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 812 729 12 7 64 5 Decatur Al MSA* 79 59 0 0 20 3 Decatur IL MSA* 107 28 2 17 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 5878 4347 52 52 1427 104 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 602 553 4 0 45 6 Denver CO PMSA 4908 3443 44 44 1377 97 Greeley CO PMSA 368 351 4 8 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 377 373 4 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 4634 3798 90 171 575 56 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 911 745 16 47 103 8 Detroit MI PMSA 3472 2830 58 120 464 47 Flint MI PMSA 251 223 16 4 8 1 Dothan AL MSA* 101 101 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 162 158 4 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 44 34 2 3 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 96 48 22 26 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 562 518 6 0 38 5 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 236 183 6 3 44 3 Elmira NY MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 106 67 6 12 21 3 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 744 323 80 7 334 19 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 297 245 4 0 48 6 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 50 32 0 0 18 3 Fayetteville NC MSA* 328 254 0 8 66 5 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 751 485 52 8 206 15 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 74 72 2 0 0 0 Florence AL MSA* 60 28 0 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 143 125 2 0 16 3 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 622 526 2 47 47 4 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 1243 802 54 85 302 27 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 1006 533 70 10 393 28 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 153 139 8 0 6 1 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 512 369 0 0 143 11 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 528 450 22 16 40 5 Fresno CA MSA 745 730 4 6 5 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 444 230 24 0 190 17 Glens Falls NY MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 128 111 2 0 15 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 20 4 0 0 16 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 239 209 30 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1480 1090 40 39 311 24 Great Falls MT MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 150 111 28 0 11 2 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1835 1631 22 4 178 17 Greenville NC MSA* 341 202 6 0 133 10 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 1645 1339 28 10 268 20 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 677 539 0 4 134 18 Hartford CT MSA* 602 516 6 3 77 5 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 53 10 0 0 43 3 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 372 326 32 4 10 2 Honolulu HI MSA 192 154 6 0 32 4 Houma LA MSA* 207 171 4 0 32 1 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 6659 4476 14 12 2157 115 Brazoria TX PMSA 386 386 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 222 222 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 6051 3868 14 12 2157 115 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 41 8 0 0 33 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 258 258 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 2769 2158 40 11 560 41 Iowa City IA MSA* 70 57 2 11 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 710 431 0 6 273 14 Jackson TN MSA* 132 130 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 2092 1691 14 8 379 34 Jacksonville NC MSA* 135 128 0 7 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 64 48 16 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 443 376 8 18 41 7 Johnstown PA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 62 56 0 0 6 1 Joplin MO MSA* 67 51 12 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 405 223 16 19 147 14 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 2551 2036 212 80 223 23 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 353 293 18 32 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 923 805 36 0 82 13 Kokomo IN MSA* 97 71 26 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 70 45 14 11 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 395 267 0 0 128 3 Lafayette IN MSA* 286 126 12 0 148 9 Lake Charles LA MSA* 349 160 8 0 181 3 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 620 599 10 0 11 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 252 228 4 0 20 2 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 266 208 6 0 52 5 Laredo TX MSA* 460 224 2 23 211 19 Las Cruces NM MSA* 195 180 4 0 11 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 6933 4749 30 273 1881 179 Lawrence KS MSA* 159 89 28 11 31 3 Lawton OK MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 925 674 100 0 151 13 Lima OH MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 419 258 12 39 110 13 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 639 402 10 4 223 7 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 7802 6428 88 219 1067 89 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 1911 1440 56 67 348 25 Orange County CA PMSA 1936 1584 22 56 274 21 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 3375 2892 2 36 445 43 Ventura CA PMSA 580 512 8 60 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1166 1075 8 4 79 9 Lubbock TX MSA* 197 124 10 21 42 2 Lynchburg VA MSA* 266 258 8 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 449 445 4 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 552 230 28 56 238 12 Mansfield OH MSA* 62 46 16 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 1069 879 30 45 115 17 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 274 261 6 7 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 712 669 2 0 41 2 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1419 1259 2 36 122 9 Merced CA MSA* 263 263 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 6508 3311 30 83 3084 175 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 4275 1997 4 24 2250 138 Miami FL PMSA 2233 1314 26 59 834 37 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1525 808 104 34 579 41 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1354 665 94 31 564 38 Racine WI PMSA 171 143 10 3 15 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 2956 2402 36 68 450 12 Mobile AL MSA* 1187 721 28 20 418 20 Modesto CA MSA* 262 262 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 137 107 2 28 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 423 296 0 56 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 45 39 2 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 1131 558 8 68 497 35 Naples FL MSA* 1063 662 16 132 253 29 Nashville TN MSA 3235 2189 44 11 991 77 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 177 173 4 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 775 743 28 4 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 9071 5543 550 215 2763 122 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 340 178 26 7 129 9 Bridgeport CT PMSA 229 216 0 7 6 1 Danbury CT PMSA 160 157 0 3 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 127 119 0 3 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 59 29 30 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 1143 902 4 0 237 15 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1306 1299 0 7 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1164 808 18 30 308 23 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 316 186 2 0 128 7 New York NY PMSA 2635 530 366 123 1616 40 Newark NJ PMSA 775 539 86 10 140 14 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 327 208 6 7 106 10 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 174 110 8 18 38 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 166 164 2 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 150 98 2 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1646 1456 8 24 158 21 Ocala FL MSA* 635 519 4 3 109 14 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 74 74 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 1365 929 38 0 398 22 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 700 540 26 0 134 6 Orlando FL MSA 4260 2985 2 26 1247 100 Owensboro KY MSA* 96 78 4 8 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 286 266 12 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 66 32 4 8 22 3 Pensacola FL MSA* 923 765 6 0 152 16 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 184 116 4 6 58 4 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5140 3784 164 23 1169 41 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 442 344 98 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 3964 2753 60 23 1128 36 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 53 51 2 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 681 636 4 0 41 5 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 9829 7242 62 86 2439 205 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 9 7 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1120 981 24 19 96 14 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 209 174 30 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 5204 3318 212 200 1474 131 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 4417 2847 166 168 1236 100 Salem OR PMSA 787 471 46 32 238 31 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 523 461 26 8 28 4 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 594 414 36 12 132 10 Pueblo CO MSA* 322 276 30 16 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 244 230 4 0 10 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 3916 2674 22 3 1217 76 Rapid City SD MSA* 68 41 0 0 27 1 Reading PA MSA* 405 288 0 0 117 2 Redding CA MSA* 167 129 6 32 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 485 448 2 7 28 2 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 140 126 0 7 7 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1788 1254 2 8 524 23 Roanoke VA MSA* 288 205 6 0 77 7 Rochester MN MSA* 113 81 12 20 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 390 284 0 0 106 5 Rockford IL MSA* 366 287 22 4 53 7 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 121 115 6 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 1960 1686 10 8 256 18 Sacramento CA PMSA 1791 1521 6 8 256 18 Yolo CA PMSA 169 165 4 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 76 63 10 3 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 89 65 0 0 24 2 St. Joseph MO MSA* 33 16 12 0 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 2536 2039 54 51 392 27 Salinas CA MSA* 271 261 4 0 6 1 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 2042 1893 38 35 76 5 San Angelo TX MSA* 50 44 6 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 1866 1552 12 43 259 18 San Diego CA MSA 1829 1406 40 94 289 40 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 5198 3261 34 139 1764 70 Oakland CA PMSA 2063 1413 8 85 557 28 San Francisco CA PMSA 748 201 22 32 493 24 San Jose CA PMSA 1413 755 2 12 644 12 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 140 140 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 454 372 2 10 70 6 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 380 380 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 230 228 2 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 324 138 2 3 181 14 Santa Fe NM MSA* 151 57 0 4 90 12 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 1397 1040 22 19 316 14 Savannah GA MSA* 375 335 8 0 32 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 114 90 2 3 19 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 5671 3795 182 180 1514 99 Bremerton WA PMSA 419 376 16 3 24 3 Olympia WA PMSA 343 326 2 3 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 3812 2202 126 131 1353 88 Tacoma WA PMSA 1097 891 38 43 125 6 Sharon PA MSA* 22 18 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 26 10 4 0 12 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 10 6 4 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 221 211 0 4 6 1 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 32 26 0 0 6 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 153 145 2 6 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 213 195 2 0 16 1 Spokane WA MSA* 278 266 12 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 144 116 20 0 8 1 Springfield MO MSA* 491 363 8 17 103 7 Springfield MA MSA* 109 90 6 4 9 1 State College PA MSA* 198 31 0 9 158 8 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 13 7 6 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 374 352 2 20 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 84 80 4 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 80 75 0 0 5 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 417 385 8 0 24 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 3856 2352 28 60 1416 63 Terre Haute IN MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 374 268 12 16 78 8 Topeka KS MSA* 147 105 42 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 1157 1117 4 28 8 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 687 681 6 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 261 196 2 7 56 3 Tyler TX MSA* 80 75 0 0 5 1 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 192 32 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 310 282 12 16 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 131 92 24 0 15 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 8422 7227 16 15 1164 62 Baltimore MD PMSA 2414 2053 0 0 361 21 Hagerstown MD PMSA 110 104 6 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 5898 5070 10 15 803 41 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 69 47 14 0 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 2125 1626 4 123 372 12 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 24 9 0 0 15 3 Wichita KS MSA* 550 528 22 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 1071 907 8 12 144 12 Yakima WA MSA* 118 82 14 4 18 1 York PA MSA* 261 221 6 12 22 3 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 241 187 34 3 17 3 Yuba City CA MSA* 112 84 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 226 226 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.