Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area April 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* 77 68 0 0 9 1 Albany GA MSA* 293 201 8 11 73 4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 511 340 18 4 149 14 Albuquerque NM MSA* 1756 1616 6 21 113 11 Alexandria LA MSA* 89 89 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 450 400 12 4 34 3 Altoona PA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 139 139 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 400 326 40 9 25 1 Anniston AL MSA* 73 54 2 0 17 3 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 531 330 58 7 136 15 Asheville NC MSA* 470 349 26 27 68 8 Athens GA MSA* 437 252 38 0 147 20 Atlanta GA MSA 15572 12686 48 50 2788 139 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 653 629 12 12 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 4245 2233 94 10 1908 131 Bakersfield CA MSA* 741 708 2 15 16 1 Bangor ME MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 352 335 2 15 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 515 445 4 0 66 7 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 134 134 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 589 283 36 26 244 19 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 28 16 0 12 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 202 106 18 3 75 2 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 586 532 6 48 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 5 3 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 1588 1331 0 7 250 27 Bismarck ND MSA* 138 59 6 4 69 3 Bloomington IN MSA* 214 149 8 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 216 194 6 4 12 1 Boise City ID MSA* 1353 1300 12 11 30 4 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 5057 4143 108 48 758 50 Boston MA-NH PMSA 2372 1857 62 26 427 15 Brockton MA PMSA 213 207 6 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 169 107 4 0 58 5 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 466 431 2 8 25 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 285 283 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 291 193 10 11 77 12 Nashua NH PMSA 262 209 2 0 51 5 New Bedford MA PMSA 134 122 12 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 317 243 0 0 74 3 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 548 491 8 3 46 9 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 654 515 26 7 106 11 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 212 180 20 0 12 2 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 480 339 8 4 129 12 Burlington VT MSA* 132 119 2 6 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 396 267 26 12 91 3 Casper WY MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 296 159 16 23 98 9 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 399 104 4 4 287 22 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 1009 992 4 6 7 1 Charleston WV MSA* 294 126 0 4 164 10 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 5612 4494 36 23 1059 93 Charlottesville VA MSA* 390 341 24 4 21 2 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 757 737 16 4 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 135 89 6 13 27 3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 10164 7161 290 490 2223 141 Chicago IL PMSA 8994 6264 232 450 2048 129 Gary IN PMSA 828 668 32 33 95 7 Kankakee IL PMSA 114 97 10 7 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 228 132 16 0 80 5 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 229 207 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 4092 2725 98 205 1064 111 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 3205 2160 82 128 835 80 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 887 565 16 77 229 31 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 656 491 4 68 93 13 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 2990 2442 88 78 382 34 Akron OH PMSA 980 719 28 26 207 10 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 2010 1723 60 52 175 24 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 1583 1311 12 0 260 17 Columbia MO MSA* 503 255 196 9 43 6 Columbia SC MSA* 1574 1188 0 4 382 17 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 535 352 4 8 171 15 Columbus OH MSA 2978 2010 88 261 619 51 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 340 276 4 15 45 3 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 13674 8210 68 36 5360 269 Dallas TX PMSA 10270 6026 38 36 4170 195 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 3404 2184 30 0 1190 74 Danville VA MSA* 126 111 0 0 15 3 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 349 155 2 0 192 15 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 640 391 18 135 96 12 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 1078 1009 18 7 44 4 Decatur Al MSA* 90 85 0 0 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 123 44 2 17 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 7904 5811 62 67 1964 137 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 934 680 6 0 248 16 Denver CO PMSA 6441 4633 50 47 1711 120 Greeley CO PMSA 529 498 6 20 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 654 591 4 0 59 3 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 7379 6118 152 292 817 72 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1385 1173 24 79 109 9 Detroit MI PMSA 5543 4550 102 205 686 61 Flint MI PMSA 451 395 26 8 22 2 Dothan AL MSA* 186 126 4 0 56 8 Dover DE MSA* 225 221 4 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 54 50 4 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 72 58 2 7 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 182 118 30 34 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 823 712 6 3 102 8 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 384 284 8 12 80 4 Elmira NY MSA* 14 11 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 159 119 6 12 22 4 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 946 468 112 27 339 20 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 451 383 4 4 60 8 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 161 62 0 0 99 6 Fayetteville NC MSA* 497 376 0 12 109 8 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1027 656 70 11 290 18 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 136 124 2 0 10 2 Florence AL MSA* 69 37 0 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 218 188 4 0 26 4 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 923 729 2 50 142 15 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 2097 1097 78 152 770 51 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 1257 777 74 13 393 28 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 213 191 8 0 14 2 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 856 543 2 3 308 22 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 868 684 24 20 140 9 Fresno CA MSA 1137 989 4 24 120 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 594 364 24 4 202 19 Glens Falls NY MSA* 101 83 0 0 18 2 Goldsboro NC MSA* 179 154 6 4 15 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 31 15 0 0 16 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 328 298 30 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 2237 1687 60 55 435 34 Great Falls MT MSA* 53 37 0 0 16 2 Green Bay WI MSA* 281 208 40 0 33 5 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 2806 2366 42 4 394 37 Greenville NC MSA* 502 307 6 0 189 15 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 2295 1900 30 13 352 25 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 849 661 2 10 176 23 Hartford CT MSA* 1106 798 6 3 299 14 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 66 15 0 0 51 4 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 566 492 56 7 11 2 Honolulu HI MSA 770 284 8 0 478 6 Houma LA MSA* 353 256 6 6 85 5 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 9984 6562 16 82 3324 216 Brazoria TX PMSA 584 584 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 357 325 0 0 32 4 Houston TX PMSA 9043 5653 16 82 3292 212 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 395 395 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 4318 3378 50 19 871 63 Iowa City IA MSA* 145 106 4 11 24 2 Jackson MI MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 1012 677 0 6 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 199 191 4 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 2732 2313 32 8 379 34 Jacksonville NC MSA* 218 201 10 7 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 130 89 30 6 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 598 504 10 21 63 10 Johnstown PA MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 228 88 2 0 138 3 Joplin MO MSA* 91 71 16 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 523 329 20 22 152 15 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 3773 2926 254 72 521 35 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 485 413 26 36 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 1454 1124 40 0 290 26 Kokomo IN MSA* 137 99 38 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 141 96 20 14 11 1 Lafayette LA MSA* 548 379 0 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 393 199 18 12 164 10 Lake Charles LA MSA* 411 221 14 0 176 2 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 801 778 12 0 11 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 371 331 4 4 32 4 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 411 323 6 0 82 6 Laredo TX MSA* 585 333 4 27 221 20 Las Cruces NM MSA* 241 232 6 3 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 9546 6685 32 300 2529 250 Lawrence KS MSA* 329 138 54 26 111 10 Lawton OK MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 1394 982 146 14 252 18 Lima OH MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 565 376 24 39 126 15 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 858 608 10 4 236 9 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 11944 9041 132 256 2515 179 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 2636 1959 74 67 536 38 Orange County CA PMSA 3893 2338 32 75 1448 92 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 4627 4055 2 39 531 49 Ventura CA PMSA 788 689 24 75 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1674 1574 12 4 84 10 Lubbock TX MSA* 285 184 22 21 58 3 Lynchburg VA MSA* 379 361 10 8 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 722 566 4 0 152 11 Madison WI MSA* 871 371 40 60 400 18 Mansfield OH MSA* 108 89 16 3 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 1561 1259 48 99 155 23 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 354 319 16 14 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 968 916 2 3 47 5 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 2116 1944 2 36 134 11 Merced CA MSA* 454 339 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 8471 4488 36 83 3864 223 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 5617 2674 6 24 2913 178 Miami FL PMSA 2854 1814 30 59 951 45 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 2140 1256 140 45 699 54 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1885 1046 128 42 669 48 Racine WI PMSA 255 210 12 3 30 6 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 4394 3688 64 122 520 29 Mobile AL MSA* 1639 1023 38 23 555 26 Modesto CA MSA* 399 399 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 167 159 2 6 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 553 426 0 56 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 70 60 6 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 1424 714 8 86 616 46 Naples FL MSA* 1600 883 24 200 493 46 Nashville TN MSA 4476 3150 70 22 1234 90 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 248 244 4 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 1240 1100 64 4 72 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 12746 8442 796 350 3158 130 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 472 323 30 10 109 8 Bridgeport CT PMSA 356 312 16 22 6 1 Danbury CT PMSA 217 214 0 3 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 192 181 0 6 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 92 40 52 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 1724 1444 12 0 268 17 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 2091 1957 2 7 125 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1624 1226 20 30 348 26 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 391 271 2 0 118 5 New York NY PMSA 3338 780 520 180 1858 46 Newark NJ PMSA 1135 825 120 67 123 12 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 428 327 8 7 86 9 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 246 154 12 18 62 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 232 232 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 208 156 2 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2261 2003 22 47 189 24 Ocala FL MSA* 835 702 4 20 109 14 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 124 124 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 1930 1288 44 0 598 31 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 1051 852 38 3 158 7 Orlando FL MSA 5770 4148 12 40 1570 113 Owensboro KY MSA* 131 109 4 12 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 355 331 16 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 195 56 4 12 123 16 Pensacola FL MSA* 1179 1011 6 0 162 17 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 288 235 6 0 47 3 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 6943 5315 212 26 1390 54 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 616 484 132 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 5290 3911 74 26 1279 45 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 74 72 2 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 963 848 4 0 111 9 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 13486 10380 76 98 2932 233 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1647 1440 38 33 136 18 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 38 24 2 12 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 316 279 32 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 6834 4581 286 220 1747 156 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 5809 3950 226 182 1451 118 Salem OR PMSA 1025 631 60 38 296 38 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 753 682 40 11 20 4 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 778 574 38 28 138 13 Pueblo CO MSA* 398 350 32 16 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 318 304 4 0 10 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 5441 3870 32 3 1536 97 Rapid City SD MSA* 69 63 0 0 6 1 Reading PA MSA* 481 359 0 0 122 3 Redding CA MSA* 234 191 8 35 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 743 697 8 10 28 2 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 232 209 0 11 12 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 2384 1840 12 8 524 23 Roanoke VA MSA* 500 281 10 3 206 14 Rochester MN MSA* 189 139 30 20 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 659 442 16 0 201 11 Rockford IL MSA* 575 462 26 34 53 7 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 312 140 22 0 150 7 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 2646 2368 14 8 256 18 Sacramento CA PMSA 2404 2132 8 8 256 18 Yolo CA PMSA 242 236 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 118 101 14 3 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 168 112 0 3 53 5 St. Joseph MO MSA* 67 22 12 9 24 4 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 3711 3056 112 97 446 34 Salinas CA MSA* 402 398 4 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 3095 2662 66 69 298 21 San Angelo TX MSA* 68 62 6 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 2474 2156 16 43 259 18 San Diego CA MSA 2601 2033 58 126 384 49 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 7092 4901 64 193 1934 90 Oakland CA PMSA 2896 2191 12 119 574 31 San Francisco CA PMSA 1038 380 26 42 590 34 San Jose CA PMSA 1865 1157 16 18 674 16 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 222 190 2 4 26 3 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 574 486 8 10 70 6 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 497 497 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 342 336 2 4 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 390 192 2 15 181 14 Santa Fe NM MSA* 208 111 0 0 97 13 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 2201 1392 28 31 750 35 Savannah GA MSA* 543 529 14 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 180 149 2 10 19 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 7648 5340 262 234 1812 118 Bremerton WA PMSA 595 540 20 3 32 4 Olympia WA PMSA 487 442 16 3 26 3 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 5148 3180 158 181 1629 105 Tacoma WA PMSA 1418 1178 68 47 125 6 Sharon PA MSA* 33 29 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 39 19 8 0 12 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 166 14 4 0 148 6 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 260 256 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 235 41 2 0 192 8 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 255 231 4 10 10 1 South Bend IN MSA* 327 309 2 0 16 1 Spokane WA MSA* 452 398 16 3 35 3 Springfield IL MSA* 233 191 34 0 8 1 Springfield MO MSA* 753 584 18 24 127 10 Springfield MA MSA* 176 149 10 8 9 1 State College PA MSA* 225 56 2 9 158 8 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 22 12 6 4 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 507 485 2 20 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 104 100 4 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 122 112 0 0 10 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 585 541 20 0 24 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 5146 3344 36 99 1667 77 Terre Haute IN MSA* 72 72 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 84 44 0 0 40 3 Toledo OH MSA* 565 415 22 26 102 11 Topeka KS MSA* 205 149 56 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 1766 1591 18 32 125 2 Tulsa OK MSA* 1008 930 6 0 72 4 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 335 246 2 7 80 4 Tyler TX MSA* 105 100 0 0 5 1 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 213 53 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 413 376 16 16 5 1 Waco TX MSA* 175 138 34 3 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 11740 10215 20 30 1475 82 Baltimore MD PMSA 3157 2741 0 3 413 26 Hagerstown MD PMSA 185 179 6 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 8398 7295 14 27 1062 56 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 36 26 0 0 10 1 Wausau WI MSA* 108 80 20 0 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 3340 2136 20 150 1034 47 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 30 10 0 0 20 4 Wichita KS MSA* 775 749 26 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 1506 1332 8 16 150 13 Yakima WA MSA* 175 110 22 7 36 2 York PA MSA* 378 330 14 12 22 3 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 378 297 60 3 18 3 Yuba City CA MSA* 136 108 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 300 300 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.