Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area May 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* 105 96 0 0 9 1 Albany GA MSA* 395 298 10 14 73 4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 690 466 22 4 198 19 Albuquerque NM MSA* 2659 2033 6 25 595 14 Alexandria LA MSA* 121 121 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 633 547 12 4 70 6 Altoona PA MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 367 159 0 0 208 14 Anchorage AK MSA* 570 448 40 9 73 7 Anniston AL MSA* 95 71 2 0 22 4 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 733 434 68 11 220 18 Asheville NC MSA* 598 458 28 36 76 9 Athens GA MSA* 531 334 50 0 147 20 Atlanta GA MSA 19760 15777 74 104 3805 182 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 805 781 12 12 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 4939 2901 120 10 1908 131 Bakersfield CA MSA* 909 868 8 33 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 48 48 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 476 454 4 18 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 634 564 4 0 66 7 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 169 169 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 683 363 38 30 252 20 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 31 22 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 263 150 20 6 87 4 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 744 688 8 48 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 1968 1704 2 7 255 28 Bismarck ND MSA* 263 93 6 4 160 7 Bloomington IN MSA* 243 178 8 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 306 254 6 4 42 2 Boise City ID MSA* 1741 1676 14 14 37 5 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 6539 5412 128 68 931 81 Boston MA-NH PMSA 3050 2387 76 39 548 38 Brockton MA PMSA 284 275 6 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 224 149 6 0 69 6 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 592 555 4 8 25 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 382 380 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 368 246 10 11 101 16 Nashua NH PMSA 345 281 2 4 58 6 New Bedford MA PMSA 181 169 12 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 415 336 0 0 79 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 698 634 10 3 51 10 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 743 640 28 12 63 7 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 269 233 24 0 12 2 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 613 466 12 4 131 13 Burlington VT MSA* 193 180 2 6 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 512 366 34 16 96 4 Casper WY MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 385 228 20 27 110 10 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 600 131 10 4 455 33 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 1240 1221 6 6 7 1 Charleston WV MSA* 339 158 0 12 169 11 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 7797 5905 52 57 1783 162 Charlottesville VA MSA* 530 426 32 4 68 6 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 921 893 24 4 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 199 118 6 20 55 5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 13708 9661 376 680 2991 180 Chicago IL PMSA 12104 8434 292 610 2768 167 Gary IN PMSA 1129 917 48 50 114 8 Kankakee IL PMSA 165 129 16 20 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 310 181 20 0 109 5 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 285 263 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 5296 3603 106 326 1261 136 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 4236 2875 88 246 1027 104 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1060 728 18 80 234 32 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 782 588 4 84 106 15 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 3975 3284 116 122 453 41 Akron OH PMSA 1316 976 36 57 247 13 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 2659 2308 80 65 206 28 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 1975 1677 14 0 284 19 Columbia MO MSA* 620 352 216 9 43 6 Columbia SC MSA* 1944 1564 0 4 376 16 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 606 423 4 8 171 15 Columbus OH MSA 3957 2658 106 360 833 71 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 440 352 6 18 64 4 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 112 101 0 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 16688 10532 84 39 6033 309 Dallas TX PMSA 12626 7696 48 39 4843 235 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 4062 2836 36 0 1190 74 Danville VA MSA* 167 141 0 0 26 5 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 481 216 4 16 245 22 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 858 544 20 161 133 15 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 1390 1321 18 7 44 4 Decatur Al MSA* 115 110 0 0 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 143 54 4 25 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 10370 7446 74 86 2764 199 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 1331 871 8 0 452 31 Denver CO PMSA 8351 5920 58 66 2307 167 Greeley CO PMSA 688 655 8 20 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 870 795 16 0 59 3 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 9690 8074 188 328 1100 101 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1832 1577 24 85 146 13 Detroit MI PMSA 7084 5964 128 232 760 70 Flint MI PMSA 774 533 36 11 194 18 Dothan AL MSA* 217 157 4 0 56 8 Dover DE MSA* 292 288 4 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 66 60 6 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 130 109 4 7 10 2 Eau Claire WI MSA* 333 207 60 66 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 1206 967 8 3 228 8 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 457 357 8 12 80 4 Elmira NY MSA* 17 14 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 226 160 10 16 40 7 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1125 598 150 33 344 21 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 599 521 4 4 70 9 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 297 114 2 4 177 10 Fayetteville NC MSA* 629 508 0 12 109 8 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1200 807 92 11 290 18 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 184 172 2 0 10 2 Florence AL MSA* 78 46 0 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 280 240 4 0 36 6 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 1171 953 2 83 133 14 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 2629 1434 106 201 888 60 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 1436 952 78 13 393 28 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 286 246 26 0 14 2 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1066 723 2 3 338 23 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 1118 915 26 20 157 11 Fresno CA MSA 1290 1258 8 24 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 750 457 24 20 249 23 Glens Falls NY MSA* 131 113 0 0 18 2 Goldsboro NC MSA* 235 198 10 12 15 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 47 26 0 0 21 2 Grand Junction CO MSA* 431 390 30 11 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 2926 2212 80 82 552 44 Great Falls MT MSA* 68 47 0 0 21 3 Green Bay WI MSA* 482 299 56 0 127 14 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 3806 3107 48 13 638 51 Greenville NC MSA* 623 360 6 0 257 20 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 2931 2387 48 29 467 31 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1237 778 8 11 440 50 Hartford CT MSA* 1369 1056 8 6 299 14 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 60 26 0 4 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 766 661 66 14 25 4 Honolulu HI MSA 862 390 10 0 462 5 Houma LA MSA* 404 309 4 6 85 5 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 13190 8513 18 82 4577 262 Brazoria TX PMSA 745 745 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 680 456 0 0 224 5 Houston TX PMSA 11765 7312 18 82 4353 257 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 29 24 0 0 5 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 490 490 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 5528 4451 72 22 983 74 Iowa City IA MSA* 197 158 4 11 24 2 Jackson MI MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 1255 920 0 6 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 267 259 4 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 4174 2905 36 8 1225 77 Jacksonville NC MSA* 279 262 10 7 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 215 116 38 6 55 3 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 728 626 10 24 68 11 Johnstown PA MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 328 110 6 0 212 4 Joplin MO MSA* 115 89 22 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 760 430 26 37 267 28 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 5344 3861 348 91 1044 65 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 605 513 30 52 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 1785 1402 46 3 334 29 Kokomo IN MSA* 181 129 52 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 190 127 32 14 17 2 Lafayette LA MSA* 668 497 2 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 480 269 18 12 181 12 Lake Charles LA MSA* 507 296 24 0 187 3 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 1077 1048 18 0 11 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 476 412 10 22 32 4 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 507 413 8 4 82 6 Laredo TX MSA* 703 438 4 31 230 21 Las Cruces NM MSA* 311 289 8 7 7 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 12620 8472 46 347 3755 348 Lawrence KS MSA* 266 196 36 22 12 2 Lawton OK MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 1663 1203 188 14 258 19 Lima OH MSA* 19 17 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 760 469 30 39 222 19 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 1527 770 16 10 731 42 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 67 65 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 15740 11786 158 330 3466 235 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 3722 2425 98 120 1079 75 Orange County CA PMSA 5110 3214 34 99 1763 106 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 5956 5305 2 36 613 52 Ventura CA PMSA 952 842 24 75 11 2 Louisville KY-IN MSA 2428 2074 16 7 331 48 Lubbock TX MSA* 345 222 44 21 58 3 Lynchburg VA MSA* 488 465 12 11 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 916 694 4 50 168 13 Madison WI MSA* 1100 529 54 99 418 18 Mansfield OH MSA* 179 121 16 4 38 5 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 2029 1624 64 148 193 29 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 455 402 22 21 10 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 1260 1159 4 42 55 6 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 3190 2486 4 36 664 56 Merced CA MSA* 516 401 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 10646 5780 56 95 4715 247 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 6873 3398 10 24 3441 195 Miami FL PMSA 3773 2382 46 71 1274 52 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 2742 1677 188 57 820 66 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 2381 1392 168 54 767 57 Racine WI PMSA 361 285 20 3 53 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 5902 5042 112 172 576 33 Mobile AL MSA* 1868 1261 42 20 545 26 Modesto CA MSA* 524 522 2 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 201 193 2 6 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 693 566 0 56 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 94 84 6 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 1782 927 12 106 737 57 Naples FL MSA* 2200 1139 18 192 851 70 Nashville TN MSA 5529 3925 92 22 1490 105 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 322 318 4 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 1571 1357 78 4 132 2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 16860 11374 1296 446 3744 150 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 768 426 56 13 273 12 Bridgeport CT PMSA 459 395 18 32 14 2 Danbury CT PMSA 319 298 0 6 15 2 Dutchess County NY PMSA 266 242 0 6 18 3 Jersey City NJ PMSA 113 52 56 0 5 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 2332 1957 10 0 365 25 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 2690 2501 4 7 178 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 2106 1663 26 38 379 27 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 539 382 6 4 147 7 New York NY PMSA 4362 1174 956 237 1995 44 Newark NJ PMSA 1463 1106 142 67 148 12 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 574 461 8 10 95 10 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 282 182 12 26 62 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 305 305 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 282 230 2 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2913 2533 22 58 300 36 Ocala FL MSA* 1043 899 4 31 109 14 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 162 162 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 2295 1649 48 0 598 31 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 1729 1145 46 7 531 19 Orlando FL MSA 7574 5286 16 50 2222 155 Owensboro KY MSA* 170 143 6 15 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 410 382 20 8 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 221 73 8 12 128 17 Pensacola FL MSA* 1438 1240 36 0 162 17 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 390 329 12 3 46 3 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 8995 6971 238 38 1748 73 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 737 591 146 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 6870 5188 84 38 1560 60 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 89 87 2 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 1299 1105 6 0 188 13 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 16878 13111 80 102 3585 282 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 25 21 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 2186 1894 82 55 155 21 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 61 33 2 12 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 414 375 34 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 8423 5825 372 296 1930 172 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 7157 5032 302 246 1577 127 Salem OR PMSA 1266 793 70 50 353 45 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 971 882 48 11 30 6 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 982 754 58 32 138 13 Pueblo CO MSA* 521 457 36 28 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 460 421 10 7 22 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 6720 4858 34 17 1811 109 Rapid City SD MSA* 95 84 0 0 11 2 Reading PA MSA* 560 438 0 0 122 3 Redding CA MSA* 290 247 8 35 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 1283 971 10 22 280 13 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 346 272 0 11 63 2 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 2912 2354 8 26 524 23 Roanoke VA MSA* 586 360 12 3 211 15 Rochester MN MSA* 259 201 34 24 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 881 619 16 13 233 15 Rockford IL MSA* 757 584 34 46 93 10 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 374 194 30 0 150 7 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 3458 3180 14 8 256 18 Sacramento CA PMSA 3158 2886 8 8 256 18 Yolo CA PMSA 300 294 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 253 137 16 3 97 13 St. Cloud MN MSA* 254 164 0 10 80 7 St. Joseph MO MSA* 62 26 12 6 18 3 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 4836 4081 156 110 489 39 Salinas CA MSA* 467 461 6 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 3966 3381 80 99 406 30 San Angelo TX MSA* 84 76 8 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 3381 2787 20 4 570 47 San Diego CA MSA 3421 2837 60 140 384 49 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 9191 6262 88 219 2622 132 Oakland CA PMSA 3487 2751 14 122 600 35 San Francisco CA PMSA 1294 564 42 45 643 37 San Jose CA PMSA 2708 1438 20 19 1231 42 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 335 235 2 20 78 12 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 764 674 10 10 70 6 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 603 600 0 3 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 458 450 4 4 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 458 255 2 15 186 15 Santa Fe NM MSA* 234 137 0 0 97 13 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 2664 1785 42 31 806 38 Savannah GA MSA* 650 632 18 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 235 197 4 10 24 4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 9842 6898 382 233 2329 157 Bremerton WA PMSA 748 676 22 6 44 5 Olympia WA PMSA 617 582 20 3 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 6557 4119 244 174 2020 136 Tacoma WA PMSA 1920 1521 96 50 253 14 Sharon PA MSA* 52 48 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 47 27 8 0 12 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 171 19 4 0 148 6 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 331 327 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 260 66 2 0 192 8 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 392 362 10 10 10 1 South Bend IN MSA* 419 401 2 0 16 1 Spokane WA MSA* 604 536 20 0 48 4 Springfield IL MSA* 327 273 46 0 8 1 Springfield MO MSA* 955 772 24 24 135 11 Springfield MA MSA* 251 204 22 16 9 1 State College PA MSA* 250 81 2 9 158 8 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 28 18 6 4 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 727 705 2 20 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 137 133 4 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 192 162 0 0 30 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 729 671 30 4 24 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 6124 4262 74 113 1675 78 Terre Haute IN MSA* 90 90 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 141 60 0 4 77 6 Toledo OH MSA* 706 541 28 30 107 12 Topeka KS MSA* 267 196 66 0 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 2218 2014 28 51 125 2 Tulsa OK MSA* 1209 1161 10 0 38 1 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 396 307 2 7 80 4 Tyler TX MSA* 133 128 0 0 5 1 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 227 67 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 505 475 14 16 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 204 162 42 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 15738 13483 38 39 2178 120 Baltimore MD PMSA 4121 3479 4 0 638 40 Hagerstown MD PMSA 236 230 6 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 11381 9774 28 39 1540 80 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 49 39 0 0 10 1 Wausau WI MSA* 150 118 24 0 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 4059 2661 20 158 1220 58 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 39 14 0 0 25 5 Wichita KS MSA* 1001 971 30 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 64 64 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 1900 1672 8 16 204 19 Yakima WA MSA* 176 111 12 11 42 3 York PA MSA* 496 421 24 16 35 5 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 506 370 76 6 54 9 Yuba City CA MSA* 165 137 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 475 475 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.