Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area July 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* 156 135 0 0 21 2 Albany GA MSA* 592 498 10 11 73 4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1058 767 34 4 253 21 Albuquerque NM MSA* 3473 2846 4 45 578 10 Alexandria LA MSA* 194 194 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 963 846 18 4 95 9 Altoona PA MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 633 217 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA* 821 626 64 13 118 13 Anniston AL MSA* 132 97 2 0 33 6 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1074 654 120 15 285 31 Asheville NC MSA* 815 653 46 40 76 9 Athens GA MSA* 654 453 54 0 147 20 Atlanta GA MSA 28447 22516 106 135 5690 269 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1137 1097 12 28 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 6321 3912 130 210 2069 138 Bakersfield CA MSA* 1311 1264 8 39 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 75 75 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 690 650 8 27 5 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 840 770 4 0 66 7 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 263 263 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 916 531 50 58 277 21 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 42 33 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 354 235 22 10 87 4 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1041 947 22 48 24 1 Binghamton NY MSA* 22 20 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 2656 2340 4 13 299 33 Bismarck ND MSA* 389 187 10 8 184 9 Bloomington IN MSA* 305 240 8 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 468 386 10 4 68 5 Boise City ID MSA* 2802 2424 32 11 335 25 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 9770 8146 196 145 1283 91 Boston MA-NH PMSA 4488 3555 126 96 711 35 Brockton MA PMSA 419 408 8 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 346 233 6 0 107 9 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 838 806 4 28 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 554 547 2 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 670 420 16 11 223 20 Nashua NH PMSA 517 428 2 4 83 8 New Bedford MA PMSA 273 255 18 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 600 508 2 0 90 6 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1065 986 12 3 64 12 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1085 877 36 12 160 12 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 412 330 46 0 36 4 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 967 710 14 8 235 20 Burlington VT MSA* 336 274 14 6 42 8 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 696 528 48 15 105 5 Casper WY MSA* 31 29 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 562 334 24 53 151 14 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 690 187 14 4 485 34 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2035 1709 10 9 307 14 Charleston WV MSA* 436 211 8 12 205 16 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 11625 8136 80 82 3327 261 Charlottesville VA MSA* 756 640 36 12 68 6 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1403 1243 28 28 104 13 Cheyenne WY MSA* 292 163 6 13 110 4 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 20572 14802 490 1010 4270 256 Chicago IL PMSA 18197 12980 362 905 3950 235 Gary IN PMSA 1649 1342 80 65 162 11 Kankakee IL PMSA 262 194 24 28 16 3 Kenosha WI PMSA 464 286 24 12 142 7 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 392 370 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 7331 5182 182 384 1583 170 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 5817 4091 154 275 1297 129 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1514 1091 28 109 286 41 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1050 769 16 115 150 21 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 5889 4835 206 234 614 51 Akron OH PMSA 1931 1387 68 140 336 19 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 3958 3448 138 94 278 32 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 2915 2369 22 0 524 29 Columbia MO MSA* 893 535 290 13 55 8 Columbia SC MSA* 2530 2102 4 4 420 17 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1082 609 8 20 445 43 Columbus OH MSA 5770 3924 144 532 1170 102 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 648 497 6 28 117 8 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 160 147 2 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 24056 15382 114 316 8244 412 Dallas TX PMSA 18498 11212 72 312 6902 331 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 5558 4170 42 4 1342 81 Danville VA MSA* 232 196 0 0 36 7 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 582 315 4 18 245 22 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 1537 838 26 175 498 51 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 2031 1885 24 11 111 6 Decatur Al MSA* 204 181 2 16 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 174 81 8 25 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 14678 10563 204 119 3792 247 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 1818 1292 14 8 504 36 Denver CO PMSA 11845 8310 174 81 3280 210 Greeley CO PMSA 1015 961 16 30 8 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 1390 1185 16 7 182 9 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 14154 11932 270 475 1477 139 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 2748 2320 34 105 289 29 Detroit MI PMSA 10257 8751 176 351 979 90 Flint MI PMSA 1149 861 60 19 209 20 Dothan AL MSA* 293 220 4 0 69 9 Dover DE MSA* 407 401 6 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 103 97 6 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 236 210 6 10 10 2 Eau Claire WI MSA* 511 317 76 118 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 1593 1333 6 7 247 8 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 613 516 10 12 75 3 Elmira NY MSA* 26 20 0 6 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 55 53 2 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 325 256 10 19 40 7 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1744 863 278 86 517 37 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 815 751 12 4 48 6 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 464 213 6 8 237 14 Fayetteville NC MSA* 865 650 0 12 203 13 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1645 1087 112 28 418 29 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 359 282 8 6 63 4 Florence AL MSA* 103 71 0 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 408 347 6 0 55 8 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 1644 1353 4 93 194 21 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 3674 2057 130 313 1174 84 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 1881 1362 92 17 410 30 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 377 319 44 0 14 2 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1338 971 6 3 358 26 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 1645 1203 40 27 375 34 Fresno CA MSA 1863 1763 20 30 50 4 Gadsden AL MSA* 56 56 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 955 629 24 20 282 30 Glens Falls NY MSA* 208 182 0 0 26 3 Goldsboro NC MSA* 320 286 14 10 10 2 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 70 37 2 0 31 4 Grand Junction CO MSA* 617 562 44 11 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 4283 3260 138 144 741 59 Great Falls MT MSA* 96 67 0 0 29 4 Green Bay WI MSA* 720 442 90 0 188 21 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 5502 4444 72 49 937 72 Greenville NC MSA* 968 592 6 0 370 31 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 4236 3254 98 19 865 47 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1614 1042 6 47 519 58 Hartford CT MSA* 1969 1647 12 3 307 15 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 68 34 0 4 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1074 938 76 29 31 5 Honolulu HI MSA 1378 666 24 3 685 11 Houma LA MSA* 530 432 6 6 86 5 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 19766 12466 32 216 7052 388 Brazoria TX PMSA 1191 1106 0 0 85 5 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 973 637 0 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 17602 10723 32 212 6635 365 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 56 34 0 0 22 3 Huntsville AL MSA* 909 706 0 11 192 12 Indianapolis IN MSA 7724 6394 110 41 1179 86 Iowa City IA MSA* 292 209 16 15 52 5 Jackson MI MSA* 40 40 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 1691 1353 0 9 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 410 396 10 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 5585 4207 42 20 1316 83 Jacksonville NC MSA* 469 393 12 64 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 290 157 52 12 69 5 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1082 865 16 32 169 22 Johnstown PA MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 458 174 12 0 272 16 Joplin MO MSA* 153 119 30 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1012 615 34 35 328 29 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 7796 5686 422 236 1452 91 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 868 713 42 103 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 2418 1906 66 9 437 37 Kokomo IN MSA* 244 184 60 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 267 186 50 14 17 2 Lafayette LA MSA* 945 774 2 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 697 398 78 16 205 15 Lake Charles LA MSA* 691 444 40 0 207 5 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 1588 1535 22 0 31 4 Lancaster PA MSA* 745 611 12 30 92 6 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 765 631 12 4 118 7 Laredo TX MSA* 941 645 8 38 250 23 Las Cruces NM MSA* 493 432 10 10 41 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 18349 12264 58 479 5548 517 Lawrence KS MSA* 424 298 56 22 48 6 Lawton OK MSA* 73 69 4 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 2333 1769 214 73 277 21 Lima OH MSA* 21 19 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1151 677 36 43 395 39 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2058 1077 30 10 941 60 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 97 95 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 23356 17379 260 464 5253 339 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 5868 3595 148 156 1969 122 Orange County CA PMSA 7408 4911 70 154 2273 136 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 8618 7594 6 39 979 77 Ventura CA PMSA 1462 1279 36 115 32 4 Louisville KY-IN MSA 3440 2908 38 11 483 65 Lubbock TX MSA* 502 344 52 21 85 5 Lynchburg VA MSA* 688 645 18 19 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 1297 915 4 50 328 31 Madison WI MSA* 1526 771 86 147 522 31 Mansfield OH MSA* 276 211 20 7 38 5 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 2915 2317 94 240 264 38 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 738 582 30 46 80 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 1920 1718 6 42 154 9 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 4636 3725 6 36 869 78 Merced CA MSA* 633 518 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 15431 8146 82 152 7051 307 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 8921 4789 18 73 4041 226 Miami FL PMSA 6510 3357 64 79 3010 81 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 4172 2442 304 75 1351 102 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 3631 2033 276 72 1250 86 Racine WI PMSA 541 409 28 3 101 16 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 9289 7901 178 270 940 71 Mobile AL MSA* 2462 1805 46 24 587 26 Modesto CA MSA* 742 730 2 0 10 2 Monroe LA MSA* 261 253 2 6 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 781 652 2 56 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 137 127 6 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 2554 1283 18 129 1124 89 Naples FL MSA* 3251 1563 36 323 1329 101 Nashville TN MSA 7038 5742 132 43 1121 73 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 520 460 4 4 52 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 2380 1906 100 12 362 21 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 25440 17121 1782 756 5781 230 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1104 696 70 25 313 15 Bridgeport CT PMSA 700 582 18 43 57 5 Danbury CT PMSA 484 447 0 6 31 5 Dutchess County NY PMSA 433 391 4 6 32 5 Jersey City NJ PMSA 181 77 98 6 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 3565 2960 10 12 583 37 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 3846 3718 4 4 120 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3216 2382 34 38 762 48 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 899 599 8 11 281 12 New York NY PMSA 6619 1636 1320 488 3175 69 Newark NJ PMSA 2226 1811 166 71 178 15 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 904 720 30 17 137 15 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 380 273 16 29 62 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 491 489 2 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 392 340 2 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 4139 3632 58 69 380 39 Ocala FL MSA* 1451 1288 4 50 109 14 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 222 222 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 3820 2310 50 0 1460 90 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 2782 1727 60 7 988 38 Orlando FL MSA 11925 7691 68 71 4095 286 Owensboro KY MSA* 299 208 24 49 18 2 Panama City FL MSA* 745 557 36 8 144 7 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 281 111 8 12 150 20 Pensacola FL MSA* 2263 1805 52 4 402 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 588 490 22 6 70 5 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 12782 10158 290 81 2253 109 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1056 850 174 3 29 3 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 9735 7566 106 46 2017 90 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 201 151 4 32 14 2 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 1790 1591 6 0 193 14 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 23534 18658 88 142 4646 387 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 60 42 8 0 10 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 3325 2757 118 91 359 36 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 104 44 10 36 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 644 603 36 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 11888 8427 504 413 2544 220 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 10274 7333 412 357 2172 171 Salem OR PMSA 1614 1094 92 56 372 49 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 1489 1319 62 24 84 11 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 1420 1117 100 38 165 17 Pueblo CO MSA* 706 620 38 48 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 657 618 10 7 22 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 9339 6982 68 43 2246 136 Rapid City SD MSA* 170 162 0 8 0 0 Reading PA MSA* 718 596 4 6 112 1 Redding CA MSA* 425 376 8 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 1780 1466 12 22 280 13 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 516 389 2 11 114 8 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 4820 3373 14 128 1305 66 Roanoke VA MSA* 728 486 14 6 222 17 Rochester MN MSA* 483 363 64 56 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 1382 941 16 17 408 29 Rockford IL MSA* 1177 831 32 101 213 19 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 460 242 40 0 178 11 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 5220 4914 14 8 284 20 Sacramento CA PMSA 4756 4456 8 8 284 20 Yolo CA PMSA 464 458 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 329 198 22 7 102 14 St. Cloud MN MSA* 395 252 0 31 112 9 St. Joseph MO MSA* 111 48 20 13 30 5 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 6887 5807 214 153 713 50 Salinas CA MSA* 734 659 6 12 57 9 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 6157 4861 144 199 953 58 San Angelo TX MSA* 122 110 8 4 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 4665 3907 24 57 677 58 San Diego CA MSA 5485 4526 74 215 670 70 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 14573 9992 140 404 4037 187 Oakland CA PMSA 5317 4283 36 256 742 38 San Francisco CA PMSA 1889 845 58 68 918 53 San Jose CA PMSA 4613 2434 18 26 2135 73 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 491 343 12 24 112 15 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1250 1074 16 30 130 8 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1013 1013 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 689 667 8 4 10 2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 596 366 8 18 204 18 Santa Fe NM MSA* 332 203 0 0 129 17 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 3687 2613 62 45 967 50 Savannah GA MSA* 894 841 32 0 21 3 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 339 291 8 10 30 5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 14664 10058 714 479 3413 245 Bremerton WA PMSA 1084 971 40 9 64 7 Olympia WA PMSA 965 851 36 3 75 3 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 9833 5945 472 407 3009 219 Tacoma WA PMSA 2782 2291 166 60 265 16 Sharon PA MSA* 74 70 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 97 49 10 0 38 2 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 446 34 8 0 404 23 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 488 484 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 309 111 6 0 192 8 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 657 570 16 14 57 2 South Bend IN MSA* 615 593 6 0 16 1 Spokane WA MSA* 1149 755 28 3 363 30 Springfield IL MSA* 479 396 70 0 13 2 Springfield MO MSA* 1442 1055 56 67 264 18 Springfield MA MSA* 383 334 24 16 9 1 State College PA MSA* 237 111 4 4 118 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 55 41 6 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1138 995 4 29 110 1 Sumter SC MSA* 223 212 8 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 333 282 0 0 51 3 Tallahassee FL MSA* 975 897 34 4 40 4 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 9616 6187 126 168 3135 159 Terre Haute IN MSA* 135 135 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 80 74 2 4 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 1071 776 46 48 201 22 Topeka KS MSA* 387 295 84 3 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 3569 2925 32 54 558 50 Tulsa OK MSA* 1755 1663 20 0 72 3 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 519 390 2 7 120 7 Tyler TX MSA* 221 173 2 18 28 3 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 264 104 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 766 663 26 37 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 268 211 52 0 5 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 23158 19782 44 54 3278 174 Baltimore MD PMSA 6352 5249 4 0 1099 60 Hagerstown MD PMSA 375 367 8 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 16431 14166 32 54 2179 114 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 76 62 4 0 10 1 Wausau WI MSA* 256 199 30 3 24 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 5674 3787 92 260 1535 69 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 65 22 0 0 43 8 Wichita KS MSA* 1444 1400 44 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 126 98 0 0 28 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 2460 2045 8 20 387 36 Yakima WA MSA* 271 177 22 18 54 4 York PA MSA* 744 637 32 20 55 8 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 833 586 112 69 66 11 Yuba City CA MSA* 244 216 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 576 576 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.