Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 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* 169 149 0 0 20 2 Albany GA MSA* 654 551 10 15 78 5 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1231 878 36 31 286 24 Albuquerque NM MSA* 4128 3232 4 45 847 28 Alexandria LA MSA* 213 213 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1078 959 20 4 95 9 Altoona PA MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 658 242 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA* 967 722 80 47 118 13 Anniston AL MSA* 155 111 4 0 40 7 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1391 737 120 11 523 46 Asheville NC MSA* 919 747 48 48 76 9 Athens GA MSA* 729 497 54 0 178 21 Atlanta GA MSA 33266 25876 128 111 7151 302 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1329 1231 16 64 18 3 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 7285 4609 140 210 2326 154 Bakersfield CA MSA* 1507 1460 8 39 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 80 80 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 781 752 6 18 5 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 945 873 6 0 66 7 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 295 295 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 1013 612 54 61 286 22 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 53 40 0 13 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 380 261 22 10 87 4 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1181 1083 26 48 24 1 Binghamton NY MSA* 28 26 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 3165 2615 4 10 536 44 Bismarck ND MSA* 437 227 14 12 184 9 Bloomington IN MSA* 333 268 8 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 514 432 10 4 68 5 Boise City ID MSA* 3269 2803 36 15 415 32 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 11252 9293 222 152 1585 105 Boston MA-NH PMSA 5176 4078 148 103 847 39 Brockton MA PMSA 480 469 8 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 406 273 6 0 127 11 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 960 926 6 28 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 612 605 2 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 819 453 18 11 337 24 Nashua NH PMSA 592 488 2 4 98 9 New Bedford MA PMSA 311 293 18 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 699 600 2 0 97 7 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1197 1108 12 3 74 14 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1256 984 36 18 218 14 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 462 378 48 0 36 4 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1278 823 18 12 425 43 Burlington VT MSA* 364 304 12 6 42 8 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 788 597 52 21 118 7 Casper WY MSA* 38 36 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 670 426 28 53 163 15 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 722 219 14 4 485 34 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2261 1918 10 13 320 15 Charleston WV MSA* 474 244 8 12 210 17 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 12777 9162 88 77 3450 301 Charlottesville VA MSA* 826 706 40 12 68 6 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1606 1438 36 28 104 13 Cheyenne WY MSA* 320 191 6 13 110 4 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 23672 17199 568 1092 4813 321 Chicago IL PMSA 20981 15100 430 963 4488 297 Gary IN PMSA 1903 1539 88 82 194 15 Kankakee IL PMSA 284 213 24 31 16 3 Kenosha WI PMSA 504 347 26 16 115 6 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 434 412 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 8262 5959 190 424 1689 187 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 6502 4679 162 311 1350 141 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1760 1280 28 113 339 46 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1200 884 16 127 173 25 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 6733 5539 230 237 727 67 Akron OH PMSA 2207 1591 80 140 396 26 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 4526 3948 150 97 331 41 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 3305 2711 22 0 572 32 Columbia MO MSA* 971 589 314 13 55 8 Columbia SC MSA* 3155 2351 16 4 784 46 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1180 699 8 28 445 43 Columbus OH MSA 6662 4465 160 622 1415 123 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 697 579 12 28 78 8 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 180 167 2 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 27770 17699 128 271 9672 522 Dallas TX PMSA 21236 12891 84 267 7994 421 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 6534 4808 44 4 1678 101 Danville VA MSA* 265 224 0 0 41 8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 634 363 8 18 245 22 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 1906 977 26 207 696 79 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 2321 2164 24 14 119 7 Decatur Al MSA* 236 205 2 24 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 180 87 8 25 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 17018 11983 238 137 4660 303 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2096 1499 22 8 567 44 Denver CO PMSA 13740 9363 196 96 4085 258 Greeley CO PMSA 1182 1121 20 33 8 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 1550 1336 24 11 179 9 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 16490 13780 294 565 1851 169 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3143 2699 36 105 303 31 Detroit MI PMSA 11907 10071 190 420 1226 114 Flint MI PMSA 1440 1010 68 40 322 24 Dothan AL MSA* 323 248 6 0 69 9 Dover DE MSA* 441 435 6 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 118 112 6 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 295 264 6 10 15 3 Eau Claire WI MSA* 575 373 80 122 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 1861 1511 10 10 330 14 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 713 592 10 12 99 4 Elmira NY MSA* 30 24 0 6 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 67 62 2 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 370 285 10 35 40 7 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 1856 941 304 92 519 35 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 922 854 16 4 48 6 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 690 269 28 8 385 19 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1006 731 0 12 263 16 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1774 1192 130 34 418 29 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 369 345 8 6 10 2 Florence AL MSA* 121 87 2 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 470 394 8 3 65 9 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 1824 1499 4 99 222 24 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 4138 2384 138 342 1274 90 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2103 1558 100 20 425 32 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 410 350 46 0 14 2 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1506 1105 6 3 392 30 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 1947 1418 42 35 452 37 Fresno CA MSA 2101 2038 22 30 11 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 60 60 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1051 713 24 32 282 30 Glens Falls NY MSA* 235 209 0 0 26 3 Goldsboro NC MSA* 357 318 16 13 10 2 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 85 46 2 0 37 5 Grand Junction CO MSA* 697 634 48 15 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5019 3736 144 210 929 71 Great Falls MT MSA* 112 78 0 0 34 5 Green Bay WI MSA* 795 492 110 0 193 22 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 6540 5080 82 49 1329 94 Greenville NC MSA* 1076 628 6 0 442 39 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 4752 3733 106 19 894 50 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1803 1167 10 59 567 63 Hartford CT MSA* 2271 1937 24 3 307 15 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 80 38 0 4 38 3 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1223 1077 78 29 39 6 Honolulu HI MSA 1542 788 26 3 725 16 Houma LA MSA* 582 488 8 6 80 4 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 22440 14316 38 164 7922 460 Brazoria TX PMSA 1349 1262 2 0 85 5 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1048 710 2 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 20043 12344 34 160 7505 437 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 64 36 0 0 28 4 Huntsville AL MSA* 1198 798 0 11 389 26 Indianapolis IN MSA 9194 7270 224 66 1634 119 Iowa City IA MSA* 326 239 16 19 52 5 Jackson MI MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 1928 1593 0 6 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 475 461 10 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 6221 4831 42 12 1336 86 Jacksonville NC MSA* 518 442 12 64 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 340 174 56 12 98 9 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1210 978 18 32 182 24 Johnstown PA MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 504 220 12 0 272 16 Joplin MO MSA* 172 138 30 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1101 699 36 38 328 29 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 8961 6391 470 240 1860 105 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 962 795 50 107 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 3412 2180 68 3 1161 71 Kokomo IN MSA* 300 196 64 0 40 5 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 318 214 58 17 29 3 Lafayette LA MSA* 1063 892 2 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 841 456 102 16 267 25 Lake Charles LA MSA* 766 507 44 0 215 6 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 1806 1757 22 0 27 4 Lancaster PA MSA* 835 680 10 53 92 6 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 872 716 14 4 138 8 Laredo TX MSA* 1048 741 10 38 259 24 Las Cruces NM MSA* 569 492 12 13 52 4 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 21224 14196 82 624 6322 580 Lawrence KS MSA* 584 335 76 34 139 13 Lawton OK MSA* 76 72 4 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 100 100 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 2669 1991 228 73 377 32 Lima OH MSA* 23 21 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1353 758 40 43 512 43 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2297 1231 34 10 1022 72 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 113 107 6 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 26734 20099 296 533 5806 378 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 6811 4239 174 173 2225 140 Orange County CA PMSA 8234 5546 72 166 2450 146 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 10030 8839 6 79 1106 89 Ventura CA PMSA 1659 1475 44 115 25 3 Louisville KY-IN MSA 3972 3346 46 25 555 73 Lubbock TX MSA* 560 398 56 21 85 5 Lynchburg VA MSA* 795 738 24 27 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 1409 1027 4 50 328 31 Madison WI MSA* 1710 860 94 162 594 34 Mansfield OH MSA* 345 247 24 4 70 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 3311 2642 104 259 306 44 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 823 649 36 53 85 3 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2209 1979 8 45 177 12 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5265 4296 52 42 875 79 Merced CA MSA* 715 594 0 0 121 3 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 15975 9058 94 164 6659 326 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 9551 5359 18 85 4089 235 Miami FL PMSA 6424 3699 76 79 2570 91 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 4680 2765 344 98 1473 114 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 4075 2305 308 95 1367 97 Racine WI PMSA 605 460 36 3 106 17 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 10745 9051 222 315 1157 88 Mobile AL MSA* 2728 2035 44 35 614 29 Modesto CA MSA* 906 889 2 0 15 3 Monroe LA MSA* 306 291 2 13 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 888 757 4 56 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 153 143 6 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 3072 1429 24 133 1486 110 Naples FL MSA* 4395 1889 30 378 2098 142 Nashville TN MSA 8131 6482 150 46 1453 87 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 587 527 4 4 52 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 2587 2131 82 12 362 21 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 28894 19711 2008 833 6342 262 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1354 932 76 28 318 16 Bridgeport CT PMSA 766 664 20 43 39 4 Danbury CT PMSA 579 503 2 12 62 11 Dutchess County NY PMSA 502 451 6 6 39 6 Jersey City NJ PMSA 207 88 110 9 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 4133 3418 12 24 679 45 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 4149 3953 6 4 186 3 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3654 2776 34 38 806 52 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 988 693 8 11 276 11 New York NY PMSA 7454 1923 1510 544 3477 76 Newark NJ PMSA 2638 2222 162 71 183 16 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1050 846 32 14 158 18 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 422 305 26 29 62 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 556 547 2 0 7 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 442 390 2 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 5114 4145 74 85 810 69 Ocala FL MSA* 1643 1474 4 56 109 14 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 252 252 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 4200 2573 52 8 1567 98 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 3382 1988 70 7 1317 50 Orlando FL MSA 13636 8915 86 84 4551 308 Owensboro KY MSA* 346 237 26 49 34 4 Panama City FL MSA* 1219 621 38 8 552 44 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 299 122 10 12 155 21 Pensacola FL MSA* 2491 2033 52 4 402 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 681 551 26 6 98 7 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 14331 11470 314 85 2462 125 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1160 946 190 0 24 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 10945 8558 114 53 2220 105 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 213 157 4 32 20 3 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2013 1809 6 0 198 15 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 27254 21507 98 153 5496 431 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 71 48 8 0 15 3 Pittsburgh PA MSA 4116 3116 122 91 787 56 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 115 51 14 36 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 758 715 38 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 13740 9471 594 484 3191 287 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 11866 8227 480 412 2747 230 Salem OR PMSA 1874 1244 114 72 444 57 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 1732 1559 70 20 83 10 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 1677 1339 114 44 180 20 Pueblo CO MSA* 791 699 40 52 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 748 709 10 7 22 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 10766 8066 94 45 2561 154 Rapid City SD MSA* 205 189 0 8 8 1 Reading PA MSA* 789 655 6 6 122 3 Redding CA MSA* 491 442 8 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 2018 1700 12 26 280 13 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 565 438 2 11 114 8 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 5400 3868 14 128 1390 67 Roanoke VA MSA* 794 546 14 6 228 18 Rochester MN MSA* 574 420 74 80 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 1444 1044 18 57 325 27 Rockford IL MSA* 1345 939 34 153 219 20 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 502 282 42 0 178 11 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 6041 5611 18 8 404 35 Sacramento CA PMSA 5545 5121 12 8 404 35 Yolo CA PMSA 496 490 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 370 238 28 7 97 13 St. Cloud MN MSA* 481 302 0 34 145 12 St. Joseph MO MSA* 130 47 24 9 50 7 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 7865 6608 240 167 850 58 Salinas CA MSA* 1111 839 8 12 252 30 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 7192 5606 164 253 1169 67 San Angelo TX MSA* 143 129 10 4 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 5179 4387 30 54 708 64 San Diego CA MSA 6453 5189 102 215 947 82 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 17189 11658 206 465 4860 230 Oakland CA PMSA 6466 4955 42 256 1213 57 San Francisco CA PMSA 2154 936 84 72 1062 60 San Jose CA PMSA 5132 2771 42 35 2284 79 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 561 388 16 45 112 15 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1461 1279 22 30 130 8 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1415 1329 0 27 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 796 777 8 4 7 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 645 394 10 21 220 19 Santa Fe NM MSA* 364 235 0 0 129 17 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 4220 3007 68 53 1092 59 Savannah GA MSA* 1009 951 32 0 26 4 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 386 338 8 10 30 5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 17229 11555 806 684 4184 273 Bremerton WA PMSA 1241 1110 46 9 76 8 Olympia WA PMSA 1014 960 36 6 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 11686 6875 526 605 3680 237 Tacoma WA PMSA 3288 2610 198 64 416 26 Sharon PA MSA* 84 80 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 101 53 10 0 38 2 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 450 38 8 0 404 23 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 591 565 0 4 22 2 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 412 122 10 0 280 9 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 796 694 20 18 64 3 South Bend IN MSA* 699 677 6 0 16 1 Spokane WA MSA* 1253 857 30 3 363 30 Springfield IL MSA* 549 450 86 0 13 2 Springfield MO MSA* 1653 1178 64 71 340 24 Springfield MA MSA* 473 396 28 16 33 5 State College PA MSA* 257 129 6 4 118 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 61 47 6 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1344 1200 4 20 120 4 Sumter SC MSA* 257 243 8 6 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 381 328 2 0 51 3 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1044 948 42 4 50 5 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 10995 7058 148 214 3575 195 Terre Haute IN MSA* 176 164 6 0 6 1 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 91 85 2 4 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 1240 909 60 59 212 24 Topeka KS MSA* 441 345 88 3 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 3976 3286 34 57 599 51 Tulsa OK MSA* 2015 1891 34 0 90 5 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 516 387 2 7 120 9 Tyler TX MSA* 353 195 2 18 138 4 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 281 121 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 843 743 26 34 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 459 231 56 0 172 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 26951 22510 46 66 4329 258 Baltimore MD PMSA 7238 6059 4 0 1175 67 Hagerstown MD PMSA 455 447 8 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 19258 16004 34 66 3154 191 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 148 74 4 0 70 6 Wausau WI MSA* 298 233 38 3 24 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 6544 4311 96 400 1737 87 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 115 23 0 44 48 9 Wichita KS MSA* 1625 1567 58 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 136 108 0 0 28 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 2989 2259 8 28 694 52 Yakima WA MSA* 312 207 30 21 54 4 York PA MSA* 862 725 38 36 63 9 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 953 666 126 90 71 12 Yuba City CA MSA* 266 238 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 637 630 0 7 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.