Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 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* 203 169 0 0 34 3 Albany GA MSA* 713 594 10 15 94 7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1379 1008 38 7 326 29 Albuquerque NM MSA* 4633 3423 4 61 1145 31 Alexandria LA MSA* 237 237 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1176 1047 26 8 95 9 Altoona PA MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 687 271 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA* 1206 898 102 88 118 13 Anniston AL MSA* 177 123 4 0 50 9 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1592 838 134 15 605 51 Asheville NC MSA* 1060 829 50 55 126 11 Athens GA MSA* 808 568 62 0 178 21 Atlanta GA MSA 37171 29212 136 115 7708 336 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1497 1366 16 72 43 7 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 8167 5128 164 210 2665 174 Bakersfield CA MSA* 1790 1667 8 62 53 9 Bangor ME MSA* 91 91 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 899 870 6 18 5 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1049 970 6 0 73 8 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 323 323 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 1132 701 56 77 298 23 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 55 46 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 425 292 28 10 95 5 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1358 1237 38 59 24 1 Binghamton NY MSA* 41 33 2 0 6 1 Birmingham AL MSA* 3555 2998 6 10 541 45 Bismarck ND MSA* 482 257 14 12 199 12 Bloomington IN MSA* 364 295 12 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 634 498 10 4 122 9 Boise City ID MSA* 3613 3095 38 12 468 34 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 12804 10554 268 183 1799 118 Boston MA-NH PMSA 5789 4584 178 115 912 48 Brockton MA PMSA 554 539 12 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 459 312 6 0 141 12 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1098 1064 6 28 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 681 674 2 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 919 526 20 19 354 25 Nashua NH PMSA 665 551 2 4 108 10 New Bedford MA PMSA 350 330 20 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 779 676 8 0 95 7 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1510 1298 14 14 184 15 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1417 1120 42 21 234 17 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 791 424 52 3 312 29 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1517 929 22 16 550 56 Burlington VT MSA* 411 341 14 9 47 9 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 883 677 64 24 118 7 Casper WY MSA* 46 44 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 747 485 30 53 179 17 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 794 243 18 4 529 35 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2570 2227 10 13 320 15 Charleston WV MSA* 507 266 8 23 210 17 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 13830 10158 88 107 3477 302 Charlottesville VA MSA* 907 783 44 12 68 6 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 1834 1638 44 28 124 15 Cheyenne WY MSA* 347 218 6 13 110 4 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 27101 19626 646 1311 5518 382 Chicago IL PMSA 24002 17272 490 1149 5091 349 Gary IN PMSA 2163 1728 98 103 234 18 Kankakee IL PMSA 321 236 26 43 16 3 Kenosha WI PMSA 615 390 32 16 177 12 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 504 482 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 9375 6750 242 446 1937 211 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 7400 5332 206 322 1540 159 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1975 1418 36 124 397 52 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1303 983 16 131 173 25 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 7863 6249 276 298 1040 96 Akron OH PMSA 2697 1760 102 178 657 51 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 5166 4489 174 120 383 45 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 3971 3027 24 0 920 53 Columbia MO MSA* 1137 653 392 13 79 10 Columbia SC MSA* 3639 2633 18 4 984 55 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1303 822 8 28 445 43 Columbus OH MSA 7704 5046 182 790 1686 147 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 760 636 14 32 78 8 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 194 181 2 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 32647 20079 134 286 12148 607 Dallas TX PMSA 23971 14641 90 282 8958 481 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 8676 5438 44 4 3190 126 Danville VA MSA* 296 249 0 0 47 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 725 391 8 18 308 27 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 2112 1098 42 215 757 85 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 2628 2452 30 14 132 8 Decatur Al MSA* 300 229 2 27 42 4 Decatur IL MSA* 198 97 8 33 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 18764 13505 262 149 4848 323 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2388 1733 24 8 623 51 Denver CO PMSA 15001 10492 202 108 4199 269 Greeley CO PMSA 1375 1280 36 33 26 3 Des Moines IA MSA* 1740 1528 22 11 179 9 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 19237 15675 352 664 2546 214 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3780 3034 40 127 579 49 Detroit MI PMSA 13840 11491 240 493 1616 139 Flint MI PMSA 1617 1150 72 44 351 26 Dothan AL MSA* 343 268 6 0 69 9 Dover DE MSA* 494 488 6 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 128 122 6 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 332 313 4 10 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 669 431 96 142 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 2034 1736 32 36 230 7 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 808 651 10 12 135 5 Elmira NY MSA* 33 27 0 6 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 71 66 2 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 407 305 12 50 40 7 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 2220 1053 318 152 697 54 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1045 963 16 8 58 8 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 997 333 50 23 591 23 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1156 809 0 12 335 22 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 1951 1349 142 42 418 29 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 506 400 14 10 82 10 Florence AL MSA* 135 99 4 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 531 442 8 3 78 11 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2122 1782 4 99 237 26 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 4627 2683 150 388 1406 99 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2339 1752 98 17 472 33 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 513 393 54 4 62 5 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1667 1242 6 6 413 32 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2152 1621 44 35 452 37 Fresno CA MSA 2393 2304 24 54 11 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 65 65 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1249 811 32 32 374 42 Glens Falls NY MSA* 277 243 0 0 34 4 Goldsboro NC MSA* 397 354 16 17 10 2 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 101 54 10 0 37 5 Grand Junction CO MSA* 803 710 48 15 30 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5741 4246 166 216 1113 80 Great Falls MT MSA* 127 88 0 0 39 6 Green Bay WI MSA* 878 555 124 0 199 23 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 7538 5738 98 55 1647 120 Greenville NC MSA* 1135 675 12 0 448 40 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 5354 4188 118 30 1018 61 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 1943 1307 10 59 567 63 Hartford CT MSA* 2561 2220 26 3 312 16 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 90 56 0 4 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1388 1206 96 29 57 8 Honolulu HI MSA 1698 920 26 3 749 19 Houma LA MSA* 645 544 8 6 87 5 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 26832 16120 40 164 10508 630 Brazoria TX PMSA 1414 1412 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1148 812 0 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 24270 13896 38 160 10176 612 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 76 43 0 0 33 5 Huntsville AL MSA* 1285 886 4 11 384 25 Indianapolis IN MSA 10505 8230 248 77 1950 141 Iowa City IA MSA* 403 261 16 38 88 8 Jackson MI MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2197 1822 0 46 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 527 513 10 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 6945 5443 50 12 1440 90 Jacksonville NC MSA* 571 495 12 64 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 387 194 64 12 117 11 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1315 1076 18 32 189 25 Johnstown PA MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 535 243 12 8 272 16 Joplin MO MSA* 191 155 32 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1232 776 38 45 373 30 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 10509 7146 606 283 2474 132 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1131 868 86 167 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 3538 2448 70 11 1009 64 Kokomo IN MSA* 325 209 76 0 40 5 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 349 241 62 17 29 3 Lafayette LA MSA* 1162 991 2 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 981 528 154 16 283 26 Lake Charles LA MSA* 838 574 44 0 220 6 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 2321 1976 26 0 319 19 Lancaster PA MSA* 938 781 12 53 92 6 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1013 801 14 4 194 13 Laredo TX MSA* 1159 838 10 41 270 25 Las Cruces NM MSA* 603 540 12 10 41 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 23931 16054 80 820 6977 641 Lawrence KS MSA* 516 380 60 28 48 6 Lawton OK MSA* 89 77 12 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 113 111 2 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 2970 2272 240 81 377 32 Lima OH MSA* 26 24 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1567 838 48 43 638 47 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 2507 1405 38 10 1054 76 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 335 119 8 0 208 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 29737 22612 316 578 6231 413 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 7642 4668 202 200 2572 165 Orange County CA PMSA 8999 6228 72 178 2521 155 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 11276 10075 6 82 1113 90 Ventura CA PMSA 1820 1641 36 118 25 3 Louisville KY-IN MSA 4568 3794 70 22 682 75 Lubbock TX MSA* 808 440 84 21 263 19 Lynchburg VA MSA* 888 829 26 27 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 1543 1161 4 50 328 31 Madison WI MSA* 1900 945 96 165 694 36 Mansfield OH MSA* 382 277 28 7 70 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 3708 2951 116 293 348 50 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 892 739 32 46 75 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2467 2245 10 42 170 11 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5938 4897 56 42 943 81 Merced CA MSA* 779 664 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 17896 9775 110 168 7843 405 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 10766 5820 20 89 4837 287 Miami FL PMSA 7130 3955 90 79 3006 118 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 5223 3084 394 134 1611 131 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 4529 2579 350 123 1477 110 Racine WI PMSA 694 505 44 11 134 21 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 12495 10259 272 457 1507 107 Mobile AL MSA* 3002 2253 54 46 649 31 Modesto CA MSA* 1050 1026 4 0 20 4 Monroe LA MSA* 348 340 2 6 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 964 827 6 60 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 172 162 6 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 3329 1569 26 137 1597 122 Naples FL MSA* 4796 2201 32 410 2153 148 Nashville TN MSA 9589 7250 200 46 2093 108 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 671 611 4 4 52 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 2866 2401 86 12 367 22 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 32901 22408 2178 969 7346 288 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1521 1036 92 20 373 16 Bridgeport CT PMSA 831 725 20 47 39 4 Danbury CT PMSA 670 578 2 12 78 13 Dutchess County NY PMSA 581 528 6 9 38 6 Jersey City NJ PMSA 237 101 124 12 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 4353 3704 12 62 575 38 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 4863 4652 4 4 203 5 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4106 3152 34 42 878 56 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1085 774 12 11 288 13 New York NY PMSA 8816 2231 1600 597 4388 96 Newark NJ PMSA 2961 2506 204 74 177 15 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1227 967 34 50 176 21 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 470 351 28 29 62 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 687 664 2 0 21 2 Waterbury CT PMSA 493 439 4 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 5898 4741 76 110 971 72 Ocala FL MSA* 1863 1706 6 31 120 15 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 272 270 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 4547 2910 62 8 1567 98 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 3985 2239 72 39 1635 61 Orlando FL MSA 15551 10137 92 132 5190 335 Owensboro KY MSA* 380 271 26 49 34 4 Panama City FL MSA* 1331 715 40 8 568 46 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 336 142 14 12 168 23 Pensacola FL MSA* 2727 2262 52 11 402 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 791 637 28 9 117 8 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 16316 13010 376 84 2846 142 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1305 1055 222 4 24 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 12417 9736 144 48 2489 118 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 245 189 4 32 20 3 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2349 2030 6 0 313 19 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 31359 24666 106 157 6430 533 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 178 70 12 0 96 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 4605 3515 126 124 840 62 Pittsfield MA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 138 62 18 44 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 845 799 38 3 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 16532 10538 668 526 4800 377 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 14440 9163 540 447 4290 313 Salem OR PMSA 2092 1375 128 79 510 64 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2019 1772 74 35 138 15 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2196 1524 140 42 490 35 Pueblo CO MSA* 890 774 48 68 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 861 822 10 7 22 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 12641 9053 102 39 3447 199 Rapid City SD MSA* 222 208 0 8 6 1 Reading PA MSA* 863 724 6 6 127 4 Redding CA MSA* 551 500 10 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 2608 2096 14 26 472 38 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 621 494 2 11 114 8 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 5919 4267 14 128 1510 76 Roanoke VA MSA* 897 640 16 6 235 19 Rochester MN MSA* 692 488 84 120 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 1594 1190 18 61 325 27 Rockford IL MSA* 1491 1061 38 173 219 20 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 571 321 48 0 202 12 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 6984 6393 26 14 551 47 Sacramento CA PMSA 6410 5829 16 14 551 47 Yolo CA PMSA 574 564 10 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 403 264 30 7 102 14 St. Cloud MN MSA* 562 348 0 34 180 14 St. Joseph MO MSA* 125 51 26 9 39 6 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 8829 7480 290 185 874 59 Salinas CA MSA* 1238 940 8 12 278 32 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 8075 6227 184 273 1391 86 San Angelo TX MSA* 167 153 10 4 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 5964 4954 30 59 921 83 San Diego CA MSA 7549 5793 132 221 1403 111 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 19768 13209 226 511 5822 275 Oakland CA PMSA 7273 5573 50 263 1387 82 San Francisco CA PMSA 2758 1084 96 87 1491 66 San Jose CA PMSA 5931 3190 42 56 2643 93 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 622 449 16 45 112 15 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1649 1467 22 30 130 8 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1535 1446 0 30 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 899 880 8 4 7 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 703 417 16 24 246 20 Santa Fe NM MSA* 428 299 0 0 129 17 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 4624 3368 68 59 1129 63 Savannah GA MSA* 1122 1058 38 0 26 4 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 455 377 8 11 59 10 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 20041 13138 864 700 5339 334 Bremerton WA PMSA 1406 1256 48 12 90 9 Olympia WA PMSA 1166 1099 44 6 17 3 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 13735 7813 550 612 4760 292 Tacoma WA PMSA 3734 2970 222 70 472 30 Sharon PA MSA* 91 87 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 111 63 10 0 38 2 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 456 44 8 0 404 23 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 618 614 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 474 134 14 0 326 14 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 979 789 20 26 144 6 South Bend IN MSA* 840 759 6 0 75 3 Spokane WA MSA* 1381 979 36 3 363 30 Springfield IL MSA* 616 507 96 0 13 2 Springfield MO MSA* 1847 1317 74 70 386 28 Springfield MA MSA* 548 469 30 16 33 5 State College PA MSA* 268 142 4 4 118 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 69 53 8 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1645 1497 4 24 120 4 Sumter SC MSA* 291 274 8 9 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 446 385 2 0 59 4 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1166 1066 46 4 50 5 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 13114 7943 160 251 4760 240 Terre Haute IN MSA* 213 195 12 0 6 1 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 99 93 2 4 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 1421 1037 68 87 229 26 Topeka KS MSA* 511 386 114 6 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 4715 3767 48 61 839 71 Tulsa OK MSA* 2433 2086 50 12 285 22 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 588 459 2 7 120 9 Tyler TX MSA* 375 217 2 18 138 4 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 294 134 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 976 848 30 58 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 486 254 60 0 172 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 30295 25296 50 58 4891 298 Baltimore MD PMSA 8074 6803 4 0 1267 77 Hagerstown MD PMSA 504 492 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 21717 18001 34 58 3624 221 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 152 78 4 0 70 6 Wausau WI MSA* 346 265 38 3 40 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 7112 4842 96 404 1770 90 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 122 25 0 44 53 10 Wichita KS MSA* 2072 1766 66 0 240 5 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 156 128 0 0 28 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 3256 2493 10 28 725 55 Yakima WA MSA* 362 236 36 24 66 5 York PA MSA* 955 814 42 36 63 9 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1109 777 162 98 72 12 Yuba City CA MSA* 298 270 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 711 705 0 6 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.