Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area October 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* 242 190 0 3 49 4 Albany GA MSA* 764 643 12 15 94 7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1540 1165 46 13 316 29 Albuquerque NM MSA* 5239 3901 6 65 1267 39 Alexandria LA MSA* 263 263 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1300 1165 26 8 101 10 Altoona PA MSA* 41 41 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 735 319 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA* 1313 957 106 88 162 18 Anniston AL MSA* 198 138 4 0 56 10 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1735 930 164 27 614 52 Asheville NC MSA* 1244 933 64 73 174 12 Athens GA MSA* 906 633 68 0 205 24 Atlanta GA MSA 42413 33010 152 132 9119 394 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1679 1538 16 72 53 8 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 9678 5822 178 214 3464 218 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2068 1879 8 62 119 20 Bangor ME MSA* 103 103 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 997 968 6 18 5 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1137 1058 6 0 73 8 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 366 366 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 1255 793 60 88 314 25 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 59 50 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 455 322 28 10 95 5 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1507 1378 36 59 34 3 Binghamton NY MSA* 44 36 2 0 6 1 Birmingham AL MSA* 3934 3349 6 13 566 46 Bismarck ND MSA* 749 290 14 16 429 16 Bloomington IN MSA* 391 322 12 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 723 576 14 11 122 9 Boise City ID MSA* 4140 3533 44 28 535 38 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 14247 11936 328 198 1785 123 Boston MA-NH PMSA 6478 5193 228 124 933 52 Brockton MA PMSA 613 600 10 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 503 348 8 0 147 13 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1217 1181 8 28 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 794 782 2 0 10 2 Manchester NH PMSA 958 635 22 27 274 21 Nashua NH PMSA 730 609 4 4 113 11 New Bedford MA PMSA 395 373 22 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 882 753 10 0 119 8 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1677 1462 14 12 189 16 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1536 1228 44 24 240 18 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 875 478 56 3 338 31 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1688 1073 26 24 565 58 Burlington VT MSA* 468 395 16 9 48 8 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 1001 757 78 48 118 7 Casper WY MSA* 48 46 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 840 550 38 61 191 18 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 855 274 20 4 557 37 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 2898 2498 8 10 382 17 Charleston WV MSA* 529 296 8 20 205 16 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 15374 11278 98 107 3891 334 Charlottesville VA MSA* 1162 876 46 12 228 13 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 2440 1842 50 28 520 37 Cheyenne WY MSA* 452 231 6 17 198 16 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 30446 21829 762 1574 6281 464 Chicago IL PMSA 26924 19244 564 1335 5781 421 Gary IN PMSA 2403 1883 126 160 234 18 Kankakee IL PMSA 415 256 28 60 71 11 Kenosha WI PMSA 704 446 44 19 195 14 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 561 539 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 10341 7491 264 468 2118 231 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 8198 5921 220 341 1716 178 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2143 1570 44 127 402 53 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1414 1082 16 131 185 27 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 9074 6963 324 373 1414 134 Akron OH PMSA 3174 1948 122 230 874 77 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 5900 5015 202 143 540 57 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 4256 3312 24 0 920 53 Columbia MO MSA* 1320 728 480 13 99 12 Columbia SC MSA* 3899 2867 20 4 1008 57 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1502 906 10 28 558 44 Columbus OH MSA 8684 5591 214 994 1885 167 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1433 697 18 32 686 35 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 219 206 2 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 36544 22274 144 290 13836 657 Dallas TX PMSA 27260 16231 98 286 10645 531 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 9284 6043 46 4 3191 126 Danville VA MSA* 331 279 0 0 52 10 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 830 435 12 22 361 29 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 2316 1257 50 236 773 87 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 3069 2861 32 54 122 7 Decatur Al MSA* 303 262 2 24 15 2 Decatur IL MSA* 286 113 8 33 132 11 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 21202 15088 336 167 5611 380 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2630 1962 26 8 634 53 Denver CO PMSA 17023 11678 270 121 4954 324 Greeley CO PMSA 1549 1448 40 38 23 3 Des Moines IA MSA* 1998 1725 28 11 234 10 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 21592 17581 398 766 2847 239 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4137 3368 52 133 584 50 Detroit MI PMSA 15670 12925 272 586 1887 162 Flint MI PMSA 1785 1288 74 47 376 27 Dothan AL MSA* 363 288 6 0 69 9 Dover DE MSA* 560 554 6 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 147 141 6 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 362 341 6 10 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 748 494 100 154 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 2338 1929 36 39 334 13 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 887 728 12 12 135 5 Elmira NY MSA* 39 30 0 9 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 76 69 4 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 464 342 14 54 54 9 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 2349 1162 332 158 697 54 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1153 1067 20 8 58 8 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1082 382 62 23 615 24 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1252 866 0 15 371 24 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2170 1522 160 54 434 31 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 634 456 16 13 149 14 Florence AL MSA* 143 107 4 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 601 492 10 6 93 14 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2369 1986 4 142 237 25 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 5073 2989 160 408 1516 109 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2651 1953 116 20 562 44 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 568 434 68 4 62 5 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1764 1339 6 6 413 32 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2588 1868 52 35 633 49 Fresno CA MSA 2854 2614 30 66 144 10 Gadsden AL MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1508 902 32 56 518 54 Glens Falls NY MSA* 332 286 0 4 42 5 Goldsboro NC MSA* 435 392 16 17 10 2 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 116 64 10 0 42 6 Grand Junction CO MSA* 907 801 56 15 35 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 6443 4728 212 226 1277 87 Great Falls MT MSA* 142 98 0 0 44 7 Green Bay WI MSA* 1032 621 144 4 263 29 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 8717 6481 108 63 2065 142 Greenville NC MSA* 1252 748 14 0 490 43 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 5811 4679 150 30 952 56 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 2130 1429 10 63 628 71 Hartford CT MSA* 2927 2521 40 3 363 22 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 94 60 0 4 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1542 1344 100 29 69 10 Honolulu HI MSA 1806 1018 32 7 749 19 Houma LA MSA* 709 609 8 6 86 5 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 29010 17953 60 164 10833 647 Brazoria TX PMSA 1549 1547 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1257 921 0 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 26204 15485 58 160 10501 629 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 86 48 0 0 38 6 Huntsville AL MSA* 1375 976 4 11 384 25 Indianapolis IN MSA 11682 9193 276 97 2116 157 Iowa City IA MSA* 447 281 16 50 100 9 Jackson MI MSA* 65 65 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2396 2019 2 46 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 585 571 10 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 7558 6046 54 12 1446 91 Jacksonville NC MSA* 668 544 20 64 40 5 Jamestown NY MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 379 200 60 16 103 10 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1450 1170 18 35 227 32 Johnstown PA MSA* 49 49 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 592 296 16 8 272 16 Joplin MO MSA* 205 167 34 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1380 874 42 56 408 32 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 11682 7989 706 320 2667 153 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1231 932 94 195 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 4004 2757 84 20 1143 72 Kokomo IN MSA* 367 241 86 0 40 5 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 446 266 72 20 88 5 Lafayette LA MSA* 1266 1095 2 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 1159 556 184 20 399 36 Lake Charles LA MSA* 933 642 50 7 234 7 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 2846 2209 30 0 607 31 Lancaster PA MSA* 1049 882 16 53 98 7 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1123 891 16 4 212 15 Laredo TX MSA* 1275 940 12 41 282 26 Las Cruces NM MSA* 657 594 12 10 41 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 26107 17721 94 941 7351 678 Lawrence KS MSA* 721 423 110 55 133 13 Lawton OK MSA* 100 88 12 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 126 124 2 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 3310 2566 260 89 395 34 Lima OH MSA* 33 31 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 1855 923 68 43 821 60 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 3076 1590 44 10 1432 118 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 348 132 8 0 208 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 34178 26073 366 653 7086 457 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 9091 5540 246 211 3094 188 Orange County CA PMSA 10209 7150 76 242 2741 168 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 12894 11580 6 82 1226 98 Ventura CA PMSA 1984 1803 38 118 25 3 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5081 4283 68 42 688 76 Lubbock TX MSA* 911 508 84 24 295 21 Lynchburg VA MSA* 970 905 28 31 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 1683 1301 4 50 328 31 Madison WI MSA* 2115 1065 108 175 767 39 Mansfield OH MSA* 507 307 94 36 70 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 4163 3309 130 332 392 56 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 995 829 36 50 80 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 2852 2520 26 45 261 18 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 6550 5503 54 42 951 90 Merced CA MSA* 867 752 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 19913 10795 120 189 8809 462 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 11736 6453 16 103 5164 310 Miami FL PMSA 8177 4342 104 86 3645 152 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 5938 3436 426 161 1915 150 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5128 2858 378 150 1742 123 Racine WI PMSA 810 578 48 11 173 27 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 14205 11799 302 555 1549 122 Mobile AL MSA* 3370 2504 64 28 774 40 Modesto CA MSA* 1151 1145 6 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 390 378 2 10 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1070 933 6 60 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 200 178 6 16 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 3957 1779 28 145 2005 131 Naples FL MSA* 5155 2422 32 426 2275 159 Nashville TN MSA 10743 8051 212 50 2430 123 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 760 700 4 4 52 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 3151 2663 96 25 367 22 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 36394 25379 2398 1133 7484 297 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1591 1125 114 26 326 12 Bridgeport CT PMSA 936 813 22 62 39 4 Danbury CT PMSA 742 650 2 12 78 13 Dutchess County NY PMSA 679 615 6 9 49 8 Jersey City NJ PMSA 272 115 142 15 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 5115 4270 12 62 771 49 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 5414 5203 4 4 203 5 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4441 3627 44 42 728 46 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1177 860 14 15 288 13 New York NY PMSA 9440 2497 1732 712 4499 103 Newark NJ PMSA 3274 2785 232 80 177 15 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1426 1132 36 65 193 24 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 513 390 32 29 62 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 825 802 2 0 21 2 Waterbury CT PMSA 549 495 4 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 6489 5300 74 132 983 76 Ocala FL MSA* 2104 1932 6 46 120 15 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 301 299 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 5019 3222 78 8 1711 112 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 4642 2543 74 39 1986 82 Orlando FL MSA 18037 11385 130 128 6394 412 Owensboro KY MSA* 421 308 30 49 34 4 Panama City FL MSA* 1431 813 42 8 568 46 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 351 157 14 12 168 23 Pensacola FL MSA* 2995 2522 60 11 402 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 891 715 36 6 134 9 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 18349 14769 396 133 3051 165 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1503 1217 256 6 24 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 13944 11032 128 95 2689 140 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 279 221 6 32 20 3 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2623 2299 6 0 318 20 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 35481 27343 134 221 7783 646 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 191 77 18 0 96 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5124 3917 136 170 901 68 Pittsfield MA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 157 77 18 48 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 946 900 38 3 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 19389 11515 746 704 6424 468 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 17072 10003 594 548 5927 405 Salem OR PMSA 2317 1512 152 156 497 63 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2256 1995 82 29 150 16 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2466 1746 162 50 508 37 Pueblo CO MSA* 1000 862 62 76 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 974 925 10 7 32 3 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 14062 10112 108 46 3796 229 Rapid City SD MSA* 250 236 0 8 6 1 Reading PA MSA* 910 783 4 6 117 2 Redding CA MSA* 615 562 12 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 2976 2435 14 41 486 40 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 677 550 2 11 114 8 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 6736 4778 20 128 1810 109 Roanoke VA MSA* 956 688 18 6 244 20 Rochester MN MSA* 772 531 92 136 13 1 Rochester NY MSA* 1732 1324 18 65 325 27 Rockford IL MSA* 1629 1161 42 201 225 21 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 628 366 48 12 202 12 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 8120 7331 24 14 751 72 Sacramento CA PMSA 7504 6723 16 14 751 72 Yolo CA PMSA 616 608 8 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 478 295 34 42 107 15 St. Cloud MN MSA* 679 396 0 40 243 15 St. Joseph MO MSA* 155 62 32 15 46 7 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 9794 8278 350 221 945 67 Salinas CA MSA* 1392 1095 8 16 273 31 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 9290 6974 200 288 1828 111 San Angelo TX MSA* 176 162 10 4 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 6631 5593 50 59 929 84 San Diego CA MSA 9435 6698 136 263 2338 157 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 22030 15039 242 583 6166 298 Oakland CA PMSA 8200 6344 52 311 1493 80 San Francisco CA PMSA 2992 1223 104 98 1567 74 San Jose CA PMSA 6624 3736 46 69 2773 108 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 672 477 18 45 132 16 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1903 1709 22 30 142 9 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1639 1550 0 30 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 1054 1035 8 4 7 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 772 484 18 24 246 20 Santa Fe NM MSA* 461 332 0 0 129 17 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 5194 3793 72 66 1263 72 Savannah GA MSA* 1236 1170 38 0 28 4 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 510 424 8 19 59 10 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 21918 14597 932 762 5627 349 Bremerton WA PMSA 1570 1398 56 12 104 11 Olympia WA PMSA 1218 1139 42 25 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 14936 8713 570 657 4996 303 Tacoma WA PMSA 4194 3347 264 68 515 33 Sharon PA MSA* 102 98 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 119 71 10 0 38 2 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 459 47 8 0 404 23 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 671 667 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 493 151 16 0 326 14 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1170 964 26 30 150 7 South Bend IN MSA* 1032 834 6 0 192 6 Spokane WA MSA* 1637 1113 40 3 481 38 Springfield IL MSA* 673 560 100 0 13 2 Springfield MO MSA* 2025 1474 86 70 395 29 Springfield MA MSA* 612 529 34 16 33 5 State College PA MSA* 279 153 4 4 118 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 79 65 6 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 1997 1849 4 24 120 4 Sumter SC MSA* 311 290 18 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 503 437 2 0 64 5 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1493 1131 52 4 306 18 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 14848 9144 174 303 5227 273 Terre Haute IN MSA* 231 213 12 0 6 1 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 108 102 2 4 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 1603 1169 76 99 259 29 Topeka KS MSA* 558 427 120 6 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 5138 4190 48 61 839 71 Tulsa OK MSA* 2757 2334 64 24 335 25 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 776 495 2 7 272 10 Tyler TX MSA* 393 235 2 18 138 4 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 47 47 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 317 157 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1072 940 34 58 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 523 279 64 3 177 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 33829 27954 64 91 5720 363 Baltimore MD PMSA 8987 7520 12 15 1440 98 Hagerstown MD PMSA 542 530 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 24300 19904 40 76 4280 265 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 168 94 4 0 70 6 Wausau WI MSA* 399 316 40 3 40 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 7678 5342 96 401 1839 93 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 132 30 0 44 58 11 Wichita KS MSA* 2329 1979 110 0 240 5 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 168 140 0 0 28 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 3912 2717 10 36 1149 73 Yakima WA MSA* 419 295 40 18 66 5 York PA MSA* 1115 927 56 52 80 11 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1201 845 178 106 72 12 Yuba City CA MSA* 325 297 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 798 787 0 6 5 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.