Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area November 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* 267 207 0 3 57 5 Albany GA MSA* 845 684 12 15 134 8 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1740 1298 46 14 382 29 Albuquerque NM MSA* 5616 4096 10 61 1449 34 Alexandria LA MSA* 277 277 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1424 1275 32 8 109 11 Altoona PA MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 769 353 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA* 1374 1018 106 88 162 18 Anniston AL MSA* 215 148 4 0 63 11 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 1869 1012 172 30 655 57 Asheville NC MSA* 1331 1015 66 76 174 12 Athens GA MSA* 967 694 68 0 205 24 Atlanta GA MSA 45986 35607 152 139 10088 424 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1762 1614 16 72 60 9 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 10449 6223 182 214 3830 241 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2241 2052 8 62 119 20 Bangor ME MSA* 113 113 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 1089 1060 6 18 5 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1378 1137 30 48 163 14 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 397 397 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 1353 841 70 81 361 31 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 60 51 0 9 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 476 341 30 10 95 5 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1616 1485 34 63 34 3 Binghamton NY MSA* 48 40 2 0 6 1 Birmingham AL MSA* 4258 3585 6 16 651 57 Bismarck ND MSA* 771 312 14 16 429 16 Bloomington IN MSA* 418 341 20 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 814 627 14 27 146 11 Boise City ID MSA* 4492 3836 44 72 540 39 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 15596 13066 354 220 1956 139 Boston MA-NH PMSA 6977 5644 248 130 955 56 Brockton MA PMSA 670 657 10 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 553 381 8 0 164 14 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1348 1304 8 36 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 881 859 4 8 10 2 Manchester NH PMSA 1093 705 22 27 339 23 Nashua NH PMSA 797 664 4 4 125 12 New Bedford MA PMSA 427 405 22 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 1026 847 10 0 169 15 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1824 1600 18 12 194 17 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1619 1303 46 24 246 19 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 1158 738 84 6 330 31 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 1794 1136 26 28 604 60 Burlington VT MSA* 507 421 24 9 53 9 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 1081 810 94 59 118 7 Casper WY MSA* 51 49 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 905 575 40 61 229 22 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 1152 293 32 8 819 49 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 3084 2670 8 13 393 18 Charleston WV MSA* 552 319 8 20 205 16 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 16847 12169 116 143 4419 373 Charlottesville VA MSA* 1245 951 54 12 228 13 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 2512 1914 50 28 520 37 Cheyenne WY MSA* 463 242 6 17 198 16 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 33056 23666 808 1737 6845 506 Chicago IL PMSA 29219 20856 592 1486 6285 457 Gary IN PMSA 2655 2053 142 172 288 23 Kankakee IL PMSA 448 281 30 60 77 12 Kenosha WI PMSA 734 476 44 19 195 14 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 601 579 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 11287 8024 278 548 2437 257 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 8985 6359 230 366 2030 203 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2302 1665 48 182 407 54 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1474 1142 16 131 185 27 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 9846 7480 346 413 1607 157 Akron OH PMSA 3489 2097 136 267 989 92 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 6357 5383 210 146 618 65 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 4540 3542 26 0 972 54 Columbia MO MSA* 1449 803 514 13 119 14 Columbia SC MSA* 4153 3097 20 4 1032 60 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1569 969 10 32 558 44 Columbus OH MSA 9407 6073 226 1028 2080 185 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1538 766 18 32 722 36 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 228 215 2 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 40371 24236 152 297 15686 746 Dallas TX PMSA 30161 17615 104 293 12149 609 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 10210 6621 48 4 3537 137 Danville VA MSA* 357 300 0 0 57 11 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 924 470 16 29 409 33 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 2429 1359 52 245 773 87 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 3325 3107 32 57 129 8 Decatur Al MSA* 332 277 2 28 25 4 Decatur IL MSA* 300 120 8 40 132 11 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 22656 16163 300 192 6001 411 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2861 2139 26 8 688 61 Denver CO PMSA 17909 12460 222 147 5080 335 Greeley CO PMSA 1886 1564 52 37 233 15 Des Moines IA MSA* 2174 1873 32 15 254 12 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 23199 18925 420 792 3062 258 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4375 3593 52 133 597 52 Detroit MI PMSA 16717 13754 292 608 2063 174 Flint MI PMSA 2107 1578 76 51 402 32 Dothan AL MSA* 378 303 6 0 69 9 Dover DE MSA* 596 590 6 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 156 150 6 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 470 387 4 10 69 7 Eau Claire WI MSA* 866 536 100 154 76 9 El Paso TX MSA* 2562 2080 40 39 403 18 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 980 787 16 12 165 6 Elmira NY MSA* 44 32 0 12 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 81 74 4 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 486 359 14 54 59 10 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 2507 1217 336 161 793 55 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1236 1136 20 8 72 10 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1102 392 72 23 615 24 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1363 931 10 15 407 26 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2281 1623 170 54 434 31 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 593 487 14 10 82 10 Florence AL MSA* 151 115 4 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 652 531 12 6 103 16 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2523 2125 6 170 222 24 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 5412 3233 180 437 1562 115 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 2827 2123 122 20 562 44 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 603 461 76 4 62 5 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 1997 1419 6 13 559 39 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2808 2057 60 43 648 51 Fresno CA MSA 3058 2796 34 78 150 18 Gadsden AL MSA* 77 77 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1584 973 32 56 523 55 Glens Falls NY MSA* 356 310 0 4 42 5 Goldsboro NC MSA* 476 422 24 20 10 2 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 148 96 10 0 42 6 Grand Junction CO MSA* 982 865 62 15 40 3 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 6921 5098 220 251 1352 95 Great Falls MT MSA* 149 105 0 0 44 7 Green Bay WI MSA* 1124 654 148 17 305 33 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 9225 6976 110 66 2073 143 Greenville NC MSA* 1342 790 14 0 538 49 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 6245 5063 180 30 972 58 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 2323 1522 10 63 728 82 Hartford CT MSA* 3260 2716 42 3 499 33 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 98 64 0 4 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1658 1442 100 41 75 11 Honolulu HI MSA 1972 1098 34 7 833 20 Houma LA MSA* 770 676 8 6 80 4 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 30664 19336 74 168 11086 660 Brazoria TX PMSA 1639 1637 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1370 1034 0 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 27655 16665 72 164 10754 642 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 96 53 0 0 43 7 Huntsville AL MSA* 1459 1060 4 11 384 25 Indianapolis IN MSA 12423 9918 286 100 2119 156 Iowa City IA MSA* 551 316 24 62 149 11 Jackson MI MSA* 76 76 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 2558 2179 4 46 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 632 618 10 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 7997 6478 58 15 1446 91 Jacksonville NC MSA* 721 581 20 64 56 8 Jamestown NY MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 404 218 62 16 108 11 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1545 1254 20 39 232 33 Johnstown PA MSA* 54 54 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 633 321 16 24 272 16 Joplin MO MSA* 215 177 34 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1484 946 46 60 432 34 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 12775 8694 828 356 2897 170 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1309 996 100 203 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 4263 2971 86 24 1182 76 Kokomo IN MSA* 388 262 86 0 40 5 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 476 284 76 28 88 5 Lafayette LA MSA* 1365 1182 2 0 181 5 Lafayette IN MSA* 1272 606 192 20 454 41 Lake Charles LA MSA* 968 670 52 7 239 8 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 3122 2413 32 0 677 32 Lancaster PA MSA* 1107 936 16 57 98 7 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1255 955 16 4 280 23 Laredo TX MSA* 1361 1018 12 41 290 27 Las Cruces NM MSA* 703 631 14 10 48 4 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 28484 18956 100 956 8472 777 Lawrence KS MSA* 606 452 72 34 48 6 Lawton OK MSA* 114 102 12 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 135 133 2 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 3512 2737 270 89 416 37 Lima OH MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 2011 985 72 43 911 64 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 3222 1712 56 22 1432 118 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 360 144 8 0 208 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 36880 28276 404 676 7524 476 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 9606 5925 276 208 3197 181 Orange County CA PMSA 11048 7656 78 249 3065 192 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 14034 12712 8 82 1232 99 Ventura CA PMSA 2192 1983 42 137 30 4 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5422 4593 70 45 714 80 Lubbock TX MSA* 965 556 90 24 295 21 Lynchburg VA MSA* 1028 961 30 31 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 1784 1397 4 50 333 32 Madison WI MSA* 2296 1168 122 211 795 40 Mansfield OH MSA* 563 331 94 68 70 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 4491 3568 138 362 423 61 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 1082 896 50 56 80 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 3121 2749 24 45 303 19 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 7082 5982 52 42 1006 92 Merced CA MSA* 932 817 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 21226 11654 128 269 9175 486 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 12223 6859 18 115 5231 319 Miami FL PMSA 9003 4795 110 154 3944 167 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 6579 3736 492 180 2171 163 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5703 3103 438 162 2000 137 Racine WI PMSA 876 633 54 18 171 26 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 15482 12716 322 588 1856 140 Mobile AL MSA* 3614 2709 76 28 801 46 Modesto CA MSA* 1287 1276 6 0 5 1 Monroe LA MSA* 424 407 4 13 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1128 991 6 60 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 210 188 6 16 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 4236 1916 28 163 2129 143 Naples FL MSA* 5489 2608 34 473 2374 170 Nashville TN MSA 11454 8621 226 50 2557 130 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 839 772 6 4 57 2 New Orleans LA MSA* 3382 2861 96 28 397 24 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 39601 27570 2542 1233 8256 320 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1733 1239 122 30 342 15 Bridgeport CT PMSA 997 862 28 68 39 4 Danbury CT PMSA 809 717 2 12 78 13 Dutchess County NY PMSA 756 673 6 9 68 10 Jersey City NJ PMSA 285 126 144 15 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 5534 4641 14 70 809 54 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 5932 5694 8 4 226 8 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4818 3953 44 42 779 48 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1253 927 14 19 293 14 New York NY PMSA 10363 2675 1822 763 5103 110 Newark NJ PMSA 3486 2952 258 104 172 14 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1531 1226 38 65 202 24 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 573 431 36 32 74 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 946 923 2 0 21 2 Waterbury CT PMSA 585 531 4 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7024 5799 78 129 1018 78 Ocala FL MSA* 2929 2126 6 46 751 77 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 388 377 4 0 7 1 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 5266 3465 82 8 1711 112 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 4872 2767 80 39 1986 82 Orlando FL MSA 19417 12589 130 128 6570 413 Owensboro KY MSA* 451 332 30 49 40 5 Panama City FL MSA* 1485 861 48 8 568 46 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 375 170 14 12 179 25 Pensacola FL MSA* 3158 2685 60 11 402 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 971 774 40 9 148 10 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 20010 16108 446 144 3312 173 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1682 1340 296 9 37 4 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 15198 12036 138 99 2925 144 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 343 274 6 36 27 4 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 2787 2458 6 0 323 21 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 38907 29594 142 233 8938 735 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 202 83 18 0 101 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5486 4204 134 185 963 75 Pittsfield MA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 162 82 18 48 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 1026 981 40 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 20595 12124 804 745 6922 518 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 18106 10520 644 586 6356 446 Salem OR PMSA 2489 1604 160 159 566 72 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2583 2189 100 31 263 15 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2766 1904 172 58 632 45 Pueblo CO MSA* 1077 931 66 80 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 1059 1002 10 7 40 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 15688 11031 118 46 4493 265 Rapid City SD MSA* 280 261 0 8 11 2 Reading PA MSA* 928 794 6 6 122 3 Redding CA MSA* 641 588 12 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 3156 2616 14 40 486 40 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 719 592 2 11 114 8 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 6907 5118 18 128 1643 97 Roanoke VA MSA* 1032 754 20 9 249 21 Rochester MN MSA* 833 572 94 144 23 2 Rochester NY MSA* 1838 1394 18 73 353 28 Rockford IL MSA* 1736 1228 42 201 265 26 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 660 392 54 12 202 12 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 8715 7926 24 14 751 72 Sacramento CA PMSA 8038 7255 18 14 751 72 Yolo CA PMSA 677 671 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 515 328 38 42 107 15 St. Cloud MN MSA* 725 431 0 37 257 15 St. Joseph MO MSA* 157 68 38 12 39 6 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 10606 8884 366 239 1117 74 Salinas CA MSA* 1471 1174 8 16 273 31 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 10096 7449 220 283 2144 128 San Angelo TX MSA* 201 187 10 4 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 7182 5992 50 59 1081 98 San Diego CA MSA 10196 7353 138 361 2344 158 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 24085 16055 282 579 7169 342 Oakland CA PMSA 8549 6631 56 264 1598 84 San Francisco CA PMSA 3589 1341 114 119 2015 78 San Jose CA PMSA 7463 4093 60 87 3223 144 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 719 505 30 52 132 16 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 2006 1812 22 30 142 9 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1759 1673 0 27 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 1136 1111 8 4 13 2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 828 527 24 31 246 20 Santa Fe NM MSA* 539 350 0 0 189 27 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 5609 4101 72 69 1367 74 Savannah GA MSA* 1316 1250 38 0 28 4 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 542 456 8 19 59 10 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 23837 15747 1002 795 6293 370 Bremerton WA PMSA 1678 1494 58 12 114 12 Olympia WA PMSA 1288 1207 44 25 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 16271 9379 606 684 5602 319 Tacoma WA PMSA 4600 3667 294 74 565 37 Sharon PA MSA* 111 107 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 129 81 10 0 38 2 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 461 49 8 0 404 23 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 717 713 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 503 161 16 0 326 14 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1241 1027 26 38 150 7 South Bend IN MSA* 1101 898 6 0 197 7 Spokane WA MSA* 1725 1197 44 3 481 38 Springfield IL MSA* 707 590 104 0 13 2 Springfield MO MSA* 2140 1565 92 73 410 31 Springfield MA MSA* 672 587 36 16 33 5 State College PA MSA* 353 211 4 4 134 4 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 83 69 6 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 2276 2052 4 24 196 5 Sumter SC MSA* 328 307 18 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 510 457 2 0 51 3 Tallahassee FL MSA* 1566 1198 54 8 306 18 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 15587 9815 184 311 5277 277 Terre Haute IN MSA* 246 228 12 0 6 1 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 150 115 2 4 29 3 Toledo OH MSA* 1712 1261 82 99 270 30 Topeka KS MSA* 590 453 126 6 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 5546 4578 56 61 851 73 Tulsa OK MSA* 2949 2535 66 24 324 24 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 814 533 2 7 272 10 Tyler TX MSA* 410 252 2 18 138 4 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 331 171 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1199 1065 36 58 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 544 298 66 3 177 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 37823 29978 106 161 7578 476 Baltimore MD PMSA 9905 8028 14 22 1841 146 Hagerstown MD PMSA 573 557 16 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 27345 21393 76 139 5737 330 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 172 98 4 0 70 6 Wausau WI MSA* 428 339 46 3 40 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 8074 5724 98 408 1844 94 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 139 32 0 44 63 12 Wichita KS MSA* 2510 2152 118 0 240 5 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 182 154 0 0 28 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 4599 3215 12 36 1336 91 Yakima WA MSA* 468 314 46 30 78 6 York PA MSA* 1232 1014 58 52 108 14 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1346 930 212 118 86 14 Yuba City CA MSA* 335 305 2 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 927 845 0 6 76 8 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.