Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area Preliminary Annual 1997 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* 297 224 0 6 67 6 Albany GA MSA* 883 714 20 15 134 8 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 1849 1399 50 18 382 29 Albuquerque NM MSA* 6097 4430 10 69 1588 51 Alexandria LA MSA* 291 291 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 1578 1372 32 8 166 12 Altoona PA MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 798 382 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA* 1401 1041 106 92 162 18 Anniston AL MSA* 221 147 4 0 70 12 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 2048 1064 182 40 762 63 Asheville NC MSA* 1430 1065 80 105 180 13 Athens GA MSA* 1005 730 70 0 205 24 Atlanta GA MSA 49504 38478 178 139 10709 457 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 1931 1810 16 72 33 6 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 11357 6755 178 226 4198 258 Bakersfield CA MSA* 2457 2262 8 68 119 20 Bangor ME MSA* 119 119 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 1197 1163 8 21 5 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 1469 1228 30 48 163 14 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 432 432 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 1446 874 70 85 417 32 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 486 351 30 10 95 5 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 1821 1600 34 71 116 4 Binghamton NY MSA* 52 44 2 0 6 1 Birmingham AL MSA* 4507 3826 6 19 656 58 Bismarck ND MSA* 780 321 14 16 429 16 Bloomington IN MSA* 438 361 20 7 50 5 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 925 671 18 31 205 12 Boise City ID MSA* 4843 4181 44 72 546 40 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 16923 14216 374 250 2083 143 Boston MA-NH PMSA 7478 6099 264 152 963 56 Brockton MA PMSA 738 727 8 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 588 401 6 0 181 15 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1450 1404 10 36 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 955 931 6 8 10 2 Manchester NH PMSA 1237 762 26 31 418 23 Nashua NH PMSA 876 726 4 8 138 13 New Bedford MA PMSA 469 453 16 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 1126 938 14 0 174 16 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 2006 1775 20 12 199 18 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 1687 1370 48 24 245 20 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 1216 771 88 6 351 32 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 2131 1206 22 31 872 58 Burlington VT MSA* 553 458 22 9 64 11 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 1151 862 90 58 141 11 Casper WY MSA* 55 53 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 944 611 38 60 235 23 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 1180 312 32 8 828 50 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 3295 2914 6 6 369 16 Charleston WV MSA* 566 331 10 20 205 16 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 18817 13038 118 171 5490 425 Charlottesville VA MSA* 1333 1006 60 18 249 15 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 2666 2040 74 32 520 37 Cheyenne WY MSA* 475 254 6 17 198 16 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 35482 25367 902 1857 7356 566 Chicago IL PMSA 31378 22383 670 1573 6752 514 Gary IN PMSA 2847 2184 162 181 320 25 Kankakee IL PMSA 481 290 30 84 77 12 Kenosha WI PMSA 776 510 40 19 207 15 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 641 619 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 12349 8755 286 610 2698 284 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 9895 6983 234 428 2250 223 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2454 1772 52 182 448 61 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 1558 1200 18 131 209 31 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 10505 7983 378 400 1744 160 Akron OH PMSA 3705 2251 154 235 1065 91 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 6800 5732 224 165 679 69 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 4789 3791 26 0 972 54 Columbia MO MSA* 1556 856 550 13 137 16 Columbia SC MSA* 4614 3330 20 4 1260 89 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 1689 1041 10 32 606 45 Columbus OH MSA 10203 6521 258 1142 2282 200 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 1606 817 20 42 727 37 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 243 230 2 0 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 44013 26217 162 298 17336 845 Dallas TX PMSA 33223 19110 104 294 13715 705 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 10790 7107 58 4 3621 140 Danville VA MSA* 382 320 0 0 62 12 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 974 502 18 29 425 35 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 2643 1515 54 271 803 84 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 3678 3451 32 57 138 9 Decatur Al MSA* 363 303 2 28 30 5 Decatur IL MSA* 288 123 8 25 132 11 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 24728 17588 326 239 6575 459 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 3258 2371 28 30 829 80 Denver CO PMSA 19368 13457 242 171 5498 361 Greeley CO PMSA 2102 1760 56 38 248 18 Des Moines IA MSA* 2304 1986 42 19 257 12 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 24760 20271 454 768 3267 265 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4708 3871 62 137 638 56 Detroit MI PMSA 18098 14963 310 580 2245 180 Flint MI PMSA 1954 1437 82 51 384 29 Dothan AL MSA* 404 329 6 0 69 9 Dover DE MSA* 652 626 6 0 20 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 231 156 6 3 66 3 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 484 399 6 10 69 7 Eau Claire WI MSA* 900 556 114 154 76 9 El Paso TX MSA* 2633 2236 42 36 319 13 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 1050 847 18 20 165 6 Elmira NY MSA* 46 34 0 12 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 84 77 4 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 546 381 18 54 93 15 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 2602 1303 342 164 793 55 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 1323 1218 24 8 73 10 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 1198 396 76 23 703 27 Fayetteville NC MSA* 1425 993 10 15 407 26 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 2407 1670 162 55 520 37 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 705 527 16 10 152 15 Florence AL MSA* 159 123 4 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 705 572 14 6 113 18 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 2777 2293 6 173 305 38 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 5908 3536 206 484 1682 125 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 3076 2285 162 17 612 49 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 635 489 80 4 62 5 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 2074 1499 6 10 559 39 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 2963 2205 62 43 653 52 Fresno CA MSA 3287 2974 38 87 188 22 Gadsden AL MSA* 79 79 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 1665 1059 32 56 518 54 Glens Falls NY MSA* 380 334 0 4 42 5 Goldsboro NC MSA* 480 423 26 16 15 3 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 265 152 10 0 103 6 Grand Junction CO MSA* 1059 961 50 18 30 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 7350 5432 234 261 1423 102 Great Falls MT MSA* 165 110 0 3 52 8 Green Bay WI MSA* 1214 691 158 20 345 37 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 9722 7424 132 75 2091 144 Greenville NC MSA* 1403 841 16 0 546 50 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 6589 5382 268 41 898 55 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 2411 1604 10 63 734 83 Hartford CT MSA* 3459 2915 42 3 499 33 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 110 68 0 4 38 3 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 1809 1540 100 38 131 17 Honolulu HI MSA 2036 1142 38 23 833 20 Houma LA MSA* 828 734 8 6 80 4 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 32451 20890 88 164 11309 668 Brazoria TX PMSA 1778 1776 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 1451 1115 0 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 29222 17999 86 160 10977 650 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 100 57 0 0 43 7 Huntsville AL MSA* 1571 1132 4 11 424 26 Indianapolis IN MSA 13319 10660 306 103 2250 162 Iowa City IA MSA* 581 338 26 68 149 11 Jackson MI MSA* 167 81 0 0 86 2 Jackson MS MSA* 2688 2309 4 46 329 21 Jackson TN MSA* 672 658 10 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 8563 6966 64 15 1518 98 Jacksonville NC MSA* 765 625 20 64 56 8 Jamestown NY MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 431 235 64 19 113 12 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 1581 1272 26 36 247 36 Johnstown PA MSA* 59 59 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 673 355 18 28 272 16 Joplin MO MSA* 222 182 36 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 1553 1006 48 62 437 35 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 13544 9355 848 359 2982 171 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 1418 1061 108 239 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 4281 3039 88 28 1126 74 Kokomo IN MSA* 401 275 86 0 40 5 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 472 301 84 22 65 3 Lafayette LA MSA* 1444 1273 2 0 169 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 1425 669 204 32 520 46 Lake Charles LA MSA* 968 660 46 7 255 10 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 3367 2648 34 0 685 33 Lancaster PA MSA* 1187 1009 14 61 103 8 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 1345 1009 16 4 316 27 Laredo TX MSA* 1456 1100 12 45 299 28 Las Cruces NM MSA* 744 677 12 14 41 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 30741 20444 108 960 9229 840 Lawrence KS MSA* 641 478 74 34 55 7 Lawton OK MSA* 120 108 12 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 140 138 2 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 3803 2918 274 93 518 44 Lima OH MSA* 39 37 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 2185 1046 78 46 1015 67 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 3374 1844 56 42 1432 118 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 372 152 12 0 208 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 39924 30368 436 778 8342 522 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 10191 6348 294 215 3334 191 Orange County CA PMSA 12338 8219 80 312 3727 226 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 15066 13704 16 90 1256 102 Ventura CA PMSA 2329 2097 46 161 25 3 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5821 4923 76 45 777 86 Lubbock TX MSA* 1218 599 92 232 295 21 Lynchburg VA MSA* 1102 1029 36 31 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 1869 1478 4 54 333 32 Madison WI MSA* 2593 1256 156 236 945 49 Mansfield OH MSA* 583 337 100 68 78 9 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 4888 3837 156 419 476 69 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 1177 981 52 64 80 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 3340 2966 26 45 303 19 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 8067 6469 52 10 1536 139 Merced CA MSA* 999 884 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 22768 12627 168 277 9696 514 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 13030 7481 22 115 5412 330 Miami FL PMSA 9738 5146 146 162 4284 184 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 7273 4025 560 204 2484 183 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 6311 3355 476 174 2306 156 Racine WI PMSA 962 670 84 30 178 27 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 16717 13642 336 638 2101 156 Mobile AL MSA* 3940 2932 92 28 888 50 Modesto CA MSA* 1450 1378 6 0 66 9 Monroe LA MSA* 461 435 6 20 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 1187 1046 6 64 71 4 Muncie IN MSA* 224 200 8 16 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 4455 2069 28 171 2187 147 Naples FL MSA* 5825 2806 38 497 2484 183 Nashville TN MSA 12355 9309 240 58 2748 138 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 890 823 6 4 57 2 New Orleans LA MSA* 3640 3114 104 25 397 24 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 44288 30029 2794 1360 10105 368 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 2194 1329 136 36 693 22 Bridgeport CT PMSA 1064 933 30 62 39 4 Danbury CT PMSA 911 797 2 15 97 16 Dutchess County NY PMSA 820 733 6 12 69 10 Jersey City NJ PMSA 706 134 116 12 444 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 5954 5019 16 70 849 58 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 6518 6282 8 4 224 7 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 5260 4270 56 42 892 54 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1337 992 14 19 312 16 New York NY PMSA 11582 2979 2052 836 5715 130 Newark NJ PMSA 3995 3181 272 143 399 18 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1686 1350 44 65 227 26 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 614 460 36 44 74 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 1033 1010 2 0 21 2 Waterbury CT PMSA 614 560 4 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7553 6211 88 141 1113 84 Ocala FL MSA* 3199 2396 6 46 751 77 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 394 390 4 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 5494 3691 84 8 1711 112 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 5303 2991 82 39 2191 88 Orlando FL MSA 21293 13597 132 131 7433 452 Owensboro KY MSA* 461 347 28 46 40 5 Panama City FL MSA* 1562 932 54 8 568 46 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 387 177 14 12 184 26 Pensacola FL MSA* 3313 2840 60 11 402 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 1006 789 44 9 164 11 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 21692 17561 512 155 3464 184 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1912 1477 348 4 83 11 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 16329 13052 152 115 3010 145 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 427 358 6 36 27 4 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 3024 2674 6 0 344 24 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 42978 31948 150 244 10636 878 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 207 91 20 0 96 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5840 4491 138 208 1003 79 Pittsfield MA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 165 85 18 48 14 2 Portland ME MSA* 1109 1064 40 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 22547 13127 844 779 7797 575 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 19884 11384 678 617 7205 500 Salem OR PMSA 2663 1743 166 162 592 75 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 2800 2407 98 41 254 13 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 2885 2013 182 58 632 45 Pueblo CO MSA* 1139 991 68 80 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 1155 1096 12 7 40 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 16856 12035 136 52 4633 285 Rapid City SD MSA* 368 287 0 8 73 2 Reading PA MSA* 1010 867 14 6 123 3 Redding CA MSA* 671 616 14 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 3611 2800 14 43 754 54 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 773 646 2 11 114 8 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 7420 5554 18 143 1705 102 Roanoke VA MSA* 1219 786 24 9 400 40 Rochester MN MSA* 878 626 104 148 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 1961 1488 18 80 375 29 Rockford IL MSA* 1872 1287 42 209 334 32 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 687 419 54 12 202 12 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 9807 8567 22 14 1204 116 Sacramento CA PMSA 9084 7850 16 14 1204 116 Yolo CA PMSA 723 717 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 528 347 42 42 97 13 St. Cloud MN MSA* 797 459 0 37 301 18 St. Joseph MO MSA* 175 78 42 9 46 7 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 11276 9466 394 259 1157 79 Salinas CA MSA* 1731 1331 22 48 330 40 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 10629 7909 236 302 2182 155 San Angelo TX MSA* 257 193 12 4 48 3 San Antonio TX MSA* 8640 6500 60 59 2021 151 San Diego CA MSA 11140 8237 148 370 2385 163 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 26662 17113 330 626 8593 401 Oakland CA PMSA 9844 7216 70 291 2267 112 San Francisco CA PMSA 3792 1424 118 123 2127 80 San Jose CA PMSA 8305 4252 84 103 3866 173 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 733 517 32 52 132 16 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 2095 1897 26 30 142 9 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1893 1807 0 27 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 1292 1208 8 4 72 14 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 891 554 24 34 279 21 Santa Fe NM MSA* 567 378 0 0 189 27 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 6302 4460 74 73 1695 89 Savannah GA MSA* 1443 1345 50 15 33 5 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 588 472 8 19 89 11 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 25986 16935 1154 843 7054 453 Bremerton WA PMSA 1739 1555 58 12 114 12 Olympia WA PMSA 1377 1295 48 22 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 17944 10154 730 721 6339 400 Tacoma WA PMSA 4926 3931 318 88 589 39 Sharon PA MSA* 114 110 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 136 86 12 0 38 2 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 477 53 20 0 404 23 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 773 769 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 537 171 16 0 350 15 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 1288 1074 26 38 150 7 South Bend IN MSA* 1158 955 6 0 197 7 Spokane WA MSA* 2055 1311 52 6 686 51 Springfield IL MSA* 743 620 110 0 13 2 Springfield MO MSA* 2283 1689 100 76 418 32 Springfield MA MSA* 713 622 38 20 33 5 State College PA MSA* 368 226 4 4 134 4 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 86 72 6 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 2536 2227 6 28 275 13 Sumter SC MSA* 337 319 18 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 553 486 2 0 65 4 Tallahassee FL MSA* 2001 1278 58 8 657 42 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 16992 10751 196 332 5713 293 Terre Haute IN MSA* 259 241 12 0 6 1 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 128 122 2 4 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 1834 1351 82 99 302 32 Topeka KS MSA* 658 481 130 6 41 3 Tucson AZ MSA* 6192 4967 56 65 1104 96 Tulsa OK MSA* 3171 2734 66 24 347 23 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 688 559 2 7 120 9 Tyler TX MSA* 389 274 0 0 115 2 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 52 52 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 349 189 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 1280 1138 44 58 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 577 312 82 6 177 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 41488 32516 82 110 8780 550 Baltimore MD PMSA 10638 8581 12 24 2021 168 Hagerstown MD PMSA 601 589 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 30249 23346 58 86 6759 382 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 176 102 4 0 70 6 Wausau WI MSA* 456 361 52 3 40 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 8977 6189 108 416 2264 127 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 145 33 0 44 68 13 Wichita KS MSA* 2944 2342 126 0 476 30 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 172 172 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 5055 3463 32 48 1512 105 Yakima WA MSA* 487 332 46 31 78 6 York PA MSA* 1328 1084 72 64 108 14 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 1494 1019 228 161 86 14 Yuba City CA MSA* 361 331 2 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 983 901 0 6 76 8 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.