Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 1998 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 50 39 0 0 11 1 Albany* GA MSA 91 91 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 161 128 2 11 20 3 Albuquerque* NM MSA 832 723 0 3 106 8 Alexandria* LA MSA 56 52 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 169 165 4 0 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 80 5 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 133 125 8 0 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 34 22 2 0 10 2 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 240 137 20 4 79 5 Asheville* NC MSA 131 125 6 0 0 0 Athens* GA MSA 217 209 2 6 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 8050 6635 14 7 1394 56 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 437 385 0 4 48 6 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 1300 1161 4 16 119 2 Bakersfield* CA MSA 552 423 6 6 117 2 Bangor* ME MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 200 155 2 15 28 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 215 211 4 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 67 67 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 188 131 8 3 46 5 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 36 32 0 4 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 558 249 0 0 309 34 Binghamton* NY MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 582 569 0 3 10 2 Bismarck* ND MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 86 78 4 4 0 0 Boise City* ID MSA 687 658 14 0 15 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 2265 1924 76 56 209 13 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1165 912 58 44 151 7 Brockton MA PMSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 81 50 4 0 27 2 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 186 176 2 8 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 138 134 4 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 93 93 0 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 117 96 0 0 21 2 New Bedford MA PMSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 117 107 0 0 10 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 238 226 8 4 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 236 222 4 4 6 1 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 423 87 0 0 336 25 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 405 128 4 0 273 22 Burlington* VT MSA 59 57 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 121 113 8 0 0 0 Casper* WY MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 172 56 6 24 86 4 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 78 43 0 20 15 2 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 468 410 2 0 56 1 Charleston* WV MSA 127 56 0 0 71 6 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 2969 1988 26 14 941 60 Charlottesville* VA MSA 130 124 6 0 0 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 306 298 8 0 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 86 30 24 4 28 3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 4092 2977 86 175 854 63 Chicago IL PMSA 3648 2658 66 152 772 55 Gary IN PMSA 285 224 12 15 34 3 Kankakee IL PMSA 54 36 4 8 6 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 105 59 4 0 42 4 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 95 95 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 1377 1214 8 30 125 17 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1136 1000 6 15 115 15 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 241 214 2 15 10 2 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 191 167 2 12 10 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1304 1019 38 57 190 16 Akron OH PMSA 448 323 14 37 74 5 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 856 696 24 20 116 11 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 930 706 2 0 222 8 Columbia* MO MSA 167 89 62 0 16 2 Columbia* SC MSA 578 554 0 0 24 3 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 364 140 0 4 220 14 Columbus OH MSA 1285 865 20 128 272 24 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 160 150 2 8 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 5779 4627 28 117 1007 52 Dallas TX PMSA 4075 3288 14 6 767 51 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 1704 1339 14 111 240 1 Danville* VA MSA 106 43 0 0 63 8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 72 48 0 0 24 3 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 249 208 6 35 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 609 565 2 0 42 1 Decatur* Al MSA 61 56 0 0 5 1 Decatur* IL MSA 77 15 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 4057 2747 28 47 1235 113 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 980 406 2 8 564 63 Denver CO PMSA 2708 1994 26 33 655 47 Greeley CO PMSA 369 347 0 6 16 3 Des Moines* IA MSA 369 250 0 0 119 6 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 3094 2473 64 59 498 37 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 554 489 2 0 63 7 Detroit MI PMSA 2369 1831 50 59 429 29 Flint MI PMSA 171 153 12 0 6 1 Dothan* AL MSA 53 53 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 80 80 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 50 45 2 3 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 36 24 0 12 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 509 345 4 3 157 13 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 216 146 4 0 66 2 Elmira* NY MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 59 39 0 0 20 3 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 484 190 36 19 239 23 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 160 149 2 4 5 1 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 26 24 2 0 0 0 Fayetteville* NC MSA 247 145 0 8 94 6 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 312 249 12 16 35 6 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 146 85 2 3 56 3 Florence* AL MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 90 75 0 0 15 3 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 442 361 8 24 49 4 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 915 509 54 76 276 24 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 433 317 16 8 92 9 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 83 57 18 8 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 243 203 0 16 24 3 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 285 272 4 4 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 386 348 0 0 38 5 Gadsden* AL MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 402 163 0 8 231 30 Glens Falls* NY MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 91 77 4 10 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 164 156 8 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 765 623 18 18 106 10 Great Falls* MT MSA 16 11 0 0 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 126 77 10 0 39 4 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1321 1039 12 11 259 18 Greenville* NC MSA 237 115 4 0 118 12 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1072 859 36 3 174 17 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 251 221 4 8 18 3 Hartford* CT MSA 598 390 8 0 200 7 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 21 10 0 0 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 245 229 8 0 8 1 Honolulu HI MSA 237 194 10 0 33 1 Houma* LA MSA 136 134 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 6527 3735 18 236 2538 154 Brazoria TX PMSA 386 286 0 100 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 222 222 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 5919 3227 18 136 2538 154 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 11 5 0 0 6 1 Huntsville* AL MSA 148 148 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1605 1488 14 10 93 7 Iowa City* IA MSA 46 42 0 4 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 8 6 2 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 433 300 4 0 129 10 Jackson* TN MSA 103 91 4 0 8 1 Jacksonville FL MSA 1239 1105 14 0 120 6 Jacksonville* NC MSA 132 119 0 8 5 1 Jamestown* NY MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 35 23 2 0 10 2 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 266 148 2 6 110 14 Johnstown* PA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 52 50 2 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 31 25 6 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 164 119 4 0 41 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1516 1309 70 26 111 6 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 225 179 10 36 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 516 428 2 13 73 7 Kokomo* IN MSA 33 19 14 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 30 21 2 0 7 1 Lafayette* LA MSA 169 159 0 0 10 1 Lafayette* IN MSA 146 89 8 0 49 3 Lake Charles* LA MSA 211 89 8 3 111 17 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 504 479 12 0 13 2 Lancaster* PA MSA 168 164 4 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 139 109 2 0 28 3 Laredo* TX MSA 192 173 2 3 14 2 Las Cruces* NM MSA 133 111 2 3 17 2 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 5628 3251 16 0 2361 193 Lawrence* KS MSA 155 54 28 25 48 4 Lawton* OK MSA 54 52 2 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 474 412 42 3 17 2 Lima* OH MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 243 111 8 0 124 4 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 751 294 0 9 448 29 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 28 26 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 4737 4020 38 61 618 48 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 1021 808 26 55 132 15 Orange County CA PMSA 878 725 10 3 140 9 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 2604 2280 2 0 322 23 Ventura CA PMSA 234 207 0 3 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1219 707 10 0 502 24 Lubbock* TX MSA 134 130 4 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 150 130 6 6 8 1 Macon* GA MSA 281 241 0 0 40 4 Madison* WI MSA 433 164 24 26 219 13 Mansfield* OH MSA 29 27 2 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 796 643 20 62 71 12 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 195 159 20 11 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 765 483 6 3 273 5 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1507 944 2 0 561 30 Merced* CA MSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 3361 2043 26 109 1183 90 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2057 1263 8 26 760 66 Miami FL PMSA 1304 780 18 83 423 24 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 902 530 44 27 301 26 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 758 461 40 27 230 21 Racine WI PMSA 144 69 4 0 71 5 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 1728 1414 30 21 263 24 Mobile* AL MSA 728 464 10 12 242 10 Modesto* CA MSA 194 178 6 0 10 2 Monroe* LA MSA 126 71 8 8 39 5 Montgomery* AL MSA 224 224 0 0 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 25 23 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 751 314 2 20 415 35 Naples* FL MSA 999 494 10 159 336 32 Nashville TN MSA 2074 1430 52 49 543 38 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 118 113 0 0 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 449 444 2 3 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 5605 4009 550 209 837 56 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 282 209 30 3 40 4 Bridgeport CT PMSA 203 189 2 12 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 92 92 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 91 83 2 0 6 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 58 32 26 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 724 693 4 3 24 4 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 876 767 4 0 105 3 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 785 728 10 4 43 6 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 200 122 4 4 70 3 New York NY PMSA 1328 338 414 148 428 25 Newark NJ PMSA 448 342 44 20 42 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 200 144 2 7 47 6 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 107 59 8 8 32 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 152 152 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 59 59 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1239 1100 10 10 119 12 Ocala* FL MSA 420 409 0 11 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 67 67 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 1204 666 32 0 506 20 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 785 337 4 4 440 32 Orlando FL MSA 4207 2041 0 9 2157 114 Owensboro* KY MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 170 168 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 732 443 4 27 258 24 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 102 98 4 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 3486 2565 96 61 764 69 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 296 200 76 10 10 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 2417 1890 20 51 456 48 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 30 30 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 743 445 0 0 298 19 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 6787 4752 8 11 2016 122 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 720 560 8 37 115 14 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 126 126 0 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 2507 1804 122 74 507 48 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 2082 1578 102 71 331 31 Salem OR PMSA 425 226 20 3 176 17 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 364 310 16 9 29 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 442 251 12 18 161 6 Pueblo* CO MSA 181 159 10 12 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 356 163 4 3 186 24 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 2635 1982 20 4 629 39 Rapid City* SD MSA 41 25 0 0 16 1 Reading* PA MSA 110 110 0 0 0 0 Redding* CA MSA 55 55 0 0 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 521 387 0 4 130 11 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 91 91 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 803 803 0 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 107 95 2 4 6 1 Rochester* MN MSA 76 68 4 4 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 403 187 0 0 216 28 Rockford* IL MSA 213 158 6 39 10 1 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 58 56 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 1303 1087 0 0 216 15 Sacramento CA PMSA 1228 1012 0 0 216 15 Yolo CA PMSA 75 75 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 88 53 0 3 32 3 St. Joseph* MO MSA 24 12 4 3 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1704 1378 56 23 247 15 Salinas* CA MSA 84 76 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1118 985 36 55 42 5 San Angelo* TX MSA 172 40 0 8 124 18 San Antonio* TX MSA 1275 1209 10 6 50 6 San Diego CA MSA 1709 1114 12 24 559 67 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 3070 1556 62 147 1305 59 Oakland CA PMSA 967 564 0 51 352 20 San Francisco CA PMSA 453 182 22 12 237 18 San Jose CA PMSA 1192 411 36 76 669 16 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 62 12 0 8 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 227 218 4 0 5 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 169 169 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 166 162 4 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 106 106 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 46 46 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 892 708 10 24 150 19 Savannah* GA MSA 599 230 0 0 369 30 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 4496 2380 144 99 1873 128 Bremerton WA PMSA 132 126 6 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 261 199 18 0 44 4 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 3137 1398 92 93 1554 111 Tacoma WA PMSA 966 657 28 6 275 13 Sharon* PA MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 21 5 0 0 16 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 26 21 2 3 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 100 100 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 95 86 0 4 5 1 South Bend* IN MSA 139 104 0 0 35 2 Spokane* WA MSA 384 151 10 3 220 17 Springfield* IL MSA 59 51 8 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 401 281 16 24 80 8 Springfield* MA MSA 67 65 2 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 32 30 2 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 193 187 6 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 63 60 0 3 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 376 168 8 0 200 11 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1800 1651 18 47 84 11 Terre Haute* IN MSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 90 22 2 0 66 7 Toledo* OH MSA 295 185 6 0 104 8 Topeka* KS MSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 835 821 8 6 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 814 431 16 8 359 13 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 81 81 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 56 48 0 8 0 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 201 37 0 164 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 153 142 4 7 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 50 44 6 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 6106 4603 8 31 1464 92 Baltimore MD PMSA 1584 1119 0 31 434 48 Hagerstown MD PMSA 68 64 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 4454 3420 4 0 1030 44 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 64 12 0 28 24 1 Wausau* WI MSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 1277 1194 2 8 73 3 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 723 309 6 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 615 410 8 12 185 16 Yakima* WA MSA 58 47 8 3 0 0 York* PA MSA 186 174 4 0 8 1 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 173 104 16 47 6 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 79 77 2 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.