Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 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 73 54 2 3 14 1 Albany* GA MSA 156 154 2 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 407 259 4 14 130 7 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1065 947 0 7 111 9 Alexandria* LA MSA 89 85 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 325 319 6 0 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 90 15 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 108 108 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 243 231 12 0 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 59 39 2 0 18 3 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 387 255 32 7 93 6 Asheville* NC MSA 373 242 6 0 125 8 Athens* GA MSA 300 290 4 6 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 13276 10934 32 15 2295 90 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 659 607 0 4 48 6 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 2522 1940 12 7 563 23 Bakersfield* CA MSA 638 503 6 12 117 2 Bangor* ME MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 320 273 4 15 28 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 461 353 4 0 104 8 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 115 101 4 0 10 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 289 218 14 6 51 6 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 75 63 0 4 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 736 427 0 0 309 34 Binghamton* NY MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 1164 996 0 6 162 10 Bismarck* ND MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 128 83 20 25 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 155 147 4 4 0 0 Boise City* ID MSA 1426 1155 20 0 251 17 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 3796 3272 110 93 321 20 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1840 1467 78 59 236 10 Brockton MA PMSA 160 160 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 128 90 6 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 319 305 6 8 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 224 211 4 4 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 201 181 4 6 10 1 Nashua NH PMSA 213 177 0 8 28 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 84 82 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 201 185 2 4 10 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 426 414 8 4 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 433 411 12 4 6 1 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 547 157 14 0 376 29 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 517 221 6 0 290 24 Burlington* VT MSA 149 103 2 3 41 1 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 246 216 22 3 5 1 Casper* WY MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 268 126 10 28 104 6 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 137 76 2 20 39 3 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 943 718 4 3 218 17 Charleston* WV MSA 142 81 0 0 61 4 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 5293 3539 40 51 1663 148 Charlottesville* VA MSA 255 234 18 3 0 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 515 509 6 0 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 116 60 24 4 28 3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 7280 5342 128 258 1552 116 Chicago IL PMSA 6427 4800 94 235 1298 95 Gary IN PMSA 584 377 22 15 170 13 Kankakee IL PMSA 74 54 6 8 6 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 195 111 6 0 78 7 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 176 166 0 4 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 2361 2025 46 51 239 26 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1898 1621 42 30 205 22 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 463 404 4 21 34 4 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 336 304 2 12 18 3 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 2285 1762 62 77 384 22 Akron OH PMSA 820 535 30 57 198 9 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 1465 1227 32 20 186 13 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 1338 1106 10 0 222 8 Columbia* MO MSA 268 179 70 3 16 2 Columbia* SC MSA 921 897 0 0 24 3 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 460 236 0 4 220 14 Columbus OH MSA 2195 1531 28 186 450 40 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 258 244 6 8 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 11941 7471 56 145 4269 218 Dallas TX PMSA 8456 5257 34 34 3131 179 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 3485 2214 22 111 1138 39 Danville* VA MSA 142 74 0 0 68 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 169 111 2 0 56 7 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 468 412 18 38 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 995 939 2 0 54 2 Decatur* Al MSA 160 96 0 4 60 2 Decatur* IL MSA 89 24 2 3 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 6760 4585 80 129 1966 164 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 1533 713 12 8 800 74 Denver CO PMSA 4608 3295 46 106 1161 89 Greeley CO PMSA 619 577 22 15 5 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 632 507 2 4 119 6 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 5713 4493 118 87 1015 79 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1204 850 4 6 344 38 Detroit MI PMSA 4196 3363 96 81 656 39 Flint MI PMSA 313 280 18 0 15 2 Dothan* AL MSA 95 91 4 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 129 129 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 73 69 4 0 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 102 86 4 12 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 850 565 8 3 274 20 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 317 209 6 0 102 3 Elmira* NY MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 130 60 0 0 70 4 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 700 383 44 34 239 23 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 268 252 4 4 8 1 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 136 58 6 0 72 2 Fayetteville* NC MSA 382 234 2 8 138 11 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 541 411 28 19 83 11 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 101 101 0 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 151 123 2 0 26 5 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 709 611 10 30 58 5 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 1487 849 84 158 396 34 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 762 607 32 11 112 11 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 143 115 20 8 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 795 355 0 19 421 20 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 546 523 4 8 11 2 Fresno CA MSA 822 664 0 0 158 22 Gadsden* AL MSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 602 263 0 8 331 37 Glens Falls* NY MSA 69 66 0 3 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 142 112 8 22 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 287 269 10 8 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1557 1187 42 30 298 24 Great Falls* MT MSA 24 19 0 0 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 226 154 14 0 58 6 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 2491 1788 24 18 661 57 Greenville* NC MSA 337 199 4 0 134 14 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1792 1460 62 3 267 22 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 385 347 6 8 24 4 Hartford* CT MSA 886 665 8 8 205 8 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 30 17 2 0 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 401 362 22 3 14 2 Honolulu HI MSA 421 298 20 0 103 8 Houma* LA MSA 231 229 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 10999 6065 62 472 4400 262 Brazoria TX PMSA 550 448 2 100 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 386 386 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 10063 5231 60 372 4400 262 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 25 13 0 0 12 2 Huntsville* AL MSA 234 234 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 3110 2663 26 13 408 31 Iowa City* IA MSA 84 72 4 8 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 60 11 2 0 47 1 Jackson* MS MSA 652 525 6 0 121 8 Jackson* TN MSA 159 155 4 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 1837 1647 22 0 168 13 Jacksonville* NC MSA 223 185 0 20 18 3 Jamestown* NY MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 70 49 6 0 15 3 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 405 274 4 9 118 15 Johnstown* PA MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 88 82 2 4 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 65 39 26 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 259 209 4 0 46 3 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 2948 2252 118 45 533 20 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 350 280 22 48 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 902 705 8 17 172 16 Kokomo* IN MSA 70 44 18 8 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 101 55 8 4 34 3 Lafayette* LA MSA 280 267 0 3 10 1 Lafayette* IN MSA 260 169 12 0 79 4 Lake Charles* LA MSA 302 161 12 3 126 18 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 818 689 26 0 103 12 Lancaster* PA MSA 294 264 8 0 22 3 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 225 195 2 0 28 3 Laredo* TX MSA 408 382 2 4 20 2 Las Cruces* NM MSA 228 195 2 7 24 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 9181 5359 28 82 3712 310 Lawrence* KS MSA 195 104 48 23 20 3 Lawton* OK MSA 72 68 4 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 1128 752 54 19 303 17 Lima* OH MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 422 199 12 0 211 7 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 1024 520 8 20 476 31 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 41 39 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 8582 7151 62 133 1236 99 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 1854 1405 46 68 335 28 Orange County CA PMSA 1897 1463 14 18 402 25 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 4169 3668 2 24 475 45 Ventura CA PMSA 662 615 0 23 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1812 1285 12 8 507 25 Lubbock* TX MSA 319 195 4 0 120 6 Lynchburg* VA MSA 260 234 12 6 8 1 Macon* GA MSA 555 371 0 0 184 13 Madison* WI MSA 626 290 32 34 270 16 Mansfield* OH MSA 55 47 8 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1363 1070 36 118 139 22 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 344 285 30 19 10 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1104 786 36 4 278 5 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 2273 1696 4 4 569 31 Merced* CA MSA 187 187 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 5084 3040 40 145 1859 115 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 2916 1832 10 42 1032 78 Miami FL PMSA 2168 1208 30 103 827 37 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1730 897 80 59 694 53 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1510 775 70 47 618 47 Racine WI PMSA 220 122 10 12 76 6 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 3239 2715 68 105 351 36 Mobile* AL MSA 1031 756 10 12 253 12 Modesto* CA MSA 391 371 10 0 10 2 Monroe* LA MSA 181 116 10 16 39 5 Montgomery* AL MSA 297 280 14 3 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 1188 522 8 40 618 51 Naples* FL MSA 1412 763 18 187 444 45 Nashville TN MSA 3393 2426 70 57 840 52 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 200 195 0 0 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 794 721 38 0 35 4 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 9172 6609 776 372 1415 101 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 407 292 40 8 67 5 Bridgeport CT PMSA 302 288 2 12 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 162 162 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 178 151 2 0 25 4 Jersey City NJ PMSA 140 95 42 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 1344 1214 2 8 120 14 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1345 1220 4 0 121 4 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1365 1140 14 4 207 25 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 293 202 6 8 77 4 New York NY PMSA 2038 534 550 286 668 34 Newark NJ PMSA 759 596 98 23 42 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 324 258 6 4 56 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 156 98 10 16 32 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 261 261 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 98 98 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 1909 1773 14 14 108 12 Ocala* FL MSA 648 629 2 17 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 104 104 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 1599 1045 48 0 506 20 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 1090 601 8 4 477 33 Orlando FL MSA 6710 3365 2 9 3334 184 Owensboro* KY MSA 90 90 0 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 267 261 6 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 94 43 2 0 49 7 Pensacola* FL MSA 970 677 8 27 258 24 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 189 177 12 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5270 4264 132 83 791 73 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 444 318 94 16 16 3 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 3718 3146 36 64 472 50 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 50 50 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 1058 750 2 3 303 20 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 10737 8371 8 11 2347 158 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1229 977 18 67 167 23 Pittsfield* MA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 229 224 0 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 4021 2833 186 144 858 79 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 3367 2417 154 140 656 59 Salem OR PMSA 654 416 32 4 202 20 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 657 590 30 12 25 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 794 485 16 36 257 10 Pueblo* CO MSA 321 277 20 24 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 461 263 4 7 187 24 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 4178 3263 24 12 879 63 Rapid City* SD MSA 71 50 0 0 21 2 Reading* PA MSA 188 188 0 0 0 0 Redding* CA MSA 113 101 0 12 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 644 632 2 4 6 1 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 169 169 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1352 1350 2 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 226 180 2 4 40 3 Rochester* MN MSA 114 104 6 4 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 539 318 2 3 216 28 Rockford* IL MSA 341 261 12 46 22 3 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 103 97 6 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 2193 1977 0 0 216 15 Sacramento CA PMSA 2007 1791 0 0 216 15 Yolo CA PMSA 186 186 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 95 83 4 0 8 1 St. Cloud* MN MSA 146 87 0 7 52 4 St. Joseph* MO MSA 60 20 10 0 30 5 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 2649 2239 96 34 280 19 Salinas* CA MSA 181 173 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 2126 1811 62 70 183 10 San Angelo* TX MSA 192 60 0 8 124 18 San Antonio* TX MSA 2003 1934 10 9 50 6 San Diego CA MSA 2530 1855 16 54 605 74 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 5392 3194 94 188 1916 76 Oakland CA PMSA 1548 1128 0 51 369 23 San Francisco CA PMSA 1148 294 26 48 780 25 San Jose CA PMSA 1653 853 54 81 665 14 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 91 41 0 8 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 372 358 14 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 580 520 0 0 60 10 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 347 343 4 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 165 165 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 106 106 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 1665 1161 14 28 462 37 Savannah* GA MSA 1066 380 4 0 682 46 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 6654 4147 250 198 2059 149 Bremerton WA PMSA 304 286 10 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 490 371 36 12 71 6 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 4407 2424 122 162 1699 128 Tacoma WA PMSA 1453 1066 82 24 281 14 Sharon* PA MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 28 10 2 0 16 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 162 25 10 127 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 177 177 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 184 178 2 4 0 0 South Bend* IN MSA 224 182 2 0 40 2 Spokane* WA MSA 527 290 14 3 220 17 Springfield* IL MSA 149 129 20 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 585 456 18 24 87 9 Springfield* MA MSA 130 122 2 0 6 1 State College* PA MSA 64 54 4 0 6 1 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 16 11 0 0 5 1 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 540 529 6 0 5 1 Sumter* SC MSA 101 87 14 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 118 111 0 0 7 1 Tallahassee* FL MSA 453 241 12 0 200 11 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 3319 2496 36 112 675 65 Terre Haute* IN MSA 53 53 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 158 39 2 0 117 11 Toledo* OH MSA 677 322 26 0 329 23 Topeka* KS MSA 106 100 6 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 1351 1299 32 20 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 1603 703 26 8 866 33 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 143 143 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 92 84 0 8 0 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 224 60 0 164 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 285 258 4 23 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 80 70 10 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 10408 7835 14 54 2505 162 Baltimore MD PMSA 2876 1942 2 47 885 90 Hagerstown MD PMSA 128 122 6 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 7404 5771 6 7 1620 72 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 71 19 0 28 24 1 Wausau* WI MSA 65 61 4 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 1894 1641 6 24 223 12 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 917 499 10 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 995 748 16 16 215 20 Yakima* WA MSA 100 80 14 6 0 0 York* PA MSA 295 283 4 0 8 1 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 308 212 34 56 6 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 79 71 8 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 167 157 2 0 8 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.