Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area April 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 74 72 2 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 210 208 2 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 578 401 12 15 150 10 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1608 1478 0 7 123 11 Alexandria* LA MSA 140 136 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 478 464 6 0 8 1 Altoona* PA MSA 97 22 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 149 149 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 424 398 22 4 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 77 52 2 0 23 4 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 614 400 42 7 165 13 Asheville* NC MSA 515 363 10 9 133 9 Athens* GA MSA 460 383 56 6 15 2 Atlanta GA MSA 18001 14919 34 30 3018 142 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 811 759 0 4 48 6 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 3531 2707 18 7 799 41 Bakersfield* CA MSA 910 762 8 15 125 3 Bangor* ME MSA 39 37 2 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 397 350 4 15 28 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 601 493 4 0 104 8 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 165 151 4 0 10 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 438 313 34 6 85 9 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 111 99 0 4 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 896 587 0 0 309 34 Binghamton* NY MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 1605 1370 0 3 232 17 Bismarck* ND MSA 114 94 0 0 20 2 Bloomington* IN MSA 197 133 20 44 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 347 311 10 4 22 3 Boise City* ID MSA 1969 1686 32 0 251 17 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 5392 4703 138 128 423 27 Boston MA-NH PMSA 2505 2042 96 84 283 16 Brockton MA PMSA 241 241 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 174 136 6 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 467 450 6 11 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 302 287 6 4 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 297 271 10 6 10 1 Nashua NH PMSA 310 272 2 8 28 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 115 113 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 384 309 2 8 65 3 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 597 582 8 7 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 596 555 16 19 6 1 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 641 245 20 0 376 29 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 665 364 6 0 295 25 Burlington* VT MSA 209 156 0 3 50 2 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 380 331 38 6 5 1 Casper* WY MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 357 195 12 40 110 7 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 201 122 8 20 51 4 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 1257 1008 12 0 237 20 Charleston* WV MSA 202 122 0 3 77 6 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 6818 4913 52 91 1762 165 Charlottesville* VA MSA 356 323 26 7 0 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 738 708 10 4 16 3 Cheyenne* WY MSA 171 94 24 4 49 4 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 10872 8284 230 389 1969 160 Chicago IL PMSA 9591 7388 172 339 1692 135 Gary IN PMSA 899 640 44 34 181 15 Kankakee IL PMSA 124 88 8 16 12 2 Kenosha WI PMSA 258 168 6 0 84 8 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 242 232 0 4 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 3509 2943 48 67 451 47 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 2806 2316 44 42 404 41 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 703 627 4 25 47 6 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 468 425 2 12 29 5 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 3362 2713 92 101 456 31 Akron OH PMSA 1183 833 46 59 245 14 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 2179 1880 46 42 211 17 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 1891 1602 20 4 265 12 Columbia* MO MSA 362 262 74 0 26 3 Columbia* SC MSA 1544 1281 6 0 257 21 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 653 342 0 8 303 24 Columbus OH MSA 3314 2372 42 292 608 56 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 362 317 6 32 7 1 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 15726 10506 74 196 4950 249 Dallas TX PMSA 11288 7377 42 57 3812 210 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 4438 3129 32 139 1138 39 Danville* VA MSA 177 109 0 0 68 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 235 153 6 4 72 9 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 749 632 20 97 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1372 1297 4 0 71 5 Decatur* Al MSA 200 128 0 7 65 3 Decatur* IL MSA 107 45 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 9538 6561 112 159 2706 209 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 1890 996 12 16 866 80 Denver CO PMSA 6723 4690 74 128 1831 128 Greeley CO PMSA 925 875 26 15 9 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 1032 809 8 4 211 10 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 8452 6749 140 143 1420 116 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 1665 1265 4 9 387 42 Detroit MI PMSA 6277 5034 110 126 1007 70 Flint MI PMSA 510 450 26 8 26 4 Dothan* AL MSA 114 110 4 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 287 199 0 0 88 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 117 105 4 3 5 1 Eau Claire* WI MSA 197 153 16 28 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 1729 1550 16 11 152 9 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 384 276 6 0 102 3 Elmira* NY MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 190 115 0 0 75 5 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 820 495 52 34 239 23 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 428 414 10 4 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 320 170 6 12 132 6 Fayetteville* NC MSA 536 318 6 8 204 16 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 701 550 42 26 83 11 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 168 158 0 0 10 2 Florence* AL MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 205 169 2 0 34 6 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 996 878 10 50 58 5 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 2094 1154 116 188 636 55 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 1372 855 42 11 464 33 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 205 157 40 8 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1024 525 2 16 481 21 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 801 772 6 12 11 2 Fresno CA MSA 1154 964 0 32 158 22 Gadsden* AL MSA 33 33 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 866 351 0 8 507 48 Glens Falls* NY MSA 108 105 0 3 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 187 153 12 22 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 421 377 36 8 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 2360 1747 54 47 512 51 Great Falls* MT MSA 159 31 2 0 126 12 Green Bay* WI MSA 347 253 20 3 71 8 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 3611 2608 24 26 953 95 Greenville* NC MSA 394 250 4 0 140 15 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 2294 2021 76 3 194 20 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 544 506 6 8 24 4 Hartford* CT MSA 1220 974 10 8 228 10 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 32 19 2 0 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 856 543 26 4 283 19 Honolulu HI MSA 516 393 20 0 103 8 Houma* LA MSA 306 294 12 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 16075 8459 68 476 7072 388 Brazoria TX PMSA 699 597 2 100 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 544 542 2 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 14832 7320 64 376 7072 388 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 30 18 0 0 12 2 Huntsville* AL MSA 334 334 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 4551 3851 28 10 662 61 Iowa City* IA MSA 122 108 6 8 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 77 22 2 0 53 2 Jackson* MS MSA 1053 751 6 0 296 31 Jackson* TN MSA 299 211 4 0 84 12 Jacksonville FL MSA 2484 2274 28 0 182 15 Jacksonville* NC MSA 315 261 2 34 18 3 Jamestown* NY MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 103 69 14 0 20 4 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 542 402 8 9 123 16 Johnstown* PA MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 148 134 2 4 8 1 Joplin* MO MSA 94 62 32 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 353 302 10 0 41 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 4011 3168 186 68 589 22 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 513 399 26 56 32 1 Knoxville* TN MSA 1146 957 8 13 168 15 Kokomo* IN MSA 101 67 26 8 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 168 97 16 4 51 5 Lafayette* LA MSA 373 360 0 3 10 1 Lafayette* IN MSA 476 245 14 4 213 21 Lake Charles* LA MSA 397 243 16 7 131 19 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1065 934 28 0 103 12 Lancaster* PA MSA 406 360 16 8 22 3 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 350 294 4 0 52 6 Laredo* TX MSA 577 549 2 4 22 3 Las Cruces* NM MSA 297 264 2 7 24 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 13563 8326 30 150 5057 429 Lawrence* KS MSA 260 154 54 27 25 4 Lawton* OK MSA 82 78 4 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 1566 1047 72 19 428 26 Lima* OH MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 532 368 20 4 140 9 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 1439 748 14 20 657 48 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 89 47 2 0 40 5 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 13035 10298 122 177 2438 149 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 3285 2161 90 75 959 42 Orange County CA PMSA 3137 2193 16 55 873 58 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 5702 5080 16 24 582 48 Ventura CA PMSA 911 864 0 23 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 2494 1844 16 14 620 34 Lubbock* TX MSA 376 252 4 0 120 6 Lynchburg* VA MSA 358 330 14 6 8 1 Macon* GA MSA 678 492 2 0 184 13 Madison* WI MSA 927 461 50 53 363 20 Mansfield* OH MSA 149 123 14 7 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1883 1515 46 146 176 27 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 471 402 32 19 18 3 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1390 1067 36 8 279 6 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 2898 2323 2 4 569 31 Merced* CA MSA 239 239 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 7098 4484 44 157 2413 146 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 4340 2713 10 54 1563 107 Miami FL PMSA 2758 1771 34 103 850 39 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 2421 1339 122 70 890 68 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 2105 1134 106 58 807 61 Racine WI PMSA 316 205 16 12 83 7 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 5262 4314 102 122 724 53 Mobile* AL MSA 1591 1086 18 15 472 18 Modesto* CA MSA 569 549 10 0 10 2 Monroe* LA MSA 209 154 8 8 39 5 Montgomery* AL MSA 562 541 14 7 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 55 55 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 1529 685 10 80 754 64 Naples* FL MSA 2158 986 22 254 896 69 Nashville TN MSA 4656 3429 82 57 1088 65 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 294 286 0 3 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 1379 1048 40 3 288 27 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 12781 9665 1026 511 1579 120 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 526 399 56 4 67 5 Bridgeport CT PMSA 410 389 6 15 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 240 238 2 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 275 230 2 3 40 6 Jersey City NJ PMSA 204 132 52 6 14 1 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 1873 1707 4 12 150 18 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 2045 1902 4 12 127 5 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1836 1602 18 4 212 26 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 455 311 8 8 128 7 New York NY PMSA 2628 803 736 383 706 40 Newark NJ PMSA 1084 876 120 41 47 2 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 478 409 6 7 56 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 207 147 12 16 32 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 371 371 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 149 149 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2622 2306 28 66 222 29 Ocala* FL MSA 914 892 2 20 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 155 155 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 2343 1507 66 15 755 31 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 1636 946 34 4 652 42 Orlando FL MSA 8644 4620 14 18 3992 211 Owensboro* KY MSA 148 124 0 0 24 2 Panama City* FL MSA 346 338 8 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 165 61 2 0 102 9 Pensacola* FL MSA 1220 913 8 30 269 25 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 300 274 14 3 9 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 7558 6045 184 114 1215 112 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 689 527 144 0 18 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 5324 4444 40 111 729 73 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 79 76 0 3 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 1466 998 0 0 468 37 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 15960 12516 18 17 3409 224 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 39 29 2 0 8 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1802 1440 44 111 207 26 Pittsfield* MA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 344 327 12 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 5822 4022 214 163 1423 104 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 5061 3472 172 150 1267 89 Salem OR PMSA 761 550 42 13 156 15 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 910 826 44 15 25 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 1146 769 16 36 325 18 Pueblo* CO MSA 476 392 28 56 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 551 345 6 3 197 25 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 5973 4572 26 11 1364 98 Rapid City* SD MSA 99 70 0 3 26 3 Reading* PA MSA 296 281 4 0 11 2 Redding* CA MSA 175 159 0 16 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 996 924 2 4 66 7 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 242 242 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 2108 2020 2 0 86 1 Roanoke* VA MSA 313 258 4 4 47 4 Rochester* MN MSA 217 171 26 20 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 732 479 14 7 232 30 Rockford* IL MSA 582 416 24 40 102 12 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 152 146 6 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 3211 2941 18 0 252 22 Sacramento CA PMSA 2913 2697 0 0 216 15 Yolo CA PMSA 298 244 18 0 36 7 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 133 117 16 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 249 123 2 7 117 6 St. Joseph* MO MSA 76 36 10 0 30 5 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 3717 3195 146 72 304 23 Salinas* CA MSA 254 246 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 3193 2609 90 102 392 23 San Angelo* TX MSA 323 79 0 120 124 18 San Antonio* TX MSA 3008 2691 10 9 298 24 San Diego CA MSA 3688 2729 20 75 864 81 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 7952 4657 106 220 2969 124 Oakland CA PMSA 2518 1572 0 67 879 48 San Francisco CA PMSA 1612 535 32 57 988 31 San Jose CA PMSA 2387 1252 54 81 1000 31 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 115 58 0 15 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 574 556 18 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 746 684 2 0 60 10 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 496 492 4 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 306 283 0 18 5 1 Santa Fe* NM MSA 153 132 0 0 21 2 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 2291 1686 16 47 542 40 Savannah* GA MSA 1366 497 2 0 867 53 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 120 120 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 9127 5815 284 275 2753 186 Bremerton WA PMSA 415 395 12 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 705 521 36 12 136 12 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 6082 3422 154 235 2271 158 Tacoma WA PMSA 1925 1477 82 28 338 15 Sharon* PA MSA 29 29 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 46 20 10 0 16 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 170 29 14 127 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 255 255 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 328 298 10 4 16 1 South Bend* IN MSA 287 259 2 0 26 1 Spokane* WA MSA 949 460 14 3 472 28 Springfield* IL MSA 226 198 28 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 969 660 26 24 259 17 Springfield* MA MSA 202 188 4 4 6 1 State College* PA MSA 92 82 4 0 6 1 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 30 18 2 0 10 2 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 783 772 6 0 5 1 Sumter* SC MSA 138 120 18 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 176 174 2 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 541 329 12 0 200 11 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 4694 3500 36 119 1039 82 Terre Haute* IN MSA 82 82 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 171 52 2 0 117 11 Toledo* OH MSA 848 452 30 8 358 27 Topeka* KS MSA 186 165 16 0 5 1 Tucson* AZ MSA 1845 1791 38 16 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 1913 1094 30 8 781 35 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 192 192 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 129 112 0 8 9 1 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 239 75 0 164 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 428 399 6 23 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 127 97 16 0 14 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 14180 11040 20 76 3044 210 Baltimore MD PMSA 3700 2570 4 65 1061 114 Hagerstown MD PMSA 183 175 8 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 10297 8295 8 11 1983 96 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 80 28 0 28 24 1 Wausau* WI MSA 111 103 8 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 2770 2086 6 39 639 28 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 12 8 0 4 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1167 747 12 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 1384 1049 30 24 281 27 Yakima* WA MSA 222 115 42 39 26 2 York* PA MSA 490 400 6 4 80 3 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 442 325 48 63 6 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 99 91 8 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 250 240 2 0 8 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.