Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 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 175 170 2 3 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 453 441 4 0 8 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 2204 1233 22 34 915 45 Albuquerque* NM MSA 3800 3438 8 19 335 19 Alexandria* LA MSA 282 257 0 4 21 3 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 1084 1052 10 14 8 1 Altoona* PA MSA 124 49 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 299 295 4 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 1273 877 62 189 145 4 Anniston* AL MSA 171 111 6 0 54 9 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 1441 942 114 15 370 34 Asheville* NC MSA 1046 827 32 33 154 12 Athens* GA MSA 1019 682 84 15 238 13 Atlanta GA MSA 38293 30364 146 179 7604 392 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 1974 1618 2 4 350 23 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 7583 5739 62 147 1635 111 Bakersfield* CA MSA 2006 1774 40 80 112 1 Bangor* ME MSA 107 101 2 4 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 935 783 4 27 121 9 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 1124 961 16 3 144 13 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 571 377 4 12 178 5 Bellingham* WA MSA 966 673 62 9 222 22 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 43 43 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 258 238 8 4 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 2106 1275 16 7 808 64 Binghamton* NY MSA 43 43 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 3980 3127 0 15 838 51 Bismarck* ND MSA 388 282 4 15 87 6 Bloomington* IN MSA 445 297 26 64 58 6 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 693 554 10 36 93 10 Boise City* ID MSA 3951 3517 58 19 357 27 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 11653 10167 284 305 897 58 Boston MA-NH PMSA 5203 4253 202 153 595 35 Brockton MA PMSA 553 553 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 331 291 8 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1008 946 8 54 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 727 693 6 8 20 4 Manchester NH PMSA 776 618 32 24 102 6 Nashua NH PMSA 620 575 4 8 33 4 New Bedford MA PMSA 290 286 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 780 663 10 18 89 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1365 1289 10 40 26 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 1384 1160 36 146 42 5 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 1011 531 92 0 388 30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 1683 901 22 26 734 48 Burlington* VT MSA 550 383 26 3 138 8 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 810 711 66 13 20 4 Casper* WY MSA 55 53 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 777 479 58 75 165 13 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 399 240 12 64 83 6 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 3067 2133 144 16 774 59 Charleston* WV MSA 349 261 2 3 83 5 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 13376 10458 92 209 2617 231 Charlottesville* VA MSA 1026 744 48 10 224 19 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 1692 1520 28 12 132 8 Cheyenne* WY MSA 322 212 24 4 82 7 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 24671 19047 518 1043 4063 324 Chicago IL PMSA 21618 16871 328 918 3501 278 Gary IN PMSA 2044 1535 160 74 275 23 Kankakee IL PMSA 340 234 12 48 46 6 Kenosha WI PMSA 669 407 18 3 241 17 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 601 591 0 4 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 8037 6441 112 232 1252 128 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 6549 5109 90 175 1175 116 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1488 1332 22 57 77 12 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 943 822 4 44 73 11 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 7497 6125 198 194 980 82 Akron OH PMSA 2443 1811 96 121 415 28 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 5054 4314 102 73 565 54 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 3633 2940 30 4 659 34 Columbia* MO MSA 788 680 82 0 26 3 Columbia* SC MSA 3312 2560 46 0 706 61 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1273 698 2 28 545 34 Columbus OH MSA 7481 5177 144 711 1449 133 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 1084 727 22 47 288 11 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 119 113 0 0 6 1 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 36705 22238 158 639 13670 728 Dallas TX PMSA 27033 15886 96 105 10946 585 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 9672 6352 62 534 2724 143 Danville* VA MSA 306 235 0 3 68 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 518 368 12 18 120 14 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 2316 1368 32 201 715 63 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 3096 2964 6 29 97 9 Decatur* Al MSA 364 253 0 36 75 5 Decatur* IL MSA 190 101 2 6 81 7 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 20743 13737 238 333 6435 461 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 3667 1961 18 39 1649 137 Denver CO PMSA 15120 9912 176 255 4777 323 Greeley CO PMSA 1956 1864 44 39 9 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 2298 1728 12 32 526 26 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 19332 15147 278 458 3449 237 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3692 2951 18 56 667 64 Detroit MI PMSA 14274 11116 210 355 2593 161 Flint MI PMSA 1366 1080 50 47 189 12 Dothan* AL MSA 327 215 4 0 108 6 Dover* DE MSA 524 436 0 0 88 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 150 136 6 8 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 393 348 6 13 26 5 Eau Claire* WI MSA 531 377 46 56 52 7 El Paso* TX MSA 2363 2144 10 209 0 0 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 895 602 30 41 222 7 Elmira* NY MSA 26 17 0 9 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 370 244 2 24 100 10 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1382 937 86 53 306 29 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1289 904 14 8 363 22 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 950 436 128 16 370 19 Fayetteville* NC MSA 1267 694 12 15 546 37 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1293 1097 68 30 98 13 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 448 355 6 12 75 6 Florence* AL MSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 436 351 8 0 77 12 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 2180 1863 10 101 206 18 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 5512 2669 224 362 2257 151 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 2751 1720 112 47 872 57 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 448 350 72 8 18 3 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1771 1056 4 19 692 29 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 2104 1839 6 12 247 19 Fresno CA MSA 2424 2220 14 32 158 22 Gadsden* AL MSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 1330 712 4 11 603 60 Glens Falls* NY MSA 262 240 0 3 19 3 Goldsboro* NC MSA 301 269 10 22 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 113 110 0 3 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 937 782 122 33 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5159 3899 132 136 992 80 Great Falls* MT MSA 213 70 2 0 141 15 Green Bay* WI MSA 856 602 42 9 203 23 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 7614 5499 68 71 1976 167 Greenville* NC MSA 812 535 8 0 269 28 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 5042 4102 194 15 731 48 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 1117 1054 10 15 38 6 Hartford* CT MSA 2936 2321 34 36 545 32 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 69 51 4 3 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 1593 1136 40 11 406 36 Honolulu HI MSA 1000 861 20 16 103 8 Houma* LA MSA 533 521 12 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 33567 18351 106 1177 13933 784 Brazoria TX PMSA 1911 1399 2 100 410 14 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1371 1291 2 72 6 1 Houston TX PMSA 30285 15661 102 1005 13517 769 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 81 36 0 0 45 4 Huntsville* AL MSA 922 754 0 0 168 21 Indianapolis IN MSA 10389 8453 108 54 1774 131 Iowa City* IA MSA 347 275 16 26 30 3 Jackson* MI MSA 103 54 2 0 47 1 Jackson* MS MSA 2384 1665 12 4 703 45 Jackson* TN MSA 549 461 4 0 84 12 Jacksonville FL MSA 6532 5238 42 15 1237 94 Jacksonville* NC MSA 642 558 0 66 18 3 Jamestown* NY MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 252 172 44 6 30 6 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 1157 864 16 19 258 28 Johnstown* PA MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 323 263 4 4 52 3 Joplin* MO MSA 180 146 34 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 878 693 22 20 143 11 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 8990 6764 486 255 1485 60 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 1174 796 58 160 160 19 Knoxville* TN MSA 2492 2018 40 88 346 24 Kokomo* IN MSA 301 171 34 8 88 11 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 314 205 46 7 56 6 Lafayette* LA MSA 864 845 0 3 16 2 Lafayette* IN MSA 867 512 30 8 317 27 Lake Charles* LA MSA 697 525 18 4 150 17 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 2099 1945 42 3 109 13 Lancaster* PA MSA 872 762 26 23 61 8 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 842 716 10 0 116 14 Laredo* TX MSA 1151 1047 4 22 78 8 Las Cruces* NM MSA 586 528 10 13 35 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 22744 14745 54 345 7600 613 Lawrence* KS MSA 468 314 74 45 35 6 Lawton* OK MSA 143 135 8 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 93 93 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 3270 2127 108 19 1016 82 Lima* OH MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1344 805 42 12 485 32 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2561 1478 60 80 943 79 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 138 86 12 0 40 5 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 28818 23050 254 419 5095 322 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 7039 4589 170 192 2088 111 Orange County CA PMSA 7410 5365 32 148 1865 118 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 12447 11239 44 46 1118 92 Ventura CA PMSA 1922 1857 8 33 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5332 4159 36 106 1031 64 Lubbock* TX MSA 625 485 8 12 120 6 Lynchburg* VA MSA 812 720 22 6 64 8 Macon* GA MSA 1161 975 2 0 184 13 Madison* WI MSA 1923 958 92 93 780 39 Mansfield* OH MSA 398 277 34 58 29 2 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 3927 3301 90 289 247 35 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 986 834 44 52 56 7 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 2657 2199 44 16 398 13 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5854 5164 4 12 674 35 Merced* CA MSA 609 576 0 0 33 4 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 15523 10088 102 658 4675 270 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 8777 6209 30 284 2254 163 Miami FL PMSA 6746 3879 72 374 2421 107 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 5287 3115 340 160 1672 137 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 4567 2642 302 136 1487 115 Racine WI PMSA 720 473 38 24 185 22 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 12759 10867 248 352 1292 113 Mobile* AL MSA 3179 2213 44 15 907 31 Modesto* CA MSA 1320 1219 18 4 79 11 Monroe* LA MSA 404 333 12 14 45 6 Montgomery* AL MSA 1389 962 16 19 392 28 Muncie* IN MSA 138 131 4 3 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 3789 1411 22 168 2188 166 Naples* FL MSA 4378 2043 40 569 1726 134 Nashville TN MSA 9547 7159 232 84 2072 108 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 637 627 2 3 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 2636 2205 68 29 334 36 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 31396 21664 2338 1037 6357 295 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1036 814 96 27 99 8 Bridgeport CT PMSA 847 754 44 25 24 3 Danbury CT PMSA 1132 550 2 17 563 27 Dutchess County NY PMSA 630 559 8 13 50 8 Jersey City NJ PMSA 923 444 96 12 371 7 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 4093 3459 10 45 579 50 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 4471 4248 4 0 219 12 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3790 3439 38 4 309 39 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1231 702 10 8 511 25 New York NY PMSA 7838 1963 1806 779 3290 87 Newark NJ PMSA 2690 2278 172 66 174 11 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1101 1019 16 10 56 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 492 334 30 31 97 8 Trenton NJ PMSA 713 713 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 409 388 6 0 15 3 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 5337 4646 48 126 517 57 Ocala* FL MSA 1847 1810 4 28 5 1 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 302 302 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 4376 3056 98 15 1207 60 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 3122 2121 50 4 947 57 Orlando FL MSA 16968 10043 28 65 6832 455 Owensboro* KY MSA 333 269 0 0 64 5 Panama City* FL MSA 1051 713 40 6 292 23 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 268 139 6 0 123 13 Pensacola* FL MSA 2433 1904 14 46 469 50 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 720 637 48 14 21 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 15536 12946 294 146 2150 191 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1327 1057 222 7 41 5 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 11081 9485 70 136 1390 124 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 208 195 0 3 10 2 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 2920 2209 2 0 709 60 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 32613 25275 50 156 7132 489 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 149 74 6 0 69 5 Pittsburgh PA MSA 4148 3287 60 211 590 53 Pittsfield* MA MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 100 75 0 0 25 5 Portland* ME MSA 1169 854 26 20 269 7 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 13647 9031 458 396 3762 287 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 12072 7883 364 354 3471 255 Salem OR PMSA 1575 1148 94 42 291 32 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 1908 1788 76 19 25 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 2356 1645 54 52 605 33 Pueblo* CO MSA 926 794 56 76 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 1075 821 8 6 240 30 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 11973 9473 108 18 2374 188 Rapid City* SD MSA 385 194 0 8 183 4 Reading* PA MSA 611 562 32 6 11 2 Redding* CA MSA 473 408 0 40 25 4 Reno* NV MSA 2797 2158 4 4 631 40 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 517 499 0 7 11 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 4356 4135 2 7 212 12 Roanoke* VA MSA 623 538 12 7 66 7 Rochester* MN MSA 553 459 42 52 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 1530 1172 28 13 317 39 Rockford* IL MSA 1348 995 34 156 163 13 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 429 331 16 3 79 5 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 8598 6926 34 0 1638 132 Sacramento CA PMSA 7671 6306 10 0 1355 110 Yolo CA PMSA 927 620 24 0 283 22 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 300 266 34 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 523 304 2 10 207 15 St. Joseph* MO MSA 150 87 16 9 38 6 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 8214 7169 320 187 538 46 Salinas* CA MSA 637 629 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 7413 5523 136 246 1508 76 San Angelo* TX MSA 412 156 0 120 136 20 San Antonio* TX MSA 6382 5626 24 3 729 54 San Diego CA MSA 8856 6258 76 359 2163 161 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 18484 11481 246 446 6311 325 Oakland CA PMSA 6519 4583 2 145 1789 102 San Francisco CA PMSA 3085 1271 106 120 1588 69 San Jose CA PMSA 5364 2732 94 148 2390 102 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 222 158 4 18 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1761 1357 36 15 353 29 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 1533 1380 4 0 149 19 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1186 1150 12 0 24 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 621 547 4 27 43 4 Santa Fe* NM MSA 372 315 0 0 57 6 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 5514 3535 60 78 1841 57 Savannah* GA MSA 2042 1087 2 4 949 58 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 338 307 2 8 21 4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 19645 12088 586 674 6297 415 Bremerton WA PMSA 781 761 12 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 1259 1046 58 19 136 12 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 13637 7245 344 503 5545 365 Tacoma WA PMSA 3968 3036 172 152 608 37 Sharon* PA MSA 82 76 6 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 95 61 10 0 24 3 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 197 54 16 127 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 550 550 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 136 104 4 0 28 2 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 990 794 26 11 159 6 South Bend* IN MSA 682 646 2 0 34 2 Spokane* WA MSA 1616 1032 58 3 523 33 Springfield* IL MSA 510 444 58 0 8 1 Springfield* MO MSA 1762 1414 44 24 280 18 Springfield* MA MSA 547 499 18 10 20 3 State College* PA MSA 216 169 6 0 41 7 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 52 38 4 0 10 2 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 2065 2006 6 48 5 1 Sumter* SC MSA 293 255 38 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 435 422 8 0 5 1 Tallahassee* FL MSA 970 743 18 0 209 12 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 11533 7724 148 196 3465 203 Terre Haute* IN MSA 182 182 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 95 91 4 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 1576 965 56 24 531 38 Topeka* KS MSA 427 348 32 23 24 4 Tucson* AZ MSA 4040 3890 44 32 74 3 Tulsa* OK MSA 3864 2262 46 15 1541 74 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 441 381 0 0 60 1 Tyler* TX MSA 247 207 0 8 32 3 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 470 146 0 324 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 896 846 16 34 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 667 248 22 4 393 4 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 33030 24925 52 162 7891 475 Baltimore MD PMSA 8008 5518 12 121 2357 242 Hagerstown MD PMSA 436 414 10 12 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 24586 18993 30 29 5534 233 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 223 81 0 28 114 8 Wausau* WI MSA 301 266 22 0 13 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 6181 4331 22 78 1750 68 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 25 19 2 4 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 2129 1661 60 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 90 90 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 2462 1977 40 31 414 42 Yakima* WA MSA 399 225 66 63 45 4 York* PA MSA 981 834 34 28 85 4 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 1029 717 146 142 24 4 Yuba City* CA MSA 221 204 12 0 5 1 Yuma* AZ MSA 549 536 2 3 8 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.