Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 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 192 188 4 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 488 476 4 0 8 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 2378 1394 22 38 924 46 Albuquerque* NM MSA 4283 3913 8 19 343 21 Alexandria* LA MSA 308 283 0 4 21 3 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 1236 1197 10 14 15 2 Altoona* PA MSA 133 58 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 343 339 4 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 1404 974 72 198 160 6 Anniston* AL MSA 193 126 6 0 61 10 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 1712 1067 122 19 504 45 Asheville* NC MSA 1167 930 46 37 154 12 Athens* GA MSA 1089 748 88 15 238 13 Atlanta GA MSA 43148 34394 156 199 8399 431 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 2156 1794 0 4 358 24 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 10447 6485 90 180 3692 204 Bakersfield* CA MSA 2423 2024 40 104 255 2 Bangor* ME MSA 128 122 2 4 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 1050 892 4 33 121 9 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 1560 1065 16 3 476 35 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 619 409 4 28 178 5 Bellingham* WA MSA 886 726 66 3 91 12 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 302 270 8 4 20 3 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 2241 1413 16 4 808 64 Binghamton* NY MSA 50 50 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 4384 3504 0 15 865 52 Bismarck* ND MSA 587 319 6 19 243 9 Bloomington* IN MSA 519 345 26 80 68 8 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 767 626 12 36 93 10 Boise City* ID MSA 4401 3951 58 35 357 27 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 13658 11584 304 335 1435 86 Boston MA-NH PMSA 6118 4837 220 169 892 51 Brockton MA PMSA 608 608 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 365 325 8 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1303 1063 8 60 172 6 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 835 796 6 8 25 5 Manchester NH PMSA 908 707 34 28 139 8 Nashua NH PMSA 692 642 4 8 38 5 New Bedford MA PMSA 336 332 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 918 788 10 22 98 5 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1575 1486 10 40 39 3 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 1520 1287 42 149 42 5 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 1167 587 96 0 484 38 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 1893 1072 24 26 771 51 Burlington* VT MSA 606 432 28 3 143 9 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 895 791 72 12 20 4 Casper* WY MSA 63 61 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 854 534 58 86 176 15 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 426 265 14 64 83 6 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 3322 2386 144 16 776 60 Charleston* WV MSA 376 292 2 0 82 6 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 15020 11919 112 223 2766 245 Charlottesville* VA MSA 1138 835 58 14 231 20 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 1921 1719 48 12 142 9 Cheyenne* WY MSA 350 241 24 4 81 7 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 28156 21576 600 1224 4756 383 Chicago IL PMSA 24655 19124 376 1087 4068 322 Gary IN PMSA 2315 1720 192 82 321 29 Kankakee IL PMSA 387 262 12 55 58 8 Kenosha WI PMSA 799 470 20 0 309 24 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 685 675 0 4 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 9219 7328 122 241 1528 149 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 7548 5826 94 187 1441 135 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1671 1502 28 54 87 14 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 1064 939 4 48 73 11 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 8848 6968 292 278 1310 114 Akron OH PMSA 3065 2049 164 190 662 55 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 5783 4919 128 88 648 59 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 3951 3234 30 4 683 36 Columbia* MO MSA 892 778 88 0 26 3 Columbia* SC MSA 3603 2848 46 3 706 61 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1431 778 4 40 609 39 Columbus OH MSA 8225 5706 140 807 1572 153 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 1196 833 28 47 288 11 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 134 128 0 0 6 1 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 41855 24872 170 639 16174 846 Dallas TX PMSA 30719 17745 96 105 12773 665 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 11136 7127 74 534 3401 181 Danville* VA MSA 336 265 0 3 68 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 577 427 12 18 120 14 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 2551 1552 42 237 720 64 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 3486 3337 16 36 97 9 Decatur* Al MSA 402 283 0 39 80 6 Decatur* IL MSA 206 119 2 3 82 7 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 23294 15410 280 366 7238 558 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 4068 2200 18 43 1807 147 Denver CO PMSA 16984 11121 210 277 5376 406 Greeley CO PMSA 2242 2089 52 46 55 5 Des Moines* IA MSA 2617 2049 14 35 519 25 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 21649 16992 294 493 3870 279 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4256 3322 18 62 854 81 Detroit MI PMSA 15882 12454 220 381 2827 186 Flint MI PMSA 1511 1216 56 50 189 12 Dothan* AL MSA 353 241 4 0 108 6 Dover* DE MSA 613 525 0 0 88 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 215 153 8 8 46 1 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 467 414 6 16 31 6 Eau Claire* WI MSA 640 454 52 72 62 9 El Paso* TX MSA 2611 2353 14 212 32 2 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 1054 683 36 41 294 16 Elmira* NY MSA 28 19 0 9 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 408 267 2 28 111 12 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1562 1045 88 53 376 30 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1415 1029 12 8 366 22 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 1147 557 132 16 442 24 Fayetteville* NC MSA 1462 783 12 15 652 42 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1419 1223 68 30 98 13 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 518 393 8 12 105 6 Florence* AL MSA 154 90 0 0 64 8 Florence* SC MSA 484 394 8 0 82 13 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 2563 2104 12 109 338 27 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 6280 2998 246 390 2646 175 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 2968 1906 114 47 901 58 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 489 389 74 8 18 3 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 2142 1172 4 19 947 34 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 2426 2089 6 12 319 26 Fresno CA MSA 2715 2511 14 32 158 22 Gadsden* AL MSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 1774 788 4 15 967 75 Glens Falls* NY MSA 301 279 0 3 19 3 Goldsboro* NC MSA 340 306 10 19 5 1 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 168 133 0 3 32 2 Grand Junction* CO MSA 1041 874 126 41 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 5779 4442 148 149 1040 82 Great Falls* MT MSA 228 80 2 0 146 16 Green Bay* WI MSA 973 681 50 12 230 27 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 8551 6166 76 75 2234 200 Greenville* NC MSA 1027 582 8 0 437 45 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 5710 4721 246 12 731 48 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 1267 1193 8 12 54 7 Hartford* CT MSA 3287 2654 36 47 550 33 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 78 60 4 3 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 1797 1298 42 11 446 43 Honolulu HI MSA 1240 955 22 16 247 26 Houma* LA MSA 595 571 14 0 10 1 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 36846 20067 104 1181 15494 1007 Brazoria TX PMSA 2037 1525 2 100 410 14 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1654 1430 2 72 150 2 Houston TX PMSA 33155 17112 100 1009 14934 991 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 86 41 0 0 45 4 Huntsville* AL MSA 1010 842 0 0 168 21 Indianapolis IN MSA 11560 9517 130 63 1850 139 Iowa City* IA MSA 387 301 18 38 30 3 Jackson* MI MSA 112 63 2 0 47 1 Jackson* MS MSA 2740 1905 12 4 819 47 Jackson* TN MSA 602 514 4 0 84 12 Jacksonville FL MSA 7261 5878 44 22 1317 99 Jacksonville* NC MSA 687 599 4 66 18 3 Jamestown* NY MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 276 186 46 9 35 7 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 1311 975 20 23 293 33 Johnstown* PA MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 367 303 8 4 52 3 Joplin* MO MSA 195 161 34 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 974 783 22 20 149 12 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 10071 7628 566 379 1498 62 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 1284 890 58 176 160 19 Knoxville* TN MSA 2939 2234 48 99 558 42 Kokomo* IN MSA 331 195 40 8 88 11 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 357 230 52 11 64 7 Lafayette* LA MSA 1104 941 0 3 160 8 Lafayette* IN MSA 928 571 32 8 317 27 Lake Charles* LA MSA 748 576 18 4 150 17 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 2335 2175 44 7 109 13 Lancaster* PA MSA 998 878 26 23 71 9 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 1035 784 10 20 221 15 Laredo* TX MSA 1161 1129 4 10 18 2 Las Cruces* NM MSA 661 590 12 13 46 7 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 25176 16863 58 361 7894 662 Lawrence* KS MSA 510 356 74 45 35 6 Lawton* OK MSA 162 154 8 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 111 111 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 3581 2383 158 19 1021 83 Lima* OH MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1558 907 50 16 585 39 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2770 1687 60 80 943 79 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 150 98 12 0 40 5 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 32124 25422 288 421 5993 373 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 7585 4926 200 191 2268 115 Orange County CA PMSA 8054 5953 36 148 1917 125 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 14149 12459 46 49 1595 121 Ventura CA PMSA 2336 2084 6 33 213 12 Louisville KY-IN MSA 6067 4707 38 117 1205 73 Lubbock* TX MSA 686 540 14 12 120 6 Lynchburg* VA MSA 911 809 28 10 64 8 Macon* GA MSA 1282 1096 2 0 184 13 Madison* WI MSA 2235 1082 110 101 942 49 Mansfield* OH MSA 445 312 40 59 34 3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 4325 3702 106 220 297 40 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 1112 940 48 68 56 7 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 2959 2495 44 16 404 14 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 6489 5815 4 12 658 33 Merced* CA MSA 684 684 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 17253 10929 106 907 5311 296 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 9512 6786 32 299 2395 178 Miami FL PMSA 7741 4143 74 608 2916 118 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 6015 3459 372 170 2014 164 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 5203 2935 330 143 1795 138 Racine WI PMSA 812 524 42 27 219 26 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 14756 12462 308 397 1589 137 Mobile* AL MSA 3530 2510 50 15 955 36 Modesto* CA MSA 1524 1420 18 7 79 11 Monroe* LA MSA 448 374 12 17 45 6 Montgomery* AL MSA 1549 1050 16 19 464 37 Muncie* IN MSA 162 150 6 6 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 4057 1570 24 172 2291 174 Naples* FL MSA 5016 2281 40 609 2086 156 Nashville TN MSA 10983 8066 242 107 2568 140 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 782 711 2 4 65 2 New Orleans* LA MSA 2852 2415 68 29 340 37 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 36401 24553 2616 1088 8144 372 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 1278 912 98 20 248 15 Bridgeport CT PMSA 937 840 48 25 24 3 Danbury CT PMSA 1241 638 2 20 581 30 Dutchess County NY PMSA 699 621 10 13 55 9 Jersey City NJ PMSA 1467 426 90 15 936 15 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 4650 3844 10 45 751 64 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 5018 4779 6 0 233 13 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 4522 3854 60 10 598 64 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1378 837 10 8 523 27 New York NY PMSA 8855 2216 1986 810 3843 101 Newark NJ PMSA 3165 2658 240 78 189 14 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1294 1202 18 13 61 8 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 533 368 32 31 102 9 Trenton NJ PMSA 935 935 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 429 423 6 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 6260 5343 46 138 733 66 Ocala* FL MSA 2082 2042 4 31 5 1 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 334 334 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 4737 3351 100 15 1271 66 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 3958 2442 58 11 1447 75 Orlando FL MSA 19288 11399 34 77 7778 506 Owensboro* KY MSA 395 303 0 0 92 8 Panama City* FL MSA 1126 785 42 7 292 23 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 288 154 6 0 128 14 Pensacola* FL MSA 2656 2093 20 53 490 53 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 826 717 62 14 33 3 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 17375 14580 310 216 2269 206 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1487 1201 238 7 41 5 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 12404 10624 72 203 1505 138 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 250 233 0 6 11 2 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 3234 2522 0 0 712 61 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 36652 28141 58 216 8237 593 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 145 83 4 0 58 4 Pittsburgh PA MSA 5002 3719 68 241 974 73 Pittsfield* MA MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 120 95 0 0 25 5 Portland* ME MSA 1317 985 34 24 274 8 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 15412 10068 512 447 4385 318 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 13487 8778 414 375 3920 264 Salem OR PMSA 1925 1290 98 72 465 54 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 2107 1980 80 22 25 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 2715 1893 74 75 673 39 Pueblo* CO MSA 1061 891 86 84 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 1213 932 10 6 265 32 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 13907 10669 118 24 3096 227 Rapid City* SD MSA 414 222 0 8 184 4 Reading* PA MSA 673 617 28 0 28 4 Redding* CA MSA 547 479 0 43 25 4 Reno* NV MSA 3104 2461 2 15 626 39 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 585 563 0 11 11 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 5139 4635 2 7 495 47 Roanoke* VA MSA 694 597 16 10 71 8 Rochester* MN MSA 640 534 46 60 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 1761 1291 26 17 427 53 Rockford* IL MSA 1476 1117 36 160 163 13 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 450 384 10 0 56 4 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 10195 7799 48 84 2264 176 Sacramento CA PMSA 9038 7102 12 0 1924 147 Yolo CA PMSA 1157 697 36 84 340 29 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 332 296 36 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 589 350 2 13 224 15 St. Joseph* MO MSA 161 94 20 9 38 6 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 9505 8024 358 238 885 57 Salinas* CA MSA 752 744 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 8091 6176 148 265 1502 77 San Angelo* TX MSA 432 176 0 120 136 20 San Antonio* TX MSA 7045 6283 26 7 729 54 San Diego CA MSA 9600 6891 94 381 2234 170 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 21275 13172 338 669 7096 344 Oakland CA PMSA 7535 5243 36 273 1983 102 San Francisco CA PMSA 3843 1461 116 192 2074 81 San Jose CA PMSA 5856 3112 98 151 2495 109 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 324 238 6 38 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1945 1501 76 15 353 29 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 1772 1617 6 0 149 19 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1322 1286 12 0 24 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 734 664 6 31 33 3 Santa Fe* NM MSA 394 364 0 0 30 3 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 5986 3938 60 87 1901 61 Savannah* GA MSA 2197 1237 2 4 954 59 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 395 348 4 11 32 6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 22461 13604 656 778 7423 476 Bremerton WA PMSA 869 845 12 4 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 1399 1174 64 25 136 12 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 15599 8111 378 597 6513 417 Tacoma WA PMSA 4594 3474 202 152 766 46 Sharon* PA MSA 95 89 6 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 100 66 10 0 24 3 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 217 68 22 127 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 609 609 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 172 117 8 0 47 3 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 1110 894 30 11 175 8 South Bend* IN MSA 762 724 4 0 34 2 Spokane* WA MSA 1767 1149 64 6 548 35 Springfield* IL MSA 566 494 64 0 8 1 Springfield* MO MSA 1929 1554 66 24 285 19 Springfield* MA MSA 692 550 22 10 110 4 State College* PA MSA 248 190 6 0 52 9 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 56 42 4 0 10 2 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 2377 2318 6 48 5 1 Sumter* SC MSA 328 286 42 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 568 478 8 0 82 8 Tallahassee* FL MSA 1035 808 18 0 209 12 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 13023 8857 168 210 3788 220 Terre Haute* IN MSA 208 208 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 103 99 4 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 1729 1080 78 32 539 39 Topeka* KS MSA 490 399 32 23 36 5 Tucson* AZ MSA 4504 4350 48 32 74 3 Tulsa* OK MSA 4504 2521 50 15 1918 106 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 472 412 0 0 60 1 Tyler* TX MSA 285 233 0 8 44 4 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 488 164 0 324 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 1036 984 18 34 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 677 274 26 4 373 3 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 38362 28855 60 189 9258 541 Baltimore MD PMSA 8931 6279 12 145 2495 262 Hagerstown MD PMSA 489 467 10 12 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 28942 22109 38 32 6763 279 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 276 87 2 28 159 11 Wausau* WI MSA 353 314 26 0 13 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 6774 4899 24 90 1761 70 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 29 23 2 4 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 2536 1864 66 0 606 36 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 105 105 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 2742 2169 44 31 498 49 Yakima* WA MSA 456 257 70 63 66 5 York* PA MSA 1099 950 36 28 85 4 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 1124 771 166 158 29 5 Yuba City* CA MSA 246 229 12 0 5 1 Yuma* AZ MSA 608 595 2 3 8 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.