Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 1999 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 54 54 0 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 187 173 10 4 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 477 310 10 0 157 8 Albuquerque* NM MSA 1452 1434 0 8 10 2 Alexandria* LA MSA 94 94 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 475 400 2 19 54 2 Altoona* PA MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 136 130 0 0 6 1 Anchorage* AK MSA 346 130 28 14 174 3 Anniston* AL MSA 67 47 0 0 20 3 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 327 254 26 8 39 3 Asheville* NC MSA 335 251 24 32 28 4 Athens* GA MSA 682 225 12 0 445 23 Atlanta GA MSA 14282 12313 86 112 1771 67 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 678 678 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 3735 2093 74 36 1532 87 Bakersfield* CA MSA 688 631 0 11 46 4 Bangor* ME MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 364 332 6 9 17 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 438 410 2 0 26 4 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 139 139 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 329 242 10 15 62 7 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 170 87 4 12 67 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 583 579 4 0 0 0 Binghamton* NY MSA 57 15 0 0 42 1 Birmingham* AL MSA 1605 1048 0 3 554 29 Bismarck* ND MSA 34 32 2 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 143 104 14 8 17 3 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 199 175 0 8 16 2 Boise City* ID MSA 1222 1189 28 0 5 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 3801 3114 118 66 503 24 Boston MA-NH PMSA 1598 1228 78 33 259 12 Brockton MA PMSA 146 143 0 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 92 92 0 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 389 361 12 16 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 386 189 0 0 197 8 Manchester NH PMSA 245 194 6 3 42 3 Nashua NH PMSA 169 159 2 8 0 0 New Bedford MA PMSA 107 105 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 248 232 8 3 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 421 411 10 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 543 420 12 42 69 9 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 383 247 64 0 72 6 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 355 265 0 0 90 9 Burlington* VT MSA 128 99 0 8 21 2 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 221 200 6 4 11 2 Casper* WY MSA 174 23 0 0 151 10 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 285 144 40 16 85 10 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 307 67 2 7 231 16 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 1057 1013 2 3 39 5 Charleston* WV MSA 70 70 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 6817 4527 40 51 2199 147 Charlottesville* VA MSA 333 286 16 3 28 2 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 610 574 2 8 26 3 Cheyenne* WY MSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 8003 6096 144 346 1417 103 Chicago IL PMSA 7194 5425 104 293 1372 97 Gary IN PMSA 549 462 22 25 40 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 90 66 8 16 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 170 143 10 12 5 1 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 221 218 0 3 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 3808 2457 24 75 1252 118 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 2514 1980 16 49 469 51 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1294 477 8 26 783 67 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 367 326 0 11 30 4 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 2209 1849 46 45 269 16 Akron OH PMSA 662 558 26 19 59 6 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 1547 1291 20 26 210 10 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 1194 1164 6 12 12 1 Columbia* MO MSA 245 217 16 0 12 2 Columbia* SC MSA 1464 972 68 4 420 30 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 282 276 6 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 2218 1558 32 186 442 42 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 269 198 2 8 61 3 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 13247 8447 28 46 4726 283 Dallas TX PMSA 10490 5882 12 40 4556 272 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 2757 2565 16 6 170 11 Danville* VA MSA 82 79 0 3 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 159 119 4 0 36 3 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 448 348 4 48 48 3 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1040 1022 8 0 10 2 Decatur* Al MSA 103 85 0 8 10 2 Decatur* IL MSA 31 18 2 0 11 1 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 7454 5489 132 160 1673 130 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 672 556 2 20 94 13 Denver CO PMSA 5989 4177 122 131 1559 115 Greeley CO PMSA 793 756 8 9 20 2 Des Moines* IA MSA 638 636 2 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 5184 4341 36 77 730 62 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 949 894 0 7 48 7 Detroit MI PMSA 3824 3048 32 70 674 54 Flint MI PMSA 411 399 4 0 8 1 Dothan* AL MSA 100 98 2 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 221 150 0 0 71 2 Dubuque* IA MSA 37 35 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 72 44 4 3 21 4 Eau Claire* WI MSA 115 81 22 12 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 963 863 6 88 6 1 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 253 218 16 19 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 18 14 0 4 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 95 79 2 0 14 2 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 623 272 30 18 303 30 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 333 302 10 16 5 1 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 127 43 0 0 84 2 Fayetteville* NC MSA 254 198 4 12 40 4 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 556 439 22 3 92 6 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 116 109 2 0 5 1 Florence* AL MSA 32 24 0 0 8 1 Florence* SC MSA 157 132 4 0 21 3 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 926 632 4 19 271 20 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 2239 1192 98 132 817 49 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 706 688 10 0 8 1 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 112 102 10 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 463 362 6 0 95 3 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 653 597 4 4 48 2 Fresno CA MSA 729 667 26 36 0 0 Gadsden* AL MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 903 303 16 4 580 26 Glens Falls* NY MSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 129 125 4 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 332 312 6 8 6 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 1523 1256 38 48 181 12 Great Falls* MT MSA 47 29 0 3 15 3 Green Bay* WI MSA 256 188 24 0 44 7 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 2225 2034 14 8 169 20 Greenville* NC MSA 298 189 16 0 93 10 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 1914 1676 50 0 188 21 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 482 432 0 12 38 3 Hartford* CT MSA 817 710 6 4 97 9 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 28 17 0 0 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 458 438 10 4 6 1 Honolulu HI MSA 465 367 0 0 98 12 Houma* LA MSA 172 172 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 9943 6265 76 28 3574 162 Brazoria TX PMSA 435 435 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 805 373 0 0 432 14 Houston TX PMSA 8703 5457 76 28 3142 148 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 41 19 0 0 22 2 Huntsville* AL MSA 263 263 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 3177 2946 72 72 87 8 Iowa City* IA MSA 160 112 14 0 34 2 Jackson* MI MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 814 622 0 0 192 17 Jackson* TN MSA 218 198 4 0 16 2 Jacksonville FL MSA 2868 1922 12 0 934 57 Jacksonville* NC MSA 168 158 10 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 168 68 20 3 77 10 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 321 281 2 7 31 4 Johnstown* PA MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 202 61 0 3 138 9 Joplin* MO MSA 61 57 0 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 270 239 4 16 11 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 3741 2706 208 135 692 53 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 376 304 20 52 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 942 704 18 45 175 17 Kokomo* IN MSA 57 49 8 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 63 55 4 4 0 0 Lafayette* LA MSA 265 265 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 204 170 22 3 9 1 Lake Charles* LA MSA 767 190 8 0 569 61 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1210 694 4 8 504 43 Lancaster* PA MSA 346 318 0 4 24 3 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 302 210 4 0 88 9 Laredo* TX MSA 420 353 6 10 51 4 Las Cruces* NM MSA 184 184 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 7888 5653 12 174 2049 226 Lawrence* KS MSA 150 124 22 4 0 0 Lawton* OK MSA 36 27 4 0 5 1 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 931 764 50 32 85 11 Lima* OH MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 461 255 14 7 185 13 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 812 558 4 0 250 23 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 11128 8317 98 218 2495 160 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 2852 1685 64 23 1080 67 Orange County CA PMSA 3094 1670 16 186 1222 77 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 4259 4082 2 0 175 14 Ventura CA PMSA 923 880 16 9 18 2 Louisville KY-IN MSA 1570 1398 0 8 164 16 Lubbock* TX MSA 340 192 8 0 140 14 Lynchburg* VA MSA 298 281 8 3 6 1 Macon* GA MSA 520 446 0 0 74 3 Madison* WI MSA 717 374 46 41 256 10 Mansfield* OH MSA 174 64 0 3 107 10 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 1519 1239 36 106 138 18 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 381 273 6 0 102 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1438 792 6 3 637 53 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 2267 2029 22 16 200 13 Merced* CA MSA 270 258 0 3 9 1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 6793 3660 50 232 2851 127 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 3039 1921 28 66 1024 42 Miami FL PMSA 3754 1739 22 166 1827 85 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 1548 1084 114 38 312 23 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 1350 935 96 28 291 19 Racine WI PMSA 198 149 18 10 21 4 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 4071 3341 74 111 545 26 Missoula* MT MSA 98 58 0 8 32 3 Mobile* AL MSA 1119 890 10 40 179 10 Modesto* CA MSA 414 412 2 0 0 0 Monroe* LA MSA 136 127 0 9 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 531 353 6 4 168 13 Muncie* IN MSA 52 47 2 3 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 1314 448 6 62 798 36 Naples* FL MSA 1866 882 50 238 696 38 Nashville TN MSA 3140 2623 24 32 461 33 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 169 165 0 4 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 947 862 18 20 47 7 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 11724 7192 1260 352 2920 132 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 483 378 42 7 56 8 Bridgeport CT PMSA 311 213 2 0 96 3 Danbury CT PMSA 204 204 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 226 173 0 3 50 3 Jersey City NJ PMSA 422 15 62 15 330 2 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 983 931 2 0 50 4 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 1750 1584 0 0 166 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 1502 1234 18 3 247 25 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 420 364 6 0 50 2 New York NY PMSA 3402 708 992 275 1427 37 Newark NJ PMSA 1092 740 110 27 215 42 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 297 259 16 22 0 0 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 270 85 10 0 175 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 275 217 0 0 58 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 87 87 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 2142 1919 6 27 190 4 Ocala* FL MSA 693 623 2 3 65 1 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 57 57 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 1436 1258 18 16 144 15 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 1358 808 48 4 498 19 Orlando FL MSA 8360 4043 32 81 4204 306 Owensboro* KY MSA 115 104 2 4 5 1 Panama City* FL MSA 246 232 2 0 12 1 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 53 45 4 4 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 869 713 8 36 112 16 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 235 174 12 0 49 5 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5257 4370 178 37 672 76 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 676 486 156 0 34 6 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 3576 3142 22 34 378 48 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 70 62 0 3 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 935 680 0 0 255 21 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 12700 10135 14 114 2437 157 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 39 28 2 0 9 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 1251 1010 14 29 198 14 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 31 27 4 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 236 220 2 8 6 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 4238 3078 156 114 890 55 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 3790 2686 138 96 870 51 Salem OR PMSA 448 392 18 18 20 4 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 646 594 44 3 5 1 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 847 693 22 30 102 6 Pueblo* CO MSA 424 284 36 8 96 6 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 350 316 4 0 30 3 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 4937 3869 10 4 1054 95 Rapid City* SD MSA 69 55 0 0 14 2 Reading* PA MSA 193 172 6 3 12 1 Redding* CA MSA 244 184 0 60 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 1012 649 4 0 359 15 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 174 167 0 0 7 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 2241 1691 4 36 510 47 Roanoke* VA MSA 208 179 8 0 21 3 Rochester* MN MSA 280 132 4 0 144 6 Rochester* NY MSA 503 392 2 0 109 15 Rockford* IL MSA 463 295 22 76 70 8 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 242 126 0 0 116 6 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 2827 2427 2 27 371 42 Sacramento CA PMSA 2495 2187 0 3 305 33 Yolo CA PMSA 332 240 2 24 66 9 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 72 66 6 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 130 88 0 0 42 4 St. Joseph* MO MSA 33 22 6 0 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 2947 2416 126 46 359 21 Salinas* CA MSA 446 415 24 7 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 2295 1819 48 64 364 30 San Angelo* TX MSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 3027 2119 14 22 872 39 San Diego CA MSA 3815 1945 4 149 1717 93 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 5173 3273 72 158 1670 83 Oakland CA PMSA 1668 1194 6 3 465 23 San Francisco CA PMSA 1257 419 28 62 748 22 San Jose CA PMSA 1133 735 4 64 330 31 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 73 52 2 6 13 2 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 610 446 32 23 109 4 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 432 427 0 0 5 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 438 394 2 12 30 2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 175 143 2 0 30 3 Santa Fe* NM MSA 113 82 0 0 31 5 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 1636 1340 20 27 249 20 Savannah* GA MSA 493 435 2 0 56 7 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 95 95 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 6105 3898 154 92 1961 114 Bremerton WA PMSA 205 189 0 4 12 1 Olympia WA PMSA 635 327 24 0 284 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 4005 2284 88 56 1577 104 Tacoma WA PMSA 1260 1098 42 32 88 7 Sharon* PA MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 32 17 2 0 13 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 33 25 8 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 237 237 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 275 226 8 4 37 3 South Bend* IN MSA 312 219 2 0 91 1 Spokane* WA MSA 594 367 4 4 219 14 Springfield* IL MSA 136 120 16 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 503 469 26 8 0 0 Springfield* MA MSA 138 131 4 3 0 0 State College* PA MSA 79 63 2 0 14 2 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 10 8 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 777 775 2 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 76 70 6 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 130 121 4 0 5 1 Tallahassee* FL MSA 375 338 0 3 34 4 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 5042 2978 74 78 1912 101 Terre Haute* IN MSA 46 46 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 32 32 0 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 573 352 4 16 201 13 Topeka* KS MSA 266 122 8 0 136 11 Tucson* AZ MSA 1418 1377 16 12 13 1 Tulsa* OK MSA 1663 962 10 0 691 45 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 252 197 0 0 55 3 Tyler* TX MSA 112 80 0 0 32 3 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 60 60 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 390 370 10 10 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 133 76 6 0 51 3 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 12076 9006 18 42 3010 131 Baltimore MD PMSA 2777 2249 12 27 489 37 Hagerstown MD PMSA 119 119 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 9180 6638 6 15 2521 94 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Wausau* WI MSA 84 70 6 0 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 2245 1536 8 43 658 40 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 548 522 26 0 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 60 60 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 996 771 6 0 219 28 Yakima* WA MSA 111 56 26 0 29 4 York* PA MSA 355 310 18 12 15 2 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 185 169 12 4 0 0 Yuba City* CA MSA 50 50 0 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 202 193 0 9 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.