Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area Annual 1997 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 218 215 0 3 0 0 Albany GA MSA 906 783 14 8 101 5 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA 2311 1802 68 16 425 30 Albuquerque NM MSA 6097 4430 10 69 1588 51 Alexandria LA MSA 331 315 0 16 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA 2365 2067 32 28 238 15 Altoona PA MSA 190 179 8 3 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA 854 438 0 0 416 27 Anchorage AK MSA 1401 1041 106 92 162 18 Anniston AL MSA 232 155 4 3 70 12 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA 2795 1478 230 41 1046 84 Asheville NC MSA 1482 1102 84 105 191 14 Athens GA MSA 1042 765 72 0 205 24 Atlanta GA MSA 49774 38482 186 139 10967 469 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA 2113 2001 4 75 33 6 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA 13617 8456 208 233 4720 271 Bakersfield CA MSA 2659 2397 12 71 179 29 Bangor ME MSA 136 136 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA 1361 1304 8 18 31 2 Baton Rouge LA MSA 3010 2757 30 60 163 14 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA 615 603 4 0 8 1 Bellingham WA MSA 1520 907 70 85 458 33 Benton Harbor MI MSA 547 461 6 0 80 7 Billings MT MSA 487 352 30 10 95 5 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA 1867 1644 36 71 116 4 Binghamton NY MSA 198 164 4 0 30 2 Birmingham AL MSA 5058 4333 10 19 696 65 Bismarck ND MSA 781 322 14 16 429 16 Bloomington IN MSA 514 449 54 11 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA 1038 769 24 35 210 13 Boise City ID MSA 5174 4538 44 92 500 32 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 16378 14192 382 261 1543 90 Boston MA-NH PMSA 7504 6128 280 141 955 55 Brockton MA PMSA 752 733 8 3 8 1 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 369 365 4 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1440 1396 8 36 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 972 948 6 8 10 2 Manchester NH PMSA 1181 765 24 31 361 22 Nashua NH PMSA 753 715 6 8 24 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 469 453 16 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 1060 945 18 22 75 8 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1878 1744 12 12 110 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA 1957 1602 58 40 257 21 Bryan-College Station TX MSA 1095 757 78 0 260 26 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA 2741 1661 32 32 1016 64 Burlington VT MSA 527 440 24 9 54 9 Canton-Massillon OH MSA 1351 1039 108 58 146 11 Casper WY MSA 55 53 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA 1059 700 40 62 257 25 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA 1397 497 44 28 828 50 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA 3350 2969 6 6 369 16 Charleston WV MSA 598 352 10 31 205 16 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 18214 13080 120 154 4860 434 Charlottesville VA MSA 1334 1007 60 18 249 15 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA 2942 2265 106 32 539 40 Cheyenne WY MSA 475 254 6 17 198 16 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 35378 25382 902 1852 7242 548 Chicago IL PMSA 31248 22398 668 1568 6614 495 Gary IN PMSA 2847 2184 162 181 320 25 Kankakee IL PMSA 507 290 32 84 101 13 Kenosha WI PMSA 776 510 40 19 207 15 Chico-Paradise CA MSA 648 626 8 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 12023 8639 298 552 2534 262 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 9569 6867 246 370 2086 201 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2454 1772 52 182 448 61 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN-KY MSA 1819 1447 24 139 209 31 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 10563 8080 348 386 1749 155 Akron OH PMSA 3707 2347 110 213 1037 88 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 6856 5733 238 173 712 67 Colorado Springs CO MSA 4795 3797 26 0 972 54 Columbia MO MSA 1556 856 550 13 137 16 Columbia SC MSA 4677 3393 20 4 1260 89 Columbus GA-AL MSA 1703 1055 10 32 606 45 Columbus OH MSA 10184 6483 256 1168 2277 199 Corpus Christi TX MSA 1862 1101 22 53 686 35 Cumberland MD-WV MSA 272 250 2 9 11 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 44289 26561 152 295 17281 820 Dallas TX PMSA 33479 19434 94 291 13660 680 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 10810 7127 58 4 3621 140 Danville VA MSA 322 308 0 8 6 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA 1484 774 22 29 659 45 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA 3580 1970 98 299 1213 109 Daytona Beach FL MSA 3551 3351 32 57 111 6 Decatur Al MSA 397 337 2 28 30 5 Decatur IL MSA 378 199 22 25 132 11 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 24774 17552 336 238 6648 456 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 3259 2373 28 32 826 80 Denver CO PMSA 19398 13406 242 171 5579 359 Greeley CO PMSA 2117 1773 66 35 243 17 Des Moines IA MSA 2359 2027 56 19 257 12 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 24883 20536 448 763 3136 250 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 4765 3933 62 137 633 55 Detroit MI PMSA 18164 15166 304 575 2119 166 Flint MI PMSA 1954 1437 82 51 384 29 Dothan AL MSA 446 365 6 6 69 9 Dover DE MSA 632 626 6 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA 303 219 6 3 75 4 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 664 558 10 14 82 8 Eau Claire WI MSA 1078 680 128 170 100 13 El Paso TX MSA 2713 2316 42 36 319 13 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA 1086 875 18 28 165 6 Elmira NY MSA 114 83 0 12 19 1 Enid OK MSA 91 84 4 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA 799 616 32 58 93 15 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA 2595 1296 342 164 793 55 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA 1326 1228 24 11 63 9 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 1310 484 76 23 727 29 Fayetteville NC MSA 1508 1006 12 19 471 34 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA 2698 1907 168 75 548 41 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA 820 691 16 7 106 12 Florence AL MSA 342 251 6 45 40 4 Florence SC MSA 722 581 22 6 113 18 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA 2777 2293 6 173 305 38 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA 5893 3534 210 472 1677 125 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA 3076 2285 162 17 612 49 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA 803 614 84 11 94 9 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA 2071 1496 6 10 559 39 Fort Wayne IN MSA 2978 2268 54 43 613 44 Fresno CA MSA 3281 2968 38 87 188 22 Gadsden AL MSA 229 173 0 3 53 5 Gainesville FL MSA 1665 1059 32 56 518 54 Glens Falls NY MSA 412 366 0 4 42 5 Goldsboro NC MSA 459 429 16 4 10 2 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 562 415 12 0 135 4 Grand Junction CO MSA 1114 965 50 15 84 2 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 7151 5244 232 282 1393 80 Great Falls MT MSA 165 110 0 3 52 8 Green Bay WI MSA 1503 933 176 20 374 32 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 9705 7410 132 66 2097 145 Greenville NC MSA 1413 851 16 0 546 50 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA 6877 5433 364 41 1039 72 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA 3360 2463 22 87 788 90 Hartford CT MSA 3455 2911 42 3 499 33 Hattiesburg MS MSA 145 103 0 4 38 3 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA 1871 1563 106 35 167 21 Honolulu HI MSA 2035 1141 38 23 833 20 Houma LA MSA 840 746 8 6 80 4 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 32333 20826 78 164 11265 660 Brazoria TX PMSA 1780 1778 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1450 1112 2 4 332 18 Houston TX PMSA 29103 17936 74 160 10933 642 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY- OH MSA 262 205 8 6 43 7 Huntsville AL MSA 1615 1176 4 11 424 26 Indianapolis IN MSA 13268 10669 308 103 2188 158 Iowa City IA MSA 748 432 32 92 192 15 Jackson MI MSA 695 575 0 16 104 3 Jackson MS MSA 2723 2344 4 46 329 21 Jackson TN MSA 727 699 24 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 8560 6965 62 15 1518 98 Jacksonville NC MSA 826 666 40 64 56 8 Jamestown NY MSA 217 190 14 13 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA 791 514 80 23 174 20 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA 1877 1559 28 48 242 34 Johnstown PA MSA 404 379 14 6 5 1 Jonesboro AR MSA 697 379 18 28 272 16 Joplin MO MSA 511 443 46 22 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA 2221 1632 60 81 448 36 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 13507 9391 858 347 2911 166 Killeen-Temple TX MSA 1831 1172 108 239 312 26 Knoxville TN MSA 4419 3274 84 49 1012 62 Kokomo IN MSA 521 353 88 0 80 8 La Crosse WI-MN MSA 793 490 144 22 137 9 Lafayette LA MSA 1750 1555 2 0 193 6 Lafayette IN MSA 1522 779 204 32 507 45 Lake Charles LA MSA 994 676 56 7 255 10 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA 3362 2645 32 0 685 33 Lancaster PA MSA 2027 1679 34 71 243 16 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA 1985 1431 44 12 498 34 Laredo TX MSA 1452 1198 14 44 196 16 Las Cruces NM MSA 740 673 12 14 41 3 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 30876 20555 106 960 9255 843 Lawrence KS MSA 663 500 74 34 55 7 Lawton OK MSA 124 111 8 0 5 1 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA 146 142 4 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA 3854 2880 338 123 513 43 Lima OH MSA 677 351 40 4 282 24 Lincoln NE MSA 2236 1095 80 46 1015 67 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA 3457 1921 62 42 1432 118 Longview-Marshall TX MSA 483 263 12 0 208 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 39614 30527 432 778 7877 511 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 9829 6353 290 208 2978 188 Orange County CA PMSA 12261 8206 86 312 3657 223 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 15195 13871 10 97 1217 97 Ventura CA PMSA 2329 2097 46 161 25 3 Louisville KY-IN MSA 5778 4882 74 45 777 86 Lubbock TX MSA 1281 662 92 232 295 21 Lynchburg VA MSA 1155 1047 58 34 16 3 Macon GA MSA 2085 1542 4 54 485 51 Madison WI MSA 2995 1490 230 296 979 52 Mansfield OH MSA 789 539 104 68 78 9 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA 5253 4132 152 498 471 68 Medford-Ashland OR MSA 1171 983 48 53 87 2 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA 3364 2984 34 48 298 18 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 8029 6435 48 10 1536 139 Merced CA MSA 1081 897 0 4 180 15 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 22723 12644 166 277 9636 508 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 12981 7494 20 115 5352 324 Miami FL PMSA 9742 5150 146 162 4284 184 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 7393 4021 568 215 2589 192 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 6429 3351 482 185 2411 165 Racine WI PMSA 964 670 86 30 178 27 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 16664 13640 340 626 2058 155 Mobile AL MSA 4658 3403 92 37 1126 64 Modesto CA MSA 1442 1370 6 0 66 9 Monroe LA MSA 552 458 6 20 68 4 Montgomery AL MSA 1206 1132 6 60 8 1 Muncie IN MSA 289 267 6 16 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA 4520 2122 28 183 2187 147 Naples FL MSA 6164 2811 32 485 2836 204 Nashville TN MSA 12393 9297 240 58 2798 143 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA 884 817 6 4 57 2 New Orleans LA MSA 4134 3597 112 28 397 24 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 44529 30360 2794 1367 10008 343 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 2165 1307 138 30 690 20 Bridgeport CT PMSA 1070 935 34 62 39 4 Danbury CT PMSA 885 758 2 25 100 18 Dutchess County NY PMSA 823 736 6 12 69 10 Jersey City NJ PMSA 702 136 110 12 444 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 5964 5142 14 70 738 45 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 6667 6438 12 4 213 6 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 5329 4311 48 42 928 55 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1331 986 14 19 312 16 New York NY PMSA 11619 2966 2062 833 5758 130 Newark NJ PMSA 4146 3208 272 152 514 24 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1548 1384 44 62 58 8 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 619 469 32 44 74 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 1063 1040 2 0 21 2 Waterbury CT PMSA 598 544 4 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 7581 6256 74 149 1102 83 Ocala FL MSA 3198 2395 6 46 751 77 Odessa-Midland TX MSA 394 390 4 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA 5768 3967 82 8 1711 112 Omaha NE-IA MSA 5476 3147 92 46 2191 88 Orlando FL MSA 21391 13696 132 132 7431 452 Owensboro KY MSA 487 365 28 46 48 6 Panama City FL MSA 1562 932 54 8 568 46 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA 430 204 26 16 184 26 Pensacola FL MSA 3695 3126 74 19 476 32 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA 1249 949 84 10 206 21 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 22024 17784 512 155 3573 198 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1915 1485 348 4 78 10 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 16693 13319 154 115 3105 157 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 450 362 6 36 46 7 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 2966 2618 4 0 344 24 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 43224 32210 150 244 10620 877 Pine Bluff AR MSA 216 100 20 0 96 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 6064 4432 132 194 1306 102 Pittsfield MA MSA 223 97 6 0 120 1 Pocatello ID MSA 373 263 16 80 14 2 Portland ME MSA 1140 1030 36 31 43 8 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 22275 13054 802 758 7661 558 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 19704 11317 676 611 7100 490 Salem OR PMSA 2571 1737 126 147 561 68 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA 2910 2557 94 41 218 8 Provo-Orem UT MSA 3258 2386 182 58 632 45 Pueblo CO MSA 1139 991 68 80 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA 1155 1096 12 7 40 4 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 16827 12107 130 52 4538 279 Rapid City SD MSA 382 301 0 8 73 2 Reading PA MSA 1707 1534 32 12 129 4 Redding CA MSA 664 609 14 41 0 0 Reno NV MSA 3611 2800 14 43 754 54 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA 923 768 2 11 142 10 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 7454 5588 18 143 1705 102 Roanoke VA MSA 1219 786 24 9 400 40 Rochester MN MSA 878 626 104 148 0 0 Rochester NY MSA 2994 2192 32 91 679 39 Rockford IL MSA 2077 1468 50 217 342 33 Rocky Mount NC MSA 722 454 54 12 202 12 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 9804 8564 22 14 1204 116 Sacramento CA PMSA 9081 7847 16 14 1204 116 Yolo CA PMSA 723 717 6 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA 1357 995 86 58 218 14 St. Cloud MN MSA 1174 778 4 45 347 23 St. Joseph MO MSA 258 150 46 16 46 7 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 11084 9346 384 259 1095 65 Salinas CA MSA 1685 1334 16 36 299 35 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 10564 7854 234 311 2165 154 San Angelo TX MSA 328 192 12 24 100 5 San Antonio TX MSA 9007 6747 60 67 2133 155 San Diego CA MSA 11139 8236 148 370 2385 163 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 26528 17118 332 610 8468 396 Oakland CA PMSA 9723 7190 72 291 2170 111 San Francisco CA PMSA 3914 1568 118 117 2111 77 San Jose CA PMSA 8310 4257 84 103 3866 173 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 733 517 32 52 132 16 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1961 1785 26 20 130 8 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 1887 1801 0 27 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA 1286 1212 8 4 62 12 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA 881 544 24 34 279 21 Santa Fe NM MSA 560 371 0 0 189 27 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA 6279 4457 74 73 1675 88 Savannah GA MSA 1686 1575 60 18 33 5 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA 1497 1289 28 53 127 15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 25347 16426 1170 781 6970 572 Bremerton WA PMSA 1014 975 36 3 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 1390 1298 58 22 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 18017 10222 758 668 6369 531 Tacoma WA PMSA 4926 3931 318 88 589 39 Sharon PA MSA 315 309 2 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA 565 377 64 8 116 8 Sherman-Denison TX MSA 606 134 20 0 452 28 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA 851 847 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA 614 237 16 4 357 16 Sioux Falls SD MSA 1356 1138 26 42 150 7 South Bend IN MSA 1169 964 8 0 197 7 Spokane WA MSA 1878 1335 52 3 488 39 Springfield IL MSA 933 812 104 4 13 2 Springfield MO MSA 2459 1942 138 64 315 21 Springfield MA MSA 1042 874 48 79 41 6 State College PA MSA 679 527 4 4 144 6 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA 109 95 6 8 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA 2538 2229 6 28 275 13 Sumter SC MSA 353 319 34 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA 1127 1038 16 13 60 3 Tallahassee FL MSA 1743 930 64 8 741 46 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 16986 10745 196 332 5713 293 Terre Haute IN MSA 442 386 30 0 26 3 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA 178 170 4 4 0 0 Toledo OH MSA 1963 1475 90 96 302 32 Topeka KS MSA 671 488 136 6 41 3 Tucson AZ MSA 6802 5577 56 65 1104 96 Tulsa OK MSA 3241 2890 62 28 261 21 Tuscaloosa AL MSA 915 549 0 0 366 28 Tyler TX MSA 553 414 16 0 123 3 Utica-Rome NY MSA 367 324 2 3 38 3 Victoria TX MSA 349 189 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA 1343 1198 44 61 40 5 Waco TX MSA 616 351 82 6 177 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 42082 32824 124 206 8928 583 Baltimore MD PMSA 10638 8581 12 24 2021 168 Hagerstown MD PMSA 601 589 12 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 30843 23654 100 182 6907 415 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA 226 150 6 0 70 6 Wausau WI MSA 741 646 52 3 40 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 8984 6190 106 419 2269 128 Wheeling WV-OH MSA 175 63 0 44 68 13 Wichita KS MSA 3552 2828 160 51 513 33 Wichita Falls TX MSA 210 202 0 8 0 0 Williamsport PA MSA 366 251 2 19 94 7 Wilmington NC MSA 5545 3887 42 48 1568 108 Yakima WA MSA 664 406 76 31 151 11 York PA MSA 1920 1619 98 83 120 16 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA 1595 1118 230 161 86 14 Yuba City CA MSA 375 345 2 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA 1057 959 0 6 92 10 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.