Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area November 2007 Num of Struc- tures With 3 & 4 5 Units 5 Units Monthly Coverage Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or more or more Percent Abilene, TX 22 22 0 0 0 0 91 Akron, OH 70 59 0 0 11 1 69 Albany, GA 21 19 2 0 0 0 84 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 83 64 0 3 16 2 59 Albuquerque, NM 276 148 0 128 0 0 100 Alexandria, LA 29 29 0 0 0 0 97 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 205 184 2 3 16 3 100 Altoona, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 Amarillo, TX 45 25 0 0 20 1 79 Ames, IA 13 13 0 0 0 0 92 Anchorage, AK 112 17 12 0 83 2 100 Anderson, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 73 Anderson, SC 52 52 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 27 22 0 0 5 1 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 10 10 0 0 0 0 78 Appleton, WI 28 25 0 3 0 0 79 Asheville, NC 185 170 2 0 13 2 88 Athens-Clarke County, GA 42 29 0 0 13 2 73 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2177 1559 4 12 602 20 100 Atlantic City, NJ 64 64 0 0 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 268 193 0 3 72 4 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 139 139 0 0 0 0 80 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1375 591 22 11 751 25 100 Bakersfield, CA 208 166 12 30 0 0 90 Baltimore-Towson, MD 321 266 0 11 44 3 100 Bangor, ME 8 8 0 0 0 0 49 Barnstable Town, MA 42 37 0 0 5 1 88 Baton Rouge, LA 206 174 32 0 0 0 94 Battle Creek, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 Bay City, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 23 23 0 0 0 0 76 Bellingham, WA 45 31 2 0 12 2 69 Bend, OR 116 83 0 3 30 5 100 Billings, MT 29 29 0 0 0 0 90 Binghamton, NY 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 391 272 0 0 119 6 100 Bismarck, ND 84 76 0 8 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 272 23 0 0 249 9 86 Bloomington-Normal, IL 36 23 0 0 13 2 84 Boise City-Nampa, ID 304 205 4 95 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 615 395 32 30 158 13 100 Boulder, CO 33 28 0 0 5 1 78 Bowling Green, KY 40 34 6 0 0 0 99 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 50 50 0 0 0 0 84 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 198 90 24 0 84 1 90 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 97 85 12 0 0 0 86 Brunswick, GA 30 30 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 58 56 2 0 0 0 78 Burlington, NC 86 86 0 0 0 0 92 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 45 35 4 6 0 0 82 Canton-Massillon, OH 38 33 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 108 96 4 0 8 1 100 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 19 19 0 0 0 0 86 Cedar Rapids, IA 79 52 12 15 0 0 86 Champaign-Urbana, IL 72 30 0 4 38 3 66 Charleston, WV 11 11 0 0 0 0 43 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 358 318 0 4 36 4 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1573 842 6 14 711 29 100 Charlottesville, VA 53 53 0 0 0 0 66 Chattanooga, TN-GA 116 85 4 0 27 4 82 Cheyenne, WY 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 2047 1074 34 124 815 45 100 Chico, CA 52 52 0 0 0 0 89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 416 282 4 19 111 11 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 212 171 2 39 0 0 54 Cleveland, TN 24 20 4 0 0 0 81 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 365 205 0 6 154 14 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 58 41 2 0 15 1 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 56 49 0 0 7 1 98 Colorado Springs, CO 173 157 4 0 12 1 100 Columbia, MO 76 76 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 544 307 8 7 222 12 100 Columbus, GA-AL 73 45 0 4 24 2 88 Columbus, IN 20 20 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 489 237 8 60 184 27 100 Corpus Christi, TX 150 70 2 12 66 3 89 Corvallis, OR 5 5 0 0 0 0 69 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 20 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3243 1534 14 8 1687 38 100 Dalton, GA 32 21 2 3 6 1 88 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Danville, VA 8 8 0 0 0 0 81 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 77 33 0 0 44 5 18 Dayton, OH 88 82 0 0 6 1 83 Decatur, AL 26 14 0 0 12 1 77 Decatur, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 67 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 100 81 0 0 19 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 460 364 36 4 56 5 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 212 187 4 8 13 2 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 306 201 0 6 99 3 100 Dothan, AL 12 12 0 0 0 0 87 Dover, DE 70 66 0 4 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 24 12 0 0 12 1 84 Duluth, MN-WI 62 30 0 0 32 3 69 Durham, NC 233 137 2 0 94 6 100 Eau Claire, WI 39 35 4 0 0 0 92 El Centro, CA 37 31 2 4 0 0 85 El Paso, TX 393 391 2 0 0 0 90 Elizabethtown, KY 22 22 0 0 0 0 59 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 30 30 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Erie, PA 54 36 0 6 12 1 57 Eugene-Springfield, OR 66 42 8 16 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 50 40 0 0 10 2 88 Fairbanks, AK 10 8 2 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 216 49 2 30 135 4 79 Farmington, NM 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 104 104 0 0 0 0 96 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 186 99 36 3 48 4 91 Flagstaff, AZ 22 22 0 0 0 0 93 Flint, MI 13 13 0 0 0 0 61 Florence, SC 32 32 0 0 0 0 97 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 20 14 6 0 0 0 94 Fond du Lac, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 56 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 120 69 2 0 49 4 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 40 40 0 0 0 0 90 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 34 34 0 0 0 0 55 Fort Wayne, IN 88 71 0 0 17 3 100 Fresno, CA 256 181 0 3 72 9 76 Gadsden, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 78 34 0 0 44 2 99 Gainesville, GA 51 51 0 0 0 0 82 Glens Falls, NY 48 37 0 6 5 1 84 Goldsboro, NC 18 18 0 0 0 0 83 Grand Forks, ND-MN 8 8 0 0 0 0 988 Grand Junction, CO 88 84 4 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 139 120 6 0 13 2 100 Great Falls, MT 13 13 0 0 0 0 62 Greeley, CO 84 71 0 3 10 1 100 Green Bay, WI 70 59 0 0 11 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 477 283 0 0 194 5 100 Greenville, NC 289 85 30 0 174 21 99 Greenville, SC 286 236 0 0 50 2 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 446 133 2 12 299 19 96 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 291 135 0 0 156 11 91 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 20 12 0 3 5 1 82 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 91 91 0 0 0 0 67 Harrisonburg, VA 112 76 0 0 36 3 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 160 117 2 4 37 4 84 Hattiesburg, MS 284 4 0 0 280 10 80 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 113 113 0 0 0 0 97 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 77 53 0 0 24 2 79 Honolulu, HI 111 52 0 0 59 1 100 Hot Springs, AR 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 46 46 0 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4350 2411 42 18 1879 129 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 15 10 0 0 5 1 0 Huntsville, AL 518 186 0 0 332 17 98 Idaho Falls, ID 86 82 0 4 0 0 99 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 580 438 54 40 48 3 100 Iowa City, IA 80 56 0 0 24 2 94 Ithaca, NY 13 3 0 0 10 2 65 Jackson, MI 10 6 4 0 0 0 59 Jackson, MS 185 163 0 8 14 2 93 Jackson, TN 28 28 0 0 0 0 94 Jacksonville, FL 630 295 4 8 323 15 100 Jacksonville, NC 90 83 2 0 5 1 90 Janesville, WI 26 16 2 0 8 1 83 Jefferson City, MO 14 14 0 0 0 0 68 Johnson City, TN 74 37 2 8 27 4 100 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 Jonesboro, AR 51 51 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 6 6 0 0 0 0 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 30 30 0 0 0 0 69 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 11 11 0 0 0 0 23 Kansas City, MO-KS 530 357 2 47 124 2 100 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 58 56 2 0 0 0 90 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 176 114 62 0 0 0 83 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 47 32 0 0 15 2 70 Kingston, NY 12 12 0 0 0 0 50 Knoxville, TN 186 186 0 0 0 0 83 Kokomo, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 57 La Crosse, WI-MN 39 22 2 3 12 1 0 Lafayette, IN 51 51 0 0 0 0 89 Lafayette, LA 93 69 0 0 24 1 87 Lake Charles, LA 18 13 0 0 5 1 67 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 45 39 0 0 6 1 99 Lakeland, FL 251 251 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 86 42 0 8 36 3 58 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 34 24 0 0 10 2 78 Laredo, TX 98 75 0 6 17 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 73 71 2 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1508 660 2 15 831 2 100 Lawrence, KS 18 18 0 0 0 0 94 Lawton, OK 14 14 0 0 0 0 80 Lebanon, PA 32 32 0 0 0 0 91 Lewiston, ID-WA 3 3 0 0 0 0 72 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 10 8 2 0 0 0 74 Lexington-Fayette, KY 132 130 2 0 0 0 97 Lima, OH 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 Lincoln, NE 103 27 16 0 60 2 88 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 309 147 2 0 160 10 90 Logan, UT-ID 36 28 0 3 5 1 6 Longview, TX 28 12 0 0 16 1 78 Longview, WA 19 14 0 0 5 1 77 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1428 405 56 26 941 50 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 243 239 4 0 0 0 100 Lubbock, TX 53 53 0 0 0 0 92 Lynchburg, VA 180 180 0 0 0 0 81 Macon, GA 33 33 0 0 0 0 50 Madera, CA 24 24 0 0 0 0 78 Madison, WI 191 130 4 22 35 3 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 57 35 4 0 18 2 89 Mansfield, OH 14 12 2 0 0 0 87 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 373 305 6 35 27 2 100 Medford, OR 64 43 6 3 12 2 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 880 261 0 0 619 7 100 Merced, CA 44 44 0 0 0 0 85 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 740 364 30 10 336 16 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 10 10 0 0 0 0 69 Midland, TX 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 178 142 8 16 12 2 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 662 449 6 13 194 5 100 Missoula, MT 36 15 4 0 17 1 100 Mobile, AL 84 84 0 0 0 0 98 Modesto, CA 27 27 0 0 0 0 92 Monroe, LA 27 18 2 0 7 1 68 Monroe, MI 12 12 0 0 0 0 56 Montgomery, AL 111 31 0 0 80 10 96 Morgantown, WV 35 3 0 0 32 1 23 Morristown, TN 27 27 0 0 0 0 87 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 37 37 0 0 0 0 80 Muncie, IN 6 6 0 0 0 0 78 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 54 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 423 227 0 4 192 10 100 Napa, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 86 Naples-Marco Island, FL 229 107 0 48 74 6 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1180 486 32 12 650 19 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 80 61 2 0 17 1 87 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 428 285 34 0 109 7 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 4450 867 264 374 2945 88 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 14 14 0 0 0 0 38 Norwich-New London, CT 55 55 0 0 0 0 87 Ocala, FL 129 127 2 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 47 38 6 3 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 138 117 2 12 7 1 86 Oklahoma City, OK 507 353 10 24 120 10 100 Olympia, WA 62 62 0 0 0 0 93 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 264 176 2 15 71 4 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1140 471 12 8 649 29 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 34 16 2 0 16 2 87 Owensboro, KY 43 19 0 24 0 0 96 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 120 30 2 13 75 10 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 160 117 0 0 43 2 100 Palm Coast, FL 27 27 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 90 35 4 4 47 2 98 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 439 44 0 3 392 40 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 84 80 4 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 54 50 4 0 0 0 50 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 707 599 10 3 95 10 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2588 950 22 72 1544 68 100 Pine Bluff, AR 8 8 0 0 0 0 88 Pittsburgh, PA 278 251 4 18 5 1 100 Pittsfield, MA 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 Pocatello, ID 20 20 0 0 0 0 93 Port St. Lucie, FL 169 135 2 7 25 3 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 157 108 6 6 37 3 88 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 604 363 8 13 220 21 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 66 50 0 0 16 2 59 Prescott, AZ 75 75 0 0 0 0 87 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 203 140 18 11 34 2 83 Provo-Orem, UT 187 146 2 8 31 3 98 Pueblo, CO 21 21 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 76 28 0 34 14 2 100 Racine, WI 15 13 2 0 0 0 59 Raleigh-Cary, NC 980 724 0 4 252 11 100 Rapid City, SD 60 54 0 6 0 0 97 Reading, PA 36 27 4 0 5 1 63 Redding, CA 28 28 0 0 0 0 83 Reno-Sparks, NV 102 99 0 3 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 355 298 0 0 57 3 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 631 562 10 9 50 4 100 Roanoke, VA 58 58 0 0 0 0 96 Rochester, MN 45 28 2 0 15 2 89 Rochester, NY 85 68 4 8 5 1 62 Rockford, IL 80 51 0 0 29 5 97 Rocky Mount, NC 40 40 0 0 0 0 94 Rome, GA 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 426 387 2 0 37 4 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 11 11 0 0 0 0 49 Salem, OR 84 73 2 0 9 1 74 Salinas, CA 40 40 0 0 0 0 74 Salisbury, MD 14 14 0 0 0 0 80 Salt Lake City, UT 270 164 6 17 83 5 100 San Angelo, TX 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 935 540 2 0 393 22 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 412 155 18 0 239 7 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 529 218 14 6 291 13 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 286 87 2 0 197 13 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 83 28 0 0 55 11 68 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 24 24 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 22 16 0 0 6 1 51 Santa Fe, NM 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 54 43 8 3 0 0 89 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 141 129 12 0 0 0 100 Savannah, GA 113 104 4 0 5 1 81 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 27 27 0 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1595 632 78 89 796 34 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 78 78 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 11 5 2 4 0 0 59 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 104 104 0 0 0 0 94 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 14 11 0 3 0 0 98 Sioux Falls, SD 143 65 12 24 42 3 82 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 62 44 0 12 6 1 99 Spartanburg, SC 78 78 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 80 59 0 0 21 2 75 Springfield, IL 18 10 8 0 0 0 54 Springfield, MA 52 35 4 3 10 1 62 Springfield, MO 158 73 12 4 69 5 78 Springfield, OH 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 34 27 2 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 69 69 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 6 6 0 0 0 0 50 St. Louis, MO-IL 625 482 12 55 76 6 100 State College, PA 24 20 0 4 0 0 69 Stockton, CA 91 89 2 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 27 27 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 41 41 0 0 0 0 63 Tallahassee, FL 178 135 2 3 38 3 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 750 445 4 0 301 12 100 Terre Haute, IN 16 16 0 0 0 0 79 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 60 10 2 0 48 3 100 Toledo, OH 122 91 4 27 0 0 88 Topeka, KS 47 47 0 0 0 0 86 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 40 21 4 0 15 1 100 Tucson, AZ 311 213 6 4 88 6 100 Tulsa, OK 305 265 0 0 40 1 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 149 45 0 0 104 7 94 Tyler, TX 23 16 0 0 7 1 74 Utica-Rome, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 105 57 0 0 48 2 91 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 33 33 0 0 0 0 82 Victoria, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 60 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 45 45 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 318 244 8 20 46 4 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 141 132 2 0 7 1 93 Waco, TX 36 36 0 0 0 0 69 Warner Robins, GA 57 57 0 0 0 0 70 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1118 788 4 0 326 9 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 61 61 0 0 0 0 81 Wausau, WI 14 12 2 0 0 0 67 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee, WA 58 58 0 0 0 0 70 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Wichita Falls, TX 8 8 0 0 0 0 75 Wichita, KS 233 152 0 0 81 5 91 Williamsport, PA 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 Wilmington, NC 329 273 12 0 44 2 100 Winchester, VA-WV 27 27 0 0 0 0 91 Winston-Salem, NC 125 122 0 3 0 0 89 Worcester, MA 66 66 0 0 0 0 72 Yakima, WA 10 10 0 0 0 0 45 York-Hanover, PA 71 66 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 21 19 2 0 0 0 97 Yuba City, CA 20 20 0 0 0 0 95 Yuma, AZ 38 38 0 0 0 0 91 * - Monthly Coverage Percent: Not all building permit offices are in the monthly survey. For offices that only report annually, no estimate is made of their monthly activity, so the monthly estimate of the metropolitan area total may be missing some data. This column shows the percentage of 2006 housing units authorized of those places in the monthly survey in this metropolitan area.