Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 91 Akron, OH 50 36 0 3 11 1 69 Albany, GA 25 19 2 4 0 0 84 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 84 62 2 4 16 2 59 Albuquerque, NM 164 164 0 0 0 0 100 Alexandria, LA 30 30 0 0 0 0 97 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 146 131 0 0 15 2 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Amarillo, TX 35 35 0 0 0 0 79 Ames, IA 53 13 0 0 40 2 92 Anchorage, AK 12 10 2 0 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 73 Anderson, SC 51 51 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 28 23 0 0 5 1 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 7 7 0 0 0 0 78 Appleton, WI 14 14 0 0 0 0 79 Asheville, NC 210 189 0 0 21 1 88 Athens-Clarke County, GA 35 29 0 0 6 1 73 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1780 1153 2 31 594 26 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 70 50 2 0 18 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 50 50 0 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 446 112 2 0 332 17 80 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1223 654 40 4 525 28 100 Bakersfield, CA 184 135 6 35 8 1 90 Baltimore-Towson, MD 616 242 0 0 374 8 100 Bangor, ME 7 7 0 0 0 0 49 Barnstable Town, MA 62 55 2 0 5 1 88 Baton Rouge, LA 260 210 0 0 50 7 94 Battle Creek, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 55 Bay City, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 21 21 0 0 0 0 76 Bellingham, WA 35 19 0 0 16 1 69 Bend, OR 67 63 0 4 0 0 100 Billings, MT 36 36 0 0 0 0 90 Binghamton, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 239 160 0 0 79 4 100 Bismarck, ND 23 23 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 86 Bloomington-Normal, IL 16 9 0 0 7 1 84 Boise City-Nampa, ID 353 215 4 12 122 4 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 727 476 26 11 214 15 100 Boulder, CO 37 11 0 0 26 2 78 Bowling Green, KY 15 15 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 137 126 2 3 6 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 41 35 0 0 6 1 84 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 61 43 12 0 6 1 90 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 112 78 14 8 12 1 86 Brunswick, GA 31 31 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 59 52 0 0 7 1 78 Burlington, NC 61 61 0 0 0 0 92 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 17 13 4 0 0 0 82 Canton-Massillon, OH 28 23 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 69 63 0 0 6 1 100 Carson City, NV 7 5 2 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 15 15 0 0 0 0 86 Cedar Rapids, IA 21 19 2 0 0 0 86 Champaign-Urbana, IL 69 13 0 0 56 7 66 Charleston, WV 11 9 2 0 0 0 43 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 540 220 6 3 311 15 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 821 652 2 28 139 15 100 Charlottesville, VA 40 40 0 0 0 0 66 Chattanooga, TN-GA 136 97 4 8 27 3 82 Cheyenne, WY 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 2115 675 34 58 1348 38 100 Chico, CA 29 29 0 0 0 0 89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 431 248 6 133 44 6 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 38 30 4 4 0 0 54 Cleveland, TN 23 21 2 0 0 0 81 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 237 186 2 12 37 5 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 53 39 0 0 14 1 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 270 46 0 0 224 20 98 Colorado Springs, CO 164 116 0 0 48 1 100 Columbia, MO 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 265 209 0 9 47 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 82 54 0 3 25 2 88 Columbus, IN 17 17 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 402 201 4 16 181 12 100 Corpus Christi, TX 134 55 2 12 65 2 89 Corvallis, OR 2 2 0 0 0 0 69 Cumberland, MD-WV 10 10 0 0 0 0 20 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2412 1332 28 80 972 15 100 Dalton, GA 29 18 2 3 6 1 88 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Danville, VA 7 7 0 0 0 0 81 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 12 12 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 55 53 2 0 0 0 83 Decatur, AL 62 10 0 0 52 2 77 Decatur, IL 3 3 0 0 0 0 67 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 84 58 0 0 26 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 1313 349 0 0 964 46 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 194 171 2 0 21 2 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 172 164 2 0 6 1 100 Dothan, AL 20 20 0 0 0 0 87 Dover, DE 65 53 0 0 12 1 100 Dubuque, IA 6 4 2 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 28 20 0 3 5 1 69 Durham, NC 195 130 4 0 61 3 100 Eau Claire, WI 17 15 2 0 0 0 92 El Centro, CA 44 37 2 0 5 1 85 El Paso, TX 115 99 0 11 5 1 90 Elizabethtown, KY 16 16 0 0 0 0 59 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 58 32 0 0 26 2 97 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 Erie, PA 44 8 0 0 36 3 57 Eugene-Springfield, OR 112 52 0 0 60 4 100 Evansville, IN-KY 32 27 0 0 5 1 88 Fairbanks, AK 9 7 2 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 62 10 0 0 52 2 79 Farmington, NM 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 90 90 0 0 0 0 96 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 143 98 18 0 27 2 91 Flagstaff, AZ 19 19 0 0 0 0 93 Flint, MI 8 8 0 0 0 0 61 Florence, SC 29 29 0 0 0 0 97 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 25 23 2 0 0 0 94 Fond du Lac, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 56 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 57 39 0 0 18 3 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 35 35 0 0 0 0 90 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 44 27 0 3 14 2 55 Fort Wayne, IN 40 40 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 161 128 30 3 0 0 76 Gadsden, AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 121 55 2 0 64 3 99 Gainesville, GA 35 30 0 0 5 1 82 Glens Falls, NY 31 22 0 4 5 1 84 Goldsboro, NC 22 22 0 0 0 0 83 Grand Forks, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 988 Grand Junction, CO 60 60 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 83 56 0 0 27 3 100 Great Falls, MT 12 8 0 4 0 0 62 Greeley, CO 59 59 0 0 0 0 100 Green Bay, WI 74 64 0 0 10 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 202 170 0 0 32 2 100 Greenville, NC 225 33 12 0 180 18 99 Greenville, SC 493 205 0 0 288 17 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 180 132 28 0 20 3 96 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 74 74 0 0 0 0 91 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 25 20 0 0 5 1 82 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 91 91 0 0 0 0 67 Harrisonburg, VA 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 127 81 0 0 46 5 84 Hattiesburg, MS 62 24 2 36 0 0 80 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 66 64 2 0 0 0 97 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 27 27 0 0 0 0 79 Honolulu, HI 105 49 0 0 56 1 100 Hot Springs, AR 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 34 34 0 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3716 1820 16 11 1869 80 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 9 4 0 0 5 1 0 Huntsville, AL 327 123 0 0 204 10 98 Idaho Falls, ID 106 54 0 4 48 2 99 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 409 343 22 0 44 4 100 Iowa City, IA 18 18 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 7 2 0 0 5 1 65 Jackson, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 59 Jackson, MS 112 112 0 0 0 0 93 Jackson, TN 9 9 0 0 0 0 94 Jacksonville, FL 618 352 8 8 250 11 100 Jacksonville, NC 118 95 8 0 15 3 90 Janesville, WI 23 14 0 0 9 1 83 Jefferson City, MO 7 7 0 0 0 0 68 Johnson City, TN 38 38 0 0 0 0 100 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jonesboro, AR 58 58 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 11 9 2 0 0 0 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 19 19 0 0 0 0 69 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 4 4 0 0 0 0 23 Kansas City, MO-KS 484 295 4 31 154 16 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 42 42 0 0 0 0 90 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 247 195 52 0 0 0 83 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 43 29 2 0 12 2 70 Kingston, NY 92 11 0 0 81 3 50 Knoxville, TN 229 157 0 0 72 3 83 Kokomo, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 57 La Crosse, WI-MN 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Lafayette, IN 20 20 0 0 0 0 89 Lafayette, LA 91 66 2 0 23 1 87 Lake Charles, LA 59 59 0 0 0 0 67 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 43 41 2 0 0 0 99 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 226 201 0 0 25 4 100 Lancaster, PA 47 42 0 0 5 1 58 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 19 17 2 0 0 0 78 Laredo, TX 88 64 0 8 16 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 42 42 0 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 764 258 0 48 458 12 100 Lawrence, KS 21 13 0 3 5 1 94 Lawton, OK 42 38 4 0 0 0 80 Lebanon, PA 22 22 0 0 0 0 91 Lewiston, ID-WA 5 5 0 0 0 0 72 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 6 6 0 0 0 0 74 Lexington-Fayette, KY 104 100 0 4 0 0 97 Lima, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 Lincoln, NE 43 43 0 0 0 0 88 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 268 122 74 0 72 6 90 Logan, UT-ID 13 10 0 3 0 0 6 Longview, TX 21 21 0 0 0 0 78 Longview, WA 28 28 0 0 0 0 77 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1166 588 48 36 494 32 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 284 210 2 0 72 6 100 Lubbock, TX 177 49 0 0 128 10 92 Lynchburg, VA 90 90 0 0 0 0 81 Macon, GA 16 16 0 0 0 0 50 Madera, CA 38 38 0 0 0 0 78 Madison, WI 137 78 2 7 50 5 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 72 54 0 0 18 3 89 Mansfield, OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 87 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 480 331 2 16 131 8 100 Medford, OR 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 282 219 0 3 60 1 100 Merced, CA 14 14 0 0 0 0 85 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 847 382 24 11 430 17 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 10 10 0 0 0 0 69 Midland, TX 28 28 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 219 96 12 3 108 6 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 513 380 0 0 133 5 100 Missoula, MT 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 147 95 0 0 52 1 98 Modesto, CA 64 39 8 0 17 1 92 Monroe, LA 22 14 0 0 8 1 68 Monroe, MI 11 11 0 0 0 0 56 Montgomery, AL 28 28 0 0 0 0 96 Morgantown, WV 25 1 0 0 24 1 23 Morristown, TN 101 101 0 0 0 0 87 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 37 31 6 0 0 0 80 Muncie, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 78 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 11 9 2 0 0 0 55 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 334 199 0 0 135 9 100 Napa, CA 27 21 0 0 6 1 86 Naples-Marco Island, FL 126 67 0 3 56 8 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 612 456 24 0 132 6 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 57 36 0 0 21 1 87 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 462 406 26 0 30 3 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 4294 769 288 365 2872 116 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 8 3 0 0 5 1 38 Norwich-New London, CT 64 23 4 4 33 4 87 Ocala, FL 135 112 2 21 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 53 27 16 10 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 59 59 0 0 0 0 86 Oklahoma City, OK 269 253 2 0 14 1 100 Olympia, WA 35 35 0 0 0 0 93 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 271 107 4 0 160 10 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 978 499 0 0 479 12 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 22 22 0 0 0 0 87 Owensboro, KY 19 19 0 0 0 0 96 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 238 37 0 4 197 16 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 300 108 0 0 192 8 100 Palm Coast, FL 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 25 23 2 0 0 0 98 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 91 35 56 0 0 0 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 167 91 0 52 24 2 100 Peoria, IL 35 27 0 0 8 1 50 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1049 540 26 30 453 24 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1188 931 24 68 165 10 100 Pine Bluff, AR 5 2 0 3 0 0 88 Pittsburgh, PA 239 206 8 15 10 2 100 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Pocatello, ID 15 11 4 0 0 0 93 Port St. Lucie, FL 123 101 0 4 18 2 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 113 94 6 3 10 2 88 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 848 329 12 0 507 23 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 61 34 4 0 23 4 59 Prescott, AZ 51 51 0 0 0 0 87 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 174 170 0 4 0 0 83 Provo-Orem, UT 94 84 0 10 0 0 98 Pueblo, CO 28 28 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 90 19 2 69 0 0 100 Racine, WI 18 16 2 0 0 0 59 Raleigh-Cary, NC 638 622 0 4 12 2 100 Rapid City, SD 31 29 2 0 0 0 97 Reading, PA 29 27 2 0 0 0 63 Redding, CA 24 24 0 0 0 0 83 Reno-Sparks, NV 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 478 250 0 24 204 12 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 934 796 6 0 132 7 100 Roanoke, VA 41 41 0 0 0 0 96 Rochester, MN 17 17 0 0 0 0 89 Rochester, NY 83 59 12 12 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 34 34 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 29 27 2 0 0 0 94 Rome, GA 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 472 287 0 0 185 12 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 49 Salem, OR 36 36 0 0 0 0 74 Salinas, CA 37 37 0 0 0 0 74 Salisbury, MD 32 16 0 0 16 1 80 Salt Lake City, UT 142 108 6 9 19 3 100 San Angelo, TX 21 21 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 1099 463 14 8 614 28 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 581 172 12 15 382 15 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1064 349 2 7 706 24 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 224 88 2 6 128 13 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 37 37 0 0 0 0 68 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 31 31 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 51 Santa Fe, NM 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 98 48 0 0 50 4 89 Savannah, GA 90 86 0 4 0 0 81 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 12 12 0 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1384 560 84 107 633 29 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 53 53 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 4 2 2 0 0 0 59 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 164 76 88 0 0 0 94 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux Falls, SD 74 60 6 8 0 0 82 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 30 30 0 0 0 0 99 Spartanburg, SC 67 67 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 46 38 8 0 0 0 75 Springfield, IL 13 9 4 0 0 0 54 Springfield, MA 62 47 4 0 11 1 62 Springfield, MO 153 59 0 0 94 5 78 Springfield, OH 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 16 11 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 64 64 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 2 2 0 0 0 0 50 St. Louis, MO-IL 402 336 20 14 32 4 100 State College, PA 32 32 0 0 0 0 69 Stockton, CA 185 132 0 11 42 7 100 Sumter, SC 23 23 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 17 17 0 0 0 0 63 Tallahassee, FL 113 73 2 0 38 3 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 887 427 6 12 442 12 100 Terre Haute, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 79 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 3 3 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 41 36 0 0 5 1 88 Topeka, KS 176 32 0 0 144 12 86 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 33 13 4 0 16 1 100 Tucson, AZ 234 215 6 3 10 1 100 Tulsa, OK 251 251 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 147 45 0 0 102 6 94 Tyler, TX 23 13 0 3 7 1 74 Utica-Rome, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 42 34 8 0 0 0 91 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 86 22 4 0 60 1 82 Victoria, TX 5 5 0 0 0 0 60 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 30 30 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 278 213 12 0 53 3 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 116 108 0 8 0 0 93 Waco, TX 185 41 0 0 144 10 69 Warner Robins, GA 22 22 0 0 0 0 70 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2341 706 0 3 1632 17 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 10 10 0 0 0 0 81 Wausau, WI 9 9 0 0 0 0 67 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee, WA 10 10 0 0 0 0 70 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Wichita Falls, TX 9 7 2 0 0 0 75 Wichita, KS 158 156 2 0 0 0 91 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Wilmington, NC 229 221 0 3 5 1 100 Winchester, VA-WV 35 27 0 0 8 1 91 Winston-Salem, NC 326 326 0 0 0 0 89 Worcester, MA 83 81 2 0 0 0 72 Yakima, WA 24 24 0 0 0 0 45 York-Hanover, PA 78 72 0 0 6 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 25 25 0 0 0 0 97 Yuba City, CA 28 28 0 0 0 0 95 Yuma, AZ 62 36 2 0 24 3 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.