Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area January 2008 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 14 10 4 0 0 0 91 Akron, OH 93 46 0 3 44 7 69 Albany, GA 24 22 2 0 0 0 84 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 39 39 0 0 0 0 59 Albuquerque, NM 204 163 0 0 41 2 100 Alexandria, LA 41 41 0 0 0 0 97 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 118 113 0 0 5 1 100 Altoona, PA 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 Amarillo, TX 48 48 0 0 0 0 79 Ames, IA 19 6 0 0 13 1 92 Anchorage, AK 56 17 4 3 32 2 100 Anderson, IN 22 6 16 0 0 0 73 Anderson, SC 46 46 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 23 18 0 0 5 1 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 12 12 0 0 0 0 78 Appleton, WI 18 16 2 0 0 0 79 Asheville, NC 159 159 0 0 0 0 88 Athens-Clarke County, GA 37 37 0 0 0 0 73 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2232 1421 0 11 800 9 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 49 49 0 0 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 80 80 0 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 198 164 2 0 32 4 80 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1534 855 32 63 584 12 100 Bakersfield, CA 267 147 6 32 82 5 90 Baltimore-Towson, MD 636 223 0 0 413 10 100 Bangor, ME 5 5 0 0 0 0 49 Barnstable Town, MA 60 60 0 0 0 0 88 Baton Rouge, LA 283 271 0 0 12 1 94 Battle Creek, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Bay City, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 221 41 4 0 176 1 76 Bellingham, WA 29 13 0 0 16 2 69 Bend, OR 40 40 0 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 19 19 0 0 0 0 90 Binghamton, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 18 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 262 192 0 0 70 3 100 Bismarck, ND 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 31 23 8 0 0 0 86 Bloomington-Normal, IL 29 15 0 0 14 2 84 Boise City-Nampa, ID 233 221 0 12 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 400 254 12 16 118 12 100 Boulder, CO 21 11 0 0 10 2 78 Bowling Green, KY 32 32 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 148 112 2 0 34 2 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 45 45 0 0 0 0 84 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 253 79 4 0 170 1 90 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 104 104 0 0 0 0 86 Brunswick, GA 38 38 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 46 46 0 0 0 0 78 Burlington, NC 75 75 0 0 0 0 92 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 25 23 2 0 0 0 82 Canton-Massillon, OH 22 22 0 0 0 0 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 220 102 0 0 118 5 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 23 19 0 4 0 0 86 Cedar Rapids, IA 16 13 0 3 0 0 86 Champaign-Urbana, IL 37 9 2 0 26 2 66 Charleston, WV 16 16 0 0 0 0 43 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 349 321 0 0 28 3 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1525 702 0 12 811 18 100 Charlottesville, VA 62 62 0 0 0 0 66 Chattanooga, TN-GA 123 94 2 0 27 3 82 Cheyenne, WY 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 2016 592 26 43 1355 24 100 Chico, CA 57 53 0 4 0 0 89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 355 260 10 0 85 9 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 98 71 0 27 0 0 54 Cleveland, TN 20 18 2 0 0 0 81 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 177 153 4 0 20 4 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 46 34 0 0 12 1 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 97 51 32 0 14 2 98 Colorado Springs, CO 156 156 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 42 30 0 12 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 344 288 0 9 47 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 87 55 2 3 27 2 88 Columbus, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 353 224 10 4 115 13 100 Corpus Christi, TX 194 86 0 0 108 6 89 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 Cumberland, MD-WV 7 7 0 0 0 0 20 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3834 1342 28 67 2397 97 100 Dalton, GA 32 23 0 3 6 1 88 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Danville, VA 13 8 0 0 5 1 81 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 14 14 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 70 70 0 0 0 0 83 Decatur, AL 7 7 0 0 0 0 77 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 99 68 0 0 31 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 924 312 6 0 606 17 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 325 104 2 0 219 5 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 171 148 0 0 23 4 100 Dothan, AL 20 20 0 0 0 0 87 Dover, DE 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 7 7 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 23 13 0 0 10 2 69 Durham, NC 230 167 0 0 63 3 100 Eau Claire, WI 27 9 2 0 16 2 92 El Centro, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 85 El Paso, TX 305 175 2 128 0 0 90 Elizabethtown, KY 23 23 0 0 0 0 59 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 28 28 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Erie, PA 9 9 0 0 0 0 57 Eugene-Springfield, OR 47 45 2 0 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 45 28 0 7 10 2 88 Fairbanks, AK 9 7 2 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 5 5 0 0 0 0 79 Farmington, NM 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 113 107 0 0 6 1 96 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 166 127 12 0 27 2 91 Flagstaff, AZ 29 29 0 0 0 0 93 Flint, MI 8 8 0 0 0 0 61 Florence, SC 32 32 0 0 0 0 97 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 65 65 0 0 0 0 94 Fond du Lac, WI 3 3 0 0 0 0 56 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 125 53 0 4 68 2 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 89 32 2 15 40 5 90 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 35 30 0 0 5 1 55 Fort Wayne, IN 45 45 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 151 124 0 0 27 2 76 Gadsden, AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 132 90 0 0 42 2 99 Gainesville, GA 27 27 0 0 0 0 82 Glens Falls, NY 15 15 0 0 0 0 84 Goldsboro, NC 30 30 0 0 0 0 83 Grand Forks, ND-MN 44 0 0 0 44 1 988 Grand Junction, CO 73 71 2 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 104 86 2 3 13 2 100 Great Falls, MT 5 5 0 0 0 0 62 Greeley, CO 69 69 0 0 0 0 100 Green Bay, WI 47 31 0 0 16 2 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 216 195 0 0 21 1 100 Greenville, NC 143 103 16 0 24 3 99 Greenville, SC 553 234 6 7 306 37 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 203 167 36 0 0 0 96 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 149 141 4 4 0 0 91 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 18 10 0 3 5 1 82 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 99 83 0 0 16 1 67 Harrisonburg, VA 55 31 0 0 24 2 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 87 58 2 0 27 3 84 Hattiesburg, MS 50 50 0 0 0 0 80 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 94 94 0 0 0 0 97 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 45 15 0 0 30 1 79 Honolulu, HI 92 47 0 0 45 1 100 Hot Springs, AR 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 76 76 0 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2789 2394 46 4 345 24 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 11 6 0 0 5 1 0 Huntsville, AL 181 181 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 26 26 0 0 0 0 99 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 312 282 4 11 15 2 100 Iowa City, IA 31 31 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 12 7 0 0 5 1 65 Jackson, MI 35 3 0 0 32 1 59 Jackson, MS 117 103 0 0 14 2 93 Jackson, TN 13 13 0 0 0 0 94 Jacksonville, FL 759 474 10 4 271 10 100 Jacksonville, NC 85 83 2 0 0 0 90 Janesville, WI 8 8 0 0 0 0 83 Jefferson City, MO 5 5 0 0 0 0 68 Johnson City, TN 67 59 0 0 8 1 100 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jonesboro, AR 41 41 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 15 11 0 4 0 0 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 37 37 0 0 0 0 69 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 2 2 0 0 0 0 23 Kansas City, MO-KS 616 200 4 20 392 33 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 53 53 0 0 0 0 90 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 173 151 6 16 0 0 83 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 47 30 2 0 15 2 70 Kingston, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 50 Knoxville, TN 225 168 12 0 45 3 83 Kokomo, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 57 La Crosse, WI-MN 22 10 0 0 12 1 0 Lafayette, IN 48 31 0 0 17 1 89 Lafayette, LA 89 67 0 0 22 1 87 Lake Charles, LA 43 36 2 0 5 1 67 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 25 25 0 0 0 0 99 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 510 171 2 0 337 16 100 Lancaster, PA 41 41 0 0 0 0 58 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 20 15 0 0 5 1 78 Laredo, TX 101 76 0 8 17 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 94 77 2 3 12 2 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 361 361 0 0 0 0 100 Lawrence, KS 20 12 2 0 6 1 94 Lawton, OK 14 14 0 0 0 0 80 Lebanon, PA 35 35 0 0 0 0 91 Lewiston, ID-WA 3 1 2 0 0 0 72 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 7 7 0 0 0 0 74 Lexington-Fayette, KY 82 82 0 0 0 0 97 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Lincoln, NE 63 57 6 0 0 0 88 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 209 178 8 0 23 3 90 Logan, UT-ID 15 7 0 3 5 1 6 Longview, TX 28 12 0 0 16 1 78 Longview, WA 13 13 0 0 0 0 77 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1091 430 36 20 605 25 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 237 217 4 0 16 1 100 Lubbock, TX 224 47 0 0 177 4 92 Lynchburg, VA 58 58 0 0 0 0 81 Macon, GA 22 22 0 0 0 0 50 Madera, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 78 Madison, WI 109 63 2 3 41 2 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 45 30 0 0 15 2 89 Mansfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 434 302 4 43 85 1 100 Medford, OR 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 208 200 0 8 0 0 100 Merced, CA 32 32 0 0 0 0 85 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 689 450 20 9 210 13 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 7 7 0 0 0 0 69 Midland, TX 37 37 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 124 97 6 6 15 2 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 280 242 0 4 34 5 100 Missoula, MT 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 371 113 8 0 250 16 98 Modesto, CA 60 46 0 0 14 1 92 Monroe, LA 27 17 0 0 10 2 68 Monroe, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 56 Montgomery, AL 48 48 0 0 0 0 96 Morgantown, WV 39 0 0 0 39 3 23 Morristown, TN 22 20 2 0 0 0 87 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 45 30 0 0 15 1 80 Muncie, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 78 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 8 6 2 0 0 0 55 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 263 168 0 0 95 4 100 Napa, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 86 Naples-Marco Island, FL 172 75 0 0 97 11 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 540 461 12 3 64 2 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 62 35 4 0 23 2 87 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 658 309 14 0 335 25 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3570 788 214 129 2439 89 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 38 Norwich-New London, CT 23 23 0 0 0 0 87 Ocala, FL 142 140 2 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 50 42 8 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 103 99 0 4 0 0 86 Oklahoma City, OK 380 344 2 16 18 2 100 Olympia, WA 75 73 2 0 0 0 93 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 478 157 6 0 315 3 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1951 695 4 8 1244 31 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 132 31 0 0 101 1 87 Owensboro, KY 18 18 0 0 0 0 96 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 68 34 2 16 16 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 99 99 0 0 0 0 100 Palm Coast, FL 29 27 2 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 136 35 4 0 97 1 98 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 255 51 0 20 184 13 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 273 119 12 0 142 2 100 Peoria, IL 12 12 0 0 0 0 50 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 945 616 6 3 320 14 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1850 1010 4 45 791 7 100 Pine Bluff, AR 28 2 2 0 24 1 88 Pittsburgh, PA 258 209 6 3 40 5 100 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Pocatello, ID 9 9 0 0 0 0 93 Port St. Lucie, FL 141 110 0 12 19 2 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 102 91 6 0 5 1 88 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 413 391 2 0 20 3 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 57 40 0 3 14 2 59 Prescott, AZ 81 65 0 0 16 1 87 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 115 93 8 3 11 1 83 Provo-Orem, UT 101 69 0 0 32 2 98 Pueblo, CO 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 103 35 0 68 0 0 100 Racine, WI 7 7 0 0 0 0 59 Raleigh-Cary, NC 940 649 0 3 288 11 100 Rapid City, SD 40 40 0 0 0 0 97 Reading, PA 33 27 2 4 0 0 63 Redding, CA 14 14 0 0 0 0 83 Reno-Sparks, NV 93 93 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 360 353 0 7 0 0 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 702 506 4 10 182 24 100 Roanoke, VA 110 110 0 0 0 0 96 Rochester, MN 23 23 0 0 0 0 89 Rochester, NY 60 58 2 0 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 15 13 2 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 24 24 0 0 0 0 94 Rome, GA 16 14 2 0 0 0 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 234 212 0 4 18 3 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 49 Salem, OR 58 47 0 0 11 1 74 Salinas, CA 16 16 0 0 0 0 74 Salisbury, MD 35 18 0 0 17 1 80 Salt Lake City, UT 335 122 2 3 208 4 100 San Angelo, TX 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 938 464 10 8 456 22 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 296 172 4 7 113 16 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 987 200 6 9 772 14 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 385 56 0 8 321 19 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 97 46 8 0 43 6 68 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 35 19 0 0 16 2 64 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 51 Santa Fe, NM 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 29 29 0 0 0 0 89 Savannah, GA 134 106 0 7 21 3 81 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 17 15 2 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1278 641 112 102 423 19 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 55 55 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 7 5 2 0 0 0 59 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 58 50 0 3 5 1 94 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux Falls, SD 26 18 4 4 0 0 82 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 17 17 0 0 0 0 99 Spartanburg, SC 95 95 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 40 33 0 0 7 1 75 Springfield, IL 15 8 2 0 5 1 54 Springfield, MA 43 26 2 0 15 2 62 Springfield, MO 202 56 12 0 134 5 78 Springfield, OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 13 8 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 68 68 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 3 3 0 0 0 0 50 St. Louis, MO-IL 436 372 8 7 49 5 100 State College, PA 8 8 0 0 0 0 69 Stockton, CA 106 60 0 4 42 7 100 Sumter, SC 35 35 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 31 31 0 0 0 0 63 Tallahassee, FL 128 84 2 4 38 3 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 851 592 6 3 250 14 100 Terre Haute, IN 15 5 0 0 10 1 79 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 19 15 4 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 54 46 0 0 8 1 88 Topeka, KS 129 45 0 0 84 7 86 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 33 21 2 0 10 1 100 Tucson, AZ 491 191 4 0 296 19 100 Tulsa, OK 291 267 24 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 141 39 0 0 102 5 94 Tyler, TX 26 16 0 3 7 1 74 Utica-Rome, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 57 43 2 0 12 1 91 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 82 Victoria, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 60 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 32 32 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 551 307 4 0 240 16 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 128 128 0 0 0 0 93 Waco, TX 22 22 0 0 0 0 69 Warner Robins, GA 57 57 0 0 0 0 70 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1621 764 34 0 823 11 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 7 5 2 0 0 0 81 Wausau, WI 23 7 0 0 16 1 67 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee, WA 24 22 2 0 0 0 70 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Wichita Falls, TX 9 9 0 0 0 0 75 Wichita, KS 221 129 0 0 92 6 91 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 Wilmington, NC 313 255 2 8 48 3 100 Winchester, VA-WV 35 35 0 0 0 0 91 Winston-Salem, NC 404 404 0 0 0 0 89 Worcester, MA 36 34 2 0 0 0 72 Yakima, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 45 York-Hanover, PA 80 75 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 28 12 0 4 12 2 97 Yuba City, CA 15 15 0 0 0 0 95 Yuma, AZ 53 53 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.