Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 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 29 29 0 0 0 0 91 Akron, OH 62 59 0 3 0 0 69 Albany, GA 30 23 2 0 5 1 84 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 47 43 4 0 0 0 59 Albuquerque, NM 278 244 0 4 30 2 100 Alexandria, LA 36 36 0 0 0 0 97 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 173 154 0 3 16 3 100 Altoona, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Amarillo, TX 44 27 0 0 17 2 79 Ames, IA 9 9 0 0 0 0 92 Anchorage, AK 26 12 2 4 8 1 100 Anderson, IN 9 9 0 0 0 0 73 Anderson, SC 74 74 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 12 12 0 0 0 0 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 13 13 0 0 0 0 78 Appleton, WI 38 22 0 0 16 1 79 Asheville, NC 147 132 0 3 12 2 88 Athens-Clarke County, GA 67 67 0 0 0 0 73 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1824 1555 6 13 250 13 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 68 52 2 3 11 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 92 77 0 0 15 1 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 105 105 0 0 0 0 80 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1502 864 20 11 607 20 100 Bakersfield, CA 176 145 2 29 0 0 90 Baltimore-Towson, MD 316 272 0 0 44 3 100 Bangor, ME 13 13 0 0 0 0 49 Barnstable Town, MA 22 22 0 0 0 0 88 Baton Rouge, LA 387 217 0 0 170 12 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 198 34 4 0 160 1 76 Bellingham, WA 44 29 0 0 15 1 69 Bend, OR 72 62 0 10 0 0 100 Billings, MT 30 30 0 0 0 0 90 Binghamton, NY 5 5 0 0 0 0 18 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 355 251 0 0 104 7 100 Bismarck, ND 96 57 0 4 35 2 98 Bloomington, IN 40 30 10 0 0 0 86 Bloomington-Normal, IL 24 19 0 0 5 1 84 Boise City-Nampa, ID 381 327 2 52 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 843 255 22 26 540 26 100 Boulder, CO 25 15 0 0 10 2 78 Bowling Green, KY 47 43 0 4 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 296 210 0 15 71 7 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 43 43 0 0 0 0 84 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 105 58 2 0 45 3 90 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 114 106 8 0 0 0 86 Brunswick, GA 39 39 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 48 48 0 0 0 0 78 Burlington, NC 116 68 0 0 48 2 92 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 31 24 2 0 5 1 82 Canton-Massillon, OH 27 20 2 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 100 90 2 0 8 1 100 Carson City, NV 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 6 6 0 0 0 0 86 Cedar Rapids, IA 111 75 6 30 0 0 86 Champaign-Urbana, IL 35 27 0 0 8 1 66 Charleston, WV 13 13 0 0 0 0 43 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 667 357 6 0 304 14 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 834 662 4 0 168 16 100 Charlottesville, VA 58 58 0 0 0 0 66 Chattanooga, TN-GA 138 121 2 0 15 1 82 Cheyenne, WY 17 15 2 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1424 718 16 40 650 24 100 Chico, CA 42 42 0 0 0 0 89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 412 339 10 7 56 9 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 273 79 2 0 192 14 54 Cleveland, TN 36 26 2 8 0 0 81 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 203 198 0 0 5 1 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 62 62 0 0 0 0 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 95 52 0 0 43 6 98 Colorado Springs, CO 180 170 0 0 10 1 100 Columbia, MO 80 40 8 3 29 1 100 Columbia, SC 360 299 0 6 55 3 100 Columbus, GA-AL 73 53 0 0 20 2 88 Columbus, IN 20 20 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 326 170 2 3 151 2 100 Corpus Christi, TX 311 95 0 0 216 9 89 Corvallis, OR 5 5 0 0 0 0 69 Cumberland, MD-WV 7 7 0 0 0 0 20 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3304 1612 44 8 1640 33 100 Dalton, GA 37 26 2 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 43 27 0 16 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 75 70 0 0 5 1 83 Decatur, AL 15 15 0 0 0 0 77 Decatur, IL 8 8 0 0 0 0 67 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 163 134 0 0 29 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 731 394 0 0 337 4 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 206 182 0 0 24 1 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 180 131 8 29 12 2 100 Dothan, AL 24 24 0 0 0 0 87 Dover, DE 184 56 0 0 128 3 100 Dubuque, IA 13 13 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 38 31 2 0 5 1 69 Durham, NC 257 199 4 0 54 2 100 Eau Claire, WI 14 10 0 4 0 0 92 El Centro, CA 26 18 0 0 8 1 85 El Paso, TX 272 272 0 0 0 0 90 Elizabethtown, KY 19 19 0 0 0 0 59 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 29 29 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Erie, PA 19 15 0 4 0 0 57 Eugene-Springfield, OR 61 59 2 0 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 38 38 0 0 0 0 88 Fairbanks, AK 10 8 2 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 95 11 0 0 84 2 79 Farmington, NM 31 31 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 236 164 0 0 72 3 96 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 190 122 18 3 47 5 91 Flagstaff, AZ 34 24 0 0 10 1 93 Flint, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 61 Florence, SC 35 35 0 0 0 0 97 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 29 23 0 0 6 1 94 Fond du Lac, WI 7 2 0 0 5 1 56 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 171 67 4 11 89 2 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 49 31 18 0 0 0 90 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 25 25 0 0 0 0 55 Fort Wayne, IN 56 56 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 152 141 0 6 5 1 76 Gadsden, AL 8 8 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 94 56 0 0 38 2 99 Gainesville, GA 35 35 0 0 0 0 82 Glens Falls, NY 22 14 0 3 5 1 84 Goldsboro, NC 25 25 0 0 0 0 83 Grand Forks, ND-MN 1 1 0 0 0 0 988 Grand Junction, CO 72 70 2 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 81 81 0 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 16 14 2 0 0 0 62 Greeley, CO 84 84 0 0 0 0 100 Green Bay, WI 51 46 0 0 5 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 431 236 0 3 192 11 100 Greenville, NC 102 68 26 0 8 1 99 Greenville, SC 269 197 16 0 56 3 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 524 194 18 12 300 8 96 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 125 109 4 0 12 1 91 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 23 18 0 0 5 1 82 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 87 87 0 0 0 0 67 Harrisonburg, VA 39 37 2 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 155 99 4 0 52 6 84 Hattiesburg, MS 29 4 0 0 25 1 80 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 70 68 2 0 0 0 97 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 26 26 0 0 0 0 79 Honolulu, HI 89 55 0 0 34 1 100 Hot Springs, AR 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 53 53 0 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 5110 2950 8 95 2057 95 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Huntsville, AL 255 255 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 45 45 0 0 0 0 99 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 443 410 4 18 11 2 100 Iowa City, IA 41 41 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 83 2 2 0 79 3 65 Jackson, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 59 Jackson, MS 169 155 2 0 12 1 93 Jackson, TN 50 46 0 4 0 0 94 Jacksonville, FL 787 464 4 0 319 14 100 Jacksonville, NC 146 146 0 0 0 0 90 Janesville, WI 35 24 6 0 5 1 83 Jefferson City, MO 14 9 0 0 5 1 68 Johnson City, TN 426 50 0 4 372 14 100 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Jonesboro, AR 39 39 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 10 5 0 0 5 1 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 32 32 0 0 0 0 69 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 3 3 0 0 0 0 23 Kansas City, MO-KS 478 337 10 11 120 7 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 60 60 0 0 0 0 90 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 199 169 30 0 0 0 83 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 51 38 0 0 13 2 70 Kingston, NY 7 7 0 0 0 0 50 Knoxville, TN 181 158 0 0 23 1 83 Kokomo, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 57 La Crosse, WI-MN 25 20 2 3 0 0 0 Lafayette, IN 47 47 0 0 0 0 89 Lafayette, LA 95 71 2 0 22 1 87 Lake Charles, LA 29 23 0 0 6 1 67 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 54 40 2 7 5 1 99 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 167 167 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 97 75 0 22 0 0 58 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 24 19 0 0 5 1 78 Laredo, TX 102 80 0 6 16 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 84 69 2 4 9 1 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 527 414 0 0 113 2 100 Lawrence, KS 25 15 2 3 5 1 94 Lawton, OK 19 19 0 0 0 0 80 Lebanon, PA 30 30 0 0 0 0 91 Lewiston, ID-WA 6 6 0 0 0 0 72 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 13 7 0 0 6 1 74 Lexington-Fayette, KY 118 118 0 0 0 0 97 Lima, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 Lincoln, NE 77 75 2 0 0 0 88 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 152 139 2 0 11 1 90 Logan, UT-ID 18 18 0 0 0 0 6 Longview, TX 26 12 0 0 14 1 78 Longview, WA 14 14 0 0 0 0 77 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 681 347 44 9 281 29 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 266 258 0 0 8 1 100 Lubbock, TX 77 77 0 0 0 0 92 Lynchburg, VA 54 54 0 0 0 0 81 Macon, GA 18 18 0 0 0 0 50 Madera, CA 19 19 0 0 0 0 78 Madison, WI 188 53 10 0 125 4 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 43 36 2 0 5 1 89 Mansfield, OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 87 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 344 294 22 28 0 0 100 Medford, OR 33 33 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 352 313 0 6 33 2 100 Merced, CA 16 16 0 0 0 0 85 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 980 354 16 10 600 23 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 9 9 0 0 0 0 69 Midland, TX 64 64 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 152 111 4 11 26 3 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 501 271 4 6 220 4 100 Missoula, MT 57 55 2 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 154 154 0 0 0 0 98 Modesto, CA 29 29 0 0 0 0 92 Monroe, LA 27 20 0 0 7 1 68 Monroe, MI 8 8 0 0 0 0 56 Montgomery, AL 64 56 0 0 8 1 96 Morgantown, WV 2 2 0 0 0 0 23 Morristown, TN 10 10 0 0 0 0 87 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 38 35 0 3 0 0 80 Muncie, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 78 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 55 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 295 215 0 0 80 4 100 Napa, CA 11 11 0 0 0 0 86 Naples-Marco Island, FL 39 35 0 4 0 0 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 674 536 16 0 122 4 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 56 43 0 0 13 1 87 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 434 308 40 0 86 12 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2788 763 262 194 1569 88 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 38 Norwich-New London, CT 35 33 2 0 0 0 87 Ocala, FL 127 123 4 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 46 44 2 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 21 21 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 117 89 0 10 18 3 86 Oklahoma City, OK 368 322 0 4 42 5 100 Olympia, WA 121 113 8 0 0 0 93 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 215 210 0 0 5 1 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 736 621 0 4 111 8 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 23 21 2 0 0 0 87 Owensboro, KY 41 15 2 0 24 4 96 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 82 42 4 4 32 3 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 99 84 0 3 12 1 100 Palm Coast, FL 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 43 43 0 0 0 0 98 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 85 60 0 3 22 2 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 131 115 16 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 43 43 0 0 0 0 50 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1023 551 6 10 456 30 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1551 1180 0 23 348 20 100 Pine Bluff, AR 10 10 0 0 0 0 88 Pittsburgh, PA 343 260 2 0 81 7 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Pocatello, ID 21 21 0 0 0 0 93 Port St. Lucie, FL 121 98 0 0 23 2 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 85 73 4 3 5 1 88 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 778 368 14 0 396 10 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 54 47 0 0 7 1 60 Prescott, AZ 93 47 0 0 46 1 87 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 136 90 22 24 0 0 83 Provo-Orem, UT 158 112 0 8 38 3 98 Pueblo, CO 36 34 2 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 36 27 2 0 7 1 100 Racine, WI 17 17 0 0 0 0 59 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1094 614 0 0 480 20 100 Rapid City, SD 34 34 0 0 0 0 97 Reading, PA 35 33 2 0 0 0 63 Redding, CA 17 17 0 0 0 0 83 Reno-Sparks, NV 98 84 0 4 10 1 100 Richmond, VA 714 450 2 0 262 18 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 714 639 8 3 64 9 100 Roanoke, VA 58 58 0 0 0 0 96 Rochester, MN 34 24 0 0 10 1 89 Rochester, NY 71 67 0 4 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 19 19 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 38 36 2 0 0 0 94 Rome, GA 8 8 0 0 0 0 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 307 271 0 0 36 6 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 49 Salem, OR 75 69 6 0 0 0 74 Salinas, CA 76 32 0 44 0 0 74 Salisbury, MD 33 18 0 0 15 1 80 Salt Lake City, UT 273 172 2 0 99 6 100 San Angelo, TX 38 38 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 646 496 0 0 150 11 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 591 164 8 0 419 2 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 590 221 18 15 336 18 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 193 58 0 0 135 5 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 44 32 0 0 12 1 68 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 14 9 0 0 5 1 64 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 51 Santa Fe, NM 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 53 47 0 6 0 0 89 Savannah, GA 167 131 0 36 0 0 81 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 16 16 0 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1502 703 58 85 656 12 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 63 63 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 3 3 0 0 0 0 59 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 75 75 0 0 0 0 94 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 15 15 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux Falls, SD 106 61 2 15 28 2 82 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 36 28 0 8 0 0 99 Spartanburg, SC 100 100 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 93 73 0 3 17 2 75 Springfield, IL 33 15 2 16 0 0 54 Springfield, MA 39 27 8 4 0 0 62 Springfield, MO 163 68 62 0 33 2 78 Springfield, OH 7 7 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 12 12 0 0 0 0 74 St. George, UT 44 44 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 6 4 2 0 0 0 50 St. Louis, MO-IL 486 445 6 22 13 2 100 State College, PA 28 28 0 0 0 0 69 Stockton, CA 85 81 0 4 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 35 35 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 42 42 0 0 0 0 63 Tallahassee, FL 136 98 0 3 35 2 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 428 337 12 21 58 9 100 Terre Haute, IN 12 7 0 0 5 1 79 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 8 8 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 57 53 4 0 0 0 88 Topeka, KS 37 37 0 0 0 0 86 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 101 41 0 0 60 1 100 Tucson, AZ 451 317 4 4 126 2 100 Tulsa, OK 629 293 0 0 336 13 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 145 52 0 0 93 5 94 Tyler, TX 22 16 0 0 6 1 74 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 57 46 2 0 9 1 91 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 82 Victoria, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 60 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 33 33 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 405 293 12 4 96 4 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 100 100 0 0 0 0 93 Waco, TX 29 27 2 0 0 0 69 Warner Robins, GA 41 41 0 0 0 0 70 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1336 837 12 0 487 10 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 23 18 0 0 5 1 81 Wausau, WI 24 10 2 0 12 1 67 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee, WA 23 23 0 0 0 0 70 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Wichita Falls, TX 12 9 0 3 0 0 75 Wichita, KS 131 102 4 0 25 2 91 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Wilmington, NC 503 369 6 0 128 5 100 Winchester, VA-WV 55 55 0 0 0 0 91 Winston-Salem, NC 288 120 0 0 168 7 89 Worcester, MA 42 37 2 3 0 0 72 Yakima, WA 23 23 0 0 0 0 45 York-Hanover, PA 104 98 2 4 0 0 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 36 24 0 0 12 2 97 Yuba City, CA 17 17 0 0 0 0 95 Yuma, AZ 55 55 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.