Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area April 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 21 21 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 71 56 0 3 12 1 68 Albany, GA 28 23 2 3 0 0 85 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 162 64 0 0 98 6 75 Albuquerque, NM 260 223 0 4 33 1 100 Alexandria, LA 35 35 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 175 170 0 0 5 1 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 80 41 0 0 39 3 97 Ames, IA 20 12 0 0 8 1 94 Anchorage, AK 49 33 12 4 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 155 92 4 15 44 6 89 Ann Arbor, MI 23 18 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 20 20 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 93 43 2 0 48 1 81 Asheville, NC 181 161 0 7 13 2 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 53 47 2 4 0 0 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1913 1703 8 26 176 9 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 150 143 2 0 5 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 101 91 6 4 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 131 131 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1117 1027 20 0 70 6 100 Bakersfield, CA 200 149 14 37 0 0 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 398 384 0 0 14 2 100 Bangor, ME 18 18 0 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 44 34 0 0 10 2 87 Baton Rouge, LA 627 244 2 3 378 31 93 Battle Creek, MI 9 3 0 0 6 1 68 Bay City, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 57 57 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 55 37 0 7 11 1 77 Bend, OR 77 77 0 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 40 40 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 567 305 10 0 252 10 100 Bismarck, ND 138 71 0 8 59 3 98 Bloomington, IN 47 29 2 0 16 1 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 34 27 0 0 7 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 351 305 18 28 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 672 327 18 11 316 20 100 Boulder, CO 65 11 2 0 52 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 42 40 2 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 195 165 2 4 24 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 57 45 0 0 12 1 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 68 49 0 0 19 2 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 101 95 6 0 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 43 43 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 87 74 0 8 5 1 78 Burlington, NC 78 78 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 41 22 6 8 5 1 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 42 37 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 153 117 6 0 30 4 100 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 42 42 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 84 74 4 6 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 63 16 0 3 44 2 83 Charleston, WV 20 20 0 0 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 482 471 0 0 11 2 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 758 733 2 4 19 3 100 Charlottesville, VA 112 64 0 0 48 3 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 117 104 2 0 11 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 18 18 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 2520 970 6 77 1467 33 100 Chico, CA 40 38 2 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 472 374 10 23 65 9 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 101 90 0 11 0 0 22 Cleveland, TN 43 32 2 4 5 1 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 242 202 0 6 34 4 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 121 87 14 0 20 1 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 213 123 28 0 62 4 99 Colorado Springs, CO 181 181 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 64 56 0 8 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 447 376 2 0 69 4 100 Columbus, GA-AL 87 65 0 3 19 2 73 Columbus, IN 18 18 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 565 398 12 80 75 5 100 Corpus Christi, TX 98 90 8 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 5 5 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3596 1967 20 24 1585 38 100 Dalton, GA 34 27 2 0 5 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 9 9 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 40 40 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 73 73 0 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 12 12 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 2 2 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 151 125 0 0 26 3 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 786 471 0 0 315 15 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 307 200 4 3 100 3 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 249 239 0 0 10 2 100 Dothan, AL 39 39 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 79 74 0 0 5 1 100 Dubuque, IA 22 22 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 48 41 2 0 5 1 69 Durham, NC 235 233 2 0 0 0 100 Eau Claire, WI 37 33 0 4 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 35 25 2 3 5 1 71 El Paso, TX 308 268 0 0 40 8 96 Elizabethtown, KY 52 30 22 0 0 0 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 39 34 0 0 5 1 97 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 24 22 2 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 91 86 0 0 5 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 80 50 2 0 28 3 89 Fairbanks, AK 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 207 161 0 0 46 2 78 Farmington, NM 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 171 171 0 0 0 0 92 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 165 122 8 3 32 3 93 Flagstaff, AZ 24 24 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 17 17 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 65 48 0 0 17 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 16 11 0 0 5 1 88 Fond du Lac, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 206 90 6 8 102 4 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 64 34 6 0 24 3 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 26 26 0 0 0 0 77 Fort Wayne, IN 160 80 0 0 80 10 100 Fresno, CA 240 175 4 15 46 6 81 Gadsden, AL 13 13 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 76 41 2 3 30 2 99 Gainesville, GA 45 45 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 23 23 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 31 31 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 21 21 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 80 76 4 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 120 117 0 3 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 16 16 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 113 101 0 0 12 1 100 Green Bay, WI 149 88 0 0 61 6 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 288 221 2 0 65 4 100 Greenville, NC 119 83 12 0 24 2 99 Greenville, SC 549 287 0 4 258 13 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 246 185 26 4 31 2 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 114 112 2 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 27 27 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 117 117 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 142 80 2 0 60 5 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 153 95 8 3 47 4 88 Hattiesburg, MS 2 2 0 0 0 0 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 104 97 2 0 5 1 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 4 4 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 32 27 0 0 5 1 77 Honolulu, HI 173 63 0 8 102 3 100 Hot Springs, AR 6 6 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 55 51 0 4 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 5151 3002 30 0 2119 88 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 303 191 0 0 112 14 98 Idaho Falls, ID 43 43 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 516 492 4 14 6 1 100 Iowa City, IA 104 104 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 9 4 0 0 5 1 58 Jackson, MI 37 7 0 0 30 1 61 Jackson, MS 177 166 0 6 5 1 94 Jackson, TN 34 34 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 589 535 2 0 52 3 100 Jacksonville, NC 123 115 4 4 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 28 28 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 17 17 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 74 74 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 37 37 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 11 9 2 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 54 21 0 3 30 5 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 584 337 12 67 168 13 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 84 74 0 0 10 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 264 159 54 3 48 2 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 61 55 0 0 6 1 58 Kingston, NY 15 11 4 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 187 177 10 0 0 0 84 Kokomo, IN 7 7 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 43 30 2 4 7 1 3 Lafayette, IN 53 53 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 94 80 0 0 14 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 66 32 4 3 27 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 86 62 8 16 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 256 250 2 4 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 99 85 0 0 14 1 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 37 22 0 0 15 3 81 Laredo, TX 101 80 0 4 17 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 89 80 2 7 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 836 668 0 24 144 6 100 Lawrence, KS 31 17 0 4 10 1 96 Lawton, OK 10 10 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 37 37 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 5 3 2 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 16 16 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 361 129 0 10 222 10 98 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 110 59 2 0 49 2 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 235 198 14 15 8 1 91 Logan, UT-ID 28 19 0 4 5 1 3 Longview, TX 21 16 0 0 5 1 73 Longview, WA 23 23 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1424 623 38 44 719 45 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 344 337 4 3 0 0 100 Lubbock, TX 76 56 2 0 18 1 96 Lynchburg, VA 96 85 0 0 11 1 86 Macon, GA 59 38 0 0 21 1 54 Madera, CA 23 23 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 130 105 10 0 15 3 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 36 29 0 0 7 1 91 Mansfield, OH 10 8 2 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 380 342 2 31 5 1 100 Medford, OR 53 49 0 4 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 372 278 2 4 88 1 100 Merced, CA 14 14 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 884 359 16 15 494 17 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 16 16 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 56 56 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 250 159 8 7 76 4 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 456 403 6 0 47 3 100 Missoula, MT 42 35 4 3 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 150 150 0 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 99 59 4 0 36 3 85 Monroe, LA 30 25 0 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 9 9 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 47 47 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 33 1 0 0 32 1 91 Morristown, TN 25 25 0 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 36 36 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 9 9 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 10 8 2 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 263 209 0 0 54 4 99 Napa, CA 3 3 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 95 69 0 16 10 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 801 687 4 0 110 3 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 73 46 0 12 15 1 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 294 256 38 0 0 0 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3365 846 264 96 2159 119 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 10 10 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 30 28 2 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 117 117 0 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 41 32 4 0 5 1 100 Odessa, TX 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 200 140 0 12 48 2 84 Oklahoma City, OK 410 378 4 0 28 2 100 Olympia, WA 115 115 0 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 333 303 4 4 22 2 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1603 495 0 0 1108 19 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 42 36 2 4 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 20 20 0 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 71 47 2 0 22 2 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 179 130 0 0 49 3 100 Palm Coast, FL 26 19 0 0 7 1 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 42 42 0 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 101 38 0 0 63 1 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 105 105 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 43 41 2 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1080 654 40 10 376 15 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2141 1287 24 33 797 34 100 Pine Bluff, AR 8 3 0 0 5 1 89 Pittsburgh, PA 335 300 4 10 21 4 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 26 26 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 172 132 0 11 29 4 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 128 113 4 0 11 2 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 550 425 34 3 88 10 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 72 56 2 0 14 2 52 Prescott, AZ 57 57 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 170 134 12 0 24 2 86 Provo-Orem, UT 125 84 0 30 11 2 97 Pueblo, CO 82 80 2 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 22 22 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1537 720 0 0 817 30 100 Rapid City, SD 57 52 0 0 5 1 98 Reading, PA 41 41 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 36 28 2 0 6 1 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 138 133 0 0 5 1 100 Richmond, VA 406 390 0 10 6 1 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 775 576 2 22 175 5 100 Roanoke, VA 62 62 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 36 36 0 0 0 0 87 Rochester, NY 90 84 0 6 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 60 33 4 0 23 4 97 Rocky Mount, NC 40 40 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 28 26 2 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 367 361 0 6 0 0 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 9 9 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 91 62 4 0 25 3 85 Salinas, CA 66 17 0 3 46 3 92 Salisbury, MD 36 20 0 0 16 2 67 Salt Lake City, UT 580 249 6 10 315 13 100 San Angelo, TX 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 676 553 30 3 90 8 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 521 214 10 16 281 16 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1323 223 12 0 1088 16 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 130 91 0 0 39 4 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 29 27 2 0 0 0 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 4 4 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 84 50 2 4 28 3 92 Savannah, GA 124 124 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 21 21 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1663 754 80 70 759 19 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 96 92 0 4 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 10 5 0 0 5 1 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 227 85 0 0 142 1 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 21 21 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 207 116 2 32 57 6 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 49 42 0 0 7 1 98 Spartanburg, SC 98 98 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 131 83 0 0 48 2 66 Springfield, IL 19 13 6 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 171 41 0 0 130 1 58 Springfield, MO 220 84 10 0 126 8 83 Springfield, OH 9 9 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 42 33 2 0 7 1 74 St. George, UT 77 71 0 0 6 1 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 780 540 8 31 201 13 100 State College, PA 21 21 0 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 76 76 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 72 67 0 0 5 1 61 Tallahassee, FL 150 90 12 0 48 2 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 712 390 4 18 300 18 100 Terre Haute, IN 16 6 2 0 8 1 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 18 11 2 0 5 1 100 Toledo, OH 95 75 8 0 12 2 92 Topeka, KS 53 51 2 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 43 27 2 0 14 1 100 Tucson, AZ 382 351 4 4 23 2 100 Tulsa, OK 318 298 20 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 113 47 0 0 66 4 93 Tyler, TX 22 17 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 60 60 0 0 0 0 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 38 31 2 0 5 1 92 Victoria, TX 7 7 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 51 46 0 0 5 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 403 290 10 12 91 8 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 175 173 2 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 55 55 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 57 57 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1233 956 24 0 253 18 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 32 28 4 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 78 12 2 0 64 5 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 47 47 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 41 10 0 0 31 2 89 Wichita, KS 178 153 4 0 21 2 88 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 387 315 4 0 68 4 100 Winchester, VA-WV 41 41 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 145 145 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 48 48 0 0 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 22 19 0 3 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 151 104 0 0 47 2 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 41 33 2 0 6 1 96 Yuba City, CA 17 17 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 36 34 2 0 0 0 72 * - 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.