Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area May 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 26 26 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 74 66 0 0 8 1 68 Albany, GA 28 23 2 3 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 133 56 2 7 68 7 75 Albuquerque, NM 269 212 0 9 48 1 100 Alexandria, LA 37 34 0 3 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 209 199 0 0 10 2 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 48 48 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 18 13 0 0 5 1 94 Anchorage, AK 32 23 2 7 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 6 6 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 49 49 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 27 22 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 16 6 0 4 6 1 83 Appleton, WI 42 42 0 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 185 160 2 10 13 1 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 77 46 0 0 31 1 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1757 1466 0 12 279 9 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 101 61 0 0 40 3 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 76 74 2 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 151 134 0 0 17 1 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1574 827 110 18 619 17 100 Bakersfield, CA 172 150 10 7 5 1 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 328 306 0 0 22 2 100 Bangor, ME 16 9 2 0 5 1 53 Barnstable Town, MA 34 25 0 0 9 1 87 Baton Rouge, LA 354 249 2 0 103 4 93 Battle Creek, MI 8 3 0 0 5 1 68 Bay City, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 38 38 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 80 58 2 6 14 1 77 Bend, OR 121 68 0 0 53 1 100 Billings, MT 35 35 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 9 9 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 289 258 4 4 23 3 100 Bismarck, ND 74 62 0 0 12 1 98 Bloomington, IN 34 26 8 0 0 0 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 34 29 0 0 5 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 301 278 4 19 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 868 350 20 15 483 41 100 Boulder, CO 46 28 0 3 15 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 24 24 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 272 199 0 0 73 5 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 74 50 0 0 24 1 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 166 56 0 0 110 6 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 98 87 4 7 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 41 41 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 109 74 0 4 31 4 78 Burlington, NC 46 46 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 59 26 4 0 29 2 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 37 32 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 206 168 0 0 38 3 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 45 45 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 110 89 0 21 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 30 30 0 0 0 0 83 Charleston, WV 26 21 0 0 5 1 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 352 318 0 15 19 2 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1530 987 2 35 506 13 100 Charlottesville, VA 63 63 0 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 127 116 2 0 9 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 40 40 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1683 911 16 76 680 22 100 Chico, CA 34 26 0 0 8 1 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 532 402 4 16 110 10 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 65 61 4 0 0 0 22 Cleveland, TN 41 30 2 4 5 1 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 262 245 2 0 15 3 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 78 74 4 0 0 0 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 85 63 8 8 6 1 99 Colorado Springs, CO 208 208 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 74 74 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 416 379 4 0 33 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 82 62 0 3 17 1 73 Columbus, IN 24 24 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 361 262 6 14 79 9 100 Corpus Christi, TX 91 91 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3452 1806 26 4 1616 68 100 Dalton, GA 37 24 2 6 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 34 34 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 69 69 0 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 18 18 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 2 2 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 114 97 2 0 15 1 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 1249 463 4 0 782 8 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 234 228 2 4 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 330 219 0 7 104 3 100 Dothan, AL 26 26 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 81 81 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 16 14 2 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 42 42 0 0 0 0 69 Durham, NC 199 199 0 0 0 0 100 Eau Claire, WI 36 36 0 0 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 32 23 0 3 6 1 71 El Paso, TX 250 236 0 0 14 1 96 Elizabethtown, KY 40 24 2 3 11 1 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 38 36 2 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 21 21 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 67 61 6 0 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 60 43 2 0 15 3 89 Fairbanks, AK 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 145 97 2 0 46 3 78 Farmington, NM 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 125 123 2 0 0 0 92 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 132 103 8 3 18 1 93 Flagstaff, AZ 24 24 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 17 17 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 62 46 0 0 16 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 28 15 8 0 5 1 88 Fond du Lac, WI 16 16 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 93 83 0 4 6 1 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 62 51 0 3 8 1 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 34 26 0 0 8 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 78 78 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 289 201 0 10 78 10 81 Gadsden, AL 19 11 0 0 8 1 62 Gainesville, FL 49 21 0 0 28 1 99 Gainesville, GA 44 44 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 28 28 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 25 25 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 14 14 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 75 75 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 154 114 2 3 35 3 100 Great Falls, MT 13 13 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 117 96 0 0 21 2 100 Green Bay, WI 91 81 2 0 8 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 256 166 0 0 90 5 100 Greenville, NC 75 75 0 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 262 229 0 0 33 2 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 239 139 24 15 61 2 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 86 86 0 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 22 22 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 108 93 0 10 5 1 54 Harrisonburg, VA 263 66 0 0 197 2 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 183 87 10 3 83 7 88 Hattiesburg, MS 19 11 0 8 0 0 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 88 86 2 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 18 4 0 0 14 1 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 29 24 0 0 5 1 77 Honolulu, HI 203 65 0 7 131 3 100 Hot Springs, AR 6 6 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 61 61 0 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3947 2990 20 31 906 45 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 238 238 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 49 49 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 712 443 2 12 255 19 100 Iowa City, IA 72 70 2 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 16 4 0 0 12 1 58 Jackson, MI 9 5 4 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 207 207 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 40 40 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 618 518 4 0 96 7 100 Jacksonville, NC 109 109 0 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 16 16 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 8 8 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 85 85 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 122 122 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 21 11 2 3 5 1 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 91 37 0 0 54 2 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 11 11 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 438 263 4 12 159 14 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 97 83 0 0 14 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 165 137 28 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 60 43 0 12 5 1 58 Kingston, NY 18 18 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 284 255 0 0 29 2 84 Kokomo, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 71 27 0 0 44 4 3 Lafayette, IN 60 60 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 91 79 0 0 12 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 59 31 4 0 24 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 47 47 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 249 227 22 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 73 41 0 0 32 2 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 26 21 0 0 5 1 81 Laredo, TX 96 75 0 6 15 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 101 101 0 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1144 766 4 14 360 31 100 Lawrence, KS 13 11 2 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 12 10 2 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 37 37 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 2 2 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 19 19 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 154 144 2 3 5 1 98 Lima, OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 84 80 4 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 391 184 28 19 160 8 91 Logan, UT-ID 64 59 0 0 5 1 3 Longview, TX 14 14 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 27 27 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2517 525 74 44 1874 54 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 261 248 0 3 10 2 100 Lubbock, TX 66 66 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 76 66 0 0 10 1 86 Macon, GA 46 29 0 0 17 1 54 Madera, CA 26 26 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 254 71 16 7 160 2 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 40 29 0 0 11 2 91 Mansfield, OH 8 8 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 209 180 10 19 0 0 100 Medford, OR 46 41 0 0 5 1 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 244 222 22 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 11 11 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 443 302 12 7 122 10 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 64 64 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 338 135 4 0 199 6 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 623 531 2 16 74 7 100 Missoula, MT 72 37 0 0 35 1 100 Mobile, AL 128 128 0 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 73 52 0 0 21 1 85 Monroe, LA 31 24 2 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 8 8 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 52 52 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 7 1 0 0 6 1 91 Morristown, TN 24 18 6 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 42 42 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 18 16 2 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 261 211 0 0 50 4 99 Napa, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 65 55 0 0 10 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 566 554 4 3 5 1 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 71 42 0 0 29 2 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 536 229 28 3 276 8 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5875 813 128 83 4851 200 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 40 35 0 0 5 1 94 Ocala, FL 104 104 0 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 33 22 0 4 7 1 100 Odessa, TX 26 26 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 173 165 0 8 0 0 84 Oklahoma City, OK 383 349 16 0 18 1 100 Olympia, WA 127 127 0 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 395 347 8 0 40 1 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1036 603 2 4 427 12 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 46 40 2 4 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 61 19 0 8 34 2 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 85 46 0 3 36 3 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 133 109 0 0 24 2 100 Palm Coast, FL 29 17 12 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 26 26 0 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 56 45 0 0 11 1 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 112 112 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 47 47 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 985 730 14 28 213 18 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1950 1363 8 53 526 35 100 Pine Bluff, AR 7 5 2 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 381 354 2 7 18 3 100 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 27 27 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 121 106 2 4 9 1 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 143 115 0 3 25 3 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 880 473 4 0 403 5 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 88 50 0 0 38 6 52 Prescott, AZ 72 72 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 154 120 10 6 18 3 86 Provo-Orem, UT 122 86 0 20 16 1 97 Pueblo, CO 46 44 2 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 41 28 0 8 5 1 100 Racine, WI 24 24 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 708 706 2 0 0 0 100 Rapid City, SD 54 48 0 0 6 1 98 Reading, PA 39 39 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 46 44 2 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 91 71 0 3 17 2 100 Richmond, VA 402 390 0 6 6 1 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1251 684 18 30 519 28 100 Roanoke, VA 68 68 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 56 48 0 0 8 1 87 Rochester, NY 127 101 4 12 10 2 62 Rockford, IL 51 51 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 53 51 2 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 25 25 0 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 538 504 0 0 34 1 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 9 9 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 63 58 2 3 0 0 85 Salinas, CA 52 31 0 0 21 3 92 Salisbury, MD 27 17 0 0 10 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 336 229 4 17 86 5 100 San Angelo, TX 21 21 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 1807 592 2 0 1213 64 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 612 271 14 11 316 9 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 325 177 10 10 128 10 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 525 74 0 3 448 5 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 107 50 2 3 52 6 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 11 7 4 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 25 25 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 29 29 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 429 173 0 0 256 9 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 20 20 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1485 627 46 58 754 21 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 46 46 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 104 104 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 17 17 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 148 102 14 0 32 4 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 38 35 0 3 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 114 114 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 77 77 0 0 0 0 66 Springfield, IL 16 12 4 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 22 22 0 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 165 78 6 0 81 4 83 Springfield, OH 9 9 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 44 39 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 89 80 0 0 9 1 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 550 503 8 11 28 3 100 State College, PA 45 17 0 0 28 2 62 Stockton, CA 120 108 0 7 5 1 100 Sumter, SC 57 34 6 0 17 1 100 Syracuse, NY 75 46 0 0 29 2 61 Tallahassee, FL 127 81 4 0 42 2 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 956 353 10 6 587 13 100 Terre Haute, IN 24 18 0 6 0 0 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 8 8 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 52 52 0 0 0 0 92 Topeka, KS 36 30 0 6 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 82 28 0 3 51 2 100 Tucson, AZ 357 314 4 7 32 2 100 Tulsa, OK 258 258 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 114 57 0 0 57 3 93 Tyler, TX 21 16 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 94 54 0 0 40 2 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 54 49 0 0 5 1 92 Victoria, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 41 36 0 0 5 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 377 303 2 0 72 4 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 138 138 0 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 41 41 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 219 65 0 0 154 7 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1177 697 2 0 478 8 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 44 44 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 24 22 2 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 50 50 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 12 10 2 0 0 0 89 Wichita, KS 158 139 4 0 15 1 88 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 408 331 2 4 71 5 100 Winchester, VA-WV 53 53 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 157 157 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 60 58 2 0 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 26 26 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 104 99 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 39 37 2 0 0 0 96 Yuba City, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 64 64 0 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.