Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area June 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 14 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 76 64 0 0 12 1 68 Albany, GA 27 20 2 0 5 1 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 510 75 0 0 435 11 75 Albuquerque, NM 275 216 0 7 52 2 100 Alexandria, LA 32 32 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 185 149 0 0 36 5 100 Altoona, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 35 35 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 40 12 0 0 28 1 94 Anchorage, AK 56 38 8 0 10 2 100 Anderson, IN 9 9 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 48 48 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 22 17 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 17 17 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 43 43 0 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 178 153 2 6 17 2 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 75 43 0 3 29 2 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1994 1192 6 19 777 32 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 85 56 2 0 27 2 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 73 61 2 0 10 1 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 146 127 0 0 19 1 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1089 690 20 0 379 15 100 Bakersfield, CA 178 145 10 16 7 1 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 526 335 0 9 182 7 100 Bangor, ME 105 8 0 0 97 2 53 Barnstable Town, MA 63 26 0 0 37 3 87 Baton Rouge, LA 359 231 4 4 120 7 93 Battle Creek, MI 11 5 0 0 6 1 68 Bay City, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 56 56 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 47 47 0 0 0 0 77 Bend, OR 72 67 0 0 5 1 100 Billings, MT 70 70 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 5 5 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 406 217 0 0 189 4 100 Bismarck, ND 98 62 0 0 36 1 98 Bloomington, IN 49 26 2 0 21 1 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 22 14 0 0 8 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 261 230 12 19 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1922 319 46 26 1531 69 100 Boulder, CO 29 17 0 0 12 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 55 47 8 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 164 149 2 3 10 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 61 61 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 93 41 2 0 50 2 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 99 91 0 8 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 39 39 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 95 69 0 0 26 3 78 Burlington, NC 49 49 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 68 22 4 0 42 2 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 30 25 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 147 113 2 8 24 3 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 59 43 0 16 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 62 51 8 3 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 76 30 0 0 46 2 83 Charleston, WV 10 10 0 0 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 475 391 2 3 79 6 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1609 600 0 20 989 38 100 Charlottesville, VA 55 55 0 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 130 117 2 0 11 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 18 18 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1473 865 10 58 540 21 100 Chico, CA 57 45 0 6 6 1 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 531 330 0 15 186 9 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 103 96 0 7 0 0 22 Cleveland, TN 36 25 2 4 5 1 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 223 210 8 0 5 1 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 88 56 4 0 28 2 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 57 57 0 0 0 0 99 Colorado Springs, CO 262 140 0 0 122 3 100 Columbia, MO 75 52 8 3 12 1 100 Columbia, SC 389 352 0 0 37 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 100 60 0 3 37 4 73 Columbus, IN 15 15 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 459 282 2 0 175 11 100 Corpus Christi, TX 106 96 2 8 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 3 3 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2999 1881 22 15 1081 31 100 Dalton, GA 33 26 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 34 27 2 0 5 1 18 Dayton, OH 241 239 2 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 8 8 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 110 93 0 0 17 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 836 502 2 0 332 7 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 347 148 2 0 197 7 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 231 196 0 0 35 4 100 Dothan, AL 40 40 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 74 69 0 0 5 1 100 Dubuque, IA 23 19 4 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 83 43 0 0 40 3 69 Durham, NC 207 191 4 0 12 1 100 Eau Claire, WI 36 32 4 0 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 29 21 0 3 5 1 71 El Paso, TX 271 271 0 0 0 0 96 Elizabethtown, KY 47 29 0 4 14 1 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 46 41 0 0 5 1 97 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 23 23 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 55 53 2 0 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 84 45 0 3 36 5 89 Fairbanks, AK 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 111 87 0 0 24 1 78 Farmington, NM 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 141 117 0 0 24 1 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 192 125 16 6 45 4 93 Flagstaff, AZ 20 20 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 15 15 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 61 44 0 0 17 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 24 17 2 0 5 1 88 Fond du Lac, WI 13 6 2 0 5 1 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 97 52 0 0 45 4 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 54 36 14 4 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 58 26 0 0 32 2 77 Fort Wayne, IN 80 78 2 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 470 459 2 3 6 1 81 Gadsden, AL 8 8 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 68 37 0 0 31 1 99 Gainesville, GA 36 36 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 28 26 2 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 30 30 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 11 11 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 75 75 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 131 103 0 0 28 3 100 Great Falls, MT 4 4 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 131 106 0 3 22 2 100 Green Bay, WI 94 82 0 3 9 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 378 177 0 0 201 11 100 Greenville, NC 290 49 20 0 221 4 99 Greenville, SC 298 259 2 0 37 5 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 350 194 20 16 120 5 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 119 59 0 0 60 5 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 15 7 8 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 87 87 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 105 47 0 0 58 5 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 439 107 2 0 330 12 88 Hattiesburg, MS 5 5 0 0 0 0 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 91 79 2 0 10 1 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 21 3 0 0 18 1 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 55 38 2 0 15 3 77 Honolulu, HI 209 66 0 6 137 3 100 Hot Springs, AR 5 5 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 50 47 0 3 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3499 2882 6 0 611 64 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 5 3 2 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 152 152 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 60 60 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1020 465 4 0 551 34 100 Iowa City, IA 31 31 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 14 5 0 0 9 1 58 Jackson, MI 34 4 0 0 30 1 61 Jackson, MS 151 133 0 8 10 2 94 Jackson, TN 26 26 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 844 519 22 3 300 15 100 Jacksonville, NC 86 86 0 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 21 16 0 0 5 1 79 Jefferson City, MO 10 10 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 63 63 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 83 83 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 11 8 0 3 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 39 39 0 0 0 0 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 4 4 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 371 254 2 15 100 7 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 102 85 2 0 15 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 254 160 34 16 44 1 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 69 40 24 0 5 1 58 Kingston, NY 16 16 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 163 153 10 0 0 0 84 Kokomo, IN 7 7 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 31 26 0 0 5 1 3 Lafayette, IN 52 34 0 0 18 1 90 Lafayette, LA 85 71 0 0 14 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 62 30 4 0 28 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 55 55 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 803 213 2 0 588 21 100 Lancaster, PA 75 59 0 3 13 2 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 24 19 0 0 5 1 81 Laredo, TX 93 72 0 4 17 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 86 81 2 3 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2434 810 2 44 1578 104 100 Lawrence, KS 23 15 0 0 8 1 96 Lawton, OK 10 10 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 37 37 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 16 16 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 323 151 0 4 168 7 98 Lima, OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 78 57 0 3 18 2 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 356 159 0 12 185 23 91 Logan, UT-ID 87 78 0 4 5 1 3 Longview, TX 14 14 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 20 20 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1235 390 60 37 748 48 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 292 232 10 0 50 6 100 Lubbock, TX 112 94 18 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 78 66 0 0 12 1 86 Macon, GA 29 29 0 0 0 0 54 Madera, CA 28 28 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 118 90 2 7 19 3 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 86 40 4 0 42 2 91 Mansfield, OH 8 8 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 446 267 4 47 128 9 100 Medford, OR 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 237 237 0 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 494 334 6 3 151 18 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 17 17 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 48 48 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 250 111 2 8 129 6 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 604 424 2 23 155 7 100 Missoula, MT 40 38 2 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 136 136 0 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 86 62 2 0 22 1 85 Monroe, LA 28 23 0 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 14 14 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 105 60 0 0 45 3 91 Morgantown, WV 30 1 0 0 29 2 91 Morristown, TN 23 23 0 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 44 44 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 20 15 0 0 5 1 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 320 216 0 0 104 8 99 Napa, CA 26 22 4 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 91 59 0 16 16 2 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 521 487 2 0 32 4 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 141 32 0 0 109 4 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 263 239 24 0 0 0 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 20802 823 194 244 19541 363 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 32 26 6 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 122 118 4 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 25 23 2 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 31 31 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 221 142 0 6 73 1 84 Oklahoma City, OK 365 333 6 3 23 3 100 Olympia, WA 116 114 2 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 519 349 0 0 170 3 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1198 653 0 16 529 10 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 34 32 2 0 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 40 20 0 12 8 1 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 55 30 0 0 25 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 288 134 2 4 148 21 100 Palm Coast, FL 34 31 0 3 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 41 39 2 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 45 36 0 0 9 1 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 111 99 0 0 12 1 100 Peoria, IL 49 49 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1119 611 8 3 497 23 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2341 1411 80 4 846 36 100 Pine Bluff, AR 9 4 0 0 5 1 89 Pittsburgh, PA 377 250 4 7 116 7 100 Pittsfield, MA 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 26 26 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 135 110 0 7 18 3 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 150 109 2 3 36 3 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 801 438 2 9 352 12 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 152 64 0 3 85 7 52 Prescott, AZ 66 64 2 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 186 109 8 3 66 4 86 Provo-Orem, UT 129 126 0 3 0 0 97 Pueblo, CO 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 44 35 2 7 0 0 100 Racine, WI 25 25 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 925 747 2 0 176 28 100 Rapid City, SD 41 41 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 42 42 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 39 39 0 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 109 107 2 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 377 362 2 8 5 1 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1338 766 6 15 551 27 100 Roanoke, VA 59 59 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 46 46 0 0 0 0 87 Rochester, NY 116 106 0 0 10 2 62 Rockford, IL 29 29 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 22 22 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 18 16 2 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 896 484 2 0 410 5 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 13 13 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 144 59 2 0 83 7 85 Salinas, CA 77 54 0 0 23 3 92 Salisbury, MD 26 15 0 0 11 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 313 165 4 7 137 8 100 San Angelo, TX 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 716 614 14 18 70 5 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 924 299 24 28 573 5 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 386 271 10 11 94 12 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 189 140 0 0 49 7 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 66 56 4 0 6 1 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 31 31 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 26 9 2 3 12 1 64 Santa Fe, NM 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 32 32 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 156 156 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 28 26 2 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1849 589 70 43 1147 25 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 46 46 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 10 10 0 0 0 0 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 94 88 6 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 11 7 4 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 237 76 8 0 153 6 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 34 28 0 6 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 106 106 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 106 106 0 0 0 0 66 Springfield, IL 16 12 4 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 30 30 0 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 187 70 4 4 109 5 83 Springfield, OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 122 57 0 0 65 3 74 St. George, UT 62 62 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 612 496 6 0 110 11 100 State College, PA 15 15 0 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 102 102 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 55 32 4 0 19 1 100 Syracuse, NY 52 50 2 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 148 98 2 0 48 2 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 939 335 4 18 582 25 100 Terre Haute, IN 10 8 2 0 0 0 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 23 13 2 0 8 1 100 Toledo, OH 58 53 0 0 5 1 92 Topeka, KS 26 24 2 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 28 28 0 0 0 0 100 Tucson, AZ 311 297 2 3 9 1 100 Tulsa, OK 297 297 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 117 49 0 0 68 4 93 Tyler, TX 21 16 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 63 56 2 0 5 1 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 52 52 0 0 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 65 31 0 3 31 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 953 303 2 16 632 25 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 138 138 0 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 31 29 2 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 60 60 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1295 940 0 0 355 11 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 19 19 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 21 19 2 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 33 33 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 48 9 2 3 34 2 89 Wichita, KS 219 163 2 0 54 1 88 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 314 314 0 0 0 0 100 Winchester, VA-WV 47 47 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 118 116 2 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 72 55 0 4 13 1 69 Yakima, WA 15 15 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 100 69 0 0 31 3 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 32 30 2 0 0 0 96 Yuba City, CA 16 16 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 72 70 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.