Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area July 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 66 51 0 3 12 1 68 Albany, GA 24 19 2 3 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 106 72 0 0 34 4 75 Albuquerque, NM 204 166 2 3 33 1 100 Alexandria, LA 30 30 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 199 181 2 4 12 2 100 Altoona, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 41 41 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 19 12 0 0 7 1 94 Anchorage, AK 52 44 0 8 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 39 39 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 27 22 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 12 10 2 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 49 45 4 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 195 180 2 0 13 1 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 26 24 2 0 0 0 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1509 873 0 6 630 12 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 61 59 2 0 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 61 54 4 3 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 109 107 2 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1094 766 12 11 305 7 100 Bakersfield, CA 197 128 12 52 5 1 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 763 275 0 0 488 9 100 Bangor, ME 18 16 2 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 69 33 0 3 33 2 87 Baton Rouge, LA 353 203 2 0 148 5 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 48 48 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 63 44 0 0 19 1 77 Bend, OR 88 81 2 0 5 1 100 Billings, MT 47 47 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 5 5 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 420 194 0 0 226 2 100 Bismarck, ND 60 51 0 0 9 1 98 Bloomington, IN 27 25 2 0 0 0 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 23 15 0 0 8 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 209 178 12 19 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 565 291 18 26 230 18 100 Boulder, CO 26 13 0 8 5 1 72 Bowling Green, KY 42 42 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 169 139 2 3 25 2 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 84 69 0 15 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 97 51 2 0 44 3 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 88 80 4 4 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 37 37 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 101 85 0 0 16 2 78 Burlington, NC 66 66 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 42 28 0 0 14 1 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 34 29 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 125 125 0 0 0 0 100 Carson City, NV 2 2 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 42 42 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 103 61 6 30 6 1 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 29 25 0 4 0 0 83 Charleston, WV 21 9 0 6 6 1 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 414 312 6 0 96 6 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 995 594 14 0 387 16 100 Charlottesville, VA 42 42 0 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 109 94 2 0 13 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 17 17 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1558 831 18 73 636 24 100 Chico, CA 53 36 0 11 6 1 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 429 311 6 30 82 10 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 99 95 0 4 0 0 22 Cleveland, TN 57 43 2 12 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 249 219 4 7 19 3 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 52 47 2 3 0 0 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 271 67 2 0 202 1 99 Colorado Springs, CO 345 165 2 0 178 4 100 Columbia, MO 48 48 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 574 295 0 0 279 5 100 Columbus, GA-AL 77 55 0 0 22 1 73 Columbus, IN 20 20 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 449 264 2 61 122 11 100 Corpus Christi, TX 89 86 0 3 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 8 8 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 9 9 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3269 1780 18 8 1463 23 100 Dalton, GA 36 25 2 3 6 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 8 8 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 41 41 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 88 76 0 0 12 2 86 Decatur, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 124 96 2 0 26 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 557 404 8 4 141 6 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 205 172 4 0 29 1 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 242 207 2 3 30 3 100 Dothan, AL 37 37 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 92 92 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 16 16 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 39 39 0 0 0 0 69 Durham, NC 233 212 0 0 21 2 100 Eau Claire, WI 48 20 20 8 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 35 26 0 4 5 1 71 El Paso, TX 254 254 0 0 0 0 96 Elizabethtown, KY 66 22 4 0 40 5 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 35 30 2 3 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 28 14 0 0 14 1 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 69 55 0 3 11 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 61 48 0 3 10 2 89 Fairbanks, AK 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 177 117 0 0 60 1 78 Farmington, NM 25 21 0 4 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 160 160 0 0 0 0 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 175 102 10 4 59 3 93 Flagstaff, AZ 27 25 2 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 10 10 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 63 41 0 0 22 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 23 16 2 0 5 1 88 Fond du Lac, WI 119 7 2 4 106 11 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 83 56 0 3 24 1 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 41 29 8 4 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 34 24 0 0 10 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 109 109 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 116 114 2 0 0 0 81 Gadsden, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 69 31 0 0 38 1 99 Gainesville, GA 21 21 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 31 31 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 18 16 2 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 6 6 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 44 44 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 106 99 2 0 5 1 100 Great Falls, MT 16 16 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 84 74 0 0 10 1 100 Green Bay, WI 91 79 0 0 12 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 319 208 0 0 111 6 100 Greenville, NC 232 41 10 0 181 19 99 Greenville, SC 251 190 2 0 59 2 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 137 118 16 3 0 0 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 112 88 0 0 24 2 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 113 93 2 4 14 2 54 Harrisonburg, VA 173 61 2 0 110 3 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 146 93 2 3 48 5 88 Hattiesburg, MS 363 3 0 0 360 15 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 83 77 6 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 1 1 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 60 26 0 0 34 4 77 Honolulu, HI 151 55 0 8 88 2 100 Hot Springs, AR 5 5 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 39 39 0 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4461 2806 22 4 1629 51 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 184 184 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 59 59 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 586 405 10 3 168 10 100 Iowa City, IA 51 40 0 0 11 1 94 Ithaca, NY 16 6 0 0 10 2 58 Jackson, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 201 201 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 25 25 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 549 515 4 0 30 2 100 Jacksonville, NC 104 104 0 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 9 9 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 14 11 0 3 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 45 45 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 30 27 0 3 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 7 7 0 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 72 35 2 0 35 2 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 8 8 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 411 266 42 35 68 6 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 73 63 2 0 8 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 152 114 38 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 46 39 2 0 5 1 58 Kingston, NY 72 18 0 0 54 1 70 Knoxville, TN 139 133 6 0 0 0 84 Kokomo, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 39 30 0 3 6 1 3 Lafayette, IN 48 48 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 87 69 0 0 18 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 66 28 4 0 34 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 255 243 0 0 12 1 100 Lancaster, PA 79 76 0 3 0 0 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 33 23 0 0 10 2 81 Laredo, TX 94 69 0 4 21 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 64 64 0 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1160 715 0 18 427 6 100 Lawrence, KS 339 13 2 0 324 14 96 Lawton, OK 15 15 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 40 40 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 2 2 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 12 10 2 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 469 111 2 0 356 6 98 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 49 37 12 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 343 125 2 0 216 10 91 Logan, UT-ID 49 44 0 0 5 1 3 Longview, TX 13 13 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1133 333 56 14 730 22 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 615 248 2 3 362 12 100 Lubbock, TX 106 106 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 96 82 0 0 14 1 86 Macon, GA 28 28 0 0 0 0 54 Madera, CA 30 30 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 187 82 4 3 98 4 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 51 24 4 0 23 4 91 Mansfield, OH 10 8 2 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 282 243 10 16 13 2 100 Medford, OR 50 50 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 616 263 0 0 353 3 100 Merced, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 614 272 28 11 303 19 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 15 15 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 31 31 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 207 125 6 4 72 3 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 627 488 4 3 132 8 100 Missoula, MT 40 40 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 89 89 0 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 37 34 0 3 0 0 85 Monroe, LA 27 21 0 0 6 1 85 Monroe, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 49 49 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 2 2 0 0 0 0 91 Morristown, TN 35 33 2 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 30 30 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 10 6 4 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 700 162 0 0 538 17 99 Napa, CA 31 31 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 110 76 0 28 6 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 703 495 2 3 203 14 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 91 74 0 0 17 1 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 341 257 20 0 64 5 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3334 727 262 197 2148 71 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 15 10 0 0 5 1 35 Norwich-New London, CT 35 27 8 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 149 149 0 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 33 27 0 6 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 59 29 0 0 30 1 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 208 126 0 0 82 4 84 Oklahoma City, OK 359 332 2 0 25 1 100 Olympia, WA 94 88 6 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 477 382 0 0 95 4 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 641 620 6 0 15 2 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 44 42 2 0 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 29 29 0 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 38 18 0 0 20 2 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 151 139 0 0 12 2 100 Palm Coast, FL 258 34 0 0 224 7 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 35 31 0 4 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 65 17 0 0 48 6 0 Pascagoula, MS 50 30 0 3 17 1 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 87 87 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 134 38 0 0 96 2 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 711 602 8 15 86 10 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1783 1225 0 24 534 11 100 Pine Bluff, AR 11 9 2 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 311 280 14 7 10 2 100 Pittsfield, MA 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 17 14 0 3 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 54 54 0 0 0 0 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 114 96 8 0 10 2 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 972 416 10 4 542 14 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 51 38 0 0 13 2 52 Prescott, AZ 42 42 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 159 133 12 4 10 2 86 Provo-Orem, UT 139 84 0 7 48 4 97 Pueblo, CO 38 34 4 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 76 54 4 0 18 1 100 Racine, WI 23 23 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 2850 769 4 3 2074 54 100 Rapid City, SD 66 66 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 23 23 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 27 22 0 0 5 1 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 81 54 2 0 25 5 100 Richmond, VA 447 387 2 8 50 3 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 817 659 8 26 124 15 100 Roanoke, VA 48 48 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 100 33 0 0 67 1 87 Rochester, NY 112 96 4 12 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 36 32 4 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 34 32 2 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 44 12 2 0 30 1 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 414 362 2 0 50 3 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 55 45 2 0 8 1 85 Salinas, CA 29 13 2 0 14 2 92 Salisbury, MD 33 19 0 0 14 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 375 170 4 3 198 13 100 San Angelo, TX 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 754 641 4 52 57 3 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 331 171 4 4 152 2 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 537 259 6 16 256 4 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 178 100 0 4 74 9 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 74 67 0 0 7 1 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 11 11 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 49 31 0 0 18 1 64 Santa Fe, NM 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 69 40 8 4 17 1 92 Savannah, GA 168 103 0 0 65 3 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 21 18 0 3 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1116 590 68 83 375 19 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 59 59 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 11 6 0 0 5 1 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 94 86 8 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 13 13 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 228 131 8 8 81 8 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 30 30 0 0 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 106 106 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 73 60 0 0 13 1 66 Springfield, IL 21 10 8 3 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 39 35 4 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 189 88 16 0 85 2 83 Springfield, OH 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 36 31 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 63 60 0 3 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 534 460 10 30 34 5 100 State College, PA 30 30 0 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 85 85 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 57 31 2 0 24 1 100 Syracuse, NY 86 62 0 0 24 1 61 Tallahassee, FL 141 79 2 0 60 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 570 518 10 30 12 2 100 Terre Haute, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 20 7 2 0 11 1 100 Toledo, OH 61 50 0 6 5 1 92 Topeka, KS 33 33 0 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 48 32 2 0 14 1 100 Tucson, AZ 282 266 4 3 9 1 100 Tulsa, OK 256 256 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 42 42 0 0 0 0 93 Tyler, TX 22 15 0 0 7 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 64 51 2 0 11 2 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 261 33 0 0 228 7 92 Victoria, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 40 35 0 0 5 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 345 255 6 0 84 8 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 91 87 4 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 84 34 2 0 48 1 77 Warner Robins, GA 52 52 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1320 846 6 0 468 10 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 31 31 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 82 14 0 0 68 1 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 37 37 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 8 8 0 0 0 0 89 Wichita, KS 152 126 4 0 22 2 88 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 306 299 2 0 5 1 100 Winchester, VA-WV 44 44 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 135 121 0 0 14 1 90 Worcester, MA 73 64 4 0 5 1 69 Yakima, WA 44 44 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 88 83 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 45 29 2 4 10 2 96 Yuba City, CA 19 17 2 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 52 50 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.