Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 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 17 17 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 78 62 0 3 13 1 68 Albany, GA 20 15 2 3 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 128 66 0 7 55 5 75 Albuquerque, NM 181 141 0 3 37 2 100 Alexandria, LA 28 28 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 152 150 2 0 0 0 100 Altoona, PA 3 3 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 18 9 0 0 9 1 94 Anchorage, AK 42 16 6 4 16 1 100 Anderson, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 39 39 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 20 15 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 9 9 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 42 36 6 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 162 155 0 7 0 0 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 70 30 0 0 40 2 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1707 881 6 23 797 25 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 54 49 0 0 5 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 45 39 0 0 6 1 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 105 105 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1318 598 14 0 706 32 100 Bakersfield, CA 142 125 4 8 5 1 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 419 268 0 0 151 4 100 Bangor, ME 14 14 0 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 34 34 0 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 316 166 8 0 142 6 93 Battle Creek, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 68 Bay City, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 284 38 0 0 246 12 71 Bellingham, WA 43 29 0 4 10 1 77 Bend, OR 69 59 4 0 6 1 100 Billings, MT 92 92 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 4 4 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 240 204 0 0 36 4 100 Bismarck, ND 49 35 2 12 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 21 7 2 0 12 2 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 23 14 0 0 9 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 191 189 2 0 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 435 312 12 15 96 12 100 Boulder, CO 27 14 0 0 13 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 59 23 0 36 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 209 116 0 0 93 9 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 34 34 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 71 52 2 7 10 2 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 91 65 2 0 24 4 83 Brunswick, GA 32 32 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 84 76 0 0 8 1 78 Burlington, NC 44 44 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 40 17 18 0 5 1 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 27 20 2 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 116 82 0 4 30 3 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 14 14 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 87 61 6 20 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 41 13 0 0 28 1 83 Charleston, WV 107 23 0 0 84 3 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 382 265 2 3 112 8 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1089 677 4 6 402 16 100 Charlottesville, VA 33 33 0 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 93 77 2 0 14 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1653 726 10 49 868 30 100 Chico, CA 41 41 0 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 374 274 6 12 82 10 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 130 96 0 12 22 3 22 Cleveland, TN 32 18 0 14 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 235 228 2 0 5 1 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 68 61 4 3 0 0 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 306 42 0 0 264 9 99 Colorado Springs, CO 114 114 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 64 43 10 0 11 1 100 Columbia, SC 513 293 10 0 210 4 100 Columbus, GA-AL 84 39 0 3 42 4 73 Columbus, IN 23 23 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 339 173 2 3 161 13 100 Corpus Christi, TX 78 78 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 3 3 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 16 7 0 0 9 1 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3912 1445 4 52 2411 70 100 Dalton, GA 22 16 0 0 6 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 7 7 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 47 19 2 0 26 3 18 Dayton, OH 118 51 0 0 67 1 86 Decatur, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 102 75 2 0 25 2 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 602 384 4 0 214 9 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 161 159 2 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 245 152 2 3 88 3 100 Dothan, AL 28 28 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 72 67 0 0 5 1 100 Dubuque, IA 15 15 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 45 40 0 0 5 1 69 Durham, NC 162 135 4 3 20 2 100 Eau Claire, WI 38 26 8 4 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 71 El Paso, TX 538 236 0 0 302 26 96 Elizabethtown, KY 22 22 0 0 0 0 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 183 34 0 0 149 11 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 19 19 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 69 56 2 0 11 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 63 35 2 4 22 3 89 Fairbanks, AK 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 119 103 0 0 16 1 78 Farmington, NM 34 23 0 11 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 205 157 0 0 48 2 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 128 78 10 4 36 3 93 Flagstaff, AZ 17 17 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 8 8 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 57 37 0 0 20 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 13 13 0 0 0 0 88 Fond du Lac, WI 10 6 4 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 123 75 0 0 48 2 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 86 25 2 3 56 7 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 30 20 0 0 10 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 95 54 0 4 37 3 100 Fresno, CA 168 124 0 4 40 5 81 Gadsden, AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 233 29 0 0 204 15 99 Gainesville, GA 39 39 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 26 26 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 12 12 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 15 3 0 0 12 1 221 Grand Junction, CO 69 59 0 0 10 1 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 88 83 0 0 5 1 100 Great Falls, MT 8 8 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 90 73 0 0 17 2 100 Green Bay, WI 69 61 0 0 8 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 201 159 2 16 24 1 100 Greenville, NC 36 32 4 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 182 177 0 0 5 1 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 121 97 14 4 6 1 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 99 99 0 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 83 83 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 109 84 2 0 23 3 88 Hattiesburg, MS 74 9 0 4 61 2 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 67 67 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 11 11 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 96 31 0 0 65 5 77 Honolulu, HI 144 47 0 4 93 2 100 Hot Springs, AR 4 4 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 276 36 0 0 240 11 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3668 2425 4 0 1239 51 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 133 133 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 39 37 2 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 757 465 8 7 277 4 100 Iowa City, IA 95 57 2 0 36 3 94 Ithaca, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 58 Jackson, MI 6 4 2 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 102 98 0 4 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 15 15 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 835 397 6 0 432 18 100 Jacksonville, NC 82 78 0 4 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 12 10 2 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 8 8 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 45 34 8 3 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 22 22 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 5 5 0 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 26 26 0 0 0 0 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 5 1 4 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 767 224 16 71 456 15 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 61 52 0 0 9 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 137 113 24 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 44 37 2 0 5 1 58 Kingston, NY 14 14 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 140 128 12 0 0 0 84 Kokomo, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 26 17 0 0 9 1 3 Lafayette, IN 50 50 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 67 50 0 0 17 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 56 34 2 0 20 3 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 66 27 0 0 39 4 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 188 188 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 95 75 0 0 20 1 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 24 19 0 0 5 1 81 Laredo, TX 83 59 0 4 20 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 75 73 2 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1705 518 12 4 1171 43 100 Lawrence, KS 26 26 0 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 30 14 0 0 16 1 89 Lebanon, PA 33 33 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 2 2 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 6 6 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 145 141 0 4 0 0 98 Lima, OH 3 1 2 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 63 43 20 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 127 116 6 0 5 1 91 Logan, UT-ID 26 21 0 0 5 1 3 Longview, TX 11 11 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 20 18 2 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 731 338 48 3 342 22 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 449 212 10 0 227 7 100 Lubbock, TX 150 142 0 8 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 53 40 0 0 13 1 86 Macon, GA 22 22 0 0 0 0 54 Madera, CA 12 12 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 356 84 6 19 247 5 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 42 33 4 0 5 1 91 Mansfield, OH 10 10 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 274 255 2 17 0 0 100 Medford, OR 86 38 0 0 48 8 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 368 198 26 4 140 2 100 Merced, CA 2 2 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 824 273 6 75 470 15 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 10 10 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 33 33 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 152 103 8 15 26 4 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 574 429 6 0 139 4 100 Missoula, MT 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 177 129 0 0 48 2 95 Modesto, CA 58 30 0 0 28 2 85 Monroe, LA 24 18 0 0 6 1 85 Monroe, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 43 43 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 25 5 0 0 20 1 91 Morristown, TN 22 22 0 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 30 28 2 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 143 107 0 0 36 1 99 Napa, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 71 44 2 8 17 3 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 482 461 0 0 21 3 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 44 34 0 0 10 2 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 258 186 16 0 56 4 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1957 701 102 122 1032 59 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 23 23 0 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 97 95 2 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 31 23 0 0 8 1 100 Odessa, TX 128 24 2 0 102 8 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 87 87 0 0 0 0 84 Oklahoma City, OK 292 252 14 0 26 2 100 Olympia, WA 77 72 0 0 5 1 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 329 308 6 0 15 1 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 626 469 2 4 151 17 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 25 21 0 4 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 25 14 2 4 5 1 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 42 18 0 3 21 2 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 127 76 0 0 51 4 100 Palm Coast, FL 93 29 0 0 64 2 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 64 34 2 0 28 1 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 16 11 0 0 5 1 0 Pascagoula, MS 69 46 0 0 23 2 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 84 84 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 44 44 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 671 555 16 13 87 11 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1190 875 10 49 256 11 100 Pine Bluff, AR 8 3 0 0 5 1 89 Pittsburgh, PA 315 294 4 17 0 0 100 Pittsfield, MA 4 4 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 19 19 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 86 76 0 0 10 1 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 96 78 10 3 5 1 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 823 347 6 11 459 15 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 52 47 0 0 5 1 52 Prescott, AZ 35 35 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 98 93 2 3 0 0 86 Provo-Orem, UT 80 66 0 8 6 1 97 Pueblo, CO 31 31 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 81 23 14 8 36 2 100 Racine, WI 18 18 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 781 530 6 3 242 11 100 Rapid City, SD 33 33 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 30 30 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 28 19 0 0 9 1 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 266 58 0 0 208 13 100 Richmond, VA 358 340 0 7 11 2 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 532 404 14 0 114 13 100 Roanoke, VA 50 50 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 31 31 0 0 0 0 87 Rochester, NY 107 89 4 8 6 1 62 Rockford, IL 71 34 4 28 5 1 97 Rocky Mount, NC 28 26 2 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 15 13 2 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 327 276 2 3 46 2 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 47 47 0 0 0 0 85 Salinas, CA 94 6 0 14 74 5 92 Salisbury, MD 22 9 0 0 13 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 356 177 4 7 168 9 100 San Angelo, TX 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 556 505 4 16 31 4 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 424 190 2 9 223 7 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 379 170 6 3 200 8 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 149 81 0 8 60 9 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 44 34 0 0 10 2 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 12 12 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 58 33 0 3 22 1 92 Savannah, GA 118 118 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 29 26 0 3 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1564 485 72 50 957 21 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 62 62 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 11 4 2 0 5 1 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 89 89 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 9 9 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 109 33 8 8 60 4 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 40 23 0 3 14 1 98 Spartanburg, SC 73 73 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 107 55 2 3 47 2 66 Springfield, IL 7 7 0 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 44 34 2 8 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 159 51 6 3 99 3 83 Springfield, OH 9 7 2 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 26 21 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 57 57 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 453 366 6 14 67 7 100 State College, PA 13 13 0 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 69 69 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 31 31 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 55 55 0 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 122 60 4 0 58 2 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1189 436 8 34 711 14 100 Terre Haute, IN 25 14 2 0 9 1 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 27 9 2 0 16 2 100 Toledo, OH 99 54 16 24 5 1 92 Topeka, KS 38 38 0 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 51 39 2 0 10 2 100 Tucson, AZ 275 249 2 3 21 2 100 Tulsa, OK 528 250 0 0 278 20 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 69 39 6 0 24 1 93 Tyler, TX 19 13 0 0 6 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 58 42 4 0 12 2 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 33 29 0 4 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 5 5 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 29 24 0 0 5 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 583 314 10 0 259 10 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 96 96 0 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 20 20 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 30 30 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1143 818 0 0 325 14 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 22 22 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 40 12 0 0 28 2 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 41 41 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 124 124 0 0 0 0 88 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 364 256 0 0 108 6 100 Winchester, VA-WV 43 43 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 91 91 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 58 58 0 0 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 39 39 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 63 52 0 0 11 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 26 26 0 0 0 0 96 Yuba City, CA 9 9 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 83 83 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.