Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 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 9 9 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 63 57 0 0 6 1 68 Albany, GA 21 16 2 3 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 67 63 0 4 0 0 75 Albuquerque, NM 163 127 0 3 33 1 100 Alexandria, LA 26 26 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 144 144 0 0 0 0 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 289 37 0 0 252 20 97 Ames, IA 100 7 0 0 93 3 94 Anchorage, AK 71 41 0 4 26 5 100 Anderson, IN 6 6 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 46 34 12 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 32 23 0 4 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 44 36 8 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 126 116 0 10 0 0 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 35 13 0 0 22 4 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1797 1144 4 4 645 18 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 49 42 2 0 5 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 74 68 2 4 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 130 130 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 830 702 18 4 106 2 100 Bakersfield, CA 174 95 6 4 69 5 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 439 304 0 0 135 4 100 Bangor, ME 14 14 0 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 28 28 0 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 156 156 0 0 0 0 93 Battle Creek, MI 11 2 0 0 9 1 68 Bay City, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 108 12 0 0 96 1 71 Bellingham, WA 35 29 0 0 6 1 77 Bend, OR 62 60 2 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 33 33 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 193 180 0 0 13 1 100 Bismarck, ND 143 83 0 0 60 2 98 Bloomington, IN 39 27 2 0 10 1 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 110 55 0 0 55 7 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 168 152 4 12 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 604 330 20 25 229 17 100 Boulder, CO 20 15 0 0 5 1 72 Bowling Green, KY 40 28 0 0 12 1 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 113 102 6 0 5 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 42 42 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 132 49 2 0 81 1 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 74 52 14 8 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 29 29 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 70 65 0 0 5 1 78 Burlington, NC 58 58 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 57 20 2 0 35 1 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 23 18 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 87 61 0 20 6 1 100 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 16 16 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 75 67 0 8 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 72 20 0 0 52 3 83 Charleston, WV 23 18 0 0 5 1 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 294 220 2 0 72 5 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 558 456 0 4 98 4 100 Charlottesville, VA 54 54 0 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 96 84 2 0 10 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 23 15 0 8 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 968 671 8 42 247 20 100 Chico, CA 46 46 0 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 312 244 0 3 65 7 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 175 87 0 40 48 6 22 Cleveland, TN 25 13 4 8 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 238 177 0 11 50 6 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 51 32 2 0 17 1 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 459 45 0 0 414 19 99 Colorado Springs, CO 144 123 0 0 21 2 100 Columbia, MO 24 20 4 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 288 256 0 0 32 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 76 56 0 3 17 1 73 Columbus, IN 20 20 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 422 210 6 76 130 9 100 Corpus Christi, TX 70 70 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 3 3 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 9 9 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1802 1320 36 4 442 19 100 Dalton, GA 25 17 0 3 5 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 6 6 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 50 29 0 4 17 3 18 Dayton, OH 95 61 0 0 34 3 86 Decatur, AL 8 8 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 85 65 6 0 14 1 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 354 307 10 4 33 2 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 156 148 8 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 281 180 18 70 13 2 100 Dothan, AL 28 28 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 62 62 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 27 25 2 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 51 37 4 0 10 2 69 Durham, NC 147 126 6 3 12 1 100 Eau Claire, WI 70 54 16 0 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 22 22 0 0 0 0 71 El Paso, TX 415 155 0 0 260 12 96 Elizabethtown, KY 27 17 2 0 8 1 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 23 23 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 75 25 0 0 50 3 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 87 46 2 0 39 2 100 Evansville, IN-KY 43 29 0 4 10 2 89 Fairbanks, AK 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 102 64 0 0 38 1 78 Farmington, NM 23 19 0 4 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 336 96 0 0 240 10 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 139 93 14 7 25 3 93 Flagstaff, AZ 18 18 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 46 32 0 0 14 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 19 14 0 0 5 1 88 Fond du Lac, WI 2 2 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 264 80 0 16 168 7 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 73 35 18 20 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 366 19 0 0 347 6 77 Fort Wayne, IN 154 74 0 0 80 10 100 Fresno, CA 194 114 0 0 80 7 81 Gadsden, AL 10 5 0 0 5 1 62 Gainesville, FL 57 30 0 0 27 2 99 Gainesville, GA 13 13 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 25 19 2 4 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 21 21 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 71 15 0 0 56 2 221 Grand Junction, CO 65 63 2 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 77 75 2 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 10 10 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 47 36 0 0 11 1 100 Green Bay, WI 75 61 0 3 11 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 159 122 0 12 25 3 100 Greenville, NC 47 29 10 0 8 1 99 Greenville, SC 163 153 0 0 10 2 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 175 75 28 0 72 2 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 70 70 0 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 14 14 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 54 54 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 44 44 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 120 85 2 0 33 4 88 Hattiesburg, MS 1 1 0 0 0 0 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 65 65 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 6 6 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 35 30 0 0 5 1 77 Honolulu, HI 197 125 0 0 72 9 100 Hot Springs, AR 4 4 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 36 36 0 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2742 1684 18 10 1030 38 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 142 142 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 88 41 0 0 47 1 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 358 348 0 10 0 0 100 Iowa City, IA 85 73 0 0 12 1 94 Ithaca, NY 8 3 0 0 5 1 58 Jackson, MI 5 3 2 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 105 105 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 29 29 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 528 456 16 0 56 3 100 Jacksonville, NC 119 59 0 0 60 3 97 Janesville, WI 11 11 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 12 9 0 3 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 65 57 0 0 8 1 99 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 69 69 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 9 7 2 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 23 15 0 3 5 1 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 308 256 12 40 0 0 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 67 59 0 0 8 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 137 133 4 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 44 28 8 3 5 1 58 Kingston, NY 28 18 10 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 175 165 0 0 10 1 84 Kokomo, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 15 15 0 0 0 0 3 Lafayette, IN 42 42 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 63 50 0 0 13 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 56 26 4 3 23 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 42 42 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 121 119 2 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 78 64 0 0 14 1 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 17 17 0 0 0 0 81 Laredo, TX 70 53 0 3 14 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 56 54 2 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1050 481 0 15 554 21 100 Lawrence, KS 26 26 0 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 8 6 2 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 27 27 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 3 1 2 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 6 6 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 105 105 0 0 0 0 98 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 64 64 0 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 139 139 0 0 0 0 91 Logan, UT-ID 41 33 0 3 5 1 3 Longview, TX 10 10 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 16 16 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1147 335 56 6 750 40 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 232 174 2 3 53 2 100 Lubbock, TX 127 127 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 52 52 0 0 0 0 86 Macon, GA 11 11 0 0 0 0 54 Madera, CA 15 11 4 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 247 82 4 0 161 4 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 76 34 6 0 36 1 91 Mansfield, OH 9 9 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 268 250 4 14 0 0 100 Medford, OR 36 30 6 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 260 171 44 0 45 2 100 Merced, CA 4 4 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 558 234 10 0 314 16 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 11 11 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 293 95 12 12 174 5 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 824 397 2 11 414 7 100 Missoula, MT 35 21 6 0 8 1 100 Mobile, AL 68 66 2 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 32 32 0 0 0 0 85 Monroe, LA 25 17 0 3 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 42 42 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 30 6 0 0 24 1 91 Morristown, TN 36 32 4 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 25 25 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 6 6 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 176 143 0 0 33 2 99 Napa, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 77 60 0 12 5 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 710 434 10 0 266 18 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 74 52 0 0 22 3 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 852 159 44 361 288 29 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2301 776 198 80 1247 58 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 6 6 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 25 23 2 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 80 76 4 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 32 24 8 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 347 19 0 0 328 11 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 93 74 0 7 12 1 84 Oklahoma City, OK 347 319 8 4 16 1 100 Olympia, WA 86 74 0 0 12 1 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 788 352 0 0 436 12 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 850 324 2 27 497 32 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 50 18 0 0 32 4 83 Owensboro, KY 26 26 0 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 38 23 0 0 15 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 118 112 0 0 6 1 100 Palm Coast, FL 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 299 35 0 0 264 11 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 40 28 0 0 12 1 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 173 77 4 0 92 1 100 Peoria, IL 44 44 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 727 533 8 0 186 18 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1332 673 14 4 641 12 100 Pine Bluff, AR 6 1 0 0 5 1 89 Pittsburgh, PA 259 240 8 6 5 1 100 Pittsfield, MA 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 13 13 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 159 50 0 4 105 3 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 99 92 2 0 5 1 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 644 337 16 24 267 24 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 60 48 0 0 12 2 52 Prescott, AZ 37 37 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 137 107 10 6 14 2 86 Provo-Orem, UT 93 77 4 0 12 2 97 Pueblo, CO 49 24 0 0 25 5 100 Punta Gorda, FL 39 31 0 8 0 0 100 Racine, WI 39 39 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 376 374 2 0 0 0 100 Rapid City, SD 60 60 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 24 24 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 22 22 0 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 62 62 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 324 301 0 12 11 2 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 500 362 4 7 127 7 100 Roanoke, VA 43 43 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 46 38 0 0 8 1 87 Rochester, NY 113 86 4 12 11 2 62 Rockford, IL 64 34 2 28 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 14 14 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 14 12 2 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 580 328 4 3 245 18 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 11 11 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 39 31 0 0 8 1 85 Salinas, CA 33 19 0 0 14 2 92 Salisbury, MD 17 7 0 0 10 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 375 148 2 0 225 12 100 San Angelo, TX 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 787 453 10 0 324 14 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 325 173 2 0 150 3 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 596 164 4 20 408 7 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 175 110 42 0 23 4 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 18 18 0 0 0 0 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 29 15 2 0 12 2 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 6 6 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 46 32 2 12 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 212 102 0 3 107 10 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 19 19 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1109 454 60 61 534 17 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 57 57 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 8 6 2 0 0 0 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 78 78 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 11 9 2 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 199 54 6 32 107 4 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 27 27 0 0 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 68 68 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 149 89 4 0 56 2 66 Springfield, IL 19 15 4 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 29 27 2 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 132 40 12 0 80 2 83 Springfield, OH 7 7 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 38 33 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 44 44 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 512 363 8 10 131 9 100 State College, PA 26 14 0 0 12 1 62 Stockton, CA 57 57 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 65 65 0 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 118 71 4 0 43 2 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 858 449 2 0 407 15 100 Terre Haute, IN 64 17 4 0 43 5 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 6 4 2 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 99 64 0 0 35 2 92 Topeka, KS 46 38 0 8 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 41 31 0 0 10 1 100 Tucson, AZ 232 215 4 3 10 2 100 Tulsa, OK 234 230 4 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 86 31 0 0 55 3 93 Tyler, TX 17 12 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 33 33 0 0 0 0 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 33 28 0 0 5 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 373 238 2 0 133 3 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 72 72 0 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 233 17 0 0 216 9 77 Warner Robins, GA 44 44 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 995 679 2 16 298 11 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 38 38 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 14 12 2 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 33 17 0 16 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 9 9 0 0 0 0 89 Wichita, KS 341 147 2 0 192 8 88 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 297 291 0 0 6 1 100 Winchester, VA-WV 18 18 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 127 127 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 65 65 0 0 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 21 21 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 110 105 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 61 30 4 3 24 4 96 Yuba City, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 40 40 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.