Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area October 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 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 60 48 0 0 12 1 68 Albany, GA 16 14 2 0 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 99 88 0 0 11 1 75 Albuquerque, NM 175 136 0 3 36 2 100 Alexandria, LA 26 26 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 171 131 0 0 40 2 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 24 24 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 10 10 0 0 0 0 94 Anchorage, AK 19 12 4 3 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 6 6 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 24 24 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 20 15 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 35 31 4 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 101 99 2 0 0 0 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 51 22 0 3 26 1 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1356 643 10 4 699 12 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 60 56 0 4 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 64 64 0 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 83 83 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 815 508 16 0 291 3 100 Bakersfield, CA 198 99 6 8 85 11 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 268 223 0 0 45 2 100 Bangor, ME 12 8 4 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 32 30 2 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 169 169 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 304 32 0 0 272 24 71 Bellingham, WA 38 23 2 3 10 1 77 Bend, OR 48 41 2 0 5 1 100 Billings, MT 20 20 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 184 130 0 0 54 2 100 Bismarck, ND 54 54 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 57 13 4 0 40 1 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 21 15 0 0 6 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 121 119 2 0 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 384 270 10 4 100 12 100 Boulder, CO 25 15 0 0 10 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 19 19 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 93 84 0 4 5 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 46 46 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 198 48 2 0 148 3 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 81 61 10 0 10 2 83 Brunswick, GA 25 25 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 170 43 4 0 123 1 78 Burlington, NC 40 40 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 11 11 0 0 0 0 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 39 35 0 4 0 0 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 143 90 0 0 53 3 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 37 37 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 131 75 4 16 36 3 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 160 13 0 0 147 9 83 Charleston, WV 35 11 0 24 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 441 215 0 0 226 12 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 825 419 2 0 404 17 100 Charlottesville, VA 42 37 0 0 5 1 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 74 63 2 0 9 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 5 5 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1030 693 16 76 245 21 100 Chico, CA 47 34 0 8 5 1 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 322 276 2 22 22 4 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 75 67 0 0 8 1 22 Cleveland, TN 29 21 0 8 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 276 219 4 4 49 9 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 74 47 0 8 19 1 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 183 31 0 0 152 17 99 Colorado Springs, CO 105 92 0 0 13 2 100 Columbia, MO 41 39 2 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 215 186 0 0 29 1 100 Columbus, GA-AL 70 39 0 0 31 3 73 Columbus, IN 13 13 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 435 201 0 67 167 10 100 Corpus Christi, TX 66 66 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 16 16 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2205 1118 4 14 1069 11 100 Dalton, GA 27 17 2 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 22 22 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 46 46 0 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 7 7 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 89 76 0 0 13 1 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 1202 243 14 0 945 26 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 562 220 4 0 338 16 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 207 187 8 7 5 1 100 Dothan, AL 22 22 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 47 47 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 12 12 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 47 39 0 3 5 1 69 Durham, NC 127 109 4 4 10 1 100 Eau Claire, WI 89 44 0 0 45 4 91 El Centro, CA 2 2 0 0 0 0 71 El Paso, TX 367 367 0 0 0 0 96 Elizabethtown, KY 14 14 0 0 0 0 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 38 35 0 3 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 10 10 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 41 34 0 0 7 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 54 38 2 3 11 2 89 Fairbanks, AK 2 2 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 105 75 0 0 30 1 78 Farmington, NM 34 30 0 4 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 156 72 0 0 84 5 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 468 72 8 0 388 22 93 Flagstaff, AZ 15 15 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 12 12 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 41 29 0 0 12 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 24 11 0 0 13 2 88 Fond du Lac, WI 34 2 2 0 30 1 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 59 55 0 4 0 0 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 22 22 0 0 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 27 20 0 0 7 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 75 61 2 0 12 1 100 Fresno, CA 147 131 0 0 16 3 81 Gadsden, AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 44 20 0 0 24 1 99 Gainesville, GA 16 16 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 24 24 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 20 20 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 89 10 2 0 77 1 221 Grand Junction, CO 77 77 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 96 96 0 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 7 7 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 103 89 0 3 11 1 100 Green Bay, WI 34 24 0 0 10 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 318 131 0 0 187 11 100 Greenville, NC 25 23 2 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 144 139 0 0 5 1 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 216 95 78 20 23 4 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 92 88 4 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 78 6 0 72 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 68 66 2 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 33 33 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 122 83 28 0 11 2 88 Hattiesburg, MS 48 0 0 0 48 8 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 68 68 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 4 4 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 62 62 0 0 0 0 77 Honolulu, HI 138 37 0 4 97 2 100 Hot Springs, AR 3 3 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 33 31 2 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2974 1808 20 3 1143 50 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 439 172 0 0 267 11 98 Idaho Falls, ID 31 31 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 487 305 0 4 178 5 100 Iowa City, IA 55 43 0 0 12 1 94 Ithaca, NY 5 5 0 0 0 0 58 Jackson, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 97 97 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 25 17 0 8 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 337 277 4 0 56 5 100 Jacksonville, NC 63 55 4 4 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 12 12 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 8 8 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 25 25 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 50 50 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 11 9 2 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 25 25 0 0 0 0 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 313 176 6 118 13 2 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 67 51 0 0 16 2 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 87 75 12 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 32 30 2 0 0 0 58 Kingston, NY 16 16 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 159 121 0 0 38 3 84 Kokomo, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 22 20 2 0 0 0 3 Lafayette, IN 71 39 0 0 32 4 90 Lafayette, LA 61 50 0 0 11 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 44 18 4 0 22 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 46 46 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 145 145 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 101 52 0 0 49 4 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 14 14 0 0 0 0 81 Laredo, TX 65 47 2 3 13 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 71 71 0 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 912 332 0 4 576 12 100 Lawrence, KS 241 15 2 0 224 10 96 Lawton, OK 18 18 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 13 13 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 3 1 2 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 16 10 0 0 6 1 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 305 69 4 92 140 5 98 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 63 47 2 0 14 2 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 137 135 2 0 0 0 91 Logan, UT-ID 64 19 0 0 45 2 3 Longview, TX 14 9 0 0 5 1 73 Longview, WA 14 14 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1085 267 44 15 759 28 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 240 174 0 4 62 6 100 Lubbock, TX 41 41 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 44 35 0 0 9 1 86 Macon, GA 17 9 8 0 0 0 54 Madera, CA 25 25 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 84 66 10 3 5 1 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 88 45 2 0 41 2 91 Mansfield, OH 7 5 2 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 242 199 0 43 0 0 100 Medford, OR 39 33 0 0 6 1 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 126 126 0 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 447 230 8 22 187 15 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 20 20 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 32 32 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 124 107 8 4 5 1 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 562 445 2 13 102 4 100 Missoula, MT 42 26 4 0 12 1 100 Mobile, AL 284 56 0 0 228 12 95 Modesto, CA 49 30 2 0 17 1 85 Monroe, LA 20 15 0 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 18 18 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 6 1 0 0 5 1 91 Morristown, TN 28 24 4 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 13 13 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 7 7 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 18 13 0 0 5 1 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 122 101 0 0 21 1 99 Napa, CA 19 19 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 49 45 0 4 0 0 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 458 323 0 0 135 6 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 75 37 0 0 38 3 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 289 163 28 0 98 1 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1845 707 148 105 885 54 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 10 5 0 0 5 1 35 Norwich-New London, CT 20 16 4 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 48 44 4 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 63 43 12 0 8 1 100 Odessa, TX 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 103 103 0 0 0 0 84 Oklahoma City, OK 275 250 4 6 15 1 100 Olympia, WA 88 57 2 0 29 3 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 320 273 2 0 45 2 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 435 362 2 4 67 4 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 110 73 2 0 35 3 83 Owensboro, KY 18 16 2 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 37 20 0 0 17 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 88 82 0 6 0 0 100 Palm Coast, FL 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 42 30 0 12 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 40 40 0 0 0 0 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 82 78 4 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 29 29 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 901 522 12 6 361 16 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 932 535 2 23 372 10 100 Pine Bluff, AR 29 5 0 0 24 2 89 Pittsburgh, PA 266 254 8 4 0 0 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 15 15 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 44 44 0 0 0 0 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 77 65 2 10 0 0 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 361 264 8 4 85 9 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 88 37 0 0 51 3 52 Prescott, AZ 33 31 2 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 129 98 0 0 31 5 86 Provo-Orem, UT 128 80 2 8 38 3 97 Pueblo, CO 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 38 29 0 4 5 1 100 Racine, WI 21 21 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 648 338 0 0 310 15 100 Rapid City, SD 21 15 0 0 6 1 98 Reading, PA 26 17 2 0 7 1 48 Redding, CA 49 49 0 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 79 79 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 333 255 0 4 74 2 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 539 487 0 21 31 4 100 Roanoke, VA 41 41 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 38 30 0 0 8 1 87 Rochester, NY 71 59 4 3 5 1 62 Rockford, IL 58 32 6 20 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 21 21 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 11 11 0 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 304 288 0 0 16 2 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 35 25 0 0 10 2 85 Salinas, CA 32 15 2 0 15 3 92 Salisbury, MD 16 7 0 0 9 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 472 133 2 3 334 15 100 San Angelo, TX 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 754 440 12 4 298 14 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 204 145 0 4 55 1 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 271 229 8 0 34 5 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 204 84 0 11 109 9 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 24 24 0 0 0 0 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 23 16 0 0 7 1 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 12 12 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 9 9 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 29 29 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 99 99 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 15 15 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1101 410 108 58 525 12 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 30 30 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 7 2 0 0 5 1 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 62 62 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 10 10 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 145 62 16 24 43 3 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 21 21 0 0 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 55 55 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 151 50 0 0 101 11 66 Springfield, IL 58 8 8 0 42 3 53 Springfield, MA 33 29 4 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 130 36 8 3 83 4 83 Springfield, OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 32 25 0 0 7 1 74 St. George, UT 46 46 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 438 359 6 33 40 3 100 State College, PA 16 16 0 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 69 64 0 0 5 1 100 Sumter, SC 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 62 38 0 0 24 1 61 Tallahassee, FL 110 69 2 0 39 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 694 327 4 6 357 7 100 Terre Haute, IN 20 10 2 0 8 1 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 321 27 0 0 294 13 92 Topeka, KS 32 32 0 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 63 30 0 0 33 2 100 Tucson, AZ 155 140 2 3 10 2 100 Tulsa, OK 193 189 0 4 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 80 24 0 0 56 3 93 Tyler, TX 15 10 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 47 41 6 0 0 0 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 34 34 0 0 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 349 221 6 0 122 1 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 131 63 0 0 68 5 95 Waco, TX 25 25 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 39 39 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1262 972 2 0 288 14 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 45 39 2 4 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 29 29 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 140 134 6 0 0 0 88 Williamsport, PA 3 3 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 232 213 2 0 17 3 100 Winchester, VA-WV 26 26 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 150 64 0 0 86 2 90 Worcester, MA 48 44 4 0 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 24 24 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 64 59 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 65 25 0 16 24 4 96 Yuba City, CA 20 20 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 25 25 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.