Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area November 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 4 4 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 32 25 0 0 7 1 68 Albany, GA 10 8 2 0 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 71 47 0 0 24 3 75 Albuquerque, NM 111 80 0 4 27 1 100 Alexandria, LA 20 20 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 131 83 0 0 48 3 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 32 32 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 52 4 0 0 48 4 94 Anchorage, AK 28 8 4 4 12 1 100 Anderson, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 15 15 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 17 12 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 9 9 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 16 16 0 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 88 77 8 3 0 0 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 12 12 0 0 0 0 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 388 363 0 0 25 3 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 98 24 0 0 74 13 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 60 60 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 713 281 0 8 424 12 100 Bakersfield, CA 64 56 4 4 0 0 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 202 202 0 0 0 0 100 Bangor, ME 10 10 0 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 21 21 0 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 122 122 0 0 0 0 93 Battle Creek, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 68 Bay City, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 23 23 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 77 Bend, OR 35 33 2 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 48 48 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 102 95 0 0 7 1 100 Bismarck, ND 26 26 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 58 48 10 0 0 0 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 48 16 0 0 32 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 105 97 0 8 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 273 207 6 4 56 9 100 Boulder, CO 11 6 0 0 5 1 72 Bowling Green, KY 34 34 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 73 45 0 4 24 4 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 31 31 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 415 27 2 0 386 3 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 56 54 2 0 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 18 18 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 51 31 0 0 20 2 78 Burlington, NC 45 41 4 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 11 11 0 0 0 0 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 34 16 0 0 18 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 59 44 0 4 11 2 100 Carson City, NV 2 2 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 8 4 0 4 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 35 31 4 0 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 46 10 0 0 36 1 83 Charleston, WV 14 6 0 8 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 180 164 0 8 8 1 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 505 309 0 52 144 6 100 Charlottesville, VA 17 13 4 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 46 41 0 0 5 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 7 7 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 613 427 12 30 144 10 100 Chico, CA 42 42 0 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 160 149 0 6 5 1 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 73 46 0 0 27 4 22 Cleveland, TN 14 7 4 3 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 140 131 0 4 5 1 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 54 42 4 8 0 0 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 22 22 0 0 0 0 99 Colorado Springs, CO 65 65 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 21 21 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 216 198 0 0 18 1 100 Columbus, GA-AL 43 31 0 3 9 1 73 Columbus, IN 12 12 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 250 164 2 0 84 5 100 Corpus Christi, TX 36 36 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 1 1 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1127 787 12 0 328 13 100 Dalton, GA 14 9 0 0 5 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 15 15 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 44 44 0 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 53 45 0 0 8 1 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 421 185 2 0 234 6 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 294 124 2 0 168 7 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 93 88 0 0 5 1 100 Dothan, AL 18 18 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 42 42 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 4 4 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 23 18 0 0 5 1 69 Durham, NC 98 98 0 0 0 0 100 Eau Claire, WI 20 16 4 0 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 18 9 0 3 6 1 71 El Paso, TX 128 122 6 0 0 0 96 Elizabethtown, KY 39 9 0 0 30 4 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 14 10 4 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 8 8 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 34 24 2 8 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 20 17 0 3 0 0 89 Fairbanks, AK 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 63 32 0 0 31 2 78 Farmington, NM 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 78 58 0 0 20 3 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 88 65 4 8 11 1 93 Flagstaff, AZ 26 26 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 29 19 0 0 10 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 88 Fond du Lac, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 30 30 0 0 0 0 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 29 29 0 0 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 15 10 0 0 5 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 80 78 2 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 72 72 0 0 0 0 81 Gadsden, AL 9 9 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 41 26 0 0 15 1 99 Gainesville, GA 7 7 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 22 18 0 4 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 12 10 2 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 1 1 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 59 48 0 0 11 1 100 Great Falls, MT 6 6 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 30 22 0 0 8 1 100 Green Bay, WI 39 33 0 0 6 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 115 86 2 0 27 2 100 Greenville, NC 35 21 14 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 82 82 0 0 0 0 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 362 66 12 0 284 20 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 45 45 0 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 63 6 0 57 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 50 50 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 74 54 0 0 20 3 88 Hattiesburg, MS 5 5 0 0 0 0 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 45 45 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 5 5 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 17 17 0 0 0 0 77 Honolulu, HI 105 24 0 4 77 2 100 Hot Springs, AR 2 2 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 25 25 0 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2143 1285 14 0 844 32 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 367 91 0 0 276 14 98 Idaho Falls, ID 16 16 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 416 211 2 3 200 16 100 Iowa City, IA 43 31 0 0 12 1 94 Ithaca, NY 4 0 4 0 0 0 58 Jackson, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 79 79 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 64 16 0 20 28 5 92 Jacksonville, FL 301 249 12 0 40 2 100 Jacksonville, NC 80 76 0 4 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 5 1 4 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 5 5 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 64 14 2 0 48 6 99 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 12 12 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 7 7 0 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 30 28 2 0 0 0 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 479 125 4 32 318 13 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 38 31 0 0 7 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 56 44 12 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 20 20 0 0 0 0 58 Kingston, NY 4 4 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 70 62 2 0 6 1 84 Kokomo, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 18 16 2 0 0 0 3 Lafayette, IN 23 15 0 0 8 1 90 Lafayette, LA 43 35 0 0 8 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 27 12 2 0 13 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 123 123 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 37 21 0 0 16 2 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 11 11 0 0 0 0 81 Laredo, TX 45 37 0 8 0 0 100 Las Cruces, NM 43 43 0 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 297 197 0 18 82 1 100 Lawrence, KS 8 8 0 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 7 7 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 23 23 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 1 1 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 11 11 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 257 79 10 0 168 6 98 Lima, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 30 28 2 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 96 72 0 8 16 3 91 Logan, UT-ID 17 9 0 3 5 1 3 Longview, TX 7 7 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 10 10 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1375 213 34 17 1111 30 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 107 102 2 3 0 0 100 Lubbock, TX 26 26 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 31 26 0 0 5 1 86 Macon, GA 13 13 0 0 0 0 54 Madera, CA 18 18 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 120 43 6 11 60 6 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 22 17 0 0 5 1 91 Mansfield, OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 173 165 0 8 0 0 100 Medford, OR 11 9 2 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 118 84 0 4 30 2 100 Merced, CA 3 3 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 255 138 18 6 93 10 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 88 64 4 0 20 1 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 214 192 2 8 12 2 100 Missoula, MT 9 9 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 74 74 0 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 34 22 2 0 10 1 85 Monroe, LA 15 10 0 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 29 29 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 9 0 0 3 6 1 91 Morristown, TN 8 8 0 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 19 19 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 8 6 2 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 104 82 0 0 22 2 99 Napa, CA 6 6 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 26 26 0 0 0 0 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 336 215 4 3 114 5 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 22 14 0 0 8 1 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 131 115 12 4 0 0 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1496 523 18 42 913 47 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 13 13 0 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 48 44 4 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 49 24 10 0 15 2 100 Odessa, TX 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 85 70 0 3 12 2 84 Oklahoma City, OK 205 194 2 0 9 1 100 Olympia, WA 65 35 0 0 30 4 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 165 137 4 0 24 1 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 452 221 2 6 223 2 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 14 12 2 0 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 10 10 0 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 26 10 0 3 13 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 67 67 0 0 0 0 100 Palm Coast, FL 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 27 25 2 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 25 25 0 0 0 0 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 87 87 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 34 29 0 0 5 1 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 468 331 6 11 120 8 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 557 353 2 0 202 7 100 Pine Bluff, AR 2 2 0 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 171 126 6 10 29 2 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 11 7 0 4 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 36 29 0 0 7 1 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 69 51 0 0 18 1 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 285 164 0 16 105 9 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 36 31 0 0 5 1 52 Prescott, AZ 94 21 2 3 68 5 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 90 80 2 0 8 1 86 Provo-Orem, UT 46 40 0 6 0 0 97 Pueblo, CO 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 10 10 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 395 216 12 0 167 2 100 Rapid City, SD 22 22 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 19 12 0 0 7 1 48 Redding, CA 9 9 0 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 161 148 0 7 6 1 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 570 245 0 4 321 25 100 Roanoke, VA 25 25 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 29 29 0 0 0 0 87 Rochester, NY 60 52 0 3 5 1 62 Rockford, IL 18 14 4 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 16 16 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 4 4 0 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 482 281 0 0 201 3 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 16 14 2 0 0 0 85 Salinas, CA 19 5 2 0 12 1 92 Salisbury, MD 11 5 0 0 6 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 316 114 2 3 197 14 100 San Angelo, TX 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 602 287 0 0 315 16 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 232 84 2 0 146 5 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 575 136 2 3 434 18 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 34 29 0 0 5 1 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 33 33 0 0 0 0 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 28 26 2 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 52 52 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 13 13 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 576 238 28 3 307 10 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 43 1 2 0 40 5 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 28 28 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 6 6 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 142 30 2 0 110 5 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 35 21 0 0 14 2 98 Spartanburg, SC 49 49 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 58 23 0 19 16 1 66 Springfield, IL 7 7 0 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 26 18 8 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 86 39 4 0 43 1 83 Springfield, OH 32 4 0 28 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 20 15 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 35 33 2 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 242 223 4 3 12 2 100 State College, PA 9 7 2 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 35 35 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 10 10 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 28 26 2 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 96 75 0 0 21 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 699 248 0 0 451 28 100 Terre Haute, IN 6 6 0 0 0 0 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 3 3 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 47 36 0 6 5 1 92 Topeka, KS 31 28 0 3 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Tucson, AZ 107 97 2 0 8 1 100 Tulsa, OK 94 94 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 130 14 0 0 116 5 93 Tyler, TX 11 6 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 29 22 2 0 5 1 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 25 25 0 0 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 24 19 0 0 5 1 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 158 119 6 4 29 3 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 108 32 0 4 72 9 95 Waco, TX 12 12 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 30 30 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 588 485 0 0 103 3 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 23 23 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee, WA 22 22 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 5 5 0 0 0 0 89 Wichita, KS 98 90 8 0 0 0 88 Williamsport, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 195 150 2 0 43 4 100 Winchester, VA-WV 15 15 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 33 33 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 38 34 4 0 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 13 13 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 28 23 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 21 11 2 3 5 1 96 Yuba City, CA 4 4 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 30 30 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.