Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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 6 6 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 31 21 0 3 7 1 68 Albany, GA 11 8 0 3 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 32 32 0 0 0 0 75 Albuquerque, NM 109 88 0 0 21 1 100 Alexandria, LA 9 9 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 69 64 0 0 5 1 100 Altoona, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 24 24 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 21 1 0 0 20 2 94 Anchorage, AK 11 5 6 0 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 18 18 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 12 7 0 0 5 1 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 16 16 0 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 74 74 0 0 0 0 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 10 6 0 4 0 0 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 512 384 0 0 128 5 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 34 30 0 4 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 55 55 0 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 70 63 0 0 7 1 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1061 326 16 21 698 23 100 Bakersfield, CA 64 54 2 3 5 1 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 214 171 0 10 33 2 100 Bangor, ME 10 6 0 4 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 26 26 0 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 105 105 0 0 0 0 93 Battle Creek, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Bay City, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 32 32 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 10 10 0 0 0 0 77 Bend, OR 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 9 9 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 120 110 0 0 10 1 100 Bismarck, ND 3 3 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 123 11 0 0 112 3 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 9 4 0 0 5 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 146 102 0 44 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 449 182 46 9 212 11 100 Boulder, CO 10 5 0 0 5 1 72 Bowling Green, KY 30 12 10 0 8 1 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 91 81 0 0 10 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 20 20 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 33 19 6 3 5 1 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 50 48 2 0 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 17 17 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 34 34 0 0 0 0 78 Burlington, NC 27 27 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 40 9 0 0 31 1 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 12 12 0 0 0 0 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 75 57 4 8 6 1 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 5 5 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 27 18 0 9 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 19 8 0 0 11 1 83 Charleston, WV 8 8 0 0 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 177 124 0 12 41 2 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 688 258 2 0 428 15 100 Charlottesville, VA 23 18 0 0 5 1 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 65 55 2 0 8 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 828 227 10 10 581 18 100 Chico, CA 36 36 0 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 161 123 0 0 38 5 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 74 62 0 12 0 0 22 Cleveland, TN 13 9 0 4 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 165 101 0 0 64 1 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 41 26 4 0 11 1 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 221 147 28 0 46 8 99 Colorado Springs, CO 63 63 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 37 21 4 0 12 1 100 Columbia, SC 186 148 0 12 26 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 61 47 0 0 14 1 73 Columbus, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 274 152 0 16 106 5 100 Corpus Christi, TX 37 37 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 12 12 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1265 736 12 4 513 17 100 Dalton, GA 16 9 2 0 5 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 9 4 0 0 5 1 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 26 14 0 0 12 1 18 Dayton, OH 40 40 0 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 9 9 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 2 2 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 47 33 2 0 12 1 100 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 226 151 4 0 71 5 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 60 58 2 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 133 60 42 31 0 0 100 Dothan, AL 15 15 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 44 44 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 4 4 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 19 14 2 3 0 0 69 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 114 106 8 0 0 0 100 Eau Claire, WI 22 10 4 8 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 2 2 0 0 0 0 71 El Paso, TX 340 159 0 0 181 15 96 Elizabethtown, KY 14 8 6 0 0 0 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 5 5 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 29 23 0 0 6 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 18 13 0 0 5 1 89 Fairbanks, AK 2 2 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 71 10 0 0 61 1 78 Farmington, NM 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 82 50 0 0 32 2 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 89 69 4 0 16 1 93 Flagstaff, AZ 19 19 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 36 21 0 0 15 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 88 Fond du Lac, WI 2 2 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 23 23 0 0 0 0 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 20 20 0 0 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 28 18 0 0 10 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 48 22 2 0 24 2 100 Fresno, CA 105 75 0 4 26 3 81 Gadsden, AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 40 19 0 0 21 1 99 Gainesville, GA 10 10 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 13 13 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 26 26 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 35 35 0 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 5 5 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 39 32 0 0 7 1 100 Green Bay, WI 27 22 0 0 5 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 151 104 0 3 44 2 100 Greenville, NC 70 22 0 0 48 6 99 Greenville, SC 86 86 0 0 0 0 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 124 84 40 0 0 0 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 33 33 0 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 40 40 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 8 8 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 59 45 4 0 10 2 88 Hattiesburg, MS 45 6 0 3 36 2 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 42 42 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 7 7 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 15 10 0 0 5 1 77 Honolulu, HI 129 57 0 0 72 6 100 Hot Springs, AR 2 2 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 29 29 0 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2191 1114 10 12 1055 48 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 204 120 0 0 84 9 98 Idaho Falls, ID 15 15 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 238 196 0 7 35 5 100 Iowa City, IA 81 25 0 0 56 1 94 Ithaca, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 58 Jackson, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 46 46 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 18 18 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 283 263 8 0 12 1 100 Jacksonville, NC 65 63 2 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 5 5 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 25 25 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 13 13 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 6 6 0 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 23 12 0 0 11 1 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 123 111 2 4 6 1 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 39 29 0 0 10 2 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 83 79 4 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 14 14 0 0 0 0 58 Kingston, NY 11 11 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 109 76 0 0 33 2 84 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 Lafayette, IN 19 12 0 0 7 1 90 Lafayette, LA 48 38 0 0 10 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 47 26 2 0 19 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 86 86 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 47 37 0 0 10 1 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 81 Laredo, TX 46 32 0 3 11 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 76 56 0 4 16 1 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 491 163 0 0 328 21 100 Lawrence, KS 6 6 0 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 14 14 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 12 12 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 7 7 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 87 85 2 0 0 0 98 Lima, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 16 16 0 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 261 75 2 16 168 14 91 Logan, UT-ID 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 Longview, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 8 8 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 450 226 36 16 172 14 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 208 110 2 3 93 6 100 Lubbock, TX 41 41 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 35 35 0 0 0 0 86 Macon, GA 56 12 4 0 40 4 54 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 9 6 0 3 0 0 89 Madison, WI 56 26 0 4 26 1 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 18 11 2 0 5 1 91 Mansfield, OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 180 149 8 18 5 1 100 Medford, OR 16 14 2 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 80 80 0 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 28 28 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 735 174 2 12 547 16 100 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 64 43 0 0 21 2 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 362 220 0 0 142 3 100 Missoula, MT 7 7 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 96 91 0 0 5 1 95 Modesto, CA 19 19 0 0 0 0 85 Monroe, LA 15 10 0 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 21 21 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 Morristown, TN 12 10 2 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 18 18 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 2 0 2 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 90 62 0 0 28 2 99 Napa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 60 52 0 8 0 0 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 777 207 0 0 570 20 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 28 21 0 0 7 1 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 198 178 16 4 0 0 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1650 594 48 66 942 66 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 20 20 0 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 38 38 0 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 55 43 12 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 51 51 0 0 0 0 84 Oklahoma City, OK 207 192 2 0 13 1 100 Olympia, WA 28 26 2 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 225 92 0 20 113 2 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 364 240 2 8 114 4 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 33 13 0 0 20 1 83 Owensboro, KY 10 8 2 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 32 19 0 3 10 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 172 56 0 4 112 9 100 Palm Coast, FL 104 20 0 0 84 1 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 13 11 2 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 33 33 0 0 0 0 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 64 64 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 18 18 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 520 387 14 6 113 8 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 424 408 2 0 14 1 100 Pine Bluff, AR 4 1 0 3 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 122 104 4 4 10 2 100 Pittsfield, MA 116 0 0 0 116 12 19 Pocatello, ID 6 6 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 45 34 0 0 11 2 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 70 50 2 0 18 1 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 281 111 0 0 170 4 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 56 48 0 3 5 1 52 Prescott, AZ 73 27 0 0 46 1 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 135 129 6 0 0 0 86 Provo-Orem, UT 60 32 4 4 20 2 98 Pueblo, CO 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 9 9 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 201 197 4 0 0 0 100 Rapid City, SD 20 18 2 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 15 15 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 116 31 0 8 77 1 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 33 31 2 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 551 161 6 11 373 24 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 706 292 8 4 402 18 100 Roanoke, VA 37 37 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 20 20 0 0 0 0 87 Rochester, NY 34 34 0 0 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 8 4 4 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 19 17 2 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 3 3 0 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 345 301 0 0 44 2 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 24 24 0 0 0 0 85 Salinas, CA 20 8 0 0 12 2 92 Salisbury, MD 13 6 0 0 7 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 321 100 2 11 208 10 100 San Angelo, TX 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 649 263 0 0 386 19 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 124 84 0 6 34 5 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 465 118 2 3 342 9 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 851 81 8 15 747 22 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 23 23 0 0 0 0 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 4 4 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 27 27 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 60 60 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 10 10 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 457 277 32 28 120 8 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 31 31 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 35 35 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 2 2 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 15 13 2 0 0 0 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 28 28 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 32 22 0 0 10 1 66 Springfield, IL 3 1 2 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 14 14 0 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 63 12 2 0 49 2 82 Springfield, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 11 8 0 3 0 0 74 St. George, UT 28 28 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 276 199 0 4 73 4 100 State College, PA 54 15 2 0 37 2 62 Stockton, CA 42 42 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 17 14 0 3 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 27 27 0 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 95 57 2 0 36 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 564 180 4 0 380 7 100 Terre Haute, IN 8 1 2 0 5 1 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 45 18 0 0 27 3 92 Topeka, KS 17 17 0 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 24 17 0 0 7 1 100 Tucson, AZ 109 101 2 0 6 1 100 Tulsa, OK 236 124 4 0 108 5 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 18 18 0 0 0 0 93 Tyler, TX 11 6 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 31 31 0 0 0 0 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 19 19 0 0 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 19 19 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 141 132 2 0 7 1 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 68 62 2 4 0 0 95 Waco, TX 16 16 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 21 21 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1078 535 4 7 532 14 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 7 7 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 3 3 0 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 11 11 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 11 11 0 0 0 0 89 Wichita, KS 83 45 2 36 0 0 88 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 78 73 0 0 5 1 100 Winchester, VA-WV 16 16 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 80 55 0 0 25 3 90 Worcester, MA 56 47 6 3 0 0 69 Yakima, WA 11 11 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 24 19 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 47 11 0 0 36 6 96 Yuba City, CA 12 12 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 60 60 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.