Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area January 2009 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 18 18 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 23 16 0 0 7 1 68 Albany, GA 14 9 2 3 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 22 22 0 0 0 0 75 Albuquerque, NM 130 103 0 3 24 1 100 Alexandria, LA 15 15 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 99 71 0 0 28 2 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 39 39 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 3 3 0 0 0 0 94 Anchorage, AK 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 8 8 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 10 10 0 0 0 0 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 5 3 2 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 10 8 2 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 70 64 0 0 6 1 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 15 15 0 0 0 0 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 359 347 0 0 12 1 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 22 19 0 3 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 48 48 0 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 114 114 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 708 467 8 0 233 7 100 Bakersfield, CA 66 55 2 4 5 1 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 233 142 2 3 86 2 100 Bangor, ME 5 5 0 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 25 25 0 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 124 122 2 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 31 31 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 22 19 0 3 0 0 77 Bend, OR 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 23 23 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 105 91 0 0 14 2 100 Bismarck, ND 1 1 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 10 10 0 0 0 0 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 13 8 0 0 5 1 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 170 64 0 106 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 237 156 12 13 56 7 100 Boulder, CO 42 11 0 3 28 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 15 15 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 78 70 0 0 8 1 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 14 14 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 19 19 0 0 0 0 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 99 35 16 48 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 18 18 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 134 42 0 0 92 1 78 Burlington, NC 22 22 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 7 7 0 0 0 0 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 12 7 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 48 35 0 4 9 1 100 Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 12 12 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 27 8 0 4 15 1 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 99 33 0 18 48 8 83 Charleston, WV 8 6 2 0 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 138 124 0 4 10 1 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 804 235 4 4 561 20 100 Charlottesville, VA 45 36 4 0 5 1 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 67 58 2 0 7 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 11 11 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 521 188 6 7 320 4 100 Chico, CA 27 27 0 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 175 115 6 3 51 5 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 65 55 2 8 0 0 22 Cleveland, TN 24 12 0 12 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 87 80 2 0 5 1 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 20 20 0 0 0 0 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 30 30 0 0 0 0 99 Colorado Springs, CO 75 73 2 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 36 24 0 0 12 1 100 Columbia, SC 492 140 0 0 352 15 100 Columbus, GA-AL 54 30 0 0 24 2 73 Columbus, IN 8 8 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 113 113 0 0 0 0 100 Corpus Christi, TX 49 47 2 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 6 6 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1734 706 6 4 1018 12 100 Dalton, GA 19 11 0 3 5 1 95 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 53 53 0 0 0 0 86 Decatur, AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 67 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 43 33 0 0 10 1 100 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 188 151 0 0 37 4 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 51 51 0 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 96 70 2 24 0 0 100 Dothan, AL 14 14 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 39 39 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 9 9 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 7 7 0 0 0 0 69 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 372 64 0 0 308 13 100 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 71 El Paso, TX 125 121 0 4 0 0 96 Elizabethtown, KY 8 8 0 0 0 0 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 10 10 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 3 3 0 0 0 0 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 29 23 2 4 0 0 100 Evansville, IN-KY 21 11 0 0 10 2 89 Fairbanks, AK 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 1 1 0 0 0 0 78 Farmington, NM 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 185 77 0 0 108 13 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 64 47 4 7 6 1 93 Flagstaff, AZ 5 5 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 30 21 0 0 9 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 8 8 0 0 0 0 88 Fond du Lac, WI 3 3 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 35 15 0 0 20 1 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 56 24 24 0 8 1 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 11 11 0 0 0 0 77 Fort Wayne, IN 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 104 71 2 6 25 4 81 Gadsden, AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 34 15 0 0 19 1 99 Gainesville, GA 6 6 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 9 9 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 7 7 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 19 19 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 39 39 0 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 4 4 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 43 36 0 0 7 1 100 Green Bay, WI 17 11 0 0 6 1 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 111 83 0 4 24 1 100 Greenville, NC 16 16 0 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 100 89 0 0 11 2 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 185 159 20 6 0 0 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 24 0 0 36 3 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 10 10 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 28 28 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 48 48 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 27 24 0 3 0 0 88 Hattiesburg, MS 41 6 0 3 32 1 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 39 39 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 21 21 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 77 Honolulu, HI 47 47 0 0 0 0 100 Hot Springs, AR 2 2 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 51 43 8 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2319 1298 8 4 1009 83 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 148 96 0 0 52 3 98 Idaho Falls, ID 5 5 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 195 131 0 0 64 8 100 Iowa City, IA 11 11 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 2 0 2 0 0 0 58 Jackson, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 Jackson, MS 66 66 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 8 8 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 267 227 12 0 28 2 100 Jacksonville, NC 33 33 0 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 4 4 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 19 19 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 14 14 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 34 2 0 0 32 4 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 16 16 0 0 0 0 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 2 2 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 94 64 2 23 5 1 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 30 23 0 0 7 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 59 57 2 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 16 16 0 0 0 0 58 Kingston, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 111 80 0 0 31 3 84 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 24 19 0 0 5 1 3 Lafayette, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 44 37 2 0 5 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 76 60 0 0 16 1 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 76 76 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 90 37 4 0 49 2 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 13 8 0 0 5 1 81 Laredo, TX 72 70 2 0 0 0 100 Las Cruces, NM 208 68 0 0 140 20 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 207 182 0 0 25 1 100 Lawrence, KS 6 6 0 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 14 14 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 13 13 0 0 0 0 92 Lewiston, ID-WA 1 1 0 0 0 0 55 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 3 3 0 0 0 0 71 Lexington-Fayette, KY 192 44 0 0 148 2 98 Lima, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 25 25 0 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 420 96 0 0 324 27 91 Logan, UT-ID 17 6 0 11 0 0 3 Longview, TX 7 7 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 8 8 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 598 189 54 16 339 10 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 117 89 2 3 23 1 100 Lubbock, TX 40 40 0 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 25 25 0 0 0 0 86 Macon, GA 14 14 0 0 0 0 54 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 2 2 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 68 17 0 4 47 2 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 19 19 0 0 0 0 91 Manhattan, KS 12 12 0 0 0 0 41 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 6 4 2 0 0 0 75 Mansfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 229 204 8 12 5 1 100 Medford, OR 21 19 2 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 283 86 0 0 197 3 100 Merced, CA 2 2 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 476 127 4 32 313 20 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 27 27 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 52 40 4 0 8 1 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 107 100 0 0 7 1 100 Missoula, MT 8 6 2 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 324 49 0 0 275 4 95 Modesto, CA 54 21 2 0 31 2 85 Monroe, LA 25 8 12 0 5 1 85 Monroe, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 54 25 0 0 29 2 91 Morgantown, WV 4 4 0 0 0 0 91 Morristown, TN 7 7 0 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 14 14 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 108 84 0 0 24 2 99 Napa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 44 40 0 4 0 0 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 231 211 6 0 14 1 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 25 17 2 0 6 1 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 204 157 32 0 15 2 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1030 407 82 32 509 34 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 5 0 0 0 5 1 35 Norwich-New London, CT 9 9 0 0 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 31 21 10 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 20 16 4 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 30 22 0 8 0 0 84 Oklahoma City, OK 227 199 4 12 12 1 100 Olympia, WA 40 36 4 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 145 65 0 0 80 4 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 449 249 6 13 181 8 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 8 8 0 0 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 12 12 0 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 23 13 0 0 10 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 114 58 0 0 56 4 100 Palm Coast, FL 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 16 14 2 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 58 58 0 0 0 0 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 61 61 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 4 4 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 296 253 6 7 30 6 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 519 345 8 4 162 4 100 Pine Bluff, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 109 98 0 11 0 0 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 9 9 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 30 24 0 0 6 1 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 43 35 0 8 0 0 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 220 155 0 3 62 7 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 22 17 0 0 5 1 52 Prescott, AZ 25 25 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 50 40 4 6 0 0 86 Provo-Orem, UT 63 56 2 0 5 1 98 Pueblo, CO 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 30 28 2 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 243 233 0 0 10 1 100 Rapid City, SD 17 17 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 16 8 0 0 8 1 48 Redding, CA 9 9 0 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 36 36 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 142 142 0 0 0 0 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 488 227 0 0 261 22 100 Roanoke, VA 30 30 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 44 4 0 0 40 5 87 Rochester, NY 38 30 8 0 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 12 12 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 13 13 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 25 1 0 0 24 3 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 157 127 0 9 21 3 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 23 3 0 0 20 1 40 Salem, OR 32 12 0 0 20 3 85 Salinas, CA 15 5 0 0 10 2 92 Salisbury, MD 12 6 0 0 6 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 609 79 0 10 520 18 100 San Angelo, TX 10 10 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 297 292 0 0 5 1 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 84 78 0 0 6 1 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 136 99 10 3 24 4 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 36 28 2 0 6 1 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 17 11 0 0 6 1 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 10 10 0 0 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 6 6 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 14 14 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 58 50 0 0 8 1 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 7 7 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 905 303 34 35 533 30 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 23 23 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 2 2 0 0 0 0 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 45 45 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 3 3 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 27 15 0 4 8 1 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 8 8 0 0 0 0 98 Spartanburg, SC 24 24 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 14 14 0 0 0 0 66 Springfield, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 8 8 0 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 58 13 0 0 45 1 82 Springfield, OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 9 4 0 0 5 1 74 St. George, UT 33 33 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 230 173 4 15 38 4 100 State College, PA 10 8 2 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 34 29 0 0 5 1 100 Sumter, SC 28 28 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 12 12 0 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 80 47 2 0 31 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 637 234 2 3 398 18 100 Terre Haute, IN 12 5 2 0 5 1 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 18 18 0 0 0 0 92 Topeka, KS 16 12 0 4 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Tucson, AZ 109 101 2 0 6 1 100 Tulsa, OK 163 163 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 55 14 0 0 41 3 93 Tyler, TX 16 8 0 3 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 29 29 0 0 0 0 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 4 4 0 0 0 0 92 Victoria, TX 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 164 118 2 0 44 3 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 54 51 0 3 0 0 95 Waco, TX 14 14 0 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 130 30 0 0 100 6 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 885 508 0 0 377 10 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 3 3 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 6 4 2 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 9 9 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 25 4 2 0 19 1 89 Wichita, KS 71 69 2 0 0 0 88 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 201 146 2 0 53 4 100 Winchester, VA-WV 23 23 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 32 32 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 26 14 0 0 12 1 69 Yakima, WA 8 8 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 46 46 0 0 0 0 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 5 3 2 0 0 0 96 Yuba City, CA 2 2 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 39 39 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.