Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 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 14 14 0 0 0 0 98 Akron, OH 24 19 0 0 5 1 68 Albany, GA 14 12 2 0 0 0 96 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 49 37 0 12 0 0 75 Albuquerque, NM 96 73 0 4 19 1 100 Alexandria, LA 19 19 0 0 0 0 99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 84 56 0 0 28 2 100 Altoona, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Amarillo, TX 35 35 0 0 0 0 97 Ames, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 Anchorage, AK 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 64 Anderson, SC 28 28 0 0 0 0 89 Ann Arbor, MI 7 7 0 0 0 0 71 Anniston-Oxford, AL 11 11 0 0 0 0 83 Appleton, WI 28 28 0 0 0 0 81 Asheville, NC 80 77 0 3 0 0 94 Athens-Clarke County, GA 26 26 0 0 0 0 79 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 430 403 0 4 23 2 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 41 36 0 0 5 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 63 55 0 8 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 106 106 0 0 0 0 75 Austin-Round Rock, TX 688 454 2 0 232 4 100 Bakersfield, CA 153 73 0 0 80 5 86 Baltimore-Towson, MD 160 138 0 0 22 2 100 Bangor, ME 3 3 0 0 0 0 53 Barnstable Town, MA 15 15 0 0 0 0 87 Baton Rouge, LA 181 181 0 0 0 0 93 Battle Creek, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Bay City, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 38 38 0 0 0 0 71 Bellingham, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 77 Bend, OR 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 17 17 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 132 116 4 0 12 2 100 Bismarck, ND 2 2 0 0 0 0 98 Bloomington, IN 36 6 0 0 30 3 85 Bloomington-Normal, IL 17 17 0 0 0 0 86 Boise City-Nampa, ID 79 73 0 6 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 893 114 14 7 758 35 100 Boulder, CO 28 11 4 0 13 2 72 Bowling Green, KY 20 18 2 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 143 117 8 0 18 3 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 27 27 0 0 0 0 79 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 106 9 0 0 97 2 89 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 59 59 0 0 0 0 83 Brunswick, GA 22 22 0 0 0 0 82 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 38 38 0 0 0 0 78 Burlington, NC 23 23 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 9 9 0 0 0 0 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 17 12 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 65 60 0 0 5 1 100 Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 Carson City, NV 2 2 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 2 2 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 18 14 0 4 0 0 91 Champaign-Urbana, IL 24 12 0 0 12 1 83 Charleston, WV 10 10 0 0 0 0 47 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 197 189 0 0 8 1 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 242 237 0 0 5 1 100 Charlottesville, VA 39 32 2 0 5 1 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 70 65 0 0 5 1 75 Cheyenne, WY 10 10 0 0 0 0 98 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 472 413 6 12 41 5 100 Chico, CA 28 28 0 0 0 0 82 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 192 174 0 13 5 1 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 154 126 0 0 28 1 22 Cleveland, TN 15 7 4 4 0 0 74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 75 75 0 0 0 0 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 46 36 10 0 0 0 99 College Station-Bryan, TX 83 59 0 0 24 1 99 Colorado Springs, CO 81 77 4 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 118 76 0 0 42 1 100 Columbia, SC 165 146 0 0 19 1 100 Columbus, GA-AL 84 71 0 3 10 1 73 Columbus, IN 10 10 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 206 146 0 0 60 4 100 Corpus Christi, TX 61 61 0 0 0 0 83 Corvallis, OR 3 3 0 0 0 0 54 Cumberland, MD-WV 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1806 902 12 0 892 34 100 Dalton, GA 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Danville, VA 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 12 12 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 35 35 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 49 41 0 0 8 1 100 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 375 163 10 3 199 3 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 49 47 2 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 57 49 0 3 5 1 100 Dothan, AL 22 22 0 0 0 0 85 Dover, DE 38 38 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 10 6 4 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 6 6 0 0 0 0 69 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 129 102 0 12 15 3 100 Eau Claire, WI 2 2 0 0 0 0 91 El Centro, CA 25 21 0 4 0 0 71 El Paso, TX 198 184 0 0 14 1 96 Elizabethtown, KY 10 10 0 0 0 0 62 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Erie, PA 18 4 0 0 14 1 74 Eugene-Springfield, OR 29 21 0 0 8 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 26 16 0 0 10 2 89 Fairbanks, AK 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 62 2 0 0 60 1 78 Farmington, NM 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 127 103 0 0 24 1 93 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 96 55 6 9 26 3 93 Flagstaff, AZ 5 5 0 0 0 0 91 Flint, MI 6 6 0 0 0 0 63 Florence, SC 36 26 0 0 10 1 99 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 88 Fond du Lac, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 44 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 37 31 6 0 0 0 92 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 20 15 0 0 5 1 77 Fort Wayne, IN 26 26 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 117 117 0 0 0 0 81 Gadsden, AL 8 8 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 38 22 0 0 16 1 99 Gainesville, GA 10 10 0 0 0 0 94 Glens Falls, NY 9 9 0 0 0 0 77 Goldsboro, NC 12 12 0 0 0 0 79 Grand Forks, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Grand Junction, CO 37 37 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 41 37 0 4 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 12 12 0 0 0 0 91 Greeley, CO 46 41 0 0 5 1 100 Green Bay, WI 30 30 0 0 0 0 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 156 92 2 0 62 5 100 Greenville, NC 17 17 0 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 143 143 0 0 0 0 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 115 105 10 0 0 0 93 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 41 41 0 0 0 0 96 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 9 9 0 0 0 0 78 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 36 36 0 0 0 0 54 Harrisonburg, VA 102 66 0 0 36 3 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 48 30 0 0 18 3 88 Hattiesburg, MS 2 2 0 0 0 0 92 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 52 52 0 0 0 0 98 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 10 10 0 0 0 0 68 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 12 12 0 0 0 0 77 Honolulu, HI 80 36 0 0 44 1 100 Hot Springs, AR 3 3 0 0 0 0 97 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 32 32 0 0 0 0 94 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2078 1381 10 4 683 18 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 Huntsville, AL 182 182 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 12 12 0 0 0 0 97 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 296 238 2 0 56 5 100 Iowa City, IA 18 18 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 58 Jackson, MI 6 1 0 0 5 1 61 Jackson, MS 62 62 0 0 0 0 94 Jackson, TN 16 16 0 0 0 0 92 Jacksonville, FL 1301 191 8 0 1102 43 100 Jacksonville, NC 297 105 0 0 192 8 97 Janesville, WI 2 2 0 0 0 0 79 Jefferson City, MO 3 3 0 0 0 0 70 Johnson City, TN 37 37 0 0 0 0 99 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jonesboro, AR 21 21 0 0 0 0 92 Joplin, MO 4 4 0 0 0 0 49 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 24 13 0 0 11 1 70 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Kansas City, MO-KS 132 107 0 20 5 1 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 38 33 0 0 5 1 89 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 147 137 10 0 0 0 81 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 24 22 2 0 0 0 58 Kingston, NY 6 4 2 0 0 0 70 Knoxville, TN 104 87 0 0 17 1 84 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 La Crosse, WI-MN 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 Lafayette, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 90 Lafayette, LA 44 35 0 0 9 1 85 Lake Charles, LA 31 31 0 0 0 0 83 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 92 92 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 40 26 0 0 14 1 63 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 14 14 0 0 0 0 81 Laredo, TX 53 41 2 4 6 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 146 53 0 0 93 13 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 155 131 0 24 0 0 100 Lawrence, KS 9 7 2 0 0 0 96 Lawton, OK 16 16 0 0 0 0 89 Lebanon, PA 15 15 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 125 123 2 0 0 0 98 Lima, OH 6 6 0 0 0 0 11 Lincoln, NE 35 33 2 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 217 97 0 0 120 10 91 Logan, UT-ID 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 Longview, TX 8 8 0 0 0 0 73 Longview, WA 7 7 0 0 0 0 73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 843 192 54 26 571 11 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 143 143 0 0 0 0 100 Lubbock, TX 52 50 2 0 0 0 96 Lynchburg, VA 84 84 0 0 0 0 86 Macon, GA 27 17 0 0 10 1 54 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 5 5 0 0 0 0 89 Madison, WI 48 46 2 0 0 0 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 11 9 2 0 0 0 91 Manhattan, KS 79 19 0 0 60 2 41 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 4 4 0 0 0 0 75 Mansfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 261 247 2 12 0 0 100 Medford, OR 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 96 96 0 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 3 3 0 0 0 0 81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 276 121 4 104 47 7 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 2 2 0 0 0 0 68 Midland, TX 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 151 48 4 8 91 4 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 326 146 0 4 176 2 100 Missoula, MT 11 9 2 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 33 33 0 0 0 0 95 Modesto, CA 12 12 0 0 0 0 85 Monroe, LA 15 13 2 0 0 0 85 Monroe, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 54 Montgomery, AL 22 22 0 0 0 0 91 Morgantown, WV 2 2 0 0 0 0 91 Morristown, TN 11 9 2 0 0 0 80 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 83 Muncie, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 91 60 0 0 31 3 99 Napa, CA 4 4 0 0 0 0 69 Naples-Marco Island, FL 127 77 0 8 42 2 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 261 259 2 0 0 0 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 20 10 2 0 8 1 85 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 383 156 16 0 211 2 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1013 323 62 55 573 36 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 35 Norwich-New London, CT 16 9 0 7 0 0 94 Ocala, FL 41 33 8 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 18 16 2 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 58 40 2 8 8 1 84 Oklahoma City, OK 216 208 0 0 8 1 100 Olympia, WA 51 49 2 0 0 0 82 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 125 118 2 0 5 1 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 322 318 0 4 0 0 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 10 8 2 0 0 0 83 Owensboro, KY 13 13 0 0 0 0 97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 22 14 0 0 8 1 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 75 59 0 4 12 1 100 Palm Coast, FL 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 31 31 0 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 60 60 0 0 0 0 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 126 60 0 0 66 11 100 Peoria, IL 7 7 0 0 0 0 59 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 323 286 8 3 26 5 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 608 293 0 0 315 2 100 Pine Bluff, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 128 95 2 0 31 2 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 Pocatello, ID 8 8 0 0 0 0 92 Port St. Lucie, FL 41 33 0 3 5 1 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 76 41 2 22 11 2 89 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 270 145 0 16 109 13 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 27 17 0 0 10 2 52 Prescott, AZ 18 18 0 0 0 0 84 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 56 44 4 3 5 1 86 Provo-Orem, UT 44 44 0 0 0 0 98 Pueblo, CO 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 19 19 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 153 10 0 0 143 2 69 Raleigh-Cary, NC 273 273 0 0 0 0 100 Rapid City, SD 23 23 0 0 0 0 98 Reading, PA 8 8 0 0 0 0 48 Redding, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 93 Reno-Sparks, NV 82 40 0 0 42 1 100 Richmond, VA 220 201 0 3 16 1 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 329 219 0 8 102 1 100 Roanoke, VA 17 17 0 0 0 0 97 Rochester, MN 3 3 0 0 0 0 87 Rochester, NY 63 43 0 3 17 3 62 Rockford, IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 15 15 0 0 0 0 78 Rome, GA 9 9 0 0 0 0 99 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 141 123 0 0 18 3 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 40 Salem, OR 27 25 2 0 0 0 85 Salinas, CA 8 5 0 3 0 0 92 Salisbury, MD 11 5 0 0 6 1 67 Salt Lake City, UT 576 45 0 4 527 6 100 San Angelo, TX 226 11 0 0 215 11 100 San Antonio, TX 375 349 0 0 26 3 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 89 76 4 9 0 0 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 292 85 2 0 205 4 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 19 17 2 0 0 0 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 22 22 0 0 0 0 67 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 14 10 0 4 0 0 71 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 1 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Fe, NM 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 68 68 0 0 0 0 87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 7 7 0 0 0 0 24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 386 280 20 0 86 12 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 47 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 93 93 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 4 4 0 0 0 0 96 Sioux Falls, SD 65 12 0 0 53 1 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 23 9 0 7 7 1 98 Spartanburg, SC 44 44 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 24 24 0 0 0 0 66 Springfield, IL 7 5 2 0 0 0 53 Springfield, MA 20 14 6 0 0 0 58 Springfield, MO 39 11 2 0 26 1 82 Springfield, OH 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 46 5 0 0 41 1 74 St. George, UT 25 25 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis, MO-IL 212 207 2 3 0 0 100 State College, PA 9 7 2 0 0 0 62 Stockton, CA 30 30 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 27 27 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 18 18 0 0 0 0 61 Tallahassee, FL 81 56 2 0 23 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 279 257 0 3 19 3 100 Terre Haute, IN 2 2 0 0 0 0 85 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 16 6 10 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 24 14 0 0 10 2 92 Topeka, KS 13 13 0 0 0 0 90 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Tucson, AZ 121 114 2 0 5 1 100 Tulsa, OK 199 197 2 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 25 25 0 0 0 0 93 Tyler, TX 14 9 0 0 5 1 79 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 38 31 2 0 5 1 87 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 30 25 0 0 5 1 92 Victoria, TX 4 4 0 0 0 0 55 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 708 208 6 4 490 19 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 75 75 0 0 0 0 95 Waco, TX 23 19 4 0 0 0 77 Warner Robins, GA 37 37 0 0 0 0 82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1068 674 0 0 394 6 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 10 10 0 0 0 0 82 Wausau, WI 8 8 0 0 0 0 74 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 53 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 18 18 0 0 0 0 72 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Wichita Falls, TX 18 4 0 0 14 1 89 Wichita, KS 85 85 0 0 0 0 88 Williamsport, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 Wilmington, NC 141 136 0 0 5 1 100 Winchester, VA-WV 18 18 0 0 0 0 84 Winston-Salem, NC 49 49 0 0 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 54 16 0 33 5 1 69 Yakima, WA 7 7 0 0 0 0 40 York-Hanover, PA 28 19 0 4 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 11 9 2 0 0 0 96 Yuba City, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 91 Yuma, AZ 56 56 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.