Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area April 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 96 Akron, OH 91 83 0 3 5 1 71 Albany, GA 16 16 0 0 0 0 92 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 62 60 2 0 0 0 69 Albuquerque, NM 184 173 0 0 11 1 100 Alexandria, LA 20 20 0 0 0 0 98 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 127 103 0 0 24 3 100 Altoona, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Amarillo, TX 47 47 0 0 0 0 94 Ames, IA 14 14 0 0 0 0 93 Anchorage, AK 51 31 2 0 18 1 100 Anderson, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 75 Anderson, SC 23 23 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 11 11 0 0 0 0 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 77 Appleton, WI 26 26 0 0 0 0 78 Asheville, NC 108 94 0 0 14 1 89 Athens-Clarke County, GA 19 19 0 0 0 0 67 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 483 477 0 0 6 1 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 41 35 0 0 6 1 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 65 48 0 0 17 1 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 182 182 0 0 0 0 71 Austin-Round Rock, TX 938 706 4 0 228 4 100 Bakersfield, CA 125 103 10 7 5 1 94 Baltimore-Towson, MD 275 244 0 0 31 1 100 Bangor, ME 7 7 0 0 0 0 62 Barnstable Town, MA 19 19 0 0 0 0 81 Baton Rouge, LA 156 156 0 0 0 0 92 Battle Creek, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 Bay City, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 491 203 0 0 288 1 63 Bellingham, WA 22 17 0 0 5 1 71 Bend, OR 50 24 0 0 26 1 100 Billings, MT 26 26 0 0 0 0 92 Binghamton, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 211 201 0 0 10 1 100 Bismarck, ND 34 31 0 3 0 0 97 Bloomington, IN 17 17 0 0 0 0 91 Bloomington-Normal, IL 24 19 0 0 5 1 89 Boise City-Nampa, ID 157 154 0 3 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 314 212 20 13 69 9 100 Boulder, CO 39 11 0 3 25 3 77 Bowling Green, KY 33 33 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 106 74 0 8 24 4 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 51 51 0 0 0 0 81 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 214 48 2 0 164 5 96 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 69 69 0 0 0 0 79 Brunswick, GA 26 26 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 58 58 0 0 0 0 64 Burlington, NC 33 33 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 23 16 4 3 0 0 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 29 29 0 0 0 0 84 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 61 61 0 0 0 0 100 Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 10 10 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 132 108 12 12 0 0 93 Champaign-Urbana, IL 20 13 2 0 5 1 76 Charleston, WV 10 3 0 0 7 1 64 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 293 246 0 0 47 3 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 543 362 0 0 181 2 100 Charlottesville, VA 52 47 0 0 5 1 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 74 67 2 0 5 1 72 Cheyenne, WY 6 6 0 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 438 393 10 19 16 3 100 Chico, CA 36 36 0 0 0 0 92 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 315 291 0 0 24 3 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 97 89 0 8 0 0 15 Cleveland, TN 31 21 2 8 0 0 86 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 151 147 0 4 0 0 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 102 85 2 0 15 1 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 56 56 0 0 0 0 99 Colorado Springs, CO 85 85 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 60 44 16 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 244 230 0 0 14 1 100 Columbus, GA-AL 50 39 2 0 9 1 56 Columbus, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 98 Columbus, OH 428 265 0 18 145 7 100 Corpus Christi, TX 75 63 0 0 12 1 84 Corvallis, OR 2 2 0 0 0 0 56 Cumberland, MD-WV 9 9 0 0 0 0 15 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1935 1039 4 0 892 40 100 Dalton, GA 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Danville, VA 6 6 0 0 0 0 66 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 22 22 0 0 0 0 33 Dayton, OH 64 64 0 0 0 0 90 Decatur, AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 69 Decatur, IL 2 2 0 0 0 0 73 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 59 51 0 0 8 1 100 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 682 267 6 0 409 6 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 130 130 0 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 99 99 0 0 0 0 100 Dothan, AL 23 23 0 0 0 0 87 Dover, DE 65 65 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 23 23 0 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 23 21 2 0 0 0 67 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 361 93 0 28 240 26 100 Eau Claire, WI 48 18 6 24 0 0 92 El Centro, CA 20 20 0 0 0 0 35 El Paso, TX 280 280 0 0 0 0 97 Elizabethtown, KY 24 24 0 0 0 0 66 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 11 11 0 0 0 0 99 Elmira, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 Erie, PA 22 22 0 0 0 0 76 Eugene-Springfield, OR 42 31 6 0 5 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 35 30 0 0 5 1 81 Fairbanks, AK 3 3 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 28 28 0 0 0 0 86 Farmington, NM 26 23 0 3 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 391 151 0 0 240 10 97 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 65 65 0 0 0 0 97 Flagstaff, AZ 9 9 0 0 0 0 90 Flint, MI 7 4 0 3 0 0 71 Florence, SC 32 27 0 0 5 1 98 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 12 12 0 0 0 0 96 Fond du Lac, WI 3 3 0 0 0 0 72 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 34 30 0 4 0 0 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 63 55 8 0 0 0 93 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 36 25 0 0 11 1 62 Fort Wayne, IN 81 73 0 0 8 1 100 Fresno, CA 146 143 0 3 0 0 86 Gadsden, AL 7 7 0 0 0 0 56 Gainesville, FL 33 22 0 0 11 1 96 Gainesville, GA 13 13 0 0 0 0 47 Glens Falls, NY 13 13 0 0 0 0 76 Goldsboro, NC 20 20 0 0 0 0 68 Grand Forks, ND-MN 10 10 0 0 0 0 345 Grand Junction, CO 34 34 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 50 50 0 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 10 10 0 0 0 0 56 Greeley, CO 73 68 0 0 5 1 100 Green Bay, WI 50 45 0 0 5 1 67 Greensboro-High Point, NC 162 130 0 0 32 1 100 Greenville, NC 24 18 6 0 0 0 98 Greenville, SC 128 117 0 11 0 0 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 164 124 16 24 0 0 77 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 42 40 2 0 0 0 97 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 9 9 0 0 0 0 79 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 56 28 0 0 28 2 53 Harrisonburg, VA 127 49 0 0 78 2 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 59 49 0 0 10 2 89 Hattiesburg, MS 26 11 0 0 15 1 90 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 56 56 0 0 0 0 99 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 6 6 0 0 0 0 30 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 25 25 0 0 0 0 68 Honolulu, HI 66 51 0 0 15 2 100 Hot Springs, AR 3 3 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 47 45 2 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1984 1723 10 0 251 17 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 Huntsville, AL 308 166 0 0 142 7 97 Idaho Falls, ID 25 23 2 0 0 0 96 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 402 299 28 7 68 4 100 Iowa City, IA 72 68 4 0 0 0 87 Ithaca, NY 3 3 0 0 0 0 69 Jackson, MI 42 2 0 0 40 1 63 Jackson, MS 130 130 0 0 0 0 93 Jackson, TN 15 15 0 0 0 0 93 Jacksonville, FL 241 241 0 0 0 0 100 Jacksonville, NC 176 174 2 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 11 5 6 0 0 0 68 Jefferson City, MO 12 9 0 3 0 0 74 Johnson City, TN 42 42 0 0 0 0 100 Johnstown, PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 Jonesboro, AR 50 50 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 8 8 0 0 0 0 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 19 19 0 0 0 0 80 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 5 5 0 0 0 0 28 Kansas City, MO-KS 194 148 18 0 28 3 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 57 57 0 0 0 0 88 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 176 172 4 0 0 0 84 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 35 35 0 0 0 0 74 Kingston, NY 7 7 0 0 0 0 40 Knoxville, TN 154 145 0 0 9 1 80 Kokomo, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 81 La Crosse, WI-MN 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 Lafayette, IN 37 32 0 0 5 1 90 Lafayette, LA 63 61 2 0 0 0 83 Lake Charles, LA 77 77 0 0 0 0 84 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 74 74 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 35 31 4 0 0 0 64 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 15 10 0 0 5 1 77 Laredo, TX 58 45 0 4 9 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 80 80 0 0 0 0 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 416 325 0 31 60 5 100 Lawrence, KS 25 25 0 0 0 0 98 Lawton, OK 20 20 0 0 0 0 67 Lebanon, PA 39 39 0 0 0 0 90 Lewiston, ID-WA 2 2 0 0 0 0 53 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 12 10 2 0 0 0 76 Lexington-Fayette, KY 102 100 2 0 0 0 99 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Lincoln, NE 62 47 0 0 15 1 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 145 140 0 0 5 1 94 Logan, UT-ID 22 19 0 3 0 0 12 Longview, TX 13 8 0 0 5 1 69 Longview, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 87 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 402 288 30 23 61 9 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 195 168 10 12 5 1 100 Lubbock, TX 62 62 0 0 0 0 95 Lynchburg, VA 44 40 0 4 0 0 80 Macon, GA 11 9 2 0 0 0 60 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 95 Madison, WI 56 54 2 0 0 0 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 38 25 0 0 13 2 96 Manhattan, KS 43 19 0 0 24 1 44 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 34 18 4 0 12 1 76 Mansfield, OH 8 6 2 0 0 0 82 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 284 255 4 10 15 1 100 Medford, OR 27 25 2 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 118 118 0 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 18 18 0 0 0 0 88 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 213 146 28 0 39 7 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 9 9 0 0 0 0 71 Midland, TX 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 82 77 2 3 0 0 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 271 258 2 0 11 2 100 Missoula, MT 21 19 2 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 525 141 0 0 384 16 93 Modesto, CA 34 34 0 0 0 0 87 Monroe, LA 17 17 0 0 0 0 80 Monroe, MI 6 6 0 0 0 0 63 Montgomery, AL 31 31 0 0 0 0 84 Morgantown, WV 1 1 0 0 0 0 91 Morristown, TN 26 26 0 0 0 0 84 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 17 17 0 0 0 0 89 Muncie, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 81 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 7 5 2 0 0 0 55 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 147 134 0 0 13 1 99 Napa, CA 19 19 0 0 0 0 63 Naples-Marco Island, FL 36 24 0 4 8 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 357 341 0 0 16 2 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 30 25 0 0 5 1 82 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 207 187 20 0 0 0 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1335 545 112 58 620 34 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 Norwich-New London, CT 13 13 0 0 0 0 90 Ocala, FL 21 21 0 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 26 22 4 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 17 17 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 127 109 0 12 6 1 89 Oklahoma City, OK 267 259 2 0 6 1 100 Olympia, WA 91 91 0 0 0 0 78 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 401 316 0 0 85 5 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 236 226 4 0 6 1 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 18 18 0 0 0 0 88 Owensboro, KY 17 17 0 0 0 0 98 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 55 28 2 18 7 1 93 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 59 43 0 0 16 1 100 Palm Coast, FL 13 13 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 34 30 4 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 128 128 0 0 0 0 99 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 57 53 4 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 30 30 0 0 0 0 53 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 576 393 22 31 130 6 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 700 691 0 9 0 0 100 Pine Bluff, AR 2 2 0 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 261 242 2 11 6 1 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 42 Pocatello, ID 9 9 0 0 0 0 87 Port St. Lucie, FL 38 28 0 3 7 1 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 67 64 0 3 0 0 87 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 358 310 0 0 48 8 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 42 33 0 0 9 1 51 Prescott, AZ 24 24 0 0 0 0 90 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 85 55 8 0 22 1 75 Provo-Orem, UT 131 110 0 4 17 2 96 Pueblo, CO 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 41 41 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 8 8 0 0 0 0 86 Raleigh-Cary, NC 302 302 0 0 0 0 100 Rapid City, SD 32 28 4 0 0 0 96 Reading, PA 24 12 0 0 12 2 56 Redding, CA 14 14 0 0 0 0 81 Reno-Sparks, NV 52 46 0 0 6 1 100 Richmond, VA 230 230 0 0 0 0 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 598 527 0 7 64 6 100 Roanoke, VA 46 46 0 0 0 0 91 Rochester, MN 31 31 0 0 0 0 89 Rochester, NY 64 62 2 0 0 0 59 Rockford, IL 10 10 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 37 37 0 0 0 0 89 Rome, GA 16 8 0 0 8 1 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 292 218 0 12 62 3 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 59 Salem, OR 78 16 2 12 48 4 86 Salinas, CA 46 1 8 32 5 1 94 Salisbury, MD 14 9 0 0 5 1 76 Salt Lake City, UT 439 149 0 0 290 21 100 San Angelo, TX 19 19 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 419 329 0 0 90 6 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 366 209 4 33 120 21 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 262 186 14 7 55 8 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 55 55 0 0 0 0 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 26 26 0 0 0 0 89 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 15 8 0 0 7 1 56 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 11 11 0 0 0 0 66 Santa Fe, NM 9 9 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 50 50 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 94 92 2 0 0 0 88 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 21 21 0 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 481 401 18 47 15 3 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 63 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 83 81 2 0 0 0 97 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 8 6 2 0 0 0 94 Sioux Falls, SD 99 66 2 8 23 2 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 25 25 0 0 0 0 99 Spartanburg, SC 44 44 0 0 0 0 93 Spokane, WA 74 69 2 3 0 0 54 Springfield, IL 20 10 10 0 0 0 70 Springfield, MA 33 29 4 0 0 0 59 Springfield, MO 62 45 2 0 15 1 82 Springfield, OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 14 14 0 0 0 0 72 St. George, UT 54 54 0 0 0 0 93 St. Joseph, MO-KS 4 4 0 0 0 0 20 St. Louis, MO-IL 416 366 4 20 26 4 100 State College, PA 13 13 0 0 0 0 67 Stockton, CA 80 80 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 30 30 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 36 36 0 0 0 0 60 Tallahassee, FL 55 47 2 0 6 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 346 322 10 3 11 2 100 Terre Haute, IN 12 12 0 0 0 0 75 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 7 7 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 39 36 0 3 0 0 88 Topeka, KS 20 20 0 0 0 0 91 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 Tucson, AZ 173 171 2 0 0 0 100 Tulsa, OK 235 235 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 65 39 2 0 24 2 94 Tyler, TX 11 11 0 0 0 0 65 Utica-Rome, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 41 41 0 0 0 0 88 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 23 23 0 0 0 0 93 Victoria, TX 4 4 0 0 0 0 41 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 20 20 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 488 421 26 0 41 3 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 61 61 0 0 0 0 94 Waco, TX 26 24 2 0 0 0 80 Warner Robins, GA 52 52 0 0 0 0 77 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 993 924 0 0 69 6 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 28 28 0 0 0 0 90 Wausau, WI 34 10 0 0 24 2 82 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 35 23 0 12 0 0 82 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Wichita Falls, TX 13 13 0 0 0 0 71 Wichita, KS 222 80 22 0 120 10 91 Williamsport, PA 4 4 0 0 0 0 11 Wilmington, NC 342 153 0 0 189 9 100 Winchester, VA-WV 33 33 0 0 0 0 92 Winston-Salem, NC 70 62 0 0 8 1 90 Worcester, MA 41 41 0 0 0 0 62 Yakima, WA 13 13 0 0 0 0 35 York-Hanover, PA 49 49 0 0 0 0 66 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 21 15 6 0 0 0 98 Yuba City, CA 10 10 0 0 0 0 82 Yuma, AZ 48 48 0 0 0 0 82 * - 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.