Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area July 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 96 Akron, OH 52 46 0 0 6 1 71 Albany, GA 17 17 0 0 0 0 92 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 92 68 2 0 22 2 69 Albuquerque, NM 172 157 0 3 12 1 100 Alexandria, LA 15 15 0 0 0 0 98 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 201 159 0 3 39 5 100 Altoona, PA 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 Amarillo, TX 74 58 0 0 16 2 94 Ames, IA 12 12 0 0 0 0 93 Anchorage, AK 48 42 2 4 0 0 100 Anderson, IN 5 5 0 0 0 0 75 Anderson, SC 20 20 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 20 15 0 0 5 1 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 77 Appleton, WI 31 27 4 0 0 0 78 Asheville, NC 87 87 0 0 0 0 89 Athens-Clarke County, GA 28 28 0 0 0 0 67 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 527 499 2 8 18 3 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 45 41 4 0 0 0 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 59 49 2 0 8 1 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 232 227 0 0 5 1 71 Austin-Round Rock, TX 876 861 0 0 15 2 100 Bakersfield, CA 143 121 12 4 6 1 94 Baltimore-Towson, MD 346 325 0 0 21 2 100 Bangor, ME 21 19 2 0 0 0 62 Barnstable Town, MA 27 27 0 0 0 0 81 Baton Rouge, LA 252 252 0 0 0 0 92 Battle Creek, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 Bay City, MI 6 6 0 0 0 0 18 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 108 108 0 0 0 0 63 Bellingham, WA 34 34 0 0 0 0 71 Bend, OR 35 35 0 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 155 90 0 0 65 1 92 Binghamton, NY 4 4 0 0 0 0 15 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 285 213 2 0 70 9 100 Bismarck, ND 53 53 0 0 0 0 97 Bloomington, IN 32 26 0 0 6 1 91 Bloomington-Normal, IL 21 21 0 0 0 0 89 Boise City-Nampa, ID 252 249 0 3 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 365 287 20 11 47 8 100 Boulder, CO 24 11 0 0 13 2 77 Bowling Green, KY 21 15 0 0 6 1 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 123 123 0 0 0 0 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 39 37 2 0 0 0 81 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 275 37 4 0 234 8 96 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 70 68 2 0 0 0 79 Brunswick, GA 35 35 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 110 106 0 4 0 0 64 Burlington, NC 53 53 0 0 0 0 95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 32 26 6 0 0 0 86 Canton-Massillon, OH 33 26 2 0 5 1 84 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 127 127 0 0 0 0 100 Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 22 22 0 0 0 0 85 Cedar Rapids, IA 91 63 6 15 7 1 93 Champaign-Urbana, IL 17 17 0 0 0 0 76 Charleston, WV 24 24 0 0 0 0 64 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 322 315 0 0 7 1 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 407 407 0 0 0 0 100 Charlottesville, VA 34 34 0 0 0 0 70 Chattanooga, TN-GA 97 90 2 0 5 1 72 Cheyenne, WY 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 819 507 6 18 288 23 100 Chico, CA 32 30 2 0 0 0 92 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 409 357 2 20 30 2 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 149 105 0 23 21 3 15 Cleveland, TN 28 26 2 0 0 0 86 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 224 169 0 10 45 9 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 93 89 4 0 0 0 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 102 84 6 12 0 0 99 Colorado Springs, CO 130 130 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 52 46 6 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 275 261 2 0 12 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 95 90 2 3 0 0 56 Columbus, IN 14 14 0 0 0 0 98 Columbus, OH 343 332 2 3 6 1 100 Corpus Christi, TX 97 90 2 0 5 1 84 Corvallis, OR 6 6 0 0 0 0 56 Cumberland, MD-WV 4 4 0 0 0 0 15 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1580 1534 16 0 30 2 100 Dalton, GA 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Danville, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Danville, VA 12 7 0 0 5 1 66 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 27 27 0 0 0 0 33 Dayton, OH 66 66 0 0 0 0 90 Decatur, AL 13 13 0 0 0 0 69 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 80 80 0 0 0 0 100 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 605 263 14 0 328 2 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 296 210 2 0 84 3 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 131 131 0 0 0 0 100 Dothan, AL 74 18 0 8 48 8 87 Dover, DE 78 71 2 0 5 1 100 Dubuque, IA 20 18 2 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 74 47 4 0 23 2 67 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 155 143 0 0 12 1 100 Eau Claire, WI 31 25 6 0 0 0 92 El Centro, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 35 El Paso, TX 369 297 0 72 0 0 97 Elizabethtown, KY 26 24 2 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 19 15 0 4 0 0 76 Eugene-Springfield, OR 68 56 4 0 8 1 100 Evansville, IN-KY 51 41 0 0 10 2 81 Fairbanks, AK 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 357 104 0 0 253 7 86 Farmington, NM 23 23 0 0 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 134 134 0 0 0 0 97 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 101 93 8 0 0 0 97 Flagstaff, AZ 313 7 0 0 306 17 90 Flint, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 71 Florence, SC 32 32 0 0 0 0 98 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 14 14 0 0 0 0 96 Fond du Lac, WI 10 10 0 0 0 0 72 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 39 39 0 0 0 0 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 120 43 18 3 56 7 93 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 23 23 0 0 0 0 62 Fort Wayne, IN 63 63 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 177 174 0 3 0 0 86 Gadsden, AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 56 Gainesville, FL 35 30 0 0 5 1 96 Gainesville, GA 12 12 0 0 0 0 47 Glens Falls, NY 17 17 0 0 0 0 78 Goldsboro, NC 14 14 0 0 0 0 68 Grand Forks, ND-MN 12 12 0 0 0 0 345 Grand Junction, CO 40 40 0 0 0 0 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 84 84 0 0 0 0 100 Great Falls, MT 15 3 0 0 12 1 56 Greeley, CO 93 88 0 0 5 1 100 Green Bay, WI 42 37 0 0 5 1 67 Greensboro-High Point, NC 181 129 4 0 48 2 100 Greenville, NC 30 28 2 0 0 0 98 Greenville, SC 136 128 8 0 0 0 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 193 185 0 8 0 0 77 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 60 60 0 0 0 0 97 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 10 10 0 0 0 0 79 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 62 60 2 0 0 0 53 Harrisonburg, VA 37 25 12 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 80 71 4 0 5 1 89 Hattiesburg, MS 2 2 0 0 0 0 90 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 55 55 0 0 0 0 99 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 5 5 0 0 0 0 30 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 29 24 0 0 5 1 68 Honolulu, HI 51 51 0 0 0 0 100 Hot Springs, AR 4 4 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 39 39 0 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2830 2490 14 0 326 26 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 3 3 0 0 0 0 12 Huntsville, AL 220 220 0 0 0 0 97 Idaho Falls, ID 29 27 2 0 0 0 96 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 822 391 2 3 426 27 100 Iowa City, IA 97 65 0 0 32 3 87 Ithaca, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 69 Jackson, MI 2 2 0 0 0 0 63 Jackson, MS 150 150 0 0 0 0 93 Jackson, TN 21 21 0 0 0 0 93 Jacksonville, FL 374 362 0 0 12 2 100 Jacksonville, NC 187 187 0 0 0 0 97 Janesville, WI 12 12 0 0 0 0 68 Jefferson City, MO 17 11 0 6 0 0 74 Johnson City, TN 48 43 0 0 5 1 100 Johnstown, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 Jonesboro, AR 38 38 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 11 9 2 0 0 0 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 30 30 0 0 0 0 80 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 8 8 0 0 0 0 28 Kansas City, MO-KS 198 194 0 4 0 0 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 78 78 0 0 0 0 88 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 147 147 0 0 0 0 84 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 29 29 0 0 0 0 74 Kingston, NY 7 7 0 0 0 0 40 Knoxville, TN 117 117 0 0 0 0 80 Kokomo, IN 4 2 2 0 0 0 81 La Crosse, WI-MN 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 Lafayette, IN 39 34 0 0 5 1 90 Lafayette, LA 71 71 0 0 0 0 83 Lake Charles, LA 53 41 12 0 0 0 84 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 46 46 0 0 0 0 100 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 103 103 0 0 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 64 61 0 3 0 0 64 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 27 20 2 0 5 1 77 Laredo, TX 75 65 0 10 0 0 100 Las Cruces, NM 98 77 0 0 21 1 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 494 479 0 15 0 0 100 Lawrence, KS 28 28 0 0 0 0 98 Lawton, OK 23 21 2 0 0 0 67 Lebanon, PA 24 24 0 0 0 0 90 Lewiston, ID-WA 2 2 0 0 0 0 53 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 24 24 0 0 0 0 76 Lexington-Fayette, KY 191 189 2 0 0 0 99 Lima, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 Lincoln, NE 60 56 4 0 0 0 87 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 156 152 0 4 0 0 94 Logan, UT-ID 23 23 0 0 0 0 12 Longview, TX 11 11 0 0 0 0 69 Longview, WA 18 18 0 0 0 0 87 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 877 277 24 22 554 12 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 253 229 2 22 0 0 100 Lubbock, TX 99 99 0 0 0 0 95 Lynchburg, VA 22 22 0 0 0 0 80 Macon, GA 10 10 0 0 0 0 60 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 9 7 2 0 0 0 95 Madison, WI 140 85 2 0 53 2 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 18 18 0 0 0 0 96 Manhattan, KS 48 41 2 0 5 1 44 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 9 9 0 0 0 0 76 Mansfield, OH 4 4 0 0 0 0 82 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 223 215 4 4 0 0 100 Medford, OR 27 25 2 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 161 161 0 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 15 15 0 0 0 0 88 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 267 184 2 3 78 5 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 12 12 0 0 0 0 71 Midland, TX 25 25 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 80 75 0 0 5 1 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 497 371 4 0 122 3 100 Missoula, MT 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Mobile, AL 135 135 0 0 0 0 93 Modesto, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 87 Monroe, LA 20 20 0 0 0 0 80 Monroe, MI 9 9 0 0 0 0 63 Montgomery, AL 36 36 0 0 0 0 84 Morgantown, WV 13 1 0 0 12 1 91 Morristown, TN 19 17 2 0 0 0 84 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 20 20 0 0 0 0 89 Muncie, IN 3 3 0 0 0 0 81 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 3 1 2 0 0 0 55 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 137 128 0 0 9 1 99 Napa, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 63 Naples-Marco Island, FL 107 61 0 16 30 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 452 427 4 0 21 2 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 31 26 0 0 5 1 82 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 250 177 14 7 52 1 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1243 550 80 86 527 30 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 18 Norwich-New London, CT 33 29 4 0 0 0 90 Ocala, FL 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 16 12 4 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 39 39 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 115 115 0 0 0 0 89 Oklahoma City, OK 302 291 6 0 5 1 100 Olympia, WA 110 72 6 32 0 0 78 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 376 314 2 0 60 3 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 399 388 0 0 11 2 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 21 19 2 0 0 0 88 Owensboro, KY 29 29 0 0 0 0 98 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 27 22 0 0 5 1 93 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 96 96 0 0 0 0 100 Palm Coast, FL 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 27 27 0 0 0 0 97 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 17 11 0 0 6 1 0 Pascagoula, MS 42 42 0 0 0 0 99 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 80 80 0 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 22 20 2 0 0 0 53 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 627 479 4 13 131 9 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1244 1234 0 0 10 1 100 Pine Bluff, AR 8 8 0 0 0 0 89 Pittsburgh, PA 230 228 2 0 0 0 100 Pittsfield, MA 2 2 0 0 0 0 42 Pocatello, ID 11 11 0 0 0 0 87 Port St. Lucie, FL 56 56 0 0 0 0 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 112 105 2 0 5 1 87 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 392 279 4 0 109 3 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 40 35 0 0 5 1 52 Prescott, AZ 36 36 0 0 0 0 90 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 102 96 0 0 6 1 75 Provo-Orem, UT 140 116 6 0 18 2 96 Pueblo, CO 43 35 0 8 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 20 20 0 0 0 0 86 Raleigh-Cary, NC 546 538 8 0 0 0 100 Rapid City, SD 39 39 0 0 0 0 96 Reading, PA 31 26 0 0 5 1 56 Redding, CA 31 17 2 12 0 0 81 Reno-Sparks, NV 69 69 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 398 323 0 0 75 5 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 508 403 0 6 99 5 100 Roanoke, VA 53 53 0 0 0 0 91 Rochester, MN 40 32 0 8 0 0 89 Rochester, NY 85 79 0 0 6 1 59 Rockford, IL 21 21 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 25 25 0 0 0 0 89 Rome, GA 15 15 0 0 0 0 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 219 213 0 0 6 1 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 6 6 0 0 0 0 59 Salem, OR 42 39 0 3 0 0 86 Salinas, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 94 Salisbury, MD 9 9 0 0 0 0 76 Salt Lake City, UT 296 167 2 0 127 8 100 San Angelo, TX 16 16 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 592 587 0 0 5 1 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 182 150 0 0 32 3 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 216 163 0 9 44 6 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 86 73 8 0 5 1 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 30 30 0 0 0 0 89 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 8 8 0 0 0 0 56 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 9 9 0 0 0 0 66 Santa Fe, NM 11 11 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 18 18 0 0 0 0 92 Savannah, GA 97 97 0 0 0 0 88 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 12 10 2 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 530 498 8 19 5 1 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 26 26 0 0 0 0 100 Sheboygan, WI 5 5 0 0 0 0 63 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 98 93 0 0 5 1 97 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 15 9 6 0 0 0 94 Sioux Falls, SD 131 72 4 16 39 1 88 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 37 28 0 0 9 1 99 Spartanburg, SC 59 59 0 0 0 0 93 Spokane, WA 78 66 4 8 0 0 54 Springfield, IL 20 18 2 0 0 0 70 Springfield, MA 29 27 2 0 0 0 59 Springfield, MO 90 56 0 0 34 1 82 Springfield, OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 23 23 0 0 0 0 72 St. George, UT 49 49 0 0 0 0 93 St. Joseph, MO-KS 17 11 6 0 0 0 20 St. Louis, MO-IL 611 426 10 30 145 9 100 State College, PA 18 18 0 0 0 0 67 Stockton, CA 66 66 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 73 41 0 32 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 47 47 0 0 0 0 60 Tallahassee, FL 72 63 4 0 5 1 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 472 464 2 6 0 0 100 Terre Haute, IN 15 15 0 0 0 0 75 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 10 6 0 4 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 41 41 0 0 0 0 88 Topeka, KS 20 20 0 0 0 0 91 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 30 20 0 0 10 1 100 Tucson, AZ 229 210 2 0 17 2 100 Tulsa, OK 270 270 0 0 0 0 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 87 34 0 0 53 2 94 Tyler, TX 15 12 0 3 0 0 65 Utica-Rome, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 52 47 0 0 5 1 88 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 47 47 0 0 0 0 93 Victoria, TX 5 5 0 0 0 0 41 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 22 22 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 581 260 2 3 316 14 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 85 85 0 0 0 0 94 Waco, TX 17 17 0 0 0 0 80 Warner Robins, GA 53 53 0 0 0 0 77 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 938 920 0 0 18 3 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 57 57 0 0 0 0 90 Wausau, WI 41 13 0 0 28 2 82 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 21 21 0 0 0 0 82 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Wichita Falls, TX 16 14 2 0 0 0 71 Wichita, KS 141 139 2 0 0 0 91 Williamsport, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 Wilmington, NC 175 170 0 0 5 1 100 Winchester, VA-WV 42 42 0 0 0 0 92 Winston-Salem, NC 68 65 0 3 0 0 90 Worcester, MA 51 47 4 0 0 0 62 Yakima, WA 20 20 0 0 0 0 35 York-Hanover, PA 57 57 0 0 0 0 66 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 23 23 0 0 0 0 98 Yuba City, CA 11 11 0 0 0 0 82 Yuma, AZ 72 72 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.