Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 1996 Num of Struc- tures With 3 and 4 5 Units 5 Units Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or More or More Abilene TX MSA* 37 22 0 0 15 1 Albany GA MSA* 81 57 0 0 24 2 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 160 124 2 4 30 2 Albuquerque NM MSA* 468 437 2 19 10 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 174 166 8 0 0 0 Altoona PA MSA* 15 10 0 0 5 1 Amarillo TX MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 381 116 6 0 259 12 Anniston AL MSA* 24 18 0 0 6 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 207 124 26 8 49 5 Asheville NC MSA* 100 80 2 0 18 3 Athens GA MSA* 272 48 0 4 220 12 Atlanta GA MSA 5251 3055 8 0 2188 107 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 233 189 8 36 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 1128 765 54 0 309 18 Bakersfield CA MSA* 221 198 0 11 12 1 Bangor ME MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 102 90 2 4 6 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 110 110 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 47 47 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 95 80 0 15 0 0 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 11 8 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 44 42 2 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 139 133 6 0 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 658 402 0 3 253 15 Bismarck ND MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 91 69 0 4 18 3 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 57 22 2 0 33 4 Boise City ID MSA* 391 365 2 19 5 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1593 1294 22 6 271 15 Boston MA-NH PMSA 656 580 16 3 57 5 Brockton MA PMSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 100 73 2 0 25 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 156 117 2 0 37 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 88 83 0 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 68 62 0 0 6 1 Nashua NH PMSA 82 67 2 0 13 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 78 73 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 264 138 0 3 123 4 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 558 108 6 0 444 36 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 59 57 2 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 175 131 4 0 40 2 Burlington VT MSA* 79 52 4 0 23 3 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 148 120 8 12 8 1 Casper WY MSA* 14 10 0 4 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 86 72 6 8 0 0 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 51 22 0 0 29 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 206 206 0 0 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 33 30 0 3 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1321 1109 10 23 179 17 Charlottesville VA MSA* 132 98 6 4 24 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 165 165 0 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 36 29 2 0 5 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3694 2802 84 120 688 61 Chicago IL PMSA 3236 2480 62 113 581 55 Gary IN PMSA 314 238 20 7 49 3 Kankakee IL PMSA 33 28 0 0 5 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 111 56 2 0 53 2 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 45 45 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1130 929 28 24 149 19 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 911 748 22 18 123 15 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 219 181 6 6 26 4 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 161 123 14 8 16 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1103 919 26 25 133 15 Akron OH PMSA 365 300 6 4 55 5 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 738 619 20 21 78 10 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 647 355 0 0 292 19 Columbia MO MSA* 100 72 28 0 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 306 306 0 0 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 92 92 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1201 772 18 105 306 23 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 87 87 0 0 0 0 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3298 2291 4 7 996 54 Dallas TX PMSA 2687 1695 2 7 983 52 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 611 596 2 0 13 2 Danville VA MSA* 33 28 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 67 49 4 3 11 1 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 420 170 4 6 240 13 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 346 327 4 0 15 1 Decatur Al MSA* 23 18 0 0 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1333 1199 10 28 96 14 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 187 175 0 0 12 1 Denver CO PMSA 1007 895 8 20 84 13 Greeley CO PMSA 139 129 2 8 0 0 Des Moines IA MSA* 332 189 4 11 128 9 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2848 2098 34 75 641 44 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 448 405 0 7 36 3 Detroit MI PMSA 2144 1531 30 68 515 37 Flint MI PMSA 256 162 4 0 90 4 Dothan AL MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 92 62 0 0 30 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 78 66 0 6 6 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 111 53 6 12 40 5 El Paso TX MSA* 250 218 6 0 26 4 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 102 85 4 3 10 2 Elmira NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 58 37 4 12 5 1 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 216 109 20 7 80 10 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 105 105 0 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 154 80 2 0 72 2 Fayetteville NC MSA* 80 80 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 258 209 14 3 32 2 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 98 50 4 7 37 3 Florence AL MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 53 41 6 0 6 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 304 230 0 30 44 4 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 458 294 14 27 123 9 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 320 222 2 0 96 6 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 55 50 2 3 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 228 130 48 11 39 3 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 234 227 2 0 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 391 266 4 36 85 12 Gadsden AL MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 114 83 0 0 31 1 Glens Falls NY MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 82 78 4 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 801 577 18 12 194 9 Great Falls MT MSA* 14 9 0 0 5 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 124 71 16 0 37 5 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 731 593 24 4 110 10 Greenville NC MSA* 56 42 0 0 14 1 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 719 447 8 0 264 11 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 170 128 0 8 34 3 Hartford CT MSA* 289 280 4 0 5 1 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 17 6 0 0 11 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 136 136 0 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 218 214 4 0 0 0 Houma LA MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1554 1535 6 8 5 1 Brazoria TX PMSA 113 113 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 104 96 0 8 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1337 1326 6 0 5 1 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 31 3 0 0 28 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1159 1082 18 7 52 3 Iowa City IA MSA* 99 33 2 4 60 5 Jackson MI MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 235 205 0 3 27 2 Jackson TN MSA* 89 51 2 3 33 3 Jacksonville FL MSA 639 637 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville NC MSA* 81 42 0 15 24 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 71 23 0 0 48 6 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 138 117 4 0 17 3 Johnstown PA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 31 27 4 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 116 112 4 0 0 0 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 944 802 66 10 66 7 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 130 105 10 15 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 406 319 12 9 66 3 Kokomo IN MSA* 28 24 4 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 46 36 4 0 6 1 Lafayette LA MSA* 160 130 0 0 30 4 Lafayette IN MSA* 141 67 18 0 56 4 Lake Charles LA MSA* 104 78 26 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 294 276 6 0 12 1 Lancaster PA MSA* 138 100 6 32 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 255 105 4 0 146 7 Laredo TX MSA* 174 85 0 8 81 6 Las Cruces NM MSA* 68 64 0 4 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2813 2056 12 43 702 81 Lawrence KS MSA* 78 48 8 4 18 2 Lawton OK MSA* 27 17 2 0 8 1 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 326 281 12 3 30 4 Lima OH MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 209 98 4 3 104 3 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 259 205 18 12 24 2 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 18 14 4 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2870 2614 34 41 181 22 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 743 569 20 35 119 16 Orange County CA PMSA 822 769 12 0 41 5 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1042 1021 0 0 21 1 Ventura CA PMSA 263 255 2 6 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 736 449 14 7 266 18 Lubbock TX MSA* 41 36 2 3 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 118 114 4 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 197 197 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 182 123 20 4 35 3 Mansfield OH MSA* 40 33 2 0 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 417 340 20 14 43 6 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 111 102 4 0 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 268 244 2 6 16 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 643 617 0 0 26 2 Merced CA MSA* 86 86 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1709 1386 26 13 284 28 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1223 971 4 9 239 25 Miami FL PMSA 486 415 22 4 45 3 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 670 393 24 47 206 16 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 597 334 24 43 196 14 Racine WI PMSA 73 59 0 4 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1722 1460 20 57 185 21 Mobile AL MSA* 294 246 10 0 38 3 Modesto CA MSA* 177 177 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 56 48 0 8 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 155 133 2 0 20 1 Muncie IN MSA* 31 22 0 4 5 1 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 333 159 2 7 165 13 Naples FL MSA* 725 238 6 67 414 29 Nashville TN MSA 1081 810 6 11 254 19 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 74 71 0 3 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 241 223 18 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 4826 2438 144 75 2169 33 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 131 97 16 3 15 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 114 98 2 14 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 82 76 0 0 6 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 63 55 0 0 8 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 26 12 10 4 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 553 373 0 0 180 6 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 420 418 2 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 336 317 4 0 15 2 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 98 85 0 0 13 2 New York NY PMSA 2148 268 82 44 1754 8 Newark NJ PMSA 387 316 24 3 44 3 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 258 127 4 7 120 6 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 52 52 0 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 88 74 0 0 14 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 70 70 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 653 628 4 16 5 1 Ocala FL MSA* 234 194 2 38 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 376 363 8 0 5 1 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 1037 265 6 0 766 36 Orlando FL MSA 2528 1130 6 3 1389 97 Owensboro KY MSA* 37 33 0 4 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 87 83 0 4 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 33 22 2 4 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 278 278 0 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 92 87 2 3 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1612 1447 50 0 115 15 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 97 75 22 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1225 1086 24 0 115 15 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 34 30 4 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 256 256 0 0 0 0 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 2487 2397 14 18 58 8 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 23 14 4 0 5 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 555 438 4 14 99 12 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 147 101 2 8 36 6 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 2159 1337 46 77 699 38 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1938 1191 30 61 656 33 Salem OR PMSA 221 146 16 16 43 5 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 244 197 36 0 11 2 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 233 195 10 16 12 2 Pueblo CO MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 81 75 2 4 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1032 921 4 23 84 11 Rapid City SD MSA* 64 27 2 0 35 1 Reading PA MSA* 58 53 0 0 5 1 Redding CA MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 256 250 2 4 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 93 38 0 4 51 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 733 453 0 0 280 12 Roanoke VA MSA* 77 73 4 0 0 0 Rochester MN MSA* 47 39 2 6 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 216 165 0 0 51 5 Rockford IL MSA* 198 156 14 20 8 1 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 892 752 4 0 136 13 Sacramento CA PMSA 823 683 4 0 136 13 Yolo CA PMSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 175 44 8 0 123 5 St. Cloud MN MSA* 73 42 0 3 28 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 26 8 0 0 18 3 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1211 912 60 18 221 14 Salinas CA MSA* 95 90 0 0 5 1 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1045 771 16 18 240 20 San Angelo TX MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 753 523 4 6 220 11 San Diego CA MSA 440 422 18 0 0 0 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1963 1480 90 57 336 18 Oakland CA PMSA 728 659 20 0 49 5 San Francisco CA PMSA 178 138 0 4 36 4 San Jose CA PMSA 635 353 0 36 246 8 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 149 141 2 6 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 254 170 68 11 5 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 100 100 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 58 47 4 0 7 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 27 24 0 3 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 472 419 0 0 53 5 Savannah GA MSA* 104 96 8 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2239 1352 64 122 701 51 Bremerton WA PMSA 158 136 6 3 13 2 Olympia WA PMSA 145 129 16 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1562 774 20 101 667 47 Tacoma WA PMSA 374 313 22 18 21 2 Sharon PA MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 13 11 2 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 20 14 6 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 82 82 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 47 36 2 0 9 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 91 82 4 0 5 1 South Bend IN MSA* 91 91 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 303 135 10 6 152 11 Springfield IL MSA* 99 79 20 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 201 172 2 0 27 2 Springfield MA MSA* 109 69 0 0 40 7 State College PA MSA* 103 16 0 0 87 2 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 9 3 2 4 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 202 198 4 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 33 30 0 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 61 55 0 0 6 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 117 113 4 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1524 943 20 20 541 34 Terre Haute IN MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 150 116 10 12 12 1 Topeka KS MSA* 48 46 2 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 440 416 8 0 16 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 277 273 4 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 66 66 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 118 96 0 4 18 1 Waco TX MSA* 26 20 0 6 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 4212 3063 6 16 1127 32 Baltimore MD PMSA 837 765 0 0 72 5 Hagerstown MD PMSA 56 56 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3319 2242 6 16 1055 27 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 133 3 18 0 112 1 Wausau WI MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 858 812 0 26 20 3 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 9 2 0 0 7 1 Wichita KS MSA* 203 193 10 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 92 12 0 0 80 1 Wilmington NC MSA* 232 232 0 0 0 0 Yakima WA MSA* 54 34 16 4 0 0 York PA MSA* 109 107 2 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 155 111 20 19 5 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.