Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 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* 41 19 0 3 19 1 Albany GA MSA* 72 36 12 7 17 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 134 124 2 0 8 1 Albuquerque NM MSA* 587 401 2 0 184 15 Alexandria LA MSA* 39 21 0 0 18 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 148 95 8 12 33 4 Altoona PA MSA* 10 4 0 0 6 1 Amarillo TX MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 145 112 2 0 31 4 Anniston AL MSA* 28 19 2 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 180 102 20 0 58 6 Asheville NC MSA* 113 81 8 0 24 4 Athens GA MSA* 128 61 36 0 31 4 Atlanta GA MSA 4091 2874 148 3 1066 43 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 102 102 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 757 549 12 4 192 10 Bakersfield CA MSA* 246 206 0 4 36 5 Bangor ME MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 71 71 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 117 117 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 87 76 6 0 5 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 40 26 6 0 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 159 142 0 0 17 2 Binghamton NY MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 351 336 0 0 15 3 Bismarck ND MSA* 49 47 2 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 83 68 2 0 13 2 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 261 49 8 0 204 10 Boise City ID MSA* 367 311 4 16 36 3 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1379 1166 18 7 188 18 Boston MA-NH PMSA 635 525 10 7 93 9 Brockton MA PMSA 54 54 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 47 32 0 0 15 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 137 115 2 0 20 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 75 68 2 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 55 55 0 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 59 52 0 0 7 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 103 77 2 0 24 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 183 157 2 0 24 3 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 157 119 8 8 22 4 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 50 32 18 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 151 119 10 4 18 2 Burlington VT MSA* 74 44 0 0 30 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 87 79 8 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 64 44 4 4 12 1 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 180 173 2 0 5 1 Charleston WV MSA* 45 42 0 3 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1378 943 8 14 413 22 Charlottesville VA MSA* 95 69 0 0 26 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 176 168 8 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 25 20 2 3 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3393 2515 80 123 675 59 Chicago IL PMSA 2877 2181 60 100 536 51 Gary IN PMSA 381 247 14 0 120 7 Kankakee IL PMSA 63 39 4 20 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 72 48 2 3 19 1 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 95 73 2 0 20 3 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1112 703 12 10 387 32 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 894 524 10 7 353 28 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 218 179 2 3 34 4 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 153 117 0 12 24 3 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1036 758 24 16 238 19 Akron OH PMSA 368 237 10 0 121 4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 668 521 14 16 117 15 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 512 256 4 0 252 17 Columbia MO MSA* 196 60 10 4 122 8 Columbia SC MSA* 235 235 0 0 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 947 587 18 108 234 22 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 97 61 0 3 33 2 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3613 1873 20 3 1717 71 Dallas TX PMSA 2584 1297 4 0 1283 46 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 1029 576 16 3 434 25 Danville VA MSA* 34 29 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 57 55 2 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 221 151 12 10 48 3 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 327 302 0 3 22 2 Decatur Al MSA* 45 25 0 0 20 3 Decatur IL MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1451 1102 26 25 298 26 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 164 122 0 0 42 4 Denver CO PMSA 1148 859 22 16 251 21 Greeley CO PMSA 139 121 4 9 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 224 190 2 0 32 3 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2312 1671 26 87 528 59 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 394 370 2 11 11 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1759 1166 24 73 496 55 Flint MI PMSA 159 135 0 3 21 2 Dothan AL MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 46 42 4 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 14 10 4 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 69 49 2 7 11 2 Eau Claire WI MSA* 86 44 18 24 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 194 174 8 0 12 1 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 145 73 0 12 60 2 Elmira NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 141 107 20 3 11 2 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 117 117 0 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 178 89 2 0 87 5 Fayetteville NC MSA* 143 95 0 0 48 6 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 190 132 8 16 34 3 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 115 49 4 8 54 3 Florence AL MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 43 38 0 0 5 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 232 167 2 39 24 2 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 452 257 16 25 154 13 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 257 200 4 8 45 4 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 61 59 2 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 140 126 2 4 8 1 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 243 230 8 0 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 347 288 10 32 17 2 Gadsden AL MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 194 62 0 0 132 6 Glens Falls NY MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 37 26 2 4 5 1 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 95 95 0 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 777 540 24 19 194 11 Great Falls MT MSA* 13 8 0 0 5 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 94 54 16 0 24 2 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 797 543 4 0 250 20 Greenville NC MSA* 93 29 4 0 60 4 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 499 426 48 0 25 2 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 214 83 2 40 89 11 Hartford CT MSA* 274 263 2 3 6 1 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 17 4 0 0 13 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 291 125 2 0 164 8 Honolulu HI MSA 217 136 0 0 81 7 Houma LA MSA* 114 50 0 0 64 2 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 2041 1539 4 3 495 37 Brazoria TX PMSA 204 125 0 0 79 5 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 187 181 0 0 6 1 Houston TX PMSA 1650 1233 4 3 410 31 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 73 73 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1116 897 42 16 161 19 Iowa City IA MSA* 84 30 6 0 48 1 Jackson MI MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 219 159 0 3 57 5 Jackson TN MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 1724 505 0 0 1219 59 Jacksonville NC MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 57 21 14 3 19 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 173 136 0 3 34 5 Johnstown PA MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 21 19 2 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 147 109 4 4 30 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1036 620 50 32 334 5 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 130 88 6 4 32 4 Knoxville TN MSA* 322 256 2 16 48 1 Kokomo IN MSA* 32 24 8 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 25 19 6 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 104 104 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 94 54 24 0 16 2 Lake Charles LA MSA* 43 41 2 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 230 200 2 28 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 98 96 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 97 90 2 0 5 1 Laredo TX MSA* 181 74 0 8 99 9 Las Cruces NM MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2573 1866 24 41 642 48 Lawrence KS MSA* 75 45 10 4 16 2 Lawton OK MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 321 223 12 15 71 12 Lima OH MSA* 7 5 2 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 179 84 2 3 90 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 173 138 2 33 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2486 2057 34 56 339 23 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 602 361 22 16 203 14 Orange County CA PMSA 678 579 10 34 55 4 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 999 961 0 0 38 4 Ventura CA PMSA 207 156 2 6 43 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 609 454 18 12 125 14 Lubbock TX MSA* 187 43 0 0 144 10 Lynchburg VA MSA* 76 74 2 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 138 138 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 201 110 18 30 43 4 Mansfield OH MSA* 44 25 8 6 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 393 288 10 18 77 10 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 101 85 6 0 10 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 270 209 0 3 58 3 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1636 525 0 0 1111 66 Merced CA MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1613 1066 14 35 498 33 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 883 673 4 31 175 4 Miami FL PMSA 730 393 10 4 323 29 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 552 333 30 10 179 13 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 498 289 30 10 169 11 Racine WI PMSA 54 44 0 0 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1550 1210 42 31 267 25 Mobile AL MSA* 442 217 12 0 213 8 Modesto CA MSA* 112 112 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 88 88 0 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 24 15 0 4 5 1 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 189 121 0 20 48 5 Naples FL MSA* 439 154 4 32 249 23 Nashville TN MSA 1857 741 14 0 1102 62 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 143 101 0 0 42 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 301 294 4 3 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3592 2430 216 55 891 41 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 86 70 10 0 6 1 Bridgeport CT PMSA 75 73 2 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 55 50 0 0 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 32 13 14 0 5 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 496 445 0 0 51 5 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 419 412 0 0 7 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 536 403 4 0 129 6 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 112 100 0 12 0 0 New York NY PMSA 905 275 170 37 423 7 Newark NJ PMSA 353 255 10 0 88 6 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 250 115 0 0 135 9 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 51 43 2 0 6 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 83 79 4 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 81 39 0 6 36 3 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 528 482 0 7 39 6 Ocala FL MSA* 160 158 2 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 241 235 6 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 356 230 6 0 120 8 Orlando FL MSA 1391 972 0 0 419 43 Owensboro KY MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 90 84 6 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 49 11 2 0 36 4 Pensacola FL MSA* 597 229 42 0 326 41 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 98 98 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1575 1290 26 3 256 16 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 116 97 16 3 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1132 946 6 0 180 9 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 31 24 2 0 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 296 223 2 0 71 6 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3554 2323 12 4 1215 88 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 566 434 4 22 106 17 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 89 81 0 3 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 2004 986 46 49 923 52 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1823 855 20 30 918 51 Salem OR PMSA 181 131 26 19 5 1 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 213 185 6 6 16 2 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 349 180 6 39 124 11 Pueblo CO MSA* 109 83 14 12 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 72 72 0 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 965 688 8 0 269 28 Rapid City SD MSA* 68 27 2 4 35 2 Reading PA MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 353 285 0 6 62 6 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 61 49 0 0 12 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 421 419 2 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 89 84 0 0 5 1 Rochester MN MSA* 64 42 2 20 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 195 129 2 0 64 8 Rockford IL MSA* 298 176 30 92 0 0 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 808 568 4 16 220 27 Sacramento CA PMSA 762 526 0 16 220 27 Yolo CA PMSA 46 42 4 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 71 46 0 0 25 2 St. Joseph MO MSA* 52 7 4 3 38 6 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1093 974 22 68 29 4 Salinas CA MSA* 101 99 2 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 882 694 26 34 128 13 San Angelo TX MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 493 493 0 0 0 0 San Diego CA MSA 465 388 4 63 10 2 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1979 1377 28 115 459 30 Oakland CA PMSA 600 557 0 16 27 3 San Francisco CA PMSA 240 122 16 84 18 3 San Jose CA PMSA 711 363 6 12 330 18 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 126 38 4 0 84 6 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 187 185 2 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 115 112 0 3 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 60 40 4 6 10 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 26 22 0 4 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 495 385 2 0 108 5 Savannah GA MSA* 234 100 0 0 134 14 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 54 44 2 8 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2254 1293 128 85 748 57 Bremerton WA PMSA 156 133 4 3 16 2 Olympia WA PMSA 96 88 8 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1560 815 88 53 604 41 Tacoma WA PMSA 442 257 28 29 128 14 Sharon PA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 23 11 4 0 8 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 8 6 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 45 12 0 3 30 2 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 89 75 2 0 12 1 South Bend IN MSA* 80 78 2 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 236 121 12 6 97 7 Springfield IL MSA* 79 59 12 0 8 1 Springfield MO MSA* 199 121 14 16 48 3 Springfield MA MSA* 68 64 4 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 68 16 0 4 48 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 242 242 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 102 96 6 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1164 858 14 23 269 13 Terre Haute IN MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 136 130 2 4 0 0 Topeka KS MSA* 61 33 28 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 412 385 10 12 5 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 540 216 0 0 324 27 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 21 9 2 0 10 1 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 104 90 6 8 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3062 2550 2 0 510 33 Baltimore MD PMSA 771 697 0 0 74 7 Hagerstown MD PMSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2252 1814 2 0 436 26 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 35 33 2 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 1002 787 0 19 196 10 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 13 7 0 0 6 1 Wichita KS MSA* 190 178 12 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 215 7 0 0 208 16 Wilmington NC MSA* 177 160 0 0 17 2 Yakima WA MSA* 39 29 10 0 0 0 York PA MSA* 92 78 14 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 123 90 10 23 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 56 52 0 4 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.