Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area November 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* 32 17 0 0 15 1 Albany GA MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 148 129 2 0 17 1 Albuquerque NM MSA* 321 314 2 0 5 1 Alexandria LA MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 195 104 0 12 79 4 Altoona PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 41 37 4 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 24 13 0 0 11 2 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 143 77 10 10 46 2 Asheville NC MSA* 229 77 8 0 144 14 Athens GA MSA* 47 35 12 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 2740 2643 10 11 76 4 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 160 150 0 10 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 953 384 60 0 509 17 Bakersfield CA MSA* 219 159 0 18 42 7 Bangor ME MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 105 85 4 16 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 427 91 0 0 336 10 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 95 54 8 28 5 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 10 7 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 82 11 4 4 63 3 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 274 126 0 4 144 8 Binghamton NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 450 334 0 4 112 7 Bismarck ND MSA* 18 11 0 0 7 1 Bloomington IN MSA* 88 28 4 0 56 7 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 54 50 4 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 300 281 4 3 12 2 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1543 985 38 9 511 45 Boston MA-NH PMSA 861 422 26 9 404 37 Brockton MA PMSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 49 33 0 0 16 2 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 130 105 0 0 25 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 75 73 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 86 43 2 0 41 1 Nashua NH PMSA 62 53 0 0 9 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 25 23 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 143 121 6 0 16 3 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 152 124 6 8 14 2 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 32 30 2 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 121 98 2 0 21 2 Burlington VT MSA* 36 34 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 75 69 6 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 12 8 0 4 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 51 35 0 0 16 2 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 45 23 0 4 18 3 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 203 201 2 0 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 26 24 2 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1587 899 24 26 638 46 Charlottesville VA MSA* 88 78 2 3 5 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 182 156 6 20 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3228 2232 100 242 654 60 Chicago IL PMSA 2769 1990 82 194 503 49 Gary IN PMSA 252 187 0 29 36 4 Kankakee IL PMSA 94 22 14 19 39 5 Kenosha WI PMSA 113 33 4 0 76 2 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 52 52 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 836 620 16 11 189 21 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 661 477 10 7 167 18 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 175 143 6 4 22 3 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 102 78 0 0 24 3 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 713 571 50 29 63 7 Akron OH PMSA 255 184 34 12 25 2 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 458 387 16 17 38 5 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 254 250 4 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 96 56 40 0 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 228 228 0 0 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 91 91 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1113 527 34 83 469 48 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 74 69 0 0 5 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3442 1593 12 0 1837 100 Dallas TX PMSA 2689 1170 4 0 1515 97 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 753 423 8 0 322 3 Danville VA MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 75 24 0 3 48 4 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 534 91 6 0 437 41 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 206 206 0 0 0 0 Decatur Al MSA* 33 17 0 16 0 0 Decatur IL MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1352 1086 16 20 230 17 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 168 141 4 0 23 4 Denver CO PMSA 1076 854 8 12 202 12 Greeley CO PMSA 108 91 4 8 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 246 132 2 0 112 2 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2085 1389 24 63 609 55 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 282 261 2 3 16 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1691 1018 20 60 593 53 Flint MI PMSA 112 110 2 0 0 0 Dothan AL MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 40 40 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 53 37 0 3 13 2 Eau Claire WI MSA* 56 28 4 24 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 197 164 6 3 24 4 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 63 58 0 0 5 1 Elmira NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 43 29 0 3 11 2 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 183 84 10 0 89 9 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 89 71 10 0 8 1 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 86 34 4 0 48 2 Fayetteville NC MSA* 113 77 0 0 36 2 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 110 92 14 4 0 0 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 88 43 2 6 37 2 Florence AL MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 43 36 0 0 7 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 200 122 4 15 59 9 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 402 241 14 25 122 10 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 472 200 64 0 208 12 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 48 32 4 12 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 123 95 4 6 18 2 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 225 177 6 0 42 2 Fresno CA MSA 229 209 4 16 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 19 7 0 0 12 1 Gainesville FL MSA* 161 68 0 0 93 5 Glens Falls NY MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 39 32 4 3 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 85 65 0 0 20 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 625 403 10 18 194 10 Great Falls MT MSA* 11 6 0 0 5 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 54 37 8 4 5 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 827 539 8 12 268 17 Greenville NC MSA* 84 70 2 0 12 1 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 460 426 4 4 26 3 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 132 101 2 3 26 3 Hartford CT MSA* 263 192 8 3 60 2 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 15 5 0 0 10 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 155 133 12 0 10 1 Honolulu HI MSA 243 59 0 0 184 1 Houma LA MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1657 1209 2 84 362 24 Brazoria TX PMSA 116 116 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 66 66 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1475 1027 2 84 362 24 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 102 52 0 4 46 7 Indianapolis IN MSA 1203 774 16 3 410 25 Iowa City IA MSA* 34 22 0 0 12 1 Jackson MI MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 201 161 0 3 37 3 Jackson TN MSA* 72 33 2 4 33 3 Jacksonville FL MSA 654 452 6 4 192 8 Jacksonville NC MSA* 51 39 0 12 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 72 16 8 0 48 6 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 95 82 2 0 11 1 Johnstown PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 129 73 2 0 54 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 706 645 42 14 5 1 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 146 98 8 40 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 278 213 10 8 47 7 Kokomo IN MSA* 19 17 2 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 30 20 6 4 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 81 81 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 153 60 6 8 79 4 Lake Charles LA MSA* 99 57 42 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 198 194 4 0 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 75 73 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 73 71 2 0 0 0 Laredo TX MSA* 153 64 0 9 80 6 Las Cruces NM MSA* 52 50 2 0 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 1754 1134 6 100 514 42 Lawrence KS MSA* 64 33 10 4 17 2 Lawton OK MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 689 197 2 0 490 42 Lima OH MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 93 77 8 0 8 1 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 161 130 16 15 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2234 1864 36 51 283 18 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 644 359 14 42 229 10 Orange County CA PMSA 539 480 20 9 30 4 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 854 828 2 0 24 4 Ventura CA PMSA 197 197 0 0 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 452 355 0 11 86 9 Lubbock TX MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 92 76 4 12 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 121 121 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 175 64 14 20 77 6 Mansfield OH MSA* 23 14 4 0 5 1 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 327 265 10 15 37 6 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 54 52 2 0 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 198 195 0 3 0 0 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 811 454 0 0 357 11 Merced CA MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2296 1217 12 27 1040 33 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1106 758 4 3 341 25 Miami FL PMSA 1190 459 8 24 699 8 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 505 285 30 19 171 21 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 435 236 22 16 161 19 Racine WI PMSA 70 49 8 3 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1457 965 14 43 435 15 Mobile AL MSA* 363 187 12 0 164 29 Modesto CA MSA* 81 77 4 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 148 36 0 0 112 14 Muncie IN MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 600 174 2 24 400 44 Naples FL MSA* 312 194 0 40 78 9 Nashville TN MSA 1020 593 10 7 410 26 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 66 54 0 0 12 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 559 260 10 0 289 3 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3450 2277 276 56 841 67 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 120 100 6 3 11 2 Bridgeport CT PMSA 59 59 0 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 73 58 0 4 11 2 Jersey City NJ PMSA 29 11 10 3 5 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 466 371 0 0 95 7 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 604 420 0 0 184 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 427 359 2 0 66 9 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 105 72 4 4 25 1 New York NY PMSA 881 255 236 38 352 33 Newark NJ PMSA 278 258 10 0 10 2 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 153 103 2 0 48 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 77 33 6 4 34 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 513 447 4 4 58 3 Ocala FL MSA* 169 161 0 8 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 325 273 52 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 206 190 8 0 8 1 Orlando FL MSA 892 867 2 3 20 2 Owensboro KY MSA* 41 25 0 0 16 2 Panama City FL MSA* 70 68 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 23 13 4 0 6 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 264 241 0 4 19 3 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 250 64 2 0 184 11 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1648 1388 34 30 196 15 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 189 162 16 3 8 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1227 999 18 27 183 13 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 36 31 0 0 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 196 196 0 0 0 0 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 1893 1722 16 55 100 13 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 12 2 0 0 10 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 449 350 10 11 78 10 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 80 67 2 6 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1344 787 32 66 459 40 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1140 685 24 62 369 30 Salem OR PMSA 204 102 8 4 90 10 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 191 176 10 0 5 1 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 754 151 12 23 568 70 Pueblo CO MSA* 109 68 12 4 25 2 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 77 65 0 0 12 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1082 686 4 0 392 23 Rapid City SD MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Reading PA MSA* 65 59 0 0 6 1 Redding CA MSA* 53 31 2 20 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 205 205 0 0 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 48 48 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 335 335 0 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 69 61 0 3 5 1 Rochester MN MSA* 36 30 6 0 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 103 103 0 0 0 0 Rockford IL MSA* 208 116 10 28 54 5 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 37 35 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 558 558 0 0 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 491 491 0 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 67 67 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 30 22 8 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 51 24 0 0 27 2 St. Joseph MO MSA* 21 7 8 0 6 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 755 608 48 30 69 7 Salinas CA MSA* 152 149 0 3 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 784 570 36 22 156 10 San Angelo TX MSA* 152 10 0 0 142 1 San Antonio TX MSA* 685 421 2 4 258 11 San Diego CA MSA 544 486 18 29 11 2 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1560 1028 16 80 436 20 Oakland CA PMSA 503 360 0 12 131 1 San Francisco CA PMSA 141 78 12 7 44 6 San Jose CA PMSA 622 336 0 58 228 9 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 26 20 0 0 6 1 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 109 75 4 3 27 3 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 159 159 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 49 49 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 66 51 10 0 5 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 21 18 0 3 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 402 296 14 29 63 4 Savannah GA MSA* 141 89 0 0 52 4 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 49 43 0 0 6 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1880 1012 78 20 770 24 Bremerton WA PMSA 95 88 2 0 5 1 Olympia WA PMSA 83 83 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1493 641 70 17 765 23 Tacoma WA PMSA 209 200 6 3 0 0 Sharon PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 5 3 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 31 10 0 0 21 2 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 87 48 2 0 37 3 South Bend IN MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 248 84 4 3 157 9 Springfield IL MSA* 64 48 16 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 129 101 8 20 0 0 Springfield MA MSA* 72 56 6 0 10 1 State College PA MSA* 73 12 2 3 56 4 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 5 3 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 154 154 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 28 24 0 4 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 46 41 0 0 5 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 79 77 2 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 779 567 14 12 186 15 Terre Haute IN MSA* 17 13 4 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 110 88 10 12 0 0 Topeka KS MSA* 48 38 6 4 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 341 337 4 0 0 0 Tulsa OK MSA* 129 125 4 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 258 18 0 0 240 16 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 94 94 0 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 52 38 2 0 12 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 2469 2302 0 4 163 14 Baltimore MD PMSA 705 661 0 0 44 5 Hagerstown MD PMSA 51 39 0 0 12 1 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 1713 1602 0 4 107 8 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 36 30 0 0 6 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 687 557 0 44 86 5 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 10 4 0 0 6 1 Wichita KS MSA* 163 149 14 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 288 215 6 0 67 3 Yakima WA MSA* 24 20 4 0 0 0 York PA MSA* 92 92 0 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 109 75 2 24 8 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 47 47 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.