Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area January 1997 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* 28 19 0 0 9 1 Albany GA MSA* 88 44 0 4 40 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 74 57 0 4 13 1 Albuquerque NM MSA* 330 313 2 3 12 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 79 69 0 0 10 1 Altoona PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 32 30 2 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 120 34 14 3 69 9 Asheville NC MSA* 81 67 2 0 12 1 Athens GA MSA* 158 68 24 0 66 10 Atlanta GA MSA 3306 2750 4 15 537 20 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 250 190 2 4 54 7 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 876 486 16 0 374 15 Bakersfield CA MSA* 133 133 0 0 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 92 92 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 77 58 6 8 5 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 7 4 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 117 107 2 8 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 267 259 0 3 5 1 Bismarck ND MSA* 4 2 2 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 46 29 2 0 15 2 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 253 239 0 4 10 2 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1350 873 20 14 443 15 Boston MA-NH PMSA 780 394 14 7 365 8 Brockton MA PMSA 80 80 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 41 25 2 0 14 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 102 78 0 4 20 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 56 56 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 47 35 4 3 5 1 Nashua NH PMSA 66 37 0 0 29 2 New Bedford MA PMSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 104 94 0 0 10 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 166 134 2 4 26 1 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 77 60 0 0 17 1 Burlington VT MSA* 24 16 0 3 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 108 46 4 3 55 1 Casper WY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 19 17 2 0 0 0 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 18 16 2 0 0 0 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 248 243 2 3 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 35 25 2 3 5 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1297 1027 8 19 243 20 Charlottesville VA MSA* 89 79 6 4 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 172 170 2 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 21 16 2 3 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 1874 1059 34 60 721 32 Chicago IL PMSA 1750 979 26 60 685 31 Gary IN PMSA 63 57 6 0 0 0 Kankakee IL PMSA 10 8 2 0 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 51 15 0 0 36 1 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 973 482 34 59 398 43 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 878 403 32 51 392 42 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 95 79 2 8 6 1 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 142 91 0 12 39 6 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 419 358 22 3 36 6 Akron OH PMSA 126 106 6 0 14 2 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 293 252 16 3 22 4 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 266 264 2 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 78 28 44 6 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 451 331 0 0 120 5 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 65 65 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 512 340 6 33 133 12 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 60 54 0 0 6 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3166 1837 20 13 1296 85 Dallas TX PMSA 1888 1355 4 4 525 34 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 1278 482 16 9 771 51 Danville VA MSA* 28 23 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 168 80 0 0 88 11 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 243 231 12 0 0 0 Decatur Al MSA* 20 15 0 0 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 68 6 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2024 1267 18 8 731 49 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 223 167 0 0 56 6 Denver CO PMSA 1680 981 16 8 675 43 Greeley CO PMSA 121 119 2 0 0 0 Des Moines IA MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1432 1101 30 42 259 25 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 265 245 2 8 10 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1093 802 20 30 241 22 Flint MI PMSA 74 54 8 4 8 1 Dothan AL MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 55 53 2 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 11 9 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 11 4 0 7 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 205 181 4 3 17 2 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 49 49 0 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 16 12 0 4 0 0 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 326 103 20 3 200 19 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 70 64 0 0 6 1 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 10 4 0 0 6 1 Fayetteville NC MSA* 105 75 0 0 30 2 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 166 133 12 0 21 2 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 86 35 2 4 45 3 Florence AL MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 46 39 2 0 5 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 210 155 2 12 41 3 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 342 237 24 29 52 4 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 216 184 32 0 0 0 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 58 52 0 0 6 1 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 111 87 0 0 24 4 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 155 109 6 0 40 5 Fresno CA MSA 247 228 4 7 8 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 182 68 0 0 114 6 Glens Falls NY MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 35 29 2 4 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 16 0 0 0 16 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 79 55 24 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 342 262 8 8 64 5 Great Falls MT MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 31 24 2 0 5 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 510 489 4 0 17 2 Greenville NC MSA* 119 71 0 0 48 5 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 484 449 10 10 15 1 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 129 129 0 0 0 0 Hartford CT MSA* 138 133 0 0 5 1 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 9 3 0 0 6 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 121 110 6 0 5 1 Honolulu HI MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Houma LA MSA* 73 73 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1900 1420 2 0 478 17 Brazoria TX PMSA 113 103 0 0 10 1 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1719 1249 2 0 468 16 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 738 589 4 8 137 12 Iowa City IA MSA* 12 9 0 3 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 157 157 0 0 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 830 572 6 0 252 27 Jacksonville NC MSA* 45 41 0 4 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 15 13 2 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 121 98 2 11 10 2 Johnstown PA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 21 11 6 4 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 177 57 6 12 102 11 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 693 553 38 30 72 7 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 116 88 8 20 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 509 241 0 0 268 21 Kokomo IN MSA* 13 11 2 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 7 3 4 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 62 38 4 0 20 3 Lake Charles LA MSA* 42 35 2 0 5 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 231 213 4 3 11 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 59 57 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 66 66 0 0 0 0 Laredo TX MSA* 138 71 2 7 58 5 Las Cruces NM MSA* 80 65 2 0 13 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2249 1446 2 99 702 81 Lawrence KS MSA* 44 23 8 4 9 1 Lawton OK MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 209 174 30 0 5 1 Lima OH MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 148 57 2 3 86 10 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 369 136 10 0 223 7 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2125 1867 36 40 182 14 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 732 552 18 4 158 10 Orange County CA PMSA 451 434 6 6 5 1 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 822 804 4 0 14 2 Ventura CA PMSA 120 77 8 30 5 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 311 300 2 4 5 1 Lubbock TX MSA* 53 45 2 0 6 1 Lynchburg VA MSA* 78 76 2 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 145 145 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 165 66 8 8 83 5 Mansfield OH MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 325 276 6 12 31 5 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 72 68 0 4 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 216 216 0 0 0 0 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 498 399 2 4 93 5 Merced CA MSA* 48 48 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2166 1205 8 10 943 67 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1518 651 4 10 853 63 Miami FL PMSA 648 554 4 0 90 4 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 317 220 18 4 75 8 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 267 177 16 4 70 7 Racine WI PMSA 50 43 2 0 5 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 567 543 0 14 10 2 Mobile AL MSA* 330 240 6 0 84 4 Modesto CA MSA* 72 72 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 39 32 0 7 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 87 87 0 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 12 8 0 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 332 189 0 16 127 8 Naples FL MSA* 411 234 16 72 89 9 Nashville TN MSA 862 649 8 8 197 13 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 238 236 2 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 2812 1742 182 78 810 26 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 156 56 4 4 92 7 Bridgeport CT PMSA 64 64 0 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 36 31 0 0 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 26 11 12 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 374 297 0 0 77 4 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 341 341 0 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 476 326 8 20 122 3 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 57 57 0 0 0 0 New York NY PMSA 813 169 140 24 480 8 Newark NJ PMSA 229 180 14 27 8 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 95 67 2 0 26 2 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 33 31 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 540 467 8 4 61 4 Ocala FL MSA* 268 161 0 3 104 13 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 287 267 20 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 171 126 18 0 27 2 Orlando FL MSA 1316 1031 2 6 277 22 Owensboro KY MSA* 25 23 2 0 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 96 88 8 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 26 6 0 8 12 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 281 279 2 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1345 1092 74 4 175 11 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 112 76 36 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 993 805 38 4 146 8 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 218 189 0 0 29 3 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 4166 2459 38 81 1588 125 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 286 251 10 7 18 2 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 57 50 2 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1379 1019 70 53 237 22 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1176 873 58 50 195 16 Salem OR PMSA 203 146 12 3 42 6 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 184 164 12 8 0 0 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 171 88 14 8 61 6 Pueblo CO MSA* 85 61 12 12 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 87 77 0 0 10 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 915 882 2 3 28 4 Rapid City SD MSA* 27 8 0 0 19 1 Reading PA MSA* 160 160 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 59 29 6 24 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 116 116 0 0 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 51 26 2 3 20 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 575 363 0 0 212 9 Roanoke VA MSA* 168 46 4 0 118 7 Rochester MN MSA* 25 21 4 0 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 156 82 0 0 74 1 Rockford IL MSA* 83 67 0 0 16 2 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 717 459 2 0 256 18 Sacramento CA PMSA 684 428 0 0 256 18 Yolo CA PMSA 33 31 2 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 19 14 0 0 5 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 14 5 4 0 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 791 484 20 10 277 14 Salinas CA MSA* 28 26 2 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 498 472 2 0 24 2 San Angelo TX MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 543 534 4 0 5 1 San Diego CA MSA 593 409 6 54 124 16 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1260 791 4 42 423 22 Oakland CA PMSA 352 306 0 15 31 2 San Francisco CA PMSA 397 38 2 15 342 15 San Jose CA PMSA 225 216 0 9 0 0 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 171 116 2 3 50 5 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 107 107 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 63 58 0 0 5 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 21 18 0 3 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 425 341 10 4 70 5 Savannah GA MSA* 104 104 0 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 29 19 2 0 8 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1675 1170 76 53 376 20 Bremerton WA PMSA 112 97 6 0 9 1 Olympia WA PMSA 83 77 0 0 6 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1167 697 56 53 361 18 Tacoma WA PMSA 313 299 14 0 0 0 Sharon PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 12 0 0 0 12 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 74 74 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 72 70 2 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 75 71 4 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 106 81 2 8 15 1 Springfield MA MSA* 36 23 0 4 9 1 State College PA MSA* 56 9 0 3 44 1 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 2 0 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 145 117 4 0 24 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 896 754 14 4 124 8 Terre Haute IN MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 120 68 6 4 42 4 Topeka KS MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 349 337 0 12 0 0 Tulsa OK MSA* 222 222 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 94 74 0 0 20 2 Tyler TX MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 78 74 4 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 2927 2272 4 15 636 27 Baltimore MD PMSA 550 533 0 0 17 2 Hagerstown MD PMSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2349 1711 4 15 619 25 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 8 3 0 0 5 1 Wausau WI MSA* 11 9 2 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 818 592 2 20 204 8 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 9 4 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 162 158 4 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 295 227 6 8 54 4 Yakima WA MSA* 46 22 6 0 18 1 York PA MSA* 57 55 2 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 48 36 12 0 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 39 11 0 0 28 3 Yuma AZ MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.