Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 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* 29 19 2 0 8 1 Albany GA MSA* 72 42 4 3 23 2 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 208 63 8 0 137 12 Albuquerque NM MSA* 436 411 0 12 13 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 83 71 4 0 8 1 Altoona PA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 71 65 6 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 19 14 0 0 5 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 95 73 14 0 8 1 Asheville NC MSA* 86 80 6 0 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 93 45 0 0 48 6 Atlanta GA MSA 2914 2900 6 0 8 1 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 157 157 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 712 448 8 0 256 12 Bakersfield CA MSA* 181 176 2 3 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 98 94 4 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 85 72 0 7 6 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 6 3 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 99 32 0 0 67 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 128 128 0 0 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 395 309 0 0 86 11 Bismarck ND MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 59 38 2 4 15 1 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 310 297 0 3 10 2 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1058 893 24 14 127 11 Boston MA-NH PMSA 514 445 14 14 41 4 Brockton MA PMSA 29 29 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 41 22 2 0 17 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 119 94 0 0 25 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 39 37 2 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 50 41 0 0 9 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 27 23 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 53 48 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 128 96 2 0 30 3 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 154 128 2 0 24 4 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 39 29 10 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 81 51 2 0 28 2 Burlington VT MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 50 48 2 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 85 25 6 8 46 4 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 145 25 0 0 120 10 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 225 218 4 3 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 37 30 2 0 5 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1165 999 4 0 162 13 Charlottesville VA MSA* 82 73 0 0 9 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 178 174 4 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 33 23 2 3 5 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 1931 1308 68 82 473 28 Chicago IL PMSA 1652 1132 56 75 389 23 Gary IN PMSA 231 130 10 7 84 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 26 24 2 0 0 0 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 64 58 6 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 953 592 8 59 294 32 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 631 479 6 23 123 10 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 322 113 2 36 171 22 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 147 129 2 0 16 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 543 451 10 10 72 8 Akron OH PMSA 186 135 2 0 49 4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 357 316 8 10 23 4 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 298 294 4 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 117 47 58 3 9 1 Columbia SC MSA* 240 240 0 0 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 141 91 2 0 48 3 Columbus OH MSA 616 399 20 61 136 12 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 100 85 0 15 0 0 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3683 1878 8 8 1789 88 Dallas TX PMSA 2698 1343 8 8 1339 63 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 985 535 0 0 450 25 Danville VA MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 82 62 4 8 8 1 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 292 241 0 7 44 3 Decatur Al MSA* 35 25 0 0 10 2 Decatur IL MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1776 1367 12 40 357 24 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 131 131 0 0 0 0 Denver CO PMSA 1519 1127 8 32 352 23 Greeley CO PMSA 126 109 4 8 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 84 80 4 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1457 1181 22 67 187 19 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 280 229 0 20 31 3 Detroit MI PMSA 1099 874 22 47 156 16 Flint MI PMSA 78 78 0 0 0 0 Dothan AL MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 52 50 2 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 12 9 0 3 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 16 12 0 4 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 203 181 6 0 16 3 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 67 65 2 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 37 23 2 0 12 2 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 192 97 34 4 57 3 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 126 76 2 0 48 6 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 19 7 0 0 12 2 Fayetteville NC MSA* 153 109 0 8 36 3 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 301 172 16 4 109 12 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 71 27 2 6 36 2 Florence AL MSA* 44 12 0 0 32 3 Florence SC MSA* 44 39 0 0 5 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 181 169 0 6 6 1 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 416 277 16 36 87 9 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 250 176 34 13 27 3 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 51 45 6 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 262 143 0 0 119 7 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 160 132 12 16 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 229 229 0 0 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 99 79 0 0 20 2 Glens Falls NY MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 47 36 2 4 5 1 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 73 69 4 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 444 335 18 11 80 5 Great Falls MT MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 41 29 12 0 0 0 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 671 510 12 4 145 13 Greenville NC MSA* 140 69 2 0 69 4 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 425 390 8 0 27 3 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 232 142 0 4 86 12 Hartford CT MSA* 146 132 2 0 12 2 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 34 4 0 0 30 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 119 101 18 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 66 32 2 0 32 4 Houma LA MSA* 56 52 4 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1646 1443 6 0 197 12 Brazoria TX PMSA 138 128 0 0 10 1 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 80 80 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1428 1235 6 0 187 11 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 82 82 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1051 618 22 0 411 27 Iowa City IA MSA* 19 17 2 0 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 162 135 0 6 21 2 Jackson TN MSA* 47 45 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 529 527 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville NC MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 27 19 8 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 130 120 0 0 10 2 Johnstown PA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 91 78 4 4 5 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 742 565 34 7 136 14 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 116 100 2 4 10 1 Knoxville TN MSA* 239 229 10 0 0 0 Kokomo IN MSA* 38 28 10 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 21 17 4 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 220 92 0 0 128 3 Lafayette IN MSA* 91 29 2 0 60 2 Lake Charles LA MSA* 72 63 4 0 5 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 170 166 4 0 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 116 94 2 0 20 2 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 89 80 4 0 5 1 Laredo TX MSA* 135 71 0 8 56 6 Las Cruces NM MSA* 79 67 2 0 10 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2607 1655 26 122 804 64 Lawrence KS MSA* 47 24 8 4 11 1 Lawton OK MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 295 208 30 0 57 7 Lima OH MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 104 52 2 0 50 1 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 114 112 2 0 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2642 2223 20 80 319 35 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 496 441 14 4 37 5 Orange County CA PMSA 664 570 6 40 48 6 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1260 994 0 32 234 24 Ventura CA PMSA 222 218 0 4 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 407 389 2 0 16 3 Lubbock TX MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 83 79 4 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 151 147 4 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 199 56 10 37 96 4 Mansfield OH MSA* 25 11 14 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 332 281 10 16 25 4 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 87 82 2 3 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 219 207 2 0 10 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 466 400 0 32 34 5 Merced CA MSA* 72 72 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2245 1137 12 46 1050 50 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1291 707 0 7 577 37 Miami FL PMSA 954 430 12 39 473 13 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 579 214 30 19 316 16 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 529 176 26 16 311 15 Racine WI PMSA 50 38 4 3 5 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 928 813 18 22 75 3 Mobile AL MSA* 332 223 6 20 83 2 Modesto CA MSA* 90 90 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 51 36 2 13 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 145 85 0 52 8 1 Muncie IN MSA* 17 15 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 235 186 6 28 15 3 Naples FL MSA* 290 174 0 24 92 10 Nashville TN MSA 1017 676 12 3 326 33 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 56 56 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 254 246 8 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 2685 1516 126 35 1008 32 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 79 48 10 0 21 4 Bridgeport CT PMSA 75 69 0 0 6 1 Danbury CT PMSA 52 52 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 13 9 4 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 291 249 2 0 40 2 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 312 312 0 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 286 220 6 10 50 7 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 74 51 2 0 21 3 New York NY PMSA 1085 165 80 18 822 11 Newark NJ PMSA 182 143 18 3 18 2 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 91 57 0 4 30 2 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 37 33 4 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 52 52 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 630 573 0 3 54 6 Ocala FL MSA* 185 178 2 0 5 1 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 314 308 6 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 170 163 2 0 5 1 Orlando FL MSA 1276 895 0 13 368 51 Owensboro KY MSA* 42 30 2 0 10 1 Panama City FL MSA* 92 86 2 4 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 13 6 2 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 242 208 2 0 32 4 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 61 40 0 6 15 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1591 1056 60 3 472 16 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 126 78 48 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1266 779 12 3 472 16 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 185 185 0 0 0 0 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 2869 2218 2 0 649 62 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 322 276 8 4 34 4 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 46 44 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1793 1095 64 63 571 41 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1594 936 54 44 560 39 Salem OR PMSA 199 159 10 19 11 2 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 154 141 8 0 5 1 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 151 139 12 0 0 0 Pueblo CO MSA* 108 96 8 4 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 77 77 0 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 993 822 16 4 151 18 Rapid City SD MSA* 30 10 0 0 20 1 Reading PA MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 44 40 0 4 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 168 144 2 0 22 1 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 43 37 0 0 6 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 369 369 0 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 69 67 2 0 0 0 Rochester MN MSA* 18 14 4 0 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 97 81 0 0 16 2 Rockford IL MSA* 113 103 6 4 0 0 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 48 48 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 475 475 0 0 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 444 444 0 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 24 18 6 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 St. Joseph MO MSA* 17 6 8 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 708 641 10 21 36 4 Salinas CA MSA* 123 123 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 663 590 14 7 52 3 San Angelo TX MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 730 522 0 4 204 11 San Diego CA MSA 674 493 22 21 138 20 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1902 1141 12 40 709 16 Oakland CA PMSA 629 506 0 14 109 2 San Francisco CA PMSA 90 47 6 11 26 3 San Jose CA PMSA 845 273 6 12 554 10 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 64 64 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 162 139 0 3 20 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 112 112 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 85 83 2 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 63 58 2 3 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 83 21 0 0 62 8 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 363 318 6 7 32 2 Savannah GA MSA* 117 115 2 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1746 1226 74 73 373 32 Bremerton WA PMSA 148 135 2 3 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 129 123 0 0 6 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1127 685 56 53 333 27 Tacoma WA PMSA 342 283 16 17 26 3 Sharon PA MSA* 10 6 0 4 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 5 3 2 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 6 2 4 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 70 66 0 4 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 54 54 0 0 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 75 73 2 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 53 49 4 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 121 103 4 3 11 1 Springfield MA MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 69 9 0 3 57 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 2 0 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 160 138 2 20 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 145 143 2 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 806 756 2 24 24 3 Terre Haute IN MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 125 99 2 0 24 3 Topeka KS MSA* 36 32 4 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 370 360 2 0 8 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 216 216 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 65 63 2 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 23 18 0 0 5 1 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 174 14 0 0 160 12 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 136 120 0 16 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 41 19 22 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 2739 2259 4 0 476 30 Baltimore MD PMSA 896 622 0 0 274 13 Hagerstown MD PMSA 35 31 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 1808 1606 0 0 202 17 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 30 16 6 0 8 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 582 498 2 76 6 1 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 8 3 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 172 162 10 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 340 278 0 0 62 6 Yakima WA MSA* 33 27 2 4 0 0 York PA MSA* 74 68 2 4 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 63 55 2 0 6 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.