Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area April 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* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Albany GA MSA* 89 73 2 4 10 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 130 121 4 0 5 1 Albuquerque NM MSA* 547 466 2 3 76 5 Alexandria LA MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 156 146 6 4 0 0 Altoona PA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 157 134 20 3 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 18 13 0 0 5 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 206 132 20 4 50 4 Asheville NC MSA* 171 121 6 0 44 5 Athens GA MSA* 86 76 10 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 5210 3568 10 11 1621 93 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 189 181 4 4 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 1501 654 44 4 799 63 Bakersfield CA MSA* 227 199 0 12 16 1 Bangor ME MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 83 83 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 198 132 0 0 66 7 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 48 48 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 151 85 24 8 34 3 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 7 4 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 55 35 12 0 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 208 166 2 40 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 502 400 0 4 98 13 Bismarck ND MSA* 68 39 4 4 21 2 Bloomington IN MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 88 84 4 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 401 398 0 3 0 0 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1368 1242 42 19 65 10 Boston MA-NH PMSA 515 485 16 4 10 2 Brockton MA PMSA 67 61 6 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 44 32 2 0 10 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 151 147 0 4 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 97 95 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 102 69 2 8 23 3 Nashua NH PMSA 85 76 2 0 7 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 50 42 8 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 80 75 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 177 160 4 3 10 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 198 136 8 3 51 5 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 82 70 0 0 12 2 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 166 131 2 4 29 2 Burlington VT MSA* 58 55 0 3 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 102 94 8 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 113 68 6 11 28 3 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 196 40 2 4 150 11 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 259 259 0 0 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 204 40 0 0 164 10 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1545 1315 22 4 204 17 Charlottesville VA MSA* 119 99 8 0 12 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 220 214 6 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 51 25 0 4 22 2 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3505 2588 98 183 636 57 Chicago IL PMSA 3105 2249 80 158 618 54 Gary IN PMSA 291 256 8 22 5 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 36 29 4 3 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 73 54 6 0 13 2 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 100 84 2 8 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1211 870 24 61 256 24 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 966 676 18 47 225 18 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 245 194 6 14 31 6 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 234 160 2 40 32 4 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1068 904 24 52 88 11 Akron OH PMSA 314 252 8 26 28 2 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 754 652 16 26 60 9 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 379 375 4 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 160 82 70 0 8 1 Columbia SC MSA* 582 316 0 4 262 12 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 89 89 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1043 692 46 96 209 19 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 83 72 4 0 7 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3466 2276 20 24 1146 61 Dallas TX PMSA 2913 1733 10 24 1146 61 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 553 543 10 0 0 0 Danville VA MSA* 35 30 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 145 71 2 0 72 9 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 147 120 8 19 0 0 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 289 283 6 0 0 0 Decatur Al MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Decatur IL MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2029 1515 8 11 495 31 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 332 180 2 0 150 6 Denver CO PMSA 1530 1181 6 3 340 24 Greeley CO PMSA 167 154 0 8 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 276 217 0 0 59 3 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2759 2315 68 127 249 17 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 479 433 8 32 6 1 Detroit MI PMSA 2087 1717 50 91 229 15 Flint MI PMSA 193 165 10 4 14 1 Dothan AL MSA* 85 25 4 0 56 8 Dover DE MSA* 63 63 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 28 24 0 4 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 92 71 10 11 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 305 203 4 3 95 7 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 138 100 2 0 36 1 Elmira NY MSA* 6 3 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 64 52 2 0 10 2 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 214 157 32 20 5 1 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 148 132 0 4 12 2 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 111 30 0 0 81 3 Fayetteville NC MSA* 169 122 0 4 43 3 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 269 164 18 3 84 3 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 62 52 0 0 10 2 Florence AL MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 75 63 2 0 10 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 301 203 0 3 95 11 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 551 328 24 52 147 12 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 251 244 4 3 0 0 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 60 52 0 0 8 1 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 233 148 0 0 85 3 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 340 234 2 4 100 4 Fresno CA MSA 260 260 0 0 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 141 125 0 4 12 2 Glens Falls NY MSA* 48 30 0 0 18 2 Goldsboro NC MSA* 51 43 4 4 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 89 89 0 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 758 598 20 16 124 10 Great Falls MT MSA* 28 12 0 0 16 2 Green Bay WI MSA* 114 84 8 0 22 3 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 990 754 20 0 216 20 Greenville NC MSA* 161 105 0 0 56 5 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 679 560 8 3 108 7 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 173 123 2 6 42 5 Hartford CT MSA* 506 284 0 0 222 9 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 13 5 0 0 8 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 182 151 22 3 6 1 Honolulu HI MSA 578 130 2 0 446 2 Houma LA MSA* 145 84 2 6 53 4 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 3308 2071 0 70 1167 101 Brazoria TX PMSA 185 185 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 135 103 0 0 32 4 Houston TX PMSA 2988 1783 0 70 1135 97 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 137 137 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1549 1220 10 8 311 22 Iowa City IA MSA* 75 49 2 0 24 2 Jackson MI MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 302 246 0 0 56 7 Jackson TN MSA* 67 61 2 4 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 630 614 16 0 0 0 Jacksonville NC MSA* 83 73 10 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 66 41 14 6 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 172 135 2 3 32 5 Johnstown PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 166 32 2 0 132 2 Joplin MO MSA* 24 20 4 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 118 106 4 3 5 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1228 888 42 0 298 12 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 132 120 8 4 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 531 319 4 0 208 13 Kokomo IN MSA* 40 28 12 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 71 51 6 3 11 1 Lafayette LA MSA* 153 112 0 0 41 1 Lafayette IN MSA* 107 73 6 12 16 1 Lake Charles LA MSA* 84 80 4 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 191 189 2 0 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 118 102 0 4 12 2 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 145 115 0 0 30 1 Laredo TX MSA* 125 109 2 4 10 1 Las Cruces NM MSA* 71 68 0 3 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2612 1948 2 18 644 70 Lawrence KS MSA* 170 49 26 15 80 7 Lawton OK MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 469 308 46 14 101 5 Lima OH MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 146 118 12 0 16 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 219 206 0 0 13 2 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3999 2605 42 40 1312 93 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 706 528 16 3 159 12 Orange County CA PMSA 1833 737 10 19 1067 75 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1252 1163 0 3 86 6 Ventura CA PMSA 208 177 16 15 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 508 499 4 0 5 1 Lubbock TX MSA* 88 60 12 0 16 1 Lynchburg VA MSA* 113 103 2 8 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 273 121 0 0 152 11 Madison WI MSA* 319 139 14 4 162 6 Mansfield OH MSA* 46 43 0 3 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 492 380 18 54 40 6 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 94 76 6 7 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 281 258 2 3 18 3 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 703 691 0 0 12 2 Merced CA MSA* 196 81 0 0 115 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2025 1190 8 3 824 50 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1393 686 2 3 702 41 Miami FL PMSA 632 504 6 0 122 9 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 627 451 38 7 131 15 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 543 384 36 7 116 12 Racine WI PMSA 84 67 2 0 15 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1555 1351 28 45 131 18 Mobile AL MSA* 427 310 6 3 108 6 Modesto CA MSA* 137 137 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 45 45 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 130 130 0 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 25 21 4 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 293 156 0 18 119 11 Naples FL MSA* 537 221 8 68 240 17 Nashville TN MSA 1243 948 26 11 258 14 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 71 71 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 466 358 36 0 72 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3503 2587 244 135 537 20 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 126 112 6 3 5 1 Bridgeport CT PMSA 126 98 16 12 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 57 57 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 63 60 0 3 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 28 12 16 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 424 354 8 0 62 4 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 676 549 2 0 125 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 464 422 2 0 40 3 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 89 89 0 0 0 0 New York NY PMSA 739 256 154 57 272 8 Newark NJ PMSA 369 278 34 57 0 0 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 140 126 2 3 9 1 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 72 44 4 0 24 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 70 70 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 60 60 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 630 593 0 7 30 3 Ocala FL MSA* 199 188 0 11 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 565 359 6 0 200 9 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 351 312 12 3 24 1 Orlando FL MSA 1513 1166 10 14 323 13 Owensboro KY MSA* 35 31 0 4 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 69 65 4 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 129 24 0 4 101 13 Pensacola FL MSA* 256 246 0 0 10 1 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 133 113 4 0 16 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1794 1517 28 3 246 17 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 135 121 14 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1322 1136 14 3 169 12 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 314 237 0 0 77 5 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3409 2890 14 12 493 28 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 545 473 16 11 45 5 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 26 12 2 12 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 108 106 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1636 1249 70 16 301 26 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1402 1093 56 10 243 19 Salem OR PMSA 234 156 14 6 58 7 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 251 224 14 3 10 2 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 217 166 4 20 27 4 Pueblo CO MSA* 76 74 2 0 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 74 74 0 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1521 1192 10 0 319 21 Rapid City SD MSA* 28 22 0 0 6 1 Reading PA MSA* 77 72 0 0 5 1 Redding CA MSA* 67 62 2 3 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 258 249 6 3 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 77 61 0 4 12 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 585 575 10 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 211 75 4 3 129 7 Rochester MN MSA* 76 58 18 0 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 273 162 16 0 95 6 Rockford IL MSA* 209 175 4 30 0 0 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 39 37 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 686 682 4 0 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 610 608 2 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 76 74 2 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 40 38 2 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 79 47 0 3 29 3 St. Joseph MO MSA* 23 12 2 3 6 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1141 1006 54 27 54 7 Salinas CA MSA* 114 114 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1055 771 28 34 222 16 San Angelo TX MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 608 604 4 0 0 0 San Diego CA MSA 763 618 18 32 95 9 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1917 1603 30 54 230 23 Oakland CA PMSA 824 769 4 34 17 3 San Francisco CA PMSA 350 181 2 10 157 13 San Jose CA PMSA 402 352 14 6 30 4 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 82 50 2 4 26 3 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 135 127 8 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 124 124 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 112 108 0 4 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 66 54 0 12 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 50 43 0 0 7 1 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 804 352 6 12 434 21 Savannah GA MSA* 185 181 4 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 65 58 0 7 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1893 1543 82 57 211 14 Bremerton WA PMSA 176 164 4 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 148 120 14 0 14 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1248 972 34 53 189 12 Tacoma WA PMSA 321 287 30 4 0 0 Sharon PA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 13 9 4 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 156 8 0 0 148 6 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 64 64 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 17 15 2 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 105 89 2 4 10 1 South Bend IN MSA* 114 114 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 174 132 4 3 35 3 Springfield IL MSA* 89 75 14 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 262 221 10 7 24 3 Springfield MA MSA* 67 59 4 4 0 0 State College PA MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 9 5 0 4 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 126 126 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 51 41 0 0 10 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 168 156 12 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1098 988 8 36 66 7 Terre Haute IN MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 57 17 0 0 40 3 Toledo OH MSA* 191 147 10 10 24 3 Topeka KS MSA* 58 44 14 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 609 474 14 4 117 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 305 233 0 0 72 4 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 74 50 0 0 24 1 Tyler TX MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 103 94 4 0 5 1 Waco TX MSA* 57 42 12 3 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3292 2962 4 15 311 20 Baltimore MD PMSA 744 689 0 3 52 5 Hagerstown MD PMSA 75 75 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2473 2198 4 12 259 15 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 21 11 0 0 10 1 Wausau WI MSA* 42 36 6 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 1213 508 16 27 662 35 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 6 1 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 225 221 4 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 420 410 0 4 6 1 Yakima WA MSA* 57 28 8 3 18 1 York PA MSA* 114 106 8 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 147 112 26 3 6 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.