Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area July 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* 33 21 0 0 12 1 Albany GA MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 172 168 4 0 0 0 Albuquerque NM MSA* 460 430 0 20 10 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 159 145 6 0 8 1 Altoona PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 117 80 10 4 23 2 Anniston AL MSA* 22 16 0 0 6 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 161 115 20 4 22 2 Asheville NC MSA* 97 93 4 0 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 4749 3423 26 4 1296 70 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 172 164 0 8 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 707 503 4 200 0 0 Bakersfield CA MSA* 210 210 0 0 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 92 89 0 3 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 102 102 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 121 75 10 28 8 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 48 46 2 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 138 134 4 0 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 389 353 2 3 31 3 Bismarck ND MSA* 71 43 4 0 24 2 Bloomington IN MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 83 79 4 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 718 418 4 3 293 19 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1571 1402 42 55 72 9 Boston MA-NH PMSA 705 619 28 43 15 3 Brockton MA PMSA 67 65 2 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 65 47 2 0 16 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 148 136 0 12 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 90 90 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 115 84 4 0 27 3 Nashua NH PMSA 78 69 0 0 9 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 47 45 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 91 84 2 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 165 163 2 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 204 122 2 0 80 4 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 75 45 6 0 24 2 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 185 138 0 0 47 4 Burlington VT MSA* 55 53 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 93 87 6 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 5 3 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 73 58 0 15 0 0 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 62 30 2 0 30 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 565 258 4 3 300 13 Charleston WV MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1836 1065 18 15 738 41 Charlottesville VA MSA* 110 102 0 8 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 321 193 0 24 104 13 Cheyenne WY MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3382 2452 64 174 692 40 Chicago IL PMSA 2964 2148 34 163 619 34 Gary IN PMSA 284 221 26 7 30 2 Kankakee IL PMSA 51 33 4 4 10 2 Kenosha WI PMSA 83 50 0 0 33 2 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1109 815 54 28 212 21 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 863 640 48 10 165 13 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 246 175 6 18 47 8 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 140 95 10 11 24 3 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 927 758 38 52 79 9 Akron OH PMSA 300 217 16 32 35 3 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 627 541 22 20 44 6 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 609 367 2 0 240 10 Columbia MO MSA* 150 88 46 4 12 2 Columbia SC MSA* 292 244 4 0 44 1 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 88 74 2 12 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 931 655 14 78 184 16 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 140 92 0 0 48 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3643 2386 20 11 1226 49 Dallas TX PMSA 2793 1700 12 7 1074 42 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 850 686 8 4 152 7 Danville VA MSA* 33 28 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 203 183 2 11 7 1 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 327 296 2 4 25 1 Decatur Al MSA* 63 45 2 16 0 0 Decatur IL MSA* 15 13 2 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2232 1606 20 13 593 12 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 240 225 6 4 5 1 Denver CO PMSA 1829 1232 14 3 580 10 Greeley CO PMSA 163 149 0 6 8 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 213 189 0 3 21 1 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2094 1855 40 63 136 17 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 392 374 6 7 5 1 Detroit MI PMSA 1536 1334 30 56 116 14 Flint MI PMSA 166 147 4 0 15 2 Dothan AL MSA* 51 38 0 0 13 1 Dover DE MSA* 62 60 2 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 38 35 0 3 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 90 52 10 28 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 301 195 4 4 98 6 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 75 73 2 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 6 3 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 50 43 0 7 0 0 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 135 109 22 4 0 0 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 106 104 2 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 111 47 0 4 60 4 Fayetteville NC MSA* 151 79 0 0 72 4 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 240 116 4 0 120 10 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 114 56 2 3 53 2 Florence AL MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 66 51 2 0 13 2 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 221 190 0 4 27 4 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 566 337 16 11 202 13 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 212 196 4 4 8 1 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 52 38 14 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 126 122 4 0 0 0 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 201 190 6 0 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 253 240 10 3 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 88 88 0 0 0 0 Glens Falls NY MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 46 41 2 3 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 18 11 2 0 5 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 92 80 12 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 703 542 18 33 110 9 Great Falls MT MSA* 18 10 0 0 8 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 140 64 20 0 56 6 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 831 667 2 6 156 14 Greenville NC MSA* 90 66 0 0 24 3 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 590 449 18 0 123 7 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 183 122 2 24 35 4 Hartford CT MSA* 329 319 2 0 8 1 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 165 142 2 15 6 1 Honolulu HI MSA 208 169 0 0 39 5 Houma LA MSA* 69 63 0 0 6 1 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 3007 2047 10 52 898 41 Brazoria TX PMSA 166 166 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 109 109 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 2732 1772 10 52 898 41 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 9 4 0 0 5 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 306 114 0 0 192 12 Indianapolis IN MSA 1205 1037 18 0 150 9 Iowa City IA MSA* 54 26 8 0 20 2 Jackson MI MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 233 230 0 3 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 89 83 6 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 648 606 4 8 30 4 Jacksonville NC MSA* 85 69 0 16 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 41 20 4 3 14 2 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 185 114 6 3 62 4 Johnstown PA MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 39 33 6 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 17 13 4 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 144 101 4 4 35 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1211 904 48 83 176 8 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 137 95 10 32 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 329 260 12 3 54 4 Kokomo IN MSA* 35 31 4 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 45 33 12 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 147 147 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 130 52 50 4 24 3 Lake Charles LA MSA* 124 75 18 0 31 3 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 270 248 2 0 20 2 Lancaster PA MSA* 177 118 0 4 55 1 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 146 114 2 0 30 1 Laredo TX MSA* 119 103 2 4 10 1 Las Cruces NM MSA* 92 81 2 3 6 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2614 1842 18 39 715 57 Lawrence KS MSA* 52 50 2 0 0 0 Lawton OK MSA* 11 7 4 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 250 230 6 7 7 1 Lima OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 130 99 4 4 23 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 244 154 12 0 78 7 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3856 2743 52 101 960 59 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 1328 530 24 21 753 34 Orange County CA PMSA 1047 942 20 43 42 6 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1206 1062 0 0 144 17 Ventura CA PMSA 275 209 8 37 21 2 Louisville KY-IN MSA 464 431 2 4 27 5 Lubbock TX MSA* 60 52 8 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 105 95 4 0 6 1 Macon GA MSA* 277 117 0 0 160 18 Madison WI MSA* 170 121 20 4 25 3 Mansfield OH MSA* 54 49 2 3 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 468 359 18 51 40 5 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 138 117 4 12 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 263 259 4 0 0 0 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 662 602 2 0 58 8 Merced CA MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2116 1115 20 49 932 19 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 868 677 6 49 136 11 Miami FL PMSA 1248 438 14 0 796 8 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 776 341 54 10 371 22 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 708 291 46 10 361 20 Racine WI PMSA 68 50 8 0 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1552 1365 36 36 115 14 Mobile AL MSA* 322 260 2 4 56 2 Modesto CA MSA* 131 126 0 0 5 1 Monroe LA MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 39 37 2 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 439 190 2 7 240 14 Naples FL MSA* 545 210 8 71 256 17 Nashville TN MSA 1292 967 48 8 269 14 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 135 79 0 4 52 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 298 274 16 8 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 4062 2606 316 143 997 56 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 148 120 12 6 10 2 Bridgeport CT PMSA 170 112 0 15 43 3 Danbury CT PMSA 84 79 0 0 5 1 Dutchess County NY PMSA 80 71 4 0 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 32 12 14 6 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 602 408 0 0 194 13 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 546 546 0 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 680 355 4 0 321 15 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 117 107 0 0 10 2 New York NY PMSA 1057 291 270 106 390 17 Newark NJ PMSA 209 199 6 4 0 0 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 142 118 2 3 19 2 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 57 50 4 3 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 52 52 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 642 577 0 3 62 4 Ocala FL MSA* 204 194 0 10 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 318 316 2 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 587 270 4 0 313 12 Orlando FL MSA 2748 1162 32 4 1550 114 Owensboro KY MSA* 78 36 12 30 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 99 85 6 0 8 1 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 23 18 0 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 550 292 14 4 240 15 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 105 90 2 0 13 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1707 1535 30 23 119 13 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 135 109 18 3 5 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1249 1138 12 4 95 9 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 61 31 0 16 14 2 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 262 257 0 0 5 1 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3698 2888 4 23 783 84 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 16 7 4 0 5 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 537 457 32 13 35 5 Pittsfield MA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 8 6 2 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 109 107 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1939 1276 70 79 514 32 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1723 1121 56 76 470 28 Salem OR PMSA 216 155 14 3 44 4 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 307 232 12 4 59 6 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 186 158 20 3 5 1 Pueblo CO MSA* 98 78 0 20 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 99 99 0 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1318 1045 12 18 243 18 Rapid City SD MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Reading PA MSA* 95 95 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 56 53 0 3 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 262 262 0 0 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 62 60 2 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 1281 498 2 0 781 43 Roanoke VA MSA* 69 63 0 0 6 1 Rochester MN MSA* 106 84 14 8 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 305 170 0 0 135 9 Rockford IL MSA* 244 116 2 46 80 4 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 47 29 2 0 16 2 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 815 815 0 0 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 747 747 0 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 42 33 4 0 5 1 St. Cloud MN MSA* 64 46 0 0 18 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 25 11 4 4 6 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1094 879 36 28 151 6 Salinas CA MSA* 73 66 2 0 5 1 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 996 680 34 50 232 14 San Angelo TX MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 552 537 4 11 0 0 San Diego CA MSA 933 841 2 26 64 8 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2778 1724 34 79 941 40 Oakland CA PMSA 760 651 18 59 32 4 San Francisco CA PMSA 268 116 12 16 124 5 San Jose CA PMSA 1274 539 4 0 731 27 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 74 36 0 4 34 3 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 204 184 0 0 20 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 198 198 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 121 111 0 0 10 2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 68 36 0 0 32 4 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 556 418 10 11 117 8 Savannah GA MSA* 127 112 10 0 5 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 45 43 2 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2515 1513 166 148 688 41 Bremerton WA PMSA 176 152 10 3 11 1 Olympia WA PMSA 168 103 2 0 63 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1737 890 110 135 602 37 Tacoma WA PMSA 434 368 44 10 12 2 Sharon PA MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 39 11 2 0 26 1 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 265 9 0 0 256 17 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 103 97 2 4 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 97 97 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 227 103 4 0 120 10 Springfield IL MSA* 65 57 8 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 236 149 16 40 31 3 Springfield MA MSA* 68 66 2 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 15 11 0 4 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 288 167 2 9 110 1 Sumter SC MSA* 36 33 0 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 70 61 0 0 9 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 96 96 0 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1728 917 24 33 754 44 Terre Haute IN MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 18 16 2 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 201 105 10 7 79 7 Topeka KS MSA* 65 52 10 3 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 450 384 2 0 64 7 Tulsa OK MSA* 308 274 0 0 34 2 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 144 101 0 3 40 5 Waco TX MSA* 41 26 10 0 5 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3637 3104 4 15 514 18 Baltimore MD PMSA 1014 891 0 0 123 8 Hagerstown MD PMSA 57 55 2 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2566 2158 2 15 391 10 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 41 38 0 3 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 690 501 38 55 96 9 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 19 6 0 0 13 2 Wichita KS MSA* 225 219 6 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 280 207 0 4 69 6 Yakima WA MSA* 44 29 0 3 12 1 York PA MSA* 101 99 2 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 130 101 18 11 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.