Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area September 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* 34 20 0 0 14 1 Albany GA MSA* 59 43 0 0 16 2 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 147 129 2 0 16 2 Albuquerque NM MSA* 505 191 0 16 298 3 Alexandria LA MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 98 88 6 4 0 0 Altoona PA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 239 176 22 41 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 22 12 0 0 10 2 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 205 103 16 4 82 5 Asheville NC MSA* 145 89 2 4 50 2 Athens GA MSA* 79 71 8 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 3878 3309 8 4 557 34 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 168 135 0 8 25 4 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 914 532 26 0 356 21 Bakersfield CA MSA* 283 207 0 23 53 9 Bangor ME MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 120 120 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 104 97 0 0 7 1 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 122 92 2 16 12 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 45 31 6 0 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 177 154 12 11 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 13 7 0 0 6 1 Birmingham AL MSA* 346 334 2 0 10 2 Bismarck ND MSA* 45 30 0 0 15 3 Bloomington IN MSA* 31 27 4 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 120 66 0 0 54 4 Boise City ID MSA* 424 365 2 4 53 2 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1443 1285 38 16 104 12 Boston MA-NH PMSA 610 532 22 8 48 6 Brockton MA PMSA 74 70 4 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 53 39 0 0 14 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 124 124 0 0 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 112 80 2 8 22 2 Nashua NH PMSA 75 65 0 0 10 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 39 37 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 88 77 6 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 199 192 2 0 5 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 161 136 6 3 16 3 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 329 46 4 3 276 25 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 239 106 4 4 125 13 Burlington VT MSA* 45 40 0 0 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 99 81 10 3 5 1 Casper WY MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 79 61 2 0 16 2 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 72 24 4 0 44 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 295 295 0 0 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 40 32 0 3 5 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1053 996 0 30 27 1 Charlottesville VA MSA* 81 77 4 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 228 200 8 0 20 2 Cheyenne WY MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3335 2408 84 177 666 62 Chicago IL PMSA 2921 2149 64 144 564 53 Gary IN PMSA 266 193 12 21 40 3 Kankakee IL PMSA 37 23 2 12 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 111 43 6 0 62 6 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 71 71 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1066 785 52 29 200 20 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 878 630 44 14 190 18 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 188 155 8 15 10 2 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 103 99 0 4 0 0 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 871 687 38 44 102 9 Akron OH PMSA 272 176 22 18 56 4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 599 511 16 26 46 5 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 666 316 2 0 348 21 Columbia MO MSA* 166 64 78 0 24 2 Columbia SC MSA* 484 282 2 0 200 9 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 110 110 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1032 571 22 168 271 24 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 63 57 2 4 0 0 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 4915 2369 6 15 2525 87 Dallas TX PMSA 2781 1747 6 15 1013 62 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 2134 622 0 0 1512 25 Danville VA MSA* 31 25 0 0 6 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 94 31 0 0 63 5 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 206 121 16 8 61 6 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 307 288 6 0 13 1 Decatur Al MSA* 64 24 0 3 37 3 Decatur IL MSA* 18 10 0 8 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1788 1496 32 18 242 23 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 292 234 2 0 56 7 Denver CO PMSA 1301 1100 18 15 168 14 Greeley CO PMSA 195 162 12 3 18 2 Des Moines IA MSA* 192 192 0 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2244 1858 50 73 263 32 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 343 332 2 9 0 0 Detroit MI PMSA 1722 1384 44 60 234 30 Flint MI PMSA 179 142 4 4 29 2 Dothan AL MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 47 45 2 0 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 94 58 16 20 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 222 174 4 3 41 1 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 92 56 0 0 36 1 Elmira NY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 37 20 2 15 0 0 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 363 111 14 60 178 19 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 116 102 0 4 10 2 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 307 64 22 15 206 4 Fayetteville NC MSA* 150 78 0 0 72 6 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 177 157 12 8 0 0 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 137 55 6 4 72 8 Florence AL MSA* 14 12 2 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 61 48 0 0 13 2 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 248 233 0 0 15 2 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 489 299 12 46 132 9 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 261 197 2 0 62 3 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 103 43 8 4 48 3 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 161 137 0 3 21 2 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 205 203 2 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 298 272 2 24 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 199 99 8 0 92 12 Glens Falls NY MSA* 43 35 0 0 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 40 36 0 4 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 15 10 0 0 5 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 106 76 0 0 30 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 730 518 22 6 184 9 Great Falls MT MSA* 15 10 0 0 5 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 82 62 14 0 6 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1006 664 18 6 318 28 Greenville NC MSA* 59 47 6 0 6 1 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 652 448 14 11 179 14 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 141 141 0 0 0 0 Hartford CT MSA* 289 282 2 0 5 1 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 165 129 18 0 18 2 Honolulu HI MSA 156 132 0 0 24 3 Houma LA MSA* 63 56 0 0 7 1 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 4472 1797 4 0 2671 174 Brazoria TX PMSA 148 148 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 4221 1546 4 0 2671 174 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 12 7 0 0 5 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 90 90 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1323 964 24 11 324 23 Iowa City IA MSA* 77 22 0 19 36 3 Jackson MI MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 254 214 0 40 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 52 52 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 724 612 8 0 104 4 Jacksonville NC MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 47 20 8 0 19 2 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 105 98 0 0 7 1 Johnstown PA MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 31 23 0 8 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 19 17 2 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 120 76 4 10 30 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1546 753 136 43 614 27 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 169 73 36 60 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 514 264 2 8 240 8 Kokomo IN MSA* 25 13 12 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 31 27 4 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 99 99 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 140 72 52 0 16 1 Lake Charles LA MSA* 80 61 4 0 15 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 522 226 4 0 292 15 Lancaster PA MSA* 87 85 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 141 85 0 0 56 5 Laredo TX MSA* 111 97 0 3 11 1 Las Cruces NM MSA* 69 67 2 0 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2699 1857 0 196 646 60 Lawrence KS MSA* 59 49 4 6 0 0 Lawton OK MSA* 13 5 8 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 13 11 2 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 301 281 12 8 0 0 Lima OH MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 214 80 8 0 126 4 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 210 174 4 0 32 4 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 222 12 2 0 208 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3030 2524 28 31 447 37 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 833 423 28 13 369 27 Orange County CA PMSA 772 689 0 12 71 9 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1264 1254 0 3 7 1 Ventura CA PMSA 161 158 0 3 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 607 451 20 4 132 4 Lubbock TX MSA* 248 42 28 0 178 14 Lynchburg VA MSA* 93 91 2 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 134 134 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 213 84 6 3 120 4 Mansfield OH MSA* 34 27 4 3 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 414 326 12 34 42 6 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 86 86 0 0 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 262 249 2 0 11 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 709 621 4 0 84 5 Merced CA MSA* 84 84 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1908 706 14 4 1184 79 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1202 450 0 4 748 52 Miami FL PMSA 706 256 14 0 436 27 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 534 310 50 36 138 17 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 454 272 44 28 110 13 Racine WI PMSA 80 38 6 8 28 4 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1771 1232 46 114 379 21 Mobile AL MSA* 305 251 8 3 43 3 Modesto CA MSA* 141 134 2 0 5 1 Monroe LA MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 76 70 2 4 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 257 140 2 4 111 12 Naples FL MSA* 414 310 2 32 70 8 Nashville TN MSA 1454 748 50 0 656 22 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 77 77 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 279 270 4 0 5 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3856 2447 166 140 1103 40 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 112 97 10 0 5 1 Bridgeport CT PMSA 64 60 0 4 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 91 75 0 0 16 2 Dutchess County NY PMSA 81 72 0 3 6 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 31 12 16 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 415 349 0 38 28 3 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 467 450 0 0 17 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 460 379 0 4 77 5 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 92 83 4 0 5 1 New York NY PMSA 1356 302 90 53 911 20 Newark NJ PMSA 295 246 40 3 6 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 172 120 2 32 18 3 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 50 48 2 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 119 105 0 0 14 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 51 49 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 764 601 10 22 131 12 Ocala FL MSA* 240 224 2 3 11 1 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 351 341 10 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 656 260 4 28 364 17 Orlando FL MSA 1922 1229 6 48 639 27 Owensboro KY MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 85 83 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 37 20 4 0 13 2 Pensacola FL MSA* 236 229 0 7 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 111 87 2 3 19 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1913 1449 58 7 399 20 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 133 89 40 4 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1423 1123 18 3 279 15 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 331 211 0 0 120 5 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 4112 3137 8 4 963 104 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 106 10 0 0 96 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 479 387 6 33 53 6 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 23 11 4 8 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 91 88 0 3 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 2794 1092 70 47 1585 86 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 2578 963 56 40 1519 79 Salem OR PMSA 216 129 14 7 66 7 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 255 207 8 3 37 4 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 528 190 28 0 310 15 Pueblo CO MSA* 99 75 8 16 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 113 113 0 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1778 962 12 0 804 44 Rapid City SD MSA* 26 20 0 0 6 1 Reading PA MSA* 79 69 0 0 10 2 Redding CA MSA* 60 58 2 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 590 396 2 0 192 25 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 525 405 0 0 120 9 Roanoke VA MSA* 103 94 2 0 7 1 Rochester MN MSA* 113 63 10 40 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 149 145 0 4 0 0 Rockford IL MSA* 146 122 4 20 0 0 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 44 42 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 942 781 8 6 147 12 Sacramento CA PMSA 864 707 4 6 147 12 Yolo CA PMSA 78 74 4 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 33 26 2 0 5 1 St. Cloud MN MSA* 81 46 0 0 35 2 St. Joseph MO MSA* 27 11 4 3 9 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 963 876 50 18 19 2 Salinas CA MSA* 119 100 0 0 19 2 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1093 772 20 23 278 11 San Angelo TX MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 793 570 2 8 213 19 San Diego CA MSA 1095 603 30 6 456 29 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2559 1511 20 58 970 46 Oakland CA PMSA 846 643 8 13 182 26 San Francisco CA PMSA 606 150 12 15 429 6 San Jose CA PMSA 754 368 0 27 359 14 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 173 173 0 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 119 116 0 3 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 103 103 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 94 41 8 3 42 2 Santa Fe NM MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 408 359 0 12 37 4 Savannah GA MSA* 113 107 6 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 73 50 2 4 17 3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2885 1577 62 54 1192 61 Bremerton WA PMSA 165 146 2 3 14 1 Olympia WA PMSA 152 139 8 0 5 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 2122 932 28 45 1117 55 Tacoma WA PMSA 446 360 24 6 56 4 Sharon PA MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 66 14 6 0 46 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 182 94 0 8 80 3 South Bend IN MSA* 141 82 0 0 59 2 Spokane WA MSA* 128 122 6 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 67 57 10 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 208 151 8 3 46 4 Springfield MA MSA* 75 73 2 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 8 6 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 301 297 0 4 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 34 31 0 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 64 56 0 0 8 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 122 118 4 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 2118 884 12 37 1185 45 Terre Haute IN MSA* 37 31 6 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 181 128 8 28 17 2 Topeka KS MSA* 70 41 26 3 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 739 481 14 4 240 20 Tulsa OK MSA* 270 186 16 12 56 6 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 133 105 4 24 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 27 23 4 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3239 2712 6 10 511 31 Baltimore MD PMSA 836 744 0 0 92 10 Hagerstown MD PMSA 49 45 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2354 1923 2 10 419 21 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 48 32 0 0 16 1 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 556 519 0 4 33 3 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 7 2 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 447 199 8 0 240 5 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 263 230 2 0 31 3 Yakima WA MSA* 50 29 6 3 12 1 York PA MSA* 93 89 4 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 154 108 32 8 6 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 32 32 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.