Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area November 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* 25 17 0 0 8 1 Albany GA MSA* 81 41 0 0 40 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 191 113 2 4 72 1 Albuquerque NM MSA* 317 307 0 0 10 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 124 110 6 0 8 1 Altoona PA MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 17 10 0 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 138 84 10 3 41 5 Asheville NC MSA* 87 82 2 3 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 3589 2613 0 7 969 31 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 83 76 0 0 7 1 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 771 401 4 0 366 23 Bakersfield CA MSA* 173 173 0 0 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 93 93 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 241 79 24 48 90 6 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 129 63 14 0 52 7 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 21 19 2 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 109 105 0 4 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 320 232 0 3 85 11 Bismarck ND MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 27 19 8 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 91 51 0 16 24 2 Boise City ID MSA* 352 303 0 44 5 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1312 1143 30 28 111 15 Boston MA-NH PMSA 518 462 22 12 22 4 Brockton MA PMSA 64 64 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 50 33 0 0 17 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 131 123 0 8 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 95 85 2 8 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 90 81 4 0 5 1 Nashua NH PMSA 63 51 0 0 12 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 140 90 0 0 50 7 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 131 124 2 0 5 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 83 75 2 0 6 1 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 111 88 2 3 18 2 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 104 59 2 4 39 2 Burlington VT MSA* 37 28 4 0 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 81 54 16 11 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 66 26 2 0 38 4 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 297 19 12 4 262 12 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 186 172 0 3 11 1 Charleston WV MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1473 891 18 36 528 39 Charlottesville VA MSA* 83 75 8 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 145 145 0 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 2611 1824 50 163 574 40 Chicago IL PMSA 2296 1601 30 151 514 34 Gary IN PMSA 252 168 18 12 54 5 Kankakee IL PMSA 33 25 2 0 6 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 40 40 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 851 517 12 66 256 23 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 692 422 8 11 251 22 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 159 95 4 55 5 1 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 60 60 0 0 0 0 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 781 500 24 50 207 25 Akron OH PMSA 317 144 12 39 122 16 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 464 356 12 11 85 9 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 284 230 2 0 52 1 Columbia MO MSA* 129 75 34 0 20 2 Columbia SC MSA* 254 230 0 0 24 3 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 67 63 0 4 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 752 472 16 60 204 19 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 105 69 0 0 36 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3787 1921 4 7 1855 90 Dallas TX PMSA 2902 1384 2 7 1509 79 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 885 537 2 0 346 11 Danville VA MSA* 26 21 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 79 35 4 7 33 4 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 113 102 2 9 0 0 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 245 235 0 3 7 1 Decatur Al MSA* 29 15 0 4 10 2 Decatur IL MSA* 14 7 0 7 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1262 1043 10 15 194 21 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 231 177 0 0 54 8 Denver CO PMSA 899 743 10 12 134 12 Greeley CO PMSA 132 123 0 3 6 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 176 148 4 4 20 2 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1431 1177 24 19 211 14 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 232 219 0 0 13 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1111 885 22 15 189 11 Flint MI PMSA 88 73 2 4 9 1 Dothan AL MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 41 30 0 0 11 2 Eau Claire WI MSA* 117 41 0 0 76 9 El Paso TX MSA* 224 151 4 0 69 5 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 93 59 4 0 30 1 Elmira NY MSA* 6 3 0 3 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 22 17 0 0 5 1 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 167 62 6 3 96 1 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 83 69 0 0 14 2 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 20 10 10 0 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 111 65 10 0 36 2 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 106 96 10 0 0 0 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Florence AL MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 51 39 2 0 10 2 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 175 148 0 27 0 0 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 339 244 20 29 46 6 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 176 170 6 0 0 0 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 35 27 8 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 233 80 0 7 146 7 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 220 189 8 8 15 2 Fresno CA MSA 267 183 4 4 76 9 Gadsden AL MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 76 71 0 0 5 1 Glens Falls NY MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 31 28 0 3 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 13 8 0 0 5 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 75 64 6 0 5 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 518 410 12 21 75 8 Great Falls MT MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 92 33 4 13 42 4 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 508 495 2 3 8 1 Greenville NC MSA* 90 42 0 0 48 6 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 537 417 32 0 88 5 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 194 94 0 0 100 11 Hartford CT MSA* 332 194 2 0 136 11 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 102 94 2 0 6 1 Honolulu HI MSA 166 80 2 0 84 1 Houma LA MSA* 64 64 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1667 1394 16 4 253 13 Brazoria TX PMSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 111 111 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1453 1180 16 4 253 13 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 10 5 0 0 5 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 84 84 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 837 740 14 3 80 4 Iowa City IA MSA* 104 35 8 12 49 2 Jackson MI MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 163 161 2 0 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 47 47 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 435 428 4 3 0 0 Jacksonville NC MSA* 63 47 0 0 16 3 Jamestown NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 25 18 2 0 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 95 82 4 4 5 1 Johnstown PA MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 41 25 0 16 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 112 72 4 7 29 3 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1113 696 126 36 255 22 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 78 64 6 8 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 259 214 2 4 39 4 Kokomo IN MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 30 18 4 8 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 99 87 0 0 12 1 Lafayette IN MSA* 113 50 8 0 55 5 Lake Charles LA MSA* 35 28 2 0 5 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 274 202 2 0 70 1 Lancaster PA MSA* 58 54 0 4 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 132 64 0 0 68 8 Laredo TX MSA* 86 78 0 0 8 1 Las Cruces NM MSA* 53 44 2 0 7 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2423 1241 6 19 1157 103 Lawrence KS MSA* 39 31 8 0 0 0 Lawton OK MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 202 171 10 0 21 3 Lima OH MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 156 62 4 0 90 4 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 146 122 12 12 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2913 2202 40 35 636 38 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 705 387 32 9 277 8 Orange County CA PMSA 830 490 2 7 331 25 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1170 1145 2 0 23 4 Ventura CA PMSA 208 180 4 19 5 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 346 315 2 3 26 4 Lubbock TX MSA* 54 48 6 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 58 56 2 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 101 96 0 0 5 1 Madison WI MSA* 181 103 14 36 28 1 Mansfield OH MSA* 24 22 2 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 347 278 8 30 31 5 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 104 73 16 10 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 261 210 0 0 51 2 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 534 479 0 0 55 2 Merced CA MSA* 65 65 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1350 898 6 80 366 24 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 528 447 2 12 67 9 Miami FL PMSA 822 451 4 68 299 15 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 640 294 64 16 266 15 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 578 250 58 12 258 14 Racine WI PMSA 62 44 6 4 8 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1272 924 24 38 286 17 Mobile AL MSA* 257 220 4 0 33 6 Modesto CA MSA* 131 126 0 0 5 1 Monroe LA MSA* 34 29 2 3 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 279 137 0 18 124 12 Naples FL MSA* 334 186 2 47 99 11 Nashville TN MSA 780 587 12 0 181 8 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 70 63 2 0 5 1 New Orleans LA MSA* 228 195 0 3 30 2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3119 2079 156 99 785 25 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 105 71 18 0 16 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 62 50 6 6 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 67 67 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 76 57 0 0 19 2 Jersey City NJ PMSA 21 10 8 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 431 391 2 8 30 4 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 436 409 4 0 23 3 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 384 322 0 0 62 3 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 71 62 0 4 5 1 New York NY PMSA 916 171 90 51 604 7 Newark NJ PMSA 234 184 26 24 0 0 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 111 95 2 0 14 1 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 54 39 0 3 12 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 117 117 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 544 480 8 0 56 5 Ocala FL MSA* 825 194 0 0 631 62 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 247 243 4 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 226 220 6 0 0 0 Orlando FL MSA 1364 1188 0 0 176 1 Owensboro KY MSA* 30 24 0 0 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 54 48 6 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 24 13 0 0 11 2 Pensacola FL MSA* 163 163 0 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 78 57 4 3 14 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1688 1355 46 15 272 10 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 180 124 40 3 13 2 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1273 1001 6 12 254 7 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 188 183 0 0 5 1 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 2850 2093 4 12 741 60 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 11 6 0 0 5 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 361 284 0 15 62 7 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 86 84 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1292 637 60 44 551 53 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1113 538 52 41 482 44 Salem OR PMSA 179 99 8 3 69 9 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 362 203 20 11 128 2 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 300 158 10 8 124 8 Pueblo CO MSA* 77 69 4 4 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 85 77 0 0 8 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1537 887 10 4 636 34 Rapid City SD MSA* 24 19 0 0 5 1 Reading PA MSA* 50 43 2 0 5 1 Redding CA MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 205 202 0 3 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 331 331 0 0 0 0 Roanoke VA MSA* 76 66 2 3 5 1 Rochester MN MSA* 54 34 2 8 10 1 Rochester NY MSA* 108 76 0 4 28 1 Rockford IL MSA* 107 67 0 0 40 5 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 33 31 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 595 593 2 0 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 534 532 2 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 37 33 4 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 49 28 0 0 21 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 12 7 2 3 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 815 600 18 18 179 8 Salinas CA MSA* 79 79 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 991 559 20 3 409 23 San Angelo TX MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 551 399 0 0 152 14 San Diego CA MSA 755 649 2 98 6 1 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1757 1029 28 42 658 25 Oakland CA PMSA 380 310 4 0 66 3 San Francisco CA PMSA 595 117 10 20 448 4 San Jose CA PMSA 524 344 14 22 144 18 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 124 124 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 82 76 0 0 6 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 56 43 6 7 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 415 308 0 3 104 2 Savannah GA MSA* 80 80 0 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1929 1153 66 36 674 22 Bremerton WA PMSA 113 101 2 0 10 1 Olympia WA PMSA 70 68 2 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1340 664 32 30 614 17 Tacoma WA PMSA 406 320 30 6 50 4 Sharon PA MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 12 10 2 0 0 0 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 71 63 0 8 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 69 64 0 0 5 1 Spokane WA MSA* 88 84 4 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 35 31 4 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 115 91 6 3 15 2 Springfield MA MSA* 60 58 2 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 279 203 0 0 76 1 Sumter SC MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 73 67 2 4 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 739 671 10 8 50 4 Terre Haute IN MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 42 13 0 0 29 3 Toledo OH MSA* 109 92 6 0 11 1 Topeka KS MSA* 32 26 6 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 408 388 8 0 12 2 Tulsa OK MSA* 223 196 2 0 25 2 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 125 123 2 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 21 19 2 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3287 2030 42 70 1145 98 Baltimore MD PMSA 918 508 2 7 401 48 Hagerstown MD PMSA 31 27 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2338 1495 36 63 744 50 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 29 23 6 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 387 373 2 7 5 1 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 7 2 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 181 173 8 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 687 498 2 0 187 18 Yakima WA MSA* 49 19 6 12 12 1 York PA MSA* 117 87 2 0 28 3 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 145 85 34 12 14 2 Yuba City CA MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 134 58 0 0 76 8 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.