Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area January 1998 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 19 19 0 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 82 62 2 3 15 2 Albuquerque* NM MSA 378 373 0 0 5 1 Alexandria* LA MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 79 75 4 0 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 77 2 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 55 49 6 0 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 20 13 2 0 5 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 142 52 14 4 72 4 Asheville* NC MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Athens* GA MSA 49 47 2 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 3902 3095 6 0 801 30 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 194 178 0 8 8 1 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 557 557 0 0 0 0 Bakersfield* CA MSA 202 188 0 4 10 2 Bangor* ME MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 60 51 0 9 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 108 108 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 91 60 2 0 29 3 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 16 12 0 4 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 434 125 0 0 309 34 Binghamton* NY MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 278 270 0 3 5 1 Bismarck* ND MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 26 22 0 4 0 0 Boise City* ID MSA 324 301 8 0 15 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 1037 911 24 22 80 7 Boston MA-NH PMSA 520 440 16 22 42 4 Brockton MA PMSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 46 25 2 0 19 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 88 86 2 0 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 55 55 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 65 51 0 0 14 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 59 54 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 101 97 4 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 103 101 2 0 0 0 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 59 41 2 0 16 1 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 169 49 2 0 118 2 Burlington* VT MSA 35 33 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 49 47 2 0 0 0 Casper* WY MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 91 19 4 0 68 2 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 33 18 0 0 15 2 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 207 205 2 0 0 0 Charleston* WV MSA 73 25 0 0 48 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 1538 993 20 8 517 35 Charlottesville* VA MSA 63 61 2 0 0 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 152 146 6 0 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 31 7 24 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 1734 1237 50 44 403 39 Chicago IL PMSA 1523 1117 42 37 327 32 Gary IN PMSA 126 83 6 3 34 3 Kankakee IL PMSA 16 10 2 4 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 69 27 0 0 42 4 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 54 54 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 692 585 2 14 91 11 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 588 493 2 7 86 10 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 104 92 0 7 5 1 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 75 67 0 8 0 0 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 665 437 14 36 178 15 Akron OH PMSA 244 148 8 26 62 4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 421 289 6 10 116 11 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 510 330 2 0 178 4 Columbia* MO MSA 88 30 42 0 16 2 Columbia* SC MSA 254 254 0 0 0 0 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 97 81 0 4 12 1 Columbus OH MSA 603 387 8 71 137 13 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 69 65 0 4 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 2548 2165 10 103 270 26 Dallas TX PMSA 1882 1607 10 0 265 25 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 666 558 0 103 5 1 Danville* VA MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 116 95 6 0 15 2 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 262 262 0 0 0 0 Decatur* Al MSA 21 16 0 0 5 1 Decatur* IL MSA 66 4 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 1870 1322 18 14 516 37 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 262 216 0 0 46 6 Denver CO PMSA 1443 950 18 11 464 30 Greeley CO PMSA 165 156 0 3 6 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 207 103 0 0 104 5 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 1478 1141 26 26 285 12 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 226 216 0 0 10 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1186 867 18 26 275 10 Flint MI PMSA 66 58 8 0 0 0 Dothan* AL MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 29 27 2 0 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 8 4 0 4 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 237 166 2 3 66 5 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 59 57 2 0 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 35 15 0 3 17 3 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 110 82 4 9 15 1 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 88 82 2 4 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville* NC MSA 157 65 0 8 84 5 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 166 118 10 8 30 5 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 92 43 2 3 44 3 Florence* AL MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 53 43 0 0 10 2 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 211 172 2 12 25 2 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 521 256 30 36 199 17 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 233 151 14 0 68 7 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 36 22 14 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 153 113 0 16 24 3 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 117 106 2 4 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 176 164 0 0 12 2 Gadsden* AL MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 298 87 0 4 207 28 Glens Falls* NY MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 43 38 2 3 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 71 65 6 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 363 310 8 11 34 4 Great Falls* MT MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Green Bay* WI MSA 46 33 2 0 11 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 440 423 12 0 5 1 Greenville* NC MSA 95 45 2 0 48 5 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 587 415 22 3 147 10 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 123 101 0 4 18 3 Hartford* CT MSA 368 180 8 0 180 4 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 11 5 0 0 6 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 141 127 6 0 8 1 Honolulu HI MSA 92 86 6 0 0 0 Houma* LA MSA 60 58 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 3052 1797 4 244 1007 72 Brazoria TX PMSA 257 157 0 100 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 119 109 0 0 10 1 Houston TX PMSA 2676 1531 4 144 997 71 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 8 2 0 0 6 1 Huntsville* AL MSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 656 606 4 7 39 5 Iowa City* IA MSA 21 17 0 4 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 7 5 2 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 217 119 2 0 96 6 Jackson* TN MSA 49 47 2 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 642 548 12 0 82 4 Jacksonville* NC MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 11 6 0 0 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 151 63 0 0 88 11 Johnstown* PA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 18 14 4 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 62 53 4 0 5 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 694 576 18 8 92 4 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 100 84 4 12 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 189 166 0 4 19 2 Kokomo* IN MSA 11 7 4 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 12 3 2 0 7 1 Lafayette* LA MSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 35 33 2 0 0 0 Lake Charles* LA MSA 154 40 4 3 107 16 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 251 243 0 0 8 1 Lancaster* PA MSA 71 69 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 71 55 0 0 16 2 Laredo* TX MSA 99 87 0 4 8 1 Las Cruces* NM MSA 67 54 0 3 10 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2727 1577 2 4 1144 104 Lawrence* KS MSA 44 21 8 15 0 0 Lawton* OK MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 275 240 18 0 17 2 Lima* OH MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 115 50 4 0 61 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 590 139 0 3 448 29 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 13 11 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2454 1931 32 19 472 37 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 543 462 16 13 52 8 Orange County CA PMSA 473 377 14 3 79 6 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 1273 954 2 0 317 22 Ventura CA PMSA 165 138 0 3 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 508 432 0 0 76 9 Lubbock* TX MSA 50 46 4 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 53 49 4 0 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 146 106 0 0 40 4 Madison* WI MSA 255 79 22 19 135 8 Mansfield* OH MSA 9 7 2 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 362 288 12 34 28 5 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 91 85 6 0 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 498 235 4 3 256 2 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 657 586 0 0 71 2 Merced* CA MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1572 942 14 38 578 34 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1070 598 6 26 440 22 Miami FL PMSA 502 344 8 12 138 12 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 359 220 12 8 119 7 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 333 201 10 8 114 6 Racine WI PMSA 26 19 2 0 5 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 786 578 14 11 183 14 Mobile* AL MSA 245 226 2 4 13 2 Modesto* CA MSA 116 105 6 0 5 1 Monroe* LA MSA 43 31 8 4 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 124 124 0 0 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 227 160 2 12 53 6 Naples* FL MSA 537 268 0 83 186 15 Nashville TN MSA 952 655 16 8 273 21 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 58 53 0 0 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 207 190 6 11 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3092 2047 298 81 666 39 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 180 63 20 0 97 6 Bridgeport CT PMSA 88 70 2 4 12 1 Danbury CT PMSA 62 62 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 40 34 0 0 6 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 41 22 16 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 339 318 2 0 19 2 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 522 421 4 0 97 2 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 484 442 2 4 36 6 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 78 61 2 4 11 2 New York NY PMSA 747 143 202 43 359 16 Newark NJ PMSA 252 187 42 23 0 0 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 110 81 0 0 29 3 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 37 31 6 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 80 80 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 571 536 2 3 30 4 Ocala* FL MSA 211 207 0 4 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 487 293 2 0 192 7 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 509 152 0 4 353 26 Orlando FL MSA 2553 1035 0 6 1512 67 Owensboro* KY MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 84 84 0 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 13 8 0 0 5 1 Pensacola* FL MSA 190 184 2 4 0 0 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 42 28 2 0 12 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1820 1253 52 18 497 34 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 145 96 38 6 5 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1201 928 14 12 247 21 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 460 215 0 0 245 12 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 2907 2194 2 11 700 50 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 10 5 0 0 5 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 392 261 8 23 100 11 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 53 53 0 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1193 866 70 34 223 24 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 986 773 58 31 124 15 Salem OR PMSA 207 93 12 3 99 9 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 209 167 12 6 24 3 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 284 118 10 15 141 3 Pueblo* CO MSA 102 88 6 8 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 257 71 2 3 181 23 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 983 830 8 0 145 8 Rapid City* SD MSA 24 8 0 0 16 1 Reading* PA MSA 58 53 0 0 5 1 Redding* CA MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 218 214 0 4 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 382 382 0 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 45 41 0 4 0 0 Rochester* MN MSA 33 29 4 0 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 100 100 0 0 0 0 Rockford* IL MSA 105 69 4 32 0 0 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 28 26 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 777 561 0 0 216 15 Sacramento CA PMSA 726 510 0 0 216 15 Yolo CA PMSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 32 16 0 3 13 1 St. Joseph* MO MSA 14 6 0 3 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 569 503 36 0 30 4 Salinas* CA MSA 42 32 2 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 741 573 26 38 104 8 San Angelo* TX MSA 91 19 0 8 64 8 San Antonio* TX MSA 484 475 4 0 5 1 San Diego CA MSA 711 498 10 24 179 30 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1089 885 30 29 145 9 Oakland CA PMSA 323 310 0 3 10 2 San Francisco CA PMSA 98 77 10 6 5 1 San Jose CA PMSA 395 279 16 12 88 2 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 56 6 0 8 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 101 97 4 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 116 116 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 119 110 4 0 5 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 73 73 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 421 327 6 8 80 5 Savannah* GA MSA 92 85 2 0 5 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 2002 1155 68 54 725 18 Bremerton WA PMSA 114 101 4 0 9 1 Olympia WA PMSA 116 96 8 0 12 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 1472 671 46 51 704 15 Tacoma WA PMSA 300 287 10 3 0 0 Sharon* PA MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 16 0 0 0 16 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 6 4 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 53 53 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 30 26 0 4 0 0 South Bend* IN MSA 71 45 0 0 26 1 Spokane* WA MSA 257 44 2 3 208 16 Springfield* IL MSA 23 17 6 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 161 133 12 0 16 1 Springfield* MA MSA 28 26 2 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 15 13 2 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 83 77 6 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 32 29 0 3 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 109 83 2 0 24 2 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 912 837 6 16 53 8 Terre Haute* IN MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 37 12 0 0 25 2 Toledo* OH MSA 119 83 4 0 32 2 Topeka* KS MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 250 236 8 6 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 205 169 4 8 24 2 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 26 26 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 75 71 4 0 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 23 19 4 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 2822 2275 0 10 537 41 Baltimore MD PMSA 849 561 0 7 281 27 Hagerstown MD PMSA 33 33 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 1940 1681 0 3 256 14 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 30 6 0 0 24 1 Wausau* WI MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 600 593 2 0 5 1 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 136 132 4 0 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 199 188 6 0 5 1 Yakima* WA MSA 25 20 2 3 0 0 York* PA MSA 90 83 2 0 5 1 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 59 43 2 8 6 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 45 45 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.