Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 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 31 20 0 0 11 1 Albany* GA MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 79 66 0 8 5 1 Albuquerque* NM MSA 454 350 0 3 101 7 Alexandria* LA MSA 29 25 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 93 93 0 0 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 78 76 2 0 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 14 9 0 0 5 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 100 85 8 0 7 1 Asheville* NC MSA 83 77 6 0 0 0 Athens* GA MSA 164 158 0 6 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 4152 3544 8 7 593 26 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 255 207 0 0 48 6 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 743 604 4 16 119 2 Bakersfield* CA MSA 219 214 0 0 5 1 Bangor* ME MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 137 101 2 6 28 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 107 103 4 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 97 71 6 3 17 2 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 125 125 0 0 0 0 Binghamton* NY MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 303 298 0 0 5 1 Bismarck* ND MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 60 56 4 0 0 0 Boise City* ID MSA 363 357 6 0 0 0 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 1235 1020 52 34 129 6 Boston MA-NH PMSA 651 478 42 22 109 3 Brockton MA PMSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 35 25 2 0 8 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 100 92 0 8 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 79 75 4 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 59 59 0 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 52 45 0 0 7 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 58 53 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 139 131 4 4 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 134 122 2 4 6 1 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 384 48 0 0 336 25 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 236 79 2 0 155 20 Burlington* VT MSA 34 32 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 72 66 6 0 0 0 Casper* WY MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 81 37 2 24 18 2 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 45 25 0 20 0 0 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 205 205 0 0 0 0 Charleston* WV MSA 54 31 0 0 23 4 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 1432 996 6 6 424 25 Charlottesville* VA MSA 68 64 4 0 0 0 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 153 151 2 0 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 55 23 0 4 28 3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 2369 1753 36 124 456 25 Chicago IL PMSA 2136 1554 24 108 450 24 Gary IN PMSA 159 141 6 12 0 0 Kankakee IL PMSA 38 26 2 4 6 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 36 32 4 0 0 0 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 698 637 6 16 39 7 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 562 516 4 8 34 6 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 136 121 2 8 5 1 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 116 100 2 4 10 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 667 582 22 26 37 4 Akron OH PMSA 232 180 6 17 29 3 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 435 402 16 9 8 1 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 420 376 0 0 44 4 Columbia* MO MSA 79 59 20 0 0 0 Columbia* SC MSA 323 299 0 0 24 3 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 267 59 0 0 208 13 Columbus OH MSA 683 479 12 57 135 11 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 91 85 2 4 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3198 2426 18 14 740 27 Dallas TX PMSA 2191 1681 4 6 500 26 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 1007 745 14 8 240 1 Danville* VA MSA 88 25 0 0 63 8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 64 40 0 0 24 3 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 146 111 0 35 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 291 289 2 0 0 0 Decatur* Al MSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Decatur* IL MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 1873 1413 10 33 417 29 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 406 180 2 8 216 10 Denver CO PMSA 1264 1043 8 22 191 17 Greeley CO PMSA 203 190 0 3 10 2 Des Moines* IA MSA 167 152 0 0 15 1 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 1636 1336 36 32 232 28 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 314 261 0 0 53 5 Detroit MI PMSA 1217 980 32 32 173 22 Flint MI PMSA 105 95 4 0 6 1 Dothan* AL MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 21 18 0 3 0 0 Eau Claire* WI MSA 28 20 0 8 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 265 177 2 0 86 7 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 157 89 2 0 66 2 Elmira* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 33 25 0 0 8 1 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 374 108 32 10 224 22 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 72 67 0 0 5 1 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 17 15 2 0 0 0 Fayetteville* NC MSA 90 80 0 0 10 1 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 141 131 2 8 0 0 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 108 47 2 3 56 3 Florence* AL MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 49 39 0 0 10 2 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 231 187 8 12 24 2 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 394 253 24 40 77 7 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 200 166 2 8 24 2 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 47 35 4 8 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 87 87 0 0 0 0 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 168 166 2 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 218 192 0 0 26 3 Gadsden* AL MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 105 77 0 4 24 2 Glens Falls* NY MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 48 39 2 7 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 107 103 4 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 411 320 12 7 72 6 Great Falls* MT MSA 12 7 0 0 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 80 44 8 0 28 3 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 880 615 0 11 254 17 Greenville* NC MSA 142 70 2 0 70 7 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 534 449 16 0 69 9 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 126 118 4 4 0 0 Hartford* CT MSA 231 211 0 0 20 3 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 10 5 0 0 5 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 107 105 2 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 145 108 4 0 33 1 Houma* LA MSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 3487 1932 14 8 1533 80 Brazoria TX PMSA 128 128 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 113 113 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 3246 1691 14 8 1533 80 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 79 79 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 913 843 8 3 59 3 Iowa City* IA MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 215 180 2 0 33 4 Jackson* TN MSA 54 44 2 0 8 1 Jacksonville FL MSA 598 558 2 0 38 2 Jacksonville* NC MSA 87 74 0 8 5 1 Jamestown* NY MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 24 17 2 0 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 109 84 2 6 17 2 Johnstown* PA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 29 27 2 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 13 11 2 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 102 66 0 0 36 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 823 732 54 18 19 2 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 125 95 6 24 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 328 263 2 9 54 5 Kokomo* IN MSA 22 12 10 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* LA MSA 98 88 0 0 10 1 Lafayette* IN MSA 111 56 6 0 49 3 Lake Charles* LA MSA 58 48 4 0 6 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 249 244 0 0 5 1 Lancaster* PA MSA 87 85 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 68 54 2 0 12 1 Laredo* TX MSA 107 96 0 3 8 1 Las Cruces* NM MSA 67 58 2 0 7 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2629 1649 14 0 966 72 Lawrence* KS MSA 111 33 20 10 48 4 Lawton* OK MSA 41 39 2 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 204 172 24 3 5 1 Lima* OH MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 128 61 4 0 63 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 161 155 0 6 0 0 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2307 2105 14 42 146 11 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 485 353 10 42 80 7 Orange County CA PMSA 409 344 4 0 61 3 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 1344 1339 0 0 5 1 Ventura CA PMSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 806 322 10 0 474 19 Lubbock* TX MSA 84 84 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 96 80 2 6 8 1 Macon* GA MSA 135 135 0 0 0 0 Madison* WI MSA 178 85 2 7 84 5 Mansfield* OH MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 430 348 10 34 38 6 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 113 81 16 11 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 266 230 2 3 31 4 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1035 556 2 0 477 23 Merced* CA MSA 52 52 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1787 1100 12 71 604 55 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 986 665 2 0 319 43 Miami FL PMSA 801 435 10 71 285 12 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 543 310 32 19 182 19 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 425 260 30 19 116 15 Racine WI PMSA 118 50 2 0 66 4 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 941 833 18 10 80 10 Mobile* AL MSA 499 253 4 0 242 10 Modesto* CA MSA 78 73 0 0 5 1 Monroe* LA MSA 82 39 0 4 39 5 Montgomery* AL MSA 100 100 0 0 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 14 12 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 524 154 0 8 362 29 Naples* FL MSA 462 226 10 76 150 17 Nashville TN MSA 1113 771 36 41 265 15 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 60 60 0 0 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 241 241 0 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 2479 1824 252 134 269 24 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 91 73 10 3 5 1 Bridgeport CT PMSA 82 74 0 8 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 51 49 2 0 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 24 10 14 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 357 347 2 3 5 1 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 350 342 0 0 8 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 306 288 6 0 12 1 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 130 64 2 0 64 2 New York NY PMSA 584 193 208 105 78 10 Newark NJ PMSA 209 163 4 0 42 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 95 63 2 7 23 4 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 70 28 2 8 32 3 Trenton NJ PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 673 562 8 7 96 9 Ocala* FL MSA 208 201 0 7 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 717 373 30 0 314 13 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 276 185 4 0 87 6 Orlando FL MSA 1635 999 0 3 633 46 Owensboro* KY MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 86 84 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Pensacola* FL MSA 542 259 2 23 258 24 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1671 1312 50 43 266 35 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 145 96 40 4 5 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1229 972 10 39 208 27 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 15 15 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 282 229 0 0 53 7 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3783 2557 6 0 1220 71 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 333 302 2 14 15 3 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 73 73 0 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1350 941 50 40 319 29 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 1106 810 44 40 212 17 Salem OR PMSA 244 131 6 0 107 12 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 160 148 4 3 5 1 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 158 133 2 3 20 3 Pueblo* CO MSA 79 71 4 4 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 99 92 2 0 5 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 1630 1037 16 4 573 37 Rapid City* SD MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Reading* PA MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Redding* CA MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 303 173 0 0 130 11 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 52 52 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 422 422 0 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 62 54 2 0 6 1 Rochester* MN MSA 43 39 0 4 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 304 88 0 0 216 28 Rockford* IL MSA 108 89 2 7 10 1 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 530 530 0 0 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 505 505 0 0 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 59 40 0 0 19 2 St. Joseph* MO MSA 18 8 2 3 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 920 660 20 23 217 11 Salinas* CA MSA 43 43 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 528 480 12 24 12 2 San Angelo* TX MSA 81 21 0 0 60 10 San Antonio* TX MSA 790 733 6 6 45 5 San Diego CA MSA 996 614 2 0 380 37 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1943 636 32 115 1160 50 Oakland CA PMSA 634 244 0 48 342 18 San Francisco CA PMSA 358 106 14 6 232 17 San Jose CA PMSA 780 120 18 61 581 14 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 6 6 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 112 107 0 0 5 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 53 53 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 33 33 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe* NM MSA 29 29 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 402 328 8 16 50 8 Savannah* GA MSA 393 143 0 0 250 27 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 2505 1263 68 70 1104 61 Bremerton WA PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 145 103 10 0 32 2 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 1624 720 40 67 797 46 Tacoma WA PMSA 665 369 18 3 275 13 Sharon* PA MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 19 16 0 3 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 65 60 0 0 5 1 South Bend* IN MSA 68 59 0 0 9 1 Spokane* WA MSA 127 107 8 0 12 1 Springfield* IL MSA 41 39 2 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 240 148 4 24 64 7 Springfield* MA MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 110 110 0 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 267 85 6 0 176 9 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 885 815 8 31 31 3 Terre Haute* IN MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 50 10 2 0 38 4 Toledo* OH MSA 176 102 2 0 72 6 Topeka* KS MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 426 426 0 0 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 607 261 12 0 334 11 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 30 22 0 8 0 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 178 14 0 164 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 79 72 0 7 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 27 25 2 0 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 3100 2293 8 24 775 39 Baltimore MD PMSA 734 557 0 24 153 21 Hagerstown MD PMSA 34 30 4 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2332 1706 4 0 622 18 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 34 6 0 28 0 0 Wausau* WI MSA 22 22 0 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 643 570 2 8 63 1 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 587 177 2 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 415 216 2 12 185 16 Yakima* WA MSA 33 27 6 0 0 0 York* PA MSA 100 90 2 0 8 1 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 114 61 14 39 0 0 Yuba City* CA MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.