Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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 22 19 0 3 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 145 132 4 4 5 1 Albuquerque* NM MSA 458 448 0 0 10 2 Alexandria* LA MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 137 122 0 7 8 1 Altoona* PA MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 82 52 6 24 0 0 Anniston* AL MSA 17 11 0 0 6 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 199 98 10 12 79 6 Asheville* NC MSA 90 74 4 4 8 1 Athens* GA MSA 61 59 2 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 5450 4263 14 4 1169 39 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 207 207 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 651 625 2 0 24 3 Bakersfield* CA MSA 252 228 0 24 0 0 Bangor* ME MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 116 116 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 106 106 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 73 64 0 4 5 1 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 20 20 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 497 159 0 18 320 15 Binghamton* NY MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 338 287 0 30 21 2 Bismarck* ND MSA 25 20 2 3 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 57 33 4 20 0 0 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 53 31 2 0 20 2 Boise City* ID MSA 525 369 4 16 136 10 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1468 1271 56 44 97 8 Boston MA-NH PMSA 705 564 42 26 73 7 Brockton MA PMSA 75 75 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 28 28 0 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 130 115 8 7 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 93 59 6 4 24 1 Nashua NH PMSA 65 61 0 4 0 0 New Bedford MA PMSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 89 86 0 3 0 0 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 174 174 0 0 0 0 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 176 130 10 0 36 1 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 61 59 2 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 206 107 0 0 99 4 Burlington* VT MSA 65 45 4 3 13 1 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 88 70 6 0 12 2 Casper* WY MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 70 45 2 0 23 2 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 62 23 0 3 36 1 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 712 300 10 8 394 35 Charleston* WV MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1911 1279 28 0 604 43 Charlottesville* VA MSA 98 80 12 0 6 1 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 154 144 2 0 8 1 Cheyenne* WY MSA 37 20 0 0 17 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3238 2024 74 188 952 54 Chicago IL PMSA 2890 1806 48 177 859 48 Gary IN PMSA 213 168 26 3 16 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 34 21 0 8 5 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 101 29 0 0 72 4 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1104 783 28 69 224 22 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 882 624 24 48 186 17 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 222 159 4 21 38 5 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 103 89 4 4 6 1 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 707 568 22 36 81 9 Akron OH PMSA 256 175 10 19 52 5 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 451 393 12 17 29 4 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 286 286 0 0 0 0 Columbia* MO MSA 95 77 18 0 0 0 Columbia* SC MSA 332 332 0 0 0 0 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 79 71 0 3 5 1 Columbus OH MSA 910 500 18 114 278 23 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 26 24 2 0 0 0 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 4113 2207 28 0 1878 125 Dallas TX PMSA 3214 1511 4 0 1699 110 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 899 696 24 0 179 15 Danville* VA MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 104 40 2 0 62 1 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 143 129 14 0 0 0 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 338 314 0 4 20 2 Decatur* Al MSA 20 15 0 0 5 1 Decatur* IL MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2811 1969 36 58 748 45 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 428 379 6 0 43 4 Denver CO PMSA 2082 1364 30 51 637 33 Greeley CO PMSA 301 226 0 7 68 8 Des Moines* IA MSA 188 186 2 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2176 1696 6 44 430 30 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 380 317 0 6 57 6 Detroit MI PMSA 1666 1251 4 38 373 24 Flint MI PMSA 130 128 2 0 0 0 Dothan* AL MSA 19 17 2 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 36 26 2 0 8 1 Eau Claire* WI MSA 132 30 6 16 80 1 El Paso* TX MSA 218 208 0 0 10 1 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 90 74 0 16 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 5 2 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 3 1 2 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 54 23 0 4 27 4 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 135 84 0 51 0 0 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville* NC MSA 279 277 2 0 0 0 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 124 118 2 4 0 0 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 44 44 0 0 0 0 Florence* AL MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 49 41 0 0 8 1 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 225 193 0 11 21 3 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 422 328 10 32 52 5 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 161 159 2 0 0 0 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 46 38 8 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 178 139 0 0 39 3 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 737 199 14 208 316 34 Fresno CA MSA 375 241 0 0 134 18 Gadsden* AL MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 150 89 0 0 61 6 Glens Falls* NY MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro* NC MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 70 70 0 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 699 506 22 10 161 10 Great Falls* MT MSA 14 9 0 0 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 84 64 6 0 14 2 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1046 700 10 0 336 24 Greenville* NC MSA 79 57 4 0 18 1 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 543 512 26 0 5 1 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 238 142 0 0 96 8 Hartford* CT MSA 361 293 4 64 0 0 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 11 6 0 0 5 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 130 107 4 4 15 3 Honolulu HI MSA 112 110 2 0 0 0 Houma* LA MSA 49 47 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 3224 1682 8 3 1531 93 Brazoria TX PMSA 284 124 0 0 160 10 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 104 92 6 0 6 1 Houston TX PMSA 2836 1466 2 3 1365 82 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 81 81 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1494 957 28 37 472 28 Iowa City* IA MSA 64 39 2 3 20 1 Jackson* MI MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 338 163 0 0 175 16 Jackson* TN MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 585 560 6 0 19 3 Jacksonville* NC MSA 84 84 0 0 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 30 18 4 3 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 116 81 14 0 21 2 Johnstown* PA MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 92 76 4 0 12 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1909 914 84 40 871 72 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 95 71 0 24 0 0 Knoxville* TN MSA 273 266 2 0 5 1 Kokomo* IN MSA 16 14 2 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 28 17 8 3 0 0 Lafayette* LA MSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 75 55 20 0 0 0 Lake Charles* LA MSA 54 54 0 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 487 239 8 20 220 11 Lancaster* PA MSA 149 89 2 4 54 6 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Laredo* TX MSA 90 88 2 0 0 0 Las Cruces* NM MSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2726 1632 24 4 1066 112 Lawrence* KS MSA 84 56 28 0 0 0 Lawton* OK MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 280 252 6 12 10 2 Lima* OH MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 227 89 8 4 126 8 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 165 165 0 0 0 0 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 34 14 2 0 18 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3447 2355 42 56 994 84 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 1371 566 28 26 751 67 Orange County CA PMSA 482 416 10 15 41 5 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1438 1226 2 8 202 12 Ventura CA PMSA 156 147 2 7 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 807 601 38 8 160 12 Lubbock* TX MSA 46 46 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 78 76 2 0 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 97 97 0 0 0 0 Madison* WI MSA 240 93 16 32 99 4 Mansfield* OH MSA 119 18 2 4 95 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 445 379 6 24 36 5 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 82 74 4 4 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 242 234 8 0 0 0 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 630 587 0 0 43 6 Merced* CA MSA 92 73 0 3 16 1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1548 987 4 43 514 41 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 738 641 0 0 97 15 Miami FL PMSA 810 346 4 43 417 26 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 552 325 70 24 133 13 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 478 275 62 24 117 10 Racine WI PMSA 74 50 8 0 16 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1930 1282 50 106 492 19 Mobile* AL MSA 320 265 2 0 53 4 Modesto* CA MSA 114 114 0 0 0 0 Monroe* LA MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 203 99 4 4 96 6 Muncie* IN MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 293 161 2 12 118 12 Naples* FL MSA 318 155 0 36 127 13 Nashville TN MSA 926 753 6 4 163 6 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 83 81 2 0 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 271 267 4 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 4225 2774 386 158 907 45 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 107 95 12 0 0 0 Bridgeport CT PMSA 106 104 2 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 294 76 0 4 214 12 Dutchess County NY PMSA 84 71 0 0 13 2 Jersey City NJ PMSA 60 10 12 0 38 1 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 447 378 2 0 67 6 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 577 577 0 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 469 433 12 3 21 2 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 72 72 0 0 0 0 New York NY PMSA 1167 298 268 133 468 17 Newark NJ PMSA 484 387 74 18 5 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 184 114 0 0 70 2 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 42 29 2 0 11 2 Trenton NJ PMSA 78 78 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 54 52 2 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 641 578 2 4 57 3 Ocala* FL MSA 207 205 2 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 13 13 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 342 338 4 0 0 0 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 285 245 4 0 36 1 Orlando FL MSA 2072 1306 2 0 764 31 Owensboro* KY MSA 41 33 0 0 8 1 Panama City* FL MSA 219 127 0 0 92 1 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 30 17 0 0 13 2 Pensacola* FL MSA 249 224 0 0 25 5 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 72 40 0 4 28 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1779 1456 68 16 239 20 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 183 120 58 0 5 1 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1295 1068 8 13 206 16 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 36 25 2 3 6 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 265 243 0 0 22 2 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3835 2805 4 22 1004 55 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 37 5 0 0 32 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 622 345 4 14 259 27 Pittsfield* MA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Portland* ME MSA 127 116 2 4 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1551 873 26 47 605 53 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1316 699 20 37 560 47 Salem OR PMSA 235 174 6 10 45 6 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 228 219 4 0 5 1 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 182 150 4 20 8 1 Pueblo* CO MSA 79 63 16 0 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 110 102 0 3 5 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1241 1151 8 11 71 7 Rapid City* SD MSA 26 19 0 0 7 1 Reading* PA MSA 70 57 2 0 11 1 Redding* CA MSA 66 62 0 4 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 751 197 0 3 551 32 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 555 553 2 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 59 52 2 0 5 1 Rochester* MN MSA 63 55 4 4 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 141 138 0 3 0 0 Rockford* IL MSA 121 91 2 12 16 2 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 41 41 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 1188 1042 8 66 72 6 Sacramento CA PMSA 1153 1007 8 66 72 6 Yolo CA PMSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 64 35 0 3 26 1 St. Joseph* MO MSA 17 9 8 0 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 882 799 28 10 45 5 Salinas* CA MSA 148 148 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 830 600 16 30 184 6 San Angelo* TX MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 San Antonio* TX MSA 701 697 4 0 0 0 San Diego CA MSA 633 576 20 37 0 0 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2837 1313 60 42 1422 69 Oakland CA PMSA 1186 658 12 28 488 31 San Francisco CA PMSA 304 72 38 4 190 8 San Jose CA PMSA 572 209 2 7 354 9 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 61 56 2 3 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 243 159 6 0 78 4 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 471 159 0 0 312 17 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 159 159 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 61 43 0 0 18 3 Santa Fe* NM MSA 45 32 0 0 13 2 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 556 455 4 8 89 8 Savannah* GA MSA 208 131 0 0 77 10 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 46 43 0 3 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1495 1091 98 72 234 19 Bremerton WA PMSA 78 76 2 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 90 88 2 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1013 645 80 72 216 18 Tacoma WA PMSA 314 282 14 0 18 1 Sharon* PA MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 55 7 0 4 44 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 78 78 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 31 7 0 0 24 2 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 134 79 2 0 53 6 South Bend* IN MSA 329 73 0 0 256 11 Spokane* WA MSA 113 95 6 0 12 1 Springfield* IL MSA 49 47 2 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 182 147 8 0 27 2 Springfield* MA MSA 56 50 6 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 309 309 0 0 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 31 29 2 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 97 97 0 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 2138 821 10 25 1282 74 Terre Haute* IN MSA 10 10 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 125 117 0 8 0 0 Topeka* KS MSA 46 29 10 0 7 1 Tucson* AZ MSA 556 440 4 0 112 10 Tulsa* OK MSA 350 282 0 4 64 2 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 50 50 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 35 25 0 0 10 1 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 19 19 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 147 147 0 0 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 38 22 0 0 16 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 4205 2991 14 23 1177 57 Baltimore MD PMSA 703 577 10 15 101 13 Hagerstown MD PMSA 49 49 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3453 2365 4 8 1076 44 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Wausau* WI MSA 27 21 6 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 639 553 2 16 68 5 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 186 181 2 3 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 508 231 0 4 273 13 Yakima* WA MSA 29 26 0 3 0 0 York* PA MSA 113 111 2 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 90 72 6 12 0 0 Yuba City* CA MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.