Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area May 1998 Year-to-Date 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 94 92 2 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 295 293 2 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 903 534 14 28 327 13 Albuquerque* NM MSA 2140 2005 0 7 128 12 Alexandria* LA MSA 172 168 0 4 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 634 613 6 7 8 1 Altoona* PA MSA 106 31 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 181 181 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 606 512 22 24 48 1 Anniston* AL MSA 103 67 6 0 30 5 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 809 576 76 7 150 12 Asheville* NC MSA 646 456 16 25 149 11 Athens* GA MSA 737 460 56 6 215 11 Atlanta GA MSA 22972 18543 48 67 4314 211 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 1017 941 2 4 70 8 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 4348 3524 18 7 799 41 Bakersfield* CA MSA 1215 999 40 64 112 1 Bangor* ME MSA 53 51 2 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 520 473 4 15 28 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 703 590 6 3 104 8 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 228 214 4 0 10 1 Bellingham* WA MSA 551 400 38 9 104 11 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 147 135 0 4 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 1074 763 2 0 309 34 Binghamton* NY MSA 23 23 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 2161 1845 0 6 310 19 Bismarck* ND MSA 191 165 2 4 20 2 Bloomington* IN MSA 281 169 20 44 48 4 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 394 353 10 4 27 4 Boise City* ID MSA 2369 2076 42 0 251 17 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 6832 6021 170 163 478 31 Boston MA-NH PMSA 3140 2611 116 100 313 18 Brockton MA PMSA 323 323 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 209 171 6 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 583 562 6 15 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 380 365 6 4 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 398 348 14 6 30 2 Nashua NH PMSA 388 348 4 8 28 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 157 155 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 480 398 6 11 65 3 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 774 740 10 19 5 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 799 699 18 59 23 3 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 760 320 52 0 388 30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 823 500 6 0 317 27 Burlington* VT MSA 277 216 2 3 56 3 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 493 424 44 9 16 3 Casper* WY MSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 446 259 26 51 110 7 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 254 159 8 20 67 5 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 1577 1281 12 12 272 23 Charleston* WV MSA 255 154 2 3 96 8 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 8568 6336 70 131 2031 185 Charlottesville* VA MSA 468 426 30 7 5 1 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 966 922 24 4 16 3 Cheyenne* WY MSA 207 118 24 4 61 5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 14342 10918 278 477 2669 203 Chicago IL PMSA 12550 9705 198 419 2228 168 Gary IN PMSA 1150 853 60 34 203 18 Kankakee IL PMSA 200 131 10 24 35 4 Kenosha WI PMSA 442 229 10 0 203 13 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 325 315 0 4 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 4703 3900 70 81 652 73 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 3754 3056 58 45 595 65 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 949 844 12 36 57 8 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 570 511 2 12 45 7 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 4462 3565 122 107 668 43 Akron OH PMSA 1509 1057 54 68 330 21 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 2953 2508 68 39 338 22 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 2275 1978 22 4 271 13 Columbia* MO MSA 501 395 80 0 26 3 Columbia* SC MSA 1926 1589 14 0 323 24 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 752 441 0 8 303 24 Columbus OH MSA 4384 3097 74 404 809 75 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 653 420 10 36 187 2 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 61 55 0 0 6 1 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 20775 13577 108 224 6866 342 Dallas TX PMSA 15068 9649 68 81 5270 278 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 5707 3928 40 143 1596 64 Danville* VA MSA 210 139 0 3 68 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 320 214 6 4 96 11 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 971 802 20 101 48 7 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 1789 1710 2 4 73 5 Decatur* Al MSA 253 176 0 12 65 3 Decatur* IL MSA 118 56 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 11725 8325 146 189 3065 241 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 2227 1202 18 16 991 89 Denver CO PMSA 8303 5992 96 150 2065 151 Greeley CO PMSA 1195 1131 32 23 9 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 1404 1037 12 32 323 15 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 10960 8955 160 157 1688 145 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 2092 1688 14 6 384 43 Detroit MI PMSA 8169 6651 114 131 1273 97 Flint MI PMSA 699 616 32 20 31 5 Dothan* AL MSA 148 144 4 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 346 258 0 0 88 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 76 71 0 0 5 1 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 182 166 4 7 5 1 Eau Claire* WI MSA 284 211 22 51 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 1471 1285 10 148 28 1 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 479 355 6 16 102 3 Elmira* NY MSA 13 10 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 25 25 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 216 146 0 0 70 4 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 929 585 64 34 246 24 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 551 535 8 8 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 408 214 46 16 132 6 Fayetteville* NC MSA 660 416 8 8 228 17 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 874 701 54 26 93 12 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 200 190 2 0 8 1 Florence* AL MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 259 213 2 0 44 8 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 1249 1103 10 70 66 6 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 2889 1400 134 223 1132 87 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 1761 1054 56 11 640 44 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 260 208 44 8 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1182 656 2 16 508 23 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 1114 1043 6 12 53 5 Fresno CA MSA 1509 1311 8 32 158 22 Gadsden* AL MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 956 423 0 11 522 49 Glens Falls* NY MSA 142 134 0 3 5 1 Goldsboro* NC MSA 223 189 12 22 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 88 88 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 542 472 46 24 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 3040 2291 72 56 621 59 Great Falls* MT MSA 175 42 2 0 131 13 Green Bay* WI MSA 464 351 26 3 84 10 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 4352 3255 28 26 1043 106 Greenville* NC MSA 462 318 4 0 140 15 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 2809 2513 90 12 194 20 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 661 617 8 12 24 4 Hartford* CT MSA 1677 1301 32 8 336 15 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 43 30 2 0 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 1098 707 32 7 352 28 Honolulu HI MSA 668 529 20 16 103 8 Houma* LA MSA 362 350 12 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 20951 10807 98 729 9317 509 Brazoria TX PMSA 1134 796 2 100 236 1 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1000 670 2 0 328 1 Houston TX PMSA 18817 9341 94 629 8753 507 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 36 24 0 0 12 2 Huntsville* AL MSA 460 460 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 6370 4998 50 17 1305 98 Iowa City* IA MSA 174 150 8 16 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 76 27 2 0 47 1 Jackson* MS MSA 1414 984 6 0 424 44 Jackson* TN MSA 364 276 4 0 84 12 Jacksonville FL MSA 3331 3041 32 0 258 18 Jacksonville* NC MSA 406 318 4 66 18 3 Jamestown* NY MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 144 98 26 0 20 4 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 651 504 10 9 128 17 Johnstown* PA MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 184 170 2 4 8 1 Joplin* MO MSA 119 85 34 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 475 401 14 9 51 4 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 5618 4132 254 215 1017 53 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 684 516 36 68 64 3 Knoxville* TN MSA 1460 1219 16 46 179 16 Kokomo* IN MSA 131 99 24 8 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 205 131 16 7 51 5 Lafayette* LA MSA 481 468 0 3 10 1 Lafayette* IN MSA 550 319 14 4 213 21 Lake Charles* LA MSA 529 325 16 7 181 21 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1279 1148 28 0 103 12 Lancaster* PA MSA 476 430 16 8 22 3 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 498 410 4 0 84 10 Laredo* TX MSA 707 676 2 4 25 3 Las Cruces* NM MSA 371 328 4 10 29 4 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 16439 9769 36 198 6436 536 Lawrence* KS MSA 322 202 60 30 30 5 Lawton* OK MSA 98 94 4 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 1868 1337 76 19 436 27 Lima* OH MSA 24 24 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 748 488 26 4 230 15 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 1972 941 20 80 931 77 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 125 62 4 0 59 6 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 16516 13164 170 250 2932 191 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 4008 2651 116 122 1119 65 Orange County CA PMSA 4158 3029 22 74 1033 67 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 7240 6428 32 24 756 58 Ventura CA PMSA 1110 1056 0 30 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 3452 2606 20 24 802 47 Lubbock* TX MSA 416 292 4 0 120 6 Lynchburg* VA MSA 453 423 16 6 8 1 Macon* GA MSA 806 620 2 0 184 13 Madison* WI MSA 1205 594 58 61 492 25 Mansfield* OH MSA 193 163 22 8 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 2341 1977 46 167 151 22 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 625 514 38 19 54 8 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 1660 1326 44 12 278 6 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 3671 2976 4 4 687 38 Merced* CA MSA 343 343 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 8652 5627 54 269 2702 176 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 5136 3432 14 150 1540 113 Miami FL PMSA 3516 2195 40 119 1162 63 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 3307 1780 188 85 1254 94 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 2902 1510 158 73 1161 85 Racine WI PMSA 405 270 30 12 93 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 7163 5917 126 229 891 75 Mobile* AL MSA 2000 1342 30 15 613 23 Modesto* CA MSA 707 679 18 0 10 2 Monroe* LA MSA 257 200 10 8 39 5 Montgomery* AL MSA 670 645 14 11 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 1990 858 14 108 1010 87 Naples* FL MSA 2625 1188 24 312 1101 88 Nashville TN MSA 5812 4398 92 57 1265 72 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 366 361 0 0 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 1742 1350 46 33 313 32 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 16461 12171 1302 542 2446 162 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 631 500 62 7 62 4 Bridgeport CT PMSA 525 482 28 15 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 364 306 2 0 56 2 Dutchess County NY PMSA 354 299 4 6 45 7 Jersey City NJ PMSA 467 190 62 6 209 3 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 2414 2088 4 8 314 34 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 2456 2311 6 0 139 6 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 2302 2024 24 4 250 31 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 570 421 8 8 133 8 New York NY PMSA 3378 1042 916 420 1000 50 Newark NJ PMSA 1475 1142 150 45 138 6 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 637 562 12 7 56 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 254 174 20 16 44 4 Trenton NJ PMSA 415 415 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 219 215 4 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 3255 2844 30 74 307 33 Ocala* FL MSA 1108 1086 2 20 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 193 193 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 2758 1894 86 15 763 32 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 1987 1265 44 4 674 43 Orlando FL MSA 10489 5797 18 65 4609 283 Owensboro* KY MSA 185 161 0 0 24 2 Panama City* FL MSA 426 412 14 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 185 74 4 0 107 10 Pensacola* FL MSA 1645 1126 8 42 469 50 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 384 350 22 3 9 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 9489 7706 190 105 1488 140 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 844 660 144 4 36 4 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 6697 5696 46 98 857 84 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 105 97 0 3 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 1843 1253 0 0 590 51 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 18950 15389 20 41 3500 231 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 74 37 4 0 33 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 2341 1909 50 137 245 30 Pittsfield* MA MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 72 47 0 0 25 5 Portland* ME MSA 488 452 20 3 13 2 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 7917 5399 300 243 1975 142 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 6880 4707 230 220 1723 116 Salem OR PMSA 1037 692 70 23 252 26 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 1124 1038 46 15 25 4 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 1421 996 36 44 345 20 Pueblo* CO MSA 590 484 42 64 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 689 460 6 3 220 27 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 7414 5776 28 11 1599 125 Rapid City* SD MSA 132 97 0 3 32 4 Reading* PA MSA 370 328 26 0 16 3 Redding* CA MSA 225 205 0 20 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 1282 1210 2 4 66 7 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 312 309 0 3 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 2555 2509 2 0 44 1 Roanoke* VA MSA 383 320 6 4 53 5 Rochester* MN MSA 313 249 34 30 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 946 653 16 13 264 32 Rockford* IL MSA 760 566 28 64 102 12 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 199 193 6 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 4066 3770 20 0 276 25 Sacramento CA PMSA 3660 3420 0 0 240 18 Yolo CA PMSA 406 350 20 0 36 7 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 182 153 18 3 8 1 St. Cloud* MN MSA 325 173 2 7 143 8 St. Joseph* MO MSA 94 45 10 9 30 5 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 4824 4217 196 80 331 28 Salinas* CA MSA 331 323 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 4034 3280 94 149 511 37 San Angelo* TX MSA 350 94 0 120 136 20 San Antonio* TX MSA 4061 3439 10 3 609 43 San Diego CA MSA 4531 3558 36 107 830 91 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 10409 6190 156 276 3787 164 Oakland CA PMSA 3257 2285 0 67 905 50 San Francisco CA PMSA 1932 740 64 63 1065 34 San Jose CA PMSA 3502 1598 62 127 1715 66 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 154 91 2 19 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 714 690 24 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 850 786 4 0 60 10 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 651 645 6 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 388 356 0 27 5 1 Santa Fe* NM MSA 182 163 0 0 19 1 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 2802 2118 22 50 612 45 Savannah* GA MSA 1514 633 6 3 872 54 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 177 172 0 0 5 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 11523 7486 312 390 3335 243 Bremerton WA PMSA 497 479 10 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 868 671 42 19 136 12 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 7714 4455 162 244 2853 215 Tacoma WA PMSA 2444 1881 98 127 338 15 Sharon* PA MSA 44 40 4 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 54 28 10 0 16 2 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 182 41 14 127 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 324 324 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 80 60 2 0 18 1 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 526 416 18 11 81 2 South Bend* IN MSA 385 352 2 0 31 2 Spokane* WA MSA 1090 599 16 3 472 28 Springfield* IL MSA 293 255 30 0 8 1 Springfield* MO MSA 1152 837 32 24 259 17 Springfield* MA MSA 305 285 10 4 6 1 State College* PA MSA 117 102 4 0 11 2 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 36 24 2 0 10 2 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 1041 1027 6 3 5 1 Sumter* SC MSA 173 151 22 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 239 237 2 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 626 414 12 0 200 11 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 6509 4377 62 129 1941 129 Terre Haute* IN MSA 99 99 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 177 58 2 0 117 11 Toledo* OH MSA 998 574 54 12 358 27 Topeka* KS MSA 222 204 18 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 2321 2243 38 40 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 2351 1357 32 15 947 45 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 240 240 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 131 123 0 8 0 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 21 21 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 251 87 0 164 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 525 494 8 23 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 167 120 16 0 31 2 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 19212 14503 22 99 4588 303 Baltimore MD PMSA 4997 3367 4 87 1539 163 Hagerstown MD PMSA 259 251 8 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 13956 10885 10 12 3049 140 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 168 41 0 28 99 6 Wausau* WI MSA 164 143 8 0 13 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 3530 2533 8 43 946 47 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 13 9 0 4 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1409 989 12 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 62 62 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 1642 1276 32 24 310 30 Yakima* WA MSA 265 145 44 43 33 3 York* PA MSA 587 497 6 4 80 3 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 578 429 64 79 6 1 Yuba City* CA MSA 132 120 12 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 315 305 2 0 8 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.