Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area July 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 151 149 2 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 398 386 4 0 8 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 1990 1020 24 31 915 45 Albuquerque* NM MSA 3431 2940 2 21 468 21 Alexandria* LA MSA 236 227 0 4 5 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 961 933 10 10 8 1 Altoona* PA MSA 115 40 0 0 75 1 Amarillo* TX MSA 265 261 4 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 1116 729 56 186 145 4 Anniston* AL MSA 148 98 6 0 44 7 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 1271 837 106 15 313 29 Asheville* NC MSA 939 726 26 33 154 12 Athens* GA MSA 910 607 62 6 235 14 Atlanta GA MSA 32348 26246 136 155 5811 279 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 1720 1404 2 4 310 18 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 6632 5050 50 92 1440 72 Bakersfield* CA MSA 1767 1549 38 68 112 1 Bangor* ME MSA 91 85 2 4 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 770 711 4 27 28 3 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 970 853 10 3 104 8 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 513 319 4 12 178 5 Bellingham* WA MSA 812 588 48 9 167 17 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 35 35 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 226 208 6 4 8 1 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 1676 1100 14 7 555 42 Binghamton* NY MSA 39 39 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 3089 2713 2 12 362 26 Bismarck* ND MSA 350 250 2 11 87 6 Bloomington* IN MSA 387 259 24 56 48 4 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 615 492 10 20 93 10 Boise City* ID MSA 3345 3031 48 0 266 20 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA- 10160 8846 238 274 802 53 Boston MA-NH PMSA 4538 3720 162 138 518 29 Brockton MA PMSA 465 465 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 296 256 8 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 858 807 8 43 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 636 607 6 8 15 3 Manchester NH PMSA 658 534 26 16 82 6 Nashua NH PMSA 549 504 4 8 33 4 New Bedford MA PMSA 255 251 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME 699 582 10 18 89 4 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 1206 1120 10 43 33 4 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 1193 995 30 138 30 4 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 932 458 86 0 388 30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 1294 767 22 22 483 33 Burlington* VT MSA 436 340 22 3 71 6 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 717 631 58 13 15 3 Casper* WY MSA 42 40 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 682 407 50 67 158 12 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 332 217 8 24 83 6 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 2743 1870 142 16 715 54 Charleston* WV MSA 317 231 2 3 81 5 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 11621 9096 92 194 2239 206 Charlottesville* VA MSA 738 652 46 10 30 3 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 1564 1405 26 12 121 6 Cheyenne* WY MSA 277 188 24 4 61 5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 21655 16621 438 890 3706 292 Chicago IL PMSA 18979 14734 288 792 3165 248 Gary IN PMSA 1778 1337 122 50 269 22 Kankakee IL PMSA 319 208 12 48 51 7 Kenosha WI PMSA 579 342 16 0 221 15 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 520 510 0 4 6 1 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 6768 5621 90 159 898 100 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 5454 4442 72 114 826 89 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 1314 1179 18 45 72 11 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 805 716 4 32 53 8 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 6507 5362 186 187 772 56 Akron OH PMSA 2228 1590 92 129 417 31 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH 4279 3772 94 58 355 25 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 3052 2669 24 4 355 20 Columbia* MO MSA 681 575 80 0 26 3 Columbia* SC MSA 2853 2245 46 0 562 43 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 1170 621 2 8 539 33 Columbus OH MSA 6523 4561 128 594 1240 114 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 837 583 18 44 192 3 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 94 88 0 0 6 1 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 31871 19509 144 488 11730 611 Dallas TX PMSA 23589 13905 88 101 9495 507 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 8282 5604 56 387 2235 104 Danville* VA MSA 279 208 0 3 68 9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 432 318 8 10 96 11 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 2027 1207 24 173 623 55 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 2692 2572 6 22 92 8 Decatur* Al MSA 341 235 0 36 70 4 Decatur* IL MSA 161 87 2 3 69 6 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMS 18275 12091 204 285 5695 412 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 3447 1749 18 39 1641 136 Denver CO PMSA 13099 8699 148 207 4045 275 Greeley CO PMSA 1729 1643 38 39 9 1 Des Moines* IA MSA 2038 1519 12 32 475 21 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CM 16581 13318 242 363 2658 198 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 3252 2540 18 65 629 60 Detroit MI PMSA 12272 9836 182 266 1988 132 Flint MI PMSA 1057 942 42 32 41 6 Dothan* AL MSA 310 198 4 0 108 6 Dover* DE MSA 443 355 0 0 88 1 Dubuque* IA MSA 124 112 4 8 0 0 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 330 293 6 10 21 4 Eau Claire* WI MSA 426 324 38 56 8 1 El Paso* TX MSA 2092 1873 10 209 0 0 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 719 526 26 41 126 4 Elmira* NY MSA 21 15 0 6 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 329 213 0 16 100 10 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 1225 821 74 42 288 27 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 1150 790 10 8 342 20 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 744 366 100 16 262 13 Fayetteville* NC MSA 1161 620 12 11 518 34 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 1159 965 66 30 98 13 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 331 298 6 0 27 4 Florence* AL MSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 377 306 6 0 65 10 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 1797 1568 10 101 118 10 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 4752 2243 186 318 2005 134 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 2296 1503 78 11 704 46 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 379 287 66 8 18 3 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 1608 934 4 22 648 26 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 1846 1595 6 12 233 18 Fresno CA MSA 2184 1976 10 32 166 23 Gadsden* AL MSA 51 51 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 1241 623 4 11 603 60 Glens Falls* NY MSA 224 207 0 3 14 2 Goldsboro* NC MSA 314 278 14 22 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 105 102 0 3 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 839 692 114 33 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 4419 3404 114 104 797 72 Great Falls* MT MSA 208 65 2 0 141 15 Green Bay* WI MSA 737 532 38 6 161 21 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 6310 4743 62 47 1458 141 Greenville* NC MSA 727 476 4 0 247 25 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 4332 3583 152 15 582 41 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 962 907 10 15 30 5 Hartford* CT MSA 2552 1998 34 24 496 31 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 66 48 4 3 11 2 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 1443 1020 42 11 370 30 Honolulu HI MSA 895 756 20 16 103 8 Houma* LA MSA 474 462 12 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 29769 15794 98 953 12924 724 Brazoria TX PMSA 1697 1185 2 100 410 14 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1343 1013 2 0 328 1 Houston TX PMSA 26729 13596 94 853 12186 709 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 51 34 0 0 17 3 Huntsville* AL MSA 658 658 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 8985 7372 88 35 1490 111 Iowa City* IA MSA 294 229 12 23 30 3 Jackson* MI MSA 95 46 2 0 47 1 Jackson* MS MSA 2156 1441 8 4 703 45 Jackson* TN MSA 490 402 4 0 84 12 Jacksonville FL MSA 5583 4525 36 11 1011 51 Jacksonville* NC MSA 532 440 8 66 18 3 Jamestown* NY MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 220 150 42 3 25 5 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 932 754 10 19 149 20 Johnstown* PA MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 294 234 4 4 52 3 Joplin* MO MSA 155 121 34 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 789 606 16 20 147 10 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 7921 5984 344 192 1401 59 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 929 703 50 112 64 3 Knoxville* TN MSA 2194 1763 30 52 349 25 Kokomo* IN MSA 186 148 30 8 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 283 183 42 7 51 5 Lafayette* LA MSA 746 727 0 3 16 2 Lafayette* IN MSA 801 446 30 8 317 27 Lake Charles* LA MSA 621 456 16 4 145 16 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 1841 1701 34 3 103 12 Lancaster* PA MSA 735 641 26 19 49 6 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 752 638 6 0 108 13 Laredo* TX MSA 1001 926 2 16 57 6 Las Cruces* NM MSA 514 458 8 13 35 5 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 20244 13011 40 339 6854 572 Lawrence* KS MSA 429 288 70 36 35 6 Lawton* OK MSA 134 126 8 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 78 78 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 2661 1910 86 19 646 47 Lima* OH MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 1139 700 36 8 395 27 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 2378 1307 54 80 937 78 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 126 74 12 0 40 5 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 25003 20258 220 382 4143 275 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA P 5947 4074 152 189 1532 93 Orange County CA PMSA 6421 4568 30 129 1694 106 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 10863 9902 34 34 893 75 Ventura CA PMSA 1772 1714 4 30 24 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 4692 3614 36 90 952 58 Lubbock* TX MSA 579 439 8 12 120 6 Lynchburg* VA MSA 716 626 20 6 64 8 Macon* GA MSA 1010 824 2 0 184 13 Madison* WI MSA 1719 857 84 93 685 35 Mansfield* OH MSA 335 249 30 27 29 2 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 3400 2882 74 246 198 28 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 882 750 36 40 56 7 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 2339 1932 42 16 349 11 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 5207 4517 4 12 674 35 Merced* CA MSA 528 513 0 0 15 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 13056 8666 84 631 3675 252 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 7675 5240 16 257 2162 151 Miami FL PMSA 5381 3426 68 374 1513 101 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 4587 2705 304 143 1435 119 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 3970 2296 266 116 1292 103 Racine WI PMSA 617 409 38 27 143 16 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MS 11195 9434 212 322 1227 103 Mobile* AL MSA 2644 1920 42 15 667 29 Modesto* CA MSA 1147 1046 18 4 79 11 Monroe* LA MSA 356 291 12 14 39 5 Montgomery* AL MSA 859 828 16 15 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 116 112 4 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 3499 1271 20 160 2048 155 Naples* FL MSA 3828 1789 40 493 1506 121 Nashville TN MSA 8297 6154 200 80 1863 99 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 544 537 2 0 5 1 New Orleans* LA MSA 2345 1934 60 23 328 35 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 26352 18450 2002 806 5094 242 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 842 653 84 21 84 7 Bridgeport CT PMSA 741 648 44 25 24 3 Danbury CT PMSA 1013 475 2 3 533 22 Dutchess County NY PMSA 529 468 6 10 45 7 Jersey City NJ PMSA 868 433 86 12 337 6 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon 3484 3082 4 16 382 40 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 3735 3592 4 0 139 6 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 3237 2918 32 7 280 35 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 952 626 10 8 308 15 New York NY PMSA 6497 1742 1522 618 2615 73 Newark NJ PMSA 2146 1715 156 48 227 13 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 948 870 12 10 56 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 401 285 34 28 54 6 Trenton NJ PMSA 606 606 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 353 337 6 0 10 2 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 4650 4055 42 94 459 48 Ocala* FL MSA 1618 1596 2 20 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 277 275 2 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 3630 2670 98 15 847 45 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 2618 1854 50 4 710 46 Orlando FL MSA 14232 8601 24 68 5539 351 Owensboro* KY MSA 268 228 0 0 40 3 Panama City* FL MSA 920 605 34 3 278 21 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 236 113 6 0 117 12 Pensacola* FL MSA 2127 1602 10 46 469 50 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 618 543 40 14 21 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 13631 11291 234 139 1967 174 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 1147 929 170 7 41 5 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 9793 8325 64 129 1275 109 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton 177 164 0 3 10 2 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 2514 1873 0 0 641 58 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 28245 22125 40 121 5959 399 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 126 64 4 0 58 4 Pittsburgh PA MSA 3656 2852 56 203 545 47 Pittsfield* MA MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 90 65 0 0 25 5 Portland* ME MSA 1043 740 26 13 264 6 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 11877 7940 402 326 3209 231 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PM 10461 6908 318 294 2941 203 Salem OR PMSA 1416 1032 84 32 268 28 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 1661 1554 68 19 20 3 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 2134 1445 48 48 593 31 Pueblo* CO MSA 828 704 52 72 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 952 721 8 3 220 27 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 10525 8368 72 18 2067 159 Rapid City* SD MSA 350 165 0 8 177 3 Reading* PA MSA 523 476 30 6 11 2 Redding* CA MSA 391 351 0 40 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 2037 1937 2 4 94 11 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 469 451 0 7 11 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 3793 3617 2 0 174 5 Roanoke* VA MSA 542 467 10 7 58 6 Rochester* MN MSA 478 404 34 40 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 1313 1007 24 13 269 33 Rockford* IL MSA 1161 818 28 152 163 13 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 332 280 16 0 36 2 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 7006 6002 32 0 972 77 Sacramento CA PMSA 6230 5446 8 0 776 62 Yolo CA PMSA 776 556 24 0 196 15 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 258 232 26 0 0 0 St. Cloud* MN MSA 456 266 2 10 178 11 St. Joseph* MO MSA 124 71 14 9 30 5 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 7269 6328 288 170 483 41 Salinas* CA MSA 514 506 0 8 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 6531 4895 124 199 1313 64 San Angelo* TX MSA 399 143 0 120 136 20 San Antonio* TX MSA 5676 4894 14 3 765 54 San Diego CA MSA 7116 5520 64 292 1240 123 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 16180 9795 196 407 5782 292 Oakland CA PMSA 5601 3882 2 142 1575 90 San Francisco CA PMSA 2601 1077 78 98 1348 57 San Jose CA PMSA 4918 2324 78 137 2379 100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA P 185 126 2 15 42 4 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 1583 1183 32 15 353 29 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA P 1292 1203 4 0 85 12 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 1011 1003 8 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 531 487 2 30 12 1 Santa Fe* NM MSA 312 275 0 0 37 3 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 4031 3024 56 71 880 54 Savannah* GA MSA 1839 957 6 4 872 54 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 296 265 2 8 21 4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA C 17467 10734 526 597 5610 350 Bremerton WA PMSA 704 684 12 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 1154 945 54 19 136 12 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 12232 6392 308 432 5100 319 Tacoma WA PMSA 3377 2713 152 146 366 18 Sharon* PA MSA 71 67 4 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 83 49 10 0 24 3 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 192 49 16 127 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 492 492 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 116 89 6 0 21 2 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 852 682 22 11 137 4 South Bend* IN MSA 596 545 2 0 49 5 Spokane* WA MSA 1443 892 38 3 510 31 Springfield* IL MSA 458 398 52 0 8 1 Springfield* MO MSA 1581 1259 42 24 256 17 Springfield* MA MSA 464 426 14 10 14 2 State College* PA MSA 188 147 6 0 35 6 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 49 35 4 0 10 2 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 1763 1704 6 48 5 1 Sumter* SC MSA 259 223 36 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 379 366 8 0 5 1 Tallahassee* FL MSA 864 637 18 0 209 12 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 9897 6729 112 179 2877 177 Terre Haute* IN MSA 159 159 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MS 82 80 2 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 1374 846 54 24 450 33 Topeka* KS MSA 382 305 30 23 24 4 Tucson* AZ MSA 3534 3402 44 32 56 1 Tulsa* OK MSA 3327 1975 46 15 1291 59 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 334 334 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 208 180 0 8 20 2 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 31 31 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 457 133 0 324 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 788 749 8 31 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 605 198 10 7 390 4 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA 28805 21621 48 138 6998 431 Baltimore MD PMSA 7040 4744 10 107 2179 219 Hagerstown MD PMSA 376 356 8 12 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 21389 16521 30 19 4819 212 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 213 71 0 28 114 8 Wausau* WI MSA 259 234 12 0 13 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 5417 3822 14 67 1514 60 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 23 17 2 4 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 1904 1460 36 0 408 17 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 82 82 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 2246 1803 36 28 379 39 Yakima* WA MSA 358 190 60 63 45 4 York* PA MSA 866 726 32 28 80 3 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 875 625 116 115 19 3 Yuba City* CA MSA 197 185 12 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 483 470 2 3 8 1 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.