Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area Annual 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 254 250 4 0 0 0 Albany GA MSA 611 599 4 0 8 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA 3398 2291 28 41 1038 47 Albuquerque NM MSA 5366 4947 0 31 388 13 Alexandria LA MSA 497 395 2 4 96 4 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA 2608 2355 12 67 174 8 Altoona PA MSA 395 259 0 4 132 5 Amarillo TX MSA 494 490 4 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA 1701 1152 84 266 199 10 Anniston AL MSA 267 166 6 8 87 14 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA 2758 1863 164 51 680 70 Asheville NC MSA 1537 1242 64 41 190 16 Athens GA MSA 1446 1080 136 15 215 11 Atlanta GA MSA 57803 45786 188 255 11574 548 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA 2973 2483 0 28 462 37 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA 16423 10805 194 296 5128 289 Bakersfield CA MSA 3425 2841 46 213 325 12 Bangor ME MSA 201 195 2 4 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA 1552 1373 14 30 135 11 Baton Rouge LA MSA 3950 3122 16 3 809 76 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA 1180 857 22 3 298 18 Bellingham WA MSA 1057 921 70 7 59 6 Benton Harbor MI MSA 669 447 8 0 214 9 Billings MT MSA 419 363 12 4 40 5 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA 3338 1892 16 22 1408 107 Binghamton NY MSA 227 215 0 0 12 1 Birmingham AL MSA 6361 5076 2 30 1253 68 Bismarck ND MSA 724 419 10 31 264 9 Bloomington IN MSA 690 465 32 120 73 9 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA 1406 880 20 48 458 30 Boise City ID MSA 6240 5545 78 83 534 43 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 18062 15277 450 391 1944 110 Boston MA-NH PMSA 7967 6226 330 208 1203 69 Brockton MA PMSA 829 824 2 3 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 478 438 8 0 32 3 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 1912 1409 18 73 412 14 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 1058 1001 6 8 43 6 Manchester NH PMSA 1016 912 38 39 27 4 Nashua NH PMSA 880 832 4 16 28 3 New Bedford MA PMSA 476 472 4 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 1272 1109 18 4 141 7 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 2174 2054 22 40 58 4 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA 2350 1926 66 192 166 11 Bryan-College Station TX MSA 1536 769 110 0 657 39 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA 2882 1823 52 30 977 62 Burlington VT MSA 762 549 36 3 174 8 Canton-Massillon OH MSA 1409 1193 118 26 72 10 Casper WY MSA 81 79 2 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA 1238 839 80 107 212 19 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA 798 515 28 86 169 11 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA 5273 3297 166 36 1774 122 Charleston WV MSA 474 401 6 6 61 4 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 20067 15759 184 245 3879 319 Charlottesville VA MSA 1465 1106 76 14 269 23 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA 2730 2424 76 31 199 18 Cheyenne WY MSA 469 320 24 4 121 8 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 38258 28538 772 1630 7318 529 Chicago IL PMSA 33713 25313 490 1476 6434 459 Gary IN PMSA 3021 2319 246 95 361 31 Kankakee IL PMSA 450 326 14 59 51 7 Kenosha WI PMSA 1074 580 22 0 472 32 Chico-Paradise CA MSA 969 881 0 4 84 11 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 12045 9667 162 348 1868 183 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 9881 7722 142 265 1752 168 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 2164 1945 20 83 116 15 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN-KY MSA 1546 1361 16 68 101 15 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 11471 8935 394 457 1685 132 Akron OH PMSA 4013 2645 222 280 866 69 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 7458 6290 172 177 819 63 Colorado Springs CO MSA 4953 4234 32 4 683 36 Columbia MO MSA 1202 1042 118 8 34 4 Columbia SC MSA 4624 3829 86 3 706 61 Columbus GA-AL MSA 1693 1032 4 43 614 40 Columbus OH MSA 10769 7386 198 1158 2027 203 Corpus Christi TX MSA 1798 1286 38 51 423 30 Cumberland MD-WV MSA 213 186 2 10 15 2 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 54526 32005 220 535 21766 1197 Dallas TX PMSA 39767 22631 100 241 16795 857 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 14759 9374 120 294 4971 340 Danville VA MSA 361 300 4 0 57 7 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA 1274 884 16 18 356 26 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA 3819 2509 138 273 899 80 Daytona Beach FL MSA 4329 4098 50 43 138 5 Decatur Al MSA 552 392 2 68 90 8 Decatur IL MSA 341 279 2 0 60 5 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 31269 20457 352 525 9935 761 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 5136 2941 28 47 2120 168 Denver CO PMSA 23064 14743 270 414 7637 571 Greeley CO PMSA 3069 2773 54 64 178 22 Des Moines IA MSA 3532 2838 20 58 616 33 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 28639 22944 310 536 4849 334 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 5637 4649 20 55 913 86 Detroit MI PMSA 21056 16657 216 410 3773 240 Flint MI PMSA 1946 1638 74 71 163 8 Dothan AL MSA 467 351 8 0 108 6 Dover DE MSA 763 675 0 0 88 1 Dubuque IA MSA 364 277 14 15 58 2 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 1023 861 26 16 120 5 Eau Claire WI MSA 1205 723 106 213 163 12 El Paso TX MSA 3290 3039 18 209 24 3 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA 1412 957 38 73 344 17 Elmira NY MSA 136 111 6 4 15 1 Enid OK MSA 81 67 6 8 0 0 Erie PA MSA 748 559 12 44 133 15 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA 2203 1303 100 114 686 47 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA 1781 1367 18 8 388 24 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 1576 858 134 16 568 27 Fayetteville NC MSA 2142 1205 18 23 896 67 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA 2128 1831 76 46 175 20 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA 822 667 10 16 129 8 Florence AL MSA 343 256 2 8 77 10 Florence SC MSA 692 520 12 32 128 20 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA 3222 2647 12 120 443 34 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA 8045 3995 376 561 3113 205 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA 3466 2403 114 52 897 58 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA 738 610 102 8 18 3 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA 2850 1526 6 23 1295 47 Fort Wayne IN MSA 4103 2794 26 220 1063 93 Fresno CA MSA 3652 3204 24 32 392 48 Gadsden AL MSA 240 218 0 0 22 2 Gainesville FL MSA 2384 1090 4 11 1279 116 Glens Falls NY MSA 485 437 0 3 45 4 Goldsboro NC MSA 378 334 10 34 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 405 326 28 3 48 4 Grand Junction CO MSA 1286 1105 132 41 8 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 7720 5795 140 138 1647 106 Great Falls MT MSA 276 109 2 3 162 19 Green Bay WI MSA 1676 1223 108 12 333 31 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 11329 8191 108 125 2905 240 Greenville NC MSA 1372 774 54 0 544 54 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA 7598 6447 244 9 898 55 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA 2755 2494 16 20 225 22 Hartford CT MSA 4475 3527 48 111 789 40 Hattiesburg MS MSA 141 113 4 3 21 4 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA 2309 1700 64 15 530 55 Honolulu HI MSA 1601 1272 20 16 293 34 Houma LA MSA 793 777 16 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 46864 25387 110 1178 20189 1288 Brazoria TX PMSA 2632 1960 2 100 570 24 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 1776 1684 8 72 12 2 Houston TX PMSA 42456 21743 100 1006 19607 1262 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY- OH MSA 496 171 10 8 307 11 Huntsville AL MSA 1772 1160 0 52 560 47 Indianapolis IN MSA 16232 12611 424 152 3045 224 Iowa City IA MSA 795 553 32 49 161 14 Jackson MI MSA 718 651 4 16 47 1 Jackson MS MSA 3723 2483 12 120 1108 76 Jackson TN MSA 969 737 12 0 220 29 Jacksonville FL MSA 9438 7644 52 25 1717 121 Jacksonville NC MSA 948 842 2 86 18 3 Jamestown NY MSA 207 171 28 8 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA 730 565 76 31 58 11 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA 1915 1427 52 27 409 37 Johnstown PA MSA 434 394 18 0 22 2 Jonesboro AR MSA 487 415 12 8 52 3 Joplin MO MSA 520 396 82 11 31 4 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA 2183 1738 50 53 342 23 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 13802 10117 784 512 2389 133 Killeen-Temple TX MSA 1666 1241 62 203 160 19 Knoxville TN MSA 3973 3144 60 111 658 47 Kokomo IN MSA 454 307 48 11 88 11 La Crosse WI-MN MSA 779 499 122 21 137 14 Lafayette LA MSA 1807 1599 2 10 196 14 Lafayette IN MSA 1396 876 96 11 413 31 Lake Charles LA MSA 940 765 26 4 145 16 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA 3323 2873 54 27 369 29 Lancaster PA MSA 2454 1915 34 68 437 39 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA 1707 1431 64 35 177 15 Laredo TX MSA 1547 1402 6 10 129 5 Las Cruces NM MSA 913 796 12 16 89 7 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 32605 21628 102 508 10367 921 Lawrence KS MSA 963 514 182 63 204 20 Lawton OK MSA 221 215 6 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA 189 187 2 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA 4851 3377 236 91 1147 93 Lima OH MSA 437 372 20 45 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA 2139 1274 60 8 797 54 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA 3635 2237 64 81 1253 126 Longview-Marshall TX MSA 360 258 20 0 82 6 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 42882 32897 444 657 8884 562 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 11226 6423 312 248 4243 263 Orange County CA PMSA 9704 7285 76 312 2031 128 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 18654 16259 50 60 2285 149 Ventura CA PMSA 3298 2930 6 37 325 22 Louisville KY-IN MSA 7549 5888 84 128 1449 105 Lubbock TX MSA 888 738 18 12 120 6 Lynchburg VA MSA 1178 1053 32 22 71 9 Macon GA MSA 1845 1547 2 0 296 23 Madison WI MSA 3554 1704 218 294 1338 73 Mansfield OH MSA 819 569 54 88 108 8 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA 6175 5178 132 450 415 57 Medford-Ashland OR MSA 1353 1166 52 79 56 7 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA 3822 3242 48 19 513 18 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 8524 7633 8 12 871 62 Merced CA MSA 994 979 0 0 15 2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 23434 14112 128 1048 8146 474 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 12483 8753 42 361 3327 271 Miami FL PMSA 10951 5359 86 687 4819 203 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 8183 4514 508 210 2951 218 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 7141 3844 450 183 2664 183 Racine WI PMSA 1042 670 58 27 287 35 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 20884 16961 450 574 2899 194 Mobile AL MSA 4723 3434 68 79 1142 34 Modesto CA MSA 1951 1838 22 7 84 12 Monroe LA MSA 573 487 16 25 45 6 Montgomery AL MSA 2022 1395 20 11 596 41 Muncie IN MSA 287 239 4 7 37 4 Myrtle Beach SC MSA 5228 2090 34 228 2876 213 Naples FL MSA 6844 2804 42 752 3246 230 Nashville TN MSA 12419 10291 362 135 1631 106 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA 1061 993 4 4 60 1 New Orleans LA MSA 4381 3700 90 42 549 34 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 51695 33929 3530 1466 12770 467 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 2440 1308 186 15 931 18 Bridgeport CT PMSA 1270 1179 68 18 5 1 Danbury CT PMSA 1627 810 2 24 791 44 Dutchess County NY PMSA 927 838 6 24 59 8 Jersey City NJ PMSA 1788 431 188 21 1148 17 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 6220 5282 22 49 867 72 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 7211 6915 6 3 287 21 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 5881 5192 54 4 631 64 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 1640 1105 8 8 519 27 New York NY PMSA 13532 3190 2534 1145 6663 146 Newark NJ PMSA 4549 3741 372 114 322 12 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 1940 1651 34 10 245 24 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 674 492 42 31 109 10 Trenton NJ PMSA 1393 1200 0 0 193 3 Waterbury CT PMSA 603 595 8 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 8508 7077 58 157 1216 97 Ocala FL MSA 2687 2634 6 42 5 1 Odessa-Midland TX MSA 391 391 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA 6852 4672 106 115 1959 122 Omaha NE-IA MSA 5555 3403 80 17 2055 91 Orlando FL MSA 25758 15024 52 94 10588 711 Owensboro KY MSA 537 400 0 3 134 13 Panama City FL MSA 1579 1102 50 11 416 26 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA 337 205 12 28 92 7 Pensacola FL MSA 3224 2858 26 60 280 35 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA 1325 1059 86 21 159 16 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 23556 19617 480 165 3294 268 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 2235 1767 388 4 76 6 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 16859 14384 92 158 2225 176 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 416 314 0 3 99 3 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 4046 3152 0 0 894 83 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 47802 36562 86 329 10825 722 Pine Bluff AR MSA 208 120 8 0 80 4 Pittsburgh PA MSA 6381 4824 76 260 1221 96 Pittsfield MA MSA 112 104 8 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA 292 267 0 0 25 5 Portland ME MSA 1622 1317 34 22 249 3 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 20257 12950 626 591 6090 496 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 17900 11325 510 518 5547 431 Salem OR PMSA 2357 1625 116 73 543 65 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA 3009 2779 98 19 113 5 Provo-Orem UT MSA 4099 3008 96 120 875 58 Pueblo CO MSA 1351 1111 120 120 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA 1494 1200 8 21 265 32 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 19056 14111 198 47 4700 335 Rapid City SD MSA 572 290 0 8 274 8 Reading PA MSA 1778 1576 50 8 144 9 Redding CA MSA 694 629 0 40 25 4 Reno NV MSA 4882 3278 4 15 1585 105 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA 849 836 2 11 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 7318 6305 14 20 979 89 Roanoke VA MSA 885 767 26 11 81 10 Rochester MN MSA 1133 764 48 92 229 1 Rochester NY MSA 3282 2463 46 72 701 69 Rockford IL MSA 1999 1556 48 200 195 17 Rocky Mount NC MSA 639 557 26 0 56 4 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 14336 10733 74 108 3421 266 Sacramento CA PMSA 12724 9871 30 10 2813 228 Yolo CA PMSA 1612 862 44 98 608 38 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA 1518 1097 134 28 259 31 St. Cloud MN MSA 1170 934 6 18 212 5 St. Joseph MO MSA 319 201 52 16 50 7 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 12335 10381 434 266 1254 90 Salinas CA MSA 1189 1178 0 11 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 10453 8062 190 348 1853 103 San Angelo TX MSA 500 230 2 120 148 21 San Antonio TX MSA 9562 8518 40 11 993 75 San Diego CA MSA 11891 9012 122 466 2291 179 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 29065 17302 450 696 10617 511 Oakland CA PMSA 9973 6939 62 234 2738 157 San Francisco CA PMSA 5262 1765 186 204 3107 120 San Jose CA PMSA 7506 3890 102 200 3314 138 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 559 378 0 27 154 14 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 3062 2098 88 19 857 46 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 2703 2232 12 12 447 36 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA 1687 1637 14 0 36 3 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA 1014 902 26 35 51 6 Santa Fe NM MSA 487 468 0 0 19 1 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA 7432 5168 84 110 2070 75 Savannah GA MSA 3063 1863 16 4 1180 84 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA 1347 1217 30 57 43 7 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 30525 17144 918 1386 11077 767 Bremerton WA PMSA 1012 976 24 12 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 1661 1424 76 25 136 12 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 22139 10325 590 1178 10046 700 Tacoma WA PMSA 5713 4419 228 171 895 55 Sharon PA MSA 327 321 6 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA 694 440 50 16 188 15 Sherman-Denison TX MSA 393 220 32 127 14 2 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA 886 886 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA 265 221 12 8 24 2 Sioux Falls SD MSA 1616 1323 32 11 250 16 South Bend IN MSA 1231 937 4 0 290 13 Spokane WA MSA 2554 1634 98 13 809 51 Springfield IL MSA 953 848 88 4 13 2 Springfield MO MSA 2514 2039 130 68 277 19 Springfield MA MSA 1255 1067 38 18 132 6 State College PA MSA 687 599 14 0 74 9 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA 86 71 2 3 10 2 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA 3334 3275 6 48 5 1 Sumter SC MSA 482 337 90 0 55 10 Syracuse NY MSA 1419 1259 24 15 121 13 Tallahassee FL MSA 1583 1064 22 0 497 29 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 18859 11573 254 276 6756 380 Terre Haute IN MSA 502 488 14 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA 159 155 4 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA 2346 1506 124 80 636 46 Topeka KS MSA 693 543 66 23 61 9 Tucson AZ MSA 7540 6512 78 48 902 86 Tulsa OK MSA 5400 3339 52 19 1990 119 Tuscaloosa AL MSA 692 552 0 0 140 16 Tyler TX MSA 561 440 46 8 67 6 Utica-Rome NY MSA 365 361 4 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA 536 212 0 324 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA 1476 1415 20 41 0 0 Waco TX MSA 810 377 34 4 395 4 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 49472 37659 94 224 11495 690 Baltimore MD PMSA 11193 8213 24 164 2792 298 Hagerstown MD PMSA 676 638 26 12 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 37603 28808 44 48 8703 392 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA 378 179 4 28 167 12 Wausau WI MSA 833 752 48 4 29 3 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 9735 6387 20 161 3167 144 Wheeling WV-OH MSA 85 72 2 11 0 0 Wichita KS MSA 4501 3026 156 54 1265 76 Wichita Falls TX MSA 171 169 2 0 0 0 Williamsport PA MSA 330 263 0 20 47 6 Wilmington NC MSA 4248 3309 74 44 821 69 Yakima WA MSA 753 391 100 87 175 24 York PA MSA 2082 1849 60 44 129 9 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA 1724 1216 196 288 24 4 Yuba City CA MSA 289 277 12 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA 1039 896 4 3 136 12 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.