Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area February 2008 Num of Struc- tures With 3 & 4 5 Units 5 Units Monthly Coverage Total 1 Unit 2 Units Units or more or more Percent Abilene, TX 21 19 2 0 0 0 91 Akron, OH 35 27 0 0 8 1 69 Albany, GA 22 22 0 0 0 0 84 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 52 49 0 3 0 0 59 Albuquerque, NM 310 225 0 24 61 3 100 Alexandria, LA 32 32 0 0 0 0 97 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 151 141 0 0 10 2 100 Altoona, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Amarillo, TX 62 62 0 0 0 0 79 Ames, IA 6 6 0 0 0 0 92 Anchorage, AK 36 13 0 7 16 1 100 Anderson, IN 2 2 0 0 0 0 73 Anderson, SC 36 36 0 0 0 0 90 Ann Arbor, MI 22 12 0 0 10 1 72 Anniston-Oxford, AL 16 14 2 0 0 0 78 Appleton, WI 33 33 0 0 0 0 79 Asheville, NC 183 183 0 0 0 0 88 Athens-Clarke County, GA 55 28 0 0 27 1 73 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1808 1693 6 23 86 7 100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 66 56 0 0 10 2 100 Auburn-Opelika, AL 57 57 0 0 0 0 100 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 127 127 0 0 0 0 80 Austin-Round Rock, TX 1497 759 50 0 688 27 100 Bakersfield, CA 202 150 8 31 13 2 90 Baltimore-Towson, MD 280 226 0 0 54 3 100 Bangor, ME 11 7 0 4 0 0 49 Barnstable Town, MA 34 34 0 0 0 0 88 Baton Rouge, LA 243 171 0 0 72 9 94 Battle Creek, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 55 Bay City, MI 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 32 32 0 0 0 0 76 Bellingham, WA 46 26 2 3 15 1 69 Bend, OR 63 61 2 0 0 0 100 Billings, MT 76 76 0 0 0 0 90 Binghamton, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 363 298 0 0 65 4 100 Bismarck, ND 42 24 0 0 18 3 98 Bloomington, IN 22 19 0 3 0 0 86 Bloomington-Normal, IL 31 26 0 0 5 1 84 Boise City-Nampa, ID 279 257 2 20 0 0 100 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 359 205 16 10 128 15 100 Boulder, CO 35 20 0 0 15 2 78 Bowling Green, KY 28 28 0 0 0 0 99 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 228 177 0 36 15 2 100 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 98 52 0 8 38 2 84 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 75 57 18 0 0 0 90 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 117 107 0 4 6 1 86 Brunswick, GA 38 38 0 0 0 0 80 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 65 65 0 0 0 0 78 Burlington, NC 71 67 0 4 0 0 92 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 18 18 0 0 0 0 82 Canton-Massillon, OH 28 23 0 0 5 1 82 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 136 118 2 0 16 2 100 Carson City, NV 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Casper, WY 13 13 0 0 0 0 86 Cedar Rapids, IA 31 23 0 8 0 0 86 Champaign-Urbana, IL 112 16 0 0 96 6 66 Charleston, WV 10 10 0 0 0 0 43 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 317 264 2 3 48 3 100 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1224 937 2 4 281 12 100 Charlottesville, VA 54 45 0 0 9 1 66 Chattanooga, TN-GA 108 93 2 0 13 1 82 Cheyenne, WY 14 14 0 0 0 0 100 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 957 523 20 67 347 14 100 Chico, CA 49 47 2 0 0 0 89 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 275 215 0 20 40 5 100 Clarksville, TN-KY 76 74 2 0 0 0 54 Cleveland, TN 25 23 2 0 0 0 81 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 168 165 0 3 0 0 100 Coeur dAlene, ID 65 46 0 0 19 1 97 College Station-Bryan, TX 127 92 0 6 29 5 98 Colorado Springs, CO 148 148 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, MO 67 67 0 0 0 0 100 Columbia, SC 332 291 0 4 37 2 100 Columbus, GA-AL 82 60 0 3 19 2 88 Columbus, IN 11 11 0 0 0 0 99 Columbus, OH 162 143 0 19 0 0 100 Corpus Christi, TX 105 99 6 0 0 0 89 Corvallis, OR 4 4 0 0 0 0 69 Cumberland, MD-WV 6 6 0 0 0 0 20 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2415 1735 40 12 628 17 100 Dalton, GA 28 23 0 0 5 1 88 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Danville, VA 9 9 0 0 0 0 81 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 12 12 0 0 0 0 18 Dayton, OH 143 39 2 0 102 7 83 Decatur, AL 25 13 0 0 12 1 77 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 205 68 0 0 137 3 100 Denver-Aurora, CO 1063 335 4 4 720 12 100 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 129 129 0 0 0 0 100 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 241 131 0 0 110 2 100 Dothan, AL 19 19 0 0 0 0 87 Dover, DE 55 55 0 0 0 0 100 Dubuque, IA 11 7 4 0 0 0 84 Duluth, MN-WI 19 14 0 0 5 1 69 Durham, NC 207 152 2 0 53 3 100 Eau Claire, WI 10 4 6 0 0 0 92 El Centro, CA 43 38 0 0 5 1 85 El Paso, TX 409 257 0 0 152 9 90 Elizabethtown, KY 21 15 6 0 0 0 59 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 29 29 0 0 0 0 97 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Erie, PA 3 3 0 0 0 0 57 Eugene-Springfield, OR 140 67 2 0 71 3 100 Evansville, IN-KY 35 30 0 0 5 1 88 Fairbanks, AK 9 7 2 0 0 0 100 Fargo, ND-MN 8 8 0 0 0 0 79 Farmington, NM 21 17 0 4 0 0 100 Fayetteville, NC 444 130 0 0 314 19 96 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 752 93 10 23 626 44 91 Flagstaff, AZ 13 13 0 0 0 0 93 Flint, MI 38 6 0 0 32 1 61 Florence, SC 34 34 0 0 0 0 97 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 70 30 0 0 40 3 94 Fond du Lac, WI 15 6 4 0 5 1 56 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 55 47 0 0 8 1 100 Fort Smith, AR-OK 41 33 0 0 8 1 90 Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 26 26 0 0 0 0 55 Fort Wayne, IN 27 27 0 0 0 0 100 Fresno, CA 94 84 0 3 7 1 76 Gadsden, AL 7 7 0 0 0 0 62 Gainesville, FL 109 40 2 32 35 2 99 Gainesville, GA 72 72 0 0 0 0 82 Glens Falls, NY 14 9 0 0 5 1 84 Goldsboro, NC 40 40 0 0 0 0 83 Grand Forks, ND-MN 3 1 2 0 0 0 988 Grand Junction, CO 114 42 0 0 72 9 100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 87 70 2 3 12 2 100 Great Falls, MT 9 9 0 0 0 0 62 Greeley, CO 89 73 0 3 13 1 100 Green Bay, WI 43 33 0 0 10 2 80 Greensboro-High Point, NC 376 244 0 0 132 6 100 Greenville, NC 73 63 10 0 0 0 99 Greenville, SC 351 286 0 11 54 7 100 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 499 205 28 132 134 9 96 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 119 87 0 8 24 2 91 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 21 12 0 4 5 1 82 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 80 78 2 0 0 0 67 Harrisonburg, VA 28 28 0 0 0 0 100 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 85 58 2 0 25 4 84 Hattiesburg, MS 16 0 0 0 16 2 80 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 94 86 0 0 8 1 97 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 5 5 0 0 0 0 35 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 16 16 0 0 0 0 79 Honolulu, HI 122 49 0 0 73 1 100 Hot Springs, AR 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 52 52 0 0 0 0 91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3551 2671 24 11 845 22 100 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 10 5 0 0 5 1 0 Huntsville, AL 194 194 0 0 0 0 98 Idaho Falls, ID 29 29 0 0 0 0 99 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 659 355 6 0 298 16 100 Iowa City, IA 15 15 0 0 0 0 94 Ithaca, NY 2 2 0 0 0 0 65 Jackson, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 59 Jackson, MS 171 158 2 0 11 1 93 Jackson, TN 22 22 0 0 0 0 94 Jacksonville, FL 440 400 0 0 40 2 100 Jacksonville, NC 118 100 0 3 15 3 90 Janesville, WI 15 11 4 0 0 0 83 Jefferson City, MO 9 6 0 3 0 0 68 Johnson City, TN 44 44 0 0 0 0 100 Johnstown, PA 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 Jonesboro, AR 16 16 0 0 0 0 93 Joplin, MO 4 4 0 0 0 0 52 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 23 21 2 0 0 0 69 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 Kansas City, MO-KS 669 216 30 24 399 20 100 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 61 59 2 0 0 0 90 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 321 128 14 16 163 24 83 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 46 33 2 0 11 2 70 Kingston, NY 8 8 0 0 0 0 50 Knoxville, TN 360 196 0 3 161 5 83 Kokomo, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 57 La Crosse, WI-MN 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 Lafayette, IN 19 19 0 0 0 0 89 Lafayette, LA 94 70 2 0 22 1 87 Lake Charles, LA 42 37 0 0 5 1 67 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 79 46 2 31 0 0 99 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 287 280 0 7 0 0 100 Lancaster, PA 60 35 0 0 25 1 58 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 21 16 0 0 5 1 78 Laredo, TX 100 79 0 7 14 1 100 Las Cruces, NM 87 65 0 4 18 2 100 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1633 401 20 0 1212 30 100 Lawrence, KS 11 11 0 0 0 0 94 Lawton, OK 12 12 0 0 0 0 80 Lebanon, PA 34 34 0 0 0 0 91 Lewiston, ID-WA 9 2 2 0 5 1 72 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 7 7 0 0 0 0 74 Lexington-Fayette, KY 208 97 0 7 104 6 97 Lima, OH 3 1 2 0 0 0 20 Lincoln, NE 34 27 0 0 7 1 88 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 182 160 6 8 8 1 90 Logan, UT-ID 22 10 0 0 12 2 6 Longview, TX 24 11 0 0 13 1 78 Longview, WA 38 33 0 0 5 1 77 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2421 395 54 45 1927 48 100 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 378 228 6 0 144 6 100 Lubbock, TX 374 76 0 0 298 1 92 Lynchburg, VA 91 91 0 0 0 0 81 Macon, GA 268 28 0 0 240 3 50 Madera, CA 15 15 0 0 0 0 78 Madison, WI 89 58 8 0 23 2 100 Manchester-Nashua, NH 32 20 6 0 6 1 89 Mansfield, OH 6 6 0 0 0 0 87 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 359 312 4 28 15 1 100 Medford, OR 36 36 0 0 0 0 100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 215 209 6 0 0 0 100 Merced, CA 118 13 0 0 105 7 85 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1243 347 24 14 858 16 100 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 4 4 0 0 0 0 69 Midland, TX 45 45 0 0 0 0 100 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 328 88 0 3 237 5 100 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 286 254 2 0 30 3 100 Missoula, MT 56 16 4 0 36 1 100 Mobile, AL 321 129 0 0 192 10 98 Modesto, CA 25 17 0 0 8 1 92 Monroe, LA 25 20 0 0 5 1 68 Monroe, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 56 Montgomery, AL 51 51 0 0 0 0 96 Morgantown, WV 60 4 0 0 56 1 23 Morristown, TN 16 16 0 0 0 0 87 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 25 25 0 0 0 0 80 Muncie, IN 2 2 0 0 0 0 78 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 3 3 0 0 0 0 55 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 249 171 2 0 76 4 100 Napa, CA 6 6 0 0 0 0 86 Naples-Marco Island, FL 79 47 0 16 16 1 100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 536 530 6 0 0 0 100 New Haven-Milford, CT 41 32 0 0 9 1 87 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 480 296 4 0 180 1 100 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2463 603 278 66 1516 63 100 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 5 5 0 0 0 0 38 Norwich-New London, CT 23 23 0 0 0 0 87 Ocala, FL 103 101 2 0 0 0 100 Ocean City, NJ 34 32 2 0 0 0 100 Odessa, TX 27 27 0 0 0 0 100 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 107 96 0 3 8 1 86 Oklahoma City, OK 355 343 2 0 10 1 100 Olympia, WA 71 67 4 0 0 0 93 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 165 150 0 3 12 2 100 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 846 611 0 0 235 15 100 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 11 9 2 0 0 0 87 Owensboro, KY 15 15 0 0 0 0 96 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 155 61 0 0 94 3 97 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 150 108 0 0 42 2 100 Palm Coast, FL 19 19 0 0 0 0 100 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 250 34 0 0 216 9 98 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 Pascagoula, MS 242 45 0 0 197 12 98 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 113 111 2 0 0 0 100 Peoria, IL 47 23 8 0 16 1 50 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 782 597 8 19 158 23 100 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1363 1049 0 81 233 12 100 Pine Bluff, AR 3 3 0 0 0 0 88 Pittsburgh, PA 255 191 2 3 59 7 100 Pittsfield, MA 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 Pocatello, ID 16 16 0 0 0 0 93 Port St. Lucie, FL 196 72 0 0 124 7 100 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 68 63 0 0 5 1 88 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 957 386 12 11 548 8 100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 38 27 2 0 9 1 59 Prescott, AZ 68 68 0 0 0 0 87 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 87 85 2 0 0 0 83 Provo-Orem, UT 96 79 0 12 5 1 98 Pueblo, CO 38 36 2 0 0 0 100 Punta Gorda, FL 29 29 0 0 0 0 100 Racine, WI 14 14 0 0 0 0 59 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1083 756 2 0 325 15 100 Rapid City, SD 42 42 0 0 0 0 97 Reading, PA 17 15 2 0 0 0 63 Redding, CA 25 25 0 0 0 0 83 Reno-Sparks, NV 86 86 0 0 0 0 100 Richmond, VA 597 395 4 8 190 1 100 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1176 550 2 8 616 34 100 Roanoke, VA 97 93 0 4 0 0 96 Rochester, MN 19 17 2 0 0 0 89 Rochester, NY 60 52 0 8 0 0 62 Rockford, IL 18 18 0 0 0 0 97 Rocky Mount, NC 33 33 0 0 0 0 94 Rome, GA 17 15 2 0 0 0 100 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 376 220 2 0 154 17 100 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 4 4 0 0 0 0 49 Salem, OR 105 45 0 0 60 5 74 Salinas, CA 21 21 0 0 0 0 74 Salisbury, MD 33 20 0 0 13 1 80 Salt Lake City, UT 207 156 6 12 33 3 100 San Angelo, TX 24 24 0 0 0 0 100 San Antonio, TX 1109 501 0 0 608 30 100 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 327 136 4 0 187 14 100 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 457 183 10 3 261 17 100 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 213 79 0 0 134 13 100 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 34 34 0 0 0 0 68 Sandusky, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 7 7 0 0 0 0 64 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 29 29 0 0 0 0 51 Santa Fe, NM 12 12 0 0 0 0 100 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 22 22 0 0 0 0 89 Savannah, GA 192 142 2 43 5 1 81 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 14 14 0 0 0 0 26 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1436 580 192 126 538 17 100 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 82 46 0 0 36 6 100 Sheboygan, WI 9 4 0 0 5 1 59 Sherman-Denison, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 68 68 0 0 0 0 94 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 9 9 0 0 0 0 98 Sioux Falls, SD 81 52 6 8 15 1 82 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 40 28 0 6 6 1 99 Spartanburg, SC 108 108 0 0 0 0 94 Spokane, WA 85 57 2 0 26 2 75 Springfield, IL 13 8 2 3 0 0 54 Springfield, MA 18 14 0 4 0 0 62 Springfield, MO 88 36 12 3 37 1 78 Springfield, OH 5 5 0 0 0 0 100 St. Cloud, MN 13 13 0 0 0 0 74 St. George, UT 76 76 0 0 0 0 96 St. Joseph, MO-KS 3 3 0 0 0 0 50 St. Louis, MO-IL 426 377 12 11 26 4 100 State College, PA 19 19 0 0 0 0 69 Stockton, CA 46 46 0 0 0 0 100 Sumter, SC 31 31 0 0 0 0 100 Syracuse, NY 24 24 0 0 0 0 63 Tallahassee, FL 117 80 2 4 31 3 100 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 632 477 22 15 118 8 100 Terre Haute, IN 9 3 0 0 6 1 79 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 8 8 0 0 0 0 100 Toledo, OH 60 44 8 0 8 1 88 Topeka, KS 30 30 0 0 0 0 86 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 47 17 0 0 30 1 100 Tucson, AZ 248 230 6 4 8 1 100 Tulsa, OK 339 269 32 0 38 1 100 Tuscaloosa, AL 125 41 0 0 84 5 94 Tyler, TX 21 15 0 0 6 1 74 Utica-Rome, NY 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Valdosta, GA 65 57 0 0 8 1 91 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 13 13 0 0 0 0 82 Victoria, TX 5 5 0 0 0 0 60 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 18 18 0 0 0 0 100 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 407 375 4 4 24 4 100 Visalia-Porterville, CA 158 110 0 0 48 6 93 Waco, TX 79 55 0 0 24 4 69 Warner Robins, GA 54 54 0 0 0 0 70 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1431 846 12 3 570 16 100 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 7 7 0 0 0 0 81 Wausau, WI 39 17 2 0 20 1 67 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee, WA 33 14 0 0 19 2 70 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Wichita Falls, TX 14 12 2 0 0 0 75 Wichita, KS 175 125 2 0 48 1 91 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Wilmington, NC 458 280 0 4 174 9 100 Winchester, VA-WV 33 33 0 0 0 0 91 Winston-Salem, NC 125 125 0 0 0 0 89 Worcester, MA 28 28 0 0 0 0 72 Yakima, WA 12 12 0 0 0 0 45 York-Hanover, PA 78 73 0 0 5 1 79 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 16 14 2 0 0 0 97 Yuba City, CA 69 9 0 0 60 7 95 Yuma, AZ 58 58 0 0 0 0 91 * - Monthly Coverage Percent: Not all building permit offices are in the monthly survey. For offices that only report annually, no estimate is made of their monthly activity, so the monthly estimate of the metropolitan area total may be missing some data. This column shows the percentage of 2006 housing units authorized of those places in the monthly survey in this metropolitan area.