Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area May 1996 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* 42 25 0 0 17 1 Albany GA MSA* 71 61 2 8 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 200 143 2 0 55 7 Albuquerque NM MSA* 582 461 2 0 119 14 Alexandria LA MSA* 77 30 0 0 47 1 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 193 176 0 0 17 2 Altoona PA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 135 109 20 6 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 23 16 0 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 155 122 14 0 19 3 Asheville NC MSA* 94 52 6 0 36 5 Athens GA MSA* 162 68 6 0 88 13 Atlanta GA MSA 5118 3603 4 7 1504 70 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 325 231 4 0 90 2 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 1056 821 40 0 195 13 Bakersfield CA MSA* 229 217 0 12 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 92 92 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 154 154 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 41 41 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 108 89 6 8 5 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 42 38 4 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 188 178 4 0 6 1 Binghamton NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 452 415 0 0 37 5 Bismarck ND MSA* 64 56 0 0 8 1 Bloomington IN MSA* 156 86 0 4 66 4 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 69 54 2 0 13 1 Boise City ID MSA* 502 443 2 12 45 2 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1539 1383 24 6 126 14 Boston MA-NH PMSA 707 618 14 6 69 6 Brockton MA PMSA 60 58 2 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 59 40 2 0 17 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 126 121 0 0 5 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 105 100 0 0 5 1 Manchester NH PMSA 100 94 0 0 6 1 Nashua NH PMSA 76 67 0 0 9 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 100 93 2 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 174 160 4 0 10 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 218 195 10 0 13 2 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 109 81 8 8 12 1 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 295 175 10 4 106 4 Burlington VT MSA* 60 58 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 108 100 8 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 13 10 0 3 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 167 74 0 7 86 5 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 28 23 0 0 5 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 261 258 0 3 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 2813 1201 10 6 1596 111 Charlottesville VA MSA* 124 115 4 0 5 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 286 283 0 3 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 27 25 2 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3968 2903 88 210 767 74 Chicago IL PMSA 3487 2512 64 207 704 68 Gary IN PMSA 322 274 20 0 28 2 Kankakee IL PMSA 58 51 2 0 5 1 Kenosha WI PMSA 101 66 2 3 30 3 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 53 53 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1250 1052 10 23 165 18 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 1017 847 8 16 146 15 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 233 205 2 7 19 3 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 160 148 0 12 0 0 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1144 1007 22 16 99 10 Akron OH PMSA 355 296 10 0 49 3 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 789 711 12 16 50 7 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 472 468 4 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 157 91 38 12 16 2 Columbia SC MSA* 368 334 14 0 20 1 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 107 103 4 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1081 733 18 139 191 19 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 109 96 0 0 13 2 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 2985 2558 2 0 425 19 Dallas TX PMSA 2188 1770 2 0 416 18 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 797 788 0 0 9 1 Danville VA MSA* 37 32 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 57 42 12 3 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 219 197 6 6 10 1 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 285 279 0 0 6 1 Decatur Al MSA* 49 33 0 0 16 2 Decatur IL MSA* 27 12 0 0 15 1 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1655 1530 8 16 101 14 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 180 177 0 3 0 0 Denver CO PMSA 1268 1191 8 9 60 6 Greeley CO PMSA 207 162 0 4 41 8 Des Moines IA MSA* 253 237 8 3 5 1 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2674 2435 58 73 108 15 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 498 461 2 3 32 4 Detroit MI PMSA 1973 1792 54 67 60 9 Flint MI PMSA 203 182 2 3 16 2 Dothan AL MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 64 52 12 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 69 60 0 4 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 41 37 4 0 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 285 246 6 3 30 5 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 113 90 18 0 5 1 Elmira NY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 62 47 0 8 7 1 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 241 118 20 14 89 11 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 113 113 0 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 242 92 0 0 150 6 Fayetteville NC MSA* 155 151 4 0 0 0 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 231 205 20 0 6 1 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 99 48 4 8 39 3 Florence AL MSA* 20 15 0 0 5 1 Florence SC MSA* 56 51 0 0 5 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 329 265 0 0 64 11 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 524 356 18 67 83 10 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 281 263 18 0 0 0 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 118 114 0 4 0 0 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 274 259 10 0 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 335 322 2 11 0 0 Gadsden AL MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 222 113 0 3 106 6 Glens Falls NY MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 61 47 6 3 5 1 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 13 7 0 0 6 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 114 81 28 0 5 1 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 752 628 14 11 99 7 Great Falls MT MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 120 84 18 0 18 3 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 1015 679 12 36 288 14 Greenville NC MSA* 124 82 2 0 40 3 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 646 567 14 4 61 7 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 198 156 0 8 34 4 Hartford CT MSA* 414 318 6 0 90 3 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 17 5 2 0 10 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 215 215 0 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 69 63 6 0 0 0 Houma LA MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 3127 1898 2 0 1227 74 Brazoria TX PMSA 153 153 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 146 144 2 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 2828 1601 0 0 1227 74 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 92 92 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1305 1114 32 10 149 5 Iowa City IA MSA* 38 26 0 0 12 1 Jackson MI MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 293 227 0 8 58 5 Jackson TN MSA* 111 69 2 3 37 4 Jacksonville FL MSA 850 758 4 0 88 5 Jacksonville NC MSA* 61 61 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 28 19 6 3 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 206 165 0 8 33 4 Johnstown PA MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 21 17 4 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 146 104 4 7 31 4 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1132 809 38 11 274 20 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 339 126 14 23 176 12 Knoxville TN MSA* 769 398 4 10 357 18 Kokomo IN MSA* 42 34 8 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 54 38 8 0 8 1 Lafayette LA MSA* 112 112 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 153 67 2 0 84 5 Lake Charles LA MSA* 119 99 20 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 243 235 8 0 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 323 123 0 0 200 23 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 128 121 2 0 5 1 Laredo TX MSA* 196 95 0 8 93 8 Las Cruces NM MSA* 103 87 0 4 12 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2555 2246 4 85 220 26 Lawrence KS MSA* 384 52 8 28 296 28 Lawton OK MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 24 15 0 0 9 1 Lexington KY MSA* 350 261 32 6 51 5 Lima OH MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 178 107 4 0 67 2 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 203 193 2 3 5 1 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 34 17 2 0 15 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2706 2197 44 84 381 44 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 556 412 22 29 93 12 Orange County CA PMSA 677 541 12 44 80 12 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1289 1068 10 3 208 20 Ventura CA PMSA 184 176 0 8 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 496 447 2 7 40 6 Lubbock TX MSA* 52 46 0 6 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 104 104 0 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 268 234 0 0 34 3 Madison WI MSA* 237 191 18 16 12 1 Mansfield OH MSA* 38 34 4 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 485 380 16 37 52 8 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 121 108 4 3 6 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 341 293 0 0 48 3 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1229 402 2 0 825 61 Merced CA MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2254 1275 6 4 969 48 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1751 935 2 0 814 39 Miami FL PMSA 503 340 4 4 155 9 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 838 519 34 35 250 23 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 755 446 34 32 243 22 Racine WI PMSA 83 73 0 3 7 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1956 1753 10 63 130 15 Mobile AL MSA* 348 298 10 3 37 4 Modesto CA MSA* 166 122 4 40 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 37 37 0 0 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 182 152 2 28 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 22 16 2 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 299 198 2 0 99 10 Naples FL MSA* 728 209 0 88 431 14 Nashville TN MSA 1571 1083 12 3 473 38 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 101 91 4 6 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 370 338 12 4 16 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 4152 2654 264 69 1165 41 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 148 79 10 0 59 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 91 91 0 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 87 85 2 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 64 56 0 3 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 27 15 12 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 554 426 2 0 126 11 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 488 485 0 3 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 406 393 8 0 5 1 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 134 123 2 0 9 1 New York NY PMSA 1444 300 210 60 874 17 Newark NJ PMSA 287 263 10 3 11 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 218 151 8 0 59 5 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 58 41 0 0 17 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 70 70 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 623 571 8 20 24 4 Ocala FL MSA* 208 206 2 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 397 383 14 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 428 340 10 0 78 3 Orlando FL MSA 1360 1236 0 0 124 7 Owensboro KY MSA* 39 37 2 0 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 105 89 12 4 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 27 22 0 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 324 309 6 4 5 1 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 108 102 6 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1794 1695 30 0 69 7 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 105 91 14 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1374 1323 16 0 35 4 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 52 29 0 0 23 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 263 252 0 0 11 2 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3350 2834 10 0 506 42 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 44 14 2 0 28 2 Pittsburgh PA MSA 586 520 6 11 49 6 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 129 124 0 0 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1873 1389 90 69 325 33 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1679 1232 70 62 315 31 Salem OR PMSA 194 157 20 7 10 2 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 227 215 2 0 10 2 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 270 210 6 12 42 4 Pueblo CO MSA* 124 86 16 4 18 1 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 86 84 2 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1550 1208 12 28 302 34 Rapid City SD MSA* 57 28 0 3 26 1 Reading PA MSA* 111 73 0 0 38 1 Redding CA MSA* 71 66 2 3 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 616 199 0 0 417 56 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 53 48 0 0 5 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 611 551 0 0 60 1 Roanoke VA MSA* 87 80 2 0 5 1 Rochester MN MSA* 156 51 8 8 89 1 Rochester NY MSA* 192 186 6 0 0 0 Rockford IL MSA* 172 130 10 0 32 4 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 49 46 0 3 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 800 784 8 0 8 1 Sacramento CA PMSA 758 746 4 0 8 1 Yolo CA PMSA 42 38 4 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 35 29 6 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 71 52 0 0 19 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 16 14 2 0 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1240 1096 14 18 112 10 Salinas CA MSA* 242 102 0 12 128 15 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 1265 833 38 3 391 21 San Angelo TX MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 1288 633 12 15 628 43 San Diego CA MSA 611 541 8 62 0 0 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1785 1268 40 105 372 22 Oakland CA PMSA 730 588 2 39 101 5 San Francisco CA PMSA 262 123 14 21 104 7 San Jose CA PMSA 499 292 20 35 152 7 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 20 15 0 0 5 1 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 166 153 4 4 5 1 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 108 97 0 6 5 1 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 186 176 0 0 10 2 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 69 56 6 7 0 0 Santa Fe NM MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 491 373 8 4 106 8 Savannah GA MSA* 108 108 0 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 63 61 2 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2341 1644 64 94 539 46 Bremerton WA PMSA 167 151 4 0 12 2 Olympia WA PMSA 224 209 4 6 5 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1499 878 50 88 483 41 Tacoma WA PMSA 451 406 6 0 39 2 Sharon PA MSA* 44 42 2 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 8 6 2 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 104 104 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 31 18 0 3 10 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 150 136 14 0 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 118 112 0 0 6 1 Spokane WA MSA* 347 159 10 7 171 11 Springfield IL MSA* 100 81 12 0 7 1 Springfield MO MSA* 211 177 8 4 22 2 Springfield MA MSA* 60 54 6 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 83 21 0 3 59 3 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 12 10 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 224 142 6 0 76 7 Sumter SC MSA* 37 33 0 4 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 65 59 0 0 6 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 160 140 20 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1103 882 28 34 159 27 Terre Haute IN MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 18 16 2 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 185 177 0 8 0 0 Topeka KS MSA* 55 49 6 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 587 495 20 0 72 3 Tulsa OK MSA* 250 250 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 341 57 0 0 284 33 Tyler TX MSA* 31 27 4 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 28 4 0 0 24 4 Victoria TX MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 134 132 2 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 40 24 2 0 14 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 4711 3831 4 0 876 37 Baltimore MD PMSA 1059 955 0 0 104 5 Hagerstown MD PMSA 87 87 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3565 2789 4 0 772 32 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 47 37 2 8 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 861 694 0 24 143 14 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 7 2 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 236 234 2 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 309 281 2 0 26 3 Yakima WA MSA* 40 30 6 4 0 0 York PA MSA* 139 130 0 4 5 1 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 146 113 8 19 6 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 60 60 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 69 69 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.