Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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* 39 17 0 3 19 1 Albany GA MSA* 36 32 0 4 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 76 76 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque NM MSA* 569 352 0 4 213 19 Alexandria LA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 98 76 2 0 20 2 Altoona PA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 60 11 0 0 49 9 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 83 68 12 3 0 0 Asheville NC MSA* 250 56 2 0 192 24 Athens GA MSA* 46 42 4 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 4037 2422 36 8 1571 114 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 131 131 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 2034 480 4 0 1550 26 Bakersfield CA MSA* 163 155 0 8 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 103 75 0 3 25 1 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 192 72 0 0 120 1 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 103 62 2 6 33 3 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 6 3 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 16 12 4 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 102 100 2 0 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 301 244 0 3 54 8 Bismarck ND MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 43 39 4 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 241 234 2 0 5 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1336 992 30 7 307 15 Boston MA-NH PMSA 691 448 18 7 218 8 Brockton MA PMSA 59 57 2 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 37 19 0 0 18 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 120 94 0 0 26 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 47 41 6 0 0 0 Nashua NH PMSA 56 48 0 0 8 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 28 28 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 74 67 2 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 163 129 2 0 32 3 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 134 106 6 4 18 3 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 270 30 0 0 240 4 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 214 59 4 19 132 2 Burlington VT MSA* 35 33 2 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 57 53 4 0 0 0 Casper WY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 39 35 4 0 0 0 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 17 13 4 0 0 0 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 221 221 0 0 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 26 20 2 4 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1546 1166 10 30 340 29 Charlottesville VA MSA* 80 78 2 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 120 120 0 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 23 21 2 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 2116 1571 64 137 344 35 Chicago IL PMSA 1863 1360 54 113 336 34 Gary IN PMSA 194 158 8 20 8 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 19 15 0 4 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 40 38 2 0 0 0 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 835 680 16 19 120 14 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 656 543 10 3 100 11 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 179 137 6 16 20 3 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 101 95 0 0 6 1 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 588 480 40 35 33 3 Akron OH PMSA 205 157 32 16 0 0 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 383 323 8 19 33 3 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 328 230 2 0 96 1 Columbia MO MSA* 114 68 36 4 6 1 Columbia SC MSA* 370 223 0 0 147 11 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 68 68 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 913 426 14 55 418 41 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 291 71 0 0 220 11 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 4753 1632 16 11 3094 183 Dallas TX PMSA 3055 1181 10 8 1856 106 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 1698 451 6 3 1238 77 Danville VA MSA* 28 23 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 92 18 2 0 72 9 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 115 60 2 16 37 5 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 344 258 2 0 84 1 Decatur Al MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Decatur IL MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 1602 1168 18 59 357 24 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 240 170 0 20 50 3 Denver CO PMSA 1230 887 16 35 292 18 Greeley CO PMSA 132 111 2 4 15 3 Des Moines IA MSA* 273 141 0 12 120 8 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1742 1172 28 62 480 25 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 336 296 8 12 20 3 Detroit MI PMSA 1279 807 20 46 406 17 Flint MI PMSA 127 69 0 4 54 5 Dothan AL MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 22 14 2 0 6 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 19 11 0 8 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 202 162 4 3 33 4 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 53 51 2 0 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 16 10 0 6 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 39 14 0 8 17 2 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 101 90 6 0 5 1 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 51 49 2 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 77 67 0 0 10 1 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 145 75 16 0 54 6 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 96 37 2 4 53 4 Florence AL MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 41 36 0 0 5 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 472 132 0 24 316 28 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 377 277 12 30 58 7 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 206 180 6 8 12 1 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 38 36 2 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 155 155 0 0 0 0 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 175 165 2 3 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 266 204 6 24 32 4 Gadsden AL MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 137 57 0 0 80 10 Glens Falls NY MSA* 29 21 0 0 8 1 Goldsboro NC MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 67 57 10 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 470 386 8 27 49 5 Great Falls MT MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 71 30 16 3 22 2 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 577 454 6 6 111 12 Greenville NC MSA* 91 49 4 0 38 2 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 671 343 24 0 304 15 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 127 125 2 0 0 0 Hartford CT MSA* 166 162 4 0 0 0 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 20 4 2 0 14 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 88 78 10 0 0 0 Honolulu HI MSA 45 45 0 0 0 0 Houma LA MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1563 1259 2 0 302 10 Brazoria TX PMSA 133 131 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1359 1057 0 0 302 10 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 64 64 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1191 638 16 4 533 33 Iowa City IA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 397 113 0 4 280 35 Jackson TN MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 503 484 2 9 8 1 Jacksonville NC MSA* 77 45 0 32 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 31 29 2 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 85 65 2 3 15 2 Johnstown PA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 28 14 6 8 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 79 74 0 0 5 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 811 688 28 7 88 10 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 83 73 2 8 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 284 215 2 0 67 9 Kokomo IN MSA* 256 14 2 0 240 14 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 6 2 4 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 92 92 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 56 45 6 0 5 1 Lake Charles LA MSA* 52 52 0 0 0 0 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 177 171 2 4 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 59 59 0 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 69 61 0 0 8 1 Laredo TX MSA* 173 64 0 7 102 9 Las Cruces NM MSA* 76 59 2 0 15 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2902 1511 4 4 1383 115 Lawrence KS MSA* 101 48 28 19 6 1 Lawton OK MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 166 140 22 4 0 0 Lima OH MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 257 85 2 0 170 5 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 94 94 0 0 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 6 4 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 2179 1600 44 9 526 37 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 409 318 40 6 45 6 Orange County CA PMSA 1004 531 4 3 466 29 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 684 675 0 0 9 1 Ventura CA PMSA 82 76 0 0 6 1 Louisville KY-IN MSA 318 256 6 4 52 7 Lubbock TX MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 70 64 2 4 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 319 119 0 0 200 1 Madison WI MSA* 154 72 6 12 64 7 Mansfield OH MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 316 258 12 7 39 5 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 73 62 8 3 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 252 206 0 0 46 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 461 431 0 4 26 4 Merced CA MSA* 36 36 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1865 980 22 12 851 55 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1326 665 2 8 651 47 Miami FL PMSA 539 315 20 4 200 8 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 429 246 14 4 165 9 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 386 219 12 0 155 7 Racine WI PMSA 43 27 2 4 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1026 866 18 45 97 14 Mobile AL MSA* 318 192 8 0 118 4 Modesto CA MSA* 69 69 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 69 13 0 56 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 229 91 2 0 136 17 Muncie IN MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 283 161 0 0 122 9 Naples FL MSA* 286 160 2 40 84 9 Nashville TN MSA 1241 809 8 0 424 25 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 218 214 4 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3505 2025 232 37 1211 59 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 136 86 10 4 36 3 Bridgeport CT PMSA 122 64 0 0 58 3 Danbury CT PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 60 55 0 0 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 21 9 12 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 339 311 4 0 24 3 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 442 431 0 3 8 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 346 310 12 4 20 4 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 73 62 0 4 7 1 New York NY PMSA 1131 212 128 22 769 28 Newark NJ PMSA 275 202 60 0 13 2 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 204 73 4 0 127 7 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 136 40 2 0 94 4 Trenton NJ PMSA 68 58 0 0 10 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 81 41 0 0 40 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 570 444 4 0 122 15 Ocala FL MSA* 272 184 2 6 80 8 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 255 242 8 0 5 1 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 492 194 6 0 292 14 Orlando FL MSA 1208 853 16 19 320 24 Owensboro KY MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 59 59 0 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 15 10 0 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 210 208 2 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 53 44 0 9 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1490 1222 22 59 187 15 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 311 195 8 55 53 5 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 986 839 14 4 129 9 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 179 174 0 0 5 1 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3005 2127 12 7 859 83 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 399 285 4 23 87 4 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1491 977 52 48 414 33 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1323 881 40 28 374 29 Salem OR PMSA 168 96 12 20 40 4 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 189 165 18 0 6 1 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 219 143 4 4 68 5 Pueblo CO MSA* 126 57 2 16 51 1 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 89 75 0 4 10 1 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 894 737 12 4 141 11 Rapid City SD MSA* 50 10 0 4 36 1 Reading PA MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 46 41 2 3 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 163 159 4 0 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 26 17 2 7 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 416 353 0 3 60 1 Roanoke VA MSA* 66 61 0 0 5 1 Rochester MN MSA* 38 32 6 0 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 95 75 0 4 16 2 Rockford IL MSA* 87 67 2 8 10 1 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 39 39 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 752 582 2 0 168 12 Sacramento CA PMSA 606 534 2 0 70 2 Yolo CA PMSA 146 48 0 0 98 10 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 22 20 2 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 43 15 0 3 25 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 18 6 6 0 6 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 763 545 34 14 170 11 Salinas CA MSA* 75 75 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 557 475 2 0 80 8 San Angelo TX MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 390 377 0 0 13 2 San Diego CA MSA 514 458 18 38 0 0 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 1478 907 12 11 548 16 Oakland CA PMSA 367 314 0 0 53 4 San Francisco CA PMSA 366 88 2 3 273 3 San Jose CA PMSA 546 310 6 8 222 9 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 77 73 4 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 114 114 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 43 36 0 0 7 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 339 295 4 0 40 2 Savannah GA MSA* 103 93 10 0 0 0 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1931 1047 48 32 804 58 Bremerton WA PMSA 103 93 2 0 8 1 Olympia WA PMSA 71 66 0 0 5 1 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1278 541 24 32 681 53 Tacoma WA PMSA 479 347 22 0 110 3 Sharon PA MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 105 5 0 0 100 4 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 41 41 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 26 6 0 0 20 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 102 39 4 0 59 3 South Bend IN MSA* 72 72 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 165 89 4 0 72 4 Springfield IL MSA* 66 45 10 0 11 1 Springfield MO MSA* 122 88 4 0 30 2 Springfield MA MSA* 42 36 0 0 6 1 State College PA MSA* 75 11 0 4 60 2 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 131 131 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 22 22 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 32 27 0 0 5 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 127 117 10 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 929 775 6 13 135 4 Terre Haute IN MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 17 15 2 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 89 87 2 0 0 0 Topeka KS MSA* 25 20 0 0 5 1 Tucson AZ MSA* 365 365 0 0 0 0 Tulsa OK MSA* 173 173 0 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 82 34 0 6 42 6 Tyler TX MSA* 30 22 0 8 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 81 66 12 3 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 26 18 2 0 6 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 2842 2139 8 0 695 39 Baltimore MD PMSA 720 607 0 0 113 8 Hagerstown MD PMSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2095 1505 8 0 582 31 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 9 5 0 4 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 19 15 4 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 745 459 14 51 221 8 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 8 1 0 0 7 1 Wichita KS MSA* 181 175 6 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 288 279 0 4 5 1 Yakima WA MSA* 17 13 0 4 0 0 York PA MSA* 78 56 6 16 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 64 48 12 4 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 32 26 2 4 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.