Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area March 1997 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* 43 21 0 3 19 1 Albany GA MSA* 44 42 2 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 131 101 6 0 24 2 Albuquerque NM MSA* 443 426 2 3 12 2 Alexandria LA MSA* 23 23 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 131 113 2 0 16 1 Altoona PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 31 31 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 140 97 12 6 25 1 Anniston AL MSA* 20 13 0 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 120 94 12 0 14 2 Asheville NC MSA* 101 75 10 4 12 2 Athens GA MSA* 100 63 4 0 33 4 Atlanta GA MSA 4141 3467 28 24 622 25 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 158 150 4 4 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 1128 581 20 6 521 43 Bakersfield CA MSA* 221 204 0 4 13 1 Bangor ME MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 113 96 2 15 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 127 127 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 92 78 6 3 5 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 8 5 0 3 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 37 28 6 3 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 133 131 2 0 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 3 1 2 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 449 383 0 0 66 3 Bismarck ND MSA* 61 13 0 0 48 1 Bloomington IN MSA* 77 50 4 3 20 2 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 85 67 2 4 12 1 Boise City ID MSA* 444 407 12 15 10 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1301 1110 24 3 164 21 Boston MA-NH PMSA 561 500 16 3 42 4 Brockton MA PMSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 51 32 2 0 17 2 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 138 111 2 0 25 1 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 77 77 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 110 59 2 0 49 8 Nashua NH PMSA 59 53 0 0 6 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 73 63 0 0 10 2 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 163 146 2 0 15 3 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 139 113 10 7 9 1 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 58 48 10 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 159 100 4 0 55 7 Burlington VT MSA* 46 39 2 0 5 1 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 132 80 8 8 36 2 Casper WY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 83 53 2 4 24 2 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 40 23 0 0 17 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 277 270 0 0 7 1 Charleston WV MSA* 45 41 0 4 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1632 1156 10 0 466 44 Charlottesville VA MSA* 100 90 10 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 189 181 4 4 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 30 25 2 3 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 2912 2239 74 156 443 29 Chicago IL PMSA 2536 1939 54 145 398 26 Gary IN PMSA 254 223 10 7 14 1 Kankakee IL PMSA 42 36 2 4 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 80 41 8 0 31 2 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 959 785 32 28 114 14 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 754 605 26 9 114 14 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 205 180 6 19 0 0 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 133 111 0 16 6 1 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 932 708 30 33 161 13 Akron OH PMSA 323 227 8 3 85 4 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 609 481 22 30 76 9 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 640 378 2 0 260 17 Columbia MO MSA* 148 98 24 0 26 4 Columbia SC MSA* 301 301 0 0 0 0 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 240 107 2 8 123 12 Columbus OH MSA 850 563 16 82 189 14 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 97 65 0 0 32 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3121 2213 16 0 892 26 Dallas TX PMSA 2474 1610 16 0 848 23 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 647 603 0 0 44 3 Danville VA MSA* 37 32 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 174 54 0 0 120 6 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 246 128 6 112 0 0 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 278 258 0 0 20 2 Decatur Al MSA* 39 24 0 0 15 2 Decatur IL MSA* 31 14 0 17 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2210 1719 22 12 457 38 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 272 267 0 0 5 1 Denver CO PMSA 1790 1317 22 4 447 36 Greeley CO PMSA 148 135 0 8 5 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 232 232 0 0 0 0 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1745 1513 38 62 132 13 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 362 259 14 16 73 5 Detroit MI PMSA 1284 1163 16 46 59 8 Flint MI PMSA 99 91 8 0 0 0 Dothan AL MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 55 55 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 29 19 2 3 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 69 32 22 15 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 247 212 4 0 31 4 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 120 69 4 3 44 3 Elmira NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 53 32 4 8 9 1 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 369 126 26 0 217 14 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 93 91 2 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville NC MSA* 70 70 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 292 187 20 4 81 2 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 31 29 2 0 0 0 Florence AL MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 53 47 0 0 6 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 231 202 0 29 0 0 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 485 288 14 20 163 14 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 564 175 4 0 385 27 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 44 42 2 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 139 139 0 0 0 0 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 213 209 4 0 0 0 Fresno CA MSA 284 273 0 6 5 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 163 79 24 0 60 10 Glens Falls NY MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 39 37 2 0 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction CO MSA* 87 85 2 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 661 492 18 13 138 11 Great Falls MT MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Green Bay WI MSA* 78 58 14 0 6 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 654 632 6 0 16 2 Greenville NC MSA* 82 62 4 0 16 1 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 713 459 14 0 240 17 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 320 272 0 0 48 6 Hartford CT MSA* 320 253 4 3 60 2 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 17 4 0 0 13 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 132 115 8 4 5 1 Honolulu HI MSA 98 94 4 0 0 0 Houma LA MSA* 87 55 0 0 32 1 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 3132 1610 8 12 1502 88 Brazoria TX PMSA 153 153 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 2905 1383 8 12 1502 88 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 37 4 0 0 33 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 109 109 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 945 914 16 3 12 2 Iowa City IA MSA* 39 31 0 8 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 442 169 0 0 273 14 Jackson TN MSA* 50 50 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 733 592 6 8 127 7 Jacksonville NC MSA* 56 53 0 3 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 23 17 6 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 192 158 6 7 21 3 Johnstown PA MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 33 27 0 0 6 1 Joplin MO MSA* 24 18 6 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 137 88 6 3 40 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1100 896 134 50 20 3 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 121 105 8 8 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 379 344 26 0 9 1 Kokomo IN MSA* 46 32 14 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 42 25 6 11 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 105 105 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 133 59 6 0 68 4 Lake Charles LA MSA* 79 72 2 0 5 1 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 224 222 2 0 0 0 Lancaster PA MSA* 80 78 2 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 113 76 2 0 35 2 Laredo TX MSA* 187 82 0 8 97 8 Las Cruces NM MSA* 76 65 0 0 11 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2116 1713 0 27 376 34 Lawrence KS MSA* 68 42 12 3 11 1 Lawton OK MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 421 292 40 0 89 5 Lima OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 140 100 8 32 0 0 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 158 154 0 4 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3016 2298 34 103 581 43 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 713 467 24 59 163 12 Orange County CA PMSA 818 577 10 10 221 14 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1224 1023 0 4 197 17 Ventura CA PMSA 261 231 0 30 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 489 427 4 0 58 5 Lubbock TX MSA* 105 40 8 21 36 1 Lynchburg VA MSA* 99 95 4 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 160 160 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 189 109 10 11 59 3 Mansfield OH MSA* 36 30 6 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 393 318 12 20 43 6 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 110 106 4 0 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 247 228 2 0 17 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 516 503 0 0 13 2 Merced CA MSA* 151 151 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 2134 997 10 27 1100 59 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 1503 667 0 7 829 39 Miami FL PMSA 631 330 10 20 271 20 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 642 379 54 11 198 18 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 570 316 50 11 193 17 Racine WI PMSA 72 63 4 0 5 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1493 1072 20 20 381 10 Mobile AL MSA* 579 254 14 0 311 15 Modesto CA MSA* 100 100 0 0 0 0 Monroe LA MSA* 47 39 0 8 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 191 124 0 4 63 3 Muncie IN MSA* 21 17 0 4 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 564 183 2 24 355 24 Naples FL MSA* 362 254 0 36 72 10 Nashville TN MSA 1374 882 24 0 468 31 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 68 64 4 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 281 259 18 4 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3325 2155 174 122 874 59 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 132 81 12 3 36 4 Bridgeport CT PMSA 89 82 0 7 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 73 70 0 3 0 0 Dutchess County NY PMSA 54 51 0 3 0 0 Jersey City NJ PMSA 22 12 10 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 402 280 2 0 120 9 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 645 641 0 4 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 405 260 4 0 141 14 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 183 76 0 0 107 4 New York NY PMSA 682 201 126 81 274 13 Newark NJ PMSA 275 167 12 0 96 8 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 146 89 4 3 50 6 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 58 38 2 18 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 67 65 2 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 92 42 0 0 50 1 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 621 523 4 0 94 13 Ocala FL MSA* 181 181 0 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 767 357 12 0 398 22 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 370 257 6 0 107 4 Orlando FL MSA 1667 1058 0 7 602 27 Owensboro KY MSA* 45 31 0 8 6 1 Panama City FL MSA* 97 95 2 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 27 20 2 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 400 278 2 0 120 12 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 115 64 2 6 43 3 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1753 1421 26 16 290 16 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 189 179 10 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1270 966 10 16 278 14 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 16 14 2 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 278 262 4 0 12 2 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 2891 2586 26 21 258 23 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 6 4 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 506 451 6 11 38 7 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 81 75 6 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 2033 1200 78 84 671 69 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1647 1033 54 74 486 46 Salem OR PMSA 386 167 24 10 185 23 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 219 190 6 0 23 3 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 209 182 6 0 21 2 Pueblo CO MSA* 129 119 10 0 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 80 76 4 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1446 931 4 0 511 34 Rapid City SD MSA* 48 21 0 0 27 1 Reading PA MSA* 82 77 0 0 5 1 Redding CA MSA* 64 60 0 4 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 201 188 0 7 6 1 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 53 46 0 0 7 1 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 839 525 2 0 312 14 Roanoke VA MSA* 97 92 0 0 5 1 Rochester MN MSA* 70 46 4 20 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 136 120 0 0 16 2 Rockford IL MSA* 170 117 16 0 37 5 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 54 52 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 762 746 8 8 0 0 Sacramento CA PMSA 657 643 6 8 0 0 Yolo CA PMSA 105 103 2 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 31 26 2 3 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 55 36 0 0 19 1 St. Joseph MO MSA* 26 9 12 0 5 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1016 895 28 19 74 8 Salinas CA MSA* 129 121 2 0 6 1 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 830 784 18 28 0 0 San Angelo TX MSA* 20 16 4 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 606 505 8 43 50 6 San Diego CA MSA 575 497 18 33 27 4 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2093 1334 26 73 660 34 Oakland CA PMSA 1114 614 8 52 440 25 San Francisco CA PMSA 263 105 14 14 130 7 San Jose CA PMSA 350 255 2 3 90 2 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 133 127 2 4 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 165 165 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 238 57 0 0 181 14 Santa Fe NM MSA* 28 24 0 4 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 609 381 6 8 214 7 Savannah GA MSA* 154 116 6 0 32 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 42 39 0 3 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2434 1439 54 62 879 38 Bremerton WA PMSA 159 144 8 0 7 1 Olympia WA PMSA 137 132 2 3 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1698 856 36 33 773 34 Tacoma WA PMSA 440 307 8 26 99 3 Sharon PA MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 10 8 2 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 77 71 0 0 6 1 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 18 12 0 0 6 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 83 77 0 6 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 86 70 0 0 16 1 Spokane WA MSA* 126 122 4 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 82 60 14 0 8 1 Springfield MO MSA* 264 179 2 6 77 5 Springfield MA MSA* 46 42 4 0 0 0 State College PA MSA* 73 13 0 3 57 4 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 9 7 2 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 129 129 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 38 36 2 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 45 40 0 0 5 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 127 125 2 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 2148 836 12 32 1268 52 Terre Haute IN MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 129 101 4 12 12 1 Topeka KS MSA* 85 47 38 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 438 420 2 16 0 0 Tulsa OK MSA* 266 260 6 0 0 0 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 102 59 0 7 36 1 Tyler TX MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 99 91 8 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 54 37 2 0 15 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3032 2830 2 0 200 17 Baltimore MD PMSA 971 901 0 0 70 6 Hagerstown MD PMSA 47 45 2 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2014 1884 0 0 130 11 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 34 28 6 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 728 539 0 27 162 3 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 7 2 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 209 205 4 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 425 391 2 4 28 2 Yakima WA MSA* 39 33 6 0 0 0 York PA MSA* 130 98 2 8 22 3 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 130 96 20 3 11 2 Yuba City CA MSA* 45 45 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 111 111 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.