Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area August 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* 31 20 0 0 11 1 Albany GA MSA* 62 53 0 4 5 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 154 116 2 3 33 3 Albuquerque NM MSA* 655 386 0 0 269 18 Alexandria LA MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 110 108 2 0 0 0 Altoona PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 146 96 16 34 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 23 14 2 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 134 104 16 0 14 2 Asheville NC MSA* 104 94 2 8 0 0 Athens GA MSA* 75 44 0 0 31 1 Atlanta GA MSA 4852 3369 22 0 1461 33 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 188 130 4 36 18 3 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 857 592 8 0 257 16 Bakersfield CA MSA* 196 196 0 0 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 95 95 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 105 103 2 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 97 81 4 3 9 1 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 11 7 0 4 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 140 136 4 0 0 0 Binghamton NY MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 308 298 0 0 10 2 Bismarck ND MSA* 48 40 4 4 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Boise City ID MSA* 467 379 4 4 80 7 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1484 1230 26 7 221 13 Boston MA-NH PMSA 720 550 22 7 141 5 Brockton MA PMSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 60 40 0 0 20 2 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 134 132 2 0 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 89 59 2 0 28 2 Nashua NH PMSA 72 57 0 0 15 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 88 81 0 0 7 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 151 141 0 0 10 2 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 171 107 0 6 58 2 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 50 48 2 0 0 0 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 311 113 4 4 190 23 Burlington VT MSA* 38 38 0 0 0 0 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 93 79 6 3 5 1 Casper WY MSA* 7 7 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 91 75 4 0 12 1 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 251 234 0 4 13 1 Charleston WV MSA* 38 33 0 0 5 1 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1368 1049 8 7 304 32 Charlottesville VA MSA* 70 66 4 0 0 0 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 203 195 8 0 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 28 28 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3027 2372 54 127 474 38 Chicago IL PMSA 2681 2093 42 104 442 34 Gary IN PMSA 264 202 10 20 32 4 Kankakee IL PMSA 22 19 0 3 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 60 58 2 0 0 0 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 42 42 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 954 750 8 43 153 18 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 708 561 8 39 100 13 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 246 189 0 4 53 5 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 150 115 0 12 23 4 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 872 689 22 25 136 18 Akron OH PMSA 307 208 12 15 72 8 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 565 481 10 10 64 10 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 390 342 0 0 48 3 Columbia MO MSA* 78 54 24 0 0 0 Columbia SC MSA* 625 249 12 0 364 29 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 98 90 0 8 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 901 545 16 90 250 22 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 76 65 2 0 9 1 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3675 2273 6 0 1396 113 Dallas TX PMSA 2702 1638 4 0 1060 93 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 973 635 2 0 336 20 Danville VA MSA* 33 28 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 52 48 4 0 0 0 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 214 160 0 18 36 3 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 287 276 0 3 8 1 Decatur Al MSA* 32 24 0 8 0 0 Decatur IL MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2306 1383 30 18 875 57 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 260 194 4 0 62 8 Denver CO PMSA 1892 1050 22 15 805 48 Greeley CO PMSA 154 139 4 3 8 1 Des Moines IA MSA* 177 153 8 4 12 1 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2345 1865 18 86 376 34 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 395 379 2 0 14 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1662 1346 14 68 234 26 Flint MI PMSA 288 140 2 18 128 6 Dothan AL MSA* 31 29 2 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Dubuque IA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 59 54 0 0 5 1 Eau Claire WI MSA* 64 56 4 4 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 268 178 4 3 83 6 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 100 76 0 0 24 1 Elmira NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 12 9 0 3 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 49 30 0 19 0 0 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 106 97 6 3 0 0 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 107 103 4 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 187 45 16 0 126 2 Fayetteville NC MSA* 141 81 0 0 60 3 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 131 107 18 6 0 0 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 46 41 2 3 0 0 Florence AL MSA* 18 16 2 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 62 47 2 3 10 1 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 245 198 0 7 40 4 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 437 298 10 29 100 6 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 222 196 8 3 15 2 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 33 31 2 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 162 128 0 0 34 4 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 302 215 2 8 77 3 Fresno CA MSA 283 268 4 0 11 1 Gadsden AL MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 96 84 0 12 0 0 Glens Falls NY MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 37 32 2 3 0 0 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 15 9 0 0 6 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 80 72 4 4 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 642 472 12 66 92 7 Great Falls MT MSA* 16 11 0 0 5 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 75 52 18 0 5 1 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 674 592 10 0 72 5 Greenville NC MSA* 108 36 0 0 72 8 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 579 473 12 0 94 6 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 189 125 4 12 48 5 Hartford CT MSA* 299 287 12 0 0 0 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 12 4 0 0 8 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 149 139 2 0 8 1 Honolulu HI MSA 164 124 0 0 40 5 Houma LA MSA* 60 58 2 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 2702 1855 6 0 841 57 Brazoria TX PMSA 158 156 2 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 75 73 2 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 2469 1626 2 0 841 57 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 8 2 0 0 6 1 Huntsville AL MSA* 289 92 0 0 197 14 Indianapolis IN MSA 1554 1052 42 3 457 34 Iowa City IA MSA* 34 30 0 4 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Jackson MS MSA* 214 214 0 0 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 65 65 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 607 595 0 0 12 1 Jacksonville NC MSA* 49 49 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 50 17 4 0 29 4 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 128 113 2 0 13 2 Johnstown PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 46 46 0 0 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 95 85 2 3 5 1 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1181 701 48 4 428 18 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 94 82 8 4 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 347 292 10 0 45 3 Kokomo IN MSA* 56 12 4 0 40 5 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 51 28 8 3 12 1 Lafayette LA MSA* 118 118 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 144 58 24 0 62 10 Lake Charles LA MSA* 97 61 10 0 26 3 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 234 226 0 0 8 1 Lancaster PA MSA* 99 76 0 23 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 107 85 2 0 20 1 Laredo TX MSA* 107 96 2 0 9 1 Las Cruces NM MSA* 89 73 2 3 11 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2591 1796 26 141 628 55 Lawrence KS MSA* 160 37 20 12 91 7 Lawton OK MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 336 222 14 0 100 11 Lima OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 202 81 4 0 117 4 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 239 154 4 0 81 12 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 16 12 4 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3355 2679 36 80 560 37 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 951 646 26 28 251 15 Orange County CA PMSA 831 635 2 12 182 10 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1376 1209 0 40 127 12 Ventura CA PMSA 197 189 8 0 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 525 449 8 14 54 6 Lubbock TX MSA* 58 54 4 0 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 105 91 6 8 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 112 112 0 0 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 184 89 8 15 72 3 Mansfield OH MSA* 65 31 2 0 32 3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 440 342 12 39 47 7 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 88 70 6 7 5 1 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 290 262 2 3 23 3 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 637 577 48 6 6 1 Merced CA MSA* 82 76 0 0 6 1 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1235 926 6 12 291 20 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 649 584 0 12 53 8 Miami FL PMSA 586 342 6 0 238 12 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 502 320 32 23 127 13 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 446 276 30 23 117 11 Racine WI PMSA 56 44 2 0 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1503 1210 42 41 210 17 Mobile AL MSA* 313 264 0 11 38 4 Modesto CA MSA* 164 159 0 0 5 1 Monroe LA MSA* 45 38 0 7 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 107 105 2 0 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 16 16 0 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 518 146 6 4 362 21 Naples FL MSA* 558 251 2 72 233 21 Nashville TN MSA 1095 753 18 0 324 14 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 186 184 2 0 0 0 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3276 2414 248 79 535 35 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 116 100 8 3 5 1 Bridgeport CT PMSA 66 64 2 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 95 56 2 6 31 6 Dutchess County NY PMSA 66 57 2 0 7 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 26 11 12 3 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 559 453 2 8 96 8 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 373 366 2 0 5 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 422 378 0 0 44 4 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 79 79 0 0 0 0 New York NY PMSA 843 288 192 56 307 8 Newark NJ PMSA 307 288 14 0 5 1 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 155 122 2 3 28 4 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 42 32 10 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 77 70 0 0 7 1 Waterbury CT PMSA 50 50 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 656 515 16 19 106 17 Ocala FL MSA* 192 186 0 6 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 390 273 2 8 107 8 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 600 261 10 0 329 12 Orlando FL MSA 1707 1220 18 13 456 22 Owensboro KY MSA* 47 29 2 0 16 2 Panama City FL MSA* 474 64 2 0 408 37 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 18 11 2 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 228 228 0 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 98 68 2 0 28 2 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1562 1302 28 3 229 20 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 94 78 16 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1211 978 12 3 218 18 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 23 17 0 0 6 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 234 229 0 0 5 1 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3867 2867 10 11 979 58 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 11 6 0 0 5 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 821 370 4 14 433 22 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 11 7 4 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 116 114 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1627 1045 92 54 436 39 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1351 901 70 54 326 28 Salem OR PMSA 276 144 22 0 110 11 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 260 231 10 0 19 3 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 257 222 14 6 15 3 Pueblo CO MSA* 85 79 2 4 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 91 91 0 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1515 967 24 9 515 32 Rapid City SD MSA* 35 27 0 0 8 1 Reading PA MSA* 71 59 2 0 10 2 Redding CA MSA* 64 64 0 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 238 234 0 4 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 47 47 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 580 495 0 0 85 1 Roanoke VA MSA* 66 60 0 0 6 1 Rochester MN MSA* 91 51 16 24 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 154 114 0 40 0 0 Rockford IL MSA* 167 107 2 52 6 1 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 42 40 2 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 817 695 2 0 120 15 Sacramento CA PMSA 785 663 2 0 120 15 Yolo CA PMSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 39 35 4 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 82 46 0 3 33 3 St. Joseph MO MSA* 26 11 4 3 8 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 972 798 28 14 132 7 Salinas CA MSA* 383 181 2 0 200 22 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 910 732 12 18 148 7 San Angelo TX MSA* 21 19 2 0 0 0 San Antonio TX MSA* 504 472 4 0 28 5 San Diego CA MSA 967 662 28 0 277 12 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2603 1688 66 61 788 43 Oakland CA PMSA 1157 701 6 0 450 19 San Francisco CA PMSA 227 93 26 4 104 5 San Jose CA PMSA 547 339 24 9 175 8 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 79 54 4 21 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 212 206 6 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 381 295 0 27 59 11 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 102 95 0 0 7 1 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 63 42 2 3 16 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 32 32 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 533 394 6 8 125 9 Savannah GA MSA* 115 110 0 0 5 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 41 41 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2828 1434 96 173 1125 35 Bremerton WA PMSA 157 139 6 0 12 1 Olympia WA PMSA 113 110 0 3 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 2058 874 56 166 962 24 Tacoma WA PMSA 500 311 34 4 151 10 Sharon PA MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 100 78 0 0 22 2 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 105 13 4 0 88 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 137 124 2 4 7 1 South Bend IN MSA* 84 84 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 104 102 2 0 0 0 Springfield IL MSA* 66 50 16 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 211 123 8 4 76 6 Springfield MA MSA* 90 62 4 0 24 4 State College PA MSA* 20 18 2 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 206 206 0 0 0 0 Sumter SC MSA* 34 31 0 3 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 47 45 2 0 0 0 Tallahassee FL MSA* 69 51 8 0 10 1 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1384 876 22 46 440 36 Terre Haute IN MSA* 41 29 6 0 6 1 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 169 133 14 11 11 2 Topeka KS MSA* 54 50 4 0 0 0 Tucson AZ MSA* 407 361 2 3 41 1 Tulsa OK MSA* 277 213 12 0 52 4 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 34 34 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 132 22 0 0 110 1 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 17 17 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 81 81 0 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 197 21 4 0 172 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 4067 2771 2 12 1282 83 Baltimore MD PMSA 885 809 0 0 76 7 Hagerstown MD PMSA 77 77 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3105 1885 2 12 1206 76 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 72 12 0 0 60 5 Wausau WI MSA* 42 34 8 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 902 528 6 143 225 20 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 50 1 0 44 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 184 170 14 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 526 200 0 8 318 18 Yakima WA MSA* 41 30 8 3 0 0 York PA MSA* 128 92 12 16 8 1 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 148 95 20 28 5 1 Yuba City CA MSA* 33 33 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 58 55 0 3 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.