Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area December 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* 30 17 0 3 10 1 Albany GA MSA* 38 30 8 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY MSA* 115 109 2 4 0 0 Albuquerque NM MSA* 481 334 0 8 139 17 Alexandria LA MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA MSA* 148 91 0 0 57 1 Altoona PA MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Amarillo TX MSA* 29 29 0 0 0 0 Anchorage AK MSA* 27 23 0 4 0 0 Anniston AL MSA* 20 13 0 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI MSA* 110 62 16 10 22 2 Asheville NC MSA* 99 50 14 29 6 1 Athens GA MSA* 38 36 2 0 0 0 Atlanta GA MSA 3516 2881 14 0 621 33 Augusta-Aiken GA-SC MSA* 189 189 0 0 0 0 Austin-San Marcos TX MSA* 940 562 2 4 372 18 Bakersfield CA MSA* 216 210 0 6 0 0 Bangor ME MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth MA MSA* 108 103 2 3 0 0 Baton Rouge LA MSA* 91 91 0 0 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur TX MSA* 35 35 0 0 0 0 Bellingham WA MSA* 129 63 0 4 62 2 Benton Harbor MI MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Billings MT MSA* 10 10 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula MS MSA* 206 116 0 8 82 1 Binghamton NY MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Birmingham AL MSA* 246 238 0 3 5 1 Bismarck ND MSA* 9 9 0 0 0 0 Bloomington IN MSA* 20 20 0 0 0 0 Bloomington-Normal IL MSA* 111 44 4 4 59 1 Boise City ID MSA* 319 313 0 0 6 1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1289 1120 34 24 111 10 Boston MA-NH PMSA 576 477 24 16 59 5 Brockton MA PMSA 58 58 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMSA 45 28 0 0 17 1 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 95 93 2 0 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 78 76 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 70 52 2 4 12 1 Nashua NH PMSA 82 65 0 4 13 1 New Bedford MA PMSA 44 42 2 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 85 80 0 0 5 1 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 156 149 2 0 5 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito TX MSA* 88 70 2 0 16 2 Bryan-College Station TX MSA* 58 33 4 0 21 1 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY MSA* 438 88 2 0 348 2 Burlington VT MSA* 57 46 0 0 11 2 Canton-Massillon OH MSA* 77 64 8 0 5 1 Casper WY MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids IA MSA* 52 39 4 3 6 1 Champaign-Urbana IL MSA* 28 19 0 0 9 1 Charleston-North Charleston SC MSA* 218 218 0 0 0 0 Charleston WV MSA* 19 17 2 0 0 0 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 2097 858 6 28 1205 64 Charlottesville VA MSA* 83 59 6 6 12 1 Chattanooga TN-GA MSA* 154 126 24 4 0 0 Cheyenne WY MSA* 12 12 0 0 0 0 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 2369 1696 100 127 446 39 Chicago IL PMSA 2084 1511 80 99 394 35 Gary IN PMSA 199 137 18 4 40 3 Kankakee IL PMSA 36 12 0 24 0 0 Kenosha WI PMSA 50 36 2 0 12 1 Chico-Paradise CA MSA* 43 43 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 921 644 10 9 258 26 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 769 537 6 9 217 19 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 152 107 4 0 41 7 Clarksville-Hopkinsville TN- KY MSA* 100 74 2 0 24 4 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 665 490 32 53 90 7 Akron OH PMSA 238 157 20 38 23 2 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 427 333 12 15 67 5 Colorado Springs CO MSA* 249 249 0 0 0 0 Columbia MO MSA* 107 53 36 0 18 2 Columbia SC MSA* 461 233 0 0 228 29 Columbus GA-AL MSA* 120 72 0 0 48 1 Columbus OH MSA 797 449 34 96 218 17 Corpus Christi TX MSA* 115 74 0 0 41 2 Cumberland MD-WV MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 3578 1951 12 0 1615 98 Dallas TX PMSA 3019 1458 0 0 1561 96 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA 559 493 12 0 54 2 Danville VA MSA* 25 20 0 0 5 1 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA* 52 34 2 0 16 2 Dayton-Springfield OH MSA* 171 127 2 37 5 1 Daytona Beach FL MSA* 354 345 0 0 9 1 Decatur Al MSA* 31 26 0 0 5 1 Decatur IL MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2137 1413 22 50 652 57 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 432 223 2 22 185 25 Denver CO PMSA 1494 998 20 24 452 29 Greeley CO PMSA 211 192 0 4 15 3 Des Moines IA MSA* 138 98 8 0 32 2 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 1693 1292 30 38 333 28 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 266 255 0 0 11 2 Detroit MI PMSA 1318 958 24 38 298 22 Flint MI PMSA 109 79 6 0 24 4 Dothan AL MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Dover DE MSA* 56 36 0 0 20 1 Dubuque IA MSA* 75 6 0 3 66 3 Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA* 20 18 2 0 0 0 Eau Claire WI MSA* 34 20 14 0 0 0 El Paso TX MSA* 242 155 6 0 81 5 Elkhart-Goshen IN MSA* 69 59 2 8 0 0 Elmira NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Enid OK MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Erie PA MSA* 66 23 4 0 39 6 Eugene-Springfield OR MSA* 98 91 4 3 0 0 Evansville-Henderson IN-KY MSA* 88 74 4 0 10 1 Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA* 99 7 4 0 88 3 Fayetteville NC MSA* 62 62 0 0 0 0 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers AR MSA* 209 93 4 0 112 9 Flagstaff AZ-UT MSA* 112 40 2 0 70 5 Florence AL MSA* 8 8 0 0 0 0 Florence SC MSA* 53 41 2 0 10 2 Fort Collins-Loveland CO MSA* 254 168 0 3 83 14 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL MSA* 496 303 26 47 120 10 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie FL MSA* 252 162 40 0 50 5 Fort Smith AR-OK MSA* 32 28 4 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach FL MSA* 74 74 0 0 0 0 Fort Wayne IN MSA* 155 148 2 0 5 1 Fresno CA MSA 226 197 2 9 18 2 Gadsden AL MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Gainesville FL MSA* 85 85 0 0 0 0 Glens Falls NY MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Goldsboro NC MSA* 38 30 0 3 5 1 Grand Forks ND-MN MSA* 11 6 0 0 5 1 Grand Junction CO MSA* 71 71 0 0 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 436 358 10 3 65 6 Great Falls MT MSA* 16 5 0 3 8 1 Green Bay WI MSA* 86 33 10 3 40 4 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 526 477 22 9 18 1 Greenville NC MSA* 75 65 2 0 8 1 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson SC MSA* 435 328 90 11 6 1 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle PA MSA* 97 91 0 0 6 1 Hartford CT MSA* 209 209 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg MS MSA* 12 4 0 0 8 1 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir NC MSA* 156 98 2 0 56 6 Honolulu HI MSA 64 44 4 16 0 0 Houma LA MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 1790 1551 16 0 223 8 Brazoria TX PMSA 124 124 0 0 0 0 Galveston-Texas City TX PMSA 84 84 0 0 0 0 Houston TX PMSA 1582 1343 16 0 223 8 Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Huntsville AL MSA* 112 72 0 0 40 1 Indianapolis IN MSA 843 748 18 3 74 3 Iowa City IA MSA* 29 21 2 6 0 0 Jackson MI MSA* 91 5 0 0 86 2 Jackson MS MSA* 121 121 0 0 0 0 Jackson TN MSA* 40 40 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 503 499 4 0 0 0 Jacksonville NC MSA* 44 44 0 0 0 0 Jamestown NY MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit WI MSA* 27 17 2 3 5 1 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol TN-VA MSA* 67 65 2 0 0 0 Johnstown PA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro AR MSA* 40 34 2 4 0 0 Joplin MO MSA* 7 5 2 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek MI MSA* 89 64 2 13 10 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 785 650 24 6 105 5 Killeen-Temple TX MSA* 102 58 8 36 0 0 Knoxville TN MSA* 214 156 8 4 46 4 Kokomo IN MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 La Crosse WI-MN MSA* 18 16 2 0 0 0 Lafayette LA MSA* 95 95 0 0 0 0 Lafayette IN MSA* 153 63 12 12 66 5 Lake Charles LA MSA* 68 42 10 0 16 2 Lakeland-Winter Haven FL MSA* 245 235 2 0 8 1 Lancaster PA MSA* 85 76 0 4 5 1 Lansing-East Lansing MI MSA* 90 54 0 0 36 4 Laredo TX MSA* 95 82 0 4 9 1 Las Cruces NM MSA* 51 51 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2085 1510 10 8 557 52 Lawrence KS MSA* 35 26 2 0 7 1 Lawton OK MSA* 6 6 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn ME MSA* 5 5 0 0 0 0 Lexington KY MSA* 277 167 4 4 102 7 Lima OH MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Lincoln NE MSA* 174 61 6 3 104 3 Little Rock-North Little Rock AR MSA* 149 127 2 20 0 0 Longview-Marshall TX MSA* 12 8 4 0 0 0 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3325 2125 40 105 1055 58 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 734 452 20 10 252 16 Orange County CA PMSA 1330 480 8 63 779 39 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1043 1003 8 8 24 3 Ventura CA PMSA 218 190 4 24 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 426 357 6 0 63 6 Lubbock TX MSA* 253 43 2 208 0 0 Lynchburg VA MSA* 74 68 6 0 0 0 Macon GA MSA* 85 81 0 4 0 0 Madison WI MSA* 271 85 34 19 133 9 Mansfield OH MSA* 13 9 4 0 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX MSA* 397 269 18 57 53 8 Medford-Ashland OR MSA* 95 85 2 8 0 0 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL MSA* 235 228 2 0 5 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 1008 456 0 0 552 49 Merced CA MSA* 67 67 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1429 973 38 8 410 24 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 684 618 4 0 62 7 Miami FL PMSA 745 355 34 8 348 17 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 587 249 40 24 274 21 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 536 219 38 12 267 20 Racine WI PMSA 51 30 2 12 7 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1261 997 16 52 196 18 Mobile AL MSA* 325 220 10 0 95 5 Modesto CA MSA* 173 112 0 0 61 8 Monroe LA MSA* 37 28 2 7 0 0 Montgomery AL MSA* 59 55 0 4 0 0 Muncie IN MSA* 14 12 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach SC MSA* 219 153 0 8 58 4 Naples FL MSA* 334 193 2 20 119 14 Nashville TN MSA 902 663 16 8 215 10 New London-Norwich CT-RI MSA* 56 56 0 0 0 0 New Orleans LA MSA* 261 250 6 0 5 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 4005 2277 286 130 1312 53 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 457 85 10 6 356 8 Bridgeport CT PMSA 72 70 2 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 102 80 0 3 19 3 Dutchess County NY PMSA 69 60 0 3 6 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 37 23 14 0 0 0 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 374 324 2 0 48 5 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 471 463 0 0 8 1 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 434 315 6 0 113 6 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 86 62 0 0 24 3 New York NY PMSA 1228 305 230 76 617 21 Newark NJ PMSA 373 221 14 42 96 3 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 156 125 6 0 25 2 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 31 29 2 0 0 0 Trenton NJ PMSA 83 83 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 613 481 0 0 132 9 Ocala FL MSA* 271 271 0 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland TX MSA* 21 21 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City OK MSA* 242 240 2 0 0 0 Omaha NE-IA MSA* 431 224 2 0 205 6 Orlando FL MSA 1228 992 2 3 231 17 Owensboro KY MSA* 30 30 0 0 0 0 Panama City FL MSA* 77 71 6 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta WV-OH MSA* 12 7 0 0 5 1 Pensacola FL MSA* 151 151 0 0 0 0 Peoria-Pekin IL MSA* 57 41 0 0 16 1 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1538 1382 62 4 90 13 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 205 103 52 4 46 7 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1022 989 10 0 23 3 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 86 86 0 0 0 0 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA 225 204 0 0 21 3 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 4314 2411 8 11 1884 157 Pine Bluff AR MSA* 14 12 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh PA MSA 396 328 4 19 45 5 Pittsfield MA MSA* 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello ID MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Portland ME MSA* 78 76 2 0 0 0 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1960 1000 40 40 880 58 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1784 861 32 37 854 55 Salem OR PMSA 176 139 8 3 26 3 Providence-Fall River- Warwick RI-MA MSA* 226 194 10 6 16 3 Provo-Orem UT MSA* 119 109 10 0 0 0 Pueblo CO MSA* 62 60 2 0 0 0 Punta Gorda FL MSA* 96 94 2 0 0 0 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1214 909 16 9 280 25 Rapid City SD MSA* 82 21 0 0 61 1 Reading PA MSA* 78 78 0 0 0 0 Redding CA MSA* 30 28 2 0 0 0 Reno NV MSA* 462 188 0 6 268 14 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA MSA* 49 49 0 0 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 492 430 0 0 62 6 Roanoke VA MSA* 187 32 4 0 151 19 Rochester MN MSA* 64 50 6 8 0 0 Rochester NY MSA* 129 100 0 7 22 1 Rockford IL MSA* 137 58 2 8 69 6 Rocky Mount NC MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 1098 645 0 0 453 44 Sacramento CA PMSA 1053 600 0 0 453 44 Yolo CA PMSA 45 45 0 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland MI MSA* 23 19 4 0 0 0 St. Cloud MN MSA* 59 29 0 0 30 2 St. Joseph MO MSA* 18 9 2 0 7 1 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 690 607 24 19 40 5 Salinas CA MSA* 211 156 8 16 31 5 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 778 533 6 18 221 36 San Angelo TX MSA* 57 9 0 0 48 3 San Antonio TX MSA* 1435 485 10 0 940 53 San Diego CA MSA 761 698 10 12 41 5 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2274 1046 48 47 1133 44 Oakland CA PMSA 967 563 14 27 363 12 San Francisco CA PMSA 198 78 4 4 112 2 San Jose CA PMSA 868 170 24 16 658 30 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 14 12 2 0 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 89 85 4 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 138 138 0 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles CA MSA* 141 86 0 0 55 11 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc CA MSA* 81 45 0 3 33 1 Santa Fe NM MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Sarasota-Bradenton FL MSA* 725 361 2 4 358 16 Savannah GA MSA* 127 95 12 15 5 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton PA MSA* 25 25 0 0 0 0 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 1788 1180 160 54 394 30 Bremerton WA PMSA 61 61 0 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 97 93 4 0 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1298 762 126 40 370 28 Tacoma WA PMSA 332 264 30 14 24 2 Sharon PA MSA* 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sheboygan WI MSA* 7 5 2 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison TX MSA* 17 5 12 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City LA MSA* 58 58 0 0 0 0 Sioux City IA-NE MSA* 34 10 0 0 24 1 Sioux Falls SD MSA* 47 47 0 0 0 0 South Bend IN MSA* 57 57 0 0 0 0 Spokane WA MSA* 330 114 8 3 205 13 Springfield IL MSA* 34 30 4 0 0 0 Springfield MO MSA* 143 124 8 3 8 1 Springfield MA MSA* 50 42 4 4 0 0 State College PA MSA* 15 15 0 0 0 0 Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV MSA* 3 3 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi CA MSA* 257 172 2 4 79 8 Sumter SC MSA* 27 27 0 0 0 0 Syracuse NY MSA* 45 31 0 0 14 1 Tallahassee FL MSA* 435 80 4 0 351 24 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1246 797 10 24 415 22 Terre Haute IN MSA* 13 13 0 0 0 0 Texarkana TX-Texarkana AR MSA* 11 11 0 0 0 0 Toledo OH MSA* 122 90 0 0 32 2 Topeka KS MSA* 68 28 4 0 36 2 Tucson AZ MSA* 602 345 0 4 253 22 Tulsa OK MSA* 238 186 4 0 48 1 Tuscaloosa AL MSA* 24 24 0 0 0 0 Tyler TX MSA* 19 19 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome NY MSA* 2 2 0 0 0 0 Victoria TX MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville CA MSA* 81 73 8 0 0 0 Waco TX MSA* 28 17 8 3 0 0 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 3560 2488 14 11 1047 61 Baltimore MD PMSA 716 540 0 4 172 21 Hagerstown MD PMSA 29 29 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 2815 1919 14 7 875 40 Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA MSA* 4 4 0 0 0 0 Wausau WI MSA* 28 22 6 0 0 0 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 906 455 10 8 433 35 Wheeling WV-OH MSA* 6 1 0 0 5 1 Wichita KS MSA* 417 179 2 0 236 25 Wichita Falls TX MSA* 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington NC MSA* 381 178 18 8 177 14 Yakima WA MSA* 18 18 0 0 0 0 York PA MSA* 100 72 16 12 0 0 Youngstown-Warren OH MSA* 148 89 16 43 0 0 Yuba City CA MSA* 26 26 0 0 0 0 Yuma AZ MSA* 56 56 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.