Table 3u. New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by Metropolitan Area May 1998 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 Albany* GA MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Albany-Schenectady-Troy* NY MSA 311 132 0 13 166 2 Albuquerque* NM MSA 532 527 0 0 5 1 Alexandria* LA MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton* PA MSA 156 149 0 7 0 0 Altoona* PA MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Amarillo* TX MSA 32 32 0 0 0 0 Anchorage* AK MSA 166 114 0 4 48 1 Anniston* AL MSA 26 15 4 0 7 1 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah* WI MSA 211 171 28 0 12 1 Asheville* NC MSA 131 93 6 16 16 2 Athens* GA MSA 277 77 0 0 200 9 Atlanta GA MSA 4891 3635 14 40 1202 64 Augusta-Aiken* GA-SC MSA 206 182 2 0 22 2 Austin-San Marcos* TX MSA 750 750 0 0 0 0 Bakersfield* CA MSA 288 202 34 52 0 0 Bangor* ME MSA 15 15 0 0 0 0 Barnstable-Yarmouth* MA MSA 108 108 0 0 0 0 Baton Rouge* LA MSA 102 97 2 3 0 0 Beaumont-Port Arthur* TX MSA 63 63 0 0 0 0 Bellingham* WA MSA 113 87 4 3 19 2 Benton Harbor* MI MSA 9 9 0 0 0 0 Billings* MT MSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula* MS MSA 179 177 2 0 0 0 Binghamton* NY MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Birmingham* AL MSA 532 451 0 3 78 2 Bismarck* ND MSA 77 71 2 4 0 0 Bloomington* IN MSA 84 36 0 0 48 4 Bloomington-Normal* IL MSA 47 42 0 0 5 1 Boise City* ID MSA 410 400 10 0 0 0 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1447 1337 24 23 63 5 Boston MA-NH PMSA 647 581 12 16 38 3 Brockton MA PMSA 82 82 0 0 0 0 Fitchburg-Leominster MA PMS 35 35 0 0 0 0 Lawrence MA-NH PMSA 118 114 0 4 0 0 Lowell MA-NH PMSA 79 77 2 0 0 0 Manchester NH PMSA 101 79 2 0 20 1 Nashua NH PMSA 78 76 2 0 0 0 New Bedford MA PMSA 42 42 0 0 0 0 Portsmouth-Rochester NH-ME PMSA 108 101 4 3 0 0 Worcester MA-CT PMSA 157 150 2 0 5 1 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito* TX MSA 203 144 2 40 17 2 Bryan-College Station* TX MSA 119 75 32 0 12 1 Buffalo-Niagara Falls* NY MSA 159 137 0 0 22 2 Burlington* VT MSA 67 59 2 0 6 1 Canton-Massillon* OH MSA 113 93 6 3 11 2 Casper* WY MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Cedar Rapids* IA MSA 89 64 14 11 0 0 Champaign-Urbana* IL MSA 53 37 0 0 16 1 Charleston-North Charleston* SC MSA 305 258 0 12 35 3 Charleston* WV MSA 53 32 2 0 19 2 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA 1750 1423 18 40 269 20 Charlottesville* VA MSA 108 103 0 0 5 1 Chattanooga* TN-GA MSA 228 214 14 0 0 0 Cheyenne* WY MSA 36 24 0 0 12 1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN- WI CMSA 3600 2740 54 106 700 46 Chicago IL PMSA 3121 2419 32 98 572 37 Gary IN PMSA 250 212 16 0 22 3 Kankakee IL PMSA 76 43 2 8 23 2 Kenosha WI PMSA 153 66 4 0 83 4 Chico-Paradise* CA MSA 83 83 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY- IN CMSA 1197 925 24 26 222 28 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA 960 717 16 15 212 26 Hamilton-Middletown OH PMSA 237 208 8 11 10 2 Clarksville-Hopkinsville* TN-KY MSA 102 86 0 0 16 2 Cleveland-Akron OH CMSA 1113 845 26 24 218 13 Akron OH PMSA 346 222 8 18 98 8 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria OH PMSA 767 623 18 6 120 5 Colorado Springs* CO MSA 384 376 2 0 6 1 Columbia* MO MSA 139 133 6 0 0 0 Columbia* SC MSA 382 308 8 0 66 3 Columbus* GA-AL MSA 99 99 0 0 0 0 Columbus OH MSA 1073 728 32 112 201 19 Corpus Christi* TX MSA 291 103 4 4 180 1 Cumberland* MD-WV MSA 24 18 0 0 6 1 Dallas-Fort Worth TX CMSA 4958 2986 32 24 1916 93 Dallas TX PMSA 3699 2193 24 24 1458 68 Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMS 1259 793 8 0 458 25 Danville* VA MSA 33 30 0 3 0 0 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island* IA-IL MSA 85 61 0 0 24 2 Dayton-Springfield* OH MSA 222 170 0 4 48 7 Daytona Beach* FL MSA 434 423 0 4 7 1 Decatur* Al MSA 45 37 0 8 0 0 Decatur* IL MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Denver-Boulder-Greeley CO CMSA 2083 1683 36 30 334 32 Boulder-Longmont CO PMSA 337 208 4 0 125 9 Denver CO PMSA 1471 1218 22 22 209 23 Greeley CO PMSA 275 257 10 8 0 0 Des Moines* IA MSA 372 228 4 28 112 5 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI CMSA 2573 2205 10 26 332 36 Ann Arbor MI PMSA 461 416 0 0 45 6 Detroit MI PMSA 1925 1625 4 14 282 29 Flint MI PMSA 187 164 6 12 5 1 Dothan* AL MSA 34 34 0 0 0 0 Dover* DE MSA 59 59 0 0 0 0 Dubuque* IA MSA 28 23 0 0 5 1 Duluth-Superior* MN-WI MSA 72 63 0 4 5 1 Eau Claire* WI MSA 87 58 6 23 0 0 El Paso* TX MSA 255 219 4 4 28 1 Elkhart-Goshen* IN MSA 95 79 0 16 0 0 Elmira* NY MSA 8 5 0 3 0 0 Enid* OK MSA 3 3 0 0 0 0 Erie* PA MSA 27 27 0 0 0 0 Eugene-Springfield* OR MSA 117 98 12 0 7 1 Evansville-Henderson* IN-KY MSA 122 122 0 0 0 0 Fargo-Moorhead* ND-MN MSA 88 44 40 4 0 0 Fayetteville* NC MSA 124 98 2 0 24 1 Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers* AR MSA 173 151 12 0 10 1 Flagstaff* AZ-UT MSA 60 50 2 0 8 1 Florence* AL MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Florence* SC MSA 54 44 0 0 10 2 Fort Collins-Loveland* CO MSA 253 225 0 20 8 1 Fort Myers-Cape Coral* FL MSA 795 246 18 35 496 32 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie* FL MSA 389 199 14 0 176 11 Fort Smith* AR-OK MSA 52 44 8 0 0 0 Fort Walton Beach* FL MSA 158 131 0 0 27 2 Fort Wayne* IN MSA 313 271 0 0 42 3 Fresno CA MSA 347 339 8 0 0 0 Gadsden* AL MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Gainesville* FL MSA 89 71 0 3 15 1 Glens Falls* NY MSA 34 29 0 0 5 1 Goldsboro* NC MSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Grand Forks* ND-MN MSA 30 30 0 0 0 0 Grand Junction* CO MSA 121 95 10 16 0 0 Grand Rapids-Muskegon- Holland MI MSA 687 540 20 12 115 10 Great Falls* MT MSA 16 11 0 0 5 1 Green Bay* WI MSA 117 98 6 0 13 2 Greensboro--Winston-Salem-- High Point NC MSA 723 635 4 0 84 10 Greenville* NC MSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Greenville-Spartanburg- Anderson* SC MSA 514 489 16 9 0 0 Harrisburg-Lebanon- Carlisle* PA MSA 115 109 2 4 0 0 Hartford* CT MSA 456 317 24 0 115 6 Hattiesburg* MS MSA 11 11 0 0 0 0 Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir* NC MSA 240 162 6 3 69 9 Honolulu HI MSA 152 136 0 16 0 0 Houma* LA MSA 56 56 0 0 0 0 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX CMSA 4634 2272 14 257 2091 95 Brazoria TX PMSA 434 198 0 0 236 1 Galveston-Texas City TX PMS 458 130 0 0 328 1 Houston TX PMSA 3742 1944 14 257 1527 93 Huntington-Ashland* WV-KY- OH MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Huntsville* AL MSA 126 126 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis IN MSA 1797 1133 8 7 649 38 Iowa City* IA MSA 52 42 2 8 0 0 Jackson* MI MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Jackson* MS MSA 244 238 0 0 6 1 Jackson* TN MSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville FL MSA 816 761 4 0 51 3 Jacksonville* NC MSA 91 57 2 32 0 0 Jamestown* NY MSA 1 1 0 0 0 0 Janesville-Beloit* WI MSA 41 29 12 0 0 0 Johnson City-Kingsport- Bristol* TN-VA MSA 108 101 2 0 5 1 Johnstown* PA MSA 5 5 0 0 0 0 Jonesboro* AR MSA 36 36 0 0 0 0 Joplin* MO MSA 25 23 2 0 0 0 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek* MI MSA 122 99 4 9 10 2 Kansas City MO-KS MSA 1610 967 68 147 428 31 Killeen-Temple* TX MSA 171 117 10 12 32 2 Knoxville* TN MSA 408 293 10 33 72 5 Kokomo* IN MSA 28 24 4 0 0 0 La Crosse* WI-MN MSA 37 34 0 3 0 0 Lafayette* LA MSA 108 108 0 0 0 0 Lafayette* IN MSA 74 74 0 0 0 0 Lake Charles* LA MSA 132 82 0 0 50 2 Lakeland-Winter Haven* FL MSA 215 215 0 0 0 0 Lancaster* PA MSA 71 71 0 0 0 0 Lansing-East Lansing* MI MSA 146 114 0 0 32 4 Laredo* TX MSA 141 118 0 4 19 2 Las Cruces* NM MSA 74 64 2 3 5 1 Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA 2872 1439 6 48 1379 107 Lawrence* KS MSA 62 48 6 3 5 1 Lawton* OK MSA 16 16 0 0 0 0 Lewiston-Auburn* ME MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Lexington* KY MSA 302 290 4 0 8 1 Lima* OH MSA 4 4 0 0 0 0 Lincoln* NE MSA 216 120 6 0 90 6 Little Rock-North Little Rock* AR MSA 538 198 6 60 274 29 Longview-Marshall* TX MSA 36 15 2 0 19 1 Los Angeles-Riverside- Orange County CA CMSA 3442 2789 30 67 556 50 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA 716 485 24 41 166 24 Orange County CA PMSA 1047 821 6 19 201 13 Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA 1480 1291 0 0 189 13 Ventura CA PMSA 199 192 0 7 0 0 Louisville KY-IN MSA 942 746 4 10 182 13 Lubbock* TX MSA 40 40 0 0 0 0 Lynchburg* VA MSA 95 93 2 0 0 0 Macon* GA MSA 128 128 0 0 0 0 Madison* WI MSA 295 139 8 11 137 6 Mansfield* OH MSA 44 34 6 4 0 0 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission* TX MSA 531 436 10 42 43 6 Medford-Ashland* OR MSA 150 106 8 0 36 5 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay* FL MSA 298 281 8 4 5 1 Memphis TN-AR-MS MSA 773 653 2 0 118 7 Merced* CA MSA 104 104 0 0 0 0 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL CMSA 1634 1141 10 68 415 36 Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA 876 717 4 52 103 12 Miami FL PMSA 758 424 6 16 312 24 Milwaukee-Racine WI CMSA 881 437 60 15 369 27 Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA 805 377 54 15 359 25 Racine WI PMSA 76 60 6 0 10 2 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI MSA 1832 1586 26 56 164 22 Mobile* AL MSA 448 284 12 0 152 6 Modesto* CA MSA 133 125 8 0 0 0 Monroe* LA MSA 48 46 2 0 0 0 Montgomery* AL MSA 108 104 0 4 0 0 Muncie* IN MSA 18 16 2 0 0 0 Myrtle Beach* SC MSA 461 173 4 28 256 23 Naples* FL MSA 467 202 2 58 205 19 Nashville TN MSA 1156 969 10 0 177 7 New London-Norwich* CT-RI MSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 New Orleans* LA MSA 363 302 6 30 25 5 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ- CT-PA CMSA 3645 2586 274 50 735 38 Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA 111 97 6 3 5 1 Bridgeport CT PMSA 115 93 22 0 0 0 Danbury CT PMSA 128 72 0 0 56 2 Dutchess County NY PMSA 78 68 2 3 5 1 Jersey City NJ PMSA 259 58 6 0 195 2 Middlesex-Somerset- Hunterdon NJ PMSA 526 406 0 0 120 14 Monmouth-Ocean NJ PMSA 410 408 2 0 0 0 Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA 469 425 6 0 38 5 New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA 113 108 0 0 5 1 New York NY PMSA 773 254 180 40 299 11 Newark NJ PMSA 318 282 32 4 0 0 Newburgh NY-PA PMSA 160 154 6 0 0 0 Stamford-Norwalk CT PMSA 47 27 8 0 12 1 Trenton NJ PMSA 68 68 0 0 0 0 Waterbury CT PMSA 70 66 4 0 0 0 Norfolk-Virginia Beach- Newport News VA-NC MSA 574 544 2 4 24 3 Ocala* FL MSA 194 194 0 0 0 0 Odessa-Midland* TX MSA 38 38 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma City* OK MSA 408 388 20 0 0 0 Omaha* NE-IA MSA 350 320 8 0 22 1 Orlando FL MSA 1693 1242 4 3 444 31 Owensboro* KY MSA 37 37 0 0 0 0 Panama City* FL MSA 80 74 6 0 0 0 Parkersburg-Marietta* WV-OH MSA 20 13 2 0 5 1 Pensacola* FL MSA 425 213 0 12 200 25 Peoria-Pekin* IL MSA 96 88 8 0 0 0 Philadelphia-Wilmington- Atlantic City PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1852 1637 6 3 206 25 Atlantic-Cape May NJ PMSA 140 140 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA 1309 1221 6 3 79 10 Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton NJ PMSA 26 21 0 0 5 1 Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMS 377 255 0 0 122 14 Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA 3222 3052 2 27 141 10 Pine Bluff* AR MSA 20 9 2 0 9 1 Pittsburgh PA MSA 521 450 6 33 32 3 Pittsfield* MA MSA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pocatello* ID MSA 34 9 0 0 25 5 Portland* ME MSA 137 123 6 3 5 1 Portland-Salem OR-WA CMSA 1884 1169 70 76 569 40 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA 1607 1026 42 66 473 29 Salem OR PMSA 277 143 28 10 96 11 Providence-Fall River- Warwick* RI-MA MSA 214 212 2 0 0 0 Provo-Orem* UT MSA 273 225 20 8 20 2 Pueblo* CO MSA 114 92 14 8 0 0 Punta Gorda* FL MSA 138 115 0 0 23 2 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA 1499 1180 4 3 312 32 Rapid City* SD MSA 33 27 0 0 6 1 Reading* PA MSA 69 59 0 0 10 2 Redding* CA MSA 50 46 0 4 0 0 Reno* NV MSA 286 286 0 0 0 0 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco* WA MSA 70 67 0 3 0 0 Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA 489 489 0 0 0 0 Roanoke* VA MSA 70 62 2 0 6 1 Rochester* MN MSA 87 69 8 10 0 0 Rochester* NY MSA 213 173 2 6 32 2 Rockford* IL MSA 178 150 4 24 0 0 Rocky Mount* NC MSA 47 47 0 0 0 0 Sacramento-Yolo CA CMSA 855 829 2 0 24 3 Sacramento CA PMSA 747 723 0 0 24 3 Yolo CA PMSA 108 106 2 0 0 0 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland* MI MSA 49 36 2 3 8 1 St. Cloud* MN MSA 77 51 0 0 26 2 St. Joseph* MO MSA 18 9 0 9 0 0 St. Louis MO-IL MSA 1130 1043 52 8 27 5 Salinas* CA MSA 87 87 0 0 0 0 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT MSA 863 714 8 34 107 12 San Angelo* TX MSA 27 15 0 0 12 2 San Antonio* TX MSA 1076 720 0 0 356 24 San Diego CA MSA 1001 853 16 29 103 13 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA CMSA 2439 1507 50 59 823 41 Oakland CA PMSA 707 681 0 0 26 2 San Francisco CA PMSA 318 195 32 9 82 4 San Jose CA PMSA 1131 362 8 46 715 35 Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA PMSA 39 33 2 4 0 0 Santa Rosa CA PMSA 140 134 6 0 0 0 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA PMSA 104 102 2 0 0 0 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero- Paso Robles* CA MSA 156 154 2 0 0 0 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria- Lompoc* CA MSA 103 89 0 9 5 1 Santa Fe* NM MSA 51 32 0 0 19 1 Sarasota-Bradenton* FL MSA 511 432 6 3 70 5 Savannah* GA MSA 148 136 4 3 5 1 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre-- Hazleton* PA MSA 56 51 0 0 5 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA CMSA 2017 1621 66 152 178 19 Bremerton WA PMSA 103 103 0 0 0 0 Olympia WA PMSA 165 152 6 7 0 0 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA 1234 966 44 46 178 19 Tacoma WA PMSA 515 400 16 99 0 0 Sharon* PA MSA 15 11 4 0 0 0 Sheboygan* WI MSA 8 8 0 0 0 0 Sherman-Denison* TX MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Shreveport-Bossier City* LA MSA 69 69 0 0 0 0 Sioux City* IA-NE MSA 45 25 2 0 18 1 Sioux Falls* SD MSA 198 118 8 7 65 1 South Bend* IN MSA 98 93 0 0 5 1 Spokane* WA MSA 141 139 2 0 0 0 Springfield* IL MSA 70 64 6 0 0 0 Springfield* MO MSA 183 177 6 0 0 0 Springfield* MA MSA 103 97 6 0 0 0 State College* PA MSA 25 20 0 0 5 1 Steubenville-Weirton* OH-WV MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Stockton-Lodi* CA MSA 258 255 0 3 0 0 Sumter* SC MSA 35 31 4 0 0 0 Syracuse* NY MSA 62 62 0 0 0 0 Tallahassee* FL MSA 85 85 0 0 0 0 Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater FL MSA 1824 876 26 10 912 49 Terre Haute* IN MSA 17 17 0 0 0 0 Texarkana* TX-Texarkana AR MSA 6 6 0 0 0 0 Toledo* OH MSA 150 122 24 4 0 0 Topeka* KS MSA 50 40 10 0 0 0 Tucson* AZ MSA 476 452 0 24 0 0 Tulsa* OK MSA 441 266 2 7 166 10 Tuscaloosa* AL MSA 48 48 0 0 0 0 Tyler* TX MSA 18 18 0 0 0 0 Utica-Rome* NY MSA 7 7 0 0 0 0 Victoria* TX MSA 12 12 0 0 0 0 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville* CA MSA 97 95 2 0 0 0 Waco* TX MSA 43 24 2 0 17 1 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD- VA-WV CMSA 5047 3374 4 26 1643 98 Baltimore MD PMSA 1293 793 0 22 478 49 Hagerstown MD PMSA 76 76 0 0 0 0 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 3678 2505 4 4 1165 49 Waterloo-Cedar Falls* IA MSA 88 13 0 0 75 5 Wausau* WI MSA 53 40 0 0 13 2 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL MSA 756 433 2 4 317 21 Wheeling* WV-OH MSA 2 2 0 0 0 0 Wichita* KS MSA 242 242 0 0 0 0 Wichita Falls* TX MSA 14 14 0 0 0 0 Wilmington* NC MSA 267 236 2 0 29 3 Yakima* WA MSA 43 30 2 4 7 1 York* PA MSA 97 97 0 0 0 0 Youngstown-Warren* OH MSA 139 105 18 16 0 0 Yuba City* CA MSA 33 29 4 0 0 0 Yuma* AZ MSA 65 65 0 0 0 0 * - Not all permit offices in metropolitan area are requested to report monthly. No estimates are made for those annual reporters.