Units Authorized by Building Permits, Year to Date: 50 Most Active Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Listed by Total Building Permits)

Metropolitan Area 2002 through March 2001 through March RATIO: 2002/2001 through March Total Single Family Multi-Family* Total Single Family Multi-Family* Total Single Family Multi-Family* Atlanta GA 15,548 12,417 3,131 16,795 12,588 4,207 0.926 0.986 0.744 Phoenix-Mesa AZ 9,513 8,653 860 11,535 8,877 2,658 0.825 0.975 0.324 Houston TX 9,489 6,591 2,898 7,840 6,242 1,598 1.210 1.056 1.814 Washington DC-MD-VA-WV** 9,202 6,996 2,206 9,966 7,176 2,790 0.923 0.975 0.791 Chicago IL 8,549 5,972 2,577 8,366 5,717 2,649 1.022 1.045 0.973 Las Vegas NV-AZ 7,475 5,789 1,686 8,937 5,555 3,382 0.836 1.042 0.499 Dallas TX 7,062 5,983 1,079 7,672 6,287 1,385 0.920 0.952 0.779 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 6,233 5,668 565 5,518 5,253 265 1.130 1.079 2.132 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL 6,038 4,723 1,315 5,321 3,846 1,475 1.135 1.228 0.892 Orlando FL 5,926 3,905 2,021 5,722 3,704 2,018 1.036 1.054 1.001 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI 5,029 3,328 1,701 4,047 3,181 866 1.243 1.046 1.964 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC 4,787 4,169 618 5,466 4,186 1,280 0.876 0.996 0.483 Denver CO 4,752 3,335 1,417 5,114 4,050 1,064 0.929 0.823 1.332 Sacramento CA 4,689 3,570 1,119 4,035 3,518 517 1.162 1.015 2.164 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 4,260 3,509 751 4,739 3,642 1,097 0.899 0.963 0.685 Fort Worth-Arlington TX 4,149 3,250 899 4,290 3,075 1,215 0.967 1.057 0.740 Miami FL 3,791 1,751 2,040 3,214 1,879 1,335 1.180 0.932 1.528 San Diego CA 3,738 2,228 1,510 4,147 2,404 1,743 0.901 0.927 0.866 New York NY 3,711 752 2,959 4,921 822 4,099 0.754 0.915 0.722 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL 3,690 2,296 1,394 3,265 1,963 1,302 1.130 1.170 1.071 Austin-San Marcos TX 3,621 1,719 1,902 3,255 1,856 1,399 1.112 0.926 1.360 Indianapolis IN 3,502 2,883 619 3,631 3,257 374 0.964 0.885 1.655 Jacksonville FL 3,475 2,331 1,144 3,527 2,051 1,476 0.985 1.137 0.775 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 3,451 2,692 759 3,513 2,753 760 0.982 0.978 0.999 Detroit MI 3,395 2,657 738 3,394 2,658 736 1.000 1.000 1.003 Columbus OH 3,105 2,402 703 3,124 1,893 1,231 0.994 1.269 0.571 Philadelphia PA-NJ 3,047 2,848 199 2,911 2,581 330 1.047 1.103 0.603 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 3,005 2,202 803 4,112 2,346 1,766 0.731 0.939 0.455 Los Angeles-Long Beach CA 2,968 1,678 1,290 5,880 2,236 3,644 0.505 0.750 0.354 St. Louis MO-IL 2,907 2,365 542 2,726 2,361 365 1.066 1.002 1.485 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News VA-NC 2,886 1,774 1,112 1,955 1,692 263 1.476 1.048 4.228 Kansas City MO-KS 2,881 2,462 419 4,550 2,040 2,510 0.633 1.207 0.167 Fort Lauderdale FL 2,860 1,996 864 2,860 2,103 757 1.000 0.949 1.141 Nashville TN 2,818 2,515 303 2,955 2,661 294 0.954 0.945 1.031 Baltimore MD 2,735 2,132 603 2,393 2,096 297 1.143 1.017 2.030 Sarasota-Bradenton FL-MS 2,711 1,913 798 2,270 1,597 673 1.194 1.198 1.186 Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL 2,502 1,680 822 2,753 1,340 1,413 0.909 1.254 0.582 Oakland CA 2,486 1,688 798 2,449 2,077 372 1.015 0.813 2.145 Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point NC 2,425 1,929 496 2,493 2,191 302 0.973 0.880 1.642 San Antonio TX 2,379 2,016 363 3,262 2,065 1,197 0.729 0.976 0.303 Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 2,295 1,875 420 2,224 1,859 365 1.032 1.009 1.151 Naples FL 2,291 1,141 1,150 1,536 818 718 1.492 1.395 1.602 Orange County CA 2,243 1,629 614 1,809 1,506 303 1.240 1.082 2.026 Salt Lake City-Ogden UT 2,234 1,589 645 2,358 1,671 687 0.947 0.951 0.939 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay FL 1,975 1,395 580 1,191 904 287 1.658 1.543 2.021 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson SC 1,893 1,665 228 1,956 1,610 346 0.968 1.034 0.659 Albuquerque NM 1,888 1,048 840 1,619 1,286 333 1.166 0.815 2.523 Richmond-Petersburg VA 1,865 1,642 223 2,180 1,430 750 0.856 1.148 0.297 Daytona Beach FL 1,794 1,638 156 1,143 1,026 117 1.570 1.596 1.333 Memphis TN-AR-MS 1,777 1,558 219 1,893 1,352 541 0.939 1.152 0.405 *Multifamily is two or more units in structure. **Washington, DC not fully reported. Source: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.

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