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This chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 301-360. For cities ranked 1-100 please see Chart 1, for cities ranked 101-200 please see Chart 2, and for cities ranked 201-300 please see Chart 3.

US Metro Housing Markets – May 2008 – Cities 301-360

    Permits per 1,000 Population
(based on latest 12 months)		   Residential Permits (units)
  Rank Actuals Relative to
U.S. Average
(set = 1.000) 		Population
July 1, 2006 		2007
Total		 Latest
12 Months
 
Danville, VA 301 1.295 0.412 105,773 162 137
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, 302 1.277 0.406 1,600,856 2,763 2,044
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 303 1.263 0.402 408,599 904 516
Fairbanks, AK 304 1.251 0.398 97,484 139 122
Jefferson City, MO 305 1.187 0.378 145,686 196 173
Worcester, MA 306 1.183 0.376 781,352 1,235 924
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 307 1.181 0.376 456,440 713 539
Reading, PA 308 1.179 0.375 401,955 607 474
Canton-Massillon, OH 309 1.176 0.374 407,180 582 479
Yakima, WA 310 1.163 0.370 233,062 327 271
Fond du Lac, WI 311 1.100 0.350 99,124 114 109
Syracuse, NY 312 1.093 0.348 645,293 854 705
Springfield, MA 313 1.071 0.341 682,657 724 731
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 314 1.055 0.336 1,128,183 1,473 1,190
Sheboygan, WI 315 1.039 0.331 114,504 137 119
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 316 1.039 0.331 570,704 685 593
Rochester, NY 317 1.036 0.330 1,030,495 1,154 1,068
New Haven-Milford, CT 318 1.033 0.328 845,494 991 873
Lewiston, ID-WA 319 0.999 0.318 60,043 57 60
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 320 0.946 0.301 159,589 181 151
Pine Bluff, AR 321 0.946 0.301 101,484 72 96
Joplin, MO 322 0.934 0.297 171,278 173 160
Ann Arbor, MI 323 0.931 0.296 350,003 383 326
Mansfield, OH 324 0.931 0.296 125,679 152 117
Cumberland, MD-WV 325 0.926 0.295 99,316 114 92
Corvallis, OR 326 0.896 0.285 81,428 123 73
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 327 0.896 0.285 160,656 160 144
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 328 0.891 0.284 71,803 321 64
Anderson, IN 329 0.891 0.283 131,312 158 117
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 330 0.858 0.273 110,705 120 95
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 331 0.814 0.259 4,467,592 4,529 3,635
Hot Springs, AR 332 0.789 0.251 96,371 92 76
Battle Creek, MI 333 0.776 0.247 136,615 172 106
Muncie, IN 334 0.754 0.240 115,419 103 87
Charleston, WV 335 0.740 0.235 303,950 257 225
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 336 0.740 0.235 174,386 166 129
St. Joseph, MO-KS 337 0.705 0.224 123,339 115 87
Victoria, TX 338 0.694 0.221 113,797 88 79
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, 339 0.688 0.219 404,197 528 278
Kokomo, IN 340 0.641 0.204 99,845 82 64
Carson City, NV 341 0.510 0.162 54,939 51 28
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 342 0.491 0.156 549,430 321 270
Flint, MI 343 0.449 0.143 434,715 278 195
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 344 0.445 0.142 202,268 100 90
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 345 0.380 0.121 284,026 109 108
Pittsfield, MA 346 0.370 0.118 129,798 53 48
Decatur, IL 347 0.258 0.082 108,732 27 28
Bay City, MI 348 0.242 0.077 107,517 32 26
Williamsport, PA 349 0.223 0.071 116,811 30 26
Binghamton, NY 350 0.199 0.063 246,426 44 49
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 351 0.188 0.060 122,580 98 23
Altoona, PA 352 0.183 0.058 125,527 29 23
Lima, OH 353 0.162 0.051 105,233 18 17
Elmira, NY 354 0.102 0.033 88,015 17 9
Sherman-Denison, TX 355 0.093 0.029 118,675 13 11
Johnstown, PA 356 0.076 0.024 144,995 14 11
Utica-Rome, NY 357 0.075 0.024 294,862 27 22
Danville, IL 358 0.012 0.004 81,191 2 1
Sandusky, OH 359 0.000 0.000 77,323 0 0
Wheeling, WV-OH 360 0.000 0.000 145,454 42 0

Data source: U.S. Census Bureau (Department of Commerce) and Reed Construction Data.
Table: Reed Construction Data and Reed Construction Data – CanaData.

For more information, please see
Carolina and Gulf Coasts Remain the Strongest Housing Markets.

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