This chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 201-300. For cities ranked 1-100 please see Chart 1, for cities ranked 101-200 please see Chart 2, and for cities ranked 300-360 please see Chart 4.
US Metro Housing Markets – June 2008 – Cities 201-300
| 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 |
|
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 201 | 2.768 | 0.896 | 197,942 | 675 | 548 |
| State College, PA | 202 | 2.751 | 0.891 | 144,658 | 399 | 398 |
| Chico, CA | 203 | 2.729 | 0.883 | 218,779 | 828 | 597 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 204 | 2.718 | 0.880 | 2,091,120 | 8,046 | 5,684 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 205 | 2.703 | 0.875 | 2,803,707 | 10,372 | 7,579 |
| Lafayette, IN | 206 | 2.701 | 0.874 | 192,161 | 593 | 519 |
| Farmington, NM | 207 | 2.695 | 0.873 | 122,427 | 372 | 330 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 208 | 2.691 | 0.871 | 127,450 | 416 | 343 |
| Yuba City, CA | 209 | 2.687 | 0.870 | 164,138 | 965 | 441 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 210 | 2.686 | 0.870 | 262,436 | 865 | 705 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 211 | 2.672 | 0.865 | 181,499 | 882 | 485 |
| Florence, SC | 212 | 2.672 | 0.865 | 198,719 | 569 | 531 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 213 | 2.619 | 0.848 | 9,524,673 | 34,199 | 24,942 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 214 | 2.613 | 0.846 | 164,209 | 562 | 429 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 215 | 2.606 | 0.844 | 2,133,678 | 6,764 | 5,561 |
| Dubuque, IA | 216 | 2.523 | 0.817 | 92,359 | 304 | 233 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 217 | 2.474 | 0.801 | 207,361 | 549 | 513 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 218 | 2.406 | 0.779 | 289,693 | 893 | 697 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 219 | 2.353 | 0.762 | 259,206 | 778 | 610 |
| Appleton, WI | 220 | 2.353 | 0.762 | 218,026 | 647 | 513 |
| Madera, CA | 221 | 2.307 | 0.747 | 146,513 | 459 | 338 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN | 222 | 2.298 | 0.744 | 3,208,212 | 9,926 | 7,372 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 223 | 2.267 | 0.734 | 528,892 | 1,198 | 1,199 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 224 | 2.256 | 0.730 | 410,070 | 1,115 | 925 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 225 | 2.242 | 0.726 | 274,308 | 683 | 615 |
| Norwich-New London, CT | 226 | 2.240 | 0.725 | 267,376 | 674 | 599 |
| Albany, GA | 227 | 2.225 | 0.720 | 164,069 | 499 | 365 |
| Stockton, CA | 228 | 2.195 | 0.711 | 670,990 | 2,510 | 1,473 |
| Rome, GA | 229 | 2.186 | 0.708 | 95,618 | 305 | 209 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 230 | 2.180 | 0.706 | 4,203,898 | 9,883 | 9,164 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 231 | 2.167 | 0.701 | 303,686 | 704 | 658 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 232 | 2.158 | 0.699 | 4,482,857 | 10,333 | 9,676 |
| Morgantown, WV | 233 | 2.148 | 0.695 | 117,770 | 94 | 253 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 234 | 2.147 | 0.695 | 853,358 | 1,798 | 1,832 |
| Rockford, IL | 235 | 2.126 | 0.688 | 352,290 | 1,309 | 749 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 236 | 2.119 | 0.686 | 2,974,859 | 7,431 | 6,303 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 237 | 2.100 | 0.680 | 163,329 | 382 | 343 |
| Ithaca, NY | 238 | 2.098 | 0.679 | 101,055 | 186 | 212 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 239 | 2.093 | 0.678 | 349,717 | 873 | 732 |
| Columbus, OH | 240 | 2.093 | 0.678 | 1,754,337 | 5,324 | 3,672 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 241 | 2.086 | 0.675 | 2,668,056 | 6,468 | 5,566 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 242 | 2.084 | 0.675 | 316,639 | 1,031 | 660 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | 243 | 2.078 | 0.673 | 5,827,962 | 13,263 | 12,110 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 244 | 2.073 | 0.671 | 169,346 | 461 | 351 |
| Lancaster, PA | 245 | 2.062 | 0.668 | 498,465 | 1,120 | 1,028 |
| Dothan, AL | 246 | 2.057 | 0.666 | 139,499 | 298 | 287 |
| Modesto, CA | 247 | 2.044 | 0.662 | 511,263 | 1,665 | 1,045 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 248 | 2.023 | 0.655 | 776,742 | 1,866 | 1,571 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 249 | 2.021 | 0.654 | 1,803,643 | 4,589 | 3,645 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 250 | 2.019 | 0.654 | 1,544,398 | 3,202 | 3,118 |
| Janesville, WI | 251 | 1.986 | 0.643 | 159,623 | 466 | 317 |
| Anchorage, AK | 252 | 1.984 | 0.642 | 362,340 | 1,063 | 719 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 253 | 1.979 | 0.640 | 402,302 | 907 | 796 |
| Great Falls, MT | 254 | 1.944 | 0.629 | 81,775 | 288 | 159 |
| Honolulu, HI | 255 | 1.930 | 0.625 | 905,601 | 2,700 | 1,748 |
| Merced, CA | 256 | 1.927 | 0.624 | 245,514 | 752 | 473 |
| Monroe, LA | 257 | 1.921 | 0.622 | 172,275 | 476 | 331 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 258 | 1.912 | 0.619 | 1,189,113 | 2,520 | 2,274 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 259 | 1.904 | 0.616 | 5,413,212 | 14,787 | 10,309 |
| Bangor, ME | 260 | 1.902 | 0.616 | 148,784 | 250 | 283 |
| Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR | 261 | 1.855 | 0.601 | 134,215 | 425 | 249 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 262 | 1.850 | 0.599 | 323,264 | 630 | 598 |
| Kingston, NY | 263 | 1.809 | 0.586 | 181,860 | 420 | 329 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 264 | 1.800 | 0.583 | 148,875 | 367 | 268 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 265 | 1.771 | 0.573 | 895,015 | 1,847 | 1,585 |
| Lawton, OK | 266 | 1.766 | 0.572 | 113,811 | 796 | 201 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 267 | 1.750 | 0.567 | 97,691 | 241 | 171 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 268 | 1.742 | 0.564 | 464,435 | 1,297 | 809 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 269 | 1.741 | 0.564 | 2,355,712 | 4,724 | 4,102 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 270 | 1.739 | 0.563 | 376,160 | 751 | 654 |
| Toledo, OH | 271 | 1.688 | 0.546 | 650,955 | 1,432 | 1,099 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 272 | 1.664 | 0.539 | 365,449 | 597 | 608 |
| Decatur, AL | 273 | 1.648 | 0.533 | 149,279 | 307 | 246 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 274 | 1.631 | 0.528 | 12,875,587 | 25,942 | 20,996 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 275 | 1.625 | 0.526 | 251,747 | 541 | 409 |
| Springfield, OH | 276 | 1.623 | 0.525 | 140,477 | 395 | 228 |
| Abilene, TX | 277 | 1.613 | 0.522 | 159,343 | 287 | 257 |
| Boulder, CO | 278 | 1.609 | 0.521 | 290,262 | 467 | 467 |
| Salinas, CA | 279 | 1.604 | 0.519 | 407,637 | 775 | 654 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 280 | 1.551 | 0.502 | 2,096,471 | 3,925 | 3,251 |
| Napa, CA | 281 | 1.546 | 0.501 | 132,565 | 227 | 205 |
| Dayton, OH | 282 | 1.528 | 0.495 | 835,537 | 1,334 | 1,277 |
| Jackson, MI | 283 | 1.497 | 0.485 | 163,006 | 206 | 244 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 284 | 1.486 | 0.481 | 798,364 | 1,615 | 1,186 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, | 285 | 1.455 | 0.471 | 669,915 | 1,120 | 975 |
| Tyler, TX | 286 | 1.454 | 0.471 | 198,705 | 364 | 289 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 287 | 1.442 | 0.467 | 106,815 | 186 | 154 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 288 | 1.430 | 0.463 | 109,787 | 216 | 157 |
| Peoria, IL | 289 | 1.422 | 0.460 | 371,206 | 729 | 528 |
| Racine, WI | 290 | 1.399 | 0.453 | 195,099 | 409 | 273 |
| Gadsden, AL | 291 | 1.356 | 0.439 | 103,217 | 157 | 140 |
| Erie, PA | 292 | 1.333 | 0.431 | 279,092 | 560 | 372 |
| Longview, TX | 293 | 1.316 | 0.426 | 203,611 | 313 | 268 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 294 | 1.308 | 0.423 | 142,955 | 277 | 187 |
| Springfield, IL | 295 | 1.297 | 0.420 | 206,588 | 310 | 268 |
| Monroe, MI | 296 | 1.289 | 0.417 | 153,608 | 251 | 198 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 297 | 6.335 | 2.051 | 3,309,347 | 26,236 | 20,966 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 298 | 6.330 | 2.049 | 587,689 | 5,172 | 3,720 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 299 | 1.289 | 0.417 | 142,794 | 195 | 184 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 300 | 1.262 | 0.408 | 97,484 | 139 | 123 |
Data source: U.S. Census Bureau (Department of Commerce) and Reed Construction Data.
Table: Reed Construction Data and Reed Construction Data – CanaData.
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