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 |
|
| Farmington, NM | 201 | 3.177 | 0.904 | 122,427 | 372 | 389 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 202 | 3.160 | 0.900 | 113,590 | 371 | 359 |
| Chico, CA | 203 | 3.158 | 0.899 | 218,779 | 828 | 691 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 204 | 3.137 | 0.893 | 143,149 | 317 | 449 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 205 | 3.136 | 0.893 | 262,436 | 865 | 823 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 206 | 3.115 | 0.887 | 185,555 | 611 | 578 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 207 | 3.073 | 0.874 | 2,091,120 | 8,046 | 6,425 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 208 | 3.055 | 0.870 | 2,803,707 | 10,372 | 8,566 |
| State College, PA | 209 | 3.049 | 0.868 | 144,658 | 399 | 441 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 210 | 3.036 | 0.864 | 127,450 | 416 | 387 |
| Macon, GA | 211 | 3.028 | 0.862 | 229,846 | 868 | 696 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 212 | 3.025 | 0.861 | 181,499 | 882 | 549 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 213 | 2.983 | 0.849 | 2,133,678 | 6,764 | 6,364 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 214 | 2.956 | 0.841 | 9,524,673 | 34,199 | 28,153 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 215 | 2.955 | 0.841 | 259,206 | 778 | 766 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 216 | 2.893 | 0.823 | 164,209 | 562 | 475 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 217 | 2.869 | 0.817 | 207,361 | 549 | 595 |
| Dubuque, IA | 218 | 2.858 | 0.814 | 92,359 | 304 | 264 |
| Yuba City, CA | 219 | 2.857 | 0.813 | 164,138 | 965 | 469 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 220 | 2.844 | 0.810 | 289,693 | 893 | 824 |
| Rome, GA | 221 | 2.803 | 0.798 | 95,618 | 305 | 268 |
| Appleton, WI | 222 | 2.770 | 0.788 | 218,026 | 647 | 604 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 223 | 2.753 | 0.784 | 410,070 | 1,115 | 1,129 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN | 224 | 2.672 | 0.761 | 3,208,212 | 9,926 | 8,573 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 225 | 2.638 | 0.751 | 528,892 | 1,198 | 1,395 |
| Madera, CA | 226 | 2.594 | 0.738 | 146,513 | 459 | 380 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 227 | 2.548 | 0.725 | 274,308 | 683 | 699 |
| Columbus, OH | 228 | 2.542 | 0.724 | 1,754,337 | 5,324 | 4,460 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 229 | 2.529 | 0.720 | 2,668,056 | 6,468 | 6,748 |
| Dothan, AL | 230 | 2.523 | 0.718 | 139,499 | 298 | 352 |
| Albany, GA | 231 | 2.493 | 0.709 | 164,069 | 499 | 409 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 232 | 2.463 | 0.701 | 303,686 | 704 | 748 |
| Norwich-New London, CT | 233 | 2.457 | 0.699 | 267,376 | 674 | 657 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 234 | 2.448 | 0.697 | 349,717 | 873 | 856 |
| Rockford, IL | 235 | 2.430 | 0.692 | 352,290 | 1,309 | 856 |
| Stockton, CA | 236 | 2.425 | 0.690 | 670,990 | 2,510 | 1,627 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 237 | 2.425 | 0.690 | 163,329 | 382 | 396 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 238 | 2.421 | 0.689 | 853,358 | 1,798 | 2,066 |
| Lancaster, PA | 239 | 2.411 | 0.686 | 498,465 | 1,120 | 1,202 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 240 | 2.398 | 0.682 | 4,203,898 | 9,883 | 10,080 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 241 | 2.382 | 0.678 | 4,482,857 | 10,333 | 10,676 |
| Morgantown, WV | 242 | 2.378 | 0.677 | 117,770 | 94 | 280 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 243 | 2.373 | 0.675 | 2,974,859 | 7,431 | 7,058 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 244 | 2.371 | 0.675 | 99,124 | 114 | 235 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | 245 | 2.315 | 0.659 | 5,827,962 | 13,263 | 13,492 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 246 | 2.305 | 0.656 | 316,639 | 1,031 | 730 |
| Palm Coast, FL | 247 | 0.000 | n/a | 88,397 | 588 | 827 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 248 | 2.303 | 0.655 | 169,346 | 461 | 390 |
| Ithaca, NY | 249 | 2.286 | 0.651 | 101,055 | 186 | 231 |
| Kingston, NY | 250 | 2.282 | 0.649 | 181,860 | 420 | 415 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 251 | 2.272 | 0.647 | 776,742 | 1,866 | 1,765 |
| Honolulu, HI | 252 | 2.256 | 0.642 | 905,601 | 2,700 | 2,043 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 253 | 2.251 | 0.641 | 1,544,398 | 3,202 | 3,477 |
| Anchorage, AK | 254 | 2.244 | 0.639 | 362,340 | 1,063 | 813 |
| Great Falls, MT | 255 | 2.238 | 0.637 | 81,775 | 288 | 183 |
| Modesto, CA | 256 | 2.230 | 0.635 | 511,263 | 1,665 | 1,140 |
| Monroe, LA | 257 | 2.217 | 0.631 | 172,275 | 476 | 382 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 258 | 2.210 | 0.629 | 402,302 | 907 | 889 |
| Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR | 259 | 2.205 | 0.628 | 134,215 | 425 | 296 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 260 | 2.202 | 0.627 | 1,803,643 | 4,589 | 3,972 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 261 | 2.170 | 0.618 | 5,413,212 | 14,787 | 11,747 |
| Lawton, OK | 262 | 2.161 | 0.615 | 113,811 | 796 | 246 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 263 | 2.153 | 0.613 | 323,264 | 630 | 696 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 264 | 2.127 | 0.605 | 1,189,113 | 2,520 | 2,529 |
| Janesville, WI | 265 | 2.117 | 0.603 | 159,623 | 466 | 338 |
| Bangor, ME | 266 | 2.117 | 0.603 | 148,784 | 250 | 315 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 267 | 2.015 | 0.574 | 464,435 | 1,297 | 936 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 268 | 2.007 | 0.571 | 2,355,712 | 4,724 | 4,728 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 269 | 1.995 | 0.568 | 148,875 | 367 | 297 |
| Merced, CA | 270 | 1.988 | 0.566 | 245,514 | 752 | 488 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 271 | 1.973 | 0.561 | 376,160 | 751 | 742 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 272 | 1.965 | 0.559 | 97,691 | 241 | 192 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 273 | 1.959 | 0.557 | 895,015 | 1,847 | 1,753 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 274 | 1.935 | 0.551 | 365,449 | 597 | 707 |
| Toledo, OH | 275 | 1.934 | 0.550 | 650,955 | 1,432 | 1,259 |
| Salinas, CA | 276 | 1.906 | 0.543 | 407,637 | 775 | 777 |
| Peoria, IL | 277 | 1.902 | 0.541 | 371,206 | 729 | 706 |
| Napa, CA | 278 | 1.878 | 0.535 | 132,565 | 227 | 249 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 279 | 1.867 | 0.531 | 251,747 | 541 | 470 |
| Abilene, TX | 280 | 1.845 | 0.525 | 159,343 | 287 | 294 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 281 | 1.843 | 0.525 | 408,599 | 904 | 753 |
| Decatur, AL | 282 | 1.795 | 0.511 | 149,279 | 307 | 268 |
| Boulder, CO | 283 | 1.791 | 0.510 | 290,262 | 467 | 520 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 284 | 1.782 | 0.507 | 2,096,471 | 3,925 | 3,735 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 285 | 1.775 | 0.505 | 12,875,587 | 25,942 | 22,860 |
| Dayton, OH | 286 | 1.775 | 0.505 | 835,537 | 1,334 | 1,483 |
| Springfield, OH | 287 | 1.773 | 0.504 | 140,477 | 395 | 249 |
| Tyler, TX | 288 | 1.661 | 0.473 | 198,705 | 364 | 330 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 289 | 1.658 | 0.472 | 109,787 | 216 | 182 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 290 | 1.610 | 0.458 | 106,815 | 186 | 172 |
| Racine, WI | 291 | 1.609 | 0.458 | 195,099 | 409 | 314 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, | 292 | 1.609 | 0.458 | 669,915 | 1,120 | 1,078 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 293 | 1.586 | 0.451 | 798,364 | 1,615 | 1,266 |
| Jackson, MI | 294 | 1.558 | 0.443 | 163,006 | 206 | 254 |
| Gadsden, AL | 295 | 1.511 | 0.430 | 103,217 | 157 | 156 |
| Erie, PA | 296 | 1.501 | 0.427 | 279,092 | 560 | 419 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 297 | 7.086 | 2.017 | 163,984 | 1,393 | 1,162 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 298 | 7.011 | 1.995 | 587,689 | 5,172 | 4,120 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 299 | 1.476 | 0.420 | 142,955 | 277 | 211 |
| Akron, OH | 300 | 1.461 | 0.416 | 699,356 | 1,068 | 1,022 |
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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