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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 – June 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
 
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 301 1.443 0.411 142,794 195 206
Longview, TX 302 1.434 0.408 203,611 313 292
Springfield, IL 303 1.433 0.408 206,588 310 296
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, 304 1.414 0.402 1,600,856 2,763 2,263
Yakima, WA 305 1.382 0.393 233,062 327 322
Fairbanks, AK 306 1.364 0.388 97,484 139 133
Monroe, MI 307 1.348 0.384 153,608 251 207
Danville, VA 308 1.342 0.382 105,773 162 142
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 309 1.313 0.374 160,656 160 211
Reading, PA 310 1.281 0.365 401,955 607 515
Worcester, MA 311 1.271 0.362 781,352 1,235 993
Jefferson City, MO 312 1.263 0.359 145,686 196 184
New Haven-Milford, CT 313 1.262 0.359 845,494 991 1,067
Syracuse, NY 314 1.261 0.359 645,293 854 814
Rochester, NY 315 1.256 0.357 1,030,495 1,154 1,294
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 316 1.253 0.357 71,803 321 90
Canton-Massillon, OH 317 1.248 0.355 407,180 582 508
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 318 1.227 0.349 456,440 713 560
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 319 1.211 0.345 1,128,183 1,473 1,366
Sheboygan, WI 320 1.205 0.343 114,504 137 138
Springfield, MA 321 1.169 0.333 682,657 724 798
Pine Bluff, AR 322 1.153 0.328 101,484 72 117
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 323 1.106 0.315 570,704 685 631
Charleston, WV 324 1.102 0.314 303,950 257 335
Cumberland, MD-WV 325 1.087 0.309 99,316 114 108
Mansfield, OH 326 1.050 0.299 125,679 152 132
Ann Arbor, MI 327 1.014 0.289 350,003 383 355
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 328 0.996 0.284 159,589 181 159
Joplin, MO 329 0.940 0.268 171,278 173 161
Lewiston, ID-WA 330 0.933 0.265 60,043 57 56
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 331 0.921 0.262 110,705 120 102
Anderson, IN 332 0.899 0.256 131,312 158 118
Muncie, IN 333 0.892 0.254 115,419 103 103
Corvallis, OR 334 0.884 0.252 81,428 123 72
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 335 0.881 0.251 4,467,592 4,529 3,938
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 336 0.866 0.246 174,386 166 151
Hot Springs, AR 337 0.841 0.239 96,371 92 81
St. Joseph, MO-KS 338 0.778 0.222 123,339 115 96
Victoria, TX 339 0.765 0.218 113,797 88 87
Kokomo, IN 340 0.721 0.205 99,845 82 72
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, 341 0.713 0.203 404,197 528 288
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 342 0.592 0.168 549,430 321 325
Battle Creek, MI 343 0.534 0.152 136,615 172 73
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 344 0.494 0.141 202,268 100 100
Carson City, NV 345 0.473 0.135 54,939 51 26
Flint, MI 346 0.469 0.134 434,715 278 204
Pittsfield, MA 347 0.416 0.118 129,798 53 54
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 348 0.370 0.105 284,026 109 105
Decatur, IL 349 0.349 0.099 108,732 27 38
Bay City, MI 350 0.270 0.077 107,517 32 29
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 351 0.245 0.070 122,580 98 30
Binghamton, NY 352 0.239 0.068 246,426 44 59
Williamsport, PA 353 0.214 0.061 116,811 30 25
Lima, OH 354 0.200 0.057 105,233 18 21
Altoona, PA 355 0.175 0.050 125,527 29 22
Elmira, NY 356 0.102 0.029 88,015 17 9
Sherman-Denison, TX 357 0.093 0.026 118,675 13 11
Utica-Rome, NY 358 0.085 0.024 294,862 27 25
Johnstown, PA 359 0.083 0.024 144,995 14 12
Danville, IL 360 0.000 0.000 81,191 2 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
Strongest Housing Markets are in the Southeast.

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