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US Metro Housing Markets – February 2009 – Cities 101-200

March 31, 2009 - Jim Haughey

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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 101-200. For cities ranked 1-100 please see Chart 1, for cities ranked 201-300 please see Chart 3, and for cities ranked 301-361 please see Chart 4.

US Metro Housing Markets – February 2009 – Cities 101-200

    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
 
Spartanburg, SC 101 3.309 1.452 280,738 1,553 929
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 102 3.303 1.449 235,841 1,167 779
Elizabethtown, KY 103 3.287 1.442 112,268 640 369
Denver-Aurora, CO 104 3.277 1.438 2,506,626 14,324 8,215
Lake Charles, LA 105 3.267 1.433 192,856 539 630
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 106 3.248 1.425 2,733,761 12,324 8,878
Ocala, FL 107 3.228 1.416 329,628 3,041 1,064
Prescott, AZ 108 3.225 1.415 215,503 1,324 695
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 109 3.202 1.405 378,255 1,579 1,211
Winston-Salem, NC 110 3.164 1.388 468,124 3,069 1,481
Yuma, AZ 111 3.160 1.387 194,322 768 614
Jackson, TN 112 3.159 1.386 112,685 501 356
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 113 3.148 1.381 5,376,285 43,814 16,924
Oklahoma City, OK 114 3.145 1.380 1,206,142 6,316 3,793
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 115 3.142 1.379 536,521 2,910 1,686
Visalia-Porterville, CA 116 3.118 1.368 426,276 2,562 1,329
Wichita, KS 117 3.097 1.359 603,716 2,378 1,870
Charlottesville, VA 118 3.076 1.350 194,391 927 598
Colorado Springs, CO 119 3.060 1.343 617,714 3,220 1,890
Punta Gorda, FL 120 3.059 1.342 150,060 1,370 459
Anderson, SC 121 3.014 1.323 182,825 1,094 551
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 122 2.992 1.313 1,117,608 5,205 3,344
Tucson, AZ 123 2.982 1.309 1,012,018 5,660 3,018
Lynchburg, VA 124 2.974 1.305 245,809 1,224 731
Port St. Lucie, FL 125 2.970 1.303 403,768 2,469 1,199
Amarillo, TX 126 2.945 1.292 243,838 1,278 718
Jackson, MS 127 2.924 1.283 537,285 2,730 1,571
Albuquerque, NM 128 2.914 1.279 845,913 4,398 2,465
Athens-Clarke County, GA 129 2.885 1.266 189,264 1,331 546
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 130 2.880 1.264 687,823 2,672 1,981
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 131 2.865 1.257 372,736 1,800 1,068
Bloomington, IN 132 2.865 1.257 183,944 767 527
Atlantic City, NJ 133 2.837 1.245 270,681 1,203 768
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 134 2.831 1.242 118,000 610 334
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 135 2.819 1.237 1,244,696 5,850 3,509
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA 136 2.809 1.233 1,658,292 6,276 4,658
Florence, SC 137 2.797 1.228 199,831 569 559
Waco, TX 138 2.776 1.218 230,213 814 639
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 139 2.775 1.218 531,488 2,683 1,475
Corpus Christi, TX 140 2.735 1.200 415,376 1,998 1,136
Rochester, MN 141 2.728 1.197 182,924 702 499
Owensboro, KY 142 2.723 1.195 112,762 419 307
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 143 2.714 1.191 162,111 455 440
Reno-Sparks, NV 144 2.700 1.185 414,784 2,127 1,120
Wausau, WI 145 2.680 1.176 130,962 514 351
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 146 2.671 1.172 452,992 2,648 1,210
Eau Claire, WI 147 2.646 1.161 158,742 595 420
Lebanon, PA 148 2.606 1.144 128,934 462 336
Pueblo, CO 149 2.602 1.142 158,737 677 413
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 150 2.582 1.133 498,036 2,442 1,286
Green Bay, WI 151 2.575 1.130 302,935 1,347 780
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ 152 2.573 1.129 19,006,798 55,194 48,906
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA 153 2.565 1.126 5,358,130 23,115 13,743
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 154 2.565 1.125 389,533 1,452 999
Naples-Marco Island, FL 155 2.557 1.122 315,258 2,177 806
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 156 2.544 1.116 1,285,732 7,987 3,271
Lafayette, IN 157 2.530 1.110 192,870 593 488
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 158 2.519 1.105 239,769 1,083 604
Bellingham, WA 159 2.519 1.105 196,529 946 495
Macon, GA 160 2.518 1.105 230,777 868 581
Kansas City, MO-KS 161 2.515 1.104 2,002,047 7,963 5,035
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 162 2.512 1.102 156,830 582 394
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 163 2.491 1.093 534,218 2,690 1,331
La Crosse, WI-MN 164 2.487 1.091 131,872 549 328
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 165 2.451 1.075 199,137 675 488
Dalton, GA 166 2.445 1.073 134,139 612 328
Farmington, NM 167 2.433 1.068 122,500 372 298
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 168 2.414 1.059 2,109,832 8,046 5,093
Grand Forks, ND-MN 169 2.385 1.047 97,279 241 232
Fort Wayne, IN 170 2.384 1.046 411,154 1,115 980
Bloomington-Normal, IL 171 2.371 1.041 165,298 562 392
Fresno, CA 172 2.366 1.038 909,153 3,316 2,151
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 173 2.358 1.035 363,036 1,634 856
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 174 2.352 1.032 593,138 5,906 1,395
Redding, CA 175 2.347 1.030 180,214 674 423
Lincoln, NE 176 2.345 1.029 295,486 1,032 693
Fond du Lac, WI 177 2.343 1.028 99,453 114 233
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 178 0.000 n/a 196,281 1,227 556
Chico, CA 179 2.333 1.024 220,337 828 514
Pocatello, ID 180 2.328 1.022 88,495 309 206
Medford, OR 181 2.327 1.021 201,138 1,113 468
Spokane, WA 182 2.326 1.021 462,677 1,826 1,076
Salisbury, MD 183 2.322 1.019 120,165 486 279
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 184 2.299 1.009 808,210 2,955 1,858
Provo-Orem, UT 185 2.291 1.005 540,820 4,354 1,239
Bakersfield, CA 186 2.290 1.005 800,458 4,045 1,833
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 187 2.285 1.003 4,115,871 20,621 9,406
Rocky Mount, NC 188 2.262 0.992 146,356 605 331
York-Hanover, PA 189 2.261 0.992 424,583 1,600 960
Chattanooga, TN-GA 190 2.257 0.990 518,441 2,039 1,170
San Angelo, TX 191 2.236 0.981 109,563 350 245
Eugene-Springfield, OR 192 2.228 0.978 346,560 1,418 772
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 193 2.222 0.975 514,065 2,347 1,142
Rome, GA 194 2.209 0.969 95,980 305 212
Dothan, AL 195 2.199 0.965 140,961 298 310
St. Cloud, MN 196 2.166 0.951 186,954 611 405
Alexandria, LA 197 2.129 0.934 153,105 457 326
Cheyenne, WY 198 2.125 0.932 87,542 330 186
Goldsboro, NC 199 2.120 0.930 113,671 371 241
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 200 2.107 0.925 149,518 367 315

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
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