US Metro Housing Markets – January 2009 – Cities 201-300
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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 201-300. For cities ranked 1-100 please see Chart 1, for cities ranked 101-200 please see Chart 2, and for cities ranked 301-367 please see Chart 4.
US Metro Housing Markets – January 2009 – 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 |
|
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 201 | 2.116 | 0.916 | 148,875 | 367 | 315 |
| Appleton, WI | 202 | 2.114 | 0.915 | 218,026 | 647 | 461 |
| Longview, WA | 203 | 2.090 | 0.905 | 100,467 | 402 | 210 |
| Roanoke, VA | 204 | 2.084 | 0.902 | 296,532 | 900 | 618 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 205 | 2.061 | 0.892 | 289,693 | 893 | 597 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 206 | 2.056 | 0.890 | 128,886 | 406 | 265 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 207 | 2.050 | 0.887 | 207,361 | 549 | 425 |
| Columbus, OH | 208 | 2.048 | 0.887 | 1,754,337 | 5,324 | 3,593 |
| State College, PA | 209 | 1.977 | 0.856 | 144,658 | 399 | 286 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 210 | 1.976 | 0.855 | 2,803,707 | 10,372 | 5,539 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 211 | 1.955 | 0.846 | 262,436 | 865 | 513 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 212 | 1.947 | 0.843 | 2,133,678 | 6,764 | 4,155 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 213 | 1.944 | 0.842 | 222,175 | 746 | 432 |
| Gainesville, GA | 214 | 1.909 | 0.826 | 180,175 | 1,250 | 344 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 215 | 1.899 | 0.822 | 127,450 | 416 | 242 |
| Honolulu, HI | 216 | 1.885 | 0.816 | 905,601 | 2,700 | 1,707 |
| Salem, OR | 217 | 1.877 | 0.813 | 386,714 | 1,586 | 726 |
| Lancaster, PA | 218 | 1.868 | 0.809 | 498,465 | 1,120 | 931 |
| Dubuque, IA | 219 | 1.862 | 0.806 | 92,359 | 304 | 172 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 220 | 1.844 | 0.798 | 143,149 | 317 | 264 |
| Morristown, TN | 221 | 1.828 | 0.791 | 134,596 | 559 | 246 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 222 | 1.800 | 0.779 | 163,329 | 382 | 294 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN | 223 | 1.789 | 0.774 | 3,208,212 | 9,926 | 5,740 |
| Morgantown, WV | 224 | 1.766 | 0.765 | 117,770 | 94 | 208 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 225 | 1.730 | 0.749 | 528,892 | 1,198 | 915 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 226 | 1.728 | 0.748 | 259,206 | 778 | 448 |
| Topeka, KS | 227 | 1.727 | 0.748 | 228,692 | 939 | 395 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 228 | 1.698 | 0.735 | 4,482,857 | 10,333 | 7,611 |
| Monroe, LA | 229 | 1.695 | 0.734 | 172,275 | 476 | 292 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 230 | 1.681 | 0.727 | 274,308 | 683 | 461 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 231 | 1.675 | 0.725 | 853,358 | 1,798 | 1,429 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 232 | 1.656 | 0.717 | 303,686 | 704 | 503 |
| Bangor, ME | 233 | 1.653 | 0.716 | 148,784 | 250 | 246 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 234 | 1.650 | 0.714 | 349,717 | 873 | 577 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 235 | 1.645 | 0.712 | 895,015 | 1,847 | 1,472 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 236 | 1.644 | 0.712 | 2,668,056 | 6,468 | 4,386 |
| Ithaca, NY | 237 | 1.633 | 0.707 | 101,055 | 186 | 165 |
| El Centro, CA | 238 | 1.619 | 0.701 | 161,867 | 892 | 262 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 239 | 1.599 | 0.692 | 9,524,673 | 34,199 | 15,228 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 240 | 1.595 | 0.690 | 1,803,643 | 4,589 | 2,877 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | 241 | 1.593 | 0.690 | 5,827,962 | 13,263 | 9,283 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 242 | 1.580 | 0.684 | 2,974,859 | 7,431 | 4,699 |
| Montgomery, AL | 243 | 1.571 | 0.680 | 365,962 | 1,694 | 575 |
| Toledo, OH | 244 | 1.555 | 0.673 | 650,955 | 1,432 | 1,012 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 245 | 1.538 | 0.666 | 365,449 | 597 | 562 |
| Albany, GA | 246 | 1.530 | 0.662 | 164,069 | 499 | 251 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 247 | 0.000 | n/a | 194,944 | 1,227 | 556 |
| Madera, CA | 248 | 1.515 | 0.656 | 146,513 | 459 | 222 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 249 | 1.488 | 0.644 | 1,544,398 | 3,202 | 2,298 |
| Lawton, OK | 250 | 1.485 | 0.643 | 113,811 | 796 | 169 |
| Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA | 251 | 1.476 | 0.639 | 71,803 | 321 | 106 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 252 | 1.469 | 0.636 | 5,413,212 | 14,787 | 7,953 |
| Peoria, IL | 253 | 1.444 | 0.625 | 371,206 | 729 | 536 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 254 | 1.437 | 0.622 | 4,203,898 | 9,883 | 6,040 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 255 | 1.406 | 0.609 | 1,189,113 | 2,520 | 1,672 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 256 | 1.404 | 0.608 | 323,264 | 630 | 454 |
| Great Falls, MT | 257 | 1.394 | 0.603 | 81,775 | 288 | 114 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 258 | 1.381 | 0.598 | 776,742 | 1,866 | 1,073 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 259 | 1.377 | 0.596 | 2,355,712 | 4,724 | 3,244 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 260 | 1.375 | 0.595 | 402,302 | 907 | 553 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 261 | 1.357 | 0.587 | 148,148 | 584 | 201 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 262 | 1.349 | 0.584 | 408,599 | 904 | 551 |
| Salinas, CA | 263 | 1.310 | 0.567 | 407,637 | 775 | 534 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 264 | 1.299 | 0.562 | 169,346 | 461 | 220 |
| Dayton, OH | 265 | 1.299 | 0.562 | 835,537 | 1,334 | 1,085 |
| Yuba City, CA | 266 | 1.298 | 0.562 | 164,138 | 965 | 213 |
| Rockford, IL | 267 | 1.260 | 0.546 | 352,290 | 1,309 | 444 |
| Boulder, CO | 268 | 1.244 | 0.538 | 290,262 | 467 | 361 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 269 | 1.236 | 0.535 | 106,815 | 186 | 132 |
| Stockton, CA | 270 | 1.222 | 0.529 | 670,990 | 2,510 | 820 |
| Abilene, TX | 271 | 1.211 | 0.524 | 159,343 | 287 | 193 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 272 | 1.187 | 0.514 | 2,096,471 | 3,925 | 2,488 |
| Anchorage, AK | 273 | 1.181 | 0.511 | 362,340 | 1,063 | 428 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | 274 | 1.176 | 0.509 | 113,103 | 392 | 133 |
| Modesto, CA | 275 | 1.164 | 0.504 | 511,263 | 1,665 | 595 |
| Kingston, NY | 276 | 1.160 | 0.502 | 181,860 | 420 | 211 |
| Racine, WI | 277 | 1.153 | 0.499 | 195,099 | 409 | 225 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 278 | 1.149 | 0.497 | 12,875,587 | 25,942 | 14,797 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, | 279 | 1.148 | 0.497 | 669,915 | 1,120 | 769 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 280 | 1.146 | 0.496 | 316,639 | 1,031 | 363 |
| Norwich-New London, CT | 281 | 1.141 | 0.494 | 267,376 | 674 | 305 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 282 | 1.139 | 0.493 | 109,787 | 216 | 125 |
| Sheboygan, WI | 283 | 1.109 | 0.480 | 114,504 | 137 | 127 |
| Yakima, WA | 284 | 1.107 | 0.479 | 233,062 | 327 | 258 |
| Tyler, TX | 285 | 1.097 | 0.475 | 198,705 | 364 | 218 |
| Napa, CA | 286 | 1.064 | 0.460 | 132,565 | 227 | 141 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 287 | 1.057 | 0.458 | 464,435 | 1,297 | 491 |
| Janesville, WI | 288 | 1.040 | 0.450 | 159,623 | 466 | 166 |
| Springfield, IL | 289 | 1.031 | 0.446 | 206,588 | 310 | 213 |
| Gadsden, AL | 290 | 1.017 | 0.440 | 103,217 | 157 | 105 |
| Pittsfield, MA | 291 | 1.017 | 0.440 | 129,798 | 53 | 132 |
| Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR | 292 | 0.998 | 0.432 | 134,215 | 425 | 134 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 293 | 0.983 | 0.426 | 160,656 | 160 | 158 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 294 | 0.981 | 0.425 | 376,160 | 751 | 369 |
| Charleston, WV | 295 | 0.971 | 0.420 | 303,950 | 257 | 295 |
| St. George, UT | 296 | 4.888 | 2.116 | 133,791 | 1,793 | 654 |
| Bend, OR | 297 | 4.856 | 2.102 | 154,028 | 1,888 | 748 |
| Rochester, NY | 298 | 0.969 | 0.420 | 1,030,495 | 1,154 | 999 |
| Akron, OH | 299 | 0.959 | 0.415 | 699,356 | 1,068 | 671 |
| Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, | 300 | 0.956 | 0.414 | 1,600,856 | 2,763 | 1,531 |
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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