Housing units authorized by building permits

Annual number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.

Final annual county estimates include imputation for missing reports. Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Covers permit-issuing areas; areas where permits are not required are outside the survey. Not seasonally adjusted or expressed as an annualized monthly rate. The total is the sum of units in the four published structure categories; inputs are retained.

Rankings

US counties by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

Top 15. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Full ranking of counties

Places with data

Published for provinces and counties.

Provinces and counties

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