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Housing units authorized by building permits in Chicago, IL

Housing units authorized by building permits in Chicago, IL was 3,916 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.4% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 224 cities in 2025.

2025, count3,916 Estimated
Change on 2024-10.4%
Rank1st of 224Cities in Illinois ranked
Series high13,4612007
Series low1,2572009

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Chicago, IL, 2007 to 2025

02,5005,0007,50010K12.5K15K20072010201320162019202220252007: 13,461 count2008: 7,236 count2009: 1,257 count2010: 1,877 count2011: 2,606 count2012: 1,990 count2013: 3,025 count2014: 5,750 count2015: 5,750 count2016: 9,104 count2017: 8,939 count2018: 6,449 count2019: 7,914 count2020: 4,133 count2021: 5,341 count2022: 7,124 count2023: 3,616 count2024: 4,371 count2025: 3,916 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20253,916 Estimated
20244,371 Estimated
20233,616 Estimated
20227,124 Estimated
20215,341 Estimated
20204,133 Estimated
20197,914 Estimated
20186,449 Estimated
20178,939 Estimated
20169,104 Estimated
20155,750 Estimated
20145,750 Estimated
20133,025 Estimated
20121,990 Estimated
20112,606 Estimated
20101,877 Estimated
20091,257 Estimated
20087,236 Estimated
200713,461 Estimated

Compared with Illinois and United States

Place2025
Chicago, IL3,916
Illinois18,551
United States1,431,616

Rankings

Definition

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Housing units authorized by building permits, Chicago, IL, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Housing units authorized by building permits, Chicago, IL, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/chicago-il. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Housing units authorized by building permits, Chicago, IL, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/chicago-il.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Housing units authorized by building permits, Chicago, IL, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/chicago-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Chicago, IL?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Chicago, IL was 3,916 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.4% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 224 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest housing units authorized by building permits in Chicago, IL?

13,461 in 2007, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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