Housing units authorized by building permits in District of Columbia

Housing units authorized by building permits in District of Columbia was 1,591 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 8.4% from 2024. That is the 50th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count1,591 Estimated

Change on 2024-8.4%

Rank50th of 51US states ranked

Series high7,7052022

Series low5362008

Next release: Tuesday, 25 May 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (medium confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Housing units authorized by building permits in District of Columbia, 2000 to 2025

count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.

All 26 values

Period	count
2025	1,591 Estimated
2024	1,737 Estimated
2023	3,020 Estimated
2022	7,705 Estimated
2021	4,740 Estimated
2020	7,370 Estimated
2019	5,945 Estimated
2018	4,615 Estimated
2017	6,037 Estimated
2016	4,690 Estimated
2015	4,956 Estimated
2014	4,189 Estimated
2013	3,255 Estimated
2012	3,823 Estimated
2011	4,612 Estimated
2010	739 Estimated
2009	1,126 Estimated
2008	536 Estimated
2007	1,910 Estimated
2006	2,105 Estimated
2005	2,860 Estimated
2004	1,936 Estimated
2003	1,427 Estimated
2002	1,591 Estimated
2001	896 Estimated
2000	806 Estimated

Compared with United States

Place	2025
District of Columbia	1,591
United States	1,431,616

District of Columbia compared with nearby places

Under 5,000
5,000 to 10K
10K to 16K
16K to 26K
26K to 37K
37K and over

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2025, count. District of Columbia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by housing units authorized by building permits 51 places

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states (Housing units authorized by building permits, District of Columbia, 2000 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states, Housing units authorized by building permits, District of Columbia, 2000 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/district-of-columbia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states. Housing units authorized by building permits, District of Columbia, 2000 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/district-of-columbia.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states, Housing units authorized by building permits, District of Columbia, 2000 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/district-of-columbia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states: Housing units authorized by building permits, District of Columbia, 2000 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/district-of-columbia. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/State/st2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual state estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation, United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest housing units authorized by building permits in District of Columbia?

7,705 in 2022, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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