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Housing units authorized by building permits in Fort Myers, FL

Housing units authorized by building permits in Fort Myers, FL was 1,849 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 7.4% from 2024. That is the 13th highest of 169 cities in 2025.

2025, count1,849 Estimated
Change on 2024+7.4%
Rank13th of 169Cities in Florida ranked
Series high3,1052020
Series low1902009

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Fort Myers, FL, 2007 to 2025

01,0002,0003,0004,00020072010201320162019202220252007: 1,009 count2008: 450 count2009: 190 count2010: 308 count2011: 408 count2012: 657 count2013: 850 count2014: 849 count2015: 1,229 count2016: 1,387 count2017: 1,151 count2018: 2,777 count2019: 1,978 count2020: 3,105 count2021: 1,137 count2022: 1,461 count2023: 1,447 count2024: 1,721 count2025: 1,849 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20251,849 Estimated
20241,721 Estimated
20231,447 Estimated
20221,461 Estimated
20211,137 Estimated
20203,105 Estimated
20191,978 Estimated
20182,777 Estimated
20171,151 Estimated
20161,387 Estimated
20151,229 Estimated
2014849 Estimated
2013850 Estimated
2012657 Estimated
2011408 Estimated
2010308 Estimated
2009190 Estimated
2008450 Estimated
20071,009 Estimated

Compared with Florida and United States

Place2025
Fort Myers, FL1,849
Florida178,297
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/South%20Region/so2025a.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, Fort Myers, FL, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.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, Fort Myers, FL, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/fort-myers-fl. 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, Fort Myers, FL, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/fort-myers-fl.

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, Fort Myers, FL, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/fort-myers-fl (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Fort Myers, FL?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Fort Myers, FL was 1,849 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 7.4% from 2024. That is the 13th highest of 169 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 Fort Myers, FL?

3,105 in 2020, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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