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Housing units authorized by building permits in Kansas City, MO

Housing units authorized by building permits in Kansas City, MO was 1,869 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 35.1% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 77 cities in 2025.

2025, count1,869 Estimated
Change on 2024-35.1%
Rank1st of 77Cities in Missouri ranked
Series high3,3402016
Series low2802010

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Kansas City, MO, 2007 to 2025

01,0002,0003,0004,00020072010201320162019202220252007: 1,071 count2008: 1,496 count2009: 577 count2010: 280 count2011: 509 count2012: 1,061 count2013: 1,530 count2014: 2,734 count2015: 3,129 count2016: 3,340 count2017: 2,366 count2018: 2,154 count2019: 1,498 count2020: 2,450 count2021: 2,338 count2022: 1,987 count2023: 1,234 count2024: 2,878 count2025: 1,869 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20251,869 Estimated
20242,878 Estimated
20231,234 Estimated
20221,987 Estimated
20212,338 Estimated
20202,450 Estimated
20191,498 Estimated
20182,154 Estimated
20172,366 Estimated
20163,340 Estimated
20153,129 Estimated
20142,734 Estimated
20131,530 Estimated
20121,061 Estimated
2011509 Estimated
2010280 Estimated
2009577 Estimated
20081,496 Estimated
20071,071 Estimated

Compared with Missouri and United States

Place2025
Kansas City, MO1,869
Missouri17,474
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, Kansas City, MO, 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, Kansas City, MO, 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/kansas-city-mo. 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, Kansas City, MO, 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/kansas-city-mo.

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, Kansas City, MO, 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/kansas-city-mo (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Kansas City, MO?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Kansas City, MO was 1,869 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 35.1% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 77 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 Kansas City, MO?

3,340 in 2016, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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