Housing units authorized by building permits in Missouri
Housing units authorized by building permits in Missouri was 17,474 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 5.4% from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2025.
Housing units authorized by building permits in Missouri, 2000 to 2025
All 26 values
| Period | count |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17,474 Estimated |
| 2024 | 18,464 Estimated |
| 2023 | 16,781 Estimated |
| 2022 | 20,901 Estimated |
| 2021 | 21,372 Estimated |
| 2020 | 19,839 Estimated |
| 2019 | 17,460 Estimated |
| 2018 | 16,875 Estimated |
| 2017 | 18,811 Estimated |
| 2016 | 18,997 Estimated |
| 2015 | 18,344 Estimated |
| 2014 | 16,003 Estimated |
| 2013 | 13,708 Estimated |
| 2012 | 12,297 Estimated |
| 2011 | 9,242 Estimated |
| 2010 | 9,699 Estimated |
| 2009 | 10,056 Estimated |
| 2008 | 13,273 Estimated |
| 2007 | 21,525 Estimated |
| 2006 | 29,172 Estimated |
| 2005 | 33,114 Estimated |
| 2004 | 32,791 Estimated |
| 2003 | 29,309 Estimated |
| 2002 | 28,255 Estimated |
| 2001 | 24,739 Estimated |
| 2000 | 24,321 Estimated |
Compared with United States
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 17,474 |
| United States | 1,431,616 |
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 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.Citation styles
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, Missouri, 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, Missouri, 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/missouri. 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, Missouri, 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/missouri.
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, Missouri, 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/missouri (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_housing_units_authorized_by_2025,
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, Missouri, 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/missouri. 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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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Missouri?
Housing units authorized by building permits in Missouri was 17,474 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 5.4% from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2025.
Where does this figure come from?
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 Missouri?
33,114 in 2005, the highest value since 2000 in this series.