Housing units authorized by building permits in New Orleans, LA

Housing units authorized by building permits in New Orleans, LA was 882 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 24.2% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 32 cities in 2025.

2025, count882 Estimated

Change on 2024+24.2%

Rank2nd of 32Cities in Louisiana ranked

Series high3,2462007

Series low4962015

Next release: Friday, 4 June 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (medium confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Housing units authorized by building permits in New Orleans, LA, 2007 to 2025

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

All 19 values

Period	count
2025	882 Estimated
2024	710 Estimated
2023	1,067 Estimated
2022	891 Estimated
2021	1,576 Estimated
2020	1,360 Estimated
2019	1,306 Estimated
2018	1,303 Estimated
2017	660 Estimated
2016	608 Estimated
2015	496 Estimated
2014	1,026 Estimated
2013	895 Estimated
2012	966 Estimated
2011	1,094 Estimated
2010	1,080 Estimated
2009	1,561 Estimated
2008	2,574 Estimated
2007	3,246 Estimated

Compared with Louisiana and United States

Place	2025
New Orleans, LA	882
Louisiana	14,203
United States	1,431,616

Rankings

US states by housing units authorized by building permits 51 places
US cities by housing units authorized by building permits 3087 places
Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits 33 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 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, New Orleans, LA, 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, New Orleans, LA, 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/new-orleans-la. 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, New Orleans, LA, 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/new-orleans-la.

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, New Orleans, LA, 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/new-orleans-la (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{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, New Orleans, LA, 2007 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/new-orleans-la. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in New Orleans, LA?

Housing units authorized by building permits in New Orleans, LA was 882 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 24.2% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 32 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 New Orleans, LA?

3,246 in 2007, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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