Housing units authorized by building permits in Portsmouth, VA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Portsmouth, VA was 179 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 40.3% from 2024. That is the 10th highest of 36 cities in 2025.

2025, count179 Estimated

Change on 2024-40.3%

Rank10th of 36Cities in Virginia ranked

Series high3922007

Series low662010

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Portsmouth, VA, 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	179 Estimated
2024	300 Estimated
2023	73 Estimated
2022	106 Estimated
2021	196 Estimated
2020	280 Estimated
2019	93 Estimated
2018	137 Estimated
2017	158 Estimated
2016	124 Estimated
2015	94 Estimated
2014	153 Estimated
2013	219 Estimated
2012	139 Estimated
2011	153 Estimated
2010	66 Estimated
2009	85 Estimated
2008	337 Estimated
2007	392 Estimated

Compared with Virginia and United States

Place	2025
Portsmouth, VA	179
Virginia	33,094
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 Virginia by housing units authorized by building permits 37 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, Portsmouth, VA, 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, Portsmouth, VA, 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/portsmouth-va. 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, Portsmouth, VA, 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/portsmouth-va.

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, Portsmouth, VA, 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/portsmouth-va (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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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/portsmouth-va. 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 Portsmouth, VA?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Portsmouth, VA was 179 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 40.3% from 2024. That is the 10th highest of 36 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 Portsmouth, VA?

392 in 2007, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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