Housing units authorized by building permits in Rapid City, SD

Housing units authorized by building permits in Rapid City, SD was 326 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 62.4% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 14 cities in 2025.

2025, count326 Estimated

Change on 2024-62.4%

Rank2nd of 14Cities in South Dakota ranked

Series high1,1672023

Series low1852009

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 Rapid City, SD, 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	326 Estimated
2024	866 Estimated
2023	1,167 Estimated
2022	729 Estimated
2021	1,099 Estimated
2020	913 Estimated
2019	368 Estimated
2018	468 Estimated
2017	356 Estimated
2016	574 Estimated
2015	414 Estimated
2014	323 Estimated
2013	653 Estimated
2012	336 Estimated
2011	212 Estimated
2010	190 Estimated
2009	185 Estimated
2008	212 Estimated
2007	577 Estimated

Compared with South Dakota and United States

Place	2025
Rapid City, SD	326
South Dakota	5,305
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 South Dakota by housing units authorized by building permits 14 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/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, Rapid City, SD, 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, Rapid City, SD, 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/rapid-city-sd. 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, Rapid City, SD, 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/rapid-city-sd.

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, Rapid City, SD, 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/rapid-city-sd (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Rapid City, SD?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Rapid City, SD was 326 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 62.4% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 14 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 Rapid City, SD?

1,167 in 2023, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

Housing units authorized by building permits elsewhere in South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD

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