Housing units authorized by building permits in Rhode Island

Housing units authorized by building permits in Rhode Island was 1,738 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.1% from 2024. That is the 49th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count1,738 Estimated

Change on 2024-1.1%

Rank49th of 51US states ranked

Series high2,8482002

Series low7002011

Next release: Tuesday, 25 May 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (medium confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Housing units authorized by building permits in Rhode Island, 2000 to 2025

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

All 26 values

Period	count
2025	1,738 Estimated
2024	1,757 Estimated
2023	1,169 Estimated
2022	1,372 Estimated
2021	1,392 Estimated
2020	1,374 Estimated
2019	1,400 Estimated
2018	1,294 Estimated
2017	1,153 Estimated
2016	1,226 Estimated
2015	998 Estimated
2014	952 Estimated
2013	928 Estimated
2012	731 Estimated
2011	700 Estimated
2010	934 Estimated
2009	961 Estimated
2008	1,058 Estimated
2007	1,938 Estimated
2006	2,370 Estimated
2005	2,836 Estimated
2004	2,532 Estimated
2003	2,286 Estimated
2002	2,848 Estimated
2001	2,407 Estimated
2000	2,596 Estimated

Compared with United States

Place	2025
Rhode Island	1,738
United States	1,431,616

Rankings

US states by housing units authorized by building permits 51 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.

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.

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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, Rhode Island, 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island. 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island.

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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island. 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.},
}

RIS

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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Rhode Island?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Rhode Island was 1,738 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.1% from 2024. That is the 49th 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 Rhode Island?

2,848 in 2002, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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