Housing units authorized by building permits in Tennessee

Housing units authorized by building permits in Tennessee was 43,374 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.3% from 2024. That is the 8th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count43,374 Estimated

Change on 2024-3.3%

Rank8th of 51US states ranked

Series high57,4842021

Series low14,9772011

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 Tennessee, 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	43,374 Estimated
2024	44,863 Estimated
2023	47,463 Estimated
2022	52,637 Estimated
2021	57,484 Estimated
2020	49,719 Estimated
2019	41,361 Estimated
2018	37,169 Estimated
2017	37,912 Estimated
2016	36,157 Estimated
2015	32,219 Estimated
2014	27,632 Estimated
2013	23,816 Estimated
2012	20,147 Estimated
2011	14,977 Estimated
2010	16,475 Estimated
2009	15,005 Estimated
2008	22,389 Estimated
2007	37,359 Estimated
2006	46,003 Estimated
2005	46,615 Estimated
2004	44,791 Estimated
2003	37,530 Estimated
2002	34,273 Estimated
2001	32,370 Estimated
2000	32,203 Estimated

Compared with United States

Place	2025
Tennessee	43,374
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, Tennessee, 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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee. 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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee.

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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee (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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee. 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 Tennessee?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Tennessee was 43,374 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.3% from 2024. That is the 8th 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 Tennessee?

57,484 in 2021, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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