Housing units authorized by building permits in United States

Housing units authorized by building permits in the United States was 1.43 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.1% from 2024.

2025, count1,431,616 Estimated

Change on 2024-3.1%

Series high2,155,3162005

Series low582,9632009

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 United States, 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	1,431,616 Estimated
2024	1,478,000 Estimated
2023	1,511,102 Estimated
2022	1,680,368 Estimated
2021	1,736,982 Estimated
2020	1,471,141 Estimated
2019	1,386,048 Estimated
2018	1,328,827 Estimated
2017	1,281,977 Estimated
2016	1,206,642 Estimated
2015	1,182,582 Estimated
2014	1,046,363 Estimated
2013	990,822 Estimated
2012	829,658 Estimated
2011	624,061 Estimated
2010	604,610 Estimated
2009	582,963 Estimated
2008	905,359 Estimated
2007	1,398,415 Estimated
2006	1,838,903 Estimated
2005	2,155,316 Estimated
2004	2,070,077 Estimated
2003	1,889,214 Estimated
2002	1,747,678 Estimated
2001	1,636,676 Estimated
2000	1,592,267 Estimated

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.

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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, United States, 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, United States, 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/united-states. 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, United States, 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/united-states.

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, United States, 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/united-states (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, United States, 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/united-states. 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.},
}

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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in United States?

Housing units authorized by building permits in the United States was 1.43 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 3.1% from 2024.

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 United States?

2.16 million in 2005, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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