# Counties in Alabama by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 67 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Annual number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/alabama-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/alabama-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Madison County | 4,070 |
| 2 | Baldwin County | 2,665 |
| 3 | Jefferson County | 2,391 |
| 4 | Lee County | 1,575 |
| 5 | Shelby County | 1,308 |
| 6 | Mobile County | 1,102 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 729 |
| 8 | Tuscaloosa County | 603 |
| 9 | Houston County | 470 |
| 10 | Limestone County | 449 |
| 11 | St. Clair County | 411 |
| 12 | Morgan County | 400 |
| 13 | Lauderdale County | 316 |
| 14 | Tallapoosa County | 230 |
| 15 | Marshall County | 222 |
| 16 | Autauga County | 200 |
| 17 | Coffee County | 198 |
| 18 | Cullman County | 196 |
| 19 | Talladega County | 195 |
| 20 | Russell County | 151 |
| 21 | Calhoun County | 144 |
| 22 | Elmore County | 140 |
| 23 | Etowah County | 123 |
| 24 | Chambers County | 100 |
| 24 | Henry County | 100 |
| 26 | Colbert County | 84 |
| 27 | Chilton County | 72 |
| 28 | Jackson County | 49 |
| 29 | DeKalb County | 45 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 37 |
| 31 | Dale County | 29 |
| 32 | Franklin County | 27 |
| 32 | Pike County | 27 |
| 34 | Cherokee County | 21 |
| 35 | Blount County | 20 |
| 35 | Geneva County | 20 |
| 37 | Barbour County | 14 |
| 38 | Covington County | 13 |
| 39 | Marion County | 12 |
| 39 | Walker County | 12 |
| 41 | Cleburne County | 11 |
| 42 | Clarke County | 10 |
| 43 | Clay County | 8 |
| 43 | Hale County | 8 |
| 45 | Butler County | 6 |
| 45 | Escambia County | 6 |
| 45 | Lawrence County | 6 |
| 45 | Macon County | 6 |
| 49 | Bibb County | 5 |
| 49 | Dallas County | 5 |
| 51 | Crenshaw County | 4 |
| 51 | Lowndes County | 4 |
| 51 | Pickens County | 4 |
| 51 | Sumter County | 4 |
| 55 | Winston County | 2 |
| 56 | Conecuh County | 1 |
| 56 | Greene County | 1 |
| 58 | Bullock County | 0 |
| 58 | Choctaw County | 0 |
| 58 | Coosa County | 0 |
| 58 | Fayette County | 0 |
| 58 | Lamar County | 0 |
| 58 | Marengo County | 0 |
| 58 | Perry County | 0 |
| 58 | Randolph County | 0 |
| 58 | Washington County | 0 |
| 58 | Wilcox County | 0 |