Cities in Arkansas by housing units authorized by building permits

Bentonville, AR had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 39 cities in 2022, at 1,053. Forrest City, AR had the lowest, at 0. The median was 107 and the figure for Arkansas was 14,364. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,053Bentonville, AR

Lowest0Forrest City, AR

Median10739 cities

Arkansas14,364History

All cities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Bentonville, AR Estimated	1,053	+74.6%
2	Fayetteville, AR Estimated	1,042	-22.2%
3	Little Rock, AR Estimated	1,021	-9.3%
4	Centerton, AR Estimated	1,001	+63%
5	Conway, AR Estimated	982	+18.5%
6	Jonesboro, AR Estimated	835	-3.8%
7	Rogers, AR Estimated	828	-2.7%
8	Bella Vista, AR Estimated	539	-7.7%
9	Searcy, AR Estimated	538	+1,095.6%
10	Siloam Springs, AR Estimated	395	+14.5%
11	Pea Ridge, AR Estimated	357	+20.6%
12	Benton, AR Estimated	304	-6.7%
13	Paragould, AR Estimated	262	+42.4%
14	Fort Smith, AR Estimated	241	-25.8%
15	Lowell, AR Estimated	219	-39.7%
16	Springdale, AR Estimated	208	-8%
17	North Little Rock, AR Estimated	194	-62.9%
18	Farmington, AR Estimated	172	-64.5%
19	Cabot, AR Estimated	143	+18.2%
20	Sherwood, AR Estimated	107	-22.5%
21	Hot Springs, AR Estimated	99	-70%
22	Van Buren, AR Estimated	91	-17.3%
23	Bryant, AR Estimated	90	-33.3%
24	Maumelle, AR Estimated	85	-14.1%
25	Jacksonville, AR Estimated	68	+61.9%
26	Texarkana, AR Estimated	48	+71.4%
27	Marion, AR Estimated	45	+7.1%
28	Russellville, AR Estimated	43	-35.8%
29	Pine Bluff, AR Estimated	30	+200%
30	Batesville, AR Estimated	24	+166.7%
30	Mountain Home, AR Estimated	24	-70%
32	West Memphis, AR Estimated	20	+25%
33	Blytheville, AR Estimated	17	+240%
34	Harrison, AR Estimated	13	-7.1%
35	El Dorado, AR Estimated	12	0%
36	Malvern, AR Estimated	10	n/a
37	Camden, AR Estimated	5	+150%
37	Magnolia, AR Estimated	5	-54.5%
39	Forrest City, AR Estimated	0	-100%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/South%20Region/so2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Arkansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2022a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Arkansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 2 Apr. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2022a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/arkansas-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Arkansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2022a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/arkansas-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Arkansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2022a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/arkansas-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Bentonville, AR, with 1,053 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?

Forrest City, AR, with 0 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.