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

All 73 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/arkansas-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/arkansas-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Benton County | 6,307 |
| 2 | Washington County | 2,632 |
| 3 | Pulaski County | 1,705 |
| 4 | Craighead County | 973 |
| 5 | Faulkner County | 703 |
| 6 | Sebastian County | 525 |
| 7 | Saline County | 477 |
| 8 | Garland County | 326 |
| 9 | White County | 254 |
| 10 | Lonoke County | 224 |
| 11 | Marion County | 190 |
| 12 | Greene County | 156 |
| 13 | Boone County | 135 |
| 14 | Crittenden County | 96 |
| 15 | Baxter County | 80 |
| 16 | Mississippi County | 69 |
| 17 | Jefferson County | 60 |
| 18 | Pope County | 55 |
| 19 | Crawford County | 46 |
| 20 | Poinsett County | 44 |
| 21 | Miller County | 37 |
| 22 | Grant County | 33 |
| 22 | Independence County | 33 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 31 |
| 25 | Cross County | 28 |
| 26 | Arkansas County | 24 |
| 27 | Carroll County | 22 |
| 27 | Madison County | 22 |
| 29 | Conway County | 21 |
| 30 | Union County | 19 |
| 31 | Lawrence County | 16 |
| 31 | Sharp County | 16 |
| 33 | Yell County | 15 |
| 34 | Johnson County | 13 |
| 35 | Columbia County | 11 |
| 36 | Clay County | 9 |
| 36 | Izard County | 9 |
| 38 | Ashley County | 8 |
| 39 | Hot Spring County | 7 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 7 |
| 41 | Clark County | 6 |
| 41 | Logan County | 6 |
| 41 | Sevier County | 6 |
| 41 | Van Buren County | 6 |
| 45 | Cleburne County | 5 |
| 46 | Drew County | 4 |
| 46 | Polk County | 4 |
| 46 | Prairie County | 4 |
| 49 | Phillips County | 3 |
| 50 | Calhoun County | 2 |
| 50 | Desha County | 2 |
| 50 | Hempstead County | 2 |
| 53 | Bradley County | 1 |
| 53 | Newton County | 1 |
| 53 | Ouachita County | 1 |
| 53 | St. Francis County | 1 |
| 57 | Chicot County | 0 |
| 57 | Cleveland County | 0 |
| 57 | Dallas County | 0 |
| 57 | Fulton County | 0 |
| 57 | Howard County | 0 |
| 57 | Lafayette County | 0 |
| 57 | Lee County | 0 |
| 57 | Lincoln County | 0 |
| 57 | Little River County | 0 |
| 57 | Monroe County | 0 |
| 57 | Nevada County | 0 |
| 57 | Perry County | 0 |
| 57 | Randolph County | 0 |
| 57 | Scott County | 0 |
| 57 | Searcy County | 0 |
| 57 | Stone County | 0 |
| 57 | Woodruff County | 0 |