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

All 64 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/colorado-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | El Paso County | 5,707 |
| 2 | Denver County | 4,727 |
| 3 | Arapahoe County | 3,599 |
| 4 | Weld County | 2,993 |
| 5 | Adams County | 2,608 |
| 6 | Larimer County | 2,436 |
| 7 | Douglas County | 2,398 |
| 8 | Boulder County | 2,001 |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 1,118 |
| 10 | Broomfield County | 970 |
| 11 | Mesa County | 810 |
| 12 | La Plata County | 376 |
| 13 | Elbert County | 333 |
| 14 | Summit County | 318 |
| 15 | Grand County | 311 |
| 16 | Garfield County | 294 |
| 17 | Montrose County | 279 |
| 18 | Pueblo County | 226 |
| 19 | Eagle County | 223 |
| 20 | Routt County | 218 |
| 21 | Chaffee County | 175 |
| 22 | Park County | 152 |
| 23 | Gunnison County | 138 |
| 24 | Archuleta County | 124 |
| 25 | Teller County | 118 |
| 26 | Costilla County | 114 |
| 27 | Fremont County | 107 |
| 28 | Custer County | 78 |
| 29 | Ouray County | 76 |
| 30 | Saguache County | 70 |
| 31 | Delta County | 58 |
| 32 | Alamosa County | 56 |
| 33 | Morgan County | 55 |
| 34 | San Miguel County | 51 |
| 35 | Huerfano County | 47 |
| 36 | Lake County | 46 |
| 37 | Rio Grande County | 42 |
| 38 | Pitkin County | 36 |
| 39 | Las Animas County | 30 |
| 40 | Moffat County | 24 |
| 40 | Montezuma County | 24 |
| 42 | Gilpin County | 22 |
| 43 | Clear Creek County | 21 |
| 43 | San Juan County | 21 |
| 45 | Conejos County | 20 |
| 46 | Prowers County | 16 |
| 47 | Rio Blanco County | 15 |
| 48 | Lincoln County | 10 |
| 49 | Mineral County | 9 |
| 50 | Hinsdale County | 8 |
| 50 | Otero County | 8 |
| 52 | Kiowa County | 7 |
| 53 | Phillips County | 6 |
| 54 | Logan County | 5 |
| 55 | Cheyenne County | 4 |
| 55 | Kit Carson County | 4 |
| 55 | Yuma County | 4 |
| 58 | Washington County | 3 |
| 59 | Baca County | 2 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 2 |
| 61 | Bent County | 1 |
| 62 | Crowley County | 0 |
| 62 | Dolores County | 0 |
| 62 | Sedgwick County | 0 |