# Counties in Florida 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/florida-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/florida-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Miami-Dade County | 16,535 |
| 2 | Lee County | 13,547 |
| 3 | Orange County | 13,140 |
| 4 | Manatee County | 11,015 |
| 5 | Hillsborough County | 8,696 |
| 6 | Polk County | 8,236 |
| 7 | Pasco County | 7,878 |
| 8 | Osceola County | 7,366 |
| 9 | Sarasota County | 6,627 |
| 10 | Duval County | 6,017 |
| 11 | Marion County | 5,985 |
| 12 | Lake County | 5,342 |
| 13 | St. Johns County | 4,735 |
| 14 | Brevard County | 4,624 |
| 15 | Palm Beach County | 4,228 |
| 16 | Pinellas County | 4,198 |
| 17 | St. Lucie County | 4,008 |
| 18 | Sumter County | 3,516 |
| 19 | Alachua County | 3,336 |
| 20 | Charlotte County | 3,015 |
| 21 | Volusia County | 2,826 |
| 22 | Collier County | 2,736 |
| 23 | Broward County | 2,690 |
| 24 | Flagler County | 2,586 |
| 25 | Walton County | 2,399 |
| 26 | Citrus County | 2,102 |
| 27 | Bay County | 2,072 |
| 28 | Leon County | 2,047 |
| 29 | Seminole County | 1,997 |
| 30 | Hernando County | 1,975 |
| 31 | Santa Rosa County | 1,929 |
| 32 | Clay County | 1,522 |
| 33 | Escambia County | 1,398 |
| 34 | Nassau County | 1,060 |
| 35 | Okaloosa County | 1,057 |
| 36 | Martin County | 845 |
| 37 | Highlands County | 768 |
| 38 | Wakulla County | 518 |
| 39 | Hendry County | 470 |
| 40 | Gulf County | 302 |
| 41 | Monroe County | 279 |
| 42 | Indian River County | 252 |
| 43 | Levy County | 244 |
| 44 | Washington County | 223 |
| 45 | Columbia County | 182 |
| 46 | DeSoto County | 159 |
| 47 | Suwannee County | 136 |
| 48 | Putnam County | 127 |
| 49 | Dixie County | 126 |
| 50 | Gadsden County | 122 |
| 51 | Baker County | 121 |
| 52 | Franklin County | 112 |
| 53 | Glades County | 108 |
| 54 | Hardee County | 104 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 98 |
| 56 | Gilchrist County | 94 |
| 57 | Okeechobee County | 88 |
| 58 | Bradford County | 66 |
| 59 | Taylor County | 58 |
| 60 | Jefferson County | 55 |
| 61 | Union County | 45 |
| 62 | Lafayette County | 41 |
| 63 | Madison County | 39 |
| 64 | Hamilton County | 34 |
| 65 | Liberty County | 25 |
| 66 | Holmes County | 12 |
| 67 | Calhoun County | 4 |