Counties in Georgia by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025
Fulton County had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 156 counties in 2025, at 9,660. Wheeler County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 104. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2025 | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County Estimated | 9,660 | -16.6% |
| 2 | Chatham County Estimated | 4,426 | +64.5% |
| 3 | Gwinnett County Estimated | 3,946 | -29.6% |
| 4 | Hall County Estimated | 1,996 | -14.7% |
| 5 | Jackson County Estimated | 1,827 | -13.6% |
| 6 | Cobb County Estimated | 1,787 | +11.4% |
| 7 | Forsyth County Estimated | 1,743 | -31% |
| 8 | Henry County Estimated | 1,666 | -11.7% |
| 9 | Barrow County Estimated | 1,584 | +11% |
| 10 | Cherokee County Estimated | 1,524 | -42.8% |
| 11 | Bulloch County Estimated | 1,389 | +63.4% |
| 12 | Paulding County Estimated | 1,326 | -9.1% |
| 13 | DeKalb County Estimated | 1,321 | +6.7% |
| 14 | Houston County Estimated | 1,218 | -20.2% |
| 15 | Columbia County Estimated | 1,213 | 0% |
| 16 | Dawson County Estimated | 1,069 | +20.5% |
| 17 | Carroll County Estimated | 1,065 | +18.3% |
| 18 | Bartow County Estimated | 1,030 | -36.5% |
| 19 | Lowndes County Estimated | 804 | -10.6% |
| 20 | Douglas County Estimated | 801 | +25.5% |
| 21 | Clayton County Estimated | 793 | -14.7% |
| 22 | Coweta County Estimated | 751 | -21.9% |
| 23 | Clarke County Estimated | 748 | -36.2% |
| 24 | Bryan County Estimated | 733 | +43.7% |
| 25 | Troup County Estimated | 718 | +78.6% |
| 26 | Newton County Estimated | 605 | -58.7% |
| 27 | Walton County Estimated | 569 | -14.8% |
| 28 | Catoosa County Estimated | 546 | -35.6% |
| 29 | Richmond County Estimated | 534 | -4.3% |
| 30 | Glynn County Estimated | 448 | -39% |
| 31 | Camden County Estimated | 446 | +22.9% |
| 32 | Fayette County Estimated | 435 | +34.7% |
| 33 | Whitfield County Estimated | 409 | +9.4% |
| 34 | Habersham County Estimated | 390 | +61.8% |
| 35 | Fannin County Estimated | 356 | -8.7% |
| 36 | Liberty County Estimated | 355 | -24.6% |
| 37 | Rockdale County Estimated | 339 | -29.8% |
| 38 | Floyd County Estimated | 330 | -7% |
| 39 | Oconee County Estimated | 320 | -4.2% |
| 40 | Spalding County Estimated | 317 | -7.3% |
| 41 | Greene County Estimated | 311 | +5.4% |
| 42 | Walker County Estimated | 299 | -13.1% |
| 43 | Gordon County Estimated | 289 | -32.6% |
| 44 | Cook County Estimated | 278 | +491.5% |
| 45 | Pickens County Estimated | 277 | +6.9% |
| 46 | Long County Estimated | 275 | -7.7% |
| 47 | Lumpkin County Estimated | 270 | -2.5% |
| 48 | Union County Estimated | 264 | -6% |
| 49 | Muscogee County Estimated | 260 | -10.7% |
| 50 | Monroe County Estimated | 258 | -8.2% |
| 51 | Polk County Estimated | 217 | +47.6% |
| 52 | Effingham County Estimated | 212 | -74.6% |
| 52 | Gilmer County Estimated | 212 | +116.3% |
| 54 | Thomas County Estimated | 203 | -4.7% |
| 55 | Hart County Estimated | 197 | +14.5% |
| 56 | White County Estimated | 190 | +5.6% |
| 57 | Harris County Estimated | 177 | -6.3% |
| 57 | Tift County Estimated | 177 | +0.6% |
| 59 | Haralson County Estimated | 159 | -34.3% |
| 60 | Morgan County Estimated | 147 | -10.4% |
| 61 | Bibb County Estimated | 143 | -7.1% |
| 62 | Franklin County Estimated | 142 | -34% |
| 63 | Murray County Estimated | 141 | 0% |
| 64 | Peach County Estimated | 139 | -6.7% |
| 65 | Lamar County Estimated | 136 | +0.7% |
| 66 | Decatur County Estimated | 135 | -2.2% |
| 67 | Madison County Estimated | 130 | -31.2% |
| 68 | Elbert County Estimated | 129 | -40.8% |
| 69 | Rabun County Estimated | 128 | -12.3% |
| 70 | Upson County Estimated | 127 | -4.5% |
| 71 | Jasper County Estimated | 124 | -32.2% |
| 72 | Ware County Estimated | 119 | +138% |
| 73 | Meriwether County Estimated | 117 | -15.2% |
| 74 | Berrien County Estimated | 115 | -14.8% |
| 75 | Colquitt County Estimated | 111 | +14.4% |
| 76 | Banks County Estimated | 109 | +6.9% |
| 77 | McIntosh County Estimated | 106 | -15.2% |
| 77 | Pike County Estimated | 106 | +16.5% |
| 79 | Laurens County Estimated | 102 | +92.5% |
| 79 | Wayne County Estimated | 102 | -38.2% |
| 81 | Burke County Estimated | 100 | +56.3% |
| 82 | Washington County Estimated | 99 | +106.3% |
| 83 | Putnam County Estimated | 98 | -22.8% |
| 84 | Baldwin County Estimated | 95 | -53% |
| 85 | Lee County Estimated | 94 | -29.3% |
| 86 | Coffee County Estimated | 88 | -20% |
| 87 | Bleckley County Estimated | 86 | -21.1% |
| 87 | McDuffie County Estimated | 86 | +34.4% |
| 89 | Butts County Estimated | 85 | +41.7% |
| 90 | Towns County Estimated | 84 | -14.3% |
| 91 | Oglethorpe County Estimated | 80 | -42.9% |
| 92 | Brantley County Estimated | 77 | +22.2% |
| 93 | Tattnall County Estimated | 74 | +42.3% |
| 94 | Jones County Estimated | 68 | -35.8% |
| 94 | Pierce County Estimated | 68 | -22.7% |
| 94 | Pulaski County Estimated | 68 | +61.9% |
| 97 | Worth County Estimated | 61 | -19.7% |
| 98 | Brooks County Estimated | 58 | +48.7% |
| 99 | Grady County Estimated | 55 | -5.2% |
| 99 | Lincoln County Estimated | 55 | -29.5% |
| 101 | Heard County Estimated | 54 | -22.9% |
| 102 | Emanuel County Estimated | 49 | -40.2% |
| 103 | Charlton County Estimated | 41 | -19.6% |
| 104 | Lanier County Estimated | 39 | +25.8% |
| 105 | Wilkes County Estimated | 37 | -49.3% |
| 106 | Stephens County Estimated | 36 | -33.3% |
| 106 | Sumter County Estimated | 36 | -7.7% |
| 108 | Jenkins County Estimated | 35 | +2.9% |
| 108 | Toombs County Estimated | 35 | +6.1% |
| 110 | Seminole County Estimated | 33 | +135.7% |
| 111 | Dougherty County Estimated | 32 | -28.9% |
| 112 | Crawford County Estimated | 29 | -32.6% |
| 113 | Miller County Estimated | 28 | +833.3% |
| 114 | Crisp County Estimated | 27 | +22.7% |
| 115 | Evans County Estimated | 25 | -3.8% |
| 116 | Hancock County Estimated | 24 | -14.3% |
| 116 | Jefferson County Estimated | 24 | +4.3% |
| 116 | Quitman County Estimated | 24 | +26.3% |
| 119 | Dooly County Estimated | 22 | -52.2% |
| 120 | Appling County Estimated | 21 | +23.5% |
| 121 | Screven County Estimated | 19 | -17.4% |
| 122 | Atkinson County Estimated | 18 | 0% |
| 122 | Mitchell County Estimated | 18 | -10% |
| 122 | Montgomery County Estimated | 18 | -14.3% |
| 122 | Schley County Estimated | 18 | 0% |
| 122 | Wilkinson County Estimated | 18 | |
| 127 | Ben Hill County Estimated | 17 | +183.3% |
| 128 | Bacon County Estimated | 14 | |
| 128 | Macon County Estimated | 14 | +7.7% |
| 128 | Taylor County Estimated | 14 | +16.7% |
| 131 | Marion County Estimated | 13 | -7.1% |
| 131 | Twiggs County Estimated | 13 | +85.7% |
| 133 | Early County Estimated | 12 | +9.1% |
| 134 | Irwin County Estimated | 10 | -68.8% |
| 135 | Dade County Estimated | 9 | 0% |
| 135 | Jeff Davis County Estimated | 9 | +50% |
| 135 | Randolph County Estimated | 9 | +28.6% |
| 135 | Webster County Estimated | 9 | 0% |
| 139 | Candler County Estimated | 7 | -22.2% |
| 140 | Calhoun County Estimated | 5 | 0% |
| 140 | Clay County Estimated | 5 | -16.7% |
| 140 | Dodge County Estimated | 5 | -83.9% |
| 140 | Terrell County Estimated | 5 | 0% |
| 144 | Echols County Estimated | 4 | +33.3% |
| 144 | Treutlen County Estimated | 4 | |
| 146 | Chattahoochee County Estimated | 3 | +200% |
| 146 | Turner County Estimated | 3 | -25% |
| 148 | Chattooga County Estimated | 2 | 0% |
| 149 | Stewart County Estimated | 1 | |
| 150 | Baker County Estimated | 0 | |
| 150 | Clinch County Estimated | 0 | |
| 150 | Johnson County Estimated | 0 | |
| 150 | Talbot County Estimated | 0 | -100% |
| 150 | Telfair County Estimated | 0 | |
| 150 | Warren County Estimated | 0 | |
| 150 | Wheeler County Estimated | 0 |
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About this ranking
Annual number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
Final annual county estimates include imputation for missing reports. Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Covers permit-issuing areas; areas where permits are not required are outside the survey. Not seasonally adjusted or expressed as an annualized monthly rate. The total is the sum of units in the four published structure categories; inputs are retained.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?
Fulton County, with 9,660 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?
Wheeler County, with 0 in 2025.
Where does this ranking come from?
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