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

All 156 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/georgia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/georgia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fulton County | 9,660 |
| 2 | Chatham County | 4,426 |
| 3 | Gwinnett County | 3,946 |
| 4 | Hall County | 1,996 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 1,827 |
| 6 | Cobb County | 1,787 |
| 7 | Forsyth County | 1,743 |
| 8 | Henry County | 1,666 |
| 9 | Barrow County | 1,584 |
| 10 | Cherokee County | 1,524 |
| 11 | Bulloch County | 1,389 |
| 12 | Paulding County | 1,326 |
| 13 | DeKalb County | 1,321 |
| 14 | Houston County | 1,218 |
| 15 | Columbia County | 1,213 |
| 16 | Dawson County | 1,069 |
| 17 | Carroll County | 1,065 |
| 18 | Bartow County | 1,030 |
| 19 | Lowndes County | 804 |
| 20 | Douglas County | 801 |
| 21 | Clayton County | 793 |
| 22 | Coweta County | 751 |
| 23 | Clarke County | 748 |
| 24 | Bryan County | 733 |
| 25 | Troup County | 718 |
| 26 | Newton County | 605 |
| 27 | Walton County | 569 |
| 28 | Catoosa County | 546 |
| 29 | Richmond County | 534 |
| 30 | Glynn County | 448 |
| 31 | Camden County | 446 |
| 32 | Fayette County | 435 |
| 33 | Whitfield County | 409 |
| 34 | Habersham County | 390 |
| 35 | Fannin County | 356 |
| 36 | Liberty County | 355 |
| 37 | Rockdale County | 339 |
| 38 | Floyd County | 330 |
| 39 | Oconee County | 320 |
| 40 | Spalding County | 317 |
| 41 | Greene County | 311 |
| 42 | Walker County | 299 |
| 43 | Gordon County | 289 |
| 44 | Cook County | 278 |
| 45 | Pickens County | 277 |
| 46 | Long County | 275 |
| 47 | Lumpkin County | 270 |
| 48 | Union County | 264 |
| 49 | Muscogee County | 260 |
| 50 | Monroe County | 258 |
| 51 | Polk County | 217 |
| 52 | Effingham County | 212 |
| 52 | Gilmer County | 212 |
| 54 | Thomas County | 203 |
| 55 | Hart County | 197 |
| 56 | White County | 190 |
| 57 | Harris County | 177 |
| 57 | Tift County | 177 |
| 59 | Haralson County | 159 |
| 60 | Morgan County | 147 |
| 61 | Bibb County | 143 |
| 62 | Franklin County | 142 |
| 63 | Murray County | 141 |
| 64 | Peach County | 139 |
| 65 | Lamar County | 136 |
| 66 | Decatur County | 135 |
| 67 | Madison County | 130 |
| 68 | Elbert County | 129 |
| 69 | Rabun County | 128 |
| 70 | Upson County | 127 |
| 71 | Jasper County | 124 |
| 72 | Ware County | 119 |
| 73 | Meriwether County | 117 |
| 74 | Berrien County | 115 |
| 75 | Colquitt County | 111 |
| 76 | Banks County | 109 |
| 77 | McIntosh County | 106 |
| 77 | Pike County | 106 |
| 79 | Laurens County | 102 |
| 79 | Wayne County | 102 |
| 81 | Burke County | 100 |
| 82 | Washington County | 99 |
| 83 | Putnam County | 98 |
| 84 | Baldwin County | 95 |
| 85 | Lee County | 94 |
| 86 | Coffee County | 88 |
| 87 | Bleckley County | 86 |
| 87 | McDuffie County | 86 |
| 89 | Butts County | 85 |
| 90 | Towns County | 84 |
| 91 | Oglethorpe County | 80 |
| 92 | Brantley County | 77 |
| 93 | Tattnall County | 74 |
| 94 | Jones County | 68 |
| 94 | Pierce County | 68 |
| 94 | Pulaski County | 68 |
| 97 | Worth County | 61 |
| 98 | Brooks County | 58 |
| 99 | Grady County | 55 |
| 99 | Lincoln County | 55 |
| 101 | Heard County | 54 |
| 102 | Emanuel County | 49 |
| 103 | Charlton County | 41 |
| 104 | Lanier County | 39 |
| 105 | Wilkes County | 37 |
| 106 | Stephens County | 36 |
| 106 | Sumter County | 36 |
| 108 | Jenkins County | 35 |
| 108 | Toombs County | 35 |
| 110 | Seminole County | 33 |
| 111 | Dougherty County | 32 |
| 112 | Crawford County | 29 |
| 113 | Miller County | 28 |
| 114 | Crisp County | 27 |
| 115 | Evans County | 25 |
| 116 | Hancock County | 24 |
| 116 | Jefferson County | 24 |
| 116 | Quitman County | 24 |
| 119 | Dooly County | 22 |
| 120 | Appling County | 21 |
| 121 | Screven County | 19 |
| 122 | Atkinson County | 18 |
| 122 | Mitchell County | 18 |
| 122 | Montgomery County | 18 |
| 122 | Schley County | 18 |
| 122 | Wilkinson County | 18 |
| 127 | Ben Hill County | 17 |
| 128 | Bacon County | 14 |
| 128 | Macon County | 14 |
| 128 | Taylor County | 14 |
| 131 | Marion County | 13 |
| 131 | Twiggs County | 13 |
| 133 | Early County | 12 |
| 134 | Irwin County | 10 |
| 135 | Dade County | 9 |
| 135 | Jeff Davis County | 9 |
| 135 | Randolph County | 9 |
| 135 | Webster County | 9 |
| 139 | Candler County | 7 |
| 140 | Calhoun County | 5 |
| 140 | Clay County | 5 |
| 140 | Dodge County | 5 |
| 140 | Terrell County | 5 |
| 144 | Echols County | 4 |
| 144 | Treutlen County | 4 |
| 146 | Chattahoochee County | 3 |
| 146 | Turner County | 3 |
| 148 | Chattooga County | 2 |
| 149 | Stewart County | 1 |
| 150 | Baker County | 0 |
| 150 | Clinch County | 0 |
| 150 | Johnson County | 0 |
| 150 | Talbot County | 0 |
| 150 | Telfair County | 0 |
| 150 | Warren County | 0 |
| 150 | Wheeler County | 0 |