Counties in Georgia by housing units authorized by building permits
Fulton County had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 156 counties in 2024, at 11,577. Wilkinson County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 110. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton County Estimated | 11,577 | +14.6% |
| 2 | Gwinnett County Estimated | 5,603 | +3.3% |
| 3 | Chatham County Estimated | 2,691 | +60.9% |
| 4 | Cherokee County Estimated | 2,665 | +19.7% |
| 5 | Forsyth County Estimated | 2,525 | +84.2% |
| 6 | Hall County Estimated | 2,339 | +77.3% |
| 7 | Jackson County Estimated | 2,114 | +2.6% |
| 8 | Henry County Estimated | 1,887 | -11.5% |
| 9 | Bartow County Estimated | 1,622 | +0.9% |
| 10 | Cobb County Estimated | 1,604 | -45.7% |
| 11 | Houston County Estimated | 1,526 | -10% |
| 12 | Newton County Estimated | 1,464 | +88.9% |
| 13 | Paulding County Estimated | 1,458 | +5.4% |
| 14 | Barrow County Estimated | 1,427 | +30.7% |
| 15 | DeKalb County Estimated | 1,238 | -45.6% |
| 16 | Columbia County Estimated | 1,213 | +4.8% |
| 17 | Clarke County Estimated | 1,172 | +188.7% |
| 18 | Coweta County Estimated | 962 | +0.1% |
| 19 | Clayton County Estimated | 930 | +167.2% |
| 20 | Carroll County Estimated | 900 | +4.4% |
| 21 | Lowndes County Estimated | 899 | +4.2% |
| 22 | Dawson County Estimated | 887 | +82.9% |
| 23 | Bulloch County Estimated | 850 | +2.2% |
| 24 | Catoosa County Estimated | 848 | +146.5% |
| 25 | Effingham County Estimated | 836 | +9.3% |
| 26 | Glynn County Estimated | 734 | +18.8% |
| 27 | Walton County Estimated | 668 | -23% |
| 28 | Douglas County Estimated | 638 | -37.7% |
| 29 | Richmond County Estimated | 558 | +14.6% |
| 30 | Bryan County Estimated | 510 | -46.4% |
| 31 | Rockdale County Estimated | 483 | +25.5% |
| 32 | Liberty County Estimated | 471 | +10.6% |
| 33 | Gordon County Estimated | 429 | +9.7% |
| 34 | Troup County Estimated | 402 | -58.7% |
| 35 | Fannin County Estimated | 390 | +10.8% |
| 36 | Whitfield County Estimated | 374 | +3.3% |
| 37 | Camden County Estimated | 363 | -44.7% |
| 38 | Floyd County Estimated | 355 | +8.6% |
| 39 | Walker County Estimated | 344 | -17.3% |
| 40 | Spalding County Estimated | 342 | -0.3% |
| 41 | Oconee County Estimated | 334 | +6.4% |
| 42 | Fayette County Estimated | 323 | -8.8% |
| 43 | Long County Estimated | 298 | +4.6% |
| 44 | Greene County Estimated | 295 | +6.5% |
| 45 | Muscogee County Estimated | 291 | +9.4% |
| 46 | Monroe County Estimated | 281 | +6.8% |
| 46 | Union County Estimated | 281 | +20.6% |
| 48 | Lumpkin County Estimated | 277 | +14.5% |
| 49 | Pickens County Estimated | 259 | -34.4% |
| 50 | Haralson County Estimated | 242 | -21.7% |
| 51 | Habersham County Estimated | 241 | +6.6% |
| 52 | Elbert County Estimated | 218 | +215.9% |
| 53 | Franklin County Estimated | 215 | +18.1% |
| 54 | Thomas County Estimated | 213 | +21.7% |
| 55 | Baldwin County Estimated | 202 | +117.2% |
| 56 | Harris County Estimated | 189 | +1.1% |
| 56 | Madison County Estimated | 189 | +2.7% |
| 58 | Jasper County Estimated | 183 | 0% |
| 59 | White County Estimated | 180 | -18.9% |
| 60 | Tift County Estimated | 176 | -11.1% |
| 61 | Hart County Estimated | 172 | -16.5% |
| 62 | Wayne County Estimated | 165 | +26.9% |
| 63 | Morgan County Estimated | 164 | -1.8% |
| 64 | Bibb County Estimated | 154 | +4.8% |
| 65 | Peach County Estimated | 149 | 0% |
| 66 | Polk County Estimated | 147 | +90.9% |
| 67 | Rabun County Estimated | 146 | -12.6% |
| 68 | Murray County Estimated | 141 | +5.2% |
| 69 | Oglethorpe County Estimated | 140 | +14.8% |
| 70 | Decatur County Estimated | 138 | +8.7% |
| 70 | Meriwether County Estimated | 138 | -45.9% |
| 72 | Berrien County Estimated | 135 | +462.5% |
| 72 | Lamar County Estimated | 135 | +2.3% |
| 74 | Lee County Estimated | 133 | +15.7% |
| 74 | Upson County Estimated | 133 | +3.9% |
| 76 | Putnam County Estimated | 127 | -18.6% |
| 77 | McIntosh County Estimated | 125 | +6.8% |
| 78 | Coffee County Estimated | 110 | +96.4% |
| 79 | Bleckley County Estimated | 109 | -0.9% |
| 80 | Jones County Estimated | 106 | +8.2% |
| 81 | Banks County Estimated | 102 | -1% |
| 82 | Gilmer County Estimated | 98 | -73.8% |
| 82 | Towns County Estimated | 98 | -24% |
| 84 | Colquitt County Estimated | 97 | -14.9% |
| 85 | Pike County Estimated | 91 | -15% |
| 86 | Pierce County Estimated | 88 | -20% |
| 87 | Emanuel County Estimated | 82 | -7.9% |
| 88 | Lincoln County Estimated | 78 | +8.3% |
| 89 | Worth County Estimated | 76 | +171.4% |
| 90 | Wilkes County Estimated | 73 | +108.6% |
| 91 | Heard County Estimated | 70 | +55.6% |
| 92 | Burke County Estimated | 64 | +3.2% |
| 92 | McDuffie County Estimated | 64 | -9.9% |
| 94 | Brantley County Estimated | 63 | +23.5% |
| 95 | Butts County Estimated | 60 | -21.1% |
| 96 | Grady County Estimated | 58 | -6.5% |
| 97 | Stephens County Estimated | 54 | +125% |
| 98 | Laurens County Estimated | 53 | +65.6% |
| 99 | Tattnall County Estimated | 52 | +23.8% |
| 100 | Charlton County Estimated | 51 | -36.3% |
| 101 | Ware County Estimated | 50 | +2% |
| 102 | Washington County Estimated | 48 | -22.6% |
| 103 | Cook County Estimated | 47 | -28.8% |
| 104 | Dooly County Estimated | 46 | -36.1% |
| 105 | Dougherty County Estimated | 45 | +21.6% |
| 106 | Crawford County Estimated | 43 | -6.5% |
| 107 | Pulaski County Estimated | 42 | -8.7% |
| 108 | Brooks County Estimated | 39 | +34.5% |
| 108 | Sumter County Estimated | 39 | +69.6% |
| 110 | Jenkins County Estimated | 34 | +30.8% |
| 111 | Toombs County Estimated | 33 | +10% |
| 112 | Irwin County Estimated | 32 | -3% |
| 113 | Dodge County Estimated | 31 | +138.5% |
| 113 | Lanier County Estimated | 31 | -26.2% |
| 115 | Hancock County Estimated | 28 | +7.7% |
| 116 | Evans County Estimated | 26 | +8.3% |
| 117 | Jefferson County Estimated | 23 | +35.3% |
| 117 | Screven County Estimated | 23 | +9.5% |
| 119 | Crisp County Estimated | 22 | +10% |
| 120 | Montgomery County Estimated | 21 | -4.5% |
| 121 | Mitchell County Estimated | 20 | +5.3% |
| 122 | Quitman County Estimated | 19 | +58.3% |
| 123 | Atkinson County Estimated | 18 | -18.2% |
| 123 | Schley County Estimated | 18 | -5.3% |
| 125 | Appling County Estimated | 17 | +750% |
| 126 | Marion County Estimated | 14 | -6.7% |
| 126 | Seminole County Estimated | 14 | +366.7% |
| 128 | Macon County Estimated | 13 | 0% |
| 129 | Taylor County Estimated | 12 | -52% |
| 130 | Early County Estimated | 11 | +10% |
| 131 | Candler County Estimated | 9 | -10% |
| 131 | Dade County Estimated | 9 | +125% |
| 131 | Webster County Estimated | 9 | |
| 134 | Randolph County Estimated | 7 | +16.7% |
| 134 | Twiggs County Estimated | 7 | -46.2% |
| 136 | Ben Hill County Estimated | 6 | -33.3% |
| 136 | Clay County Estimated | 6 | +500% |
| 136 | Jeff Davis County Estimated | 6 | -50% |
| 139 | Calhoun County Estimated | 5 | -16.7% |
| 139 | Terrell County Estimated | 5 | +66.7% |
| 141 | Turner County Estimated | 4 | -42.9% |
| 142 | Echols County Estimated | 3 | -89.3% |
| 142 | Miller County Estimated | 3 | 0% |
| 144 | Chattooga County Estimated | 2 | +100% |
| 144 | Talbot County Estimated | 2 | +100% |
| 146 | Chattahoochee County Estimated | 1 | 0% |
| 147 | Bacon County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Baker County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Clinch County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Johnson County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Stewart County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Telfair County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Treutlen County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Warren County Estimated | 0 | -100% |
| 147 | Wheeler County Estimated | 0 | |
| 147 | Wilkinson 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/co2024a.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 11,577 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?
Wilkinson County, with 0 in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
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