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

All 44 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/idaho-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/idaho-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ada County | 5,221 |
| 2 | Canyon County | 3,929 |
| 3 | Kootenai County | 1,705 |
| 4 | Bonneville County | 1,219 |
| 5 | Madison County | 842 |
| 6 | Bannock County | 592 |
| 7 | Twin Falls County | 527 |
| 8 | Teton County | 384 |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 312 |
| 10 | Nez Perce County | 272 |
| 11 | Valley County | 268 |
| 12 | Latah County | 240 |
| 13 | Bingham County | 207 |
| 13 | Bonner County | 207 |
| 15 | Payette County | 181 |
| 16 | Elmore County | 164 |
| 17 | Fremont County | 156 |
| 17 | Minidoka County | 156 |
| 19 | Gem County | 144 |
| 20 | Jerome County | 143 |
| 21 | Bear Lake County | 128 |
| 22 | Blaine County | 113 |
| 23 | Cassia County | 112 |
| 24 | Boise County | 108 |
| 25 | Washington County | 69 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 64 |
| 27 | Benewah County | 57 |
| 28 | Shoshone County | 51 |
| 29 | Lemhi County | 49 |
| 30 | Lewis County | 41 |
| 31 | Clearwater County | 38 |
| 32 | Gooding County | 36 |
| 32 | Owyhee County | 36 |
| 34 | Boundary County | 32 |
| 34 | Custer County | 32 |
| 36 | Oneida County | 28 |
| 37 | Caribou County | 18 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 16 |
| 39 | Camas County | 14 |
| 40 | Adams County | 11 |
| 41 | Butte County | 9 |
| 42 | Idaho County | 6 |
| 43 | Power County | 5 |
| 44 | Clark County | 2 |