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

All 97 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/kentucky-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/kentucky-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 3,001 |
| 2 | Warren County | 1,453 |
| 3 | Fayette County | 1,052 |
| 4 | Madison County | 813 |
| 5 | Boone County | 756 |
| 6 | Kenton County | 681 |
| 7 | Bullitt County | 654 |
| 8 | Jessamine County | 512 |
| 9 | Hardin County | 432 |
| 10 | Simpson County | 396 |
| 11 | Scott County | 393 |
| 12 | Oldham County | 276 |
| 13 | Hart County | 272 |
| 14 | Shelby County | 269 |
| 15 | Daviess County | 253 |
| 16 | Nelson County | 222 |
| 17 | Barren County | 204 |
| 18 | Hopkins County | 201 |
| 19 | Campbell County | 182 |
| 20 | Christian County | 175 |
| 21 | McCracken County | 170 |
| 22 | Clark County | 166 |
| 23 | Meade County | 165 |
| 24 | Anderson County | 147 |
| 25 | Mercer County | 132 |
| 26 | Pulaski County | 129 |
| 27 | Henderson County | 112 |
| 28 | Grant County | 110 |
| 29 | Bourbon County | 109 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 96 |
| 31 | Woodford County | 95 |
| 32 | Boyle County | 94 |
| 33 | Lincoln County | 88 |
| 34 | Marshall County | 86 |
| 35 | Spencer County | 85 |
| 36 | Graves County | 83 |
| 37 | Logan County | 69 |
| 38 | Harrison County | 68 |
| 38 | Henry County | 68 |
| 40 | Larue County | 59 |
| 41 | Marion County | 56 |
| 42 | Montgomery County | 53 |
| 43 | Whitley County | 52 |
| 44 | Gallatin County | 51 |
| 45 | Bell County | 41 |
| 46 | Todd County | 40 |
| 47 | Grayson County | 36 |
| 48 | Mason County | 26 |
| 48 | Washington County | 26 |
| 50 | Greenup County | 21 |
| 50 | Laurel County | 21 |
| 52 | Calloway County | 20 |
| 53 | Allen County | 17 |
| 53 | Owen County | 17 |
| 55 | Hancock County | 15 |
| 56 | Breckinridge County | 14 |
| 56 | Pike County | 14 |
| 58 | Boyd County | 12 |
| 59 | Taylor County | 9 |
| 60 | Rowan County | 8 |
| 61 | Fulton County | 7 |
| 62 | Adair County | 6 |
| 63 | Lyon County | 5 |
| 63 | Muhlenberg County | 5 |
| 63 | Powell County | 5 |
| 63 | Russell County | 5 |
| 63 | Webster County | 5 |
| 68 | Green County | 4 |
| 69 | Carter County | 3 |
| 69 | Nicholas County | 3 |
| 69 | Ohio County | 3 |
| 72 | Casey County | 2 |
| 72 | Floyd County | 2 |
| 72 | McLean County | 2 |
| 72 | Morgan County | 2 |
| 76 | Breathitt County | 1 |
| 76 | Carroll County | 1 |
| 76 | Crittenden County | 1 |
| 76 | Letcher County | 1 |
| 80 | Bath County | 0 |
| 80 | Butler County | 0 |
| 80 | Caldwell County | 0 |
| 80 | Clay County | 0 |
| 80 | Clinton County | 0 |
| 80 | Cumberland County | 0 |
| 80 | Estill County | 0 |
| 80 | Fleming County | 0 |
| 80 | Garrard County | 0 |
| 80 | Harlan County | 0 |
| 80 | Jackson County | 0 |
| 80 | Knox County | 0 |
| 80 | Lewis County | 0 |
| 80 | McCreary County | 0 |
| 80 | Pendleton County | 0 |
| 80 | Perry County | 0 |
| 80 | Trigg County | 0 |
| 80 | Union County | 0 |