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Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits

New Orleans, LA had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 32 cities in 2019, at 1,306. Morgan City, LA had the lowest, at 3. The median was 89 and the figure for Louisiana was 15,793. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest1,306New Orleans, LA
Lowest3Morgan City, LA
Median8932 cities
Louisiana15,793History

All cities, 2019

New Orleans, LA: 1,306 countNew Orleans, LA1,306Lake Charles, LA: 723 countLake Charles, LA723Baton Rouge, LA: 354 countBaton Rouge, LA354Bossier City, LA: 338 countBossier City, LA338Shreveport, LA: 300 countShreveport, LA300Ruston, LA: 235 countRuston, LA235Zachary, LA: 199 countZachary, LA199Hammond, LA: 194 countHammond, LA194Carencro, LA: 186 countCarencro, LA186Sulphur, LA: 183 countSulphur, LA183Youngsville, LA: 183 countYoungsville, LA183Monroe, LA: 173 countMonroe, LA173Broussard, LA: 155 countBroussard, LA155Central, LA: 150 countCentral, LA150Gonzales, LA: 126 countGonzales, LA126Pineville, LA: 108 countPineville, LA108Alexandria, LA: 69 countAlexandria, LA69Kenner, LA: 47 countKenner, LA47Thibodaux, LA: 41 countThibodaux, LA41Mandeville, LA: 40 countMandeville, LA40Covington, LA: 31 countCovington, LA31New Iberia, LA: 18 countNew Iberia, LA18Gretna, LA: 16 countGretna, LA16Crowley, LA: 13 countCrowley, LA13West Monroe, LA: 13 countWest Monroe, LA13Natchitoches, LA: 12 countNatchitoches, LA12Opelousas, LA: 11 countOpelousas, LA11Abbeville, LA: 10 countAbbeville, LA10Slidell, LA: 10 countSlidell, LA10Minden, LA: 8 countMinden, LA8Baker, LA: 6 countBaker, LA6Morgan City, LA: 3 countMorgan City, LA3New Orleans, LA: 1,306 countNew Orleans, LA1,306Lake Charles, LA: 723 countLake Charles, LA723Baton Rouge, LA: 354 countBaton Rouge, LA354Bossier City, LA: 338 countBossier City, LA338Shreveport, LA: 300 countShreveport, LA300Ruston, LA: 235 countRuston, LA235Zachary, LA: 199 countZachary, LA199Hammond, LA: 194 countHammond, LA194Carencro, LA: 186 countCarencro, LA186Sulphur, LA: 183 countSulphur, LA183Youngsville, LA: 183 countYoungsville, LA183Monroe, LA: 173 countMonroe, LA173Broussard, LA: 155 countBroussard, LA155Central, LA: 150 countCentral, LA150Gonzales, LA: 126 countGonzales, LA126Pineville, LA: 108 countPineville, LA108Alexandria, LA: 69 countAlexandria, LA69Kenner, LA: 47 countKenner, LA47Thibodaux, LA: 41 countThibodaux, LA41Mandeville, LA: 40 countMandeville, LA40Covington, LA: 31 countCovington, LA31New Iberia, LA: 18 countNew Iberia, LA18Gretna, LA: 16 countGretna, LA16Crowley, LA: 13 countCrowley, LA13West Monroe, LA: 13 countWest Monroe, LA13Natchitoches, LA: 12 countNatchitoches, LA12Opelousas, LA: 11 countOpelousas, LA11Abbeville, LA: 10 countAbbeville, LA10Slidell, LA: 10 countSlidell, LA10Minden, LA: 8 countMinden, LA8Baker, LA: 6 countBaker, LA6Morgan City, LA: 3 countMorgan City, LA3
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
count		Change on 2018
1New Orleans, LA Estimated1,306+0.2%
2Lake Charles, LA Estimated723+11.1%
3Baton Rouge, LA Estimated354+4.1%
4Bossier City, LA Estimated338+5%
5Shreveport, LA Estimated300+3.4%
6Ruston, LA Estimated235+298.3%
7Zachary, LA Estimated199-9.5%
8Hammond, LA Estimated194-59.9%
9Carencro, LA Estimated186+29.2%
10Sulphur, LA Estimated183+52.5%
10Youngsville, LA Estimated183-39.8%
12Monroe, LA Estimated173+23.6%
13Broussard, LA Estimated155-22.1%
14Central, LA Estimated150-7.4%
15Gonzales, LA Estimated126+44.8%
16Pineville, LA Estimated108+120.4%
17Alexandria, LA Estimated69-6.8%
18Kenner, LA Estimated47-25.4%
19Thibodaux, LA Estimated41+10.8%
20Mandeville, LA Estimated40+2.6%
21Covington, LA Estimated310%
22New Iberia, LA Estimated18-37.9%
23Gretna, LA Estimated16-38.5%
24Crowley, LA Estimated13+85.7%
24West Monroe, LA Estimated13-40.9%
26Natchitoches, LA Estimated12-14.3%
27Opelousas, LA Estimated11+10%
28Abbeville, LA Estimated100%
28Slidell, LA Estimated100%
30Minden, LA Estimated8+60%
31Baker, LA Estimated6+20%
32Morgan City, LA Estimated3n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2019a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2019a.txt

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Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 1 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2019a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2019a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2019.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2020) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2019a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

New Orleans, LA, with 1,306 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?

Morgan City, LA, with 3 in 2019.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.

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