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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 2020, at 1,360. Natchitoches, LA had the lowest, at 0. The median was 73 and the figure for Louisiana was 17,283. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest1,360New Orleans, LA
Lowest0Natchitoches, LA
Median7332 cities
Louisiana17,283History

All cities, 2020

New Orleans, LA: 1,360 countNew Orleans, LA1,360Carencro, LA: 708 countCarencro, LA708Hammond, LA: 570 countHammond, LA570Lake Charles, LA: 528 countLake Charles, LA528Bossier City, LA: 336 countBossier City, LA336Baton Rouge, LA: 306 countBaton Rouge, LA306Youngsville, LA: 265 countYoungsville, LA265Ruston, LA: 260 countRuston, LA260Shreveport, LA: 244 countShreveport, LA244Zachary, LA: 216 countZachary, LA216Broussard, LA: 199 countBroussard, LA199Monroe, LA: 184 countMonroe, LA184Gonzales, LA: 183 countGonzales, LA183Central, LA: 137 countCentral, LA137Sulphur, LA: 110 countSulphur, LA110Alexandria, LA: 83 countAlexandria, LA83Kenner, LA: 62 countKenner, LA62Mandeville, LA: 46 countMandeville, LA46Pineville, LA: 45 countPineville, LA45Thibodaux, LA: 45 countThibodaux, LA45Gretna, LA: 32 countGretna, LA32Covington, LA: 29 countCovington, LA29Abbeville, LA: 16 countAbbeville, LA16West Monroe, LA: 16 countWest Monroe, LA16Opelousas, LA: 12 countOpelousas, LA12New Iberia, LA: 11 countNew Iberia, LA11Crowley, LA: 9 countCrowley, LA9Minden, LA: 8 countMinden, LA8Slidell, LA: 8 countSlidell, LA8Baker, LA: 7 countBaker, LA7Morgan City, LA: 1 countMorgan City, LA1Natchitoches, LA: 0 countNatchitoches, LA0New Orleans, LA: 1,360 countNew Orleans, LA1,360Carencro, LA: 708 countCarencro, LA708Hammond, LA: 570 countHammond, LA570Lake Charles, LA: 528 countLake Charles, LA528Bossier City, LA: 336 countBossier City, LA336Baton Rouge, LA: 306 countBaton Rouge, LA306Youngsville, LA: 265 countYoungsville, LA265Ruston, LA: 260 countRuston, LA260Shreveport, LA: 244 countShreveport, LA244Zachary, LA: 216 countZachary, LA216Broussard, LA: 199 countBroussard, LA199Monroe, LA: 184 countMonroe, LA184Gonzales, LA: 183 countGonzales, LA183Central, LA: 137 countCentral, LA137Sulphur, LA: 110 countSulphur, LA110Alexandria, LA: 83 countAlexandria, LA83Kenner, LA: 62 countKenner, LA62Mandeville, LA: 46 countMandeville, LA46Pineville, LA: 45 countPineville, LA45Thibodaux, LA: 45 countThibodaux, LA45Gretna, LA: 32 countGretna, LA32Covington, LA: 29 countCovington, LA29Abbeville, LA: 16 countAbbeville, LA16West Monroe, LA: 16 countWest Monroe, LA16Opelousas, LA: 12 countOpelousas, LA12New Iberia, LA: 11 countNew Iberia, LA11Crowley, LA: 9 countCrowley, LA9Minden, LA: 8 countMinden, LA8Slidell, LA: 8 countSlidell, LA8Baker, LA: 7 countBaker, LA7Morgan City, LA: 1 countMorgan City, LA1Natchitoches, LA: 0 countNatchitoches, LA0
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
count		Change on 2019
1New Orleans, LA Estimated1,360+4.1%
2Carencro, LA Estimated708+280.6%
3Hammond, LA Estimated570+193.8%
4Lake Charles, LA Estimated528-27%
5Bossier City, LA Estimated336-0.6%
6Baton Rouge, LA Estimated306-13.6%
7Youngsville, LA Estimated265+44.8%
8Ruston, LA Estimated260+10.6%
9Shreveport, LA Estimated244-18.7%
10Zachary, LA Estimated216+8.5%
11Broussard, LA Estimated199+28.4%
12Monroe, LA Estimated184+6.4%
13Gonzales, LA Estimated183+45.2%
14Central, LA Estimated137-8.7%
15Sulphur, LA Estimated110-39.9%
16Alexandria, LA Estimated83+20.3%
17Kenner, LA Estimated62+31.9%
18Mandeville, LA Estimated46+15%
19Pineville, LA Estimated45-58.3%
19Thibodaux, LA Estimated45+9.8%
21Gretna, LA Estimated32+100%
22Covington, LA Estimated29-6.5%
23Abbeville, LA Estimated16+60%
23West Monroe, LA Estimated16+23.1%
25Opelousas, LA Estimated12+9.1%
26New Iberia, LA Estimated11-38.9%
27Crowley, LA Estimated9-30.8%
28Minden, LA Estimated80%
28Slidell, LA Estimated8-20%
30Baker, LA Estimated7+16.7%
31Morgan City, LA Estimated1-66.7%
32Natchitoches, LA Estimated0-100%

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 2020 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/so2020a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2020a.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, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 3 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2020a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2020a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) 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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2020a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

New Orleans, LA, with 1,360 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Natchitoches, LA, with 0 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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 2020 and are not ranked.

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