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Cities in Louisiana by housing units authorized by building permits

Baton Rouge, LA had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 32 cities in 2024, at 1,375. Mandeville, LA had the lowest, at 0. The median was 36 and the figure for Louisiana was 14,310. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest1,375Baton Rouge, LA
Lowest0Mandeville, LA
Median3632 cities
Louisiana14,310History

All cities, 2024

Baton Rouge, LA: 1,375 countBaton Rouge, LA1,375Lake Charles, LA: 972 countLake Charles, LA972New Orleans, LA: 710 countNew Orleans, LA710Hammond, LA: 464 countHammond, LA464Youngsville, LA: 387 countYoungsville, LA387Bossier City, LA: 291 countBossier City, LA291Broussard, LA: 220 countBroussard, LA220Shreveport, LA: 213 countShreveport, LA213Carencro, LA: 164 countCarencro, LA164Zachary, LA: 134 countZachary, LA134Gonzales, LA: 103 countGonzales, LA103Monroe, LA: 96 countMonroe, LA96Central, LA: 95 countCentral, LA95Ruston, LA: 86 countRuston, LA86Thibodaux, LA: 55 countThibodaux, LA55Sulphur, LA: 40 countSulphur, LA40Covington, LA: 31 countCovington, LA31Pineville, LA: 30 countPineville, LA30Kenner, LA: 26 countKenner, LA26Crowley, LA: 21 countCrowley, LA21Morgan City, LA: 20 countMorgan City, LA20Abbeville, LA: 19 countAbbeville, LA19Gretna, LA: 13 countGretna, LA13Alexandria, LA: 12 countAlexandria, LA12New Iberia, LA: 12 countNew Iberia, LA12Slidell, LA: 11 countSlidell, LA11Minden, LA: 10 countMinden, LA10Baker, LA: 9 countBaker, LA9West Monroe, LA: 7 countWest Monroe, LA7Opelousas, LA: 3 countOpelousas, LA3Natchitoches, LA: 1 countNatchitoches, LA1Mandeville, LA: 0 countMandeville, LA0Baton Rouge, LA: 1,375 countBaton Rouge, LA1,375Lake Charles, LA: 972 countLake Charles, LA972New Orleans, LA: 710 countNew Orleans, LA710Hammond, LA: 464 countHammond, LA464Youngsville, LA: 387 countYoungsville, LA387Bossier City, LA: 291 countBossier City, LA291Broussard, LA: 220 countBroussard, LA220Shreveport, LA: 213 countShreveport, LA213Carencro, LA: 164 countCarencro, LA164Zachary, LA: 134 countZachary, LA134Gonzales, LA: 103 countGonzales, LA103Monroe, LA: 96 countMonroe, LA96Central, LA: 95 countCentral, LA95Ruston, LA: 86 countRuston, LA86Thibodaux, LA: 55 countThibodaux, LA55Sulphur, LA: 40 countSulphur, LA40Covington, LA: 31 countCovington, LA31Pineville, LA: 30 countPineville, LA30Kenner, LA: 26 countKenner, LA26Crowley, LA: 21 countCrowley, LA21Morgan City, LA: 20 countMorgan City, LA20Abbeville, LA: 19 countAbbeville, LA19Gretna, LA: 13 countGretna, LA13Alexandria, LA: 12 countAlexandria, LA12New Iberia, LA: 12 countNew Iberia, LA12Slidell, LA: 11 countSlidell, LA11Minden, LA: 10 countMinden, LA10Baker, LA: 9 countBaker, LA9West Monroe, LA: 7 countWest Monroe, LA7Opelousas, LA: 3 countOpelousas, LA3Natchitoches, LA: 1 countNatchitoches, LA1Mandeville, LA: 0 countMandeville, LA0
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
count		Change on 2023
1Baton Rouge, LA Estimated1,375+495.2%
2Lake Charles, LA Estimated972+46.2%
3New Orleans, LA Estimated710-33.5%
4Hammond, LA Estimated464-17.4%
5Youngsville, LA Estimated387+2.9%
6Bossier City, LA Estimated291-14.2%
7Broussard, LA Estimated220-31.9%
8Shreveport, LA Estimated213+21.7%
9Carencro, LA Estimated164+39%
10Zachary, LA Estimated134+38.1%
11Gonzales, LA Estimated103+94.3%
12Monroe, LA Estimated96-26.7%
13Central, LA Estimated95+3.3%
14Ruston, LA Estimated86+48.3%
15Thibodaux, LA Estimated55+77.4%
16Sulphur, LA Estimated40+8.1%
17Covington, LA Estimated31+6.9%
18Pineville, LA Estimated30+25%
19Kenner, LA Estimated26-92%
20Crowley, LA Estimated21+250%
21Morgan City, LA Estimated20+25%
22Abbeville, LA Estimated19+5.6%
23Gretna, LA Estimated130%
24Alexandria, LA Estimated12-7.7%
24New Iberia, LA Estimated12+300%
26Slidell, LA Estimated11-21.4%
27Minden, LA Estimated100%
28Baker, LA Estimated9+28.6%
29West Monroe, LA Estimated7+75%
30Opelousas, LA Estimated30%
31Natchitoches, LA Estimated1-98.6%
32Mandeville, LA Estimated0n/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 2024 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/so2024a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). 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, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2024a.txt

MLA 9

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, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 1 May 2025, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2024a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. 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, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2024a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) 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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2024a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Baton Rouge, LA, with 1,375 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Mandeville, LA, with 0 in 2024.

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 2024 and are not ranked.

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