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

All 64 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/louisiana-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/louisiana-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 2,631 |
| 2 | Lafayette Parish | 1,612 |
| 3 | Tangipahoa Parish | 1,163 |
| 4 | St. Tammany Parish | 1,096 |
| 5 | Orleans Parish | 882 |
| 6 | Bossier Parish | 664 |
| 7 | Livingston Parish | 655 |
| 8 | Ascension Parish | 639 |
| 9 | Calcasieu Parish | 468 |
| 10 | Jefferson Parish | 410 |
| 11 | Ouachita Parish | 392 |
| 12 | Lafourche Parish | 344 |
| 13 | Caddo Parish | 267 |
| 14 | Vermilion Parish | 254 |
| 15 | Terrebonne Parish | 247 |
| 16 | Rapides Parish | 241 |
| 17 | Lincoln Parish | 193 |
| 18 | St. Landry Parish | 153 |
| 19 | Acadia Parish | 147 |
| 20 | Iberville Parish | 122 |
| 21 | St. Charles Parish | 116 |
| 22 | St. Bernard Parish | 115 |
| 23 | Iberia Parish | 102 |
| 24 | De Soto Parish | 98 |
| 25 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 96 |
| 26 | Beauregard Parish | 81 |
| 26 | Union Parish | 81 |
| 28 | Sabine Parish | 69 |
| 29 | St. James Parish | 64 |
| 30 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 62 |
| 31 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 60 |
| 31 | Webster Parish | 60 |
| 33 | West Feliciana Parish | 57 |
| 34 | St. Martin Parish | 50 |
| 35 | Plaquemines Parish | 47 |
| 36 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 41 |
| 36 | Richland Parish | 41 |
| 38 | St. Mary Parish | 40 |
| 39 | Allen Parish | 39 |
| 39 | Evangeline Parish | 39 |
| 41 | Assumption Parish | 38 |
| 42 | Grant Parish | 32 |
| 43 | Natchitoches Parish | 26 |
| 44 | East Feliciana Parish | 21 |
| 45 | Bienville Parish | 18 |
| 45 | Vernon Parish | 18 |
| 47 | Avoyelles Parish | 16 |
| 47 | Cameron Parish | 16 |
| 47 | Morehouse Parish | 16 |
| 50 | LaSalle Parish | 14 |
| 50 | St. Helena Parish | 14 |
| 52 | Franklin Parish | 13 |
| 53 | Winn Parish | 9 |
| 54 | Caldwell Parish | 7 |
| 55 | West Carroll Parish | 5 |
| 56 | Concordia Parish | 1 |
| 56 | East Carroll Parish | 1 |
| 58 | Catahoula Parish | 0 |
| 58 | Claiborne Parish | 0 |
| 58 | Jackson Parish | 0 |
| 58 | Madison Parish | 0 |
| 58 | Red River Parish | 0 |
| 58 | Tensas Parish | 0 |
| 58 | Washington Parish | 0 |