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

All 83 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/michigan-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/michigan-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wayne County | 3,922 |
| 2 | Kent County | 2,398 |
| 3 | Oakland County | 2,023 |
| 4 | Macomb County | 1,931 |
| 5 | Ottawa County | 1,411 |
| 6 | Washtenaw County | 1,088 |
| 7 | Ingham County | 558 |
| 8 | Livingston County | 531 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo County | 487 |
| 10 | Grand Traverse County | 475 |
| 11 | Muskegon County | 451 |
| 12 | Genesee County | 444 |
| 13 | Allegan County | 399 |
| 14 | Berrien County | 372 |
| 15 | Jackson County | 303 |
| 16 | St. Joseph County | 240 |
| 17 | St. Clair County | 219 |
| 18 | Saginaw County | 210 |
| 18 | Van Buren County | 210 |
| 20 | Montcalm County | 201 |
| 21 | Clinton County | 197 |
| 22 | Monroe County | 191 |
| 22 | Wexford County | 191 |
| 24 | Lenawee County | 184 |
| 25 | Lapeer County | 179 |
| 26 | Houghton County | 170 |
| 27 | Iron County | 161 |
| 28 | Leelanau County | 159 |
| 29 | Barry County | 157 |
| 30 | Cass County | 140 |
| 31 | Benzie County | 136 |
| 31 | Oceana County | 136 |
| 33 | Emmet County | 135 |
| 34 | Manistee County | 132 |
| 35 | Midland County | 128 |
| 36 | Calhoun County | 120 |
| 37 | Charlevoix County | 111 |
| 37 | Newaygo County | 111 |
| 39 | Eaton County | 106 |
| 39 | Marquette County | 106 |
| 41 | Antrim County | 105 |
| 42 | Ionia County | 100 |
| 43 | Hillsdale County | 99 |
| 43 | Mecosta County | 99 |
| 45 | Gladwin County | 93 |
| 46 | Isabella County | 90 |
| 47 | Chippewa County | 86 |
| 48 | Roscommon County | 75 |
| 49 | Cheboygan County | 74 |
| 49 | Sanilac County | 74 |
| 51 | Alpena County | 72 |
| 52 | Shiawassee County | 71 |
| 53 | Huron County | 69 |
| 54 | Bay County | 67 |
| 55 | Mason County | 66 |
| 56 | Ogemaw County | 62 |
| 57 | Tuscola County | 61 |
| 58 | Delta County | 58 |
| 59 | Presque Isle County | 50 |
| 60 | Alcona County | 48 |
| 60 | Gratiot County | 48 |
| 62 | Iosco County | 47 |
| 63 | Dickinson County | 46 |
| 64 | Mackinac County | 45 |
| 65 | Branch County | 44 |
| 66 | Arenac County | 43 |
| 67 | Kalkaska County | 38 |
| 68 | Missaukee County | 35 |
| 69 | Alger County | 32 |
| 70 | Lake County | 30 |
| 71 | Menominee County | 28 |
| 72 | Crawford County | 27 |
| 73 | Otsego County | 25 |
| 74 | Oscoda County | 24 |
| 75 | Clare County | 23 |
| 75 | Gogebic County | 23 |
| 77 | Baraga County | 12 |
| 77 | Schoolcraft County | 12 |
| 79 | Ontonagon County | 10 |
| 80 | Keweenaw County | 6 |
| 81 | Luce County | 0 |
| 81 | Montmorency County | 0 |
| 81 | Osceola County | 0 |