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

All 87 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/minnesota-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/minnesota-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 3,491 |
| 2 | Washington County | 2,382 |
| 3 | Dakota County | 2,330 |
| 4 | Wright County | 1,156 |
| 5 | Carver County | 960 |
| 6 | Scott County | 883 |
| 7 | Anoka County | 774 |
| 8 | Ramsey County | 708 |
| 9 | Stearns County | 648 |
| 10 | Crow Wing County | 625 |
| 11 | Olmsted County | 542 |
| 12 | St. Louis County | 412 |
| 13 | Clay County | 344 |
| 14 | Douglas County | 319 |
| 14 | Sherburne County | 319 |
| 16 | Isanti County | 276 |
| 17 | Blue Earth County | 274 |
| 18 | Cass County | 271 |
| 19 | Itasca County | 249 |
| 20 | Chisago County | 240 |
| 21 | Aitkin County | 214 |
| 22 | Pine County | 213 |
| 23 | McLeod County | 206 |
| 24 | Becker County | 182 |
| 25 | Beltrami County | 168 |
| 26 | Morrison County | 156 |
| 27 | Carlton County | 155 |
| 28 | Benton County | 139 |
| 29 | Mower County | 136 |
| 30 | Mille Lacs County | 103 |
| 31 | Rice County | 100 |
| 32 | Nobles County | 94 |
| 33 | Goodhue County | 84 |
| 33 | Todd County | 84 |
| 35 | Dodge County | 83 |
| 35 | Kanabec County | 83 |
| 35 | Lake County | 83 |
| 38 | Nicollet County | 82 |
| 38 | Wadena County | 82 |
| 40 | Stevens County | 74 |
| 41 | Kandiyohi County | 73 |
| 42 | Otter Tail County | 72 |
| 43 | Le Sueur County | 67 |
| 44 | Cook County | 64 |
| 45 | Jackson County | 62 |
| 45 | Waseca County | 62 |
| 47 | Fillmore County | 58 |
| 48 | Steele County | 54 |
| 49 | Wabasha County | 51 |
| 50 | Meeker County | 48 |
| 51 | Polk County | 42 |
| 51 | Winona County | 42 |
| 53 | Yellow Medicine County | 40 |
| 54 | Houston County | 37 |
| 55 | Swift County | 34 |
| 56 | Brown County | 33 |
| 56 | Koochiching County | 33 |
| 56 | Pope County | 33 |
| 59 | Sibley County | 28 |
| 60 | Hubbard County | 25 |
| 60 | Lake of the Woods County | 25 |
| 62 | Lyon County | 23 |
| 63 | Roseau County | 21 |
| 64 | Murray County | 18 |
| 65 | Lincoln County | 17 |
| 66 | Rock County | 16 |
| 67 | Freeborn County | 13 |
| 67 | Martin County | 13 |
| 67 | Pipestone County | 13 |
| 70 | Chippewa County | 11 |
| 70 | Watonwan County | 11 |
| 72 | Cottonwood County | 10 |
| 72 | Norman County | 10 |
| 72 | Renville County | 10 |
| 75 | Wilkin County | 9 |
| 76 | Grant County | 7 |
| 76 | Kittson County | 7 |
| 76 | Redwood County | 7 |
| 79 | Faribault County | 6 |
| 79 | Lac qui Parle County | 6 |
| 79 | Traverse County | 6 |
| 82 | Marshall County | 3 |
| 83 | Big Stone County | 2 |
| 84 | Pennington County | 1 |
| 85 | Clearwater County | 0 |
| 85 | Mahnomen County | 0 |
| 85 | Red Lake County | 0 |