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

All 78 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/mississippi-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/mississippi-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harrison County | 2,294 |
| 2 | DeSoto County | 890 |
| 3 | Jackson County | 724 |
| 4 | Rankin County | 563 |
| 5 | Lafayette County | 510 |
| 6 | Madison County | 457 |
| 7 | Hinds County | 427 |
| 8 | Pearl River County | 383 |
| 9 | Marshall County | 372 |
| 10 | Hancock County | 243 |
| 11 | Lee County | 177 |
| 12 | Lowndes County | 143 |
| 13 | Tate County | 129 |
| 14 | Montgomery County | 102 |
| 15 | Pontotoc County | 94 |
| 16 | Tunica County | 85 |
| 17 | Forrest County | 75 |
| 18 | Simpson County | 74 |
| 19 | Oktibbeha County | 60 |
| 20 | Grenada County | 54 |
| 21 | Stone County | 51 |
| 22 | Lamar County | 44 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 40 |
| 24 | Lauderdale County | 36 |
| 25 | Alcorn County | 35 |
| 26 | Leflore County | 32 |
| 27 | Union County | 27 |
| 28 | Monroe County | 26 |
| 29 | Yalobusha County | 21 |
| 30 | Bolivar County | 20 |
| 30 | Holmes County | 20 |
| 30 | Tishomingo County | 20 |
| 33 | Panola County | 13 |
| 34 | George County | 12 |
| 34 | Yazoo County | 12 |
| 36 | Scott County | 11 |
| 37 | Sunflower County | 10 |
| 37 | Tippah County | 10 |
| 39 | Itawamba County | 9 |
| 39 | Quitman County | 9 |
| 41 | Prentiss County | 8 |
| 42 | Choctaw County | 7 |
| 42 | Washington County | 7 |
| 44 | Chickasaw County | 6 |
| 44 | Clay County | 6 |
| 44 | Pike County | 6 |
| 44 | Warren County | 6 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 5 |
| 48 | Webster County | 5 |
| 50 | Attala County | 4 |
| 50 | Copiah County | 4 |
| 50 | Perry County | 4 |
| 50 | Tallahatchie County | 4 |
| 54 | Adams County | 3 |
| 54 | Neshoba County | 3 |
| 56 | Calhoun County | 2 |
| 56 | Clarke County | 2 |
| 56 | Coahoma County | 2 |
| 56 | Jones County | 2 |
| 56 | Marion County | 2 |
| 61 | Benton County | 1 |
| 61 | Newton County | 1 |
| 61 | Winston County | 1 |
| 64 | Amite County | 0 |
| 64 | Claiborne County | 0 |
| 64 | Covington County | 0 |
| 64 | Greene County | 0 |
| 64 | Humphreys County | 0 |
| 64 | Jasper County | 0 |
| 64 | Jefferson County | 0 |
| 64 | Jefferson Davis County | 0 |
| 64 | Lawrence County | 0 |
| 64 | Leake County | 0 |
| 64 | Noxubee County | 0 |
| 64 | Sharkey County | 0 |
| 64 | Smith County | 0 |
| 64 | Walthall County | 0 |
| 64 | Wilkinson County | 0 |