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

All 113 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/missouri-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/missouri-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jackson County | 4,036 |
| 2 | St. Charles County | 1,661 |
| 3 | Greene County | 966 |
| 4 | St. Louis County | 957 |
| 5 | Taney County | 863 |
| 6 | Franklin County | 794 |
| 7 | Boone County | 787 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 617 |
| 9 | Jasper County | 545 |
| 10 | Christian County | 495 |
| 11 | Cass County | 487 |
| 12 | Platte County | 425 |
| 13 | Camden County | 419 |
| 14 | Warren County | 360 |
| 15 | Clay County | 297 |
| 16 | St. Louis city | 272 |
| 17 | Lincoln County | 252 |
| 18 | Webster County | 226 |
| 19 | Stone County | 212 |
| 20 | Cole County | 154 |
| 21 | Lawrence County | 149 |
| 22 | St. Francois County | 144 |
| 23 | Pettis County | 117 |
| 24 | Johnson County | 113 |
| 25 | Lafayette County | 105 |
| 26 | Phelps County | 101 |
| 27 | Cape Girardeau County | 99 |
| 27 | Pulaski County | 99 |
| 29 | Randolph County | 89 |
| 30 | Miller County | 86 |
| 31 | Clinton County | 82 |
| 32 | Barry County | 70 |
| 33 | Scott County | 69 |
| 34 | Howell County | 67 |
| 35 | Ray County | 66 |
| 36 | Polk County | 61 |
| 37 | Montgomery County | 57 |
| 38 | Newton County | 56 |
| 39 | Nodaway County | 53 |
| 40 | Buchanan County | 52 |
| 41 | Barton County | 46 |
| 41 | Callaway County | 46 |
| 43 | Butler County | 45 |
| 44 | Ste. Genevieve County | 42 |
| 45 | Marion County | 41 |
| 46 | Madison County | 40 |
| 47 | Perry County | 39 |
| 48 | Livingston County | 31 |
| 48 | Monroe County | 31 |
| 48 | Wright County | 31 |
| 51 | Dunklin County | 30 |
| 52 | Audrain County | 28 |
| 53 | Cooper County | 26 |
| 54 | Douglas County | 24 |
| 55 | Gasconade County | 23 |
| 55 | Morgan County | 23 |
| 55 | Saline County | 23 |
| 58 | Pike County | 20 |
| 59 | Bates County | 18 |
| 59 | Carroll County | 18 |
| 59 | Henry County | 18 |
| 59 | McDonald County | 18 |
| 59 | New Madrid County | 18 |
| 64 | Pemiscot County | 17 |
| 65 | Clark County | 15 |
| 65 | Crawford County | 15 |
| 65 | Vernon County | 15 |
| 68 | Dallas County | 13 |
| 68 | Macon County | 13 |
| 70 | Howard County | 12 |
| 70 | Iron County | 12 |
| 72 | Mississippi County | 10 |
| 73 | Adair County | 9 |
| 74 | Caldwell County | 8 |
| 74 | Cedar County | 8 |
| 74 | Stoddard County | 8 |
| 77 | Gentry County | 7 |
| 78 | Moniteau County | 6 |
| 78 | Ozark County | 6 |
| 80 | Carter County | 5 |
| 80 | Daviess County | 5 |
| 82 | Benton County | 4 |
| 82 | Harrison County | 4 |
| 82 | Laclede County | 4 |
| 82 | Lewis County | 4 |
| 82 | Maries County | 4 |
| 82 | Texas County | 4 |
| 88 | Andrew County | 3 |
| 88 | Dent County | 3 |
| 88 | Grundy County | 3 |
| 88 | Ralls County | 3 |
| 88 | Shelby County | 3 |
| 88 | St. Clair County | 3 |
| 94 | Chariton County | 2 |
| 94 | Knox County | 2 |
| 96 | DeKalb County | 1 |
| 96 | Holt County | 1 |
| 96 | Mercer County | 1 |
| 96 | Schuyler County | 1 |
| 96 | Washington County | 1 |
| 101 | Atchison County | 0 |
| 101 | Bollinger County | 0 |
| 101 | Dade County | 0 |
| 101 | Linn County | 0 |
| 101 | Oregon County | 0 |
| 101 | Osage County | 0 |
| 101 | Putnam County | 0 |
| 101 | Reynolds County | 0 |
| 101 | Ripley County | 0 |
| 101 | Scotland County | 0 |
| 101 | Shannon County | 0 |
| 101 | Sullivan County | 0 |
| 101 | Worth County | 0 |