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

All 90 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/nebraska-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/nebraska-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Douglas County | 3,963 |
| 2 | Lancaster County | 2,346 |
| 3 | Sarpy County | 1,594 |
| 4 | Platte County | 409 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 235 |
| 6 | Washington County | 206 |
| 7 | Hall County | 203 |
| 8 | Saunders County | 180 |
| 9 | Buffalo County | 132 |
| 10 | Adams County | 119 |
| 11 | Dodge County | 81 |
| 12 | Madison County | 75 |
| 13 | Colfax County | 65 |
| 14 | Seward County | 56 |
| 15 | Cass County | 55 |
| 16 | Merrick County | 49 |
| 17 | Hamilton County | 45 |
| 18 | Dakota County | 44 |
| 19 | Scotts Bluff County | 40 |
| 20 | Keith County | 38 |
| 21 | York County | 37 |
| 22 | Saline County | 34 |
| 23 | Knox County | 32 |
| 24 | Dawson County | 31 |
| 25 | Gage County | 28 |
| 26 | Cedar County | 27 |
| 27 | Custer County | 25 |
| 28 | Otoe County | 24 |
| 29 | Boone County | 22 |
| 29 | Cuming County | 22 |
| 31 | Antelope County | 20 |
| 32 | Kimball County | 19 |
| 33 | Clay County | 18 |
| 33 | Holt County | 18 |
| 35 | Chase County | 16 |
| 35 | Cherry County | 16 |
| 37 | Dawes County | 15 |
| 37 | Howard County | 15 |
| 39 | Pierce County | 13 |
| 39 | Polk County | 13 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 13 |
| 42 | Burt County | 12 |
| 43 | Loup County | 11 |
| 43 | Sherman County | 11 |
| 45 | Butler County | 10 |
| 45 | Kearney County | 10 |
| 47 | Phelps County | 9 |
| 47 | Red Willow County | 9 |
| 49 | Jefferson County | 8 |
| 49 | Nance County | 8 |
| 51 | Cheyenne County | 7 |
| 51 | Dixon County | 7 |
| 51 | Furnas County | 7 |
| 51 | Gosper County | 7 |
| 51 | Pawnee County | 7 |
| 51 | Valley County | 7 |
| 57 | Webster County | 6 |
| 58 | Frontier County | 5 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 4 |
| 59 | Garden County | 4 |
| 59 | Garfield County | 4 |
| 59 | Hooker County | 4 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 4 |
| 59 | Nemaha County | 4 |
| 59 | Nuckolls County | 4 |
| 59 | Thayer County | 4 |
| 67 | Fillmore County | 3 |
| 67 | Rock County | 3 |
| 67 | Sheridan County | 3 |
| 67 | Stanton County | 3 |
| 71 | Dundy County | 2 |
| 71 | Morrill County | 2 |
| 71 | Sioux County | 2 |
| 71 | Thurston County | 2 |
| 71 | Wheeler County | 2 |
| 76 | Box Butte County | 1 |
| 76 | Brown County | 1 |
| 76 | Harlan County | 1 |
| 76 | Hayes County | 1 |
| 76 | Hitchcock County | 1 |
| 76 | Perkins County | 1 |
| 76 | Richardson County | 1 |
| 76 | Thomas County | 1 |
| 84 | Arthur County | 0 |
| 84 | Boyd County | 0 |
| 84 | Deuel County | 0 |
| 84 | Greeley County | 0 |
| 84 | Keya Paha County | 0 |
| 84 | Logan County | 0 |
| 84 | McPherson County | 0 |