Cities in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits

Albuquerque, NM had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 17 cities in 2015, at 1,142. Las Vegas, NM had the lowest, at 0. The median was 86 and the figure for New Mexico was 4,599. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,142Albuquerque, NM

Lowest0Las Vegas, NM

Median8617 cities

New Mexico4,599History

All cities, 2015

count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Albuquerque, NM Estimated	1,142	-19.4%
2	Rio Rancho, NM Estimated	775	-5.5%
3	Hobbs, NM Estimated	420	+52.2%
4	Las Cruces, NM Estimated	413	+38.6%
5	Sunland Park, NM Estimated	198	+9.4%
6	Artesia, NM Estimated	131	+184.8%
7	Carlsbad, NM Estimated	121	-58.3%
8	Santa Fe, NM Estimated	110	-31.7%
9	Los Lunas, NM Estimated	86	+14.7%
10	Farmington, NM Estimated	60	-45%
11	Clovis, NM Estimated	58	-58.9%
12	Roswell, NM Estimated	47	+6.8%
13	Portales, NM Estimated	30	+50%
14	Deming, NM Estimated	7	0%
15	Gallup, NM Estimated	4	0%
16	Española, NM Estimated	0	n/a
16	Las Vegas, NM Estimated	0	n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2016). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-mexico-cities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2016. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-mexico-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2016) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-mexico-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-mexico-cities?period=2015. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West\%20Region/we2015a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Albuquerque, NM, with 1,142 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?

Las Vegas, NM, with 0 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.