Counties in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits

Name: Counties in New Mexico by housing units authorized by building permits, 2024
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Bernalillo County had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 18 counties in 2024, at 1,316. San Miguel County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 110. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,316Bernalillo County

Lowest0San Miguel County

Median11018 counties

All counties, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Bernalillo County Estimated	1,316	+1.7%
2	Sandoval County Estimated	1,278	-0.2%
3	Doña Ana County Estimated	964	+12%
4	Valencia County Estimated	282	+8.9%
5	Santa Fe County Estimated	244	-73.7%
6	Lea County Estimated	172	-7.5%
7	Curry County Estimated	169	-17.6%
8	Eddy County Estimated	156	-40.9%
9	Taos County Estimated	127	+7.6%
10	Lincoln County Estimated	92	+10.8%
11	Chaves County Estimated	88	+22.2%
12	San Juan County Estimated	78	-33.3%
13	Roosevelt County Estimated	31	+34.8%
14	Los Alamos County Estimated	12	-65.7%
15	McKinley County Estimated	8	+700%
16	Luna County Estimated	7	+16.7%
17	Otero County Estimated	6	+20%
18	San Miguel County Estimated	0	n/a

Other periods

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2024
2023

About this ranking

Annual number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.

Final annual county estimates include imputation for missing reports. Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Covers permit-issuing areas; areas where permits are not required are outside the survey. Not seasonally adjusted or expressed as an annualized monthly rate. The total is the sum of units in the four published structure categories; inputs are retained.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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 county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2024a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Bernalillo County, with 1,316 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

San Miguel County, with 0 in 2024.

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 county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 1 counties have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.