Counties in New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025
Kings County had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 62 counties in 2025, at 6,844. Orleans County had the lowest, at 34. The median was 178. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2025 | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings County Estimated | 6,844 | -32% |
| 2 | Bronx County Estimated | 6,032 | -12.9% |
| 3 | Queens County Estimated | 3,395 | -36% |
| 4 | New York County Estimated | 2,984 | -33.2% |
| 5 | Onondaga County Estimated | 1,701 | +168.7% |
| 6 | Orange County Estimated | 1,668 | -23.2% |
| 7 | Suffolk County Estimated | 1,399 | -0.6% |
| 8 | Erie County Estimated | 1,213 | +0.4% |
| 9 | Westchester County Estimated | 996 | -37.4% |
| 10 | Saratoga County Estimated | 884 | -20.5% |
| 11 | Nassau County Estimated | 821 | -1.1% |
| 12 | Monroe County Estimated | 755 | -34.7% |
| 13 | Albany County Estimated | 683 | -7.8% |
| 14 | Sullivan County Estimated | 568 | -25% |
| 15 | Dutchess County Estimated | 552 | -12.8% |
| 16 | Richmond County Estimated | 508 | +5.8% |
| 17 | Tompkins County Estimated | 471 | +39.8% |
| 18 | Ontario County Estimated | 467 | +62.7% |
| 19 | Ulster County Estimated | 434 | -16.7% |
| 20 | Rockland County Estimated | 429 | +3.4% |
| 21 | Wayne County Estimated | 414 | +57.4% |
| 22 | Rensselaer County Estimated | 335 | +4.7% |
| 23 | Broome County Estimated | 314 | -7.9% |
| 24 | Jefferson County Estimated | 288 | +50.8% |
| 25 | Niagara County Estimated | 271 | +62.3% |
| 26 | Oneida County Estimated | 254 | +14.9% |
| 27 | Warren County Estimated | 243 | -4.7% |
| 28 | St. Lawrence County Estimated | 221 | -3.1% |
| 29 | Clinton County Estimated | 189 | +3.3% |
| 30 | Essex County Estimated | 188 | +22.9% |
| 31 | Madison County Estimated | 187 | +55.8% |
| 32 | Chautauqua County Estimated | 168 | +34.4% |
| 33 | Tioga County Estimated | 154 | +8.5% |
| 34 | Oswego County Estimated | 153 | -16.4% |
| 35 | Cattaraugus County Estimated | 150 | +50% |
| 36 | Franklin County Estimated | 146 | +12.3% |
| 37 | Greene County Estimated | 140 | +25% |
| 38 | Lewis County Estimated | 133 | +16.7% |
| 39 | Otsego County Estimated | 125 | +1.6% |
| 40 | Columbia County Estimated | 111 | -19% |
| 41 | Cayuga County Estimated | 110 | 0% |
| 41 | Schenectady County Estimated | 110 | -28.6% |
| 43 | Delaware County Estimated | 108 | +36.7% |
| 44 | Montgomery County Estimated | 105 | -50.5% |
| 45 | Steuben County Estimated | 104 | -13.3% |
| 46 | Genesee County Estimated | 102 | +45.7% |
| 47 | Chemung County Estimated | 98 | +5.4% |
| 48 | Allegany County Estimated | 97 | +29.3% |
| 49 | Yates County Estimated | 87 | -26.9% |
| 50 | Fulton County Estimated | 85 | +41.7% |
| 51 | Washington County Estimated | 84 | -16% |
| 52 | Livingston County Estimated | 80 | +25% |
| 53 | Putnam County Estimated | 72 | -48.6% |
| 54 | Wyoming County Estimated | 70 | +45.8% |
| 55 | Seneca County Estimated | 58 | +20.8% |
| 56 | Chenango County Estimated | 55 | -63.3% |
| 57 | Herkimer County Estimated | 54 | +8% |
| 57 | Schuyler County Estimated | 54 | -1.8% |
| 59 | Hamilton County Estimated | 40 | -2.4% |
| 60 | Cortland County Estimated | 37 | -9.8% |
| 61 | Schoharie County Estimated | 35 | -10.3% |
| 62 | Orleans County Estimated | 34 | +9.7% |
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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. 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/co2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?
Kings County, with 6,844 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?
Orleans County, with 34 in 2025.
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.
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