# Counties in North Carolina by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wake County | 13,806 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 7,496 |
| 3 | Durham County | 4,772 |
| 4 | Brunswick County | 4,457 |
| 5 | Johnston County | 3,002 |
| 6 | Guilford County | 2,876 |
| 7 | Forsyth County | 2,875 |
| 8 | Union County | 2,707 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 2,343 |
| 10 | New Hanover County | 2,332 |
| 11 | Harnett County | 2,205 |
| 12 | Buncombe County | 2,028 |
| 13 | Alamance County | 2,027 |
| 14 | Cabarrus County | 1,991 |
| 15 | Catawba County | 1,944 |
| 16 | Iredell County | 1,835 |
| 17 | Cumberland County | 1,547 |
| 18 | Onslow County | 1,372 |
| 19 | Pitt County | 1,285 |
| 20 | Davidson County | 1,216 |
| 21 | Henderson County | 1,093 |
| 22 | Moore County | 1,077 |
| 23 | Rowan County | 957 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 954 |
| 25 | Pender County | 833 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 785 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 735 |
| 28 | Lee County | 674 |
| 29 | Orange County | 666 |
| 30 | Burke County | 588 |
| 31 | Randolph County | 572 |
| 32 | Hoke County | 558 |
| 33 | Cleveland County | 555 |
| 34 | Craven County | 553 |
| 35 | Watauga County | 536 |
| 36 | Chatham County | 517 |
| 37 | Haywood County | 514 |
| 38 | Caldwell County | 501 |
| 39 | Nash County | 483 |
| 40 | Carteret County | 471 |
| 41 | Wilson County | 411 |
| 42 | Robeson County | 399 |
| 43 | Rockingham County | 382 |
| 44 | Stanly County | 336 |
| 45 | Currituck County | 325 |
| 45 | Dare County | 325 |
| 47 | Pasquotank County | 274 |
| 48 | Rutherford County | 269 |
| 49 | Granville County | 257 |
| 50 | Stokes County | 256 |
| 51 | Macon County | 251 |
| 52 | Surry County | 244 |
| 53 | Cherokee County | 239 |
| 54 | Davie County | 236 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 232 |
| 56 | Ashe County | 195 |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 176 |
| 57 | Transylvania County | 176 |
| 59 | Warren County | 175 |
| 60 | McDowell County | 164 |
| 61 | Wilkes County | 152 |
| 62 | Avery County | 151 |
| 63 | Person County | 145 |
| 64 | Camden County | 144 |
| 65 | Polk County | 141 |
| 66 | Lenoir County | 131 |
| 67 | Duplin County | 127 |
| 68 | Beaufort County | 119 |
| 69 | Madison County | 117 |
| 69 | Sampson County | 117 |
| 71 | Yadkin County | 116 |
| 72 | Vance County | 115 |
| 73 | Richmond County | 109 |
| 74 | Clay County | 108 |
| 75 | Yancey County | 107 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 103 |
| 77 | Bladen County | 97 |
| 77 | Pamlico County | 97 |
| 79 | Swain County | 94 |
| 80 | Alleghany County | 82 |
| 81 | Halifax County | 75 |
| 82 | Greene County | 59 |
| 82 | Scotland County | 59 |
| 84 | Columbus County | 55 |
| 85 | Anson County | 53 |
| 85 | Edgecombe County | 53 |
| 87 | Caswell County | 50 |
| 88 | Chowan County | 48 |
| 89 | Jones County | 46 |
| 90 | Mitchell County | 44 |
| 91 | Perquimans County | 43 |
| 92 | Hyde County | 35 |
| 93 | Bertie County | 32 |
| 94 | Graham County | 28 |
| 95 | Tyrrell County | 18 |
| 96 | Northampton County | 15 |
| 97 | Gates County | 12 |
| 98 | Washington County | 7 |
| 99 | Hertford County | 3 |
| 100 | Martin County | 0 |