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

All 53 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-dakota-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/north-dakota-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cass County | 1,154 |
| 2 | Burleigh County | 303 |
| 3 | Grand Forks County | 186 |
| 4 | Williams County | 145 |
| 5 | Ward County | 128 |
| 6 | Morton County | 100 |
| 7 | Stark County | 65 |
| 8 | Richland County | 44 |
| 9 | McKenzie County | 40 |
| 9 | McLean County | 40 |
| 11 | Emmons County | 28 |
| 12 | Stutsman County | 27 |
| 13 | Mountrail County | 23 |
| 14 | Dickey County | 21 |
| 15 | Dunn County | 18 |
| 16 | Bottineau County | 14 |
| 17 | McHenry County | 12 |
| 18 | Bowman County | 8 |
| 18 | Grant County | 8 |
| 18 | Oliver County | 8 |
| 21 | Traill County | 7 |
| 22 | Burke County | 6 |
| 22 | Ramsey County | 6 |
| 24 | Billings County | 5 |
| 24 | Walsh County | 5 |
| 26 | Barnes County | 4 |
| 26 | Nelson County | 4 |
| 26 | Sheridan County | 4 |
| 29 | Mercer County | 3 |
| 29 | Sargent County | 3 |
| 31 | Cavalier County | 2 |
| 31 | Foster County | 2 |
| 31 | Golden Valley County | 2 |
| 31 | LaMoure County | 2 |
| 31 | Pembina County | 2 |
| 31 | Pierce County | 2 |
| 31 | Ransom County | 2 |
| 31 | Steele County | 2 |
| 39 | Adams County | 1 |
| 39 | Logan County | 1 |
| 39 | McIntosh County | 1 |
| 39 | Renville County | 1 |
| 39 | Wells County | 1 |
| 44 | Benson County | 0 |
| 44 | Divide County | 0 |
| 44 | Eddy County | 0 |
| 44 | Griggs County | 0 |
| 44 | Hettinger County | 0 |
| 44 | Kidder County | 0 |
| 44 | Rolette County | 0 |
| 44 | Sioux County | 0 |
| 44 | Slope County | 0 |
| 44 | Towner County | 0 |