# Counties in Ohio by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 88 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/ohio-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/ohio-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Franklin County | 10,494 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 2,016 |
| 3 | Cuyahoga County | 1,896 |
| 4 | Clermont County | 1,495 |
| 5 | Warren County | 1,442 |
| 6 | Hamilton County | 1,162 |
| 7 | Fairfield County | 1,146 |
| 8 | Lorain County | 1,082 |
| 9 | Montgomery County | 1,079 |
| 10 | Butler County | 1,021 |
| 11 | Union County | 968 |
| 12 | Stark County | 643 |
| 13 | Greene County | 567 |
| 14 | Summit County | 546 |
| 15 | Medina County | 430 |
| 16 | Lake County | 426 |
| 17 | Madison County | 420 |
| 18 | Pickaway County | 406 |
| 19 | Clark County | 387 |
| 20 | Hancock County | 361 |
| 21 | Miami County | 340 |
| 22 | Shelby County | 307 |
| 23 | Lucas County | 273 |
| 24 | Knox County | 270 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 232 |
| 26 | Portage County | 205 |
| 27 | Muskingum County | 202 |
| 28 | Geauga County | 180 |
| 29 | Athens County | 179 |
| 30 | Mahoning County | 174 |
| 31 | Erie County | 164 |
| 32 | Wood County | 163 |
| 33 | Ottawa County | 161 |
| 34 | Ashtabula County | 160 |
| 35 | Allen County | 157 |
| 36 | Licking County | 153 |
| 37 | Brown County | 141 |
| 38 | Logan County | 120 |
| 39 | Richland County | 114 |
| 40 | Trumbull County | 112 |
| 41 | Clinton County | 102 |
| 42 | Morrow County | 99 |
| 43 | Auglaize County | 97 |
| 44 | Huron County | 93 |
| 45 | Putnam County | 91 |
| 46 | Mercer County | 83 |
| 47 | Fayette County | 81 |
| 47 | Seneca County | 81 |
| 49 | Tuscarawas County | 69 |
| 50 | Ashland County | 66 |
| 51 | Pike County | 62 |
| 52 | Marion County | 60 |
| 53 | Ross County | 59 |
| 54 | Columbiana County | 58 |
| 54 | Darke County | 58 |
| 56 | Fulton County | 57 |
| 57 | Defiance County | 46 |
| 58 | Champaign County | 45 |
| 58 | Preble County | 45 |
| 58 | Van Wert County | 45 |
| 61 | Williams County | 44 |
| 62 | Guernsey County | 41 |
| 63 | Perry County | 39 |
| 64 | Jackson County | 30 |
| 64 | Sandusky County | 30 |
| 66 | Paulding County | 28 |
| 67 | Hardin County | 24 |
| 68 | Lawrence County | 23 |
| 68 | Morgan County | 23 |
| 70 | Adams County | 20 |
| 71 | Henry County | 19 |
| 72 | Noble County | 17 |
| 73 | Hocking County | 16 |
| 74 | Highland County | 15 |
| 75 | Wyandot County | 14 |
| 76 | Coshocton County | 12 |
| 76 | Holmes County | 12 |
| 78 | Scioto County | 10 |
| 79 | Vinton County | 8 |
| 80 | Gallia County | 7 |
| 80 | Washington County | 7 |
| 82 | Crawford County | 3 |
| 82 | Jefferson County | 3 |
| 84 | Belmont County | 2 |
| 84 | Harrison County | 2 |
| 86 | Carroll County | 0 |
| 86 | Meigs County | 0 |
| 86 | Monroe County | 0 |