# Counties in Rhode Island by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 5 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/rhode-island-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/rhode-island-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Providence County | 1,028 |
| 2 | Washington County | 255 |
| 3 | Kent County | 248 |
| 4 | Newport County | 131 |
| 5 | Bristol County | 76 |