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

All 94 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/tennessee-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/tennessee-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Davidson County | 5,632 |
| 2 | Knox County | 5,013 |
| 3 | Rutherford County | 3,169 |
| 4 | Sumner County | 3,045 |
| 5 | Montgomery County | 2,723 |
| 6 | Wilson County | 1,982 |
| 7 | Hamilton County | 1,887 |
| 8 | Williamson County | 1,621 |
| 9 | Maury County | 1,408 |
| 10 | Shelby County | 1,230 |
| 11 | Sevier County | 1,139 |
| 12 | Loudon County | 869 |
| 13 | Robertson County | 823 |
| 14 | Blount County | 790 |
| 15 | Bradley County | 788 |
| 16 | Sullivan County | 771 |
| 17 | Washington County | 697 |
| 18 | Putnam County | 629 |
| 19 | Dickson County | 590 |
| 20 | Coffee County | 545 |
| 21 | Anderson County | 428 |
| 22 | Roane County | 380 |
| 23 | Bedford County | 378 |
| 24 | Marshall County | 367 |
| 25 | Fayette County | 356 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 331 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 323 |
| 28 | Cheatham County | 285 |
| 29 | Greene County | 276 |
| 30 | Warren County | 271 |
| 31 | Hamblen County | 258 |
| 32 | Madison County | 236 |
| 33 | Marion County | 203 |
| 34 | Gibson County | 199 |
| 35 | Carter County | 190 |
| 36 | Macon County | 175 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 175 |
| 38 | White County | 163 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 159 |
| 40 | Campbell County | 156 |
| 41 | Union County | 154 |
| 42 | Smith County | 153 |
| 43 | Rhea County | 151 |
| 44 | Polk County | 150 |
| 45 | DeKalb County | 144 |
| 46 | Hawkins County | 141 |
| 47 | Tipton County | 139 |
| 48 | Cumberland County | 128 |
| 49 | McMinn County | 125 |
| 50 | Hickman County | 116 |
| 51 | Trousdale County | 112 |
| 52 | Giles County | 98 |
| 53 | Claiborne County | 96 |
| 54 | Cannon County | 92 |
| 55 | Meigs County | 91 |
| 56 | Haywood County | 82 |
| 57 | Dyer County | 75 |
| 58 | Weakley County | 71 |
| 59 | Grainger County | 65 |
| 60 | Humphreys County | 42 |
| 61 | Hardeman County | 34 |
| 62 | Lawrence County | 32 |
| 63 | Moore County | 28 |
| 63 | Unicoi County | 28 |
| 65 | Obion County | 27 |
| 66 | Clay County | 26 |
| 66 | Hardin County | 26 |
| 66 | Lauderdale County | 26 |
| 66 | McNairy County | 26 |
| 70 | Crockett County | 25 |
| 70 | Henderson County | 25 |
| 72 | Lewis County | 24 |
| 73 | Henry County | 18 |
| 73 | Stewart County | 18 |
| 75 | Carroll County | 16 |
| 75 | Grundy County | 16 |
| 77 | Sequatchie County | 14 |
| 78 | Chester County | 12 |
| 78 | Perry County | 12 |
| 80 | Overton County | 9 |
| 81 | Fentress County | 8 |
| 82 | Cocke County | 7 |
| 82 | Decatur County | 7 |
| 82 | Van Buren County | 7 |
| 85 | Johnson County | 6 |
| 86 | Benton County | 3 |
| 86 | Lake County | 3 |
| 86 | Scott County | 3 |
| 89 | Hancock County | 2 |
| 90 | Houston County | 1 |
| 91 | Bledsoe County | 0 |
| 91 | Jackson County | 0 |
| 91 | Morgan County | 0 |
| 91 | Wayne County | 0 |