US counties by housing units authorized by building permits
Maricopa County had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 3023 counties in 2024, at 36,380. Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area had the lowest, at 0. The median was 58. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maricopa County Estimated | 36,380 | -5% |
| 2 | Harris County Estimated | 29,936 | -13.5% |
| 3 | Los Angeles County Estimated | 19,809 | -18.4% |
| 4 | Tarrant County Estimated | 18,858 | +34.3% |
| 5 | Collin County Estimated | 18,813 | -3.9% |
| 6 | Travis County Estimated | 16,990 | -26.6% |
| 7 | Lee County Estimated | 15,411 | +13.7% |
| 8 | Wake County Estimated | 15,248 | -12.3% |
| 9 | Clark County Estimated | 14,754 | +12.9% |
| 10 | Montgomery County Estimated | 13,246 | -3.6% |
| 11 | Dallas County Estimated | 12,711 | -4.3% |
| 12 | Fort Bend County Estimated | 12,017 | +5.8% |
| 13 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 11,969 | -17.1% |
| 14 | Fulton County Estimated | 11,577 | +14.6% |
| 15 | San Diego County Estimated | 11,572 | +0.9% |
| 16 | Miami-Dade County Estimated | 10,608 | -17% |
| 17 | King County Estimated | 10,564 | -0.3% |
| 18 | Denton County Estimated | 10,507 | -5.4% |
| 19 | Polk County Estimated | 10,384 | -17% |
| 20 | Kings County Estimated | 10,063 | -33.3% |
| 21 | Riverside County Estimated | 9,598 | -25.9% |
| 22 | Pinal County Estimated | 9,504 | +29.8% |
| 23 | Hillsborough County Estimated | 9,053 | -28.8% |
| 24 | Osceola County Estimated | 8,813 | +6.8% |
| 25 | Bexar County Estimated | 8,349 | -20.1% |
| 26 | Franklin County Estimated | 8,122 | +12% |
| 27 | Orange County Estimated | 8,052 | -7.3% |
| 28 | Williamson County Estimated | 7,529 | -9.3% |
| 29 | Manatee County Estimated | 7,472 | -7.8% |
| 30 | Sarasota County Estimated | 7,466 | -4.6% |
| 31 | Horry County Estimated | 7,331 | +12.6% |
| 32 | Hidalgo County Estimated | 7,292 | +5.7% |
| 33 | Orange County Estimated | 6,972 | +7.6% |
| 34 | Bronx County Estimated | 6,929 | +26.7% |
| 35 | Davidson County Estimated | 6,880 | -38.7% |
| 36 | Pasco County Estimated | 6,765 | -11.8% |
| 37 | Sacramento County Estimated | 6,747 | -2.6% |
| 38 | Marion County Estimated | 6,729 | +29.5% |
| 39 | Cook County Estimated | 6,507 | +34.1% |
| 40 | Duval County Estimated | 6,495 | -33.8% |
| 41 | Utah County Estimated | 6,321 | +4.7% |
| 42 | San Bernardino County Estimated | 6,226 | -14.9% |
| 43 | Oklahoma County Estimated | 6,164 | +19.5% |
| 44 | Brunswick County Estimated | 6,093 | -8.6% |
| 45 | Gwinnett County Estimated | 5,603 | +3.3% |
| 46 | Greenville County Estimated | 5,575 | +16.8% |
| 46 | St. Johns County Estimated | 5,575 | -13.6% |
| 48 | Dane County Estimated | 5,477 | +9.3% |
| 49 | Hays County Estimated | 5,405 | +7.9% |
| 50 | Queens County Estimated | 5,302 | -33.1% |
| 51 | Pima County Estimated | 5,250 | -0.1% |
| 52 | Ada County Estimated | 5,137 | -15.6% |
| 53 | Hudson County Estimated | 5,136 | -3.3% |
| 54 | Lake County Estimated | 4,990 | -21% |
| 55 | St. Lucie County Estimated | 4,869 | -6.2% |
| 56 | Madison County Estimated | 4,710 | -13.6% |
| 57 | Brevard County Estimated | 4,603 | -29.6% |
| 58 | Charlotte County Estimated | 4,585 | +3.5% |
| 59 | Hamilton County Estimated | 4,561 | -5.8% |
| 60 | Salt Lake County Estimated | 4,550 | -45.3% |
| 61 | Douglas County Estimated | 4,539 | +41.8% |
| 62 | Knox County Estimated | 4,508 | +5% |
| 63 | New York County Estimated | 4,467 | +47.4% |
| 64 | Benton County Estimated | 4,453 | -5.6% |
| 65 | Sussex County Estimated | 4,354 | +5.3% |
| 66 | Charleston County Estimated | 4,153 | -8.9% |
| 67 | Snohomish County Estimated | 4,149 | +19% |
| 68 | Palm Beach County Estimated | 4,089 | -25.5% |
| 69 | Washoe County Estimated | 4,085 | -4.1% |
| 70 | Jackson County Estimated | 4,003 | +60.5% |
| 71 | Denver County Estimated | 3,994 | -30.2% |
| 72 | Brazoria County Estimated | 3,963 | +5.6% |
| 73 | Sumter County Estimated | 3,961 | +18.6% |
| 74 | Hennepin County Estimated | 3,919 | -30.6% |
| 75 | Baldwin County Estimated | 3,883 | -11% |
| 76 | Arapahoe County Estimated | 3,856 | -29.6% |
| 77 | El Paso County Estimated | 3,849 | -24.3% |
| 78 | Forsyth County Estimated | 3,846 | +11.3% |
| 79 | Guilford County Estimated | 3,843 | +38.2% |
| 80 | Santa Clara County Estimated | 3,834 | -34.3% |
| 81 | Essex County Estimated | 3,827 | +1.2% |
| 82 | San Joaquin County Estimated | 3,779 | +74.1% |
| 83 | Placer County Estimated | 3,713 | +0.9% |
| 84 | Ocean County Estimated | 3,706 | -7.5% |
| 85 | Montgomery County Estimated | 3,656 | +27.8% |
| 86 | Spokane County Estimated | 3,626 | +0.1% |
| 87 | Buncombe County Estimated | 3,613 | +39.3% |
| 88 | Canyon County Estimated | 3,609 | +1.7% |
| 89 | Clark County Estimated | 3,594 | +2.7% |
| 90 | Collier County Estimated | 3,524 | -2.6% |
| 91 | Washington County Estimated | 3,502 | +60.9% |
| 92 | Middlesex County Estimated | 3,495 | -10.2% |
| 93 | Richland County Estimated | 3,469 | +22% |
| 94 | Weld County Estimated | 3,468 | -4.4% |
| 95 | Comal County Estimated | 3,430 | +5.6% |
| 96 | Rutherford County Estimated | 3,420 | -3.4% |
| 97 | Volusia County Estimated | 3,403 | -25.3% |
| 98 | Bergen County Estimated | 3,329 | -1.9% |
| 99 | Loudoun County Estimated | 3,314 | +86% |
| 100 | Kern County Estimated | 3,244 | +32.4% |
| 101 | Bell County Estimated | 3,243 | +4.4% |
| 102 | Pierce County Estimated | 3,207 | +2.3% |
| 103 | Berkeley County Estimated | 3,169 | +9.1% |
| 104 | Washington County Estimated | 3,152 | +11.8% |
| 105 | Galveston County Estimated | 3,148 | +17.1% |
| 106 | Douglas County Estimated | 3,131 | -12.2% |
| 107 | Spartanburg County Estimated | 3,129 | +9.1% |
| 108 | Allegheny County Estimated | 2,999 | -24.1% |
| 109 | Ellis County Estimated | 2,972 | +3.1% |
| 110 | Philadelphia County Estimated | 2,962 | -23.3% |
| 111 | Polk County Estimated | 2,949 | -4.7% |
| 112 | Durham County Estimated | 2,905 | -39.7% |
| 113 | Oakland County Estimated | 2,886 | +24% |
| 114 | Walton County Estimated | 2,883 | +3.2% |
| 115 | Jefferson County Estimated | 2,863 | -22.9% |
| 116 | Fairfax County Estimated | 2,861 | -11.9% |
| 117 | Tulsa County Estimated | 2,818 | -21.9% |
| 118 | Johnston County Estimated | 2,783 | +16.6% |
| 119 | Monmouth County Estimated | 2,782 | +10.2% |
| 120 | Delaware County Estimated | 2,747 | +33.7% |
| 121 | Johnson County Estimated | 2,714 | -14.3% |
| 122 | Chatham County Estimated | 2,691 | +60.9% |
| 123 | Cherokee County Estimated | 2,665 | +19.7% |
| 124 | Wayne County Estimated | 2,629 | +38.1% |
| 125 | Pinellas County Estimated | 2,627 | -11.6% |
| 126 | Sedgwick County Estimated | 2,620 | -7.5% |
| 127 | Flagler County Estimated | 2,588 | +2.3% |
| 128 | Montgomery County Estimated | 2,583 | -7.2% |
| 129 | New Hanover County Estimated | 2,581 | -10.5% |
| 130 | Mohave County Estimated | 2,543 | +13.5% |
| 131 | Richmond city Estimated | 2,540 | +11.3% |
| 132 | Forsyth County Estimated | 2,525 | +84.2% |
| 133 | York County Estimated | 2,513 | +9.8% |
| 134 | Worcester County Estimated | 2,506 | +106.3% |
| 135 | Hernando County Estimated | 2,505 | +23.4% |
| 136 | Aiken County Estimated | 2,500 | +69.8% |
| 137 | Montgomery County Estimated | 2,490 | +74.7% |
| 138 | Cabarrus County Estimated | 2,485 | +9.5% |
| 139 | Bay County Estimated | 2,473 | +6.5% |
| 140 | Alamance County Estimated | 2,466 | -9.7% |
| 141 | Citrus County Estimated | 2,443 | +10.9% |
| 142 | Fresno County Estimated | 2,439 | -22.7% |
| 143 | Minnehaha County Estimated | 2,421 | -15.4% |
| 144 | Adams County Estimated | 2,371 | -15.8% |
| 145 | Cameron County Estimated | 2,347 | +20.2% |
| 146 | Hall County Estimated | 2,339 | +77.3% |
| 147 | Union County Estimated | 2,334 | +1.1% |
| 148 | El Paso County Estimated | 2,320 | +3.2% |
| 149 | Chesterfield County Estimated | 2,307 | -27.8% |
| 150 | East Baton Rouge Parish Estimated | 2,305 | +111.7% |
| 151 | Warren County Estimated | 2,286 | +58.3% |
| 152 | Seminole County Estimated | 2,280 | +5.8% |
| 153 | Washington County Estimated | 2,273 | -14.5% |
| 154 | Bonneville County Estimated | 2,254 | +39.2% |
| 155 | Harnett County Estimated | 2,231 | +105.4% |
| 156 | Brazos County Estimated | 2,211 | +61.9% |
| 157 | Lubbock County Estimated | 2,209 | -12.1% |
| 158 | Johnson County Estimated | 2,183 | -13.6% |
| 159 | Orange County Estimated | 2,172 | +50.3% |
| 160 | Contra Costa County Estimated | 2,155 | +6% |
| 161 | Burlington County Estimated | 2,154 | +28.5% |
| 162 | Dakota County Estimated | 2,146 | -21% |
| 163 | Grayson County Estimated | 2,142 | -12.5% |
| 164 | Kane County Estimated | 2,132 | -0.8% |
| 165 | Hamilton County Estimated | 2,130 | +4.3% |
| 166 | Jefferson County Estimated | 2,117 | +8.7% |
| 167 | Harrison County Estimated | 2,116 | +2.8% |
| 168 | Jackson County Estimated | 2,114 | +2.6% |
| 169 | Kent County Estimated | 2,090 | +5.2% |
| 170 | Gaston County Estimated | 2,069 | +31.1% |
| 171 | Yavapai County Estimated | 2,068 | +32% |
| 172 | Guadalupe County Estimated | 2,062 | -3.1% |
| 173 | Shelby County Estimated | 2,061 | +4.9% |
| 174 | Morris County Estimated | 2,055 | +38.9% |
| 175 | Multnomah County Estimated | 2,040 | -43.4% |
| 175 | St. Charles County Estimated | 2,040 | -23.8% |
| 177 | Mercer County Estimated | 2,026 | +109.1% |
| 178 | Catawba County Estimated | 2,016 | +26.6% |
| 179 | Suffolk County Estimated | 2,007 | -22.5% |
| 180 | Will County Estimated | 2,002 | +49.6% |
| 181 | Williamson County Estimated | 1,994 | +39.2% |
| 182 | Santa Rosa County Estimated | 1,983 | +11.8% |
| 183 | Iredell County Estimated | 1,955 | -55.1% |
| 184 | Lancaster County Estimated | 1,935 | -7.1% |
| 185 | Wilson County Estimated | 1,927 | +2.8% |
| 186 | Waukesha County Estimated | 1,917 | +76.4% |
| 187 | Marion County Estimated | 1,906 | -22.9% |
| 188 | Henry County Estimated | 1,887 | -11.5% |
| 189 | Clay County Estimated | 1,880 | -23% |
| 190 | Lee County Estimated | 1,877 | +33.8% |
| 191 | Allen County Estimated | 1,861 | -20.6% |
| 192 | Bastrop County Estimated | 1,841 | +37.3% |
| 193 | Henrico County Estimated | 1,826 | -33.4% |
| 194 | Lane County Estimated | 1,814 | +46.4% |
| 195 | Rockwall County Estimated | 1,810 | -6.6% |
| 196 | Middlesex County Estimated | 1,792 | -23.3% |
| 197 | Larimer County Estimated | 1,786 | -33.5% |
| 198 | Sumner County Estimated | 1,778 | +1.8% |
| 199 | Leon County Estimated | 1,765 | -11.3% |
| 200 | Lexington County Estimated | 1,758 | -3.1% |
| 201 | Alachua County Estimated | 1,750 | +12.5% |
| 202 | Kaufman County Estimated | 1,745 | +55.8% |
| 203 | Alameda County Estimated | 1,743 | -39.6% |
| 204 | District of Columbia Estimated | 1,737 | -42.5% |
| 205 | Mobile County Estimated | 1,715 | +87% |
| 206 | Gallatin County Estimated | 1,706 | -8.5% |
| 207 | Union County Estimated | 1,696 | -13.6% |
| 208 | Cuyahoga County Estimated | 1,685 | +31.5% |
| 209 | Marion County Estimated | 1,682 | -3.7% |
| 210 | Boulder County Estimated | 1,680 | +2.3% |
| 211 | Maury County Estimated | 1,672 | +7% |
| 212 | Broward County Estimated | 1,655 | -45.7% |
| 213 | Lake County Estimated | 1,649 | +28.2% |
| 214 | Ventura County Estimated | 1,648 | +41.7% |
| 215 | Nueces County Estimated | 1,645 | +12.9% |
| 216 | Beaufort County Estimated | 1,638 | +0.2% |
| 216 | Honolulu County Estimated | 1,638 | -11.5% |
| 218 | Weber County Estimated | 1,630 | +13.2% |
| 219 | Deschutes County Estimated | 1,624 | -32.2% |
| 220 | Bartow County Estimated | 1,622 | +0.9% |
| 221 | Capitol Planning Region Estimated | 1,618 | -12.2% |
| 222 | Henderson County Estimated | 1,610 | +107.7% |
| 223 | Cobb County Estimated | 1,604 | -45.7% |
| 224 | Sarpy County Estimated | 1,597 | +62.6% |
| 225 | Lafayette Parish Estimated | 1,592 | -13.5% |
| 225 | Westchester County Estimated | 1,592 | +7.7% |
| 227 | Brown County Estimated | 1,587 | +94.5% |
| 227 | Kootenai County Estimated | 1,587 | -22.3% |
| 229 | New Castle County Estimated | 1,586 | +201.5% |
| 230 | McHenry County Estimated | 1,565 | +33.9% |
| 231 | Frederick County Estimated | 1,562 | -5.1% |
| 232 | Tippecanoe County Estimated | 1,548 | -22.8% |
| 233 | Charles County Estimated | 1,542 | +37.3% |
| 234 | Chester County Estimated | 1,529 | +18.1% |
| 235 | Houston County Estimated | 1,526 | -10% |
| 236 | Benton County Estimated | 1,515 | +33.4% |
| 237 | Dallas County Estimated | 1,513 | +6.5% |
| 238 | Baltimore County Estimated | 1,511 | -9.7% |
| 239 | Midland County Estimated | 1,504 | +86.8% |
| 240 | Union County Estimated | 1,498 | +76.7% |
| 241 | Prince George's County Estimated | 1,473 | -51.2% |
| 241 | Yellowstone County Estimated | 1,473 | +407.9% |
| 243 | Davis County Estimated | 1,468 | -5.1% |
| 244 | Newton County Estimated | 1,464 | +88.9% |
| 245 | Escambia County Estimated | 1,462 | +39.4% |
| 246 | Berkeley County Estimated | 1,460 | +6% |
| 247 | Paulding County Estimated | 1,458 | +5.4% |
| 248 | Solano County Estimated | 1,455 | +2.9% |
| 249 | DuPage County Estimated | 1,450 | +49% |
| 250 | Webb County Estimated | 1,448 | -6.1% |
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About this ranking
Annual number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
Final annual county estimates include imputation for missing reports. Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Covers permit-issuing areas; areas where permits are not required are outside the survey. Not seasonally adjusted or expressed as an annualized monthly rate. The total is the sum of units in the four published structure categories; inputs are retained.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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/co2024a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?
Maricopa County, with 36,380 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, with 0 in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 2 counties have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.
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