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

All 39 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/washington-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/washington-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | King County | 8,505 |
| 2 | Pierce County | 3,782 |
| 3 | Snohomish County | 3,372 |
| 4 | Clark County | 3,250 |
| 5 | Spokane County | 2,976 |
| 6 | Kitsap County | 1,780 |
| 7 | Thurston County | 1,669 |
| 8 | Benton County | 1,663 |
| 9 | Whatcom County | 1,214 |
| 10 | Chelan County | 783 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 768 |
| 12 | Yakima County | 713 |
| 13 | Grant County | 431 |
| 13 | Lewis County | 431 |
| 15 | Skagit County | 373 |
| 16 | Cowlitz County | 308 |
| 17 | Douglas County | 303 |
| 18 | Clallam County | 293 |
| 19 | Kittitas County | 288 |
| 20 | Okanogan County | 229 |
| 21 | Grays Harbor County | 224 |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 218 |
| 23 | Island County | 209 |
| 24 | Mason County | 204 |
| 25 | Stevens County | 196 |
| 26 | Walla Walla County | 163 |
| 27 | Klickitat County | 102 |
| 28 | San Juan County | 81 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 67 |
| 30 | Pacific County | 64 |
| 31 | Pend Oreille County | 58 |
| 32 | Skamania County | 55 |
| 33 | Asotin County | 37 |
| 34 | Adams County | 33 |
| 35 | Whitman County | 26 |
| 36 | Wahkiakum County | 21 |
| 37 | Ferry County | 19 |
| 38 | Columbia County | 5 |
| 39 | Garfield County | 0 |