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

All 72 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/wisconsin-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/wisconsin-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dane County | 6,629 |
| 2 | Brown County | 1,210 |
| 3 | Waukesha County | 1,178 |
| 4 | Milwaukee County | 1,046 |
| 5 | Outagamie County | 1,022 |
| 6 | Kenosha County | 892 |
| 7 | Eau Claire County | 727 |
| 8 | Walworth County | 691 |
| 9 | Winnebago County | 682 |
| 10 | Racine County | 667 |
| 11 | Ozaukee County | 483 |
| 12 | St. Croix County | 460 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 420 |
| 14 | Washington County | 398 |
| 15 | Rock County | 388 |
| 16 | Pierce County | 367 |
| 17 | Sheboygan County | 364 |
| 18 | La Crosse County | 363 |
| 19 | Dodge County | 356 |
| 20 | Marathon County | 348 |
| 20 | Oneida County | 348 |
| 22 | Vilas County | 314 |
| 23 | Door County | 302 |
| 24 | Portage County | 244 |
| 25 | Polk County | 243 |
| 26 | Calumet County | 242 |
| 27 | Sauk County | 231 |
| 28 | Chippewa County | 219 |
| 29 | Marinette County | 215 |
| 30 | Waupaca County | 214 |
| 31 | Juneau County | 204 |
| 32 | Sawyer County | 201 |
| 33 | Fond du Lac County | 190 |
| 34 | Langlade County | 188 |
| 35 | Adams County | 168 |
| 35 | Bayfield County | 168 |
| 37 | Columbia County | 167 |
| 38 | Wood County | 156 |
| 39 | Barron County | 152 |
| 39 | Manitowoc County | 152 |
| 41 | Washburn County | 145 |
| 42 | Burnett County | 143 |
| 43 | Lincoln County | 139 |
| 44 | Oconto County | 132 |
| 45 | Clark County | 123 |
| 46 | Grant County | 122 |
| 47 | Monroe County | 116 |
| 47 | Shawano County | 116 |
| 49 | Trempealeau County | 112 |
| 50 | Green Lake County | 107 |
| 51 | Waushara County | 101 |
| 52 | Dunn County | 95 |
| 53 | Richland County | 92 |
| 54 | Green County | 82 |
| 55 | Douglas County | 80 |
| 56 | Rusk County | 77 |
| 57 | Vernon County | 76 |
| 58 | Kewaunee County | 71 |
| 59 | Iowa County | 69 |
| 60 | Jackson County | 64 |
| 61 | Marquette County | 62 |
| 62 | Crawford County | 50 |
| 63 | Ashland County | 49 |
| 64 | Taylor County | 48 |
| 65 | Forest County | 46 |
| 65 | Lafayette County | 46 |
| 67 | Iron County | 44 |
| 68 | Price County | 42 |
| 69 | Buffalo County | 40 |
| 70 | Florence County | 34 |
| 71 | Pepin County | 30 |
| 72 | Menominee County | 7 |