# Cities in Mississippi by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_single_family_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Annual number of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures (detached and attached single-family homes) authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gulfport, MS | 1,098 |
| 2 | Oxford, MS | 225 |
| 3 | Olive Branch, MS | 200 |
| 4 | Jackson, MS | 164 |
| 5 | Southaven, MS | 157 |
| 6 | Biloxi, MS | 147 |
| 7 | Pearl, MS | 118 |
| 8 | Hernando, MS | 109 |
| 9 | Long Beach, MS | 102 |
| 10 | Tupelo, MS | 101 |
| 11 | Ocean Springs, MS | 88 |
| 12 | Flowood, MS | 80 |
| 13 | Gautier, MS | 78 |
| 14 | Brandon, MS | 72 |
| 15 | Madison, MS | 63 |
| 16 | Bay St. Louis, MS | 62 |
| 17 | Starkville, MS | 57 |
| 18 | Byram, MS | 44 |
| 19 | Brookhaven, MS | 38 |
| 19 | Hattiesburg, MS | 38 |
| 21 | Petal, MS | 37 |
| 22 | Picayune, MS | 33 |
| 23 | Corinth, MS | 25 |
| 24 | Clinton, MS | 23 |
| 25 | Canton, MS | 17 |
| 25 | Ridgeland, MS | 17 |
| 27 | Columbus, MS | 14 |
| 28 | Cleveland, MS | 12 |
| 29 | Pascagoula, MS | 8 |
| 30 | Meridian, MS | 7 |
| 31 | Vicksburg, MS | 6 |
| 32 | D'Iberville, MS | 4 |
| 32 | McComb, MS | 4 |
| 34 | Natchez, MS | 3 |
| 35 | Clarksdale, MS | 2 |
| 35 | Greenwood, MS | 2 |
| 37 | Greenville, MS | 1 |
| 38 | Grenada, MS | 0 |
| 38 | Horn Lake, MS | 0 |
| 38 | Laurel, MS | 0 |
| 38 | Moss Point, MS | 0 |