Housing units authorized by building permits, by state, 12 months to August 2026
From the annual release of and the Census Bureau files of 2025.
Building permits in the United States authorized 1,418,086 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026.
The rate was highest in Idaho (9.1 units for each 1,000 residents) and lowest in Alaska (1.1).
29 of the 51 areas of the table authorized more units than in the 12 months before.
States by units for each 1,000 residents
| Rank | State | Units authorized | For each 1,000 residents | Change from the 12 months before | Share in 1-unit buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 18,471 | 9.1 | +1.3% | 78% |
| 2 | South Carolina | 46,439 | 8.3 | +1.3% | 86% |
| 3 | North Carolina | 87,853 | 7.8 | +2.0% | 70% |
| 4 | Utah | 25,666 | 7.3 | +3.4% | 63% |
| 5 | Florida | 158,370 | 6.7 | −7.4% | 69% |
| 6 | South Dakota | 5,973 | 6.4 | +5.1% | 54% |
| 7 | Arizona | 47,257 | 6.2 | −7.4% | 66% |
| 8 | Delaware | 6,477 | 6.1 | +2.0% | 83% |
| 9 | Texas | 194,150 | 6.1 | −10.8% | 70% |
| 10 | Tennessee | 41,556 | 5.7 | −4.5% | 74% |
| 11 | Colorado | 33,093 | 5.5 | +1.5% | 53% |
| 12 | Georgia | 60,994 | 5.4 | +1.1% | 70% |
| 13 | Nebraska | 10,519 | 5.2 | −4.7% | 56% |
| 14 | Washington | 38,911 | 4.9 | +11.4% | 44% |
| 15 | Maine | 6,830 | 4.8 | +8.4% | 66% |
| 16 | Montana | 5,457 | 4.8 | +4.9% | 50% |
| 17 | Arkansas | 14,741 | 4.7 | −4.3% | 65% |
| 18 | Nevada | 15,357 | 4.7 | −10.2% | 64% |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 25,771 | 4.3 | +5.6% | 52% |
| 20 | Virginia | 37,520 | 4.2 | +12.1% | 55% |
| 21 | Alabama | 21,308 | 4.1 | +13.8% | 81% |
| 22 | Kansas | 12,159 | 4.1 | +29.8% | 53% |
| 23 | Indiana | 27,672 | 4.0 | −7.2% | 73% |
| 24 | Iowa | 12,933 | 4.0 | −5.1% | 57% |
| 25 | Minnesota | 22,158 | 3.8 | +2.8% | 58% |
| 26 | New Mexico | 7,746 | 3.6 | −4.7% | 79% |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 14,702 | 3.6 | +1.3% | 74% |
| 28 | Oregon | 15,315 | 3.6 | +11.9% | 59% |
| 29 | New Hampshire | 4,987 | 3.5 | +15.7% | 65% |
| 30 | Vermont | 2,231 | 3.5 | +2.1% | 55% |
| 31 | Wyoming | 2,018 | 3.4 | +0.5% | 76% |
| 32 | New Jersey | 31,546 | 3.3 | −6.2% | 42% |
| 33 | Louisiana | 14,034 | 3.0 | −1.1% | 84% |
| 34 | Mississippi | 8,718 | 3.0 | +13.9% | 90% |
| 35 | Kentucky | 13,410 | 2.9 | −7.1% | 64% |
| 36 | Missouri | 18,495 | 2.9 | +4.4% | 65% |
| 37 | California | 111,538 | 2.8 | +13.8% | 50% |
| 38 | District of Columbia | 1,976 | 2.8 | −3.0% | 12% |
| 39 | North Dakota | 2,139 | 2.7 | −14.9% | 71% |
| 40 | Ohio | 32,282 | 2.7 | −0.9% | 55% |
| 41 | New York | 48,587 | 2.4 | +38.8% | 21% |
| 42 | Hawaii | 3,333 | 2.3 | −12.3% | 61% |
| 43 | West Virginia | 3,981 | 2.3 | +1.8% | 88% |
| 44 | Michigan | 22,528 | 2.2 | −2.7% | 68% |
| 45 | Maryland | 13,400 | 2.1 | −8.3% | 62% |
| 46 | Pennsylvania | 25,848 | 2.0 | +3.5% | 57% |
| 47 | Massachusetts | 13,778 | 1.9 | +16.2% | 38% |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 2,113 | 1.9 | +43.8% | 36% |
| 49 | Connecticut | 5,775 | 1.6 | −20.8% | 36% |
| 50 | Illinois | 19,157 | 1.5 | −5.7% | 56% |
| 51 | Alaska | 814 | 1.1 | −14.8% | 56% |
How the figures were made
Permits are from the Building Permits Survey of the Census Bureau, which counts housing units that permits authorize. A permit is not a completed home. Residents are the Census Bureau estimate for 2025.
The United States total is the sum of the state files.
A program makes this page from the source files with fixed sentence rules. How the figures are made. Data sources and licenses.