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Kansas in 2012

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2012 the FHFA house price index for Kansas changed −0.5%, against −1.8% for the United States and −1.7% in 2011.

6,252 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (4,120 single-family), +16.1% on 2011; the national total was 829,658.

−0.5%Kansas index, 2011–2012US −1.8%
6,252housing units permitted in 20124,120 single-family
38 of 72counties with a rising indexmedian county +0.1%
829,658units permitted nationally in 2012
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Counties in 2012

Ranked by the county index change from 2011 to 2012 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2012; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2012Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Logan County+19.6%16166.0
Wichita County+10.3%000.0
Rooks County+9.9%110.2
Haskell County+9.5%000.0
Coffey County+9.0%24202.8
Cloud County+8.1%220.2
Gray County+8.1%30105.3
Stevens County+8.0%220.4
Russell County+7.6%330.5
Harper County+7.1%711513.2
Thomas County+6.7%110.1
Sherman County+6.5%000.0
Kingman County+5.8%17172.4
Pratt County+5.6%000.0
Ottawa County+5.0%771.2
Ellis County+3.9%69452.4
Ford County+3.3%85532.5
Rush County+3.1%220.7
Barton County+3.0%990.4
Finney County+2.6%22130.6
Wabaunsee County+2.1%13131.9
Marshall County+1.9%770.7
Doniphan County+1.8%440.5
Nemaha County+1.8%880.8
Grant County+1.7%000.0
Meade County+1.7%511.3
Pottawatomie County+1.2%1431075.3
Anderson County+1.1%1081.2
Ellsworth County+1.0%110.2
Rice County+0.8%660.6
Neosho County+0.7%7274.6
Osage County+0.7%16161.0
Saline County+0.6%72721.3
Reno County+0.3%81411.3
Cherokee County+0.1%000.0
Douglas County+0.1%4711653.9
Jackson County+0.1%15151.1
Riley County+0.1%4072205.6
Greenwood County0.0%000.0
McPherson County−0.2%80702.7
Cheyenne County−0.4%000.0
Pawnee County−0.4%000.0
Shawnee County−0.4%2321901.3
Johnson County−0.5%1,6651,2422.6
Seward County−0.5%11110.5
Geary County−0.7%1251183.4
Cowley County−0.8%34321.0
Franklin County−0.8%25251.0
Clay County−0.9%15151.9
Dickinson County−0.9%100945.4
Harvey County−1.3%69672.1
Atchison County−1.5%550.3
Butler County−1.5%1391022.0
Sedgwick County−1.5%1,0826602.0
Labette County−1.7%18180.9
Jefferson County−1.9%36362.0
Lyon County−2.0%16160.5
Sumner County−2.2%20160.9
Linn County−2.3%20202.0
Miami County−2.3%57271.6
Bourbon County−2.5%110.1
Leavenworth County−2.8%1321321.6
Marion County−3.4%12101.0
Crawford County−3.6%94702.4
Wyandotte County−3.6%4401342.6
Brown County−4.3%110.1
Morris County−4.9%110.2
Mitchell County−5.1%771.3
Allen County−5.4%15131.2
Montgomery County−7.4%26260.9
Kearny County−9.5%110.3
Scott County−9.9%440.8
Barber County—110.2
Trego County—110.4
Wilson County—13131.6

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Kansas by year010,00020,0001995: 12,655 units (8,709 single-family, 3,946 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 14,676 units (10,121 single-family, 4,555 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 13,590 units (9,689 single-family, 3,901 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 15,321 units (10,935 single-family, 4,386 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 15,682 units (11,306 single-family, 4,376 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 12,542 units (9,292 single-family, 3,250 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 14,530 units (10,128 single-family, 4,402 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 12,983 units (10,325 single-family, 2,658 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 15,049 units (11,494 single-family, 3,555 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 13,301 units (11,548 single-family, 1,753 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 14,048 units (11,626 single-family, 2,422 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 14,619 units (11,133 single-family, 3,486 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 11,473 units (8,137 single-family, 3,336 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 8,188 units (5,425 single-family, 2,763 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 6,677 units (4,272 single-family, 2,405 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 5,140 units (3,974 single-family, 1,166 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 5,386 units (3,469 single-family, 1,917 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 6,252 units (4,120 single-family, 2,132 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 8,285 units (5,066 single-family, 3,219 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 7,459 units (4,874 single-family, 2,585 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 8,644 units (5,064 single-family, 3,580 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 9,807 units (5,230 single-family, 4,577 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 8,984 units (6,046 single-family, 2,938 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 9,478 units (5,376 single-family, 4,102 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 7,961 units (5,089 single-family, 2,872 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 8,211 units (5,975 single-family, 2,236 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 9,538 units (6,569 single-family, 2,969 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 9,560 units (5,567 single-family, 3,993 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 9,504 units (4,927 single-family, 4,577 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 9,063 units (5,565 single-family, 3,498 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 10,299 units (6,121 single-family, 4,178 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Kansas by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.