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Louisiana in 2011

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

In 2011 the FHFA house price index for Louisiana changed −1.2%, against −4.4% for the United States and −1.6% in 2010.

12,173 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (9,959 single-family), +7.3% on 2010; the national total was 624,061.

−1.2%Louisiana index, 2010–2011US −4.4%
12,173housing units permitted in 20119,959 single-family
24 of 61counties with a rising indexmedian county −0.8%
624,061units permitted nationally in 2011
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Counties in 2011

Ranked by the county index change from 2010 to 2011 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2011; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2011Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
De Soto Parish+6.5%000.0
Concordia Parish+5.7%990.5
Cameron Parish+5.6%46469.7
Franklin Parish+4.4%22171.2
East Feliciana Parish+4.2%41412.2
Bienville Parish+3.5%000.0
St. James Parish+3.2%1281266.8
Jefferson Davis Parish+3.1%89732.8
Caldwell Parish+2.8%880.9
Allen Parish+2.5%330.1
Assumption Parish+2.5%41352.1
Orleans Parish+1.9%1,0947173.0
West Carroll Parish+1.8%000.0
LaSalle Parish+1.6%330.2
Richland Parish+1.1%38341.9
Catahoula Parish+0.8%220.2
Grant Parish+0.8%26261.2
Natchitoches Parish+0.4%71652.0
Ouachita Parish+0.4%3832922.4
Vernon Parish+0.4%550.1
Evangeline Parish+0.3%48481.5
Pointe Coupee Parish+0.2%46462.4
St. Martin Parish+0.2%1201202.3
West Feliciana Parish+0.2%16161.1
Caddo Parish0.0%2932931.3
Lincoln Parish0.0%25250.5
Bossier Parish−0.1%1,1088448.4
Iberia Parish−0.1%1151091.7
Lafourche Parish−0.3%2092012.2
Avoyelles Parish−0.5%33330.9
Calcasieu Parish−0.8%1,1496035.5
Claiborne Parish−0.9%000.0
Rapides Parish−0.9%3502542.8
St. Bernard Parish−0.9%25230.5
St. Charles Parish−0.9%83831.6
St. Mary Parish−0.9%49491.1
Winn Parish−0.9%000.0
Terrebonne Parish−1.1%1811811.7
Acadia Parish−1.3%1491422.6
Livingston Parish−1.4%8467495.5
Morehouse Parish−1.5%20160.8
Iberville Parish−1.6%80782.7
Jackson Parish−1.6%26151.6
East Baton Rouge Parish−1.7%1,2198122.7
Ascension Parish−1.8%7197195.3
Beauregard Parish−1.8%11110.3
Vermilion Parish−1.8%2211493.8
West Baton Rouge Parish−1.8%1681685.8
Lafayette Parish−2.0%7396472.9
St. Landry Parish−2.1%1431431.8
Jefferson Parish−2.2%2252250.5
Sabine Parish−2.6%1241245.7
St. Tammany Parish−2.6%7897852.8
Union Parish−2.6%22201.1
Washington Parish−2.9%86861.9
Webster Parish−3.3%21210.6
Plaquemines Parish−3.4%62622.8
Tangipahoa Parish−3.4%5754884.1
St. John the Baptist Parish−4.2%50501.3
St. Helena Parish−5.5%000.0
Madison Parish−17.1%14141.6

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Louisiana by year010,00020,00030,0001995: 14,723 units (12,461 single-family, 2,262 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 17,998 units (14,422 single-family, 3,576 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 15,144 units (13,189 single-family, 1,955 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 16,483 units (13,875 single-family, 2,608 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 17,836 units (14,557 single-family, 3,279 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 14,720 units (13,109 single-family, 1,611 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 15,653 units (13,274 single-family, 2,379 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 18,425 units (15,225 single-family, 3,200 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 22,220 units (18,478 single-family, 3,742 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 22,989 units (20,684 single-family, 2,305 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 22,811 units (20,206 single-family, 2,605 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 28,671 units (23,806 single-family, 4,865 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 23,379 units (16,640 single-family, 6,739 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 16,305 units (11,689 single-family, 4,616 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 12,513 units (10,755 single-family, 1,758 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 11,343 units (10,210 single-family, 1,133 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 12,173 units (9,959 single-family, 2,214 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 13,018 units (11,526 single-family, 1,492 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 14,015 units (12,380 single-family, 1,635 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 15,255 units (12,844 single-family, 2,411 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 13,830 units (12,322 single-family, 1,508 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 14,503 units (12,518 single-family, 1,985 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 15,224 units (13,557 single-family, 1,667 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 15,835 units (13,733 single-family, 2,102 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 15,793 units (14,013 single-family, 1,780 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 17,283 units (15,457 single-family, 1,826 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 19,147 units (16,937 single-family, 2,210 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 15,544 units (13,557 single-family, 1,987 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 14,247 units (11,243 single-family, 3,004 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 14,310 units (12,120 single-family, 2,190 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 14,203 units (11,199 single-family, 3,004 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Louisiana 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.