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Louisiana in 2015

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

In 2015 the FHFA house price index for Louisiana changed +3.2%, against +4.4% for the United States and +2.6% in 2014.

13,830 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (12,322 single-family), −9.3% on 2014; the national total was 1,182,582.

+3.2%Louisiana index, 2014–2015US +4.4%
13,830housing units permitted in 201512,322 single-family
51 of 61counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.4%
1,182,582units permitted nationally in 2015
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Counties in 2015

Ranked by the county index change from 2014 to 2015 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2015; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2015Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
West Carroll Parish+22.6%880.9
East Feliciana Parish+8.9%45452.4
Claiborne Parish+8.2%000.0
Orleans Parish+7.3%4961271.4
St. Bernard Parish+7.2%79791.7
St. Helena Parish+5.3%000.0
Bienville Parish+4.9%000.0
Evangeline Parish+4.9%47471.5
St. Mary Parish+4.5%57571.2
Jefferson Parish+4.4%4003900.9
Morehouse Parish+4.3%000.0
St. James Parish+4.0%43432.3
Pointe Coupee Parish+3.9%47472.4
Calcasieu Parish+3.6%9877414.7
Ascension Parish+3.4%8538536.3
East Baton Rouge Parish+3.4%1,4751,4513.2
St. Tammany Parish+3.4%1,2551,2494.5
Franklin Parish+3.3%15150.8
Iberia Parish+3.3%98811.5
Jefferson Davis Parish+3.3%101993.2
Jackson Parish+3.2%24241.5
Assumption Parish+2.9%33331.7
Ouachita Parish+2.8%5765263.6
St. Landry Parish+2.8%1461461.8
St. Martin Parish+2.7%1481482.9
Grant Parish+2.6%49492.2
Bossier Parish+2.5%5575574.2
Lafourche Parish+2.5%4504004.7
Lincoln Parish+2.5%84841.7
Vermilion Parish+2.5%1071071.9
Beauregard Parish+2.4%28280.8
Rapides Parish+2.3%2401921.9
Natchitoches Parish+2.2%54541.5
Allen Parish+2.1%22221.0
Lafayette Parish+2.1%1,9491,5347.6
Livingston Parish+2.1%7477474.8
St. Charles Parish+2.1%1341292.6
Tangipahoa Parish+2.1%6276214.4
West Feliciana Parish+1.8%52523.4
Caddo Parish+1.6%4173331.9
Acadia Parish+1.1%1811033.2
Vernon Parish+1.1%54541.2
Richland Parish+1.0%25251.3
Washington Parish+0.7%62621.4
Webster Parish+0.7%25250.7
Avoyelles Parish+0.6%39391.0
LaSalle Parish+0.5%330.2
Sabine Parish+0.5%55552.5
Concordia Parish+0.4%20201.1
De Soto Parish+0.3%1081083.9
Terrebonne Parish+0.2%2132132.0
St. John the Baptist Parish−0.1%32320.8
West Baton Rouge Parish−0.4%2451658.5
Catahoula Parish−1.0%330.4
Iberville Parish−1.5%1051033.5
Plaquemines Parish−1.8%56442.5
Union Parish−1.8%29291.4
Madison Parish−2.1%52525.9
Caldwell Parish−9.6%15151.6
Cameron Parish−11.5%474710.0
Winn Parish−13.1%000.0

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.