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Louisiana in 2025

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

In 2025 the FHFA house price index for Louisiana changed +1.8%, against +2.8% for the United States and +1.2% in 2024.

14,203 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (11,199 single-family), −0.7% on 2024; the national total was 1,431,616.

+1.8%Louisiana index, 2024–2025US +2.8%
14,203housing units permitted in 202511,199 single-family
41 of 54counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.3%
1,431,616units permitted nationally in 2025
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Counties in 2025

Ranked by the county index change from 2024 to 2025 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2025; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2025Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Franklin Parish+36.5%13130.7
Sabine Parish+18.0%69693.2
Union Parish+14.0%81753.9
Concordia Parish+13.1%110.1
LaSalle Parish+10.2%14140.9
Jackson Parish+10.0%000.0
St. John the Baptist Parish+8.4%60481.5
Iberville Parish+6.6%1221224.1
Avoyelles Parish+6.1%16160.4
St. Landry Parish+6.1%1531531.9
Washington Parish+5.8%000.0
Pointe Coupee Parish+5.0%41412.1
West Feliciana Parish+5.0%57573.8
Webster Parish+4.9%60341.7
Acadia Parish+4.4%1471472.6
Ouachita Parish+4.1%3923822.5
St. James Parish+3.9%64643.4
Ascension Parish+3.7%6393274.7
East Feliciana Parish+3.7%21211.1
St. Martin Parish+3.7%50501.0
Vermilion Parish+3.5%2542544.4
Lincoln Parish+3.3%1931914.0
Beauregard Parish+3.1%81812.2
St. Charles Parish+3.0%1161022.3
East Baton Rouge Parish+2.9%2,6311,4205.8
Jefferson Davis Parish+2.9%62622.0
Livingston Parish+2.8%6556474.2
Iberia Parish+2.3%1021021.5
Jefferson Parish+2.3%4104021.0
West Baton Rouge Parish+2.3%96963.3
St. Tammany Parish+2.0%1,0961,0863.9
Allen Parish+1.9%39391.7
Richland Parish+1.9%41392.1
Bossier Parish+1.4%6646645.0
Rapides Parish+1.4%2412171.9
De Soto Parish+1.1%98903.6
Terrebonne Parish+0.6%2472472.4
Assumption Parish+0.3%38301.9
Lafourche Parish+0.3%3443123.6
Tangipahoa Parish+0.3%1,1636968.2
Caddo Parish+0.1%2671851.2
Vernon Parish0.0%18180.4
Lafayette Parish−0.1%1,6121,6126.2
St. Bernard Parish−0.4%115632.5
Calcasieu Parish−1.4%4684482.2
Orleans Parish−1.4%8822102.4
Plaquemines Parish−1.8%47332.1
Morehouse Parish−2.4%16160.7
Natchitoches Parish−2.5%26260.7
St. Mary Parish−4.1%40380.9
Evangeline Parish−6.2%39391.2
Caldwell Parish−8.6%770.7
Claiborne Parish−10.5%000.0
Grant Parish−14.2%32301.4
Bienville Parish—18181.5
Cameron Parish—16163.4
Catahoula Parish—000.0
Madison Parish—000.0
St. Helena Parish—14141.3
West Carroll Parish—550.5
Winn Parish—990.6

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.