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Nevada in 1998

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

In 1998 the FHFA house price index for Nevada changed +2.1%, against +3.7% for the United States and +2.5% in 1997.

36,999 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (24,445 single-family), +6.3% on 1997; the national total was 1,612,260.

+2.1%Nevada index, 1997–1998US +3.7%
36,999housing units permitted in 199824,445 single-family
11 of 13counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.9%
1,612,260units permitted nationally in 1998
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Counties in 1998

Ranked by the county index change from 1997 to 1998 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 1998; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 1998Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Mineral County+13.1%551.1
Lyon County+3.7%1701702.6
Clark County+2.8%19,85619,8568.2
Nye County+2.8%000.0
Churchill County+2.6%1631636.3
Douglas County+2.4%4354358.7
Elko County+1.9%1881883.4
Washoe County+1.7%3,2783,2786.4
Storey County+1.3%18184.2
Carson City+0.9%2662664.5
White Pine County+0.5%20202.3
Humboldt County−1.1%25251.4
Lander County−3.0%000.0
Lincoln County—11112.5
Pershing County—10101.6

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Nevada by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 32,804 units (22,470 single-family, 10,334 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 37,242 units (23,810 single-family, 13,432 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 34,811 units (23,462 single-family, 11,349 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 36,999 units (24,445 single-family, 12,554 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 32,643 units (24,283 single-family, 8,360 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 32,285 units (25,723 single-family, 6,562 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 36,125 units (27,005 single-family, 9,120 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 35,615 units (27,634 single-family, 7,981 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 43,366 units (33,090 single-family, 10,276 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 44,556 units (38,914 single-family, 5,642 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 47,728 units (37,546 single-family, 10,182 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 39,445 units (26,722 single-family, 12,723 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 27,209 units (16,256 single-family, 10,953 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 14,881 units (7,110 single-family, 7,771 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 6,764 units (4,545 single-family, 2,219 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 6,443 units (5,361 single-family, 1,082 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 6,163 units (4,681 single-family, 1,482 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 9,071 units (7,439 single-family, 1,632 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 11,174 units (8,970 single-family, 2,204 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 13,016 units (8,888 single-family, 4,128 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 14,083 units (10,422 single-family, 3,661 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 17,952 units (11,374 single-family, 6,578 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 19,544 units (12,766 single-family, 6,778 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 17,645 units (12,997 single-family, 4,648 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 20,143 units (13,088 single-family, 7,055 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 19,716 units (13,706 single-family, 6,010 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 23,406 units (16,295 single-family, 7,111 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 20,031 units (12,419 single-family, 7,612 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 18,451 units (13,039 single-family, 5,412 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 19,994 units (15,485 single-family, 4,509 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 18,540 units (12,190 single-family, 6,350 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Nevada 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.