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Building permits · Jun 2026

U.S. building permits

Residential building permits from the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly Building Permits Survey — 1,406,269 housing units authorized nationwide in the 12 months through Jun 2026, with the latest month up 1.5% against a year earlier. Broken out for every state, 922 metro areas, 3,038 counties and 12,897 permit-issuing cities and towns.

A permit is an authorization, not a housing start. Some authorized units are never built, and recent months are revised upward as late reports arrive. Use permits as the leading indicator of homebuilding they are, not as a count of construction underway.

130,502
Units (latest month)
83,793
Single-family units
41,945
Multifamily (5+) units
$34,846,176,000
Reported value
Trailing 12 months: 1,406,269 units permitted · latest month +1.5% vs. a year earlier.
Total units permitted, by monthJul 2021 – Jun 2026
Jul 2021Jun 2026
Structure typeUnitsShare
Single-family (1-unit)83,79364.2%
2-unit structures3,0882.4%
3–4 unit structures1,6761.3%
Multifamily (5+ units)41,94532.1%
All units130,502100%
See what you can build →All building-permit data

Compare this area with the rest of the country: ranked leaderboards for permit volume, permits per capita, year-over-year growth, and multifamily share.

Building permits by state

Housing units authorized in the 12 months through Jun 2026.

Texas194,491Florida156,621California109,950North Carolina86,007Georgia60,221Arizona46,642New York46,230South Carolina45,710Tennessee41,756Washington38,751Virginia35,220Colorado33,501New Jersey32,286Ohio31,701Indiana27,986Wisconsin25,912Utah25,776Pennsylvania24,904Michigan23,187Minnesota21,927Alabama20,982Illinois19,356Missouri17,675Idaho17,506Oregon15,999Arkansas15,744Nevada15,318Oklahoma14,616Louisiana14,490Kentucky13,789Maryland13,469Massachusetts13,122Iowa12,503Kansas11,717Nebraska9,907Mississippi8,660New Mexico7,447Connecticut7,038Maine6,370Delaware6,369South Dakota5,626Montana5,535New Hampshire4,999West Virginia4,088Hawaii3,401Vermont2,339District of Columbia2,281North Dakota2,274Wyoming2,019Rhode Island2,012Alaska839

Top metro areas

By units permitted in the last 12 months.

  1. 1.Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX61,973
  2. 2.Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands TX59,212
  3. 3.New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ56,401
  4. 4.Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler AZ36,414
  5. 5.Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA33,614
  6. 6.Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell GA33,518
  7. 7.Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos TX23,368
  8. 8.Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL21,666
  9. 9.Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV21,588
  10. 10.Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL21,240
  11. 11.Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA20,018
  12. 12.Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia NC-SC19,866
  13. 13.Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach FL19,145
  14. 14.Raleigh-Cary NC19,018
  15. 15.Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin TN17,510
  16. 16.North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota FL16,496
  17. 17.Denver-Aurora-Centennial CO15,506
  18. 18.Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN15,460
  19. 19.Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI14,222
  20. 20.Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD14,036
All 922 metro areas →

Top counties

By units permitted in the last 12 months.

  1. 1.Maricopa County28,806
  2. 2.Los Angeles County27,747
  3. 3.Harris County27,690
  4. 4.Collin County17,203
  5. 5.Tarrant County15,333
  6. 6.Wake County15,162
  7. 7.Montgomery County11,890
  8. 8.Miami-Dade County11,833
  9. 9.Fort Bend County11,823
  10. 10.Travis County11,657
  11. 11.Manatee County11,165
  12. 12.Clark County11,111
  13. 13.San Diego County10,989
  14. 14.Lee County10,841
  15. 15.King County10,696
  16. 16.Dallas County10,539
  17. 17.Denton County9,859
  18. 18.Orange County9,542
  19. 19.Fulton County9,542
  20. 20.Kings County9,054
Full county ranking →

Rankings & leaderboards

Where housing is actually being authorized — 7 boards ranking metro areas and counties by volume, permits per capita, year-over-year change, and multifamily share.

Metro areas with the most building permits →Metropolitan and micropolitan areas ranked by housing units authorized over the last 12 months.Counties with the most building permits →U.S. counties ranked by housing units authorized over the last 12 months.Building permits per capita by county →Counties ranked by units authorized per 1,000 residents — the housing-supply rate, not raw volume.Building permits per capita by metro area →Metro areas ranked by units authorized per 1,000 residents — the housing-supply rate.Fastest-growing housing markets by building permits →Metro areas with the largest year-over-year increase in permitted units, same window both years.Housing markets with the steepest permit declines →Metro areas with the largest year-over-year drop in permitted units, same window both years.Metro areas where multifamily is the biggest share of new housing →Metro areas ranked by the share of permitted units in buildings with 5 or more units — share, not volume.

Related housing data

Home sale prices →County median sale prices — pair new supply with what the market is clearing at.Fair Market Rents →HUD rents by county, metro and bedroom count — the rent side of the same market.Who lives there →Census ACS income, demographics and housing for every state and neighborhood-scale area.

Building permit terms

What the survey counts, and what it does not.

2-unit structures3-to-4 unit structuresAuthorized vs. started vs. completedBuilding permitBuilding Permits SurveyBuildings permittedConstruction valuationCountyCoverage, lag & revisionsHousing unitMetropolitan & micropolitan areaMultifamily (5+ units)Multifamily sharePermit-issuing placeReported vs. imputed (total)Seasonal adjustmentSingle-family (1-unit)StateStructure (building)Total units permittedYear-to-date

U.S. building permits — FAQ

How many building permits were issued in the U.S. last year?+

1,406,269 new privately owned residential housing units were authorized by building permits in the 12 months through Jun 2026, and 130,502 in Jun 2026 alone, per the U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.

What share of new U.S. housing is multifamily?+

35.8% of units authorized in Jun 2026 were in structures with 2 or more units; 64.2% were single-family. Of the total, 41,945 units were in buildings with 5 or more units.

Is a building permit the same as a housing start?+

No. A permit authorizes construction; a start is ground actually broken. Permits are published earlier and are the leading indicator of the two, but not every authorized unit is built, and the lag between authorization and start varies by market and structure type.

Where does this building permit data come from?+

The U.S. Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey, a monthly census of permit-issuing jurisdictions. It is a public-domain federal statistical product, free to reuse with attribution. Figures for recent months are revised as late reports arrive, and the county, metro and place detail lands about six weeks after the reference month — later than the national release.

Why does a city or county show zero permits in some months?+

Permit activity is genuinely lumpy below the state level, and a jurisdiction that did not report in a given month contributes nothing for that month. A zero means nothing was reported, which is not the same as no construction interest.

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