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New housing units authorized per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: New housing units authorized per 1,000 residents, 2025 (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in New housing units authorized by building permits by state, 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (Building Permits Survey, annual state data 2025 (st2025a.txt, estimates with imputation)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2025 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 4.2 (United States).

Washington: 4.4Idaho: 8.8Montana: 4.6North Dakota: 3.1Minnesota: 3.6Michigan: 2.3Ohio: 2.8Pennsylvania: 2New York: 1.9Vermont: 3.6New Hampshire: 3.6Maine: 4.9Arizona: 6.8California: 2.6New Mexico: 3.6Texas: 6.6Louisiana: 3.1Mississippi: 2.8Alabama: 3.7Florida: 7.6Georgia: 5.4South Carolina: 8.2North Carolina: 7.7Virginia: 3.7District of Columbia: 2.3Maryland: 2.1Delaware: 6.1New Jersey: 2.9Connecticut: 2Rhode Island: 1.6Massachusetts: 1.7Oregon: 3.5Utah: 7.6Wyoming: 3.8Nevada: 5.6Colorado: 5.6South Dakota: 5.7Nebraska: 5.3Kansas: 3.5Oklahoma: 3.8Iowa: 4.2Missouri: 2.8Wisconsin: 4.3Illinois: 1.5Kentucky: 3.2Arkansas: 5Tennessee: 5.9West Virginia: 2.2Indiana: 4.2Alaska: 1.2Hawaii: 2.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.2 to 2.3
  • Group 2: 2.3 to 3.5
  • Group 3: 3.5 to 4.2
  • Group 4: 4.2 to 5.6
  • Highest: 5.6 to 8.8
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Permits authorize construction but some projects start later or never; figures include Census Bureau imputation for non-reporting places.

1Idaho8.8
2South Carolina8.2
3North Carolina7.7
4Florida7.6
4Utah7.6
6Arizona6.8
7Texas6.6
8Delaware6.1
9Tennessee5.9
10South Dakota5.7
11Colorado5.6
11Nevada5.6
13Georgia5.4
14Nebraska5.3
15Arkansas5
16Maine4.9
17Montana4.6
18Washington4.4
19Wisconsin4.3
20Indiana4.2
20Iowa4.2
22Oklahoma3.8
22Wyoming3.8
24Alabama3.7
24Virginia3.7
26Minnesota3.6
26New Hampshire3.6
26New Mexico3.6
26Vermont3.6
30Kansas3.5
30Oregon3.5
32Kentucky3.2
33Louisiana3.1
33North Dakota3.1
35New Jersey2.9
36Mississippi2.8
36Missouri2.8
36Ohio2.8
39California2.6
39Hawaii2.6
41District of Columbia2.3
41Michigan2.3
43West Virginia2.2
44Maryland2.1
45Connecticut2
45Pennsylvania2
47New York1.9
48Massachusetts1.7
49Rhode Island1.6
50Illinois1.5
51Alaska1.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, annual state data 2025 (st2025a.txt, estimates with imputation)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2025 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by new housing units authorized per 1,000 residents, 2025 (derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, annual state data 2025 (st2025a.txt, estimates with imputation); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-new-housing-units-authorized-per-1000-residents-2025/

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