Housing units authorized by building permits

Source:	U.S. Census Bureau
Units:	Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits
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FIPS	Area Name	2000	2010	2014	2015
00	United States	1,592,400	604,800	1,052,124	1,182,582
01	Alabama	17,406	11,261	13,507	14,054
02	Alaska	2,147	904	1,387	1,298
04	Arizona	61,485	12,370	26,997	28,910
05	Arkansas	9,203	7,177	7,966	8,500
06	California	145,575	43,716	83,657	98,188
08	Colorado	54,596	11,591	28,698	31,871
09	Connecticut	9,376	3,932	5,329	6,077
10	Delaware	4,611	3,072	5,194	5,221
11	District of Columbia	806	739	4,189	4,956
12	Florida	155,269	38,679	84,084	109,924
13	Georgia	91,820	17,265	39,673	45,549
15	Hawaii	4,905	3,442	3,066	5,422
16	Idaho	10,915	4,153	8,805	9,954
17	Illinois	51,944	12,318	20,602	19,571
18	Indiana	37,903	13,083	17,813	18,483
19	Iowa	12,500	7,607	10,353	12,097
20	Kansas	12,542	5,140	7,467	8,644
21	Kentucky	18,460	7,986	9,421	10,566
22	Louisiana	14,720	11,343	15,337	13,830
23	Maine	6,177	3,034	3,249	3,699
24	Maryland	30,358	11,931	16,332	17,057
25	Massachusetts	18,000	9,075	14,467	17,424
26	Michigan	52,489	9,075	15,836	18,226
27	Minnesota	32,814	9,840	17,010	19,545
28	Mississippi	11,270	5,259	6,955	6,845
29	Missouri	24,321	9,699	16,314	18,344
30	Montana	2,572	2,022	3,889	4,826
31	Nebraska	9,105	5,401	7,690	8,096
32	Nevada	32,285	6,443	13,016	14,083
33	New Hampshire	6,680	2,670	3,405	3,763
34	New Jersey	34,585	13,535	28,155	30,560
35	New Mexico	8,869	4,533	4,799	4,599
36	New York	44,105	19,568	36,280	74,611
37	North Carolina	78,376	33,889	49,913	54,757
38	North Dakota	2,128	3,833	12,646	6,256
39	Ohio	49,745	13,710	19,965	20,047
40	Oklahoma	11,148	8,140	14,238	11,545
41	Oregon	19,877	6,868	16,649	17,510
42	Pennsylvania	41,076	19,740	25,108	22,854
44	Rhode Island	2,596	934	952	998
45	South Carolina	32,812	14,021	27,551	31,030
46	South Dakota	4,196	2,946	4,738	4,482
47	Tennessee	32,203	16,475	28,263	32,219
48	Texas	141,231	88,461	170,132	175,443
49	Utah	17,638	9,171	17,518	18,297
50	Vermont	2,506	1,319	1,547	1,998
51	Virginia	48,402	20,992	28,693	28,469
53	Washington	39,021	20,691	33,905	40,374
54	West Virginia	3,763	2,395	2,686	2,814
55	Wisconsin	34,154	10,864	14,741	16,793
56	Wyoming	1,582	2,298	1,937	1,903

Notes:

Building permits data are collected by survey from individual permit offices such as cities, townships, or counties.
Missing data are imputed for survey non-respondents.
Areas for which no authorization is required to construct a new privately-owned housing unit are excluded from the survey.
A housing unit is defined as a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Modular homes are included, but manufactured (mobile) homes are excluded. Units in assisted living facilities are included, but units in nursing homes and other group quarters are excluded. Each apartment unit in an apartment building is counted as one unit.
Latest Census Bureau update: May 2016