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Permit timelines

State-level residential permit counts from the Census Building Permits Survey, comparing 2023 to 2024. Sorted by 2024 total units, descending. These are total residential permits, not ADU-specific.

State2023 total2024 totalYoY2024 single-family2024 multi-family
Texas232,373225,756-3%158,12167,635
Florida193,788173,326-11%123,35949,967
California111,760101,545-9%61,14340,402
North Carolina98,85395,163-4%70,04725,116
Georgia63,62168,367+7%48,24320,124
Arizona58,43359,616+2%41,94417,672
South Carolina42,47447,072+11%40,5586,514
New York48,80746,549-5%10,45336,096
Tennessee47,46344,863-5%32,66012,203
Washington37,09737,778+2%19,13618,642
New Jersey32,84034,932+6%14,80720,125
Virginia36,09634,059-6%22,79611,263
Colorado39,40432,185-18%20,43411,751
Ohio27,31831,411+15%17,79113,620
Indiana27,05526,633-2%20,0826,551
Pennsylvania25,32024,810-2%16,3488,462
Utah25,36123,902-6%17,6746,228
Wisconsin21,49423,826+11%12,87910,947
Michigan20,59221,750+6%15,0456,705
Minnesota25,66720,913-19%13,4207,493
Alabama20,33720,725+2%17,4233,302
Illinois16,86320,326+21%10,32610,000
Nevada18,45119,994+8%15,4854,509
Missouri16,78118,464+10%11,5286,936
Idaho17,91917,630-2%14,8212,809
Maryland18,45316,823-9%10,8855,938
Kentucky15,41516,264+6%8,9197,345
Oregon17,69714,621-17%9,8104,811
Massachusetts13,21414,338+9%5,6268,712
Louisiana14,24714,3100%12,1202,190
Arkansas12,84213,684+7%9,8193,865
Oklahoma13,40513,669+2%10,9282,741
Iowa11,23012,544+12%7,7804,764
Nebraska8,87710,479+18%5,6554,824
Kansas9,5049,063-5%5,5653,498
Mississippi7,7007,883+2%7,518365
New Mexico8,5117,572-11%6,4881,084
Delaware5,7657,141+24%6,236905
Maine6,1836,034-2%4,6501,384
South Dakota7,0726,017-15%3,2572,760
Connecticut6,2725,926-6%2,1293,797
Montana4,3075,367+25%3,0362,331
New Hampshire4,5554,965+9%2,9042,061
West Virginia4,0144,192+4%3,515677
Hawaii3,7913,879+2%2,4441,435
Puerto Rico3,3163,642+10%2,996646
Vermont2,4562,654+8%1,4041,250
North Dakota2,6182,319-11%1,651668
Wyoming1,6812,135+27%1,632503
Rhode Island1,1691,757+50%825932
District of Columbia3,0201,737-42%1461,591
Alaska9371,032+10%446586
Virgin Islands354406+15%153253