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Single-family share of new housing permits, 2025: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Single-family share of new housing permits, 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.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

Download full table CSV Source: 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: 63.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 11.4 %
RI 42 %
DE 83.8 %
CT 28.6 %
NJ 46.3 %
MD 70 %
MA 40.2 %
VT 56.1 %
NH 65.2 %

Lowest: 11.4 to 52.4 %
Group 2: 52.4 to 61.8 %
Group 3: 61.8 to 66.5 %
Group 4: 66.5 to 74.7 %
Highest: 74.7 to 91.3 %

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.


1	West Virginia	91.3
2	Mississippi	87.1
3	South Carolina	87
4	Delaware	83.8
5	New Mexico	81.3
6	Alabama	80.8
7	Louisiana	78.8
8	Idaho	78.6
9	Wyoming	77.4
10	North Carolina	75.8
11	Oklahoma	74.7
12	Tennessee	73.9
13	Georgia	72.5
14	North Dakota	72.2
15	Maryland	70
16	Indiana	68.4
17	Maine	68.3
18	Alaska	67.6
19	Michigan	67.5
20	Texas	66.9
21	Arkansas	66.5
22	Nevada	65.7
23	Hawaii	65.3
24	New Hampshire	65.2
25	Missouri	65.1
26	Arizona	64.8
27	Utah	62.6
28	Florida	62.4
29	Oregon	62.1
29	South Dakota	62.1
31	Virginia	61.8
32	Minnesota	61.5
32	Pennsylvania	61.5
34	Kansas	59.4
35	Kentucky	59
36	Illinois	58.3
37	Vermont	56.1
38	California	55.6
39	Iowa	53.6
40	Nebraska	52.5
41	Wisconsin	52.4
42	Colorado	51.6
43	Ohio	51.5
44	Montana	50.9
44	Washington	50.9
46	New Jersey	46.3
47	Rhode Island	42
48	Massachusetts	40.2
49	New York	29.7
50	Connecticut	28.6
51	District of Columbia	11.4

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 single-family share of new housing permits, 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-single-family-share-of-new-housing-permits-2025/

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