Rank |
County |
Building Permits |
1 |
Harris County, Texas
|
27,154
|
2 |
Maricopa County, Arizona
|
14,131
|
3 |
Travis County, Texas
|
12,482
|
4 |
Dallas County, Texas
|
11,925
|
5 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
11,918
|
6 |
King County, Washington
|
11,614
|
7 |
Los Angeles County, California
|
11,365
|
8 |
Collin County, Texas
|
9,244
|
9 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
8,012
|
10 |
Clark County, Nevada
|
7,375
|
11 |
Tarrant County, Texas
|
7,372
|
12 |
Orange County, Florida
|
7,232
|
13 |
Hillsborough County, Florida
|
7,095
|
14 |
Fort Bend County, Texas
|
6,724
|
15 |
Orange County, California
|
6,082
|
16 |
Bexar County, Texas
|
5,695
|
17 |
San Diego County, California
|
5,666
|
18 |
Denver County, Colorado
|
5,578
|
19 |
Hennepin County, Minnesota
|
5,505
|
20 |
Santa Clara County, California
|
5,491
|
21 |
MiamiDade County, Florida
|
5,069
|
22 |
Franklin County, Ohio
|
4,864
|
23 |
Palm Beach County, Florida
|
4,636
|
24 |
Montgomery County, Texas
|
4,526
|
25 |
El Paso County, Texas
|
4,355
|
26 |
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
|
4,338
|
27 |
Riverside County, California
|
4,052
|
28 |
Montgomery County, Maryland
|
3,981
|
29 |
Duval County, Florida
|
3,939
|
30 |
District of Columbia, District Of Columbia
|
3,823
|
31 |
Loudoun County, Virginia
|
3,815
|
32 |
Williamson County, Texas
|
3,700
|
33 |
Snohomish County, Washington
|
3,573
|
34 |
Broward County, Florida
|
3,556
|
35 |
Salt Lake County, Utah
|
3,511
|
36 |
Polk County, Iowa
|
3,509
|
37 |
Hidalgo County, Texas
|
3,492
|
38 |
Denton County, Texas
|
3,475
|
39 |
Fulton County, Georgia
|
3,432
|
40 |
Kings County, New York
|
3,353
|
41 |
Hays County, Texas
|
3,327
|
42 |
Cook County, Illinois
|
3,325
|
43 |
Sumter County, Florida
|
3,199
|
44 |
San Francisco County, California
|
3,089
|
45 |
El Paso County, Colorado
|
2,974
|
46 |
Davidson County, Tennessee
|
2,963
|
47 |
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
|
2,928
|
48 |
Charleston County, South Carolina
|
2,868
|
49 |
Pima County, Arizona
|
2,841
|
50 |
Alameda County, California
|
2,745
|
51 |
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
|
2,693
|
52 |
Hudson County, New Jersey
|
2,676
|
53 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
2,666
|
54 |
Ada County, Idaho
|
2,631
|
55 |
Bronx County, New York
|
2,552
|
56 |
Bergen County, New Jersey
|
2,535
|
57 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
2,530
|
58 |
Osceola County, Florida
|
2,495
|
59 |
Pierce County, Washington
|
2,479
|
60 |
Gwinnett County, Georgia
|
2,469
|
61 |
Utah County, Utah
|
2,433
|
62 |
Multnomah County, Oregon
|
2,377
|
63 |
Brazoria County, Texas
|
2,358
|
64 |
Dane County, Wisconsin
|
2,351
|
65 |
Jefferson County, Alabama
|
2,330
|
66 |
Bell County, Texas
|
2,330
|
67 |
New York County, New York
|
2,328
|
68 |
Shelby County, Tennessee
|
2,325
|
69 |
Horry County, South Carolina
|
2,308
|
70 |
Douglas County, Colorado
|
2,300
|
71 |
Forsyth County, Georgia
|
2,273
|
72 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
2,260
|
73 |
Madison County, Alabama
|
2,259
|
74 |
Cobb County, Georgia
|
2,245
|
75 |
Arlington County, Virginia
|
2,207
|
76 |
St Johns County, Florida
|
2,190
|
77 |
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
|
2,175
|
78 |
Contra Costa County, California
|
2,151
|
79 |
Fairfield County, Connecticut
|
2,138
|
80 |
Hamilton County, Indiana
|
2,137
|
81 |
Washington County, Oregon
|
2,056
|
82 |
Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
2,044
|
83 |
Lee County, Florida
|
2,043
|
84 |
Davis County, Utah
|
2,020
|
85 |
Broomfield County, Colorado
|
2,010
|
86 |
Douglas County, Nebraska
|
2,009
|
87 |
Kern County, California
|
2,005
|
88 |
Prince William County, Virginia
|
2,005
|
89 |
Sussex County, Delaware
|
2,004
|
90 |
Cass County, North Dakota
|
1,997
|
91 |
Greenville County, South Carolina
|
1,993
|
92 |
Galveston County, Texas
|
1,967
|
93 |
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
|
1,965
|
94 |
Brazos County, Texas
|
1,963
|
95 |
Rutherford County, Tennessee
|
1,959
|
96 |
Jackson County, Missouri
|
1,929
|
97 |
Williams County, North Dakota
|
1,911
|
98 |
Oakland County, Michigan
|
1,901
|
99 |
San Bernardino County, California
|
1,897
|
100 |
Larimer County, Colorado
|
1,868
|