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Housing permits and prices

Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers, and what housing costs. It counts permits issued, not buildings finished, and says nothing about industrial or infrastructure approvals.

Every jurisdiction ranked on housing permits and prices

Housing permits and prices across the United StatesAlabama: 63 · rank 15Alaska: 44 · rank 35Arizona: 58 · rank 26Arkansas: 72 · rank 6California: 17 · rank 47Colorado: 48 · rank 33Connecticut: 21 · rank 43Delaware: 59 · rank 24District of Columbia: 4 · rank 51Florida: 59 · rank 24Georgia: 64 · rank 14Hawaii: 21 · rank 43Idaho: 61 · rank 21Illinois: 37 · rank 38Indiana: 67 · rank 10Iowa: 81 · rank 1Kansas: 75 · rank 5Kentucky: 50 · rank 30Louisiana: 63 · rank 15Maine: 49 · rank 31Maryland: 27 · rank 41Massachusetts: 5 · rank 50Michigan: 41 · rank 36Minnesota: 63 · rank 15Mississippi: 65 · rank 11Missouri: 49 · rank 31Montana: 55 · rank 28Nebraska: 79 · rank 3Nevada: 52 · rank 29New Hampshire: 31 · rank 39New Jersey: 19 · rank 45New Mexico: 65 · rank 11New York: 13 · rank 48North Carolina: 71 · rank 8North Dakota: 61 · rank 21Ohio: 62 · rank 19Oklahoma: 72 · rank 6Oregon: 30 · rank 40Pennsylvania: 26 · rank 42Rhode Island: 9 · rank 49South Carolina: 71 · rank 8South Dakota: 77 · rank 4Tennessee: 65 · rank 11Texas: 81 · rank 1Utah: 57 · rank 27Vermont: 18 · rank 46Virginia: 47 · rank 34Washington: 41 · rank 36West Virginia: 63 · rank 15Wisconsin: 60 · rank 23Wyoming: 62 · rank 19
A map sizes states by land area, not by value — Wyoming shouts and Rhode Island vanishes. The ranked list beside it is the reading.
  1. 1TX Texas81
  2. 1IA Iowa81
  3. 3NE Nebraska79
  4. 4SD South Dakota77
  5. 5KS Kansas75
  6. 6OK Oklahoma72
  7. 6AR Arkansas72
  8. 8NC North Carolina71
  9. 8SC South Carolina71
  10. 10IN Indiana67
  11. 11TN Tennessee65
  12. 11MS Mississippi65
  13. 11NM New Mexico65
  14. 14GA Georgia64
  15. 15MN Minnesota63
  16. 15AL Alabama63
  17. 15LA Louisiana63
  18. 15WV West Virginia63
  19. 19WY Wyoming62
  20. 19OH Ohio62
  21. 21ND North Dakota61
  22. 21ID Idaho61
  23. 23WI Wisconsin60
  24. 24FL Florida59
  25. 24DE Delaware59
  26. 26AZ Arizona58
  27. 27UT Utah57
  28. 28MT Montana55
  29. 29NV Nevada52
  30. 30KY Kentucky50
  31. 31MO Missouri49
  32. 31ME Maine49
  33. 33CO Colorado48
  34. 34VA Virginia47
  35. 35AK Alaska44
  36. 36WA Washington41
  37. 36MI Michigan41
  38. 38IL Illinois37
  39. 39NH New Hampshire31
  40. 40OR Oregon30
  41. 41MD Maryland27
  42. 42PA Pennsylvania26
  43. 43CT Connecticut21
  44. 43HI Hawaii21
  45. 45NJ New Jersey19
  46. 46VT Vermont18
  47. 47CA California17
  48. 48NY New York13
  49. 49RI Rhode Island9
  50. 50MA Massachusetts5
  51. 51DC Washington, D.C.4

What this pillar is built from, and the range behind the score

A percentile says how many jurisdictions a state beats and says nothing about by how much. The housing permits and prices score is the average of 2 indicators, and below is each one's top and bottom in its own units — the part the rank above deliberately discards. Highest and lowest mean best and worst for economic development, which for some of these series is the lower figure; where an end is shared, the table says how many jurisdictions share it.

IndicatorHighestLowestSource
Housing units authorised per 1,000 workers2.0Idaho0.1Washington, D.C.U.S. Census Bureau
House price index (FHFA)365.4West Virginia1326.9MassachusettsFederal Housing Finance Agency

Scores are percentile ranks within the 51 jurisdictions, so they say how many a state beats rather than by how much. Adjacent positions can represent trivial real differences; the state profile prints the underlying figure for every indicator.

The whole index

Housing permits and prices — every state ranked — Applied America