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Jefferson County, AL

Name: Building Permits — Jefferson County, AL
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,391
Construction valuation (2025): $743,856,632
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,592 · 2-unit 20 · 3-4 3 · 5+ 776

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,391	$743,856,632
2024	2,117	$657,575,780
2023	1,948	$620,518,427
2022	2,617	$737,974,589
2021	2,121	$543,297,012
2020	1,868	$541,673,180
2019	1,753	$516,326,893
2018	1,657	$471,455,318
2017	1,420	$377,635,093
2016	1,985	$443,051,724
2015	2,477	$465,830,240

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.