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Orange County, CA

Name: Building Permits — Orange County, CA
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 4,992
Construction valuation (2025): $1,366,137,199
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 2,777 · 2-unit 206 · 3-4 117 · 5+ 1,892

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	4,992	$1,366,137,199
2024	6,972	$1,750,729,453
2023	6,481	$1,714,428,779
2022	5,938	$1,449,196,305
2021	7,867	$1,873,932,429
2020	6,027	$1,471,688,068
2019	8,989	$1,821,363,510
2018	7,515	$1,821,532,726
2017	9,510	$2,300,253,353
2016	11,523	$2,445,260,688
2015	10,771	$2,227,918,712

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.