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San Diego County, CA

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

Housing units authorized (2025): 11,707
Construction valuation (2025): $2,505,520,300
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 3,506 · 2-unit 628 · 3-4 262 · 5+ 7,311

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	11,707	$2,505,520,300
2024	11,572	$2,674,463,988
2023	11,469	$2,337,184,454
2022	9,346	$2,220,803,807
2021	10,048	$2,092,611,872
2020	9,472	$1,997,781,434
2019	8,216	$1,712,639,851
2018	9,834	$2,210,176,837
2017	10,441	$2,432,914,984
2016	10,791	$2,223,118,234
2015	9,883	$2,100,214,391

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.