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Lee County, FL

Name: Building Permits — Lee County, FL
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 13,547
Construction valuation (2025): $3,763,847,470
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 9,962 · 2-unit 172 · 3-4 28 · 5+ 3,385

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	13,547	$3,763,847,470
2024	15,411	$3,895,717,264
2023	13,556	$2,846,758,721
2022	13,621	$2,704,333,475
2021	13,394	$2,671,615,569
2020	10,673	$1,944,756,278
2019	9,105	$1,725,963,075
2018	9,721	$1,869,043,966
2017	6,954	$1,348,403,928
2016	5,417	$1,260,040,112
2015	6,879	$1,380,982,175

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.