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Miami-Dade County, FL

Name: Building Permits — Miami-Dade County, FL
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 16,535
Construction valuation (2025): $4,730,017,820
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 2,666 · 2-unit 318 · 3-4 259 · 5+ 13,292

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	16,535	$4,730,017,820
2024	10,608	$4,157,696,269
2023	12,781	$3,664,297,681
2022	11,305	$3,209,304,861
2021	13,393	$3,373,740,829
2020	9,831	$1,772,918,140
2019	10,008	$2,422,918,642
2018	11,703	$2,260,847,839
2017	10,554	$2,258,625,693
2016	9,317	$2,088,260,015
2015	12,617	$2,331,081,709

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.