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Hawaii County, HI

Name: Building Permits — Hawaii County, HI
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 1,230
Construction valuation (2025): $520,772,600
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,156 · 2-unit 10 · 3-4 8 · 5+ 56

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	1,230	$520,772,600
2024	982	$611,524,471
2023	1,181	$567,872,397
2022	933	$454,027,718
2021	971	$401,324,903
2020	870	$337,835,512
2019	977	$300,778,965
2018	1,043	$322,390,563
2017	894	$272,882,210
2016	978	$365,773,946
2015	882	$399,961,325

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.