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Dakota County, MN

Name: Building Permits — Dakota County, MN
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,330
Construction valuation (2025): $591,415,383
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,378 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 946

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,330	$591,415,383
2024	2,146	$528,599,646
2023	2,718	$540,031,155
2022	2,300	$513,891,650
2021	3,484	$709,655,124
2020	2,165	$469,485,860
2019	2,222	$487,314,276
2018	2,057	$446,186,067
2017	2,152	$476,113,284
2016	1,342	$364,129,363
2015	1,306	$311,543,190

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.