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Forrest County, MS

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
75
Construction valuation (2025)
$16,879,050
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 75 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
202575$16,879,050
202485$18,029,133
2023127$23,295,501
202291$17,683,947
2021123$23,372,876
2020117$22,508,442
2019117$21,720,884
201899$18,076,659
2017110$21,987,018
2016165$13,541,909
2015204$8,973,000

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.