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Providence County, RI

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,028
Construction valuation (2025)
$186,041,253
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 258 · 2-unit 250 · 3-4 82 · 5+ 438

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,028$186,041,253
2024782$123,462,839
2023489$90,276,531
2022640$122,699,032
2021540$101,219,531
2020620$99,342,331
2019587$86,328,610
2018376$64,874,245
2017406$65,693,463
2016480$72,364,216
2015423$76,143,968

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.