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Dallas County, TX

Name: Building Permits — Dallas County, TX
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 12,691
Construction valuation (2025): $2,789,467,299
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 4,651 · 2-unit 76 · 3-4 100 · 5+ 7,864

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	12,691	$2,789,467,299
2024	12,711	$2,501,383,139
2023	13,285	$2,595,545,747
2022	17,275	$3,199,103,914
2021	18,799	$3,217,663,551
2020	10,628	$2,109,862,333
2019	17,050	$2,821,837,253
2018	18,123	$2,915,648,697
2017	19,428	$3,411,378,282
2016	18,059	$2,741,848,618
2015	21,698	$2,830,893,323

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.