Building permits for residential housing units

Table ID: HOU-2
Unit of measure: Permits
Vintage: 1990-2006 *

* The most recent 10 years are displayed. All data years are available for download below.
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County ID	Area Name	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
19000	Iowa	na	12,837	13,007	12,105	11,646	14,167	15,526	15,877	16,111	12,879
19001	Adair County	22	17	14	61	17	8	11	14	8	15
19003	Adams County	4	8	4	2	5	8	4	7	3	7
19005	Allamakee County	41	5	71	14	75	35	10	51	1	41
19007	Appanoose County	9	9	15	16	1	21	9	20	4	19
19009	Audubon County	10	8	5	2	11	7	7	7	7	2
19011	Benton County	113	122	100	95	64	87	79	102	88	64
19013	Black Hawk County	223	370	212	373	474	466	501	468	564	502
19015	Boone County	107	151	103	102	203	106	159	120	111	90
19017	Bremer County	109	79	80	138	126	100	120	138	106	76
19019	Buchanan County	48	18	50	42	33	27	50	57	20	24
19021	Buena Vista County	105	29	69	22	12	8	51	25	17	22
19023	Butler County	23	24	61	20	18	35	42	39	36	32
19025	Calhoun County	10	7	14	11	10	1	4	12	6	6
19027	Carroll County	135	92	132	41	48	67	80	66	71	50
19029	Cass County	77	49	11	31	17	16	30	16	17	13
19031	Cedar County	52	45	49	76	81	80	91	78	81	68
19033	Cerro Gordo County	110	174	70	70	79	100	134	152	102	138
19035	Cherokee County	16	60	9	16	14	16	23	24	17	7
19037	Chickasaw County	19	21	21	9	15	18	11	23	18	12
19039	Clarke County	20	94	25	20	11	28	50	44	10	0
19041	Clay County	27	50	82	45	70	45	36	69	33	33
19043	Clayton County	27	65	49	67	46	47	57	60	69	63
19045	Clinton County	85	92	134	136	103	106	148	171	156	115
19047	Crawford County	46	17	41	34	33	23	22	31	46	31
19049	Dallas County	179	256	363	276	484	421	498	486	965	651
19051	Davis County	6	8	5	0	4	6	0	6	6	3
19053	Decatur County	11	13	20	10	5	9	8	9	7	11
19055	Delaware County	27	27	38	16	19	16	18	16	16	18
19057	Des Moines County	47	113	50	49	32	75	75	32	104	36
19059	Dickinson County	129	172	154	138	172	196	208	277	340	235
19061	Dubuque County	303	364	319	341	441	497	538	869	557	411
19063	Emmet County	24	13	12	33	15	14	24	18	14	19
19065	Fayette County	23	65	40	32	30	57	21	20	10	52
19067	Floyd County	27	61	64	9	24	28	93	38	33	26
19069	Franklin County	5	13	6	8	5	4	7	20	10	6
19071	Fremont County	7	17	9	22	23	25	11	20	23	17
19073	Greene County	26	17	25	15	22	12	17	15	20	12
19075	Grundy County	12	26	34	54	49	61	56	37	49	54
19077	Guthrie County	50	34	68	59	52	42	46	50	26	95
19079	Hamilton County	29	43	27	35	22	19	24	28	11	12
19081	Hancock County	18	18	24	42	21	22	27	29	39	18
19083	Hardin County	17	31	49	7	64	38	28	22	25	2
19085	Harrison County	54	70	87	72	54	87	57	54	67	23
19087	Henry County	123	77	71	55	39	15	52	16	25	19
19089	Howard County	13	17	12	16	11	12	8	12	20	12
19091	Humboldt County	25	20	31	61	17	27	14	37	10	6
19093	Ida County	5	4	4	8	11	5	8	5	40	8
19095	Iowa County	25	17	52	36	20	25	25	29	4	13
19097	Jackson County	43	47	67	67	76	63	82	95	56	49
19099	Jasper County	213	225	114	78	105	122	119	104	135	98
19101	Jefferson County	55	61	132	18	85	14	0	19	39	27
19103	Johnson County	748	794	982	1,062	1,096	1,270	1,476	1,310	1,155	1,017
19105	Jones County	36	26	22	35	16	19	17	46	40	45
19107	Keokuk County	8	4	14	13	12	10	5	3	15	3
19109	Kossuth County	18	21	19	11	23	29	15	20	19	19
19111	Lee County	21	74	30	44	22	78	16	30	15	14
19113	Linn County	1,035	1,195	1,630	1,640	1,479	1,597	1,670	1,835	1,543	1,039
19115	Louisa County	14	14	36	17	26	28	16	7	34	36
19117	Lucas County	1	8	7	1	6	2	2	3	5	0
19119	Lyon County	30	23	34	17	21	28	23	23	21	57
19121	Madison County	76	94	151	103	102	109	113	161	148	128
19123	Mahaska County	52	114	91	32	43	33	47	27	36	28
19125	Marion County	162	156	321	238	233	174	156	134	170	146
19127	Marshall County	107	91	78	61	94	142	137	134	94	53
19129	Mills County	24	19	17	19	18	4	36	11	16	24
19131	Mitchell County	12	14	10	6	8	16	28	28	18	10
19133	Monona County	66	60	43	41	27	16	13	24	7	7
19135	Monroe County	12	10	20	5	13	15	17	22	22	15
19137	Montgomery County	18	17	14	9	15	12	12	11	19	14
19139	Muscatine County	105	138	140	110	125	198	269	134	188	124
19141	O'Brien County	36	66	17	40	29	24	19	18	21	25
19143	Osceola County	8	11	30	4	4	8	6	7	8	9
19145	Page County	11	39	9	22	17	10	16	17	23	26
19147	Palo Alto County	12	40	36	16	8	18	8	8	11	20
19149	Plymouth County	123	124	104	101	53	89	123	108	103	89
19151	Pocahontas County	15	3	32	0	1	2	13	7	3	7
19153	Polk County	2,052	3,108	2,914	2,347	3,166	3,797	4,533	4,354	4,782	3,853
19155	Pottawattamie County	464	689	406	663	465	349	538	452	498	478
19157	Poweshiek County	53	114	85	51	49	34	37	112	60	48
19159	Ringgold County	6	6	0	3	8	4	3	2	3	3
19161	Sac County	9	24	14	14	8	7	5	25	16	19
19163	Scott County	769	742	702	700	684	905	870	818	795	683
19165	Shelby County	11	8	29	27	22	11	12	11	21	24
19167	Sioux County	92	85	80	125	65	86	103	92	122	102
19169	Story County	667	777	835	665	498	882	742	727	934	480
19171	Tama County	28	38	32	47	31	36	44	34	42	27
19173	Taylor County	5	11	4	7	6	5	3	7	1	2
19175	Union County	3	11	4	17	13	73	14	11	4	11
19177	Van Buren County	6	5	10	6	3	12	5	1	3	3
19179	Wapello County	45	42	55	53	62	66	64	74	98	91
19181	Warren County	112	154	273	364	182	228	234	357	366	364
19183	Washington County	20	70	29	53	47	48	38	33	38	63
19185	Wayne County	0	3	0	4	1	3	1	2	1	0
19187	Webster County	52	72	72	78	86	88	67	62	64	38
19189	Winnebago County	11	21	70	32	9	2	16	25	9	8
19191	Winneshiek County	55	178	45	79	81	93	81	105	83	77
19193	Woodbury County	338	180	179	188	211	231	182	273	153	169
19195	Worth County	4	4	6	5	8	5	4	10	23	6
19197	Wright County	9	25	28	12	25	8	15	32	19	12

Release Date: May 2007
Source: Prepared by the State Library of Iowa, State Data Center Program from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Manufacturing, Mining and Construction Division; Building Permits
Notes:

County values reflect the number of building permits issued by authorized localities within the county during the year.

Building permits issued by localities that cross county lines are allocated to only one county.

This table includes reported data only. If a report for a jurisdiction within a county is missing, data for that jurisdiction are not included. These values may differ from data available from other sources including the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which may include imputed data for missing localities.

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Building permits for residential housing units