S01Annual · units per 1,000 residents
Housing units permitted per 1,000 residents: California vs peers
California compared with peer states on permits per 1,000 residents. Peers are not summed into a California total.
Kind of fucked
Worse than its 2017–19 range · improvingJudged on “California”. Fewer homes permitted per resident is bad. Latest 2.64 vs 2017–19 range 2.79–2.92.
How verdicts work →Arizona
6.76units per 1,000 residents · 2025 · derivedCalifornia
2.64units per 1,000 residents · 2025 · derivedFlorida
7.6units per 1,000 residents · 2025 · derivedDashed / hollow = preliminary or estimate
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What this is
Units / population x 1000. No smoothing.
- Unit
- units per 1,000 residents
- Frequency
- Annual
- Geography
- California; LA County; U.S.; Texas; Florida; Arizona; Nevada; Washington; Oregon
- Coverage
- From 1 Jan 2012 · latest observation 1 Jan 2025
- Release
- Annual (state annual file ~March); monthly estimates available
- Typical lag
- ~3 months
- Source
- Census BPS / population estimates · www.census.gov ↗
- Vintage
- BPS 2012 annual; pop vintage 2020 · · BPS 2013 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2014 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2015 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2016 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2017 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2018 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2019 annual; pop vintage 2020 · BPS 2020 annual; pop vintage 2025 · BPS 2021 annual; pop vintage 2025 · BPS 2022 annual; pop vintage 2025 · BPS 2023 annual; pop vintage 2025 · BPS 2024 annual; pop vintage 2025 · BPS 2025 annual; pop vintage 2025
- Pipeline
- automated download
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