USA Residential Build Rates: 2006
All Housing
| Rank | Metropolitan statistical areas | Building Permits | Population | Building Permits per 1,000 Population |
| 1 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 33,728 | 1,775,000 | 19.00 |
| 2 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 26,900 | 1,495,000 | 17.99 |
| 3 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 25,180 | 1,569,000 | 16.05 |
| 4 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 30,647 | 2,006,000 | 15.28 |
| 5 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 68,240 | 5,042,000 | 13.53 |
| 6 | Jacksonville, FL | 16,964 | 1,273,000 | 13.33 |
| 7 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 71,257 | 5,386,000 | 13.23 |
| 8 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 43,657 | 4,023,000 | 10.85 |
| 9 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 15,293 | 1,451,000 | 10.54 |
| 10 | San Antonio, TX | 19,775 | 1,928,000 | 10.26 |
| 11 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 56,546 | 5,946,000 | 9.51 |
| 12 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 38,149 | 4,038,000 | 9.45 |
| 13 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 22,637 | 2,710,000 | 8.35 |
| 14 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 10,245 | 1,273,000 | 8.05 |
| 15 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 26,048 | 3,239,000 | 8.04 |
| 16 | Denver-Aurora, CO | 17,850 | 2,394,000 | 7.46 |
| 17 | Salt Lake City, UT | 7,669 | 1,051,000 | 7.30 |
| 18 | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 15,312 | 2,130,000 | 7.19 |
| 19 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 7,817 | 1,099,000 | 7.11 |
| 20 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 11,266 | 1,664,000 | 6.77 |
| 21 | Richmond, VA | 8,011 | 1,195,000 | 6.70 |
| 22 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 13,170 | 1,968,000 | 6.69 |
| 23 | Oklahoma City, OK | 7,444 | 1,171,000 | 6.36 |
| 24 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 34,422 | 5,489,000 | 6.27 |
| 25 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 12,026 | 2,070,000 | 5.81 |
| 26 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 27,708 | 5,272,000 | 5.26 |
| 27 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 15,614 | 3,173,000 | 4.92 |
| 28 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 46,672 | 9,494,000 | 4.92 |
| 29 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 5,733 | 1,218,000 | 4.71 |
| 30 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 7,734 | 1,653,000 | 4.68 |
| 31 | Columbus, OH | 7,874 | 1,727,000 | 4.56 |
| 32 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 9,440 | 2,084,000 | 4.53 |
| 33 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 11,968 | 2,788,000 | 4.29 |
| 34 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 5,505 | 1,321,000 | 4.17 |
| 35 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 6,403 | 1,772,000 | 3.61 |
| 36 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 14,342 | 4,405,000 | 3.26 |
| 37 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 60,999 | 18,740,000 | 3.26 |
| 38 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 13,494 | 4,158,000 | 3.25 |
| 39 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 9,194 | 2,932,000 | 3.14 |
| 40 | Baltimore-Towson, MD | 8,177 | 2,667,000 | 3.07 |
| 41 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 4,214 | 1,512,000 | 2.79 |
| 42 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 15,257 | 5,848,000 | 2.61 |
| 43 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 33,311 | 12,948,000 | 2.57 |
| 44 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 2,992 | 1,194,000 | 2.51 |
| 45 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 5,172 | 2,119,000 | 2.44 |
| 46 | Pittsburgh, PA | 5,706 | 2,374,000 | 2.40 |
| 47 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 3,420 | 1,618,000 | 2.11 |
| 48 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 8,939 | 4,487,000 | 1.99 |
| 49 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 1,586 | 1,142,000 | 1.39 |
| 50 | Rochester, NY | 1,026 | 1,037,000 | 0.99 |
| Total | 972,733 | 161,068,000 | 6.04 | |
| Building permit data for 2006 from Bureau of the Census. Population estimated from a 2005 base using rate of change from 2004 to 2005 | ||||
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