USA Residential Single Unit Build Rates: 2006
| Rank | Metropolitan statistical areas | Single Unit Building Permits | Population | Building Permits per 1,000 Population |
| 1 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 20,281 | 1,569,000 | 12.93 |
| 2 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 21,590 | 1,775,000 | 12.16 |
| 3 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 17,753 | 1,495,000 | 11.87 |
| 4 | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 23,498 | 2,006,000 | 11.71 |
| 5 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 53,944 | 5,042,000 | 10.70 |
| 6 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 55,105 | 5,386,000 | 10.23 |
| 7 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 13,771 | 1,451,000 | 9.49 |
| 8 | Jacksonville, FL | 11,497 | 1,273,000 | 9.03 |
| 9 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 35,790 | 4,023,000 | 8.90 |
| 10 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 33,508 | 4,038,000 | 8.30 |
| 11 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 43,751 | 5,946,000 | 7.36 |
| 12 | San Antonio, TX | 13,851 | 1,928,000 | 7.18 |
| 13 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 18,306 | 2,710,000 | 6.75 |
| 14 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 8,488 | 1,273,000 | 6.67 |
| 15 | Richmond, VA | 7,526 | 1,195,000 | 6.30 |
| 16 | Salt Lake City, UT | 6,507 | 1,051,000 | 6.19 |
| 17 | Oklahoma City, OK | 6,987 | 1,171,000 | 5.97 |
| 18 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 6,441 | 1,099,000 | 5.86 |
| 19 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 9,281 | 1,664,000 | 5.58 |
| 20 | Denver-Aurora, CO | 12,903 | 2,394,000 | 5.39 |
| 21 | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 10,201 | 2,130,000 | 4.79 |
| 22 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 15,091 | 3,239,000 | 4.66 |
| 23 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 8,657 | 1,968,000 | 4.40 |
| 24 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 8,701 | 2,070,000 | 4.20 |
| 25 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 4,786 | 1,218,000 | 3.93 |
| 26 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 11,966 | 3,173,000 | 3.77 |
| 27 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 4,889 | 1,321,000 | 3.70 |
| 28 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 7,525 | 2,084,000 | 3.61 |
| 29 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 10,006 | 2,788,000 | 3.59 |
| 30 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 5,897 | 1,653,000 | 3.57 |
| 31 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 18,457 | 5,272,000 | 3.50 |
| 32 | Columbus, OH | 5,811 | 1,727,000 | 3.36 |
| 33 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 28,619 | 9,494,000 | 3.01 |
| 34 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 14,750 | 5,489,000 | 2.69 |
| 35 | Baltimore-Towson, MD | 6,331 | 2,667,000 | 2.37 |
| 36 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 4,554 | 2,119,000 | 2.15 |
| 37 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 11,269 | 5,848,000 | 1.93 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh, PA | 4,377 | 2,374,000 | 1.84 |
| 39 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 2,125 | 1,194,000 | 1.78 |
| 40 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 2,557 | 1,512,000 | 1.69 |
| 41 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 7,355 | 4,487,000 | 1.64 |
| 42 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 4,746 | 2,932,000 | 1.62 |
| 43 | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 2,501 | 1,618,000 | 1.55 |
| 44 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 6,329 | 4,405,000 | 1.44 |
| 45 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 5,863 | 4,158,000 | 1.41 |
| 46 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 2,218 | 1,772,000 | 1.25 |
| 47 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 13,394 | 12,948,000 | 1.03 |
| 48 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 1,057 | 1,142,000 | 0.93 |
| 49 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 16,472 | 18,740,000 | 0.88 |
| 50 | Rochester, NY | 758 | 1,037,000 | 0.73 |
| Total | 668,040 | 161,068,000 | 4.15 | |
| 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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