Datasets / bps-2024-county-permits
Building Permits 2024 by County
Calendar year 2024 annual county estimates
Cleaned panel with documented schema, transform steps, and checksums—ready to load into analysis tools.
- Rows
- 3,028
- Size
- 174.4 KB
- Format
- CSV
- SHA-256
- abade354b3651875c559e5128f414a56844d45c3eb5f7877edeeb910ec60980d
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | integer | Survey year |
| state_fips | string | 2-digit state FIPS |
| county_fips | string | 5-digit county FIPS |
| county_name | string | County name from BPS file |
| census_region | string | Census region code |
| census_division | string | Census division code |
| units_1 | integer | 1-unit housing units permitted |
| units_2 | integer | 2-unit structures units |
| units_3_4 | integer | 3–4 unit structures units |
| units_5plus | integer | 5+ unit structures units |
| buildings_total | integer | Sum of buildings across structure types |
| units_total | integer | Sum of units across structure types |
| construction_value_usd | integer | Sum of reported construction values (USD) |
How we prepare this file
- Downloaded Census BPS county annual file co2024a.txt
- Skipped two header rows
- Parsed comma-separated fields; trimmed county names
- Computed totals across 1/2/3-4/5+ unit categories from reported columns
- Sorted by county_fips; wrote UTF-8 CSV
Refresh cadence: Monthly revised estimates; annual finals typically in May
Preview
| year | state_fips | county_fips | county_name | census_region | census_division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 01 | 01001 | Autauga County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01003 | Baldwin County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01005 | Barbour County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01007 | Bibb County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01009 | Blount County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01011 | Bullock County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01013 | Butler County | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 01 | 01015 | Calhoun County | 3 | 6 |
Sources
U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS), County Annual 2024
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, County Annual File co2024a.txt.
U.S. Census Bureau public statistical data. Freely available; do not use data to re-identify individuals or businesses.
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