| Rank |
County |
Building Permits |
| 1 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
11,918
|
| 2 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
8,012
|
| 3 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
2,666
|
| 4 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
2,530
|
| 5 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
2,260
|
| 6 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
1,593
|
| 7 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
1,479
|
| 8 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
1,249
|
| 9 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
1,244
|
| 10 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
1,158
|
| 11 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
1,136
|
| 12 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
826
|
| 13 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
770
|
| 14 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
770
|
| 15 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
652
|
| 16 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
510
|
| 17 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
464
|
| 18 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
462
|
| 19 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
442
|
| 20 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
426
|
| 21 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
381
|
| 22 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
365
|
| 23 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
358
|
| 24 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
320
|
| 25 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
296
|
| 26 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
277
|
| 27 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
264
|
| 28 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
263
|
| 29 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
232
|
| 30 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
228
|
| 31 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
221
|
| 32 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
221
|
| 33 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
205
|
| 34 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
185
|
| 35 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
182
|
| 36 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
167
|
| 37 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
147
|
| 38 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
144
|
| 39 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
137
|
| 40 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
127
|
| 41 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
126
|
| 42 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
126
|
| 43 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
125
|
| 44 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
122
|
| 45 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
120
|
| 46 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
116
|
| 47 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
112
|
| 48 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
106
|
| 49 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
105
|
| 50 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
101
|
| 51 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
98
|
| 52 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
95
|
| 53 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
88
|
| 54 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
86
|
| 55 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
85
|
| 56 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
84
|
| 57 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
82
|
| 58 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
76
|
| 59 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
74
|
| 60 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
74
|
| 61 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
73
|
| 62 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
71
|
| 63 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
68
|
| 64 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
67
|
| 65 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
65
|
| 66 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
64
|
| 67 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
61
|
| 68 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
56
|
| 69 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
51
|
| 70 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
46
|
| 71 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
44
|
| 72 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
43
|
| 73 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
43
|
| 74 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
43
|
| 75 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
43
|
| 76 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
38
|
| 77 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
37
|
| 78 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
36
|
| 79 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
35
|
| 80 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
35
|
| 81 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
35
|
| 82 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
32
|
| 83 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
30
|
| 84 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
28
|
| 85 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
28
|
| 86 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
21
|
| 87 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
21
|
| 88 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
21
|
| 89 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
21
|
| 90 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
20
|
| 91 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
20
|
| 92 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
18
|
| 93 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
18
|
| 94 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
16
|
| 95 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
14
|
| 96 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
11
|
| 97 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
11
|
| 98 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
10
|
| 99 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
10
|
| 100 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
0
|