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
|