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Illinois Building Permits by County

Every month the U.S. Census Bureau publishes how many housing units each Illinois county allowed to be built. This page tracks that record: the statewide pace since 2000, the county-by-county count for the current year, and how each county compares with the same months a year earlier.

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Independent — not a government agency. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Wood framing and sheathing on a single-family house under construction, seen from the street. — Framing and sheathing on a new house. A permit is the first step in this sequence, not the last — and the only step the Census Bureau counts.Photo: Kgacs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · View original sourcehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_construction_framing_and_sheathing_underway.jpg