| NEW PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS BY COUNTY | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska - 1990 to 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| NEBRASKA | 6,750 | 6,235 | 6,745 | 7,751 | 7,877 | 8,164 | 10,091 | 9,880 | 9,560 | 8,696 | 9,105 | 8,191 | 9,340 | 10,467 | 10,920 | 9,929 | 8,230 | 7,604 |
| Adams | 46 | 45 | 47 | 215 | 202 | 105 | 181 | 88 | 82 | 81 | 85 | 77 | 87 | 227 | 276 | 181 | 152 | 113 |
| Antelope | 8 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 27 | 31 |
| Arthur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Box Butte | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Buffalo | 98 | 204 | 337 | 338 | 292 | 313 | 286 | 172 | 282 | 271 | 214 | 178 | 211 | 363 | 419 | 295 | 174 | 127 |
| Burt | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| Butler | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
| Cass | 106 | 130 | 95 | 119 | 122 | 151 | 283 | 207 | 187 | 200 | 171 | 164 | 154 | 162 | 175 | 146 | 105 | 84 |
| Cedar | 8 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 14 |
| Chase | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Cherry | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 12 |
| Cheyenne | 1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 63 | 61 | 72 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 41 | 77 | 37 | 38 | 67 | 48 |
| Clay | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 10 |
| Colfax | 9 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 14 |
| Cuming | 6 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| Custer | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Dakota | 55 | 145 | 61 | 121 | 133 | 195 | 86 | 254 | 39 | 100 | 76 | 43 | 39 | 64 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 33 |
| Dawes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Dawson | 71 | 114 | 24 | 85 | 52 | 34 | 96 | 60 | 51 | 21 | 22 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 35 | 25 |
| Deuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dixon | 13 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Dodge | 61 | 46 | 59 | 76 | 182 | 147 | 58 | 68 | 129 | 150 | 141 | 135 | 110 | 124 | 127 | 112 | 71 | 66 |
| Douglas | 2,422 | 1,962 | 2,305 | 2,439 | 1,860 | 2,253 | 3,459 | 3,361 | 3,221 | 2,751 | 2,888 | 2,788 | 3,238 | 3,075 | 3,135 | 3,626 | 2,043 | 2,062 |
| Dundy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fillmore | 8 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Franklin | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Frontier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Furnas | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Gage | 35 | 34 | 59 | 65 | 43 | 44 | 35 | 57 | 82 | 57 | 148 | 128 | 50 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Garden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Garfield | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gosper | 0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hall | 96 | 144 | 185 | 226 | 248 | 261 | 426 | 169 | 267 | 154 | 147 | 127 | 269 | 177 | 232 | 183 | 245 | 337 |
| Hamilton | 19 | 38 | 43 | 36 | 77 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 37 | 28 | 33 |
| Harlan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hitchcock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Holt | 7 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 44 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
| Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Howard | 11 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 16 | 55 | 41 | 51 | 27 | 25 | 56 | 31 | 30 | 46 | 27 | 34 | 31 | 26 |
| Jefferson | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 9 |
| Johnson | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Kearney | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 14 |
| Keith | 23 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 54 | 34 | 140 | 69 | 44 | 48 | 20 | 18 | 33 | 14 |
| Keya Paha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Kimball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Knox | 44 | 46 | 57 | 60 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 45 | 43 | 28 | 25 |
| Lancaster | 2,070 | 1,561 | 1,426 | 1,645 | 1,955 | 1,951 | 2,321 | 2,236 | 2,139 | 1,686 | 1,697 | 1,744 | 1,904 | 2,427 | 2,616 | 1,699 | 1,348 | 1,234 |
| Lincoln | 40 | 47 | 59 | 81 | 83 | 117 | 114 | 260 | 155 | 139 | 161 | 105 | 144 | 190 | 172 | 134 | 127 | 82 |
| Logan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McPherson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison | 149 | 84 | 119 | 180 | 152 | 285 | 136 | 191 | 148 | 141 | 95 | 132 | 103 | 136 | 154 | 137 | 98 | 74 |
| Merrick | 20 | 28 | 17 | 57 | 43 | 34 | 21 | 40 | 29 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 32 |
| Morrill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Nance | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Nemaha | 10 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 34 | 16 | 13 |
| Nuckolls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Otoe | 13 | 17 | 47 | 47 | 107 | 53 | 46 | 100 | 114 | 117 | 128 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 55 | 43 |
| Pawnee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Perkins | 1 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phelps | 5 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 55 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 8 |
| Pierce | 13 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| Platte | 192 | 129 | 154 | 91 | 235 | 95 | 71 | 64 | 82 | 61 | 116 | 83 | 68 | 52 | 55 | 69 | 71 | 74 |
| Polk | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Red Willow | 10 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 39 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Richardson | 3 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Rock | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Saline | 15 | 77 | 32 | 51 | 39 | 30 | 52 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 41 | 26 | 43 | 31 | 26 | 47 | 62 | 28 |
| Sarpy | 685 | 736 | 773 | 919 | 951 | 1,018 | 1,267 | 1,348 | 1,293 | 1,636 | 1,893 | 1,340 | 1,838 | 2,236 | 2,307 | 1,969 | 1,576 | 1,583 |
| Saunders | 25 | 48 | 83 | 73 | 86 | 69 | 90 | 125 | 103 | 99 | 105 | 146 | 123 | 155 | 141 | 166 | 132 | 113 |
| Scotts Bluff | 84 | 127 | 40 | 64 | 107 | 69 | 63 | 113 | 142 | 91 | 70 | 126 | 99 | 53 | 50 | 39 | 44 | 44 |
| Seward | 67 | 43 | 104 | 102 | 86 | 80 | 56 | 60 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 50 | 96 | 74 | 90 | 81 | 76 | 61 |
| Sheridan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Sherman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Sioux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Stanton | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 12 |
| Thayer | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thurston | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 4 |
| Valley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Washington | 94 | 107 | 147 | 157 | 118 | 189 | 163 | 94 | 165 | 203 | 112 | 123 | 99 | 112 | 125 | 119 | 84 | 61 |
| Wayne | 5 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 73 | 68 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Webster | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York | 7 | 24 | 43 | 37 | 109 | 35 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 26 | 21 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 20 |
| Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Construction Reports, April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: | 06-May-08 | |||||||||||||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | ||||||||||||||||||
| email: | mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov | |||||||||||||||||