Nevada building permits issued
Monthly permits for new privately-owned residential construction in the Nevada jurisdictions PermitBase covers — housing units authorized, buildings, and construction valuation. This is Census survey data on new-home construction, not total permit volume (commercial permits and remodels are not counted).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS) · data through 2026-05
Latest month (2026-05)
610
housing units authorized · $200.4M valuation
Year to date
3,815
housing units authorized · $1,110.9M valuation
Coverage
10
jurisdictions tracked · 8 reported the latest month
Sum of covered PermitBase jurisdictions only (not a full-state total). County-level jurisdictions overlapping covered cities are excluded to avoid double counting. Non-reporting jurisdictions are omitted from sums, never zero-filled.
Permits by jurisdiction
Housing units authorized for new residential construction. Ranked by trailing-12-month units; jurisdictions that did not report to the Census Bureau show “no data reported” — never assumed to be zero.
| # | Jurisdiction | Latest month units | Trailing 12 mo units | YTD units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unincorporated Clark Countycounty-wide totals | 606 | 10,569 | 3,436 |
| 2 | Unincorporated Washoe Countycounty-wide totals | 113 | 2,693 | 1,313 |
| 3 | Las Vegas | 206 | 2,473 | 960 |
| 4 | Henderson | 159 | 2,191 | 1,090 |
| 5 | North Las Vegas | 85 | 1,821 | 334 |
| 6 | Reno | 41 | 1,105(10 mo) | 670 |
| 7 | Sparks | 33 | 694 | 447 |
| 8 | Mesquite | 29 | 382 | 137 |
| 9 | Carson City | 51 | 339(11 mo) | 136 |
| 10 | Douglas Countycounty-wide totals | 6 | 243 | 41 |
County-wide rows join the Census county file and include every permit office in that county (incorporated cities included); their published estimates may include Census imputation for non-reporting offices. Every figure on this page traces to a specific Census BPS source file — see the PermitBase activity dataset manifest.