New Mexico Building Permits


2003 New Residential Building Permits1
New Mexico and Ten Most Populous Cities        
Number of Units Value
Single Multi Single Multi
Area* Family Family Total   Family Family Total
Albuquerque 4,996 720 5,716 $553,317,694 $46,049,611 $599,367,305
Las Cruces 796 462 1,258 115,315,178 18,204,000 133,519,178
Santa Fe 550 0 550 71,753,094 0 71,753,094
Rio Rancho2 1,184 76 1,260 112,849,095 3,175,494 116,024,589
Roswell 45 12 57 4,899,539 900,379 5,799,918
Farmington 166 65 231 20,921,707 2,257,450 23,179,157
Alamogordo 157 0 157 25,364,565 0 25,364,565
Clovis 93 56 149 15,151,448 2,641,503 17,792,951
Hobbs 28 0 28 4,375,588 0 4,375,588
Carlsbad 37 0 37 4,814,607 0 4,814,607
NEW MEXICOe, 3 11,481 1,578 13,059 $1,551,623,722 $82,285,887 $1,633,909,609
*   Listed from largest to smallest city, according to July 1, 2006
    population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
e  The New Mexico total includes some estimation.
r  Revised.
1  Includes only permits issued for new construction.  Additions,
    alterations and repairs are excluded.
2  Rio Rancho data reflect plan reviews rather than building permits.
3  Includes areas that are not shown separately.
Source:  U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and
individual permit issuing agencies.
Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.