| 2004 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 | 4,964 | 462 | 5,426 | $628,720,821 | $24,637,800 | $653,358,621 | |
| Las Cruces | 842 | 262 | 1,104 | 129,087,167 | 14,357,280 | 143,444,447 | |
| Santa Fe | 563 | 4 | 567 | 80,048,992 | 309,000 | 80,357,992 | |
| Rio Rancho2 | 1,715 | 238 | 1,953 | 209,597,555 | 7,608,494 | 217,206,049 | |
| Roswell | 65 | 42 | 107 | 7,776,854 | 3,607,020 | 11,383,874 | |
| Farmington | 193 | 13 | 206 | 28,547,836 | 1,125,612 | 29,673,448 | |
| Alamogordo | 191 | 78 | 269 | 34,264,245 | 5,580,766 | 39,845,011 | |
| Clovis | 184 | 97 | 281 | 27,999,787 | 6,364,987 | 34,364,774 | |
| Hobbs | 47 | 60 | 107 | 8,186,391 | 3,300,000 | 11,486,391 | |
| Carlsbad | 48 | 0 | 48 | 6,123,871 | 0 | 6,123,871 | |
| NEW MEXICOe, 3 | 12,100 | 1,336 | 13,436 | $1,804,308,735 | $71,951,736 | $1,876,260,471 | |
| * 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. |
| 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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and |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. |