New Mexico Building Permits


2006 New Residential Building Permitsr,1
New Mexico and Ten Most Populous Cities        
Number of Units Value
Single Multi Single Multi
Area* Family Family Total   Family Family Total
Albuquerque 3,334 893 4,227 $586,125,281 $83,430,652 $669,555,933
Las Cruces 1,535 319 1,854 214,607,400 24,183,430 238,790,830
Santa Fe 607 0 607 110,190,009 0 110,190,009
Rio Rancho2 2,048 8 2,056 440,632,105 240,000 440,872,105
Roswell 133 0 133 29,552,151 0 29,552,151
Farmington 236 8 244 37,373,695 784,000 38,157,695
Alamogordo 165 53 218 47,194,389 3,863,132 51,057,521
Clovis 147 104 251 32,593,919 10,198,621 42,792,540
Hobbs 50 20 70 9,641,890 1,842,125 11,484,015
Carlsbad 53 0 53 7,680,613 0 7,680,613
NEW MEXICOe, 3 12,497 1,566 14,063 $2,406,751,050 $137,521,230 $2,544,272,280
*   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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and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.