New Mexico Building Permits


2007 New Residential Building Permitsp,1
New Mexico and Ten Most Populous Cities        
Number of Units Value
Single Multi Single Multi
Area* Family Family Total   Family Family Total
Albuquerque 2,087 730 2,817 $387,703,708 $62,144,674 $449,848,382
Las Cruces 985 50 1,035 137,259,740 3,818,660 141,078,400
Santa Fe 501 3 504 90,624,187 744,000 91,368,187
Rio Rancho2 1,046 136 1,182 222,716,493 11,525,186 234,241,679
Roswell 119 90 209 22,276,795 5,293,220 27,570,015
Farmington 218 0 218 35,110,252 0 35,110,252
Alamogordo 150 3 153 43,018,454 595,241 43,613,695
Clovis 98 55 153 20,569,281 5,873,201 26,442,482
Hobbs 117 218 335 23,112,771 14,466,400 37,579,171
Carlsbad 63 0 63 9,996,375 0 9,996,375
NEW MEXICOe, 3 8,432 1,385 9,817 $1,662,746,444 $116,868,027 $1,779,614,471
*   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.
p  Preliminary.
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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and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.