| 1997 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 | 2,529 | 1,597 | 4,126 | $244,770,431 | $73,531,557 | $318,301,988 | |
| Las Cruces | 312 | 149 | 461 | 32,122,289 | 4,940,120 | 37,062,409 | |
| Santa Fe | 382 | 209 | 591 | 32,701,944 | 8,842,525 | 41,544,469 | |
| Rio Rancho2, 3 | 675 | 726 | 1,401 | 43,803,244 | 450,000 | 44,253,244 | |
| Roswell | 67 | 163 | 230 | 6,103,262 | 8,020,549 | 14,123,811 | |
| Farmington | 115 | 0 | 115 | 11,813,937 | 0 | 11,813,937 | |
| Alamogordo | 96 | 62 | 158 | 7,077,809 | 2,289,249 | 9,367,058 | |
| Clovis | 31 | 0 | 31 | 3,052,363 | 0 | 3,052,363 | |
| Hobbs | 12 | 78 | 90 | 1,650,426 | 2,668,996 | 4,319,422 | |
| Carlsbad | 51 | 0 | 51 | 5,170,832 | 0 | 5,170,832 | |
| NEW MEXICOe, 4 | 7,989 | 3,015 | 11,004 | $775,368,331 | $101,659,584 | $877,027,915 | |
| * 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 Rio Rancho multi-unit valuation figures are incomplete. Most |
| multi-unit valuation data for 1997 are not available. |
| 4 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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and |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. |