New Mexico Building Permits


1998 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 3,455 367 3,822 $317,064,594 $12,984,822 $330,049,416
Las Cruces 343 100 443 35,503,095 1,900,000 37,403,095
Santa Fe 435 19 454 42,509,980 5,138,197 47,648,177
Rio Rancho2, 3 664 333 997 43,527,257 10,004,409 53,531,666
Roswell 54 79 133 4,737,543 2,915,470 7,653,013
Farmington 103 60 163 12,955,693 2,402,736 15,358,429
Alamogordo 61 284 345 5,832,039 11,067,360 16,899,399
Clovis 35 0 35 3,467,549 0 3,467,549
Hobbs 9 44 53 1,891,240 2,098,812 3,990,052
Carlsbad 55 72 127 6,503,831 2,934,243 9,438,074
NEW MEXICOe, 4 9,259 1,548 10,807 $963,192,614 $59,911,501 $1,023,104,115
*   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.  In 1998,
    the value data for a four-plex structure is 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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and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.