New Mexico Building Permits


1999 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 3,608 390 3,998 $341,488,087 $18,144,931 $359,633,018
Las Cruces 351 29 380 40,791,472 1,220,000 42,011,472
Santa Fe 406 419 825 44,300,673 19,669,645 63,970,318
Rio Rancho2 468 0 468 40,140,257 0 40,140,257
Roswell 32 4 36 2,963,259 222,806 3,186,065
Farmington 104 0 104 13,950,827 0 13,950,827
Alamogordo 99 2 101 12,219,879 119,430 12,339,309
Clovis 36 0 36 3,831,535 0 3,831,535
Hobbs 1 0 1 249,000 0 249,000
Carlsbad 49 4 53 5,266,563 477,410 5,743,973
NEW MEXICOe, 3 8,653 1,087 9,740 $1,038,818,856 $57,814,265 $1,096,633,121
*   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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and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.