| 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 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, unpublished reports and |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. |