2019-2020 Residential Building Permit Data

This is a summary of Single-Family and Multi-Family building permits issued last year and this year, through the most current month available, in counties in the Northern California regions.

Single-Family Permits*

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	106	89	108	62	62	77	100	138	742	-457
Alameda	2019	144	123	132	266	154	130	94	156	1,199	-457
Contra Costa	2020	131	164	67	21	72	159	123	103	840	-289
Contra Costa	2019	105	136	108	171	143	176	149	141	1,129	-289
Marin	2020	7	6	4	0	1	15	10	6	49	-41
Marin	2019	6	5	10	10	14	18	16	11	90	-41
Monterey	2020	17	23	12	11	26	28	48	46	211	-118
Monterey	2019	45	35	34	29	52	39	45	50	329	-118
San Benito	2020	47	24	22	0	47	44	44	81	309	-38
San Benito	2019	40	46	42	2	48	64	50	55	347	-38
San Francisco	2020	11	2	2	0	3	6	17	5	46	-22
San Francisco	2019	0	0	2	2	1	7	12	44	68	-22
San Mateo	2020	47	12	18	12	31	46	58	33	257	-67
San Mateo	2019	29	36	41	37	39	36	38	68	324	-67
Santa Clara	2020	139	136	118	6	64	136	134	128	861	-398
Santa Clara	2019	180	79	145	218	162	157	163	155	1,259	-398
Santa Cruz	2020	13	11	13	7	8	8	22	15	97	-58
Santa Cruz	2019	21	13	39	32	11	9	19	11	155	-58
Solano	2020	74	63	71	41	44	107	97	69	566	-215
Solano	2019	40	49	151	70	131	102	87	151	781	-215
Sonoma	2020	123	101	52	61	98	96	111	75	717	-526
Sonoma	2019	170	117	167	117	183	206	138	145	1,243	-526
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	715	631	487	221	456	722	764	699	4,695	-2,229
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	780	639	871	954	938	944	811	987	6,924	-2,229
El Dorado	2020	45	42	25	54	43	62	68	42	381	4
El Dorado	2019	43	24	63	53	62	43	33	56	377	4
Placer	2020	182	134	173	130	96	203	269	315	1,502	190
Placer	2019	115	162	150	125	210	209	210	131	1,312	190
Sacramento	2020	296	347	279	111	163	309	321	298	2,124	-481
Sacramento	2019	231	233	414	357	376	393	276	325	2,605	-481
Sutter	2020	8	3	8	0	5	3	8	10	45	-35
Sutter	2019	8	13	3	25	8	12	2	9	80	-35
Yolo	2020	75	32	26	24	11	77	47	38	330	-177
Yolo	2019	61	33	30	99	58	69	112	45	507	-177
Yuba	2020	71	37	26	1	0	0	0	41	176	-189
Yuba	2019	19	19	24	67	61	51	74	50	365	-189
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	677	595	537	320	318	654	713	744	4,558	-688
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	477	484	684	726	775	777	707	616	5,246	-688
Fresno	2020	306	156	105	129	142	216	323	319	1,696	-182
Fresno	2019	199	171	251	230	259	196	307	265	1,878	-182
Madera	2020	110	28	19	39	73	58	76	102	505	112
Madera	2019	39	30	30	44	57	57	56	80	393	112
Merced	2020	12	128	135	64	35	100	77	38	589	-63
Merced	2019	69	61	82	85	120	85	130	20	652	-63
San Joaquin	2020	126	153	101	85	145	323	199	324	1,456	-37
San Joaquin	2019	139	148	249	184	233	248	158	134	1,493	-37
Stanislaus	2020	40	67	58	32	41	39	68	47	392	57
Stanislaus	2019	19	34	53	44	49	61	37	38	335	57
Tulare	2020	180	52	80	83	70	148	168	115	896	-173
Tulare	2019	94	91	135	130	148	117	136	218	1,069	-173
Valley Subtotal	2020	724	537	498	410	506	881	911	945	5,412	-408
Valley Subtotal	2019	559	535	800	717	866	764	824	755	5,820	-408
Napa	2020	15	37	2	7	18	18	9	20	126	-4
Napa	2019	10	14	17	19	28	11	18	13	130	-4
Totals	2020	2,181	1,847	1,524	980	1,298	2,278	2,397	2,408	14,913	-3,207
Totals	2019	1,826	1,672	2,372	2,416	2,607	2,496	2,360	2,371	18,120	-3,207

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	64	30	118	627	554	36	238	428	2,095	-800
Alameda	2019	384	79	552	520	185	638	25	512	2,895	-800
Contra Costa	2020	2	3	153	2	366	0	118	13	657	-50
Contra Costa	2019	45	376	4	0	282	0	0	0	707	-50
Marin	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-86
Marin	2019	78	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	86	-86
Monterey	2020	0	47	0	0	49	33	4	0	133	48
Monterey	2019	6	0	0	18	42	4	8	7	85	48
San Benito	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
San Benito	2019	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2
San Francisco	2020	490	460	4	63	355	264	204	19	1,859	-617
San Francisco	2019	627	204	148	363	145	496	96	397	2,476	-617
San Mateo	2020	10	72	0	25	10	6	0	149	272	-465
San Mateo	2019	225	0	150	117	217	18	2	8	737	-465
Santa Clara	2020	82	182	182	130	0	162	643	351	1,732	-612
Santa Clara	2019	646	190	218	161	50	311	369	399	2,344	-612
Santa Cruz	2020	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	-68
Santa Cruz	2019	13	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	76	-68
Solano	2020	0	245	0	0	0	0	0	0	245	189
Solano	2019	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	56	189
Sonoma	2020	63	4	0	0	41	0	0	0	108	-388
Sonoma	2019	124	4	33	39	31	25	210	30	496	-388
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	719	1,043	457	847	1,375	501	1,215	960	7,117	-2,843
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	2,148	855	1,161	1,281	960	1,492	710	1,353	9,960	-2,843
El Dorado	2020	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	5
El Dorado	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5
Placer	2020	41	234	45	0	0	60	98	56	534	467
Placer	2019	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	67	467
Sacramento	2020	181	43	123	11	657	599	14	90	1,718	311
Sacramento	2019	211	115	16	184	35	50	775	21	1,407	311
Sutter	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-24
Sutter	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	24	-24
Yolo	2020	0	232	180	0	85	0	6	0	503	407
Yolo	2019	0	0	40	0	0	56	0	0	96	407
Yuba	2020	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	-4
Yuba	2019	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8	-4
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	224	509	350	11	742	664	118	148	2,766	1,162
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	211	115	123	184	43	106	775	47	1,604	1,162
Fresno	2020	2	59	216	20	40	102	0	0	439	421
Fresno	2019	0	3	0	0	2	1	7	5	18	421
Madera	2020	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	58	16
Madera	2019	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	42	16
Merced	2020	0	3	0	72	0	0	0	108	183	183
Merced	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	183
San Joaquin	2020	28	44	0	0	7	102	18	10	209	-69
San Joaquin	2019	0	2	0	8	100	0	168	0	278	-69
Stanislaus	2020	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	30	39	-26
Stanislaus	2019	0	0	2	5	56	2	0	0	65	-26
Tulare	2020	45	6	42	4	7	10	8	0	122	5
Tulare	2019	2	6	0	8	18	0	41	42	117	5
Valley Subtotal	2020	73	55	258	98	56	214	33	204	991	470
Valley Subtotal	2019	2	11	2	21	176	46	216	47	521	470
Napa	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Napa	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2020	1,018	1,664	1,065	956	2,173	1,379	1,366	1,312	10,933	-1,152
Totals	2019	2,361	981	1,286	1,486	1,179	1,644	1,701	1,447	12,085	-1,152

Notes
* Single-Family Housing includes detached, semi-detached, rowhouse and townhouse units. Rowhouses and townhouses are included when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates each unit from the adjacent unit. Condominiums are included in single-family when they are of zero-lot-line or zero-property-line construction; when units are separated by an air space; or, when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates units. Data from March of 2012 forward is supplied by the California Homebuilding Foundation; data prior to that date supplied by the CIRB.
** Multi-Family Housing includes duplexes, 3-4 unit structures and apartment-type structures with five units or more. Multi-Family housing also includes condominium units in structures of more than one living unit that do not meet the herein single-family housing definition.

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