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	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	106	89	108	62	62	77	504	-445
Alameda	2019	144	123	132	266	154	130	949	-445
Contra Costa	2020	131	164	67	21	72	159	614	-225
Contra Costa	2019	105	136	108	171	143	176	839	-225
Marin	2020	7	6	4	0	1	15	33	-30
Marin	2019	6	5	10	10	14	18	63	-30
Monterey	2020	17	23	12	11	26	28	117	-117
Monterey	2019	45	35	34	29	52	39	234	-117
San Benito	2020	47	24	22	0	47	44	184	-58
San Benito	2019	40	46	42	2	48	64	242	-58
San Francisco	2020	11	2	2	0	3	6	24	12
San Francisco	2019	0	0	2	2	1	7	12	12
San Mateo	2020	47	12	18	12	31	46	166	-52
San Mateo	2019	29	36	41	37	39	36	218	-52
Santa Clara	2020	139	136	118	6	64	136	599	-342
Santa Clara	2019	180	79	145	218	162	157	941	-342
Santa Cruz	2020	13	11	13	7	8	8	60	-65
Santa Cruz	2019	21	13	39	32	11	9	125	-65
Solano	2020	74	63	71	41	44	107	400	-143
Solano	2019	40	49	151	70	131	102	543	-143
Sonoma	2020	123	101	52	61	98	96	531	-429
Sonoma	2019	170	117	167	117	183	206	960	-429
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	715	631	487	221	456	722	3,232	-1,894
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	780	639	871	954	938	944	5,126	-1,894
El Dorado	2020	45	42	25	54	43	62	271	-17
El Dorado	2019	43	24	63	53	62	43	288	-17
Placer	2020	182	134	173	130	96	203	918	-53
Placer	2019	115	162	150	125	210	209	971	-53
Sacramento	2020	296	347	279	111	163	309	1,505	-499
Sacramento	2019	231	233	414	357	376	393	2,004	-499
Sutter	2020	8	3	8	0	5	3	27	-42
Sutter	2019	8	13	3	25	8	12	69	-42
Yolo	2020	75	32	26	24	11	77	245	-105
Yolo	2019	61	33	30	99	58	69	350	-105
Yuba	2020	71	37	26	1	0	0	135	-106
Yuba	2019	19	19	24	67	61	51	241	-106
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	677	595	537	320	318	654	3,101	-822
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	477	484	684	726	775	777	3,923	-822
Fresno	2020	256	109	105	108	142	216	936	-370
Fresno	2019	199	171	251	230	259	196	1,306	-370
Madera	2020	110	28	19	38	73	58	326	69
Madera	2019	39	30	30	44	57	57	257	69
Merced	2020	12	128	135	64	35	100	474	-28
Merced	2019	69	61	82	85	120	85	502	-28
San Joaquin	2020	126	153	101	85	145	323	933	-268
San Joaquin	2019	139	148	249	184	233	248	1,201	-268
Stanislaus	2020	40	67	58	32	41	36	274	14
Stanislaus	2019	19	34	53	44	49	61	260	14
Tulare	2020	180	52	80	83	70	148	613	-102
Tulare	2019	94	91	135	130	148	117	715	-102
Valley Subtotal	2020	724	537	498	410	506	881	3,556	-685
Valley Subtotal	2019	559	535	800	717	866	764	4,241	-685
Napa	2020	15	37	2	7	18	18	97	-2
Napa	2019	10	14	17	19	28	11	99	-2
Totals	2020	2,131	1,800	1,524	958	1,298	2,275	9,986	-3,403
Totals	2019	1,826	1,672	2,372	2,416	2,607	2,496	13,389	-3,403

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	64	30	118	627	554	36	1,429	-929
Alameda	2019	384	79	552	520	185	638	2,358	-929
Contra Costa	2020	2	3	153	2	366	0	526	-181
Contra Costa	2019	45	376	4	0	282	0	707	-181
Marin	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-86
Marin	2019	78	0	0	0	8	0	86	-86
Monterey	2020	0	47	0	0	49	33	129	59
Monterey	2019	6	0	0	18	42	4	70	59
San Benito	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
San Benito	2019	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	-2
San Francisco	2020	490	460	4	63	355	264	1,636	-347
San Francisco	2019	627	204	148	363	145	496	1,983	-347
San Mateo	2020	10	72	0	25	10	6	123	-604
San Mateo	2019	225	0	150	117	217	18	727	-604
Santa Clara	2020	82	182	182	130	0	162	738	-838
Santa Clara	2019	646	190	218	161	50	311	1,576	-838
Santa Cruz	2020	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	-68
Santa Cruz	2019	13	0	0	63	0	0	76	-68
Solano	2020	0	245	0	0	0	0	245	189
Solano	2019	0	0	56	0	0	0	56	189
Sonoma	2020	63	4	0	0	41	0	108	-148
Sonoma	2019	124	4	33	39	31	25	256	-148
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	719	1,043	457	847	1,375	501	4,942	-2,955
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	2,148	855	1,161	1,281	960	1,492	7,897	-2,955
El Dorado	2020	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	7
El Dorado	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Placer	2020	41	234	45	0	0	60	380	313
Placer	2019	0	0	67	0	0	0	67	313
Sacramento	2020	181	43	123	11	657	599	1,614	1,003
Sacramento	2019	211	115	16	184	35	50	611	1,003
Sutter	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutter	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yolo	2020	0	232	180	0	85	0	497	401
Yolo	2019	0	0	40	0	0	56	96	401
Yuba	2020	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-6
Yuba	2019	0	0	0	0	8	0	8	-6
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	224	509	350	11	742	664	2,500	1,718
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	211	115	123	184	43	106	782	1,718
Fresno	2020	0	2	216	20	40	102	380	374
Fresno	2019	0	3	0	0	2	1	6	374
Madera	2020	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	-40
Madera	2019	0	0	0	0	0	42	42	-40
Merced	2020	0	3	0	72	0	0	75	75
Merced	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
San Joaquin	2020	28	44	0	0	7	102	181	71
San Joaquin	2019	0	2	0	8	100	0	110	71
Stanislaus	2020	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-63
Stanislaus	2019	0	0	2	5	56	2	65	-63
Tulare	2020	45	6	42	4	7	10	114	80
Tulare	2019	2	6	0	8	18	0	34	80
Valley Subtotal	2020	73	55	258	98	56	214	754	496
Valley Subtotal	2019	2	11	2	21	176	46	258	496
Napa	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Napa	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2020	1,016	1,607	1,065	956	2,173	1,379	8,196	-741
Totals	2019	2,361	981	1,286	1,486	1,179	1,644	8,937	-741

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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