Which counties in Louisiana are building the most new homes?

Tangipahoa Parish (8.2 per 1,000 residents), Lafayette Parish (6.2 per 1,000 residents) and East Baton Rouge Parish (5.8 per 1,000 residents) permitted the most new homes for their size in Louisiana in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated November 5, 2026

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Louisiana counties ranked by new homes permitted per 1,000 residents
Rank	County	Per 1,000 residents, 2025	Homes permitted 2025	Residents
1	Tangipahoa Parish	8.2	1,163	141,346
2	Lafayette Parish	6.2	1,612	257,949
3	East Baton Rouge Parish	5.8	2,631	456,180
4	Bossier Parish	5.0	664	131,867
5	Ascension Parish	4.7	639	135,105
6	Vermilion Parish	4.4	254	57,671
7	Livingston Parish	4.2	655	155,036
8	Iberville Parish	4.1	122	29,579
9	Lincoln Parish	4.0	193	48,360
10	Union Parish	3.9	81	20,561
11	St. Tammany Parish	3.9	1,096	279,108
12	West Feliciana Parish	3.8	57	15,134
13	Lafourche Parish	3.6	344	95,505
14	De Soto Parish	3.6	98	27,381
15	Cameron Parish	3.4	16	4,718
16	St. James Parish	3.4	64	18,938
17	West Baton Rouge Parish	3.3	96	28,756
18	Sabine Parish	3.2	69	21,834
19	Acadia Parish	2.6	147	57,032
20	St. Bernard Parish	2.5	115	45,642
21	Ouachita Parish	2.5	392	158,542
22	Orleans Parish	2.4	882	362,154
23	Terrebonne Parish	2.4	247	104,163
24	St. Charles Parish	2.3	116	50,586
25	Calcasieu Parish	2.2	468	208,466
26	Beauregard Parish	2.2	81	36,673
27	Plaquemines Parish	2.1	47	22,256
28	Pointe Coupee Parish	2.1	41	19,520
29	Richland Parish	2.1	41	19,582
30	Jefferson Davis Parish	2.0	62	31,471
31	Assumption Parish	1.9	38	19,720
32	Rapides Parish	1.9	241	125,877
33	St. Landry Parish	1.9	153	80,765
34	Allen Parish	1.7	39	22,672
35	Webster Parish	1.7	60	34,948
36	Iberia Parish	1.5	102	66,846
37	St. John the Baptist Parish	1.5	60	39,875
38	Bienville Parish	1.5	18	12,269
39	Grant Parish	1.4	32	22,075
40	St. Helena Parish	1.3	14	10,758
41	Evangeline Parish	1.2	39	31,980
42	Caddo Parish	1.2	267	224,226
43	East Feliciana Parish	1.1	21	18,911
44	St. Martin Parish	1.0	50	51,106
45	Jefferson Parish	1.0	410	431,398
46	LaSalle Parish	0.9	14	15,154
47	St. Mary Parish	0.9	40	46,552
48	Caldwell Parish	0.7	7	9,344
49	Natchitoches Parish	0.7	26	36,089
50	Franklin Parish	0.7	13	19,002
51	Morehouse Parish	0.7	16	23,705
52	Winn Parish	0.6	9	14,961
53	West Carroll Parish	0.5	5	9,156
54	Avoyelles Parish	0.4	16	37,941
55	Vernon Parish	0.4	18	45,091
56	East Carroll Parish	0.1	1	6,760
57	Concordia Parish	0.1	1	17,836
58	Washington Parish	0.0	0	44,937
59	Tensas Parish	0.0	0	3,700
60	Red River Parish	0.0	0	7,165
61	Madison Parish	0.0	0	8,844
62	Jackson Parish	0.0	0	15,834
63	Claiborne Parish	0.0	0	13,354
64	Catahoula Parish	0.0	0	8,223

How this is ranked

Housing units authorized by building permits in 2025 (Census Bureau Building Permits Survey), per 1,000 residents. Permits count homes authorized, not finished. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Louisiana is building the most new homes?

Tangipahoa Parish: 8.2 per 1,000 residents, ahead of Lafayette Parish (6.2 per 1,000 residents) and East Baton Rouge Parish (5.8 per 1,000 residents), of 64 Louisiana counties ranked.

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