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County-level residential building-permit authorizations, units, and construction value.

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About Census Building Permits

Compare official Census Building Permits Survey activity by county using monthly, year-to-date, or annual files. Results separate Census estimates that include imputation from reported-only values. These are aggregate residential authorizations—not individual permits, parcel records, completions, zoning approvals, or proof that construction occurred. Nonresidential permit statistics ended after 1995.

Published byU.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey
CoversUnited States counties represented in the published BPS files
Records from1995 to present
UpdatesScheduled · every month
CredentialsNone of your own
Used forcensusbuilding-permitsresidentialhousingcountydevelopment

⚠ BPS contains aggregate residential authorizations, not individual permits, parcel records, completions, or proof that construction occurred.

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Connect Census Building Permits to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients

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  1. 1

    Open Claude settings

    Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.

  2. 2

    Access connectors

    Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.

  3. 3

    Name your connector

    Enter any name you’d like for this connector.

  4. 4

    Get the connector URL

    Log in to ParcelOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.

  5. 5

    Add the connector

    Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.

  6. 6

    Start using

    Your Census Building Permits connector is ready to use in Claude.