Indiana Permit Offices - 1998-99 Annual New Residential Permits Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places 1 Family Units Units Cost 1998 1990 Percent Chang 1998 1990 Percent Chang Indiana 31733 19181 65.4% 3896028 1834029 112.4% Adams 128 80 60.0% 12954 6189 109.3% Allen 1947 1229 58.4% 296061 143580 106.2% Bartholome 342 201 70.1% 48998 18643 162.8% Benton 28 21 33.3% 1569 1308 20.0% Blackford 32 25 28.0% 2345 1212 93.5% Boone 461 186 147.8% 102002 30771 231.5% Brown 151 111 36.0% 11314 6924 63.4% Carroll 94 55 70.9% 6633 2556 159.5% Cass 87 55 58.2% 7373 4096 80.0% Clark 751 306 145.4% 70872 21210 234.1% Clay 60 11 445.5% 3814 503 658.3% Clinton 119 80 48.8% 13022 6108 113.2% Crawford 6 0 NA 422 0 NA Daviess 24 22 9.1% 4023 2033 97.9% Dearborn 344 280 22.9% 41055 27223 50.8% Decatur 112 59 89.8% 11119 3325 234.4% DeKalb 228 162 40.7% 26554 10426 154.7% Delaware 239 171 39.8% 29828 16092 85.4% Dubois 233 219 6.4% 31691 18739 69.1% Elkhart 957 668 43.3% 100215 52941 89.3% Fayette 105 88 19.3% 6921 3054 126.6% Floyd 447 351 27.4% 54067 31562 71.3% Fountain 6 8 -25.0% 568 462 22.9% Franklin 123 59 108.5% 16115 4605 249.9% Fulton 39 20 95.0% 4405 1540 186.0% Gibson 17 6 183.3% 1633 764 113.7% Grant 261 115 127.0% 23245 7513 209.4% Greene 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Hamilton 3338 1530 118.2% 530730 214499 147.4% Hancock 538 240 124.2% 76131 25140 202.8% Harrison 254 162 56.8% 28600 8426 239.4% Hendricks 1583 604 162.1% 199306 62583 218.5% Henry 192 122 57.4% 18544 5825 218.4% Howard 251 160 56.9% 30703 16146 90.2% Huntington 171 78 119.2% 19668 6470 204.0% Jackson 142 87 63.2% 15628 6333 146.8% Jasper 203 89 128.1% 18675 5627 231.9% Jay 37 14 164.3% 3338 1133 194.6% Jefferson 204 72 183.3% 14741 3968 271.5% Jennings 108 83 30.1% 10485 4344 141.4% Johnson 1205 624 93.1% 170183 65674 159.1% Knox 91 73 24.7% 8021 4272 87.8% Kosciusko 431 326 32.2% 45156 24329 85.6% Lagrange 218 181 20.4% 17057 9427 80.9% Lake 1415 1301 8.8% 182160 143425 27.0% LaPorte 492 298 65.1% 48336 22852 111.5% Lawrence 24 23 4.3% 2075 1241 67.2% Madison 313 158 98.1% 41949 13991 199.8% Marion 4400 2758 59.5% 531213 291166 82.4% Marshall 232 152 52.6% 19945 9189 117.1% Martin 2 0 NA 137 0 NA Miami 90 48 87.5% 8561 2710 215.9% Monroe 465 426 9.2% 56184 41170 36.5% Montgomery 112 93 20.4% 6350 3818 66.3% Morgan 589 333 76.9% 64491 24805 160.0% Newton 64 36 77.8% 5322 2043 160.5% Noble 226 212 6.6% 23828 11587 105.6% Ohio 60 23 160.9% 4649 933 398.3% Orange 8 6 33.3% 576 216 166.7% Owen 13 2 550.0% 1248 145 760.7% Parke 47 33 42.4% 4491 1892 137.4% Perry 71 48 47.9% 6018 2770 117.3% Pike 57 0 NA 3262 0 NA Porter 904 856 5.6% 116288 90121 29.0% Posey 108 56 92.9% 13661 5587 144.5% Pulaski 64 5 1180.0% 6474 352 1739.2% Putnam 159 21 657.1% 15060 1300 1058.5% Randolph 68 23 195.7% 5609 1265 343.4% Ripley 156 114 36.8% 14203 8219 72.8% Rush 72 40 80.0% 6064 2575 135.5% St. Joseph 937 772 21.4% 122710 86002 42.7% Scott 101 62 62.9% 5757 3110 85.1% Shelby 184 159 15.7% 22886 12155 88.3% Spencer 171 57 200.0% 15394 3407 351.8% Starke 97 59 64.4% 5811 2244 159.0% Steuben 266 173 53.8% 34202 12057 183.7% Sullivan 41 17 141.2% 3937 1073 266.9% Switzerlan 31 36 -13.9% 1860 488 281.1% Tippecanoe 757 371 104.0% 93979 35393 165.5% Tipton 56 36 55.6% 6564 2510 161.5% Union 50 12 316.7% 4751 639 643.5% Vanderburg 685 370 85.1% 59137 26894 119.9% Vermillion 37 31 19.4% 3563 1889 88.6% Vigo 391 160 144.4% 40401 15309 163.9% Wabash 74 51 45.1% 7885 3584 120.0% Warren 52 21 147.6% 3380 997 239.0% Warrick 430 268 60.4% 52657 24499 114.9% Washington 35 20 75.0% 3036 1073 182.9% Wayne 363 110 230.0% 30597 9164 233.9% Wells 125 91 37.4% 15245 5731 166.0% White 137 62 121.0% 13517 4591 194.4% Whitley 195 145 34.5% 24817 10273 141.6%