Indiana Permit Offices - 1998-99 Annual New Residential Permits Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places 5 or More Family Units Units Cost 1998 1990 Percent Change 1998 1990 Percent Change Indiana 6943 4344 59.8% 314072 123237 154.9% Adams 110 24 358.3% 4431 1300 240.8% Allen 690 214 222.4% 28279 4600 514.8% Bartholomew 0 5 -100.0% 0 330 -100.0% Benton 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Blackford 0 30 -100.0% 0 600 -100.0% Boone 144 0 NA 10524 0 NA Brown 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Carroll 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Cass 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Clark 142 65 118.5% 6862 4148 65.4% Clay 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Clinton 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Crawford 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Daviess 0 25 -100.0% 0 623 -100.0% Dearborn 96 14 585.7% 5844 482 1112.4% Decatur 0 89 -100.0% 0 2531 -100.0% DeKalb 193 0 NA 6381 0 NA Delaware 37 56 -33.9% 2100 2442 -14.0% Dubois 10 0 NA 200 0 NA Elkhart 344 30 1046.7% 15461 437 3438.0% Fayette 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Floyd 125 92 35.9% 5175 3500 47.9% Fountain 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Franklin 0 26 -100.0% 0 900 -100.0% Fulton 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Gibson 144 0 NA 5682 0 NA Grant 24 0 NA 800 0 NA Greene 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Hamilton 111 240 -53.8% 4399 8255 -46.7% Hancock 16 52 -69.2% 450 1414 -68.2% Harrison 42 0 NA 1771 0 NA Hendricks 704 0 NA 37715 0 NA Henry 0 32 -100.0% 0 320 -100.0% Howard 88 0 NA 3300 0 NA Huntington 48 0 NA 1800 0 NA Jackson 8 83 -90.4% 318 2257 -85.9% Jasper 0 8 -100.0% 0 200 -100.0% Jay 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Jefferson 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Jennings 16 0 NA 900 0 NA Johnson 16 0 NA 800 0 NA Knox 8 0 NA 316 0 NA Kosciusko 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Lagrange 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Lake 196 0 NA 10098 0 NA LaPorte 0 40 -100.0% 0 790 -100.0% Lawrence 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Madison 92 5 1740.0% 2793 156 1690.4% Marion 1625 1366 19.0% 85984 37454 129.6% Marshall 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Martin 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Miami 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Monroe 73 51 43.1% 3337 1408 137.0% Montgomery 0 112 -100.0% 0 2607 -100.0% Morgan 17 0 NA 480 0 NA Newton 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Noble 12 0 NA 400 0 NA Ohio 0 49 -100.0% 0 1231 -100.0% Orange 0 5 -100.0% 0 136 -100.0% Owen 0 30 -100.0% 0 750 -100.0% Parke 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Perry 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Pike 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Porter 165 6 2650.0% 9579 137 6892.0% Posey 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Pulaski 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Putnam 13 24 -45.8% 1500 725 106.9% Randolph 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Ripley 10 0 NA 342 0 NA Rush 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% St. Joseph 290 657 -55.9% 11495 22562 -49.1% Scott 117 0 NA 6444 0 NA Shelby 320 58 451.7% 8921 1996 346.9% Spencer 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Starke 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Steuben 0 6 -100.0% 0 150 -100.0% Sullivan 0 36 -100.0% 0 500 -100.0% Switzerland 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Tippecanoe 413 369 11.9% 13014 9988 30.3% Tipton 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Union 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Vanderburgh 358 228 57.0% 9150 2130 329.6% Vermillion 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Vigo 0 136 -100.0% 0 3080 -100.0% Wabash 64 12 433.3% 2760 650 324.6% Warren 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Warrick 0 44 -100.0% 0 1700 -100.0% Washington 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Wayne 40 25 60.0% 3097 751 312.4% Wells 22 0 NA 1170 0 NA White 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Whitley 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%