Indiana Permit Offices - 1998-99 Annual New Residential Permits Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places Total Family Units Total Units Total Cost 1998 1990 Percent Change 1998 1990 Percent Change Indiana 40824 24846 64.3% 4344424 2021720 114.9% Adams 244 120 103.3% 17964 8404 113.8% Allen 2875 1469 95.7% 330827 149323 121.6% Bartholomew 370 208 77.9% 51290 19088 168.7% Benton 30 21 42.9% 1689 1308 29.1% Blackford 38 57 -33.3% 2975 1902 56.4% Boone 605 186 225.3% 112526 30771 265.7% Brown 155 115 34.8% 11574 7060 63.9% Carroll 94 59 59.3% 6633 2661 149.3% Cass 87 55 58.2% 7373 4096 80.0% Clark 924 384 140.6% 78987 25737 206.9% Clay 64 17 276.5% 3964 706 461.5% Clinton 122 96 27.1% 13022 6748 93.0% Crawford 6 0 NA 422 0 NA Daviess 24 47 -48.9% 4023 2656 51.5% Dearborn 458 303 51.2% 48059 28088 71.1% Decatur 114 152 -25.0% 11219 6156 82.2% DeKalb 421 196 114.8% 32935 11276 192.1% Delaware 287 258 11.2% 32679 20414 60.1% Dubois 255 227 12.3% 32374 18941 70.9% Elkhart 1412 744 89.8% 120259 55067 118.4% Fayette 105 96 9.4% 6921 3154 119.4% Floyd 606 485 24.9% 60353 36079 67.3% Fountain 6 10 -40.0% 568 492 15.4% Franklin 129 85 51.8% 16585 5505 201.3% Fulton 55 20 175.0% 5548 1540 260.3% Gibson 169 8 2012.5% 7834 982 697.8% Grant 315 115 173.9% 25645 7513 241.3% Greene 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% Hamilton 3481 1778 95.8% 537533 223594 140.4% Hancock 614 300 104.7% 79943 26859 197.6% Harrison 312 162 92.6% 30851 8426 266.1% Hendricks 2383 660 261.1% 243395 65220 273.2% Henry 194 162 19.8% 18754 6789 176.2% Howard 391 200 95.5% 39939 19690 102.8% Huntington 221 96 130.2% 21598 7000 208.5% Jackson 162 180 -10.0% 16566 8810 88.0% Jasper 217 101 114.9% 19544 5997 225.9% Jay 37 16 131.3% 3338 1175 184.1% Jefferson 218 78 179.5% 15218 4187 263.5% Jennings 126 85 48.2% 11610 4384 164.8% Johnson 1381 644 114.4% 184019 66584 176.4% Knox 119 92 29.3% 8963 4686 91.3% Kosciusko 453 356 27.2% 46526 26649 74.6% Lagrange 220 183 20.2% 17157 9507 80.5% Lake 1826 1385 31.8% 213314 147442 44.7% LaPorte 514 344 49.4% 49249 23834 106.6% Lawrence 43 47 -8.5% 2816 1832 53.7% Madison 435 221 96.8% 46347 16584 179.5% Marion 6215 4328 43.6% 630895 341798 84.6% Marshall 256 191 34.0% 20773 11296 83.9% Martin 2 0 NA 137 0 NA Miami 96 50 92.0% 9041 2760 227.6% Monroe 690 541 27.5% 69298 45869 51.1% Montgomery 146 205 -28.8% 7460 6425 16.1% Morgan 612 349 75.4% 65396 25294 158.5% Newton 74 39 89.7% 5732 2043 180.6% Noble 246 214 15.0% 24548 11683 110.1% Ohio 60 72 -16.7% 4649 2163 114.9% Orange 8 11 -27.3% 576 351 64.1% Owen 13 34 -61.8% 1248 993 25.7% Parke 47 33 42.4% 4491 1892 137.4% Perry 79 56 41.1% 6243 2990 108.8% Pike 57 0 NA 3262 0 NA Porter 1195 908 31.6% 136077 92770 46.7% Posey 108 74 45.9% 13661 7387 84.9% Pulaski 64 5 1180.0% 6474 352 1739.2% Putnam 179 58 208.6% 17070 2459 594.2% Randolph 68 23 195.7% 5609 1265 343.4% Ripley 174 114 52.6% 14916 8219 81.5% Rush 72 40 80.0% 6064 2575 135.5% St. Joseph 1231 1489 -17.3% 134584 110986 21.3% Scott 226 66 242.4% 12382 3208 286.0% Shelby 506 233 117.2% 31856 15060 111.5% Spencer 189 57 231.6% 16262 3407 377.3% Starke 99 59 67.8% 5873 2244 161.7% Steuben 270 199 35.7% 34372 14033 144.9% Sullivan 45 53 -15.1% 4197 1573 166.8% Switzerland 31 36 -13.9% 1860 488 281.1% Tippecanoe 1274 752 69.4% 113293 45701 147.9% Tipton 63 36 75.0% 7174 2510 185.8% Union 54 14 285.7% 4916 684 618.7% Vanderburgh 1055 600 75.8% 69182 29059 138.1% Vermillion 37 31 19.4% 3563 1889 88.6% Vigo 401 354 13.3% 40877 21016 94.5% Wabash 138 63 119.0% 10645 4234 151.4% Warren 52 21 147.6% 3380 997 239.0% Warrick 436 322 35.4% 53037 26545 99.8% Washington 35 50 -30.0% 3036 1638 85.3% Wayne 415 135 207.4% 34170 9915 244.6% Wells 147 97 51.5% 16415 5978 174.6% White 147 62 137.1% 13982 4591 204.6% Whitley 195 149 30.9% 24817 10468 137.1%