Here's where new home building has increased and decreased in the U.S.

Data: U.S. Census; Note: Unadjusted estimate of privately owned units of any size; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios

There were 42.3 new homebuilding permits per 100,000 residents issued nationwide in May 2023, up from 32.9 in May 2020 — the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• That's per a new Axios analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.