Jurisdiction directory

Texas home project permits by county

Many Texas households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 20 Texas counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

in Texas

Population covered

22.0M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Statewide

Statewide IRC adoption for residential construction, amended locally

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Dallas County2,606,358 residents · seat Dallas Harris County4,835,125 residents · seat Houston Tarrant County2,154,595 residents · seat Fort Worth Bexar County2,059,530 residents · seat San Antonio Collin County1,195,359 residents · seat McKinney Travis County1,326,436 residents · seat Austin Denton County1,006,157 residents · seat Denton Hidalgo County888,367 residents · seat Edinburg El Paso County865,657 residents · seat El Paso Fort Bend County858,688 residents · seat Richmond Williamson County671,175 residents · seat Georgetown Montgomery County749,613 residents · seat Conroe Bell County391,000 residents · seat Belton Cameron County423,163 residents · seat Brownsville Brazoria County388,000 residents · seat Angleton Galveston County359,000 residents · seat Galveston Nueces County353,178 residents · seat Corpus Christi Lubbock County320,000 residents · seat Lubbock McLennan County268,000 residents · seat Waco Jefferson County253,000 residents · seat Beaumont

All Texas counties we cover

20 counties, largest first.

Harris CountySeat: Houston · 4,835,125 residents Dallas CountySeat: Dallas · 2,606,358 residents Tarrant CountySeat: Fort Worth · 2,154,595 residents Bexar CountySeat: San Antonio · 2,059,530 residents Travis CountySeat: Austin · 1,326,436 residents Collin CountySeat: McKinney · 1,195,359 residents Denton CountySeat: Denton · 1,006,157 residents Hidalgo CountySeat: Edinburg · 888,367 residents El Paso CountySeat: El Paso · 865,657 residents Fort Bend CountySeat: Richmond · 858,688 residents Montgomery CountySeat: Conroe · 749,613 residents Williamson CountySeat: Georgetown · 671,175 residents Cameron CountySeat: Brownsville · 423,163 residents Bell CountySeat: Belton · 391,000 residents Brazoria CountySeat: Angleton · 388,000 residents Galveston CountySeat: Galveston · 359,000 residents Nueces CountySeat: Corpus Christi · 353,178 residents Lubbock CountySeat: Lubbock · 320,000 residents McLennan CountySeat: Waco · 268,000 residents Jefferson CountySeat: Beaumont · 253,000 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Model vintage August 2026. The links above are the issuing agencies' own pages — we publish them so you can confirm the current rule yourself, not as evidence that each fact on this page was re-checked with them today. Cost figures are modeled estimates based on national baselines adjusted for local labor and material pricing, not quotes. Permit rules change; confirm with the building department before starting work.