Stats: Building Permits in Florida by Mike Vogel Posted 7/1/2007 Updated 1 decade ago Building Residential building permits in the first quarter of 2006 per 1,000 non-farm jobs: 8.6: Florida ( No. 1 in US) 6.64: N. Carolina ( No. 2 in US) 6.6 : Georgia ( No. 3 in US)