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Humboldt County General Plan

What Humboldt County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Humboldt County's long-range blueprint for land use, housing, and growth.

955 Units permitted since 2018

74 Permitted in 2025

43 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Humboldt County · housing units permitted by year

240

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Humboldt County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	74	0	122
2024	83	0	154
2023	116	26	120
2022	108	0	119
2021	147	2	83
2020	109	2	134
2019	240	1	95
2018	78	12	69

The plan document

Read Humboldt County's official General Plan: Humboldt County General Plan → · 2017-10-23 · 2019 (Housing Element); Safety Element subsequently updated

Elements

Chapter 4. Land Use Element — Humboldt County General Plan (Adopted Oct 23, 2017) → Land Use 2017-10-23
Chapter 8. 2019 Housing Element (Final) — Humboldt County General Plan → Housing 2019
Chapter 7. Circulation Element — Humboldt County General Plan (Adopted Oct 23, 2017) → Circulation & Mobility 2017-10-23
Chapter 10. Conservation and Open Space Elements — Humboldt County General Plan (Adopted Oct 23, 2017) → Conservation 2017-10-23
Chapter 10. Conservation and Open Space Elements — Humboldt County General Plan (Adopted Oct 23, 2017) → Open Space 2017-10-23
Chapter 13. Noise Element — Humboldt County General Plan (Adopted Oct 23, 2017) → Noise 2017-10-23
Chapter 14. Safety Element — Humboldt County General Plan → Safety 2017-10-23

Element summaries are generated from the official document text and held unless every fact is grounded in the source. Links open the jurisdiction's own published documents.

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