The General Plan

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Merced County General Plan

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

762 Units permitted since 2018
51 Permitted in 2025
303 Units entitled since 2018
8 Years tracked
Merced County · housing units permitted by year

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Merced County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
YearUnits permittedUnits entitledProjects
2025 51 6 72
2024 71 16 139
2023 75 20 126
2022 95 19 126
2021 48 170 97
2020 126 42 122
2019 133 16 139
2018 163 14 169

The plan document

Read Merced County's official General Plan: Merced County General Plan → · 2013-12-10 · 2016

Elements · 1 Verifier-checked summary

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