New Privately Owned Residential Housing Units Authorized To Be Built
Annual 2009
New Jersey Counties
Single- Two- 3-or 4- 5-or-More
Total Total Family Family Family Family
County Value Units Units Units Units Units
Atlantic 64,849,315 512 486 4 11 11
Bergen 231,733,532 831 544 72 25 190
Burlington 116,341,627 806 461 0 3 342
Camden 67,695,360 585 267 4 23 291
Cape May 94,370,645 428 266 48 0 114
Cumberland 28,009,327 262 222 0 3 37
Essex 107,286,929 777 227 42 65 443
Gloucester 108,947,095 865 612 30 0 223
Hudson 367,161,204 1,618 84 90 50 1,394
Hunterdon 36,866,458 268 189 2 3 74
Mercer 46,950,549 269 178 8 0 83
Middlesex 123,964,307 1,018 603 4 6 405
Monmouth 171,207,781 964 753 4 7 200
Morris 108,616,830 613 328 2 3 280
Ocean 158,441,116 902 874 0 0 28
Passaic 34,834,089 281 147 32 0 102
Salem 14,046,463 149 50 0 0 99
Somerset 65,204,313 438 358 0 0 80
Sussex 35,546,475 182 163 4 0 15
Union 66,593,590 488 234 54 7 193
Warren 22,218,383 165 165 0 0 0
New Jersey 2,070,885,388 12,421 7,211 400 206 4,604
This table is prepared from annualized building permit data.  Due to differences in cutoff dates, annualized data 
 may differ from annual averages derived from aggregated monthly data.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Manufacturing and Construction Division.
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, June 2010