2012 Annual Residential Building Permits by County
Single- Two- 3-or 4- 5-or-More
Total Total Family Family Family Family
County Value Units Units Units Units Units
Atlantic 79,975,153 441 372 4 4 61
Bergen 409,316,106 2,535 643 122 9 1,761
Burlington 84,047,672 713 410 0 0 303
Camden 78,776,345 898 234 4 0 660
Cape May 128,329,068 491 332 132 8 19
Cumberland 20,822,675 190 185 0 0 5
Essex 185,132,894 1,334 248 48 39 999
Gloucester 71,581,183 534 475 0 3 56  
Hudson 223,866,519 2,676 46 86 36 2,508
Hunterdon 29,473,753 181 100 4 0 77
Mercer 58,190,279 444 110 12 3 319
Middlesex 157,902,268 1,307 738 8 37 524
Monmouth 183,889,618 1,034 690 0 3 341
Morris 159,797,976 878 577 0 0 301
Ocean 179,436,973 1,125 937 94 0 94
Passaic 60,889,683 528 162 10 9 347
Salem 6,747,963 61 54 2 0 5
Somerset 133,024,503 1,169 404 0 172 593
Sussex 38,732,655 267 164 0 0 103  
Union 77,160,911 929 256 52 28 593
Warren 21,559,945 204 142 0 0 62
New Jersey 2,388,654,142 17,939 7,279 578 351 9,731
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 2013