2019 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 147,760,556 957 364 8 0 585
Bergen 668,221,564 3,924 806 162 67 2,889
Burlington 196,178,752 2,606 589 2 16 1,999
Camden 101,859,907 1,430 425 4 24 977
Cape May 269,334,050 863 552 174 39 98
Cumberland 11,570,723 132 132 0 0 0
Essex 440,800,772 3,152 515 160 98 2,379
Gloucester 82,473,935 706 427 10 3 266  
Hudson 636,667,978 7,707 2,070 92 217 5,328
Hunterdon 62,911,642 684 177 6 12 489
Mercer 52,639,959 538 181 2 53 302
Middlesex 331,076,076 3,007 749 32 275 1,951
Monmouth 346,293,545 1,566 888 14 12 652
Morris 207,114,604 1,527 787 8 25 707
Ocean 460,369,883 2,258 1,901 114 16 227
Passaic 58,943,093 1,017 108 34 22 853
Salem 10,274,294 68 68 0 0 0
Somerset 149,084,290 1,708 326 0 32 1,350
Sussex 27,067,177 172 120 48 4 0  
Union 171,010,439 2,316 243 190 17 1,866
Warren 22,000,996 167 98 6 0 63
New Jersey 4,453,654,235 36,505 11,526 1,066 932 22,981
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, July 2020