New Privately Owned Residential Housing Units Authorized To Be Built
Annual 2005
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 County	236,265,940	2,002	1,839	22	21	120
Bergen County	532,558,126	2,972	1,220	366	69	1,317
Burlington County	196,656,624	1,475	1,290	20	4	161
Camden County	185,569,426	1,706	1,160	8	41	497
Cape May County	416,880,213	2,433	1,125	520	145	643
Cumberland County	68,065,903	630	597	16	4	13
Essex County	332,014,867	3,128	718	876	766	768
Gloucester County	236,561,565	2,075	1,882	0	77	116
Hudson County	467,822,421	4,498	361	834	135	3,168
Hunterdon County	98,332,183	506	436	0	0	70
Mercer County	140,827,473	1,296	1,221	4	3	68
Middlesex County	337,981,829	3,206	1,774	32	25	1,375
Monmouth County	415,418,150	2,584	1,932	16	32	604
Morris County*	276,921,295	2,503	927	6	32	1,538
Ocean County	420,286,026	2,904	2,743	24	9	128
Passaic County	74,524,334	647	230	32	7	378
Salem County	32,208,508	297	285	2	0	10
Somerset County	197,931,211	1,220	818	6	27	369
Sussex County	109,546,697	668	666	2	0	0
Union County	144,146,262	1,278	599	412	40	227
Warren County	72,552,357	560	441	14	0	105
New Jersey Totals*	4,993,071,410	38,588	22,264	3,212	1,437	11,675
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.
Note: The US Census Bureau received corrected data for Riverdale Borough in Morris County after the release of the final 2005 Annual Building Permits Report. The US Census Bureau is reporting 944 units for Riverdale Borough in its final 2005 building permit data. However, the Census Bureau has submitted a corrected total of 336 units for Riverdale Borough to be used in its Population Estimates program. The five-or-more family category for Riverdale has been adjusted from 924 units to 316 units.
Source:  US Bureau of the Census, Manufacturing  & Construction Division
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development, June 2006