New Privately Owned Residential Housing Units Authorized To Be Built
Annual 2006
New Jersey Counties
Single- Two- 3-or4- 5-or-More
Total Total Family Family Family Family
Value Units Units Units Units Units
County
Atlantic County 224,611,774 1,893 1,536 36 27 294
Bergen County 469,835,747 2,164 1,096 260 45 763
Burlington County 153,664,629 2,784 996 204 0 1,584
Camden County 113,361,833 1,183 872 0 74 237
Cape May County 312,822,646 1,580 774 276 107 423
Cumberland County 84,238,864 737 693 14 30 0
Essex County 392,801,103 3,284 654 972 905 753
Gloucester County 175,251,137 1,141 1,021 0 0 120
Hudson County 450,371,017 4,275 277 628 252 3,118
Hunterdon County 73,999,188 350 305 4 19 22
Mercer County 85,844,566 847 578 64 0 205
Middlesex County 257,214,501 2,567 1,177 36 15 1,339
Monmouth County 352,945,169 2,820 1,517 146 165 992
Morris County* 301,462,308 1,670 791 6 16 857
Ocean County 341,607,209 2,114 2,079 6 3 26
Passaic County 94,758,952 850 375 26 6 443
Salem County 33,415,324 298 197 0 0 101
Somerset County 149,647,930 1,058 623 4 3 428
Sussex County 105,844,827 603 551 4 3 45
Union County 151,828,051 1,593 549 400 38 606
Warren County 57,138,556 512 452 2 0 58
New Jersey Totals* 4,382,665,331 34,323 17,113 3,088 1,708 12,414
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 2007