2011 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 64,738,259 390 337 10 0 43
Bergen 302,712,016 1,660 498 154 33 975
Burlington 80,422,399 665 346 6 3 310
Camden 57,068,866 602 214 0 8 380
Cape May 120,273,206 452 317 104 15 16
Cumberland 19,117,413 182 182 0 0 0
Essex 118,888,492 575 183 28 54 310
Gloucester 77,859,979 592 463 18 4 107
Hudson 228,318,206 1,581 45 52 11 1,473
Hunterdon 35,824,550 287 171 0 0 116
Mercer 62,982,373 400 135 6 12 247
Middlesex 153,999,179 1,225 724 2 12 487
Monmouth 167,631,209 864 617 0 0 247
Morris 123,836,184 547 398 0 0 149
Ocean 178,486,134 933 759 0 0 174
Passaic 47,448,865 406 166 16 8 216
Salem 7,980,317 82 50 2 0 30
Somerset 86,900,283 580 347 0 0 233
Sussex 31,599,935 172 139 0 0 33  
Union 53,634,770 566 198 40 15 313
Warren 23,446,041 191 186 0 0 5
New Jersey 2,043,168,676 12,952 6,475 438 175 5,864
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 2011