New Privately Owned Residential Housing Units Authorized To Be Built
Annual 1988
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 219,521,689 3,397 1,620 126 81 1,570
Bergen County 285,276,976 3,902 1,567 242 57 2,036
Burlington County 175,615,391 3,239 2,575 6 75 583
Camden County 109,855,731 1,883 1,671 8 7 197
Cape May County 126,394,555 1,746 924 618 44 160
Cumberland County 37,089,273 651 601 44 6 0
Essex County 89,208,320 996 439 34 56 467
Gloucester County 147,527,832 2,812 2,388 14 0 410
Hudson County 62,116,477 1,108 76 294 17 721
Hunterdon County 86,482,848 635 607 0 8 20
Mercer County 121,363,791 1,456 1,097 0 3 356
Middlesex County 227,699,032 3,450 2,255 34 56 1,105
Monmouth County 262,715,770 2,819 2,422 20 40 337
Morris County 177,751,840 1,576 1,433 18 43 82
Ocean County 320,510,257 4,977 3,866 30 21 1,060
Passaic County 84,152,560 1,178 585 54 8 531
Salem County 18,623,126 240 228 0 0 12
Somerset County 156,219,170 2,196 1,904 58 0 234
Sussex County 120,543,099 1,381 1,150 20 0 211
Union County 46,796,339 616 393 88 0 135
Warren County 56,705,397 651 651 0 0 0
TOTALS 2,932,169,473 40,909 28,452 1,708 522 10,227
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:  US Census Bureau
Prepared by:  New Jersey Department of Labor, 7/97