New Privately Owned Residential Housing Units Authorized To Be Built
Annual 2003
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 249,261,374 2,285 2,058 28 7 192
Bergen County 263,953,998 1,289 760 262 28 239
Burlington County 189,914,763 1,805 1639 0 18 148
Camden County 161,760,839 1,934 1245 2 6 681
Cape May County 233,617,014 1693 1099 386 52 156
Cumberland County 39,439,254 374 364 10 0 0
Essex County 202,680,498 2,235 386 924 504 421
Gloucester County 188,439,015 1,859 1560 0 0 299
Hudson County 190,118,395 2116 215 682 143 1076
Hunterdon County 128,795,349 814 814 0 0 0
Mercer County 93,357,097 1,188 778 0 0 410
Middlesex County 245,300,859 2,306 1,808 24 21 453
Monmouth County 382,090,501 2,756 2,068 16 56 616
Morris County 217,382,505 1,555 885 10 3 657
Ocean County 453,554,259 4009 3305 10 32 662
Passaic County 86,449,219 829 741 24 3 61
Salem County 31,238,596 307 208 0 0 99
Somerset County 163,839,692 1260 890 2 29 339
Sussex County 94,537,956 587 547 0 0 40
Union County 92,774,314 1198 213 490 10 485
Warren County 73,396,380 585 580 0 0 5
New Jersey Totals 3781901877 32984 22163 2870 912 7039
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. Census Bureau
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor, May 2004