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New Jersey in 2009

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2009 the FHFA house price index for New Jersey changed −8.5%, against −7.5% for the United States and −4.7% in 2008.

12,421 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (7,211 single-family), −32.4% on 2008; the national total was 582,963.

−8.5%New Jersey index, 2008–2009US −7.5%
12,421housing units permitted in 20097,211 single-family
0 of 21counties with a rising indexmedian county −8.1%
582,963units permitted nationally in 2009
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Counties in 2009

Ranked by the county index change from 2008 to 2009 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2009; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2009Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Cape May County−6.8%4282664.6
Somerset County−7.4%4383581.2
Camden County−7.5%5852671.1
Monmouth County−7.6%9647531.5
Morris County−7.6%6133281.2
Salem County−7.6%149502.2
Hunterdon County−7.7%2681892.0
Bergen County−7.8%8315440.9
Burlington County−7.9%8064611.7
Ocean County−8.0%9028741.3
Middlesex County−8.1%1,0186031.2
Cumberland County−8.2%2622221.7
Essex County−8.2%7772270.9
Gloucester County−8.2%8656122.8
Mercer County−8.2%2691780.7
Passaic County−8.9%2811470.5
Union County−9.2%4882340.8
Warren County−9.3%1651651.5
Sussex County−10.0%1821631.2
Atlantic County−10.3%5124861.8
Hudson County−14.7%1,618842.2

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in New Jersey by year020,00040,0001995: 21,521 units (18,341 single-family, 3,180 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 24,173 units (20,853 single-family, 3,320 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 28,018 units (23,472 single-family, 4,546 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 31,345 units (25,459 single-family, 5,886 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 31,976 units (25,129 single-family, 6,847 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 34,585 units (25,260 single-family, 9,325 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 28,267 units (21,503 single-family, 6,764 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 30,441 units (22,379 single-family, 8,062 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 32,984 units (22,163 single-family, 10,821 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 35,936 units (22,429 single-family, 13,507 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 38,588 units (22,264 single-family, 16,324 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 34,323 units (17,113 single-family, 17,210 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 25,389 units (13,066 single-family, 12,323 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 18,363 units (9,169 single-family, 9,194 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 12,421 units (7,211 single-family, 5,210 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 13,535 units (7,378 single-family, 6,157 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 12,952 units (6,475 single-family, 6,477 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 17,939 units (7,279 single-family, 10,660 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 24,209 units (10,377 single-family, 13,832 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 28,155 units (11,019 single-family, 17,136 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 30,560 units (10,518 single-family, 20,042 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 26,793 units (9,626 single-family, 17,167 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 28,501 units (10,148 single-family, 18,353 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 27,942 units (10,348 single-family, 17,594 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 36,505 units (11,526 single-family, 24,979 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 36,146 units (12,289 single-family, 23,857 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 37,094 units (13,913 single-family, 23,181 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 36,906 units (13,185 single-family, 23,721 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 32,840 units (13,228 single-family, 19,612 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 34,932 units (14,807 single-family, 20,125 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 27,661 units (12,820 single-family, 14,841 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in New Jersey by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.