New Jersey Economic Indicators: Historical Data Series, 1977-2007
TOTAL PRIVATE DWELLING UNITS AUTHORIZED BY BUILDING PERMITS
(NUMBER)
SERIES 22
ORIGINAL SERIES
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
1977	740	659	3,577	2,809	3,441	4,714	3,035	4,192	3,062	3,783	2,772	2,262
1978	1,703	833	2,720	2,906	3,095	3,097	3,024	3,280	2,976	3,076	3,869	3,605
1979	2,033	1,864	2,611	2,624	3,399	3,695	2,969	2,880	3,600	3,042	3,868	2,250
1980	1,082	930	1,556	1,507	1,186	2,216	2,364	2,173	2,637	3,194	2,394	1,860
1981	876	1,141	1,593	1,865	2,305	2,465	2,536	3,419	1,646	2,498	1,416	1,515
1982	553	827	2,155	1,545	1,666	2,136	1,753	2,226	2,179	3,526	2,861	1,945
1983	1,116	2,299	2,121	2,568	3,104	3,946	4,278	3,962	3,594	3,294	2,610	3,289
1984	1,169	1,879	2,535	3,074	5,088	4,371	3,438	3,736	3,723	4,286	5,282	3,020
1985	2,954	2,074	3,495	4,592	5,285	6,460	5,621	5,016	4,802	6,086	4,351	5,688
1986	3,146	2,510	4,162	7,022	6,290	5,758	5,945	5,389	6,639	5,816	3,979	5,338
1987	3,047	3,286	4,832	4,508	4,942	5,889	5,688	4,287	4,668	5,264	4,161	3,711
1988	2,375	2,337	5,903	4,448	4,950	5,236	3,764	4,412	3,631	3,810	2,751	2,321
1989	2,399	1,905	2,554	3,417	4,084	3,717	2,164	3,580	3,374	2,683	2,411	2,896
1990	2,658	1,242	2,200	1,872	1,795	1,655	1,337	1,332	1,276	1,415	1,117	1,079
1991	783	682	929	1,447	1,313	1,515	1,310	1,894	1,364	2,061	1,821	1,377
1992	1,323	1,130	1,495	1,466	1,442	1,263	1,646	1,140	1,396	1,164	1,128	1,094
1993	514	1,070	1,228	1,413	1,503	1,635	1,609	1,744	2,188	2,714	2,111	1,831
1994	1,097	1,096	2,089	2,091	2,264	2,857	2,786	2,444	1,951	2,090	2,510	2,116
1995	1,194	1,106	1,823	1,709	2,117	1,953	1,688	2,001	2,141	1,957	1,350	1,430
1996	1,060	1,101	1,833	1,890	2,113	1,937	2,304	2,166	1,934	2,422	2,144	1,937
1997	1,544	1,336	2,037	2,248	2,185	2,280	2,259	1,923	2,078	2,222	1,939	2,372
1998	1,994	1,856	2,204	2,455	2,278	2,717	2,854	3,043	2,649	3,508	2,629	2,995
1999	2,392	1,971	2,912	2,769	2,631	3,712	3,266	2,860	2,450	2,272	2,309	2,459
2000	3,101	2,567	3,075	2,603	3,278	3,018	2,562	2,673	2,920	3,283	2,895	2,581
2001	2,283	1,768	2,576	2,196	2,444	2,290	2,467	2,750	2,205	2,826	2,453	2,019
2002	2,299	2,058	1,965	2,485	3,056	2,794	2,848	2,855	2,825	2,946	2,200	2,119
2003	2,575	1,482	2,349	2,671	2,776	2,745	3,539	3,111	2,840	3,711	2,368	2,414
2004	2,334	2,260	3,372	2,924	2,853	3,737	3,193	2,994	3,248	2,937	3,136	2,957
2005	2,881	2,376	2,964	3,805	4,329	3,830	3,006	4,471	2,784	2,936	2,884	2,367
2006	2,548	2,502	2,989	2,654	3,044	3,314	4,516	2,675	2,850	2,030	3,196	2,024
2007	2,088	1,625	1,925	2,062	1,985	2,713	1,892	3,090	1,893	2,600	2,051	1,904
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
1977	1,556	1,503	3,706	2,892	3,236	3,703	2,863	3,507	2,664	3,106	2,258	2,254
1978	3,516	1,862	2,991	3,136	2,769	2,505	2,898	2,721	2,461	2,402	3,414	3,660
1979	4,050	4,014	2,933	3,039	3,027	2,901	2,705	2,506	3,056	2,187	3,498	2,407
1980	2,193	1,830	1,906	1,549	1,107	1,917	1,963	1,895	2,155	2,334	2,193	1,867
1981	1,937	2,222	1,964	2,060	2,155	1,953	2,161	3,054	1,280	1,799	1,413	1,548
1982	1,265	1,557	2,594	1,718	1,578	1,569	1,472	1,921	1,847	2,592	2,786	2,086
1983	2,609	4,307	2,513	2,604	2,782	3,059	3,651	3,258	3,184	2,590	2,529	3,502
1984	2,492	3,277	3,090	3,304	4,202	3,257	2,943	3,263	3,292	3,299	5,876	3,281
1985	5,500	3,774	4,139	4,419	4,487	4,933	4,659	4,493	4,541	4,832	4,739	6,067
1986	5,587	4,448	4,936	6,307	5,262	4,660	4,978	4,966	5,863	4,999	4,571	5,375
1987	4,970	5,723	5,386	4,249	4,146	4,479	5,195	4,113	3,956	4,577	5,049	3,705
1988	3,634	3,958	6,076	4,026	4,239	4,168	3,575	3,880	3,449	3,473	2,827	2,418
1989	3,510	3,149	2,713	3,149	3,386	3,147	2,201	3,083	3,079	2,379	2,543	3,061
1990	2,995	1,743	2,143	1,953	1,622	1,514	1,353	1,143	1,183	1,125	956	1,244
1991	1,107	1,208	1,041	1,298	1,202	1,525	1,160	1,637	1,340	1,734	1,593	1,515
1992	1,969	1,636	1,627	1,385	1,398	1,098	1,530	1,068	1,069	849	1,140	1,049
1993	1,123	1,699	1,187	1,359	1,445	1,424	1,390	1,651	1,913	2,570	1,878	1,870
1994	1,803	1,788	1,910	2,020	2,081	2,379	2,609	2,169	1,889	1,999	2,336	2,125
1995	1,819	1,773	1,682	1,745	1,848	1,644	1,656	1,731	2,144	1,782	1,294	1,490
1996	1,453	1,649	1,848	1,824	1,844	1,775	2,027	1,980	2,062	2,024	2,165	2,021
1997	1,958	1,984	2,142	2,089	2,041	2,107	1,953	1,818	2,108	1,861	2,092	2,351
1998	2,509	2,649	2,202	2,362	2,243	2,385	2,492	2,995	2,569	3,080	2,870	2,942
1999	2,976	2,701	2,745	2,732	2,721	3,141	3,018	2,653	2,426	2,058	2,392	2,462
2000	3,923	3,245	2,861	2,820	3,034	2,661	2,543	2,262	2,978	2,936	2,952	2,892
2001	2,572	2,330	2,508	2,396	2,191	2,094	2,321	2,338	2,336	2,378	2,536	2,405
2002	2,548	2,719	1,972	2,551	2,747	2,695	2,490	2,561	2,940	2,447	2,345	2,441
2003	2,889	1,952	2,452	2,610	2,612	2,622	3,010	2,909	2,749	3,127	2,674	2,633
2004	(Seasonality not statistically significant)
2005	(Seasonality not statistically significant)
2006	(Seasonality not statistically significant)
2007*	(Seasonality not statistically significant)
* 2007 data is preliminary, not final.