TABLE 5a: 1980-1989 BUILDING PERMITS (County Totals) 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1980-1989 TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING MUNICIPALITY UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS KENT COUNTY TOTAL 196 136 172 412 662 485 745 760 947 665 5180 NEW CASTLE COUNTY TOTAL 1859 1171 1527 1413 2114 2490 3477 4888 5018 3658 27615 CECIL COUNTY TOTAL 240 386 216 323 508 498 695 889 1170 965 5890 HARFORD COUNTY TOTAL 588 665 738 1566 1755 2414 2874 2966 3084 3182 19832 ATLANTIC COUNTY TOTAL 1324 1996 1080 2462 2987 3110 3507 3971 3397 2379 26213 BURLINGTON COUNTY TOTAL 920 745 1286 2046 2790 2795 3628 3808 3239 2201 23458 CAMDEN COUNTY TOTAL 1396 972 1236 2254 2393 2329 2440 2448 1883 1474 18825 CAPE MAY COUNTY TOTAL 1588 1632 1035 1234 1532 1946 1869 2067 1746 1028 15677 CUMBERLAND COUNTY TOTAL 180 245 134 206 265 595 505 653 651 655 4089 GLOUCESTER COUNTY TOTAL 1007 495 506 971 1234 1521 1918 2191 2812 2128 14783 HUNTERDON COUNTY TOTAL 351 388 408 780 1088 2240 2220 1483 635 387 9980 MERCER COUNTY TOTAL 504 425 511 1250 1727 2852 3640 1726 1456 1030 15121 MIDDLESEX COUNTY TOTAL 2219 2793 3565 6419 7155 7599 5473 4102 3450 3108 45883 MONMOUTH COUNTY TOTAL 2335 2131 2171 4142 4486 5829 6089 4381 2819 2338 36721 OCEAN COUNTY TOTAL 2984 2607 2639 4782 5314 6754 7703 7266 4977 3006 48032 SALEM COUNTY TOTAL 166 88 83 105 206 163 237 886 240 243 2417 SOMERSET COUNTY TOTAL 447 794 895 1812 2965 3756 5132 3123 2196 2366 23486 WARREN COUNTY TOTAL 129 216 148 345 736 751 1104 931 651 581 5592 BERKS COUNTY TOTAL 1060 582 606 1090 1330 1304 1643 2180 2184 2125 14104 BUCKS COUNTY TOTAL 1831 1269 1370 2535 2970 3757 5362 4694 4287 3014 31089 CHESTER COUNTY TOTAL 1886 1346 1220 2848 3021 3331 4928 4190 3773 3171 29714 DELAWARE COUNTY TOTAL 1052 663 636 829 1056 1070 1345 1672 1583 1101 11007 LANCASTER COUNTY TOTAL 1087 1312 1242 2043 2421 2775 3520 3610 3519 3126 24655 LEHIGH COUNTY TOTAL 939 1103 687 1250 1539 1120 1540 1793 1586 1141 12698 MONTGOMERY COUNTY TOTAL 1825 1486 1421 3068 3875 4501 4121 3802 3898 3546 31543 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TOTAL 521 494 397 713 879 1313 1983 3608 1653 1031 12592 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY TOTAL 2467 1906 1575 1010 1005 1555 2056 25 1764 600 13963 YORK COUNTY TOTAL 1176 768 1059 1393 1369 1901 2258 2264 2913 2328 17429