Morris County

INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,694 52.64% 2,424 47.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 433 8.46% 764 14.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 241 4.71% 175 3.42%
Management, except farm managers 135 2.64% 142 2.77%
Farmers & farm managers 62 1.21% 5 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 44 0.86% 28 0.55%
Business operations specialists 31 0.61% 4 0.08%
Financial specialists 13 0.25% 24 0.47%
Professional & related occupations: 192 3.75% 589 11.51%
Computer & mathematical 29 0.57% 2 0.04%
Architecture & engineering: 37 0.72% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11 0.21% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 26 0.51% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 6 0.12% 10 0.20%
Community & social services 32 0.63% 51 1.00%
Legal 5 0.10% 14 0.27%
Education, training, & library 54 1.06% 262 5.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9 0.18% 42 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 20 0.39% 208 4.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 12 0.23% 109 2.13%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.16% 99 1.93%
Service occupations: 254 4.96% 586 11.45%
Healthcare support 2 0.04% 155 3.03%
Protective services: 93 1.82% 26 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 59 1.15% 20 0.39%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 34 0.66% 6 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 51 1.00% 212 4.14%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 101 1.97% 99 1.93%
Personal care & service 7 0.14% 94 1.84%
Sales & office occupations: 321 6.27% 849 16.59%
Sales & related occupations 188 3.67% 288 5.63%
Office & administrative support 133 2.60% 561 10.96%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 1.76% 1 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 536 10.47% 28 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 276 5.39% 19 0.37%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 53 1.04% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 221 4.32% 19 0.37%
Extraction 2 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 260 5.08% 9 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,060 20.71% 196 3.83%
Production 554 10.82% 146 2.85%
Transportation & material moving: 506 9.89% 50 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.23% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 271 5.30% 23 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 21 0.41% 0 0.00%
Material moving 202 3.95% 27 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,694 52.64% 2,424 47.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 225 4.40% 18 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 160 3.13% 11 0.21%
Mining 65 1.27% 7 0.14%
Construction 304 5.94% 13 0.25%
Manufacturing 886 17.31% 328 6.41%
Wholesale trade 88 1.72% 14 0.27%
Retail trade 254 4.96% 357 6.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 318 6.21% 65 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 202 3.95% 56 1.09%
Utilities 116 2.27% 9 0.18%
Information 28 0.55% 42 0.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 29 0.57% 139 2.72%
Finance & insurance 16 0.31% 117 2.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 13 0.25% 22 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 134 2.62% 102 1.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 64 1.25% 53 1.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 70 1.37% 49 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 134 2.62% 1,017 19.87%
Educational services 90 1.76% 432 8.44%
Health care & social assistance 44 0.86% 585 11.43%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 62 1.21% 160 3.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1 0.02% 6 0.12%
Accommodation & food services 61 1.19% 154 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 143 2.79% 78 1.52%
Public administration 89 1.74% 91 1.78%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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