Morris Leader

Morris County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 14,956 people out of the 508,347 living in Morris County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Morris County has increased compared to the 4.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Morris County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 267,199 people who had a job during that time, 175 were employed in the Armed Forces and 267,024 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	14,956	5.3%
Employed	267,199	94.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	267,024	94.6%
Employed in armed forces	175	0.1%