Unemployment Rate in Morris County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.2%
Rank #2,132/3,222 · #7 in NJ
34th
Morris 5.2%
NJ 6.3% -17.6%
US 5.3% -2.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Morris County's unemployment rate of 5.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Morris County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,129 | Skamania County, WA | 5.2% |
| #2,130 | Whitfield County, GA | 5.2% |
| #2,131 | Cape May County, NJ | 5.2% |
| #2,132 | Morris County, NJ | 5.2% |
| #2,133 | Napa County, CA | 5.2% |
| #2,134 | St. Joseph County, IN | 5.2% |
| #2,135 | Stephens County, OK | 5.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Morris County, New Jersey has a unemployment rate of 5.2%, ranking #2,132 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #7 of 21. This places it in the 34th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.