- State:New JerseyCounty:Morris CountyZips:07963,07802,07960,07806,07836,07961,07963,07842,07870,07828,07845,07970,07962,07926,07878,07836,07976,07930,07935,07866,07946,07803,07933,07857,07847,07980,07440,07082,07850,07856,07034,07928,07852,07046,07457,07438,07405,07035,07828,07849,07885,07058,07405,07945,07927,07853,07876,07836,07045,07928,07054,07444,07981,07930,07950,07940,07005,07801,07936,07932,07869,07866,07834,07054,07960Coordinates:40.86201927099166, -74.5444955168691Area total:481.52 sq. mi., 1247.14 sq. km, 308175.36 acresArea land:460.96 sq. mi., 1193.88 sq. km, 295013.76 acresArea water:20.57 sq. mi., 53.26 sq. km, 13161.60 acresEstablished:1739Capital seat:
Morristown
Address: 10 Court Street
County Government
Morristown, NJ
Governing Body: Board of Freeholders with 7 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Morris County, New Jersey, United States
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- Population:509,285; Population change: 3.46% (2010 - 2020)Population density:1106.7 persons per square mileHousehold income:$95,887Households:178,228Unemployment rate:7.80% per 252,588 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:8.97%GDP:$49.29 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Morris County's population of New Jersey of 110,445 residents in 1930 has increased 4,61-fold to 509,285 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.65% female residents and 49.35% male residents live in as of 2020, 63.77% in Morris County, New Jersey are married and the remaining 36.23% are single population.
As of 2020, 63.77% in Morris County, New Jersey are married and the remaining 36.23% are single population.
- Housing units:197,722 residential units of which 95.33% share occupied residential units.
32 minutes is the average time that residents in Morris County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
81.71% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 8.23% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 4.18% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.74% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Morris County, New Jersey 73.48% are owner-occupied homes, another 23.10% are rented apartments, and the remaining 3.42% are vacant.
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The 54.18% of the population in Morris County, New Jersey who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 53.460%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 45.360%) of those eligible to vote in Morris County, New Jersey.
