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Most common industries (%)

Most common industries for males (%)

Most common industries for females (%)

Most Common Industries

Industry

All

Males

Females
Construction13.1% (47)22.4% (45)1.3% (2)
Health care10.1% (36)4.5% (9)17.2% (27)
Public administration9.5% (34)11.9% (24)6.4% (10)
Educational services6.4% (23)2.5% (5)11.5% (18)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting6.1% (22)10.0% (20)1.3% (2)
Accommodation and food services5.3% (19)2.0% (4)9.6% (15)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation4.5% (16)4.0% (8)5.1% (8)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction4.2% (15)7.5% (15)0.0% (0)
Administrative and support and waste management services3.9% (14)5.0% (10)2.5% (4)
Social assistance3.6% (13)0.0% (0)8.3% (13)
Apparel3.4% (12)0.5% (1)7.0% (11)
Professional, scientific, and technical services3.4% (12)4.0% (8)2.5% (4)
Food and beverage stores2.8% (10)1.5% (3)4.5% (7)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations2.8% (10)1.5% (3)4.5% (7)
Repair and maintenance2.5% (9)4.5% (9)0.0% (0)
Wood products2.0% (7)3.5% (7)0.0% (0)
Transportation equipment2.0% (7)2.0% (4)1.9% (3)
Finance and insurance2.0% (7)1.0% (2)3.2% (5)
Truck transportation1.7% (6)3.0% (6)0.0% (0)
U. S. Postal service1.1% (4)1.5% (3)0.6% (1)
Chemicals0.8% (3)0.0% (0)1.9% (3)
Private households0.8% (3)1.5% (3)0.0% (0)
Personal and laundry services0.8% (3)1.5% (3)0.0% (0)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses0.8% (3)0.0% (0)1.9% (3)
Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Real estate and rental and leasing0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Paper0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Miscellaneous manufacturing0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Metal and metal products0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Retail florists0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Pharmacies and drug stores0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Utilities0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Computer and electronic products0.3% (1)0.0% (0)0.6% (1)
Beverage and tobacco products0.3% (1)0.5% (1)0.0% (0)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores0.3% (1)0.0% (0)0.6% (1)

Most common occupations (%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Most common occupations

Occupation

All

Males

Females
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers6.1% (22)5.0% (10)7.6% (12)
Carpenters4.7% (17)8.5% (17)0.0% (0)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers3.9% (14)0.5% (1)8.3% (13)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations3.9% (14)4.0% (8)3.8% (6)
Secretaries and administrative assistants3.6% (13)0.0% (0)8.3% (13)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers3.4% (12)3.5% (7)3.2% (5)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers3.4% (12)6.0% (12)0.0% (0)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers3.4% (12)1.5% (3)5.7% (9)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors3.1% (11)5.5% (11)0.0% (0)
Cooks and food preparation workers3.1% (11)1.0% (2)5.7% (9)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers2.8% (10)5.0% (10)0.0% (0)
Agricultural workers including supervisors2.5% (9)3.5% (7)1.3% (2)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives2.5% (9)2.0% (4)3.2% (5)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides2.2% (8)0.0% (0)5.1% (8)
Other production occupations including supervisors2.2% (8)3.5% (7)0.6% (1)
Farmers and farm managers2.2% (8)4.0% (8)0.0% (0)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers2.2% (8)4.0% (8)0.0% (0)
Construction laborers2.2% (8)4.0% (8)0.0% (0)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors2.2% (8)4.0% (8)0.0% (0)
Lawyers2.0% (7)2.5% (5)1.3% (2)
Cashiers2.0% (7)0.0% (0)4.5% (7)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors2.0% (7)1.0% (2)3.2% (5)
Assemblers and fabricators1.4% (5)1.0% (2)1.9% (3)
Other financial specialists1.4% (5)2.5% (5)0.0% (0)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations1.4% (5)0.0% (0)3.2% (5)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks1.4% (5)0.0% (0)3.2% (5)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers1.4% (5)2.5% (5)0.0% (0)
Retail sales workers except cashiers1.4% (5)1.0% (2)1.9% (3)
Religious workers1.4% (5)1.5% (3)1.3% (2)
Life and physical scientists1.4% (5)0.0% (0)3.2% (5)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks1.4% (5)0.0% (0)3.2% (5)
Laborers and material movers, hand1.4% (5)2.5% (5)0.0% (0)
Accountants and auditors1.1% (4)0.0% (0)2.5% (4)
Computer specialists1.1% (4)2.0% (4)0.0% (0)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers1.1% (4)2.0% (4)0.0% (0)
Art and design workers1.1% (4)0.0% (0)2.5% (4)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors1.1% (4)1.0% (2)1.3% (2)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors1.1% (4)1.0% (2)1.3% (2)
Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations1.1% (4)2.0% (4)0.0% (0)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists1.1% (4)0.0% (0)2.5% (4)
Food processing workers0.8% (3)1.5% (3)0.0% (0)
Business operations specialists0.8% (3)0.0% (0)1.9% (3)
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers0.8% (3)1.5% (3)0.0% (0)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers0.8% (3)1.5% (3)0.0% (0)
Child care workers0.8% (3)0.0% (0)1.9% (3)
Painters and paperhangers0.8% (3)1.5% (3)0.0% (0)
Top executives0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Health technologists and technicians0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Social scientists and related workers0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Woodworkers0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Plant and system operators0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Media and communication equipment workers0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Other healthcare support occupations0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Waiters and waitresses0.6% (2)0.0% (0)1.3% (2)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand0.6% (2)1.0% (2)0.0% (0)
Extraction workers0.3% (1)0.5% (1)0.0% (0)
Unemployment by race in 2000:

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.5%

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work (%)

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work:
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Essex:

2.0% (7)
New York:

2.4% (194,562)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Essex:

2.0% (7)
New York:

2.1% (174,328)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Essex:

3.4% (12)
New York:

3.1% (253,826)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Essex:

11.6% (41)
New York:

7.0% (573,349)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Essex:

13.4% (47)
New York:

8.6% (706,982)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Essex:

10.5% (37)
New York:

14.0% (1,147,579)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Essex:

11.6% (41)
New York:

14.8% (1,213,706)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Essex:

12.5% (44)
New York:

13.9% (1,144,298)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Essex:

7.7% (27)
New York:

7.5% (614,475)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Essex:

6.3% (22)
New York:

7.2% (593,377)
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
Essex:

2.0% (7)
New York:

2.7% (224,011)
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
Essex:

0.6% (2)
New York:

1.3% (105,049)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Essex:

4.3% (15)
New York:

6.3% (517,309)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Essex:

7.1% (25)
New York:

6.1% (501,196)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.3%
Number of people working at home: 18 (5.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work (%)

Working at home - Essex

Working at home - New York

Travel time to work:
Less than 5 minutes:
Essex:

4.0% (14)
New York:

2.7% (219,036)
5 to 9 minutes:
Essex:

13.9% (49)
New York:

8.3% (680,270)
10 to 14 minutes:
Essex:

19.6% (69)
New York:

11.6% (956,590)
15 to 19 minutes:
Essex:

15.3% (54)
New York:

12.4% (1,020,084)
20 to 24 minutes:
Essex:

12.2% (43)
New York:

12.3% (1,013,757)
25 to 29 minutes:
Essex:

4.8% (17)
New York:

4.9% (399,384)
30 to 34 minutes:
Essex:

6.3% (22)
New York:

12.9% (1,058,688)
35 to 39 minutes:
Essex:

0.6% (2)
New York:

2.5% (203,722)
40 to 44 minutes:
Essex:

3.7% (13)
New York:

4.1% (340,311)
45 to 59 minutes:
Essex:

7.7% (27)
New York:

9.8% (806,556)
60 to 89 minutes:
Essex:

5.4% (19)
New York:

10.3% (848,185)
90 or more minutes:
Essex:

1.4% (5)
New York:

5.1% (417,464)

Travel time to work (in minutes) by means of transportation (%)

Travel time to work by means of transportation:
Less than 30 minutes - other means:
Essex:

73.7% (246)
New York:

66.1% (3,938,050)
30 to 44 minutes - other means:
Essex:

11.1% (37)
New York:

18.4% (1,094,255)
45 to 59 minutes - other means:
Essex:

8.1% (27)
New York:

7.1% (420,905)
60 or more minutes - other means:
Essex:

7.2% (24)
New York:

8.5% (504,643)

Means of transportation to work - Essex

Means of transportation to work - New York

Means of transportation to work:
Drove car alone:
Essex:

83.2% (293)
New York:

56.3% (4,620,178)
Carpooled:
Essex:

10.5% (37)
New York:

9.2% (756,918)
Walked:
Essex:

1.1% (4)
New York:

6.2% (511,721)

Private vehicle occupancy (%)

Private vehicle occupancy:
Drove alone:
Essex:

88.8% (293)
New York:

85.9% (4,620,178)
In 2 person carpool:
Essex:

8.5% (28)
New York:

11.0% (590,255)
In 3 person carpool:
Essex:

1.5% (5)
New York:

1.8% (96,470)
In 5-6 person carpool:
Essex:

1.2% (4)
New York:

0.3% (16,644)

Class of Workers (%)

Class of Workers (%) - Males

Class of Workers (%) - Females

Class of Workers:
Employee of private company:
Essex:

48.0% (172)
New York:

63.7% (5,340,134)
    Employee of private company - Males:
    Essex:

    50.7% (102)
    New York:

    66.2% (2,902,064)
    Employee of private company - Females:
    Essex:

    44.6% (70)
    New York:

    60.9% (2,438,070)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Essex:

1.7% (6)
New York:

3.4% (283,619)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
    Essex:

    2.0% (4)
    New York:

    4.9% (215,651)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
    Essex:

    1.3% (2)
    New York:

    1.7% (67,968)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Essex:

15.4% (55)
New York:

9.7% (810,356)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
    Essex:

    5.0% (10)
    New York:

    6.3% (277,787)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
    Essex:

    28.7% (45)
    New York:

    13.3% (532,569)
Local government workers:
Essex:

13.7% (49)
New York:

10.2% (858,120)
    Local government workers - Males:
    Essex:

    13.4% (27)
    New York:

    8.7% (380,426)
    Local government workers - Females:
    Essex:

    14.0% (22)
    New York:

    11.9% (477,694)
State government workers:
Essex:

3.6% (13)
New York:

4.6% (383,673)
    State government workers - Males:
    Essex:

    3.5% (7)
    New York:

    4.1% (181,784)
    State government workers - Females:
    Essex:

    3.8% (6)
    New York:

    5.0% (201,889)
Federal government workers:
Essex:

3.1% (11)
New York:

2.2% (185,100)
    Federal government workers - Males:
    Essex:

    3.5% (7)
    New York:

    2.3% (102,647)
    Federal government workers - Females:
    Essex:

    2.5% (4)
    New York:

    2.1% (82,453)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Essex:

14.0% (50)
New York:

6.0% (501,068)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
    Essex:

    20.9% (42)
    New York:

    7.1% (312,497)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
    Essex:

    5.1% (8)
    New York:

    4.7% (188,571)
Unpaid family workers:
Essex:

0.6% (2)
New York:

0.2% (20,918)
    Unpaid family workers - Males:
    Essex:

    1.0% (2)
    New York:

    0.2% (9,470)

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