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Bergen County Private Sector Industries with
Greatest Economic Growth 2000-2010

SIC	Industry	2000 Number	Percent	2010 Number	Percent	Number	Percent Total	Percent Annual
80	Health Services	44,300	9.2	61,500	11.6	17,200	38.8	3.2
73	Business Services	47,250	9.8	58,150	11.0	10,900	23.0	2.1
87	Engineering & Mngt. Srvcs.	18,500	3.8	24,200	4.6	5,750	31.1	2.7
83	Social Services	6,950	1.4	9,800	1.9	2,850	40.9	3.4
58	Eating & Drinking Places	19,800	4.1	21,900	4.1	2,100	10.7	1.0
59	Misc. Retail	14,800	3.1	16,800	3.2	2,000	13.5	1.3
79	Amusement & Rec. Srvcs.	6,050	1.3	7,900	1.5	1,850	30.2	2.6
07	Agricultural Services.	3,950	0.8	5,350	1.0	1,450	36.3	3.1
51	Wholesale Trade*	23,550	4.9	24,550	4.6	1,000	13.5	1.3
82	Education Services.	7,400	1.5	8,350	1.6	1,000	13.5	1.3

                 *-Wholesale Trade-Non-durable goods

    **-Data for industries with less than three units or for industries having fewer than 100 employees or for

          industries where one unit makes up 80 percent or more of the total industry employment have been

          surpassed.

     NOTE: Employment and change rounded to fifty. Employment change and percent change based on

     unrounded data.

     Prepared by: NJ Department of Labor, Labor Market & Demographic Research,

     Occupational and Demographic Research  May 2003

Bergen County’s Top Ten Industries

Source: Census 2000