| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 43.8% | 48.8% | 53.7% | 58.6% | 63.6% | 68.6% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 2.11% | 2.59% | 3.06% | 3.53% | 4.01% | 4.49% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 5.1% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 10.6% | 12.4% | 14.2% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 2.9% | 4.8% | 6.5% | 8.3% | 10.1% | 12.0% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
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| 9.6% | 13.0% | 16.4% | 19.8% | 23.1% | 26.5% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.34% | 0.45% | 0.57% |  
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A sector describes the organizational category of a person’s employing organization. On this page, all employed persons are categorized as working in one of the following sectors (bolded terms are used in the charts and maps on this page): 
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Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
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Private: Employee of private company workers
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Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
 
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Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
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Local Government: Local government workers
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State Government: State government workers
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Federal Government: Federal government workers
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Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
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Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
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