Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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52.6% | 56.3% | 59.8% | 63.4% | 67.0% | 70.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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2.10% | 2.26% | 2.42% | 2.57% | 2.73% | 2.89% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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2.0% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 6.8% | 8.4% | 10.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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8.96% | 9.39% | 9.82% | 10.25% | 10.68% | 11.12% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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6.6% | 8.8% | 11.0% | 13.3% | 15.5% | 17.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.38% | 0.79% | 1.20% | 1.61% | 2.02% | 2.43% |
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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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6.2% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 10.1% | 11.4% | 12.8% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.000% | 0.031% | 0.061% | 0.092% | 0.123% | 0.154% |
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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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