Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
|
48.5% | 52.8% | 57.0% | 61.2% | 65.4% | 69.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
|
7.8% | 9.7% | 11.4% | 13.2% | 15.0% | 16.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
|
2.305% | 2.334% | 2.362% | 2.390% | 2.418% | 2.446% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
|
9.82% | 10.18% | 10.55% | 10.91% | 11.27% | 11.64% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
|
0.19% | 0.38% | 0.57% | 0.75% | 0.94% | 1.12% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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):
-
Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
-
Private: Employee of private company workers
-
Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
-
Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
-
Local Government: Local government workers
-
State Government: State government workers
-
Federal Government: Federal government workers
-
Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
-
Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.