| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 44.49% | 44.71% | 44.92% | 45.13% | 45.35% | 45.56% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 8.9% | 9.6% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 11.7% | 12.5% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 5.7% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 10.1% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| 21.4% | 24.0% | 26.5% | 29.0% | 31.5% | 34.0% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.09% | 0.17% | 0.26% | 0.35% | 0.44% |  
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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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| 3.56% | 3.92% | 4.27% | 4.63% | 4.98% | 5.34% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.073% | 0.119% | 0.164% | 0.209% | 0.254% | 0.299% |  
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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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