Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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54.4% | 56.3% | 58.1% | 59.9% | 61.7% | 63.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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4.6% | 6.9% | 9.1% | 11.4% | 13.6% | 15.9% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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8.0% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 10.1% | 10.8% | 11.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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1.344% | 1.391% | 1.436% | 1.482% | 1.528% | 1.574% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.524% | 0.541% | 0.557% | 0.573% | 0.589% | 0.606% |
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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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8.6% | 9.3% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.0% | 11.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.16% | 0.32% | 0.48% | 0.65% | 0.81% |
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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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