Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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59.0% | 60.2% | 61.4% | 62.6% | 63.9% | 65.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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3.98% | 4.15% | 4.31% | 4.47% | 4.63% | 4.80% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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8.55% | 8.69% | 8.82% | 8.96% | 9.10% | 9.24% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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8.68% | 8.88% | 9.07% | 9.27% | 9.47% | 9.67% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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10.25% | 10.74% | 11.22% | 11.70% | 12.18% | 12.67% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.056% | 0.084% | 0.111% | 0.138% | 0.165% | 0.193% |
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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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3.39% | 3.60% | 3.80% | 4.01% | 4.21% | 4.42% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.0044% | 0.0069% | 0.0093% | 0.0118% | 0.0143% | 0.0168% |
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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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