Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
|
55.1% | 57.7% | 60.2% | 62.7% | 65.2% | 67.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
|
3.1% | 4.9% | 6.7% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 12.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
|
10.0% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 11.9% | 12.5% | 13.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 (%):
|
3.27% | 3.57% | 3.87% | 4.17% | 4.47% | 4.78% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
|
0.20% | 0.60% | 1.00% | 1.40% | 1.80% | 2.20% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
|
4.88% | 5.35% | 5.81% | 6.26% | 6.72% | 7.18% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
|
0.00% | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.29% | 0.39% | 0.49% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.