Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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50.0% | 51.5% | 52.9% | 54.4% | 55.9% | 57.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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4.36% | 4.83% | 5.29% | 5.75% | 6.21% | 6.67% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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6.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 11.0% | 12.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.6% | 9.5% | 11.3% | 13.1% | 14.9% | 16.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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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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12.53% | 12.70% | 12.86% | 13.02% | 13.17% | 13.34% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.000% | 0.008% | 0.016% | 0.024% | 0.032% | 0.041% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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42.14% | 42.52% | 42.89% | 43.27% | 43.64% | 44.02% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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6.79% | 7.07% | 7.34% | 7.61% | 7.89% | 8.16% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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8.9% | 11.7% | 14.5% | 17.3% | 20.1% | 22.9% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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3.3% | 5.8% | 8.2% | 10.7% | 13.1% | 15.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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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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17.92% | 18.05% | 18.17% | 18.29% | 18.42% | 18.54% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.09% | 0.18% | 0.27% | 0.36% | 0.45% |
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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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