Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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48.6% | 49.4% | 50.2% | 51.0% | 51.8% | 52.6% |
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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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9.76% | 10.22% | 10.68% | 11.14% | 11.59% | 12.05% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.32% | 7.79% | 8.25% | 8.72% | 9.18% | 9.65% |
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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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18.81% | 19.16% | 19.51% | 19.85% | 20.20% | 20.55% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.15% | 0.29% | 0.44% | 0.59% | 0.74% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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46.0% | 48.2% | 50.4% | 52.6% | 54.8% | 57.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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2.0% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 9.1% | 11.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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3.5% | 5.8% | 8.1% | 10.4% | 12.7% | 15.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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6.1% | 7.4% | 8.5% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 12.2% |
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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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13.9% | 17.2% | 20.4% | 23.5% | 26.7% | 30.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.36% | 0.73% | 1.09% | 1.46% | 1.83% |
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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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