| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 57.5% | 62.0% | 66.4% | 70.9% | 75.3% | 79.8% |  
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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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| 0.4% | 3.7% | 7.0% | 10.2% | 13.4% | 16.7% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 3.0% | 7.8% | 12.5% | 17.3% | 22.0% | 26.8% |  
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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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| 0.6% | 3.1% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 10.6% | 13.1% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.18% | 0.36% | 0.54% | 0.73% | 0.91% |  
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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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