Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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54.0% | 58.4% | 62.7% | 67.0% | 71.4% | 75.8% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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0.0% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 7.0% | 9.3% | 11.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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0.0% | 2.9% | 5.8% | 8.7% | 11.7% | 14.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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4.1% | 7.5% | 10.9% | 14.3% | 17.6% | 21.0% |
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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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0.0% | 3.5% | 7.0% | 10.5% | 14.1% | 17.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.41% | 0.51% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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56.0% | 59.7% | 63.3% | 66.9% | 70.5% | 74.1% |
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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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4.67% | 4.87% | 5.08% | 5.28% | 5.48% | 5.69% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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4.6% | 5.7% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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6.3% | 8.3% | 10.2% | 12.1% | 14.0% | 15.9% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.00% | 0.27% | 0.53% | 0.80% | 1.07% | 1.34% |
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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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7.0% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 9.9% | 10.8% | 11.8% |
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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% | 0.17% | 0.26% | 0.34% | 0.43% |
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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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