| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 65.0% | 65.6% | 66.1% | 66.6% | 67.1% | 67.6% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 5.65% | 5.97% | 6.28% | 6.59% | 6.90% | 7.22% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 4.05% | 4.42% | 4.78% | 5.14% | 5.50% | 5.87% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 7.91% | 8.11% | 8.31% | 8.52% | 8.72% | 8.92% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| 3.30% | 3.45% | 3.58% | 3.72% | 3.86% | 4.00% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 0.44% | 0.62% | 0.79% | 0.97% | 1.14% | 1.32% |  
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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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| 6.5% | 7.5% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 11.0% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.23% | 0.37% | 0.51% | 0.64% | 0.78% | 0.92% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 57.5% | 61.3% | 64.9% | 68.6% | 72.2% | 76.0% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 4.6% | 5.8% | 7.0% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 10.6% |  
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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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| 4.1% | 5.8% | 7.4% | 9.0% | 10.6% | 12.3% |  
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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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| 0.65% | 0.92% | 1.19% | 1.47% | 1.74% | 2.01% |  
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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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| 1.7% | 4.1% | 6.5% | 8.8% | 11.2% | 13.6% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.19% | 0.37% | 0.56% | 0.74% | 0.94% |  
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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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