Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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51.0% | 54.3% | 57.6% | 61.0% | 64.3% | 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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7.21% | 7.31% | 7.41% | 7.50% | 7.60% | 7.70% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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4.19% | 4.53% | 4.86% | 5.20% | 5.53% | 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% | 8.33% | 8.75% | 9.17% | 9.59% | 10.02% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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3.30% | 3.69% | 4.07% | 4.46% | 4.84% | 5.23% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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1.31% | 1.47% | 1.63% | 1.78% | 1.94% | 2.10% |
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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% | 9.2% | 11.9% | 14.5% | 17.1% | 19.8% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.000% | 0.046% | 0.092% | 0.138% | 0.185% | 0.231% |
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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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