Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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69.4% | 70.0% | 70.5% | 71.0% | 71.5% | 72.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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1.47% | 1.63% | 1.79% | 1.95% | 2.11% | 2.27% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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5.31% | 5.52% | 5.73% | 5.94% | 6.14% | 6.36% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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3.67% | 4.12% | 4.56% | 5.00% | 5.44% | 5.89% |
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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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1.00% | 1.09% | 1.17% | 1.25% | 1.33% | 1.41% |
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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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7.5% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 10.6% | 11.4% |
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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% | 0.93% |
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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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