| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 68.7% | 71.6% | 74.5% | 77.4% | 80.3% | 83.2% |  
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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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| 3.913% | 3.949% | 3.984% | 4.019% | 4.054% | 4.089% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 3.4% | 5.0% | 6.5% | 8.0% | 9.6% | 11.2% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| 1.703% | 1.741% | 1.778% | 1.815% | 1.852% | 1.890% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 1.19% | 1.48% | 1.77% | 2.06% | 2.34% | 2.64% |  
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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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| 3.57% | 3.79% | 4.01% | 4.22% | 4.44% | 4.66% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.14% | 0.27% | 0.41% | 0.55% | 0.69% |  
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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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