Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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57.5% | 59.0% | 60.6% | 62.1% | 63.7% | 65.2% |
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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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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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5.93% | 6.30% | 6.66% | 7.02% | 7.38% | 7.74% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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5.7% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 10.0% |
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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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8.8% | 11.0% | 13.2% | 15.4% | 17.6% | 19.9% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.18% | 0.26% | 0.33% | 0.41% | 0.48% | 0.56% |
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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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