Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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50.7% | 54.0% | 57.4% | 60.7% | 64.1% | 67.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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0.0% | 2.3% | 4.6% | 6.9% | 9.2% | 11.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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7.40% | 7.90% | 8.39% | 8.88% | 9.37% | 9.86% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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1.4% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 7.1% | 9.0% | 10.9% |
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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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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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57.3% | 57.9% | 58.4% | 58.9% | 59.4% | 60.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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5.88% | 6.01% | 6.14% | 6.27% | 6.39% | 6.53% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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7.7% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 9.6% | 10.2% | 10.9% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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8.01% | 8.09% | 8.16% | 8.23% | 8.30% | 8.38% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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1.30% | 1.67% | 2.04% | 2.40% | 2.77% | 3.14% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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1.08% | 1.14% | 1.20% | 1.25% | 1.31% | 1.37% |
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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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13.29% | 13.45% | 13.59% | 13.74% | 13.89% | 14.04% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.511% | 0.521% | 0.531% | 0.540% | 0.550% | 0.560% |
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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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