| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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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% | 2.9% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 11.4% | 14.3% |  
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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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| 0.0% | 4.1% | 8.2% | 12.2% | 16.3% | 20.5% |  
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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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| 0.00% | 0.07% | 0.15% | 0.22% | 0.30% | 0.38% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 60.3% | 62.0% | 63.6% | 65.2% | 66.8% | 68.5% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 5.443% | 5.467% | 5.491% | 5.515% | 5.538% | 5.562% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 5.32% | 5.40% | 5.47% | 5.54% | 5.61% | 5.68% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 5.20% | 5.28% | 5.35% | 5.42% | 5.49% | 5.57% |  
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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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| 1.656% | 1.673% | 1.689% | 1.706% | 1.722% | 1.739% |  
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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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| 10.6% | 11.6% | 12.5% | 13.4% | 14.4% | 15.3% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.23% | 0.45% | 0.66% | 0.87% | 1.09% | 1.31% |  
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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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