Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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43.0% | 46.4% | 49.7% | 53.1% | 56.4% | 59.8% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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1.37% | 1.59% | 1.81% | 2.03% | 2.24% | 2.46% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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4.46% | 4.80% | 5.12% | 5.45% | 5.77% | 6.10% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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6.4% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10.5% | 11.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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12.1% | 15.3% | 18.5% | 21.7% | 25.0% | 28.2% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.91% | 1.36% | 1.80% | 2.24% | 2.69% | 3.13% |
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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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8.6% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 13.1% |
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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% | 0.29% | 0.37% |
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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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