Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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56.84% | 57.00% | 57.15% | 57.31% | 57.46% | 57.62% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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2.19% | 2.57% | 2.95% | 3.32% | 3.70% | 4.08% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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7.78% | 7.96% | 8.13% | 8.31% | 8.48% | 8.66% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.4% | 8.0% | 8.6% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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6.4% | 7.8% | 9.2% | 10.5% | 11.8% | 13.2% |
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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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7.5% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.3% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.21% | 0.43% | 0.64% | 0.85% | 1.07% |
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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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