Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
|
64.5% | 66.1% | 67.7% | 69.3% | 70.8% | 72.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
|
3.26% | 3.53% | 3.79% | 4.05% | 4.31% | 4.58% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
|
5.98% | 6.45% | 6.91% | 7.37% | 7.83% | 8.30% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
|
1.01% | 1.07% | 1.13% | 1.19% | 1.25% | 1.31% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
|
3.1% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 9.5% | 11.6% | 13.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
|
0.23% | 0.40% | 0.56% | 0.72% | 0.88% | 1.05% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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):
-
Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
-
Private: Employee of private company workers
-
Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
-
Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
-
Local Government: Local government workers
-
State Government: State government workers
-
Federal Government: Federal government workers
-
Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
-
Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.