Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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64.0% | 65.7% | 67.4% | 69.0% | 70.7% | 72.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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1.26% | 1.62% | 1.98% | 2.33% | 2.69% | 3.05% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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9.09% | 9.43% | 9.76% | 10.10% | 10.44% | 10.78% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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4.11% | 4.35% | 4.59% | 4.83% | 5.07% | 5.31% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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6.1% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.6% | 10.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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1.77% | 1.95% | 2.13% | 2.30% | 2.48% | 2.66% |
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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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0.406% | 0.445% | 0.483% | 0.521% | 0.559% | 0.598% |
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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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