Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
|
65.2% | 66.0% | 66.7% | 67.4% | 68.1% | 68.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
|
7.19% | 7.67% | 8.14% | 8.61% | 9.09% | 9.56% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
|
5.91% | 6.02% | 6.13% | 6.24% | 6.34% | 6.45% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
|
3.262% | 3.302% | 3.341% | 3.380% | 3.419% | 3.458% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
|
1.66% | 1.86% | 2.05% | 2.24% | 2.43% | 2.62% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
|
9.25% | 9.54% | 9.82% | 10.10% | 10.37% | 10.66% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
|
0.560% | 0.570% | 0.579% | 0.588% | 0.598% | 0.607% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.