Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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57.06% | 57.56% | 58.05% | 58.54% | 59.03% | 59.53% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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2.08% | 2.39% | 2.69% | 3.00% | 3.30% | 3.60% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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9.25% | 9.62% | 9.98% | 10.34% | 10.70% | 11.07% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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3.72% | 4.06% | 4.40% | 4.74% | 5.07% | 5.41% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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7.4% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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1.92% | 2.08% | 2.23% | 2.39% | 2.54% | 2.70% |
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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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8.0% | 9.7% | 11.3% | 12.9% | 14.6% | 16.2% |
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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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