| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 0.0% | 4.4% | 8.9% | 13.3% | 17.8% | 22.3% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 0.0% | 3.8% | 7.7% | 11.5% | 15.4% | 19.3% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.39% | 0.77% | 1.16% | 1.55% | 1.94% |  
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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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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 58.4% | 62.9% | 67.3% | 71.6% | 76.0% | 80.5% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 3.99% | 4.36% | 4.72% | 5.09% | 5.45% | 5.82% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| 0.20% | 0.52% | 0.83% | 1.15% | 1.47% | 1.79% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.12% | 0.24% | 0.36% | 0.48% | 0.61% |  
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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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| 5.6% | 7.9% | 10.2% | 12.5% | 14.8% | 17.2% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.18% | 0.36% | 0.54% | 0.72% | 0.91% |  
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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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