Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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59.2% | 62.3% | 65.3% | 68.4% | 71.4% | 74.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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0.58% | 0.96% | 1.32% | 1.69% | 2.06% | 2.43% |
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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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6.46% | 6.95% | 7.45% | 7.94% | 8.43% | 8.93% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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8.25% | 8.56% | 8.87% | 9.17% | 9.47% | 9.78% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.58% | 0.75% | 0.92% | 1.08% | 1.24% | 1.41% |
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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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6.3% | 8.0% | 9.6% | 11.2% | 12.8% | 14.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.05% | 0.11% | 0.16% | 0.21% | 0.27% |
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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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