Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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50.00% | 50.43% | 50.85% | 51.28% | 51.71% | 52.14% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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0.0% | 2.3% | 4.7% | 7.0% | 9.4% | 11.8% |
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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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5.6% | 8.0% | 10.3% | 12.7% | 15.0% | 17.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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9.2% | 11.3% | 13.3% | 15.4% | 17.4% | 19.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.00% | 0.40% | 0.79% | 1.19% | 1.59% | 1.99% |
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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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13.26% | 13.33% | 13.39% | 13.45% | 13.51% | 13.57% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.15% | 0.30% | 0.46% | 0.61% | 0.77% |
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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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