Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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68.0% | 70.0% | 71.8% | 73.7% | 75.6% | 77.5% |
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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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4.53% | 4.92% | 5.31% | 5.70% | 6.09% | 6.48% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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4.57% | 4.94% | 5.30% | 5.66% | 6.02% | 6.38% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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5.89% | 6.30% | 6.71% | 7.12% | 7.52% | 7.93% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.35% | 0.73% | 1.10% | 1.48% | 1.85% | 2.23% |
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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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2.4% | 4.1% | 5.9% | 7.6% | 9.3% | 11.1% |
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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% | 0.14% | 0.21% | 0.28% | 0.36% |
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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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