Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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49.3% | 53.9% | 58.4% | 63.0% | 67.5% | 72.1% |
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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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4.19% | 4.43% | 4.66% | 4.88% | 5.11% | 5.35% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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6.7% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 10.9% | 12.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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6.6% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 11.3% | 12.8% | 14.4% |
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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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7.50% | 7.95% | 8.40% | 8.84% | 9.29% | 9.74% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.29% | 0.39% | 0.49% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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68.4% | 70.4% | 72.3% | 74.3% | 76.2% | 78.2% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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1.27% | 1.57% | 1.86% | 2.16% | 2.46% | 2.76% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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3.49% | 3.86% | 4.23% | 4.60% | 4.97% | 5.35% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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5.5% | 6.4% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 9.0% | 10.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.63% | 0.83% | 1.01% | 1.20% | 1.39% | 1.58% |
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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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0.000% | 0.020% | 0.039% | 0.059% | 0.079% | 0.099% |
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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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