Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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49.6% | 50.8% | 51.9% | 53.0% | 54.0% | 55.2% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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1.70% | 1.78% | 1.85% | 1.93% | 2.00% | 2.08% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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5.833% | 5.863% | 5.893% | 5.922% | 5.952% | 5.982% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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14.04% | 14.47% | 14.89% | 15.32% | 15.74% | 16.17% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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9.70% | 9.84% | 9.96% | 10.09% | 10.22% | 10.35% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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9.10% | 9.55% | 10.00% | 10.44% | 10.89% | 11.34% |
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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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3.04% | 3.50% | 3.95% | 4.39% | 4.84% | 5.30% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.264% | 0.270% | 0.275% | 0.281% | 0.286% | 0.292% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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54.6% | 58.1% | 61.6% | 65.1% | 68.6% | 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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0.48% | 0.56% | 0.64% | 0.71% | 0.79% | 0.87% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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4.32% | 4.73% | 5.13% | 5.52% | 5.92% | 6.33% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.2% | 8.7% | 10.2% | 11.7% | 13.1% | 14.6% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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7.46% | 7.69% | 7.92% | 8.14% | 8.37% | 8.59% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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6.9% | 7.6% | 8.3% | 9.0% | 9.7% | 10.4% |
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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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0.00% | 0.23% | 0.45% | 0.68% | 0.91% | 1.14% |
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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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