Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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45.7% | 48.0% | 50.2% | 52.4% | 54.6% | 56.9% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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0.31% | 0.45% | 0.58% | 0.71% | 0.84% | 0.98% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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7.49% | 7.72% | 7.95% | 8.18% | 8.41% | 8.65% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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16.1% | 17.5% | 18.8% | 20.1% | 21.3% | 22.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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5.8% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 11.0% | 12.4% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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8.49% | 8.82% | 9.15% | 9.47% | 9.80% | 10.13% |
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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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1.35% | 1.64% | 1.93% | 2.22% | 2.51% | 2.80% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.000% | 0.046% | 0.092% | 0.138% | 0.184% | 0.231% |
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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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