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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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| 71.88% | 72.14% | 72.39% | 72.65% | 72.90% | 73.16% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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| 1.60% | 1.97% | 2.33% | 2.69% | 3.05% | 3.41% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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| 3.82% | 3.93% | 4.03% | 4.14% | 4.25% | 4.36% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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| 6.2% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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| 5.81% | 6.03% | 6.24% | 6.45% | 6.67% | 6.88% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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| 0.00% | 0.31% | 0.61% | 0.92% | 1.23% | 1.54% | 
 
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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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| 4.65% | 4.86% | 5.06% | 5.26% | 5.47% | 5.68% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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| 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.13% | 0.19% | 0.26% | 0.33% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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| 71.8% | 73.2% | 74.5% | 75.7% | 77.0% | 78.4% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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| 7.50% | 8.00% | 8.49% | 8.99% | 9.48% | 9.98% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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| 5.59% | 5.85% | 6.11% | 6.37% | 6.62% | 6.88% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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| 0.00% | 0.35% | 0.70% | 1.05% | 1.40% | 1.75% | 
 
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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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| 3.61% | 3.96% | 4.31% | 4.66% | 5.01% | 5.37% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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| 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.13% | 0.19% | 0.26% | 0.33% | 
 
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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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