| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 1.22% | 1.57% | 1.91% | 2.24% | 2.58% | 2.93% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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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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| 2.41% | 2.65% | 2.89% | 3.12% | 3.36% | 3.60% |  
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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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| 1.8% | 6.3% | 10.7% | 15.1% | 19.6% | 24.1% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.000% | 0.035% | 0.070% | 0.104% | 0.139% | 0.174% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 67.4% | 68.2% | 69.1% | 69.9% | 70.7% | 71.6% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 1.949% | 1.962% | 1.974% | 1.986% | 1.999% | 2.012% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 1.04% | 1.14% | 1.23% | 1.33% | 1.42% | 1.52% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 4.9% | 8.4% | 11.8% | 15.2% | 18.6% | 22.0% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 1.13% | 1.27% | 1.40% | 1.53% | 1.67% | 1.81% |  
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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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| 2.8% | 6.2% | 9.5% | 12.8% | 16.1% | 19.5% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.14% | 0.28% | 0.42% | 0.56% | 0.70% |  
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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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