Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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56.5% | 61.0% | 65.4% | 69.9% | 74.3% | 78.8% |
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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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4.0% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 9.0% | 10.6% | 12.3% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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5.0% | 7.7% | 10.3% | 13.0% | 15.6% | 18.3% |
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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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0.00% | 0.27% | 0.54% | 0.81% | 1.08% | 1.36% |
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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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4.9% | 7.3% | 9.5% | 11.8% | 14.1% | 16.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.62% | 0.83% | 1.04% |
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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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