Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
|
61.5% | 63.6% | 65.6% | 67.6% | 69.6% | 71.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
|
0.74% | 1.06% | 1.39% | 1.71% | 2.03% | 2.36% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
|
11.53% | 12.02% | 12.50% | 12.97% | 13.45% | 13.94% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
|
8.44% | 8.94% | 9.43% | 9.92% | 10.41% | 10.90% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
|
0.52% | 0.71% | 0.90% | 1.08% | 1.27% | 1.46% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
|
3.65% | 3.94% | 4.23% | 4.52% | 4.81% | 5.10% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
|
0.124% | 0.134% | 0.144% | 0.154% | 0.164% | 0.175% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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):
-
Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
-
Private: Employee of private company workers
-
Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
-
Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
-
Local Government: Local government workers
-
State Government: State government workers
-
Federal Government: Federal government workers
-
Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
-
Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.