| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
| 
| 72.3% | 73.4% | 74.5% | 75.6% | 76.6% | 77.7% |  
|  |  | 
 |  | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
| 
| 1.22% | 1.35% | 1.47% | 1.60% | 1.72% | 1.85% |  
|  |  | 
 | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
| 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 (%): | 
| 
| 5.42% | 5.76% | 6.10% | 6.43% | 6.76% | 7.10% |  
|  |  | 
 | 
 |  |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
| 
| 3.58% | 3.65% | 3.71% | 3.77% | 3.83% | 3.89% |  
|  |  | 
 | 
 |  |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
| 
| 0.19% | 0.37% | 0.53% | 0.70% | 0.87% | 1.04% |  
|  |  |  | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
| 
| 5.0% | 6.2% | 7.4% | 8.6% | 9.8% | 11.1% |  
|  |  | 
 | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
| 
| 0.00% | 0.30% | 0.60% | 0.91% | 1.21% | 1.51% |  
|  |  | 
 | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
| 
| 68.5% | 71.6% | 74.6% | 77.6% | 80.7% | 83.7% |  
|  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
|  | 
 
| 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 (%): | 
| 
| 0.0% | 2.3% | 4.5% | 6.8% | 9.0% | 11.3% |  
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
| 
| 0.8% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 10.0% |  
|  |  |  | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
| 
| 0.00% | 0.29% | 0.58% | 0.87% | 1.16% | 1.45% |  
|  |  |  | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
| 
| 1.6% | 4.1% | 6.4% | 8.8% | 11.2% | 13.6% |  
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
| 
| 0.00% | 0.30% | 0.60% | 0.91% | 1.21% | 1.51% |  
|  |  | 
 | 
 | 
 |  |  |  | 
 
 
 
 
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.