Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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56.50% | 56.82% | 57.14% | 57.45% | 57.76% | 58.08% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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3.19% | 3.35% | 3.50% | 3.66% | 3.81% | 3.97% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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4.91% | 5.35% | 5.77% | 6.20% | 6.63% | 7.06% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.6% | 8.2% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 9.9% | 10.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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9.18% | 9.27% | 9.35% | 9.44% | 9.52% | 9.61% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.58% | 0.71% | 0.84% | 0.97% | 1.10% | 1.23% |
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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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12.52% | 12.81% | 13.10% | 13.38% | 13.66% | 13.95% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.23% | 0.46% | 0.68% | 0.91% | 1.14% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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52.1% | 53.9% | 55.7% | 57.5% | 59.3% | 61.1% |
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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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3.44% | 3.84% | 4.24% | 4.64% | 5.04% | 5.44% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.1% | 8.4% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 11.9% | 13.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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8.5% | 9.4% | 10.2% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 12.8% |
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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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8.1% | 10.7% | 13.3% | 15.8% | 18.4% | 21.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.35% | 0.70% | 1.05% | 1.40% | 1.75% |
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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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