Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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43.4% | 45.7% | 47.9% | 50.1% | 52.4% | 54.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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3.90% | 4.31% | 4.73% | 5.14% | 5.55% | 5.97% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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8.51% | 8.73% | 8.94% | 9.16% | 9.37% | 9.59% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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10.2% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 14.7% | 16.1% | 17.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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9.6% | 10.4% | 11.2% | 12.0% | 12.7% | 13.5% |
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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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7.81% | 8.10% | 8.38% | 8.66% | 8.94% | 9.22% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.16% | 0.31% | 0.47% | 0.63% | 0.79% |
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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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