Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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50.7% | 51.6% | 52.3% | 53.1% | 53.8% | 54.6% |
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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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8.7% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 10.5% | 11.1% | 11.8% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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8.40% | 8.67% | 8.94% | 9.20% | 9.47% | 9.74% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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8.50% | 8.62% | 8.73% | 8.84% | 8.96% | 9.07% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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2.32% | 2.66% | 3.00% | 3.33% | 3.66% | 4.00% |
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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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6.1% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% | 11.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.000% | 0.028% | 0.055% | 0.083% | 0.111% | 0.139% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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54.1% | 55.4% | 56.8% | 58.1% | 59.4% | 60.8% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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0.872% | 0.921% | 0.970% | 1.019% | 1.067% | 1.117% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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11.03% | 11.09% | 11.16% | 11.22% | 11.28% | 11.35% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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8.60% | 8.80% | 9.00% | 9.20% | 9.40% | 9.60% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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1.74% | 2.18% | 2.62% | 3.06% | 3.50% | 3.94% |
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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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6.1% | 7.7% | 9.2% | 10.8% | 12.4% | 14.0% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.16% | 0.32% | 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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