Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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59.7% | 60.6% | 61.5% | 62.3% | 63.2% | 64.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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8.8% | 10.0% | 11.3% | 12.5% | 13.8% | 15.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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6.7% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 10.5% | 11.5% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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6.2% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 10.1% | 11.2% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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0.000% | 0.038% | 0.076% | 0.114% | 0.153% | 0.191% |
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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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5.16% | 5.35% | 5.54% | 5.73% | 5.91% | 6.11% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.317% | 0.351% | 0.385% | 0.419% | 0.452% | 0.486% |
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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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