Table III.B.1 Number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2015
Division All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
United States 19,297,960    5,352,981    2,281,650    3,310,404    4,084,204    1,614,250    2,654,471**
Census division:
New England 914,410    --    108,774    245,786    200,263    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,538,566    --    289,659    453,227    526,061    --    --   
East North Central 2,823,797    752,550    519,379    824,089    455,927    --    --   
West North Central 1,504,323    --    403,573    295,203    287,711    --    --   
South Atlantic 3,585,342    --    150,639    259,696    832,122    418,242    947,969   
East South Central 1,174,424    370,916    128,498    261,891    217,592    --    --   
West South Central 2,368,301    608,313    300,557    369,963    467,370    373,092    --   
Mountain 1,385,824    441,208    170,535    216,341    291,256    --    --   
Pacific 3,002,973    --    210,036    384,207    805,903    193,058    561,949**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

 

Table III.B.1 Standard errors for number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2015
Division All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
United States 238,296    0    96,265    139,636    226,917    118,941    41,567**
Census division:
New England 34,973    --    11,647    28,221    31,815    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 79,870    --    28,908    57,419    89,353    --    --   
East North Central 103,553    0    41,583    86,673    98,881    --    --   
West North Central 84,396    --    63,818    38,664    64,975    --    --   
South Atlantic 106,946    --    18,151    32,974    99,675    62,087    0   
East South Central 48,195    0    13,283    26,236    39,003    --    --   
West South Central 80,654    0    25,519    43,664    75,249    53,457    --   
Mountain 50,921    0    28,617    25,017    48,895    --    --   
Pacific 92,079    --    22,753    45,712    94,796    47,248    41,567**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.