Table III.B.3 Number of full-time 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 14,475,011    3,856,664    1,587,792    2,488,738    3,075,745    1,238,786    2,227,286**
Census division:
New England 668,744    --    66,782    184,688    148,120    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 1,990,469    --    195,312    335,491    398,968    --    --   
East North Central 1,916,120    478,227    309,892    595,656    327,092    --    --   
West North Central 1,102,240    --    292,098    208,275    212,695    --    --   
South Atlantic 2,852,351    --    123,261    215,322    683,746    308,971    784,938   
East South Central 947,502    282,555    89,099    219,125    188,407    --    --   
West South Central 1,949,300    462,567    246,609    317,491    394,814    302,548    --   
Mountain 990,332    298,934    124,779    163,224    217,009    --    --   
Pacific 2,057,952    --    139,961    249,465    504,893    136,733    452,536**

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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time 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 190,257    0    83,155    106,741    176,719    83,113    14,891**
Census division:
New England 28,164    --    7,456    23,337    23,336    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 68,536    --    21,745    42,611    72,530    --    --   
East North Central 83,931    0    31,237    65,042    75,913    --    --   
West North Central 75,324    --    60,045    27,644    50,900    --    --   
South Atlantic 85,183    --    15,664    27,926    82,758    42,198    0   
East South Central 41,976    0    10,298    22,479    33,139    --    --   
West South Central 64,044    0    21,994    38,037    63,636    34,637    --   
Mountain 40,722    0    26,516    19,253    36,618    --    --   
Pacific 56,668    --    16,338    30,596    61,099    29,145    14,891**

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.