Table III.B.1 Number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2016
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 19,406,337    5,368,428    2,334,248    3,399,777    4,153,633    1,380,705    2,769,546**
Census division:
New England 911,390    --    120,640    246,951    191,256    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,540,630    --    338,221    516,531    446,781    --    --   
East North Central 2,822,317    752,065    581,781    771,217    491,623    --    --   
West North Central 1,502,953    --    369,828    326,055    305,367    --    --   
South Atlantic 3,619,428    --    174,530    317,880    804,896    409,766    941,002**
East South Central 1,178,156    372,524    109,280    276,568    264,770    --    --   
West South Central 2,385,875    611,598    306,899    355,314    444,511    405,997    --   
Mountain 1,402,505    441,098    160,098    167,837    343,683    --    --   
Pacific 3,043,082    --    172,970    421,424    860,746    --    --   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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, 2016
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 447,142    251,364    83,233    156,768    229,886    91,969    297,857**
Census division:
New England 36,250    --    12,725    26,420    36,365    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 321,745    --    47,312    51,862    76,511    --    --   
East North Central 129,498    78,489    46,207    93,948    103,528    --    --   
West North Central 66,407    --    28,938    43,910    66,664    --    --   
South Atlantic 145,912    --    18,778    52,022    86,586    42,341    37,957**
East South Central 72,225    55,457    10,228    36,637    42,247    --    --   
West South Central 174,767    148,550    23,499    46,878    78,756    61,141    --   
Mountain 73,831    47,312    13,453    22,726    52,517    --    --   
Pacific 106,870    --    19,094    60,592    110,755    --    --   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.