Table III.B.3 Number of full-time 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 14,593,515    3,958,562    1,596,451    2,535,783    3,077,859    1,092,242    2,332,618**
Census division:
New England 654,711    --    71,387    182,900    144,354    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,006,138    --    224,790    389,713    334,419    --    --   
East North Central 1,955,013    488,734    365,865    544,180    371,562    --    --   
West North Central 1,097,992    --    257,085    237,604    225,978    --    --   
South Atlantic 2,858,164    --    138,039    262,195    636,312    323,982    755,059**
East South Central 954,772    281,518    81,216    235,283    217,724    --    --   
West South Central 1,935,693    485,939    239,184    283,024    376,235    317,522    --   
Mountain 1,011,507    309,156    108,749    122,326    248,776    --    --   
Pacific 2,119,525    --    110,134    278,560    522,497    --    --   

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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time 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 391,234    223,581    66,135    118,576    172,512    63,835    272,306**
Census division:
New England 27,776    --    9,268    18,878    27,759    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 289,279    --    38,978    40,308    59,106    --    --   
East North Central 106,710    66,229    34,929    68,601    79,519    --    --   
West North Central 53,604    --    23,720    32,599    50,928    --    --   
South Atlantic 123,779    --    16,312    41,957    69,015    32,728    35,236**
East South Central 64,193    49,814    8,219    32,464    34,891    --    --   
West South Central 148,803    128,379    19,925    38,946    66,909    36,802    --   
Mountain 62,624    39,976    9,659    16,564    39,819    --    --   
Pacific 94,041    --    12,727    41,291    67,354    --    --   

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.