Table III.B.1 Number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2017
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 19,543,868    5,399,812    2,210,402    3,112,136    4,443,438    1,610,525    2,767,555   
Census division:
New England 901,146    --    109,885    223,586    232,031    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,567,319    --    302,259    449,864    528,977    --    --   
East North Central 2,788,557    754,221    572,534    639,689    551,601    --    --   
West North Central 1,515,535    --    372,311    313,764    317,095    --    --   
South Atlantic 3,658,100    --    136,936    307,767    811,463    479,632    945,888   
East South Central 1,176,326    371,444    108,393    300,007    223,793    77,197    --   
West South Central 2,416,831    609,531 * 250,083    321,112    512,611    366,113    357,380   
Mountain 1,418,568    448,698    149,715    215,648    324,330    --    --   
Pacific 3,101,486    879,538    208,286    340,699    941,537    191,173    540,253   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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, 2017
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 550,554    367,414    78,716    138,631    255,633    132,454    326,937   
Census division:
New England 48,912    --    10,433    24,280    50,910    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 329,028    --    34,691    51,188    91,008    --    --   
East North Central 132,581    72,589    49,925    75,417    115,200    --    --   
West North Central 80,541    --    26,144    44,453    68,129    --    --   
South Atlantic 161,763    --    16,380    37,124    98,772    58,270    60,364   
East South Central 92,899    73,960    12,569    39,387    39,568    10,248    --   
West South Central 316,555    294,320 * 21,411    47,767    97,856    84,788    28,388   
Mountain 68,607    45,051    13,476    26,369    50,426    --    --   
Pacific 169,357    69,960    25,332    49,382    114,548    56,701    115,277   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.