Table III.B.1.a Percent of 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 governments1 Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees1
United States 19,543,868    27.6%    11.3%    15.9%    22.7%    8.2%    14.2%   
Census division:
New England 901,146    --    12.2%    24.8%    25.7%    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,567,319    --    11.8%    17.5%    20.6%    --    --   
East North Central 2,788,557    27.0%    20.5%    22.9%    19.8%    --    --   
West North Central 1,515,535    --    24.6%    20.7%    20.9%    --    --   
South Atlantic 3,658,100    --    3.7%    8.4%    22.2%    13.1%    25.9%   
East South Central 1,176,326    31.6%    9.2%    25.5%    19.0%    6.6%    --   
West South Central 2,416,831    25.2% * 10.3%    13.3%    21.2%    15.1%    14.8%   
Mountain 1,418,568    31.6%    10.6%    15.2%    22.9%    --    --   
Pacific 3,101,486    28.4%    6.7%    11.0%    30.4%    6.2%    17.4%   

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.

1 Positive standard errors in some cells are the result of both non-certainty and certainty units in the denominator.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

 

Table III.B.1.a Standard errors for percent of 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 governments1 Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees1
United States 550,554    1.48%    0.55%    0.82%    1.24%    0.67%    1.47%   
Census division:
New England 48,912    --    1.51%    2.83%    4.48%    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 329,028    --    2.06%    2.95%    3.97%    --    --   
East North Central 132,581    2.18%    2.20%    2.74%    3.62%    --    --   
West North Central 80,541    --    2.44%    2.89%    3.89%    --    --   
South Atlantic 161,763    --    0.51%    1.10%    2.41%    1.53%    1.62%   
East South Central 92,899    4.56%    1.36%    3.38%    3.25%    0.98%    --   
West South Central 316,555    9.19% * 1.73%    2.59%    4.34%    3.62%    2.17%   
Mountain 68,607    2.46%    1.20%    1.95%    3.09%    --    --   
Pacific 169,357    2.14%    0.98%    1.71%    3.23%    1.78%    3.15%   

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.

1 Positive standard errors in some cells are the result of both non-certainty and certainty units in the denominator.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.