Table III.B.3 Number of full-time 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 14,947,244    4,063,523    1,506,927    2,388,116    3,354,905    1,247,053    2,386,719   
Census division:
New England 642,526    --    69,000    160,852    168,342    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,100,811    --    200,629    342,541    419,075    --    --   
East North Central 1,973,963    491,786    369,003    471,954    422,121    --    --   
West North Central 1,087,690    --    241,262    232,425    226,324    --    --   
South Atlantic 2,911,419    --    100,518    252,410    649,954    379,063    766,437   
East South Central 976,649    300,427    77,232    260,550    189,756    63,347    --   
West South Central 2,043,072    530,214 * 204,618    274,568    430,158    282,802    320,712   
Mountain 1,045,560    315,343    106,780    164,529    249,320    --    --   
Pacific 2,165,555    609,468    137,886    228,286    599,856    144,006    446,053   

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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time 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 517,575    355,019    61,191    109,179    197,803    89,480    322,995   
Census division:
New England 34,053    --    7,658    17,177    33,951    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 320,683    --    25,781    39,763    74,074    --    --   
East North Central 107,643    59,464    40,262    58,083    89,098    --    --   
West North Central 70,081    --    19,429    33,861    49,056    --    --   
South Atlantic 123,157    --    12,998    30,643    79,490    44,473    52,754   
East South Central 86,551    70,086    9,755    36,059    34,109    8,398    --   
West South Central 304,884    290,600 * 18,641    41,627    85,129    54,203    26,124   
Mountain 57,333    38,379    10,317    20,704    39,349    --    --   
Pacific 168,784    106,614    17,449    33,510    76,579    40,103    109,711   

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.