Table III.B.3.a Percent of 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 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 14,947,244    27.2%    10.1%    16.0%    22.4%    8.3%    16.0%   
Census division:
New England 642,526    --    10.7%    25.0%    26.2%    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,100,811    --    9.6%    16.3%    19.9%    --    --   
East North Central 1,973,963    24.9%    18.7%    23.9%    21.4%    --    --   
West North Central 1,087,690    --    22.2%    21.4%    20.8%    --    --   
South Atlantic 2,911,419    --    3.5%    8.7%    22.3%    13.0%    26.3%   
East South Central 976,649    30.8%    7.9%    26.7%    19.4%    6.5%    --   
West South Central 2,043,072    26.0% * 10.0%    13.4%    21.1%    13.8%    15.7%   
Mountain 1,045,560    30.2%    10.2%    15.7%    23.8%    --    --   
Pacific 2,165,555    28.1%    6.4%    10.5%    27.7%    6.6%    20.6%   

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.3.a Standard errors for percent of 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 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 517,575    1.86%    0.56%    0.89%    1.33%    0.63%    1.87%   
Census division:
New England 34,053    --    1.44%    2.80%    4.22%    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 320,683    --    1.93%    3.08%    4.23%    --    --   
East North Central 107,643    2.53%    2.32%    2.95%    3.89%    --    --   
West North Central 70,081    --    2.46%    3.09%    3.96%    --    --   
South Atlantic 123,157    --    0.50%    1.13%    2.41%    1.47%    1.67%   
East South Central 86,551    5.22%    1.27%    3.74%    3.43%    1.00%    --   
West South Central 304,884    10.60% * 1.84%    2.80%    4.64%    3.12%    2.57%   
Mountain 57,333    2.84%    1.24%    2.09%    3.28%    --    --   
Pacific 168,784    3.93%    1.01%    1.75%    3.48%    1.83%    4.20%   

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.