Table III.B.1 Number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2018
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 19,600,027    5,408,260    2,097,571    3,327,213    4,330,380    1,546,283    2,890,321   
Census division:
New England 906,457    298,727    90,985    217,406    214,061    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,549,989    --    253,937    515,329    483,345    --    --   
East North Central 2,789,801    759,465    545,850    691,339    523,621    --    --   
West North Central 1,523,237    425,067    357,240    345,638    314,690    80,603    --   
South Atlantic 3,680,020    974,685    169,608    291,879    864,380    385,407    994,061   
East South Central 1,185,195    371,907    107,164    269,809    269,518    66,192    --   
West South Central 2,405,512    603,023 * 263,963    380,618    475,454    364,031    318,422   
Mountain 1,416,976    452,086    123,122    192,036    358,190    117,838    173,704   
Pacific 3,142,841    886,445    185,704    423,158    827,120    261,018    559,396   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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, 2018
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 505,124    296,681    78,144    139,412    251,634    124,302    330,301   
Census division:
New England 53,792    8,842    10,139    25,234    38,046    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 356,891    --    25,292    52,506    87,977    --    --   
East North Central 130,856    69,453    50,612    76,533    106,551    --    --   
West North Central 79,435    48,402    29,334    45,304    69,065    0    --   
South Atlantic 138,146    69,220    19,834    37,257    108,396    29,741    71,126   
East South Central 87,527    68,364    11,127    34,532    42,353    11,751    --   
West South Central 213,577    189,828 * 26,358    46,870    88,716    64,056    23,315   
Mountain 93,262    58,255    14,598    23,129    75,685    19,215    8,829   
Pacific 142,805    66,172    22,736    53,103    104,244    73,233    78,122   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.