Table III.B.3 Number of full-time 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 14,876,804    3,956,071    1,535,577    2,517,201    3,262,013    1,164,468    2,441,475   
Census division:
New England 672,242    214,096    65,035    161,238    173,788    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,043,400    --    177,594    397,912    368,088    --    --   
East North Central 1,925,569    485,667    355,914    499,512    360,166    --    --   
West North Central 1,108,903    324,676    261,124    251,390    --    62,503    --   
South Atlantic 2,887,802    701,744    136,662    236,457    716,926    312,823    783,191   
East South Central 984,797    293,566    85,870    231,209    223,067    58,508    --   
West South Central 1,977,662    494,029 * 221,142    313,453    390,199    274,778    284,062   
Mountain 1,067,217    318,562    98,485    145,971    289,518    76,878    137,804   
Pacific 2,209,211    615,169    133,750    280,058    531,053    175,877    473,304   

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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time 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 445,457    272,032    63,677    106,492    195,060    76,470    299,385   
Census division:
New England 36,926    9,096    7,737    17,712    32,021    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 314,897    --    18,770    40,851    68,351    --    --   
East North Central 110,511    60,305    40,685    56,511    78,098    --    --   
West North Central 65,578    45,372    24,571    33,484    --    0    --   
South Atlantic 112,313    53,257    16,387    30,912    92,480    23,056    53,905   
East South Central 80,356    64,104    9,459    29,799    34,693    11,372    --   
West South Central 194,098    178,452 * 23,941    39,651    73,115    40,294    20,629   
Mountain 80,189    50,978    12,430    17,725    64,436    10,304    8,724   
Pacific 134,979    95,866    17,259    36,242    67,952    42,770    70,904   

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.