Table III.B.1 Number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
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 19,688,212    5,478,104    2,122,254    3,166,715    4,615,954    1,327,261    2,977,924   
Census division:
New England 892,097    300,205    91,238    226,715    221,682    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,564,618    --    298,295    553,595    450,722    --    618,436   
East North Central 2,791,613    759,453    556,981    675,558    571,177    98,953    129,491   
West North Central 1,519,917    430,544    338,249    275,479    385,626    90,019    --   
South Atlantic 3,682,114    992,551    153,650    332,430    776,534    401,597    1,025,353   
East South Central 1,182,601    372,959    120,156    229,210    285,572    --    --   
West South Central 2,419,767    616,004    218,815    281,973    691,182 * 277,024    334,769   
Mountain 1,449,340    466,559    134,035    212,814    334,266    --    --   
Pacific 3,186,143    --    210,833    378,941    899,193    234,356    554,999   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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, 2019
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 559,762    414,678    72,100    137,711    375,784    80,467    114,366   
Census division:
New England 45,144    9,333    11,017    32,210    41,585    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 199,170    --    26,277    56,116    79,988    --    4,388   
East North Central 122,269    72,208    43,212    79,159    112,656    0    8,587   
West North Central 82,246    48,730    31,802    38,270    73,099    0    --   
South Atlantic 104,169    22,673    15,986    41,564    86,855    38,844    68,169   
East South Central 84,670    68,843    11,365    24,428    46,411    --    --   
West South Central 329,165    138,401    20,385    36,966    301,621 * 29,484    22,365   
Mountain 64,008    39,836    12,901    25,935    48,947    --    --   
Pacific 345,609    --    23,264    51,803    109,463    55,755    82,280   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.