Table III.B.3 Number of full-time 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 15,049,877    4,069,868    1,429,710    2,398,050    3,582,454    1,023,593    2,546,202   
Census division:
New England 690,710    218,919    60,539    180,959    183,666    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,056,088    --    190,217    415,976    344,791    --    566,443   
East North Central 1,943,653    497,627    325,732    501,653    433,208    75,167    110,266   
West North Central 1,095,212    311,470    222,835    207,350    283,067    70,489    --   
South Atlantic 2,920,548    724,849    123,389    273,272    635,409    327,085    836,546   
East South Central 995,395    304,877    97,821    192,582    245,938    --    --   
West South Central 2,042,471    480,612    178,155    232,765    621,161 * 231,077    298,701   
Mountain 1,057,037    326,634    92,729    158,597    251,057    --    --   
Pacific 2,248,762    --    138,293    234,897    584,157    152,577    461,236   

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.3 Standard errors for number of full-time 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 482,082    337,726    54,982    107,179    337,899    52,030    100,412   
Census division:
New England 40,775    9,804    9,242    28,500    35,177    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 165,077    --    19,362    43,064    61,526    --    5,463   
East North Central 104,053    58,075    30,455    60,186    90,720    0    6,942   
West North Central 70,232    44,824    25,355    29,268    56,306    0    --   
South Atlantic 82,402    2,462    13,860    34,294    72,797    30,985    52,048   
East South Central 77,458    64,050    9,853    20,540    39,959    --    --   
West South Central 317,050    133,965    18,515    31,478    290,033 * 14,983    19,071   
Mountain 52,300    34,000    9,670    20,051    37,269    --    --   
Pacific 267,741    --    16,336    36,752    73,130    31,043    77,717   

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.