Table III.B.1.a Percent of number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2020
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 19,768,703    27.9%    12.0%    17.5%    21.1%    6.6%    14.9%   
Census division:
New England 890,498    33.7%    12.8%    24.5%    20.6%    3.0% * --   
Middle Atlantic 2,585,679    --    12.7%    20.6%    16.1%    --    25.4%   
East North Central 2,766,598    26.6%    21.4%    26.2%    --    3.0%    5.8%   
West North Central 1,529,962    28.3%    28.2%    22.8%    --    5.3%    --   
South Atlantic 3,698,287    27.6%    4.0%    9.7%    21.8%    11.4%    25.5%   
East South Central 1,181,591    31.7%    12.2%    21.2%    21.9%    8.4%    --   
West South Central 2,457,119    25.5%    11.9%    16.7%    21.6%    11.0%    13.3%   
Mountain 1,453,683    32.2%    10.7%    12.9%    24.1%    --    11.8%   
Pacific 3,205,286    28.3%    4.9%    13.5%    28.5%    --    18.4%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.1.a Standard errors for percent of number of State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2020
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 387,847    1.01%    0.51%    0.83%    1.19%    0.41%    0.73%   
Census division:
New England 41,298    1.68%    1.95%    2.80%    3.66%    2.06% * --   
Middle Atlantic 213,362    --    1.65%    2.75%    3.44%    --    2.12%   
East North Central 132,205    2.21%    2.22%    3.14%    --    0.14%    0.52%   
West North Central 80,026    2.68%    2.85%    3.02%    --    0.28%    --   
South Atlantic 114,727    0.86%    0.53%    1.16%    2.37%    1.23%    1.53%   
East South Central 85,118    4.59%    1.60%    2.78%    3.24%    0.71%    --   
West South Central 141,991    3.17%    1.41%    2.50%    3.49%    1.10%    1.84%   
Mountain 75,531    2.46%    1.48%    1.86%    3.49%    --    1.31%   
Pacific 181,771    1.66%    0.78%    1.92%    3.61%    --    3.42%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.