Table III.B.3 Number of full-time State and local government employees by government type and size and census division: United States, 2020
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 15,101,876    4,066,081    1,674,160    2,687,262    3,132,633    1,050,793    2,490,947   
Census division:
New England 694,126    223,116    84,330    177,708    146,740    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,080,805    --    225,441    426,938    298,022    --    587,534   
East North Central 1,899,292    492,392    351,400    530,301    --    71,558    130,990   
West North Central 1,123,425    313,244    313,070    258,267    --    69,511    --   
South Atlantic 2,928,134    751,314    116,002    301,830    670,178    348,690    740,119   
East South Central 972,209    300,357    110,689    213,856    220,185    80,616    --   
West South Central 2,062,245    499,470    243,072    337,355    459,662    231,177    291,509   
Mountain 1,072,730    323,584    119,248    144,067    271,516    --    139,357   
Pacific 2,268,910    627,544    110,908    296,940    574,348    --    --   

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.

-- 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, 2020
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 335,123    222,225    66,023    125,176    211,328    57,997    147,089   
Census division:
New England 36,152    12,117    14,008    21,522    31,684    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 175,134    --    21,829    50,270    68,444    --    11,177   
East North Central 106,051    59,264    34,023    68,898    --    0    11,751   
West North Central 70,743    50,879    33,618    35,078    --    0    --   
South Atlantic 99,099    0    14,296    34,579    87,031    37,452    61,077   
East South Central 80,730    74,617    12,115    25,504    34,003    4,629    --   
West South Central 133,311    96,812    22,581    53,447    86,290    19,252    41,162   
Mountain 64,138    39,239    17,415    20,322    48,955    --    16,297   
Pacific 160,791    19,166    15,303    39,822    106,122    --    --   

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.

-- 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.