Table III.B.3.a Percent of 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 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 15,101,876    26.9%    11.1%    17.8%    20.7%    7.0%    16.5%   
Census division:
New England 694,126    32.1%    12.1%    25.6%    21.1%    2.7% * --   
Middle Atlantic 2,080,805    --    10.8%    20.5%    14.3%    --    28.2%   
East North Central 1,899,292    25.9%    18.5%    27.9%    --    3.8%    --   
West North Central 1,123,425    27.9%    27.9%    23.0%    --    6.2%    --   
South Atlantic 2,928,134    25.7%    4.0%    10.3%    22.9%    11.9%    25.3%   
East South Central 972,209    30.9%    11.4%    22.0%    22.6%    8.3%    --   
West South Central 2,062,245    24.2%    11.8%    16.4%    22.3%    11.2%    14.1%   
Mountain 1,072,730    30.2%    11.1%    13.4%    25.3%    --    13.0%   
Pacific 2,268,910    27.7%    4.9%    13.1%    25.3%    --    22.5%   

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.3.a Standard errors for percent of 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 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 335,123    1.16%    0.52%    0.86%    1.24%    0.40%    0.88%   
Census division:
New England 36,152    1.97%    2.07%    3.01%    3.90%    1.84% * --   
Middle Atlantic 175,134    --    1.48%    2.77%    3.15%    --    2.40%   
East North Central 106,051    2.60%    2.20%    3.38%    --    0.21%    --   
West North Central 70,743    3.49%    3.21%    3.14%    --    0.39%    --   
South Atlantic 99,099    0.87%    0.55%    1.25%    2.52%    1.24%    1.70%   
East South Central 80,730    5.39%    1.65%    3.00%    3.47%    0.81%    --   
West South Central 133,311    3.72%    1.47%    2.60%    3.68%    1.12%    1.92%   
Mountain 64,138    2.93%    1.75%    2.01%    3.80%    --    1.52%   
Pacific 160,791    2.04%    0.82%    1.98%    3.98%    --    4.39%   

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.