Table III.B.1 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 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 19,768,703    5,508,759    2,364,893    3,463,158    4,164,979    1,314,382    2,952,532   
Census division:
New England 890,498    300,388    113,711    218,092    183,106    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 2,585,679    --    328,155    532,612    416,402    --    656,256   
East North Central 2,766,598    734,663    593,411    725,383    --    83,936    159,604   
West North Central 1,529,962    432,270    431,241    348,068    --    81,360    --   
South Atlantic 3,698,287    1,020,355    149,281    357,964    806,241    419,963    944,482   
East South Central 1,181,591    374,005    143,572    250,877    258,557    98,967    --   
West South Central 2,457,119    627,387    292,358    411,005    530,817    269,966    325,586   
Mountain 1,453,683    467,646    155,236    186,821    350,517    --    171,878   
Pacific 3,205,286    907,899    157,927    432,335    912,714    --    --   

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.1 Standard errors for 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 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 387,847    253,685    81,189    158,395    268,450    81,155    158,350   
Census division:
New England 41,298    9,452    16,607    25,376    37,849    --    --   
Middle Atlantic 213,362    --    28,653    60,706    94,421    --    13,147   
East North Central 132,205    72,917    46,191    91,910    --    0    13,141   
West North Central 80,026    51,753    37,347    47,343    --    0    --   
South Atlantic 114,727    0    17,354    40,585    102,341    47,706    69,492   
East South Central 85,118    77,748    14,167    29,955    39,640    4,852    --   
West South Central 141,991    98,451    25,611    61,418    97,659    23,889    47,894   
Mountain 75,531    43,953    19,336    25,704    60,334    --    19,273   
Pacific 181,771    19,542    20,850    55,622    138,574    --    --   

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.