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Table 17.2—TOTAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES: 1940–2007
(end-of-fiscal-year count, excluding Postal Service, as a percent of total executive branch)
Civilian Agencies Fiscal Year Total Executive Branch Department of Defense HHS, Education, Social Security Admin. 1 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.6 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.4 6.1 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.3 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.3
Total
Agriculture
Homeland Security
Interior
Justice
Transportation
Treasury
Veterans
Other
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
36.6 51.4 66.7 74.9 76.6 78.1 64.0 52.4 55.5 55.9 52.3 62.6 64.7 65.7 64.4 63.7 63.3 62.1 60.3 59.7 57.9 57.1 56.4 54.9 54.6 54.3 55.4 57.8 57.5 58.3 55.3 53.8 52.3 50.5 50.0 48.4 46.8 46.2 44.9 44.4 44.4 45.9 46.8 47.5 48.0 49.1 49.0 48.8 47.2 48.0 45.9 45.1 42.7 41.2 40.7
63.3 48.5 33.2 25.0 23.3 21.8 35.9 47.5 44.4 44.0 47.6 37.3 35.2 34.2 35.5 36.2 36.6 37.8 39.6 40.2 42.0 42.8 43.5 45.0 45.3 45.6 44.5 42.1 42.4 41.6 44.6 46.1 47.6 49.4 49.9 51.5 53.1 53.7 55.0 55.5 55.5 54.0 53.1 52.4 51.9 50.8 50.9 51.1 52.7 51.9 54.0 54.8 57.2 58.7 59.2
14.0 8.3 4.9 3.7 2.6 2.4 4.3 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7
2.5 1.8 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6
6.5 4.5 2.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 2.3 3.2 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.8
1.5 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
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6.4 4.8 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.4 4.3 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.2 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.5 6.0 5.6 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.1
5.7 4.0 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.9 7.6 13.2 12.4 12.3 13.0 9.2 8.4 8.8 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.3 9.0 9.1 8.7 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 8.3 8.7 9.5 9.4 9.9 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.4 10.5 10.8 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.9 11.0 11.2 11.0 10.9 11.0 11.4 11.6 12.4 12.5
25.1 22.6 17.9 13.8 12.9 12.1 15.1 17.6 14.8 14.3 15.2 13.6 13.4 11.1 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.8 12.5 13.1 14.6 14.5 14.9 15.6 16.0 16.1 15.7 12.8 12.7 12.3 14.0 13.4 13.9 13.8 13.6 13.8 14.0 14.3 15.6 16.3 16.0 14.9 13.7 13.2 13.0 12.6 12.7 12.7 13.3 12.9 14.4 13.4 14.7 15.0 15.1
1.4 .................. 1.3 .................. 1.1 2.3 1.2 2.4 1.2 2.5 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8
See footnote at end of table.
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Table 17.2—TOTAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES: 1940–2007—Continued
(end-of-fiscal-year count, excluding Postal Service, as a percent of total executive branch)
Civilian Agencies Fiscal Year Total Executive Branch Department of Defense HHS, Education, Social Security Admin. 1 6.5 6.6 7.0 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.8
Total
Agriculture
Homeland Security
Interior
Justice
Transportation
Treasury
Veterans
Other
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
39.8 39.7 38.6 37.3 36.5 36.6 36.1 35.4 34.0 34.2 34.6 34.7 34.4
60.1 60.2 61.3 62.6 63.4 63.3 63.8 64.5 65.9 65.7 65.3 65.2 65.5
5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4
2.7 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1 8.1 8.1 7.8 8.1 8.4
3.7 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.7
4.2 4.5 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6
2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 5.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
6.3 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.5 7.0 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4
13.1 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.0 12.3 12.6 12.2 12.0 12.5 12.5 12.7 13.4
14.7 14.4 14.4 15.1 15.9 14.8 14.4 14.1 13.7 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.4
2005 .................. 2006 .................. 2007 ..................
1 1940–1953
data represent estimates for employment in these activities.