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Table 17.5—GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION: 1962–2007
Government employment Federal 1 Year Executive branch civilians (thousands) 2,485 2,498 2,470 2,496 2,726 2,968 3,020 3,040 2,944 2,883 2,823 2,781 2,847 2,848 2,833 2,840 2,875 2,823 2,821 2,806 2,770 2,820 2,854 3,008 2,966 3,030 3,054 3,064 3,067 3,048 3,017 2,947 2,908 2,858 2,786 2,725 2,727 2,687 2,639 2,640 2,630 2,666 2,650 2,636 2,637 2,636 Uniformed military personnel (thousands) 2,840 2,732 2,719 2,687 3,129 3,413 3,584 3,499 3,104 2,752 2,360 2,289 2,198 2,164 2,119 2,112 2,099 2,063 2,090 2,122 2,147 2,163 2,178 2,190 2,206 2,213 2,176 2,168 2,106 2,040 1,848 1,744 1,648 1,555 1,507 1,439 1,407 1,386 1,426 1,428 1,456 1,478 1,473 1,436 1,432 1,427 Legislative and judicial branch personnel (thousands) 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 40 42 44 46 49 50 53 55 53 55 54 55 56 56 58 55 58 59 60 61 64 66 66 63 62 61 62 62 63 63 64 66 65 64 65 63 63 Total Federal personnel (thousands) 5,354 5,260 5,220 5,215 5,888 6,416 6,639 6,575 6,085 5,675 5,225 5,113 5,091 5,061 5,002 5,005 5,028 4,939 4,965 4,982 4,972 5,039 5,088 5,256 5,228 5,301 5,289 5,292 5,234 5,152 4,931 4,758 4,620 4,475 4,354 4,226 4,196 4,135 4,129 4,132 4,152 4,210 4,187 4,138 4,133 4,127 State and local governments (thousands) All governmental units (thousands) Federal Executive Branch civilian as a percent of all governmental units 20.9 20.6 19.8 19.3 19.3 19.7 19.2 19.0 18.5 18.2 17.8 17.2 17.2 16.8 16.5 16.3 16.0 15.6 15.4 15.4 15.3 15.6 15.6 16.0 15.6 15.6 15.5 15.3 15.0 14.8 14.6 14.2 13.9 13.6 13.3 12.9 12.8 12.4 12.0 11.7 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.4 11.3 11.1 Population Federal Executive Branch civilian employment per 1,000 population 13.3 13.2 12.9 12.8 13.9 14.9 15.0 15.0 14.4 13.9 13.4 13.1 13.3 13.2 13.0 12.9 12.9 12.5 12.4 12.2 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.6 12.3 12.5 12.5 12.4 12.3 12.0 11.8 11.3 11.1 10.7 10.3 10.0 9.9 9.6 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.7
Total United States (thousands)
1962 ........................................... 1963 2 ......................................... 1964 2 ......................................... 1965 ........................................... 1966 ........................................... 1967 ........................................... 1968 ........................................... 1969 3 ......................................... 1970 4 ......................................... 1971 4 ......................................... 1972 ........................................... 1973 ........................................... 1974 ........................................... 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ...........................................
6,550 6,868 7,248 7,696 8,221 8,673 9,102 9,437 9,822 10,184 10,649 11,069 11,446 11,937 12,138 12,400 12,920 13,174 13,375 13,259 13,098 13,096 13,216 13,519 13,794 14,067 14,415 14,791 15,219 15,436 15,675 15,926 16,258 16,484 16,662 16,858 17,137 17,538 17,925 18,354 18,747 18,822 18,890 19,078 19,284 19,538
11,904 12,128 12,468 12,911 14,109 15,089 15,741 16,012 15,907 15,859 15,874 16,182 16,537 16,998 17,140 17,405 17,948 18,113 18,340 18,241 18,070 18,135 18,304 18,775 19,022 19,368 19,704 20,083 20,453 20,588 20,606 20,684 20,878 20,959 21,016 21,084 21,333 21,673 22,054 22,486 22,899 23,032 23,077 23,216 23,417 23,665
186,538 189,242 191,889 194,303 196,560 198,712 200,706 202,677 205,052 207,661 209,896 211,909 213,854 215,973 218,035 220,239 222,585 225,055 227,726 229,966 232,188 234,307 236,348 238,466 240,651 242,804 245,021 247,342 249,623 252,981 256,514 259,919 263,126 266,278 269,394 272,647 275,854 279,040 282,194 285,112 287,888 290,448 293,192 295,896 298,754 301,621
1980 4 ......................................... 1981 4 ......................................... 1982 ........................................... 1983 ........................................... 1984 ........................................... 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ...........................................
1990 4 ......................................... 1991 4 ......................................... 1992 ........................................... 1993 ........................................... 1994 ........................................... 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ........................................... ...........................................
2000 4 ......................................... 2001 4 ......................................... 2002 ........................................... 2003 ........................................... 2004 ........................................... 2005 ........................................... 2006 ........................................... 2007 ...........................................
1 Covers total end-of-year civilian employment of full-time permanent, temporary, part-time, and intermittent employees. Executive branch includes the Postal Service, and, beginning in 1970, includes various disadvantaged youth and worker-trainee programs. 2 Excludes 7,411 project employees in 1963 and 406 project employees in 1964 for the public works acceleration program. 3 On Jan. 1, 1969, 42,000 civilian technicians of the Army and Air Force National Guard converted by law from State to Federal employment status. They are included in the Federal employment figures in this table starting with 1969. 4 Includes temporary employees for the decennial census.