[Historical Tables]
[Section 17 - Government Employment]
[Table 17.5 - Government Employment and Population, 1962-1997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
                                                                   Table 17.5--GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION: 1962-1997                                                                  
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                                                                                                             Government employment                                              Population      
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                                                                                           Federal \1\                                                        Federal                           
                                                                      ----------------------------------------------------                                   Executive                  Federal 
                                                                                                 Legislative                                      All         Branch        Total      Executive
                                 Year                                   Executive    Uniformed       and         Total      State and local  governmental   civilian as     United      Branch  
                                                                          branch      military     judicial     Federal     governments \2\      units     a percent of   States \3\   civilian 
                                                                        civilians    personnel      branch     personnel      (thousands)     (thousands)       all      (thousands)  employment
                                                                       (thousands)  (thousands)   personnel   (thousands)                                  governmental                per 1,000
                                                                                                 (thousands)                                                   units                  population
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1962.................................................................    2,485        2,840           30        5,354           6,549          11,903             20.9   186,538           13.3 
1963  \4\............................................................    2,498        2,732           30        5,260           6,868          12,128             20.6   189,242           13.2 
1964  \4\............................................................    2,470        2,719           31        5,220           7,248          12,468             19.8   191,889           12.9 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1965.................................................................    2,496        2,687           32        5,215           7,696          12,911             19.3   194,303           12.8 
1966.................................................................    2,726        3,129           33        5,888           8,221          14,109             19.3   196,560           13.9 
1967.................................................................    2,968        3,413           34        6,416           8,673          15,089             19.7   198,712           14.9 
1968.................................................................    3,020        3,584           35        6,639           9,102          15,741             19.2   200,706           15.0 
1969  \5\............................................................    3,040        3,499           36        6,575           9,437          16,012             19.0   202,677           15.0 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1970  \6\............................................................    2,944        3,104           38        6,085           9,822          15,907             18.5   205,052           14.4 
1971  \6\............................................................    2,883        2,752           40        5,675          10,184          15,859             18.2   207,661           13.9 
1972.................................................................    2,823        2,360           42        5,225          10,649          15,874             17.8   209,896           13.4 
1973.................................................................    2,781        2,289           44        5,113          11,069          16,182             17.2   211,909           13.1 
1974.................................................................    2,847        2,198           46        5,091          11,446          16,537             17.2   213,854           13.3 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1975.................................................................    2,848        2,164           49        5,061          11,937          16,998             16.8   215,973           13.2 
1976.................................................................    2,833        2,119           50        5,002          12,138          17,140             16.5   218,035           13.0 
1977  \7\............................................................    2,840        2,112           53        5,005          12,400          17,405             16.3   220,239           12.9 
1978.................................................................    2,875        2,099           55        5,028          12,920          17,948             16.0   222,585           12.9 
1979.................................................................    2,823        2,063           53        4,939          13,174          18,113             15.6   225,055           12.5 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1980  \6\............................................................    2,821        2,090           55        4,965          13,375          18,340             15.4   227,726           12.4 
1981  \6\............................................................    2,806        2,122           54        4,982          13,259          18,241             15.4   229,966           12.2 
1982.................................................................    2,770        2,147           55        4,972          13,098          18,070             15.3   232,188           11.9 
1983.................................................................    2,820        2,163           56        5,039          13,096          18,135             15.6   234,307           12.0 
1984.................................................................    2,854        2,178           56        5,088          13,216          18,304             15.6   236,348           12.1 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1985.................................................................    3,008        2,190           58        5,256          13,519          18,775             16.0   238,466           12.6 
1986.................................................................    2,966        2,206           55        5,228          13,794          19,022             15.6   240,651           12.3 
1987.................................................................    3,030        2,213           58        5,301          14,067          19,368             15.6   242,804           12.5 
1988.................................................................    3,054        2,176           59        5,289          14,415          19,704             15.5   245,021           12.5 
1989.................................................................    3,064        2,168           60        5,292          14,791          20,083             15.3   247,342           12.4 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1990  \6\............................................................    3,067        2,106           61        5,234          15,219          20,453             15.0   249,907           12.3 
1991  \6\............................................................    3,048        2,040           64        5,152          15,436          20,588             14.8   252,618           12.1 
1992.................................................................    3,017        1,848           66        4,931          15,675          20,606             14.6   255,391           11.8 
1993.................................................................    2,947        1,744           66        4,758          15,926          20,684             14.2   258,132           11.4 
1994.................................................................    2,908        1,648           63        4,620          16,258          20,878             13.9   260,682           11.2 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995.................................................................    2,858        1,555           62        4,475          16,489          20,964             13.6   263,168           10.9 
1996.................................................................    2,786        1,507           61        4,354          16,669          21,023             13.3   265,557           10.5 
1997.................................................................    2,725        1,474           62        4,261          16,911          21,172             12.9   267,645           10.2 
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\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\ From the Current Employment Statistics program, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.                                                                                       
\3\ Population estimates appear in the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1997                                                                               
\4\ Excludes 7,411 project employees in 1963 and 406 project employees in 1964 for the public works acceleration program.                                                                       
\5\ 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.                                                                                                                                                     
\6\ Includes temporary employees for the decennial census.                                                                                                                                      
\7\ Data for 1961 through 1976 are as of June 30; starting in 1977, data are as of September 30.