[Historical Tables]
[Section 17 - Government Employment]
[Table 17.5 - Government Employment and Population, 1962-1998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 17.5--GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION: 1962-1998
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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 15.0 249,949 12.3
1991 \6\............................................................. 3,048 2,040 64 5,152 15,436 20,588 14.8 252,636 12.1
1992................................................................. 3,017 1,848 66 4,931 15,675 20,606 14.6 255,382 11.8
1993................................................................. 2,947 1,744 66 4,758 15,926 20,684 14.2 258,089 11.4
1994................................................................. 2,908 1,648 63 4,620 16,258 20,878 13.9 260,602 11.2
1995................................................................. 2,858 1,555 62 4,475 16,484 20,959 13.6 263,039 10.9
1996................................................................. 2,786 1,507 61 4,354 16,662 21,016 13.3 265,453 10.5
1997................................................................. 2,725 1,474 62 4,261 16,870 21,131 12.9 267,901 10.2
1998................................................................. 2,727 1,442 62 4,232 15,969 20,201 13.5 270,002 10.1
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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.