Public Employees Per 10,000 of Population
Description
This variable shows the full-time equivalent state and local public employees per 10,000 of population. This information comes from 2022 U.S. Census Bureau data. These data were released in June 2022.
Current (2024)
Current values and ranks for the 2024 edition of Rich States, Poor States.
State | Value | Rank |
---|---|---|
560.2 | 39th | |
688.8 | 49th | |
382.5 | 2nd | |
548.5 | 37th | |
483.3 | 12th | |
533.4 | 36th | |
501.9 | 22nd | |
500.3 | 20th | |
397.5 | 3rd | |
476.5 | 11th | |
501.5 | 21st | |
452.1 | 7th | |
491.6 | 15th | |
469.8 | 8th | |
596.3 | 43rd | |
682.4 | 48th | |
521.3 | 34th | |
555.4 | 38th | |
520.7 | 33rd | |
509.9 | 26th | |
492.1 | 16th | |
426 | 5th | |
514.2 | 28th | |
608.7 | 45th | |
497.1 | 19th | |
511.3 | 27th | |
634.9 | 47th | |
360.1 | 1st | |
489.5 | 14th | |
509 | 25th | |
570.7 | 41st | |
602.1 | 44th | |
517.7 | 31st | |
633.8 | 46th | |
489.1 | 13th | |
515.9 | 30th | |
496.3 | 18th | |
417.6 | 4th | |
430.2 | 6th | |
502 | 23rd | |
519.6 | 32nd | |
470.9 | 9th | |
515.8 | 29th | |
492.8 | 17th | |
589.4 | 42nd | |
525.8 | 35th | |
505.9 | 24th | |
568.9 | 40th | |
474.5 | 10th | |
854.3 | 50th |
U.S. Trends
Overview of states' Public Employees Per 10,000 of Population over time.
Historical Ranks
Historical state ranks for Public Employees Per 10,000 of Population across editions of the Rich States, Poor States.
State | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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38th | 40th | 40th | 40th | 39th | 39th | 40th | 41st | 40th | 40th | 40th | 40th | 40th | 40th | 40th | 40th | 39th | |
49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 49th | 48th | 49th | 49th | |
3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
30th | 34th | 33rd | 30th | 40th | 45th | 41st | 40th | 38th | 39th | 38th | 38th | 38th | 38th | 38th | 37th | 37th | |
9th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 12th | |
20th | 20th | 17th | 26th | 24th | 23rd | 21st | 24th | 22nd | 20th | 26th | 30th | 25th | 34th | 36th | 35th | 36th | |
21st | 15th | 21st | 16th | 17th | 17th | 16th | 22nd | 25th | 29th | 32nd | 21st | 22nd | 20th | 18th | 19th | 22nd | |
35th | 36th | 31st | 25th | 27th | 28th | 27th | 32nd | 23rd | 23rd | 21st | 20th | 20th | 23rd | 23rd | 22nd | 20th | |
4th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | |
23rd | 22nd | 25th | 20th | 21st | 19th | 18th | 20th | 18th | 15th | 17th | 16th | 16th | 16th | 12th | 11th | 11th | |
24th | 27th | 30th | 35th | 22nd | 24th | 24th | 21st | 24th | 24th | 27th | 29th | 27th | 24th | 22nd | 25th | 21st | |
25th | 19th | 15th | 11th | 8th | 10th | 10th | 14th | 15th | 12th | 12th | 14th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | |
8th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 11th | 15th | 13th | 13th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 11th | 13th | 12th | 15th | |
16th | 16th | 24th | 19th | 20th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 14th | 17th | 10th | 14th | 8th | |
41st | 39th | 38th | 39th | 37th | 37th | 33rd | 35th | 41st | 41st | 41st | 42nd | 41st | 42nd | 43rd | 43rd | 43rd | |
48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 48th | 49th | 48th | 48th | |
34th | 32nd | 29th | 29th | 31st | 33rd | 32nd | 28th | 33rd | 34th | 36th | 35th | 35th | 33rd | 33rd | 31st | 34th | |
42nd | 41st | 42nd | 41st | 41st | 42nd | 39th | 36th | 39th | 35th | 35th | 37th | 37th | 36th | 39th | 39th | 38th | |
37th | 31st | 37th | 24th | 26th | 35th | 38th | 33rd | 27th | 25th | 22nd | 22nd | 24th | 27th | 25th | 26th | 33rd | |
12th | 18th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 21st | 23rd | 17th | 19th | 19th | 18th | 18th | 17th | 18th | 26th | 24th | 26th | |
11th | 12th | 12th | 6th | 10th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 14th | 17th | 14th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 14th | 10th | 16th | |
6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | |
15th | 21st | 18th | 18th | 18th | 18th | 19th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 24th | 24th | 33rd | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 28th | |
45th | 45th | 46th | 46th | 45th | 44th | 45th | 47th | 47th | 46th | 46th | 45th | 45th | 44th | 44th | 45th | 45th | |
26th | 26th | 23rd | 22nd | 23rd | 22nd | 22nd | 25th | 21st | 22nd | 20th | 23rd | 23rd | 22nd | 21st | 23rd | 19th | |
29th | 33rd | 28th | 34th | 38th | 38th | 36th | 38th | 36th | 38th | 37th | 34th | 32nd | 39th | 35th | 36th | 27th | |
47th | 44th | 47th | 47th | 47th | 46th | 47th | 46th | 45th | 44th | 44th | 46th | 46th | 47th | 47th | 47th | 47th | |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
17th | 23rd | 22nd | 21st | 30th | 27th | 28th | 23rd | 31st | 31st | 23rd | 28th | 21st | 21st | 19th | 16th | 14th | |
36th | 35th | 35th | 33rd | 35th | 29th | 29th | 26th | 28th | 28th | 30th | 27th | 30th | 35th | 32nd | 20th | 25th | |
46th | 47th | 45th | 45th | 42nd | 40th | 43rd | 42nd | 43rd | 43rd | 43rd | 41st | 42nd | 41st | 41st | 41st | 41st | |
40th | 42nd | 41st | 43rd | 43rd | 41st | 42nd | 43rd | 42nd | 42nd | 42nd | 43rd | 43rd | 46th | 46th | 44th | 44th | |
32nd | 38th | 39th | 38th | 36th | 36th | 37th | 37th | 34th | 32nd | 33rd | 36th | 36th | 29th | 30th | 29th | 31st | |
44th | 46th | 44th | 44th | 46th | 47th | 46th | 44th | 44th | 45th | 45th | 44th | 44th | 45th | 45th | 46th | 46th | |
22nd | 17th | 19th | 17th | 19th | 16th | 17th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 17th | 18th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 13th | |
39th | 37th | 36th | 37th | 34th | 34th | 35th | 31st | 35th | 37th | 34th | 32nd | 28th | 26th | 24th | 28th | 30th | |
7th | 11th | 11th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 16th | 17th | 18th | |
2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | |
5th | 10th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | |
31st | 30th | 34th | 28th | 25th | 25th | 25th | 30th | 26th | 30th | 25th | 25th | 31st | 32nd | 34th | 33rd | 23rd | |
33rd | 24th | 20th | 36th | 32nd | 30th | 30th | 34th | 29th | 33rd | 31st | 33rd | 34th | 31st | 29th | 34th | 32nd | |
19th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 18th | 16th | 14th | 16th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 11th | 13th | 9th | |
27th | 28th | 27th | 32nd | 33rd | 32nd | 34th | 29th | 30th | 26th | 29th | 31st | 26th | 25th | 27th | 30th | 29th | |
10th | 6th | 4th | 10th | 12th | 20th | 20th | 13th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 15th | 11th | 14th | 17th | 18th | 17th | |
43rd | 43rd | 43rd | 42nd | 44th | 43rd | 44th | 45th | 46th | 47th | 47th | 47th | 47th | 43rd | 42nd | 42nd | 42nd | |
28th | 29th | 32nd | 31st | 29th | 26th | 26th | 27th | 32nd | 27th | 28th | 26th | 29th | 28th | 28th | 27th | 35th | |
14th | 13th | 16th | 23rd | 15th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 19th | 19th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 24th | |
18th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 31st | 31st | 39th | 37th | 36th | 39th | 39th | 39th | 37th | 37th | 38th | 40th | |
13th | 9th | 10th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 16th | 15th | 13th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th | 50th |
Historical Values
Historical values for Public Employees Per 10,000 of Population. The years listed correspond to the actual data years, not necessarily the publication of Rich States, Poor States.
State | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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592.6 | 614.5 | 619.5 | 607.5 | 600 | 592.9 | 592.5 | 583.4 | 583.87 | 580.93 | 577.1 | 577.4 | 580.9 | 586 | 583.5 | 562.5 | 560.2 | |
785.5 | 761.8 | 779.7 | 765.2 | 762.4 | 757.5 | 753.2 | 753.9 | 738.87 | 729.88 | 710.4 | 700.8 | 703.5 | 709.1 | 694.8 | 687.3 | 688.8 | |
462.3 | 473.8 | 498.7 | 463.3 | 459.8 | 433.2 | 431.8 | 427.8 | 426.57 | 418.17 | 406.2 | 400.8 | 388.7 | 390.7 | 385.6 | 383.7 | 382.5 | |
576.1 | 587 | 581.5 | 563.6 | 601.3 | 645.4 | 598.1 | 570.3 | 564.64 | 571.04 | 569.5 | 560.3 | 562.2 | 563.7 | 563.1 | 546.7 | 548.5 | |
498.9 | 500.6 | 502.1 | 496.6 | 478.2 | 464.8 | 466.1 | 446.3 | 451.71 | 453.46 | 462.4 | 470.8 | 473.4 | 478.1 | 485.4 | 467.3 | 483.3 | |
536.5 | 539.4 | 535.9 | 549 | 541.4 | 528 | 527 | 524.4 | 523.7 | 518.07 | 529.8 | 533.5 | 526.1 | 540.2 | 547.3 | 534.2 | 533.4 | |
537 | 532.1 | 547.2 | 531.1 | 524.4 | 517.2 | 513 | 516.9 | 530.1 | 534.51 | 540.1 | 519.4 | 516.6 | 511.9 | 508.5 | 491.7 | 501.9 | |
579.8 | 593.1 | 580.5 | 548.5 | 547.2 | 548.4 | 544.1 | 542.7 | 524.17 | 522.58 | 517.6 | 517.3 | 510.3 | 514.8 | 525.3 | 499.8 | 500.3 | |
479.4 | 488 | 502.2 | 476.1 | 482 | 466 | 466.7 | 441 | 434.27 | 432.33 | 429.7 | 424.5 | 422.4 | 421.4 | 415.9 | 408.9 | 397.5 | |
540 | 544.4 | 556.6 | 538.7 | 532.8 | 518.9 | 518.5 | 512.6 | 503.74 | 495.66 | 498 | 499.5 | 497 | 498.2 | 491.9 | 472.9 | 476.5 | |
541.4 | 557.2 | 580.1 | 582.5 | 536.9 | 535.8 | 535.1 | 515.7 | 527.77 | 524.48 | 529.9 | 532.1 | 527.6 | 518.1 | 524 | 509.1 | 501.5 | |
541.5 | 536.4 | 533.5 | 509.9 | 497.1 | 495.7 | 491.2 | 496 | 493.76 | 485.33 | 488 | 492.6 | 487.7 | 482.8 | 473.7 | 454.4 | 452.1 | |
494.8 | 500.8 | 502.1 | 497.8 | 498.2 | 487.1 | 499.4 | 501 | 487.74 | 488.26 | 492.6 | 483 | 483.5 | 486.9 | 493.8 | 473.1 | 491.6 | |
527.2 | 533 | 555.4 | 537.9 | 531.2 | 505.6 | 505 | 486.3 | 483.51 | 485.06 | 484.5 | 487 | 495.5 | 500 | 488 | 475.3 | 469.8 | |
623.5 | 609.9 | 607.3 | 596.8 | 585.7 | 578.9 | 564.8 | 552.4 | 585.12 | 583.65 | 588 | 593 | 590.4 | 594.7 | 601.4 | 586.9 | 596.3 | |
669.1 | 677.1 | 696.3 | 717.4 | 708.2 | 685.6 | 680.8 | 695.4 | 671.97 | 669.8 | 681.9 | 690.7 | 695 | 692.5 | 702.9 | 678.2 | 682.4 | |
579.6 | 579.6 | 576.9 | 561.3 | 557.8 | 565 | 564.4 | 537.4 | 550.56 | 549.64 | 551.9 | 545.8 | 546.3 | 539.3 | 543 | 520.7 | 521.3 | |
643.2 | 615.4 | 639.8 | 616.4 | 610.2 | 615.5 | 589.8 | 555.5 | 565.45 | 555.13 | 551.7 | 553.6 | 553.7 | 556.8 | 572.6 | 561.2 | 555.4 | |
587.2 | 578 | 593.5 | 546.1 | 545.6 | 567.5 | 583.2 | 548 | 531.67 | 529.19 | 521.4 | 520.4 | 520.4 | 526.7 | 526.7 | 511.3 | 520.7 | |
518.4 | 534 | 532.8 | 528.3 | 522.9 | 526.8 | 528.2 | 503.2 | 505.07 | 505.16 | 505.3 | 506.9 | 502.9 | 503.5 | 527.9 | 500.6 | 509.9 | |
515.9 | 516.2 | 527.8 | 493.4 | 502.2 | 486.9 | 486.9 | 482.8 | 488.78 | 497.19 | 493.4 | 478.9 | 494.3 | 486.7 | 497 | 471.9 | 492.1 | |
482.1 | 486.9 | 474.9 | 475.3 | 482.8 | 462.3 | 461 | 438.5 | 441.54 | 440.11 | 442 | 435.4 | 436.9 | 434.2 | 439.1 | 417.8 | 426 | |
527.2 | 539.6 | 537.1 | 535 | 525.9 | 518.6 | 519.1 | 509.7 | 518.57 | 519.16 | 528.2 | 527.4 | 539.3 | 532.7 | 538.8 | 523.4 | 514.2 | |
649 | 648 | 652.3 | 655.9 | 649.8 | 644.6 | 640.9 | 644.9 | 641.52 | 637.83 | 638.7 | 632.1 | 626.5 | 619.3 | 616.4 | 606.9 | 608.7 | |
547.8 | 556.8 | 555.2 | 542.3 | 541.3 | 527.9 | 527.5 | 525 | 522.22 | 520.74 | 517.4 | 522.1 | 520.1 | 513.8 | 515.4 | 500 | 497.1 | |
573.6 | 584.1 | 570.5 | 580.8 | 589.6 | 579.8 | 574.2 | 562 | 557.62 | 562.76 | 553.4 | 545.4 | 538.3 | 573.1 | 546.9 | 539 | 511.3 | |
664.4 | 640.3 | 656.2 | 656.6 | 663.3 | 656.5 | 652 | 639.9 | 630.11 | 624.44 | 626.5 | 632.7 | 631.6 | 650.8 | 663.7 | 636 | 634.9 | |
414 | 429.7 | 439.5 | 436.5 | 422.1 | 419.7 | 418.8 | 367.6 | 386.96 | 373.98 | 385.6 | 385.5 | 383 | 385.4 | 376.7 | 362.3 | 360.1 | |
530.7 | 544.9 | 548.6 | 541 | 554.3 | 548.3 | 547.4 | 520.6 | 537.5 | 535.21 | 528 | 531.4 | 515.5 | 513.5 | 512 | 487.2 | 489.5 | |
586.6 | 587.5 | 583.3 | 578.7 | 580.5 | 553.3 | 551.6 | 531.2 | 531.71 | 533.21 | 534.8 | 530.4 | 531.8 | 545.1 | 542 | 497.7 | 509 | |
654.5 | 676.8 | 651.9 | 645.7 | 621.9 | 603.5 | 604.4 | 595.5 | 603.01 | 600.48 | 605.4 | 591.5 | 594 | 589.4 | 589.1 | 567.3 | 570.7 | |
616.5 | 634.3 | 634 | 640.8 | 631.3 | 604 | 603.8 | 596.4 | 590.89 | 592.84 | 599.4 | 604.6 | 616.7 | 624.1 | 639.3 | 593.8 | 602.1 | |
577.3 | 598.2 | 614.6 | 593.6 | 580.6 | 575.9 | 575.7 | 558 | 552.85 | 538.35 | 540.9 | 547.4 | 549.9 | 529.6 | 530 | 518.4 | 517.7 | |
647.5 | 650.2 | 643.1 | 644 | 660.9 | 658.6 | 650.7 | 625.1 | 619.69 | 626.64 | 633.6 | 626.3 | 619 | 622.3 | 622 | 624.6 | 633.8 | |
537.3 | 533.4 | 540.1 | 533.9 | 526.4 | 515.1 | 514.3 | 501.6 | 499.07 | 502.96 | 506.7 | 505 | 504.2 | 497.8 | 497.5 | 476.6 | 489.1 | |
598.9 | 595.7 | 593.4 | 590.5 | 576.8 | 566.4 | 566.3 | 541.3 | 555.12 | 556.41 | 550.5 | 537.1 | 529.2 | 524.6 | 526.7 | 514.3 | 515.9 | |
491 | 507.2 | 503.6 | 519.4 | 516.8 | 509.6 | 509.6 | 482.8 | 479.39 | 477.13 | 483 | 485.1 | 493.4 | 492.1 | 499.5 | 489.1 | 496.3 | |
456.9 | 476.1 | 478.1 | 472.7 | 471.5 | 464.5 | 467.7 | 444.9 | 445.27 | 443.4 | 439.8 | 442.1 | 437.3 | 435.2 | 438.9 | 418.2 | 417.6 | |
479.9 | 504.7 | 494.9 | 497 | 470.2 | 473.2 | 471 | 458.1 | 454.16 | 454.93 | 456.3 | 448.4 | 453.1 | 456.9 | 461.3 | 426.2 | 430.2 | |
576.1 | 575.5 | 582.7 | 557.9 | 543.4 | 541.9 | 540.8 | 539.4 | 530.45 | 534.97 | 528.9 | 528.5 | 532.1 | 536.8 | 543.3 | 523.5 | 502 | |
577.9 | 546.4 | 540.3 | 589.7 | 566.2 | 556.4 | 552 | 548.3 | 531.92 | 543.27 | 535.4 | 540.6 | 544.6 | 535.6 | 529.5 | 526.4 | 519.6 | |
536 | 525.9 | 528.3 | 516.9 | 517.4 | 511.4 | 512 | 504.7 | 494.21 | 491.43 | 494.7 | 488.2 | 495.8 | 491.6 | 489.2 | 474.3 | 470.9 | |
559.4 | 562.2 | 563.5 | 570.4 | 575.1 | 564.8 | 565.2 | 537.9 | 532.81 | 530.87 | 533.4 | 534.7 | 526.2 | 523.8 | 528.9 | 519.3 | 515.8 | |
505 | 498.2 | 493.1 | 503 | 509.3 | 523.9 | 523.1 | 488.8 | 477.14 | 475.53 | 482.2 | 498.1 | 491.5 | 497.6 | 503 | 490.6 | 492.8 | |
643.4 | 637.9 | 641.8 | 618.4 | 646.9 | 632.9 | 632.6 | 632.2 | 636.81 | 646.95 | 642.5 | 656.9 | 633 | 596.3 | 599.5 | 576.3 | 589.4 | |
563.4 | 571.3 | 580.5 | 564.1 | 552.2 | 542 | 542.7 | 532.2 | 537.57 | 532.23 | 532 | 529.9 | 531.5 | 527.3 | 529 | 513.5 | 525.8 | |
521 | 525.4 | 534 | 544.7 | 519.7 | 507.1 | 500 | 460.2 | 484.21 | 478.59 | 483.9 | 516.4 | 504.5 | 510.5 | 515.1 | 499.2 | 505.9 | |
535.6 | 556.3 | 560.4 | 557 | 548.6 | 558.9 | 555.9 | 564.2 | 560.31 | 556.04 | 571.3 | 561.5 | 565.9 | 561.1 | 560.8 | 551.9 | 568.9 | |
518.4 | 502.5 | 503.5 | 517.6 | 503 | 496.5 | 489.5 | 477.8 | 485.47 | 496.15 | 493.7 | 491.3 | 488.8 | 485.3 | 483.1 | 471.1 | 474.5 | |
889.4 | 915.4 | 927.4 | 948.9 | 900.1 | 928.1 | 918.2 | 865.5 | 873.11 | 864.83 | 870.6 | 864.5 | 868.2 | 882.8 | 879.4 | 862.8 | 854.3 |