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Historical Data: 2009

Statistics on the number of federal, state, and local government civilian employees and their gross payrolls for the month of March 2009.


2009 Federal Government

    Includes data for the Federal Government



2009 State Government

    Includes data from the 50 state governments only

    Viewable DataSelected data items by government function

    Downloadable DataAll data items by government function



2009 Local Government

    Includes data for all local governments (i.e., counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts)

    Viewable DataSelected data items by government function

    Downloadable DataAll data items by government function



2009 State & Local Government

    Includes data for all 50 state governments and all local governments (i.e., counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts) combined

    Viewable DataSelected data items by government function

    Downloadable DataAll data items by government function


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Government Employment & Payroll | govs.employ@census.gov |  Last Revised: March 02, 2012