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Public Sector Publications

View the most recent publications released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Disability, Employment, and Benefit Receipt: 2021
April 16, 2025
This report uses the 2022 SIPP to examine the intersection between disability status, employment, and participation in a variety of social support programs.
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Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2024
March 27, 2025
In March 2024, state and local governments employed 19.9 million people, an increase of 2.5 percent from the 2023 figure of 19.4 million.
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Public Sector Employees per 10,000 People: 2024
March 27, 2025
View the states with the most public sector employees per 10,000 people for 2024.
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Designing P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data for the Year 2030 Census
December 01, 2024
This report documents important feedback from the states regarding their voluntary participation in the Redistricting Data Program.
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Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2023
May 16, 2024
In March 2023, state and local governments employed 19.6 million people, an increase of 1.9 percent from the 2022 Census of Governments figure of 19.2 million.
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Public Sector Employees per 10,000 People: 2023
May 16, 2024
View the states with the most public sector employees per 10,000 people for 2023.
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Individual State Descriptions: 2022 Census of Governments
April 30, 2024
This report explains structures of different types of local governments and how local governments' responsibilities & authorities vary from state to state.
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Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2022
April 2024
This report summarizes and analyzes estimates from the 2022 CPS November Voting Supplement.
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Redistricting Data — A Primer and History
October 26, 2023
This document is a reference guide to the data the Census Bureau provides to states and other jurisdictions for their redistricting efforts.
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Census of Governments, Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2022
June 14, 2023
In March 2022, state and local governments employed 19.2 million people, a decrease of 1.7 percent from the 2017 Census of Governments figure of 19.6 million.
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Congressional Apportionment: 2020 Census Brief
May 2023
Trends in congressional apportionment and the apportionment population—what it is, who is included, and what method is used to calculate it.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census Redistricting Data
March 27, 2023
This brief provides key information about disclosure avoidance for the 2020 Census Redistricting Data.
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Annual Survey of State Government Finances Summary: 2021
January 2023
This report presents data on state government finances collected from the 2021 Annual Survey of State Government Finances.
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2022 Q1
July 21, 2022
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2021
May 25, 2022
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2021 Q4
March 25, 2022
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2020
February 2022
This report summarizes and analyzes estimates from the 2020 CPS November Voting Supplement.
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2021 Q3
January 10, 2022
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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An Analysis of the 2018 Congressional Election
December 2021
This report summarizes the characteristics of those who voted and registered in the November 2018 election and in congressional elections since 1978.
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Disclosure Avoidance for the 2020 Census: An Introduction
November 02, 2021
In this handbook, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Disclosure Avoidance System is described in the context of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Summary File.
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2021 Q2
September 23, 2021
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Strength in Numbers: A Guide to the 2020 Census Redistricting Data
September 16, 2021
This brochure explains where census numbers come from and the role they have in the way states redraw the boundaries of their legislative districts.
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Summary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2021: Q1
July 28, 2021
For the 100 largest public-employee pension systems in the country, assets (cash and investments) totaled $4,635.0 billion in the first quarter of 2021.
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Summary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2020: Q4
July 27, 2021
For the 100 largest public employee pension systems in the country, assets (cash and investments) totaled $4,549.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2021 Q1
July 20, 2021
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2020
May 2021
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Annual Survey of Public Pensions: Summary Report: 2020
May 2021
The 2019 Annual Survey of Public Pensions provides data on membership, assets, revenues, and expenditures of defined benefit pension plans.
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State Government Tax Collections Summary Report: 2020
April 20, 2021
State government tax collections totaled $1,066.1 billion in fiscal year 2020, down 2.5 percent from the $1,093.4 billion collected in fiscal year 2019
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2020 Q4
March 23, 2021
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Summary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2020: Q3
January 13, 2021
For the 100 largest public employee pension systems in the country, assets (cash and investments) totaled $4,170.4 billion in the third quarter of 2020.
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2020 Q3
December 21, 2020
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Annual Survey of State Government Finances Summary: 2019
December 08, 2020
This report presents data on state government finances collected from the 2019 Annual Survey of State Government Finances.
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Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 2020 Q2
October 05, 2020
Quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.
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Summary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2020: Q2
October 01, 2020
For the 100 largest public- employee pension systems in the country, assets (cash and invest-ments) totaled $4,094.2 billion in the second quarter of 2020.
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Annual Survey of Public Pensions: Summary Report: 2019
July 2020
The 2019 Annual Survey of Public Pensions provides data on membership, assets, revenues, and expenditures of defined benefit pension plans.
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Summary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2020: Q1
July 01, 2020
For the 100 largest public- employee pension systems in the country, assets (cash and investments) totaled $3,686.0 billion in the first quarter.
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