Rankings Representation
States Ranked by Size of Federal Civilian Government Workforce, 2002
Rank Location Federal
Government
Employment,
2003
Population
Estimate,
July 1, 2003
Government
Employment
as a
Percentage
of Population
Hypothetical
Workforce
Proportional
to State
Population
  U.S. Total 2,764,275 290,788,976 0.95 2,764,275
1 California 255,134 35,462,712 0.72 337,113
2 Dist. of Columbia 192,413 557,620 34.51 5,301
3 Texas 180,372 22,103,374 0.82 210,117
4 Virginia 147,678 7,365,284 2.01 70,015
5 New York 135,204 19,212,425 0.70 182,636
6 Maryland 128,188 5,512,310 2.33 52,401
7 Florida 126,373 16,999,181 0.74 161,596
8 Pennsylvania 107,717 12,370,761 0.87 117,598
9 Georgia 94,390 8,676,460 1.09 82,479
10 Illinois 92,052 12,649,087 0.73 120,244
11 Ohio 79,541 11,437,680 0.70 108,728
12 Washington 70,169 6,131,298 1.14 58,285
13 New Jersey 63,262 8,642,412 0.73 82,156
14 North Carolina 61,520 8,421,190 0.73 80,053
15 Michigan 56,125 10,082,364 0.56 95,844
16 Missouri 55,512 5,719,204 0.97 54,367
17 Colorado 53,484 4,547,633 1.18 43,230
18 Massachusetts 51,932 6,420,357 0.81 61,033
19 Tennessee 51,259 5,845,208 0.88 55,565
20 Arizona 50,403 5,579,222 0.90 53,037
21 Alabama 50,352 4,503,726 1.12 42,813
22 Oklahoma 46,108 3,506,469 1.31 33,333
23 Kentucky 37,362 4,118,189 0.91 39,148
24 Indiana 37,098 6,199,571 0.60 58,934
25 Utah 35,687 2,352,119 1.52 22,360
26 Louisiana 35,097 4,493,665 0.78 42,717
27 Minnesota 34,263 5,064,172 0.68 48,141
28 Hawaii 31,640 1,248,755 2.53 11,871
29 Oregon 30,659 3,564,330 0.86 33,883
30 Wisconsin 29,865 5,474,290 0.55 52,039
31 New Mexico 29,844 1,878,562 1.59 17,858
32 South Carolina 28,255 4,148,744 0.68 39,438
33 Kansas 26,084 2,724,786 0.96 25,902
34 Mississippi 25,805 2,882,594 0.90 27,402
35 West Virginia 21,953 1,811,440 1.21 17,220
36 Arkansas 21,022 2,727,774 0.77 25,931
37 Connecticut 20,594 3,486,960 0.59 33,147
38 Iowa 19,051 2,941,976 0.65 27,967
39 Alaska 17,105 648,280 2.64 6,163
40 Nebraska 16,663 1,737,475 0.96 16,517
41 Nevada 16,538 2,242,207 0.74 21,315
42 Maine 14,074 1,309,205 1.08 12,445
43 Montana 14,020 918,157 1.53 8,728
44 Idaho 13,632 1,367,034 1.00 12,995
45 South Dakota 11,334 764,905 1.48 7,271
46 Rhode Island 10,185 1,076,084 0.95 10,229
47 North Dakota 10,074 633,400 1.59 6,021
48 New Hampshire 7,974 1,288,705 0.62 12,251
49 Wyoming 7,640 502,111 1.52 4,773
50 Vermont 6,250 619,343 1.01 5,888
51 Delaware 5,324 818,166 0.65 7,778
long description of table
Source: Census Bureau. (full source)