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 |
 |
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 |
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