State and local government employs 59.7 people per 1,000 residents (2025)
Across 50 states and the District of Columbia, state and local governments employed 59.7 people for every 1,000 residents. That runs from 104 in Wyoming to 43 in Nevada. Federal employment is not counted here. Civic Forecast calculation from Census Public Employment & Payroll (2025) over ACS 2024 population, by state. State and local government only, federal employment is excluded.
Induced by API Automations for Civic Forecast from federal open data. Each finding names the datasets it was computed from. How this is calculated.