% of total work force that work for state/local Governments

[dbackjon]

Source: CEPR

[dbackjon]

1. Wyoming
   Public employees: 52,433
   
   % of all employees: 22.0
2. Alaska
   Public employees: 60,067
   
   % of all employees: 20.8
3. New Mexico
   Public employees: 148,882
   
   % of all employees: 19.9
4. Mississippi
   Public employees: 191,831
   
   % of all employees: 18.9
5. North Dakota
   Public employees: 49,454
   
   % of all employees: 16.8
6. West Virginia
   Public employees: 114,169
   
   % of all employees: 16.7
7. Kansas
   Public employees: 201,660
   
   % of all employees: 16.5
8. Idaho
   Public employees: 96,225
   
   % of all employees: 16.4
9. New York
   Public employees: 1,296,806
   
   % of all employees: 16.3
10. Nebraska
    Public employees: 128,025
    
    % of all employees: 16.0

[danefan]

I wonder how many private industry jobs in areas like DC and other local capital cities are there only because of their interaction with government?

I know in Albany there are a lot of law firms and lobbying firms that wouldn't otherwise exist or have offices in that area if the state government wasn't there.

[GSUhooligan]

Great point DBJ!



Um...what was it again?

[dbackjon]

Just thought it was interesting

[OL FU]

All but about 10 states are in the 13 to 16% range. Pretty close actually. DC being the lowest should surprise anyone since most of the people that work for DC are probably federal employees.

And all the top ten (except for NY) are in some of the least populated states.

[dgreco]

All but about 10 states are in the 13 to 16% range. Pretty close actually. DC being the lowest should surprise anyone since most of the people that work for DC are probably federal employees.

And all the top ten (except for NY) are in some of the least populated states.

Who all have either large state parks or military bases in their states. I would think thats what makes their numbers higher.

[kalm]

We are so socialistic.

Good post dback.

[Col Hogan]

All but about 10 states are in the 13 to 16% range. Pretty close actually. DC being the lowest should surprise anyone since most of the people that work for DC are probably federal employees.

And all the top ten (except for NY) are in some of the least populated states.

Who all have either large state parks or military bases in their states. I would think thats what makes their numbers higher.

State/local government jobs are not tied to the military...

[Baldy]

All but about 10 states are in the 13 to 16% range. Pretty close actually. DC being the lowest should surprise anyone since most of the people that work for DC are probably federal employees.

And all the top ten (except for NY) are in some of the least populated states.

How dare you let the facts get in the way.

[blueballs]

All but about 10 states are in the 13 to 16% range. Pretty close actually. DC being the lowest should surprise anyone since most of the people that work for DC are probably federal employees.
And all the top ten (except for NY) are in some of the least populated states.

I was surprised too until I thought about it for a moment and realized that most workers in DC live in VA and MD burbs, not in the district per se.

[dbackjon]

All but about 10 states are in the 13 to 16% range. Pretty close actually. DC being the lowest should surprise anyone since most of the people that work for DC are probably federal employees.

And all the top ten (except for NY) are in some of the least populated states.

How dare you let the facts get in the way.

Mississippi is nowhere near the least populated state, nor is Kansas...

[dgreco]

Who all have either large state parks or military bases in their states. I would think thats what makes their numbers higher.

State/local government jobs are not tied to the military...

well I will stand on the assumption that some of those highest states have large state parks.

[clenz]

How dare you let the facts get in the way.

Mississippi is nowhere near the least populated state, nor is Kansas...

Just for reference it would appear that both Kansas and Mississippi are in the bottom half in terms of population coming in at 20 and 18 respectively

STATE Abbr. Population

1 Wyoming WY 532,668
2 Vermont VT 621,270
3 North Dakota ND 641,481
4 Alaska AK 686,293
5 South Dakota SD 804,194
6 Delaware DE 873,092
7 Montana MT 967,440
8 Rhode Island RI 1,050,788
9 Hawaii HI 1,288,198
10 New Hampshire NH 1,315,809
11 Maine ME 1,316,456
12 Idaho ID 1,523,816
13 Nebraska NE 1,783,432
14 West Virginia WV 1,814,468
15 New Mexico NM 1,984,356
16 Nevada NV 2,600,167
17 Utah UT 2,736,424
18 Kansas KS 2,802,134
19 Arkansas AR 2,855,390
20 Mississippi MS 2,938,618
21 Iowa IA 3,002,555
22 Connecticut CT 3,501,252
23 Oklahoma OK 3,642,361
24 Oregon OR 3,790,060
25 Kentucky KY 4,269,245
26 Louisiana LA 4,410,796
27 South Carolina SC 4,479,800
28 Alabama AL 4,661,900
29 Colorado CO 4,939,456
30 Minnesota MN 5,220,393
31 Wisconsin WI 5,627,967
32 Maryland MD 5,633,597
33 Missouri MO 5,911,605
34 Tennessee TN 6,214,888
35 Indiana IN 6,376,792
36 Massachusetts MA 6,497,967
37 Arizona AZ 6,500,180
38 Washington WA 6,549,224
39 Virginia VA 7,769,089
40 New Jersey NJ 8,682,661
41 North Carolina NC 9,222,414
42 Georgia GA 9,685,744
43 Michigan MI 10,003,422
44 Ohio OH 11,485,910
45 Pennsylvania PA 12,448,279
46 Illinois IL 12,901,563
47 Florida FL 18,328,340
48 New York NY 19,490,297
49 Texas TX 24,326,974
50 California CA 36,756,666

[Ivytalk]

We are so socialistic.

Good post dback.

kalm, you should be ashamed of yourself!

It's "progressive" these days!

[kalm]

We are so socialistic.

Good post dback.

kalm, you should be ashamed of yourself!

It's "progressive" these days!

Oops. I forgot.

[OL FU]

We are so socialistic.

Good post dback.

Well truthfully, if we are going to have a lot of public sector workers they should be at the state level And as long we can pay for them unlike New Jersey, California, New York and Illinois, doesn't seem to be a big problem.

[andy7171]

STATE Abbr. Population

1 Wyoming 532,668
2 Vermont 621,270
3 N Dakota 641,481
4 Alaska 686,293
5 S Dakota 804,194
6 Delaware 873,092
7 Montana 967,440
8 Rhode Is 1,050,788
9 Hawaii 1,288,198
10 New Hamp 1,315,809
11 Maine 1,316,456

It never ceasess to amaze me when I see that that more people live in Baltimore City/County than entire states.

[Franks Tanks]

Does this include teachers? They are usually considered local govt employees as school districts are a form of local govt.

[OL FU]

Does this include teachers? They are usually considered local govt employees as school districts are a form of local govt.

has to include teachers. I know in SC school districts are typically the largest employers along with hospitals being a close second. Which, of course is another interesting question. What is the percentage of public versus private hospitals. In Greenville it is not even close. Public hospitals swamp private ones.

a good questions would be how is the National Guard counted?

[danefan]

STATE Abbr. Population

1 Wyoming 532,668
2 Vermont 621,270
3 N Dakota 641,481
4 Alaska 686,293
5 S Dakota 804,194
6 Delaware 873,092
7 Montana 967,440
8 Rhode Is 1,050,788
9 Hawaii 1,288,198
10 New Hamp 1,315,809
11 Maine 1,316,456

It never ceasess to amaze me when I see that that more people live in Baltimore City/County than entire states.

It amazes me that I live in a county without one single city that would rank above 6 states in terms of population.

[Gil Dobie]

North Dakota does have a good number of state colleges, a state owned bank and a state mill and elevator, lots of parks, some large indian reservations and a good student to teacher ratio in most schools.

[bandl]

It never ceasess to amaze me when I see that that more people live in Baltimore City/County than entire states.

It amazes me that I live in a county without one single city that would rank above 6 states in terms of population.

There are probably hundreds and hundreds of counties without a single city that rould rank about 6 states in terms of population.

[bandl]

North Dakota does have a good number of state colleges, a state owned bank and a state mill and elevator, lots of parks, some large indian reservations and a good student to teacher ratio in most schools.

You have a state elevator run by the government?

[Gil Dobie]

North Dakota does have a good number of state colleges, a state owned bank and a state mill and elevator, lots of parks, some large indian reservations and a good student to teacher ratio in most schools.

You have a state elevator run by the government?

Yes

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