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Historical Data: 1999

Statistics on the number of federal, state, and local government civilian employees and their gross payrolls for the month of March 1999.



1999 Federal Government

    Includes data for the Federal Government

  • Viewable Data [TXT, 3KB] – Data by government function

  • 1999 State Government

      Includes data from the 50 state governments only

      Viewable DataSelected data items by government function

      Downloadable DataAll data items by government function

    • Excel Spreadsheet [EXCEL, 437KB] – Data by government function for each state government
    • State Data File [DAT, 86KB] – Data by function code for each state government
    • State Data ID File [ID, 10KB] – Descriptive information for each state government in the State Data File

    1999 Local Government

      Includes data for all local governments (i.e., counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts)

      Viewable DataSelected data items by government function

    • Downloadable DataAll data items by government function

    1999 State & Local Government

    • Includes data for all 50 state governments and all local governments (i.e., counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts) combined
    • Viewable DataSelected data items by government function
    • Downloadable DataAll data items by government function

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    Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Government Employment & Payroll | 1 (800) 642-4901| govs.employ@census.gov |  Last Revised: March 02, 2012