The Census of Governments identifies the scope and nature of the nation's state and local government sector; provides authoritative benchmark figures of public finance and public employment; classifies local government organizations, powers, and activities; and measures federal, state, and local fiscal relationships.
The data are available by:
Preliminary Count of Local Governments by Type and State: 2012 PDF [13KB] | Excel [41KB] Government Units by State: Census Years 1942 to 2012 (includes preliminary 2012 data) PDF [10KB] | Excel [33KB] Upcoming data releases from the Census of Governments: Organization [PDF, 186KB] Descriptions by state of how governments are organized will be available September 2013. 2007 Individual State Descriptions [PDF, 3,045MB] |
Click map to view Lists and Structure of Governments |
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The Employment component was mailed March 2012 to collect information on the number of state and local government civilian employees and their payrolls.
Statistics on the number of federal, state, and local government civilian employees and their gross payrolls will be available late 2013.
The Finance component will mail beginning September 2012 collecting information on revenues, expenditures, assets, debt, and pensions.