Record Group Explorer

Welcome to NARA's Record Group Explorer. Permanent federal records held by NARA are organized into numbered Record Groups comprising the records of a major government entity, usually a bureau or an independent agency.

This visualization presents NARA's Record Groups in descending order from the Record Group with the largest number of textual records to the smallest.

1.038%
1.038% As of November 2020, there are 119,742,697 scans online representing 1.038% of the estimated total number of textual pages in NARA's holdings.
11,532,206,175 estimated total textual pages (Learn more about these numbers)

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About the Record Group Explorer Numbers

The Record Group Explorer data visualization is based on a count of the scans of textual pages available through the National Archives Catalog and an estimate of the total number of textual pages currently in NARA's holdings. Numbers will be updated monthly to reflect new additions to the Catalog and future iterations of the Explorer will provide additional data on records types other than textual records.

How Record Group Explorer Numbers are Calculated

The number of scans online uses file counts accessed via the National Archives Catalog API.

The estimated total pages in each Record Group is calculated by taking the volume of textual records (in cubic feet) and multiplying by an average of 2,500 pages of records per cubic foot. The 2,500 page average coming from historical capacity estimates for a Federal Records Center (FRC) box used to store archival documents.

The percent of scanned textual pages online equals scans online / estimated total pages

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About Record Groups

NARA arranges its holdings into numbered Record Groups, each of which comprises the records of a major government organization such as a bureau or an independent agency. For example, National Archives Record Group 29 (or RG 29) is the "Records of the Bureau of the Census." Most Record Groups also include records of any predecessors to the organization named in the title. The number assigned to a record group reflects the order in which it was established by NARA.

A few Record Groups combine the records of several small or short-lived agencies having an administrative or functional relationship with each other. An example of this type of record group is Record Group 76, Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations.

Several Records Groups have been cancelled or retired and are no longer in use. These records may have been merged with another Record Group or reappraised as temporary (and thus no longer retained by the National Archives as permanent records).

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RG 184 Railroad Retirement Board
RG 411 Government Accountability Office
RG 544 Army Materiel Command
RG 402 Bureau of Naval Weapons
RG 394 Army Continental Commands
RG 431 Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RG 169 Foreign Economic Administration
RG 160 Headquarters Army Service Forces
RG 593 Strategic Systems Program
RG 337 Headquarters Army Ground Forces
RG 422 National Technical Information Service
RG 50 Treasurer of the U.S.
RG 299 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
RG 168 National Guard Bureau
RG 489 International Trade Administration
RG 546 Continental Army Command
RG 252 Office of the Housing Expediter
RG 205 Court of Claims Section (Justice)
RG 222 Bituminous Coal Division
RG 14 U.S. Railroad Administration
RG 468 Health & Human Services
RG 536 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
RG 550 Army, Pacific
RG 183 Office of Employment Security
RG 221 Rural Electrification Administration
RG 219 Office of Defense Transportation
RG 247 Chief of Chaplains
RG 361 Defense Logistics Agency
RG 440 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
RG 203 Chief of Finance (Army)
RG 494 Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (World War II)
RG 503 Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
RG 67 Fuel Administration
RG 161 Commodity Credit Corporation
RG 34 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RG 404 Military Academy
RG 78 Naval Observatory
RG 580 Council on Environmental Quality
RG 298 Office of Naval Research
RG 124 Surplus Marketing Administration
RG 548 Army Forces in the Caribbean
RG 61 War Industries Board
RG 339 Federal Election Commission
RG 177 Chiefs of Arms
RG 309 Small Business Administration
RG 180 Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RG 495 Headquarters, Army Forces, Western Pacific (World War II)
RG 182 War Trade Board
RG 192 Commissary General of Subsistence
RG 206 Solicitor of the Treasury
RG 363 Social & Rehabilitation Service
RG 396 Office of Emergency Preparedness
RG 81 U.S. International Trade Commission
RG 261 Former Russian Agencies
RG 229 Office of Inter-American Affairs
RG 295 Office of Price Stabilization
RG 154 War Finance Corporation
RG 265 Office of Foreign Assets Control
RG 408 Federal Transit Administration
RG 581 Office of National Drug Control Policy
RG 216 Office of Censorship
RG 371 Defense Information Systems Agency
RG 475 American Institute in Taiwan
RG 223 Bituminous Coal Consumers' Counsel
RG 345 Naval Electronic Systems Command
RG 144 Temporary National Economic Committee
RG 547 Army Forces in Alaska
RG 552 Military Traffic Management Command (Army)
RG 454 Inter-American Foundation
RG 277 National Production Authority
RG 116 Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
RG 383 U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
RG 288 National Foundation on the Arts & the Humanities
RG 232 Petroleum Administrative Board
RG 133 Federal Coordinator of Transportation
RG 497 Africa-Middle East Theater of Operations (World War II Army)
RG 420 Overseas Private Investment Corporation
RG 137 Federal Supply Service
RG 191 War Department Claims Board
RG 520 Congressional Budget Office
RG 405 Naval Academy
RG 555 Army Forces Command
RG 99 Paymaster General
RG 397 Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
RG 417 National Telecommunications & Information Administration
RG 531 European Command
RG 3 U.S. Housing Corporation
RG 333 International Military Agencies
RG 321 U.S. Court of International Trade
RG 140 Military Government of Cuba
RG 275 Export-Import Bank of the United States
RG 519 Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe
RG 215 Office of Community War Services
RG 458 Postal Rate Commission
RG 366 Civil War Special Agencies of the Treasury Department
RG 499 Army Defense Commands (World War II)
RG 249 Commissary General of Prisoners
RG 358 Federal Maritime Commission
RG 248 War Shipping Administration
RG 518 Central Command
RG 130 White House Office
RG 264 Commissions on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (Hoover Commissions)
RG 384 Chief of Naval Material
RG 347 Naval Supply Systems Command
RG 315 Interagency Committees & Councils Coordinating Water Use Programs
RG 250 Office of War Mobilization & Reconversion
RG 312 Petroleum Administration for Defense
RG 430 Energy Research & Development Administration
RG 349 Joint Commands
RG 5 U.S. Grain Corporation
RG 194 War Minerals Relief Commission
RG 68 Coal Commission
RG 377 U.S. Travel & Tourism Administration
RG 488 U.S. Postal Service
RG 303 National Council on Marine Resources & Engineering Development
RG 427 Minority Business Development Agency
RG 444 Office of Technology Assessment
RG 258 Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
RG 512 Health Resources & Services Administration
RG 63 Committee on Public Information
RG 482 Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
RG 73 President's Organization on Unemployment Relief
RG 385 Naval Facilities Engineering Command
RG 152 Bureau of Dairy Industry
RG 2 National War Labor Board (World War I)
RG 246 Office of Contract Settlement
RG 486 U.S. Trade & Development Agency
RG 372 Defense Contract Audit Agency
RG 365 Confederate Records (Treasury)
RG 530 Southern Command
RG 426 Office of Foreign Direct Investments
RG 515 Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Division
RG 293 Wage & Salary Stabilization Boards of the Economic Stabilization Agency
RG 231 Armed Forces Retirement Home
RG 473 Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement
RG 296 Economic Stabilization Agency
RG 157 Maritime Labor Board
RG 193 Commissioner of Railroads
RG 387 Southwestern Power Administration
RG 459 Council of Economic Advisers
RG 190 Bureau of War Risk Litigation
RG 589 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
RG 244 Retraining & Reemployment Administration
RG 259 Board of War Communications
RG 308 U.S. Tax Court
RG 485 Federal Housing Finance Board
RG 150 National Bituminous Coal Commission
RG 382 Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
RG 278 Displaced Persons Commission
RG 409 Public Land Law Review Commission
RG 471 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement
RG 198 Board of Investigation & Research-Transportation
RG 20 Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Trade
RG 214 Office for Emergency Management
RG 451 Administrative Conference of the United States
RG 254 Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee
RG 209 Prison Industries Reorganization Administration
RG 224 Office of Labor (War Food Administration)
RG 419 National Institute of Education
RG 352 Information Resources Management Service
RG 447 Alaska Power Administration
RG 464 U.S. Railway Association
RG 559 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
RG 564 Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau
RG 480 Federal Labor Relations Authority
RG 141 Military Government of Veracruz
RG 89 Federal Fuel Distributor
RG 6 U.S. Sugar Equalization Board, Inc
RG 327 Defense Electric Power Administration
RG 268 Philippine War Damage Commission
RG 526 Naval Criminal Investigative Service
RG 139 Dominican Customs Receivership
RG 213 Foreign Claims Section (War)
RG 437 National Fire Prevention & Control Administration
RG 91 Inland Waterways Corporation
RG 504 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
RG 584 Food Safety & Inspection Service
RG 236 Wage Adjustment Board
RG 571 Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
RG 199 Provisional Government of Cuba
RG 200 National Archives Gift Collection
RG 294 Federal National Mortgage Association
RG 172 U.S. Commerce Court
RG 425 Financial Management Service
RG 543 Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
RG 386 Employees' Compensation Appeals Board
RG 113 Allied Purchasing Commission
RG 314 Agricultural Cooperative Service
RG 1 War Labor Policies Board
RG 522 Office of Government Ethics
RG 573 United States Institute of Peace
RG 446 Defense Security Service
RG 445 Rural Development Administration
RG 325 Committee on Government Contract Compliance
RG 410 Office of the Chief of Support Services
RG 600 National Indian Gaming Commission
RG 251 Price Decontrol Board
RG 563 Homeland Security
RG 230 U.S. War Ballot Commission
RG 474 Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
RG 524 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
RG 415 Office of Oil & Gas
RG 320 Office of Minerals Exploration
RG 567 Immigration & Customs Enforcement
RG 487 African Development Foundation
RG 545 Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration
RG 455 Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
RG 572 USDA Rural Development Programs
RG 271 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
RG 560 Transportation Security Administration
RG 561 Millennium Challenge Corporation
RG 601 Institute of Museum and Library Services
RG 604 U.S. Cyber Command
RG 605 U.S. Africa Command
RG 603 United States Capitol Police
RG 602 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
RG 562 Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia
RG 558 Defense Contract Management Agency
RG 592 Marine Mammal Commission
RG 577 Office of Compliance
RG 590 Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
RG 586 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
RG 585 United States Election Assistance Commission
RG 582 Executive Office for Immigration Review
RG 583 National Wildfire Coordinating Group
RG 579 National Council on Disability
RG 575 Northern Command
RG 574 Defense Business Transformation Agency
RG 597 Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
RG 594 Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
RG 568 Customs & Border Protection
RG 591 Denali Commission
RG 569 Defense Technical Information Center
RG 599 National Guard of the United States
RG 502 Court of Federal Claims
RG 438 U.S. Parole Commission
RG 301 RG number was cancelled
RG 316 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
RG 322 The Alaska Railroad
RG 324 Board on Geographic Names
RG 450 RG number was cancelled, see RG 375
RG 297 Library of Congress
RG 282 RG number was cancelled, see RG 220
RG 283 RG number was cancelled, see RG 220
RG 285 RG number was cancelled, see RG 489
RG 290 Vocational Rehabilitation Administration
RG 329 RG number was cancelled
RG 332 U.S. Theaters of War, World War II
RG 380 Office of Saline Water
RG 401 Materials Relating to Polar Regions
RG 400 National Transportation Safety Board
RG 388 Southeastern Power Administration
RG 376 RG number was cancelled, see RG 489
RG 367 St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
RG 346 Naval Ordnance Systems Command
RG 421 RG number was retired
RG 348 RG number was cancelled
RG 356 RG number was cancelled, see RG 291
RG 281 Renegotiation Board
RG 476 Bureau of Export Administration
RG 525 National Reconnaissance Office
RG 528 Joint Forces Command
RG 523 National Drug Intelligence Center
RG 521 Court of Veterans Appeals
RG 189 RG number was cancelled
RG 532 U.S. Space Command
RG 533 Special Operations Command
RG 538 Holocaust Memorial Council & Museum
RG 535 Strategic Command
RG 534 Transportation Command
RG 542 Synthetic Fuels Corporation
RG 201 Western Area Power Administration
RG 491 RG number was reserved
RG 484 RG number was retired
RG 481 Office of the Special Counsel
RG 477 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
RG 500 RG number was cancelled, see RG 338
RG 501 RG number was reserved
RG 507 Defense Finance and Accounting Service
RG 506 Defense Commissary Agency
RG 505 RG number was cancelled, see RG 374
RG 390 RG number was retired, see RG 369
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