The population of Florida is 22,610,726 as of July 2023. According to the U.S. Census Bureau. This ranked third among all states, surpassed only by Texas, which has a population of 30,503,301 people. and California's population was 38,965,193.
As of September of this year, the country's federal, state, and local governments employed a record 23,421,000 total individuals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In other words, there were more people on the government payroll than there were people living in Florida or any of the other 47 states. Only California and Texas had more people than government employees in the country. (Related: Terrence P. Jeffrey: It's Time to Deal with Debt)
A total of 159,105,000 people were employed in nonfarm jobs in the United States last month. According to BLS. A record 23,421,000 people worked in government agencies, accounting for 14.7% of the total.
More than one in seven American workers worked for the government.
January 1939, first month of BLS Published employment datathe country had a total of 29,923,000 non-agricultural workers, of whom 3,988,000 (13.3%) worked in government agencies.
At the time, government employees accounted for two out of every 15 workers.
in contrast, September 1979there were a total of 90,327,000 nonfarm workers in the United States, and 16,128,000 (17.85%) worked in government agencies.
Therefore, although the proportion of nonagricultural workers working for the government is smaller today than in 1979, the actual number has increased.
Of the record 23,421,000; worked In September of this year, the U.S. government had 2.999 million people working in the federal government. Another 5,483,000 worked For state governments. and 14,939,000 worked For local governments.
The state government employment level was 5.438 million people, a record high. The local government employment level was also 14,939,000. (In May 1990, the census year, federal employment hit an all-time high of 3.435 million.)
Approximately 14,939,000 people worked in local government, including 8,139,700: was working at Local government education departments and 6,799,500 people worked for Local government non-education related work.
The number of people working in government has reached record levels in this country in recent years, and government spending has increased as well.
According to Data published by According to the White House Office of Management and Budget, total U.S. federal, state, and local government spending in fiscal year 2015 was $5,780.9 billion, up until fiscal year 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic. It increased to $6,878 billion. In fiscal 2020, the year of the pandemic, it reached $8,883.8 billion. In 2021, it increased again to $9.1 trillion. In fiscal 2022, it decreased slightly to 8,895.3 billion yen. After that, it increased again to $9,012.9 billion in fiscal 2023.
This column from 1 year ago reported Congressional Research Service report entitled “Current Federal Civilian Employment by State and Congressional District.'' CRS says the report provides “an estimate of how many civilian federal employees live in each congressional district.”
Not surprisingly, What I focused on in this column wasThe report showed that the seven congressional districts with the highest percentages of federal employees are all in the Virginia and Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., and all elect Democrats to Congress. .
CRS was released in September this year updated version of this report. It revealed the same thing. The seven congressional districts with the highest proportions of federal civilians in the workforce are all located in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, and all are represented by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
According to this CRS report, in Maryland's 5th District, 18.18% of all workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyerformer House Majority Leader. In Virginia's 8th District, 16.67% of all workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Rep. Don Beyer. In Maryland's 8th District, 14.48% of workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin. In Virginia's 7th District, 13.59% of workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger.
In Maryland's 4th District, 12.29% of workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey. In Virginia's 11th District, 12.06% of workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Congressman Gerald Connolly. In Maryland's 3rd District, 10.72% of workers work for the federal government. It is expressed as: Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes.
Imagine what our Congress would be like if more than 10% of workers in every Congressional district worked for the government.
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