U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government Employment
So What?
1) This chart represents the number of employees in the U.S. Federal Government and in state and local governments. Each
line directly shows the number of employees in that portion of the government.
2) Federal government employment has slightly decreased over the 1962 to 2006 time period.
3) State and local government employment has steadily increased over this time period.
4) Impressive how federal employment has not increased as the U.S. population has increased.
5) This chart says nothing about why state and local governments have continued to increase.
Supporting Evidence
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