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Total Government Employment as a Percent of U.S. Population
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So What?
1) This chart represents the percent of the total population of the U.S. that is directly employed by the Federal, state, or local
government on a full-time, part-time, regular, temporary, or intermittent basis.
2) In the mid-1960s government employment rose rapidly from about 6.5% of the population to about 7.75% and has remained
generally level through 2006.
3) This chart indicates nothing about government contractors or outsourced services.
1) This chart represents the percent of the total population of the U.S. that is directly employed by the Federal, state, or local
government on a full-time, part-time, regular, temporary, or intermittent basis.
2) In the mid-1960s government employment rose rapidly from about 6.5% of the population to about 7.75% and has remained
generally level through 2006.
3) This chart indicates nothing about government contractors or outsourced services.
Supporting Evidence
Source: FY2008 Budget of the U.S. Government, Table 17.5--GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION: 1962-2006
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