| Table 2. State and Local Government Employment in 2004 as a Share of Total Employment in State |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Education | Safety | Welfare | Services | Other | ||
| All states | 11.3% | 6.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| Alaska | 16.6% | 8.3% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 2.2% | |
| D.C. | 16.2% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 4.6% | 1.6% | |
| Wyoming | 16.1% | 8.2% | 1.7% | 2.9 | 2.0% | 1.3% | |
| Mississippi | 15.0% | 8.1% | 1.7% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 0.8% | |
| Louisiana | 14.6% | 7.5% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.9% | |
| New Mexico | 14.5% | 8.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.1% | |
| New York | 13.4% | 6.2% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |
| Alabama | 13.2% | 6.7% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 1.5% | 0.8% | |
| West Virginia | 13.0% | 7.1% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |
| Kansas | 12.8% | 7.6% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.0% | |
| Kentucky | 12.7% | 7.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| South Carolina | 12.6% | 6.7% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 0.7% | |
| Arkansas | 12.3% | 7.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.8% | |
| Oklahoma | 12.3% | 7.0% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| Texas | 12.3% | 7.4% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.6% | |
| Nebraska | 12.0% | 6.3% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 0.8% | |
| Hawaii | 12.0% | 6.1% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Iowa | 11.9% | 7.1% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| Georgia | 11.9% | 6.8% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| New Jersey | 11.9% | 6.5% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |
| North Dakota | 11.8% | 6.6% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.0% | |
| Montana | 11.7% | 6.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.0% | |
| Delaware | 11.7% | 6.1% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |
| Idaho | 11.7% | 6.4% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.9% | |
| Maine | 11.6% | 6.9% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |
| Tennessee | 11.6% | 6.0% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.7% | |
| Virginia | 11.4% | 6.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | |
| North Carolina | 11.3% | 5.8% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |
| Ohio | 11.3% | 6.2% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |
| Vermont | 11.2% | 7.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.1% | |
| Utah | 11.2% | 6.5% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| Indiana | 11.0% | 6.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |
| Missouri | 10.9% | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| California | 10.8% | 5.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 0.9% | |
| Connecticut | 10.7% | 6.2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% | |
| Washington | 10.6% | 5.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |
| Illinois | 10.6% | 6.0% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.6% | |
| Michigan | 10.6% | 6.6% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |
| Oregon | 10.5% | 5.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |
| South Dakota | 10.5% | 6.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% | |
| Colorado | 10.4% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% | |
| Florida | 10.3% | 4.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| Arizona | 10.3% | 5.6% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.9% | |
| Maryland | 10.2% | 5.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |
| Massachusetts | 10.0% | 5.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |
| Wisconsin | 9.8% | 5.7% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Minnesota | 9.8% | 5.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |
| New Hampshire | 9.8% | 5.9% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |
| Pennsylvania | 9.6% | 5.3% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |
| Rhode Island | 9.5% | 5.2% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Nevada | 8.6% | 4.1% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |
| Source: Author’s calculation based on U.S. Bureau of the Census data. See Table 1 for items included in each budget area. | |||||||
Table 2. State and Local Government Employment in 2004 as a Share of Total Employment in State
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