Current Federal Civilian Employment by State and Congressional District

Current Federal Civilian Employment by State and Congressional District

Current Federal Civilian Employment by State and Congressional District

Updated December 20, 2024

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SUMMARY

Current Federal Civilian Employment by State and Congressional District

The federal government employs more than 2 million civilians who live and work in every state and U.S. territory. This report provides a snapshot of recent statistics for U.S. government civilian employment in each state and territory, as well as estimates for how many civilian federal workers live in each congressional district. These figures do not include uniformed military personnel or federal contractors.

See CRS Report R43590, Federal Workforce Statistics Sources: OPM and OMB, by Carol Wilson, for more information and context.

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December 20, 2024

Ben Leubsdorf Senior Research Librarian

Carol Wilson Senior Research Librarian

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Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 State-Level Counts .......................................................................................................................... 1 District-Level Estimates .................................................................................................................. 3 Related CRS Resources ................................................................................................................. 16

Tables

Table 1. Federal Civilian Employment, by State or Territory, 2024 ................................................ 2

Table 2. Estimated Federal Civilian Employment, by Congressional District, 2023 ...................... 4

Contacts

Author Information ........................................................................................................................ 17

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Introduction

The federal government employs more than 2 million civilians who live and work in every state and U.S. territory. As Congress considers the impact of federal appropriations at the national, state, and local levels, Members may seek information on the number of federal employees in their state or congressional district.

This report provides a snapshot of recent statistics for U.S. government employment in each state and territory, as well as estimates for how many federal workers live in each congressional district as configured in the 118th Congress (2023-2024).

Please note that these figures do not include uniformed military personnel or federal contractors. Additional data limitations are noted below.

This product will be updated on an annual basis. See CRS Report R43590, Federal Workforce Statistics Sources: OPM and OMB, by Carol Wilson, for more information and context.

State-Level Counts

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) maintains data on the federal civilian workforce through the Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI) Data Warehouse. This data can be accessed and analyzed through OPM’s online tool FedScope.¹ In this tool, OPM provides various data elements associated with “on-board” employees, which are defined as the number of employees in pay status at the end of each quarter. Popular data elements include the duty location of federal employees by state, territory, or foreign country.

Table 1 contains OPM figures for the number of on-board federal civilian employees in the state or territory of their assigned duty station (official worksite), as of the end of March 2024.

It is important to note that FedScope excludes a number of departments and agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service and most of the legislative and judicial branches; a full list of excluded agencies is available on the FedScope website.² Also, FedScope does not provide state-level location information for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Bureau of the Mint; the Drug Enforcement Agency; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or the U.S. Secret Service. Employees of these agencies who work in the Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) are recorded as having a duty station in the District of Columbia, while employees outside this MSA are reported as “suppressed.” Additionally, OPM withholds location information for a number of sensitive occupations, such as police, intelligence, and customs inspection. A full list of excluded occupations is available in OPM’s data release policy.³

1 FedScope is available at https://www.fedscope.opm.gov.

2 See “Coverage” at https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/datadefn/aehri_sdm.asp#cpdf3.

3 U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Data Release Policy, August 2020, at https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ download_Data%20Release%20Policy.pdf.

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Table 1. Federal Civilian Employment, by State or T erritory, 2024

On-board employment at the end of March 2024

State or Territory

Federal Civilian

Employment

Alabama 40,692

Alaska 11,078

American Samoa 112

Arizona 34,150

Arkansas 14,333

California 147,487

Colorado 39,910

Connecticut 5,325

Delaware 3,948

District of Columbia 162,144

Florida 94,014

Georgia 79,686

Guam 3,215

Hawaii 24,545

Idaho 9,988

Illinois 44,784

Indiana 24,680

Iowa 9,794

Kansas 17,888

Kentucky 23,118

Louisiana 19,442

Maine 12,257

Maryland 142,876

Massachusetts 25,488

Michigan 29,610

Minnesota 18,031

Mississippi 19,560

Missouri 37,574

Montana 10,129

Nebraska 10,325

Nevada 13,697

New Hampshire 5,066

New Jersey 22,504

New Mexico 22,343

New York 53,600

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State or Territory

Federal Civilian

Employment

North Carolina 51,013

North Dakota 5,644

Northern Mariana Islands 89

Ohio 55,487

Oklahoma 41,867

Oregon 19,622

Pennsylvania 66,079

Puerto Rico 14,418

Rhode Island 8,439

South Carolina 24,525

South Dakota 8,780

Tennessee 32,465

Texas 129,738

U.S. Virgin Islands 433

Utah 33,335

Vermont 3,285

Virginia 144,483

Washington 56,772

West Virginia 17,338

Wisconsin 18,022

Wyoming 6,174

Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), FedScope. Notes: State location reflects duty station, not place of residence. Some departments and agencies are not included in these figures. For some other agencies and occupations, employee locations are suppressed or reassigned to the District of Columbia. OPM reported 269,986 federal civilian employees with a suppressed duty station in the United States, as of the end of March 2024. For full details, see https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/ datadefn/aehri_sdm.asp, https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/datadefn/index.asp#location, and https://www.fedscope.opm.gov/download_Data%20Release%20Policy.pdf.

District-Level Estimates

OPM’s FedScope database does not provide a breakdown for federal employment by congressional district. However, district-level estimates for the number of federal government workers are available from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS).

Table 2 contains 2023 ACS estimates for the number of people who are employed by the federal government and live in each of the 435 congressional districts, the margin of error for that estimate, and a calculation of federal workers as a percentage of all employed civilians (aged 16 and older) who live in that district. The table includes the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.⁴

4 American Community Survey (ACS) data are not available for other U.S. territories.

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These are one-year ACS estimates and come with margins of error, which can be significant. The ACS relies on self-identification as a federal government civilian employee, and so this does not represent an official count of employees on federal payrolls. In addition, unlike OPM’s state-level statistics, the congressional district location in these estimates reflects place of residence rather than duty station. For all of these reasons, ACS estimates may differ from OPM employment counts.

Note that these statistics reflect the congressional-district configurations in effect during the 118th Congress (2023-2024) and do not account for changes made in some states for the 119th Congress (2025-2026).⁵

Table 2. Estimated Federal Civilian Employment, by Congressional District, 2023

Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS)

State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Alabama, District 1 7,496 1,434 2.28%

Alabama, District 2 16,182 2,314 5.17%

Alabama, District 3 11,525 1,998 3.61%

Alabama, District 4 8,668 1,571 2.80%

Alabama, District 5 28,403 3,163 7.63%

Alabama, District 6 7,876 1,651 2.26%

Alabama, District 7 9,636 2,182 3.15%

Alaska, At Large 21,790 3,142 6.31%

Arizona, District 1 6,177 1,433 1.44%

Arizona, District 2 16,450 2,723 5.00%

Arizona, District 3 6,692 1,666 1.66%

Arizona, District 4 6,865 1,967 1.55%

Arizona, District 5 7,743 1,685 1.80%

Arizona, District 6 14,803 2,633 4.25%

Arizona, District 7 12,577 2,497 3.45%

Arizona, District 8 8,124 2,009 2.17%

Arizona, District 9 13,117 2,396 3.50%

Arkansas, District 1 7,431 1,355 2.37%

Arkansas, District 2 9,252 2,003 2.57%

Arkansas, District 3 5,186 1,271 1.32%

Arkansas, District 4 7,327 1,472 2.38%

California, District 1 9,411 1,623 2.93%

California, District 2 6,523 1,731 1.85%

5 ACS estimates for 119th Congress (2025-2026) districts should become available in September 2025, when the Census Bureau releases one-year ACS estimates for 2024. See “119th Congress” at U.S. Census Bureau, Congressional Districts, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/congressional-districts.html.

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

California, District 3 5,464 1,125 1.49%

California, District 4 6,012 1,299 1.60%

California, District 5 7,010 1,783 1.96%

California, District 6 6,878 1,444 1.94%

California, District 7 8,952 1,850 2.40%

California, District 8 8,994 1,571 2.42%

California, District 9 7,167 1,655 2.01%

California, District 10 6,666 1,372 1.79%

California, District 11 7,602 1,662 1.84%

California, District 12 7,357 1,227 1.86%

California, District 13 4,750 1,436 1.47%

California, District 14 6,226 1,340 1.70%

California, District 15 6,835 1,540 1.77%

California, District 16 4,841 1,356 1.27%

California, District 17 4,406 983 1.03%

California, District 18 4,955 1,574 1.39%

California, District 19 7,197 1,412 1.97%

California, District 20 13,207 2,251 3.81%

California, District 21 6,513 1,892 2.08%

California, District 22 3,792 1,044 1.25%

California, District 23 11,433 2,419 3.60%

California, District 24 7,808 1,568 2.18%

California, District 25 7,735 1,701 2.39%

California, District 26 9,978 2,092 2.75%

California, District 27 9,146 1,832 2.74%

California, District 28 7,095 1,388 1.88%

California, District 29 5,721 1,581 1.55%

California, District 30 5,226 1,471 1.24%

California, District 31 4,245 1,136 1.21%

California, District 32 4,340 1,297 1.09%

California, District 33 4,984 1,227 1.41%

California, District 34 3,810 1,013 1.04%

California, District 35 3,727 1,046 1.00%

California, District 36 4,436 1,018 1.11%

California, District 37 8,279 1,770 2.26%

California, District 38 4,924 1,248 1.37%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

California, District 39 4,632 1,239 1.26%

California, District 40 4,453 1,492 1.15%

California, District 41 6,821 1,670 1.82%

California, District 42 6,625 1,227 1.83%

California, District 43 7,730 1,655 2.24%

California, District 44 5,511 1,370 1.53%

California, District 45 6,609 1,511 1.80%

California, District 46 6,498 1,706 1.66%

California, District 47 3,740 1,272 0.94%

California, District 48 14,671 2,475 4.26%

California, District 49 6,430 1,674 1.75%

California, District 50 10,706 1,892 2.52%

California, District 51 14,395 2,402 3.80%

California, District 52 18,267 2,889 5.28%

Colorado, District 1 10,989 1,916 2.50%

Colorado, District 2 7,247 1,516 1.81%

Colorado, District 3 10,142 1,816 2.89%

Colorado, District 4 9,395 2,105 2.31%

Colorado, District 5 21,391 2,650 6.00%

Colorado, District 6 10,997 1,987 2.76%

Colorado, District 7 10,355 1,660 2.59%

Colorado, District 8 7,318 2,073 1.83%

Connecticut, District 1 5,675 1,732 1.53%

Connecticut, District 2 10,505 1,756 2.77%

Connecticut, District 3 6,575 1,897 1.72%

Connecticut, District 4 4,082 1,583 1.09%

Connecticut, District 5 5,032 1,323 1.33%

Delaware, At Large 13,328 2,488 2.64%

District of Columbia, At Large 71,226 5,057 18.49%

Florida, District 1 19,977 2,446 5.60%

Florida, District 2 11,721 2,040 3.16%

Florida, District 3 8,666 1,848 2.51%

Florida, District 4 17,991 3,719 4.80%

Florida, District 5 15,101 3,793 3.59%

Florida, District 6 4,182 1,499 1.23%

Florida, District 7 5,602 1,247 1.40%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Florida, District 8 10,691 1,863 2.95%

Florida, District 9 7,953 2,422 1.83%

Florida, District 10 6,446 1,548 1.54%

Florida, District 11 6,403 1,788 1.73%

Florida, District 12 6,318 1,459 1.78%

Florida, District 13 9,094 1,922 2.43%

Florida, District 14 9,521 2,143 2.30%

Florida, District 15 5,262 1,159 1.32%

Florida, District 16 8,788 2,188 2.20%

Florida, District 17 5,234 1,311 1.51%

Florida, District 18 4,316 1,387 1.16%

Florida, District 19 4,695 1,293 1.36%

Florida, District 20 9,083 2,108 2.20%

Florida, District 21 6,475 2,055 1.74%

Florida, District 22 3,487 1,127 0.96%

Florida, District 23 4,472 1,249 1.14%

Florida, District 24 6,523 1,759 1.74%

Florida, District 25 8,976 2,093 2.16%

Florida, District 26 3,407 1,079 0.84%

Florida, District 27 6,033 1,319 1.50%

Florida, District 28 7,308 1,663 1.87%

Georgia, District 1 16,682 2,699 4.70%

Georgia, District 2 14,122 2,386 4.62%

Georgia, District 3 8,179 2,754 2.22%

Georgia, District 4 15,623 2,895 4.00%

Georgia, District 5 11,834 2,488 2.81%

Georgia, District 6 6,578 1,481 1.54%

Georgia, District 7 7,961 1,915 1.97%

Georgia, District 8 17,647 2,486 5.36%

Georgia, District 9 4,701 1,189 1.22%

Georgia, District 10 8,842 2,043 2.18%

Georgia, District 11 6,054 1,557 1.41%

Georgia, District 12 15,500 2,501 4.58%

Georgia, District 13 14,667 2,770 3.62%

Georgia, District 14 6,008 1,738 1.58%

Hawaii, District 1 28,328 2,709 8.05%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Hawaii, District 2 14,265 1,696 4.51%

Idaho, District 1 8,760 1,614 1.86%

Idaho, District 2 18,139 2,355 3.89%

Illinois, District 1 9,139 2,105 2.67%

Illinois, District 2 9,562 2,236 2.97%

Illinois, District 3 4,873 1,542 1.25%

Illinois, District 4 6,329 1,492 1.79%

Illinois, District 5 7,355 1,772 1.64%

Illinois, District 6 6,067 1,263 1.65%

Illinois, District 7 13,809 3,444 3.50%

Illinois, District 8 6,055 1,374 1.53%

Illinois, District 9 5,256 1,207 1.34%

Illinois, District 10 8,407 1,570 2.24%

Illinois, District 11 6,214 1,453 1.53%

Illinois, District 12 11,329 1,554 3.38%

Illinois, District 13 9,209 1,595 2.70%

Illinois, District 14 6,555 1,668 1.67%

Illinois, District 15 6,526 1,115 1.86%

Illinois, District 16 5,371 1,287 1.44%

Illinois, District 17 8,092 1,815 2.35%

Indiana, District 1 6,718 1,528 1.90%

Indiana, District 2 3,927 966 1.09%

Indiana, District 3 5,206 1,175 1.39%

Indiana, District 4 8,267 1,780 2.09%

Indiana, District 5 8,874 1,950 2.25%

Indiana, District 6 7,541 1,514 1.98%

Indiana, District 7 12,440 2,349 3.15%

Indiana, District 8 8,617 1,513 2.41%

Indiana, District 9 8,498 1,789 2.28%

Iowa, District 1 10,633 1,717 2.59%

Iowa, District 2 5,376 1,191 1.33%

Iowa, District 3 8,439 1,415 1.94%

Iowa, District 4 7,254 1,215 1.79%

Kansas, District 1 8,155 1,608 2.22%

Kansas, District 2 15,757 2,013 4.64%

Kansas, District 3 7,899 1,613 1.93%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Kansas, District 4 8,964 1,813 2.48%

Kentucky, District 1 5,817 1,261 1.78%

Kentucky, District 2 10,870 1,687 2.96%

Kentucky, District 3 6,168 1,325 1.73%

Kentucky, District 4 10,297 1,655 2.70%

Kentucky, District 5 7,518 1,920 2.77%

Kentucky, District 6 9,762 1,760 2.55%

Louisiana, District 1 9,976 1,728 2.68%

Louisiana, District 2 9,720 1,854 2.96%

Louisiana, District 3 4,353 1,179 1.25%

Louisiana, District 4 12,566 2,508 4.13%

Louisiana, District 5 8,188 1,722 2.75%

Louisiana, District 6 5,445 1,457 1.43%

Maine, District 1 10,277 2,035 2.72%

Maine, District 2 7,137 1,148 2.16%

Maryland, District 1 23,438 2,617 6.02%

Maryland, District 2 22,191 2,816 5.58%

Maryland, District 3 43,848 3,561 10.72%

Maryland, District 4 46,978 5,170 12.29%

Maryland, District 5 77,510 5,582 18.18%

Maryland, District 6 34,386 3,262 8.38%

Maryland, District 7 19,137 2,816 5.18%

Maryland, District 8 59,391 3,836 14.48%

Massachusetts, District 1 7,052 1,307 1.87%

Massachusetts, District 2 5,983 1,245 1.43%

Massachusetts, District 3 8,421 1,627 2.07%

Massachusetts, District 4 5,336 1,117 1.26%

Massachusetts, District 5 7,815 1,606 1.81%

Massachusetts, District 6 8,171 1,693 1.95%

Massachusetts, District 7 6,375 1,657 1.47%

Massachusetts, District 8 8,536 1,718 1.88%

Massachusetts, District 9 6,036 1,599 1.55%

Michigan, District 1 9,069 1,570 2.60%

Michigan, District 2 6,809 1,468 1.90%

Michigan, District 3 4,171 1,339 1.04%

Michigan, District 4 4,594 1,222 1.17%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Michigan, District 5 5,017 879 1.42%

Michigan, District 6 6,271 1,350 1.60%

Michigan, District 7 5,597 1,067 1.42%

Michigan, District 8 4,861 1,093 1.40%

Michigan, District 9 6,878 1,268 1.80%

Michigan, District 10 7,159 1,283 1.84%

Michigan, District 11 5,542 1,308 1.33%

Michigan, District 12 5,974 1,340 1.83%

Michigan, District 13 6,864 1,504 2.13%

Minnesota, District 1 3,449 792 0.94%

Minnesota, District 2 7,543 1,737 1.88%

Minnesota, District 3 4,955 1,278 1.32%

Minnesota, District 4 5,576 1,188 1.50%

Minnesota, District 5 6,699 1,416 1.63%

Minnesota, District 6 5,259 1,122 1.31%

Minnesota, District 7 6,078 830 1.70%

Minnesota, District 8 6,351 1,013 1.77%

Mississippi, District 1 7,869 1,874 2.30%

Mississippi, District 2 10,358 2,022 3.70%

Mississippi, District 3 8,246 1,454 2.54%

Mississippi, District 4 17,126 2,171 5.17%

Missouri, District 1 13,438 2,853 3.46%

Missouri, District 2 5,965 1,210 1.48%

Missouri, District 3 5,463 1,251 1.38%

Missouri, District 4 13,309 1,999 3.69%

Missouri, District 5 15,982 2,378 4.02%

Missouri, District 6 9,122 1,334 2.39%

Missouri, District 7 4,594 993 1.20%

Missouri, District 8 8,786 1,667 2.42%

Montana, District 1 9,979 1,944 3.39%

Montana, District 2 12,289 1,651 4.58%

Nebraska, District 1 10,841 1,469 3.08%

Nebraska, District 2 8,621 1,839 2.42%

Nebraska, District 3 5,891 1,157 1.77%

Nevada, District 1 8,952 1,877 2.38%

Nevada, District 2 10,531 1,871 2.68%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Nevada, District 3 9,262 2,010 2.19%

Nevada, District 4 11,522 2,095 3.17%

New Hampshire, District 1 10,887 1,805 2.81%

New Hampshire, District 2 8,049 1,722 2.13%

New Jersey, District 1 10,274 1,812 2.56%

New Jersey, District 2 8,553 1,601 2.28%

New Jersey, District 3 9,940 2,087 2.48%

New Jersey, District 4 5,445 1,287 1.51%

New Jersey, District 5 5,760 1,247 1.42%

New Jersey, District 6 6,498 1,360 1.62%

New Jersey, District 7 6,716 1,615 1.58%

New Jersey, District 8 5,272 1,469 1.26%

New Jersey, District 9 4,506 1,257 1.14%

New Jersey, District 10 7,244 1,969 1.89%

New Jersey, District 11 6,456 1,357 1.55%

New Jersey, District 12 4,854 1,449 1.21%

New Mexico, District 1 23,563 2,923 6.79%

New Mexico, District 2 18,731 2,727 6.24%

New Mexico, District 3 21,837 2,300 7.28%

New York, District 1 9,835 2,072 2.50%

New York, District 2 10,256 1,686 2.57%

New York, District 3 6,438 1,270 1.73%

New York, District 4 6,870 1,338 1.83%

New York, District 5 7,763 1,447 2.21%

New York, District 6 6,863 1,807 1.93%

New York, District 7 7,072 1,746 1.74%

New York, District 8 8,046 1,834 2.48%

New York, District 9 6,132 1,672 1.74%

New York, District 10 4,453 1,150 1.14%

New York, District 11 6,809 1,573 1.93%

New York, District 12 8,900 2,201 2.02%

New York, District 13 6,548 1,777 1.90%

New York, District 14 5,231 1,346 1.49%

New York, District 15 4,655 1,435 1.58%

New York, District 16 6,088 1,648 1.57%

New York, District 17 3,848 1,142 1.02%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

New York, District 18 8,275 1,584 2.20%

New York, District 19 5,309 1,311 1.50%

New York, District 20 10,955 2,011 2.77%

New York, District 21 8,263 1,252 2.31%

New York, District 22 9,677 1,732 2.62%

New York, District 23 8,404 1,432 2.32%

New York, District 24 7,872 1,299 2.18%

New York, District 25 4,442 1,048 1.16%

New York, District 26 8,588 1,570 2.30%

North Carolina, District 1 7,838 1,709 2.35%

North Carolina, District 2 8,680 2,145 1.98%

North Carolina, District 3 20,385 2,742 6.51%

North Carolina, District 4 8,944 2,054 2.21%

North Carolina, District 5 3,288 1,205 0.92%

North Carolina, District 6 9,981 2,216 2.69%

North Carolina, District 7 9,931 1,889 2.81%

North Carolina, District 8 6,415 1,623 1.71%

North Carolina, District 9 14,484 1,520 4.60%

North Carolina, District 10 5,316 1,596 1.41%

North Carolina, District 11 7,757 1,643 2.24%

North Carolina, District 12 8,352 1,950 2.00%

North Carolina, District 13 5,748 1,297 1.46%

North Carolina, District 14 5,998 1,520 1.38%

North Dakota, At Large 13,275 2,150 3.24%

Ohio, District 1 9,462 1,973 2.29%

Ohio, District 2 7,146 1,500 2.01%

Ohio, District 3 7,411 1,710 1.76%

Ohio, District 4 3,749 1,022 0.96%

Ohio, District 5 6,869 1,230 1.76%

Ohio, District 6 5,560 1,209 1.58%

Ohio, District 7 6,852 1,535 1.74%

Ohio, District 8 10,918 2,041 2.83%

Ohio, District 9 4,160 1,045 1.11%

Ohio, District 10 22,137 2,760 5.92%

Ohio, District 11 9,655 1,646 2.58%

Ohio, District 12 6,077 1,497 1.60%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Ohio, District 13 5,772 1,324 1.47%

Ohio, District 14 5,568 1,337 1.45%

Ohio, District 15 6,238 1,414 1.55%

Oklahoma, District 1 8,738 1,196 2.21%

Oklahoma, District 2 16,964 1,626 5.15%

Oklahoma, District 3 13,924 1,516 3.92%

Oklahoma, District 4 28,184 2,904 7.65%

Oklahoma, District 5 19,397 2,383 4.86%

Oregon, District 1 3,899 1,125 0.99%

Oregon, District 2 7,887 1,437 2.65%

Oregon, District 3 6,787 1,362 1.82%

Oregon, District 4 8,150 1,683 2.51%

Oregon, District 5 5,044 1,267 1.41%

Oregon, District 6 4,945 1,342 1.40%

Pennsylvania, District 1 5,201 1,145 1.30%

Pennsylvania, District 2 8,971 2,683 2.74%

Pennsylvania, District 3 10,420 2,442 2.59%

Pennsylvania, District 4 6,074 1,277 1.50%

Pennsylvania, District 5 8,166 1,917 2.18%

Pennsylvania, District 6 6,128 1,294 1.51%

Pennsylvania, District 7 4,345 1,046 1.14%

Pennsylvania, District 8 10,214 1,492 2.94%

Pennsylvania, District 9 7,297 1,392 2.00%

Pennsylvania, District 10 12,963 2,348 3.22%

Pennsylvania, District 11 5,633 1,446 1.43%

Pennsylvania, District 12 8,380 1,814 2.15%

Pennsylvania, District 13 10,162 1,247 2.81%

Pennsylvania, District 14 5,586 1,031 1.58%

Pennsylvania, District 15 6,327 1,079 1.85%

Pennsylvania, District 16 6,822 1,375 1.93%

Pennsylvania, District 17 8,582 1,649 2.18%

Puerto Rico, At Large 22,961 3,116 1.94%

Rhode Island, District 1 8,700 2,167 3.27%

Rhode Island, District 2 8,618 1,894 2.94%

South Carolina, District 1 15,340 2,886 4.10%

South Carolina, District 2 16,825 2,659 4.67%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

South Carolina, District 3 5,446 1,342 1.54%

South Carolina, District 4 5,391 1,593 1.41%

South Carolina, District 5 6,254 1,716 1.73%

South Carolina, District 6 9,072 1,720 2.57%

South Carolina, District 7 4,252 1,524 1.28%

South Dakota, At Large 15,163 2,200 3.21%

Tennessee, District 1 9,501 1,795 2.67%

Tennessee, District 2 10,573 1,902 2.65%

Tennessee, District 3 14,232 2,020 3.79%

Tennessee, District 4 12,002 2,173 2.98%

Tennessee, District 5 7,664 2,374 1.82%

Tennessee, District 6 8,175 1,780 2.07%

Tennessee, District 7 13,695 2,383 3.40%

Tennessee, District 8 7,203 1,616 2.09%

Tennessee, District 9 13,591 2,892 3.91%

Texas, District 1 9,876 2,354 2.85%

Texas, District 2 7,558 2,154 1.89%

Texas, District 3 7,549 2,071 1.67%

Texas, District 4 6,027 1,664 1.40%

Texas, District 5 6,126 1,573 1.54%

Texas, District 6 7,287 1,450 1.83%

Texas, District 7 4,812 1,519 1.09%

Texas, District 8 4,948 1,523 1.16%

Texas, District 9 7,481 1,547 1.97%

Texas, District 10 7,191 1,829 1.83%

Texas, District 11 14,832 2,696 4.07%

Texas, District 12 13,068 2,592 2.98%

Texas, District 13 14,092 2,771 3.64%

Texas, District 14 7,200 1,951 2.03%

Texas, District 15 8,534 1,526 2.51%

Texas, District 16 20,310 3,342 5.88%

Texas, District 17 6,601 1,841 1.76%

Texas, District 18 10,323 2,486 2.76%

Texas, District 19 7,824 1,431 2.16%

Texas, District 20 14,159 3,052 3.83%

Texas, District 21 13,729 2,993 3.27%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Texas, District 22 6,264 1,944 1.52%

Texas, District 23 22,418 3,912 6.44%

Texas, District 24 6,498 1,273 1.57%

Texas, District 25 12,020 2,467 2.96%

Texas, District 26 7,030 1,645 1.50%

Texas, District 27 11,568 2,754 3.24%

Texas, District 28 15,155 2,523 4.24%

Texas, District 29 4,586 1,535 1.36%

Texas, District 30 10,888 1,920 2.79%

Texas, District 31 12,065 2,007 2.92%

Texas, District 32 6,603 2,063 1.54%

Texas, District 33 5,566 1,718 1.48%

Texas, District 34 10,166 2,169 3.10%

Texas, District 35 12,413 2,545 2.82%

Texas, District 36 6,472 1,727 1.73%

Texas, District 37 7,447 1,930 1.57%

Texas, District 38 4,465 1,506 1.09%

Utah, District 1 26,555 2,707 5.92%

Utah, District 2 11,773 2,052 2.70%

Utah, District 3 6,431 1,502 1.53%

Utah, District 4 6,278 1,410 1.39%

Vermont, At Large 8,016 1,399 2.32%

Virginia, District 1 19,051 2,426 4.79%

Virginia, District 2 30,707 2,976 8.05%

Virginia, District 3 29,755 3,935 8.37%

Virginia, District 4 18,872 2,880 4.71%

Virginia, District 5 10,827 2,004 2.94%

Virginia, District 6 10,896 1,947 2.90%

Virginia, District 7 55,695 4,158 13.59%

Virginia, District 8 72,651 4,258 16.67%

Virginia, District 9 6,905 1,099 2.10%

Virginia, District 10 34,167 3,404 7.89%

Virginia, District 11 51,951 3,252 12.06%

Washington, District 1 5,020 1,434 1.17%

Washington, District 2 7,999 1,504 2.10%

Washington, District 3 10,104 1,548 2.68%

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State, District

Federal Government

Workers Margin of Error

Federal

Workers as % of

All Employed

Washington, District 4 13,924 2,274 3.95%

Washington, District 5 12,147 2,130 3.34%

Washington, District 6 27,071 2,939 7.73%

Washington, District 7 5,880 1,230 1.23%

Washington, District 8 7,974 1,745 2.08%

Washington, District 9 9,288 1,754 2.28%

Washington, District 10 14,074 2,327 3.88%

West Virginia, District 1 10,345 1,566 3.03%

West Virginia, District 2 22,977 2,363 5.53%

Wisconsin, District 1 6,949 1,474 1.85%

Wisconsin, District 2 5,859 1,302 1.39%

Wisconsin, District 3 6,173 1,171 1.65%

Wisconsin, District 4 4,151 997 1.17%

Wisconsin, District 5 5,055 1,160 1.26%

Wisconsin, District 6 3,425 799 0.90%

Wisconsin, District 7 5,082 956 1.39%

Wisconsin, District 8 5,239 1,090 1.37%

Wyoming, At Large 11,763 2,163 4.13%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS); CRS calculations. Notes: One-year ACS estimates for 2023. Congressional districts as configured in the 118th Congress (2023- 2024). The estimated number of civilians who are employed by the federal government, the associated margin of error, and the estimated total number of employed civilians aged 16 and older all came from ACS Table S2408, Class of Worker by Sex for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over. CRS calculated the percentage of employed civilians living in each district who are employed by the federal government. The ACS relies on self- identification as a federal government civilian employee. Congressional district location reflects place of residence rather than duty station. The District of Columbia is represented by a nonvoting Delegate, and Puerto Rico is represented by a nonvoting Resident Commissioner.

Related CRS Resources

• CRS In Focus IF11703, Federal Employee Furloughs: Types and Implications, by Taylor N. Riccard.

• CRS Insight IN12251, Federal Employee Pay in the Context of a Government Shutdown, by Taylor N. Riccard.

• CRS Report R47693, Government Shutdowns and Executive Branch Operations: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), coordinated by Taylor N. Riccard.

• CRS Report R47033, Federal Pay: General Schedule (GS) Pay Adjustment Process, Amounts Provided Since 2010, and Issues for Congress, by Barbara L. Schwemle.

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• CRS Report R46833, The Office of Personnel Management (OPM): An Overview, by Taylor N. Riccard.

• CRS Report R45635, Categories of Federal Civil Service Employment: A Snapshot, by Jon O. Shimabukuro and Jennifer A. Staman.

• CRS Report R43590, Federal Workforce Statistics Sources: OPM and OMB, by Carol Wilson

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Ben Leubsdorf Senior Research Librarian

Carol Wilson

Senior Research Librarian

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