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Government Organization & Structure Tables
Stats displayed in columns and rows with title, ID, notes, sources, and release date. Many tables on census.gov are in downloadable XLS, CVS and PDF file formats. Data.census.gov tables can be modified, bookmarked/saved, printed and downloaded.
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2022 Census of Governments – Organization
View and download the State and Local Government Structures Tables.
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2017 Census of Governments – Organization
View and download the State and Local Government Structures Tables.
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2012 Census of Governments – Organization
View and download the State and Local Government Structures Tables.
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2007 Census of Governments – Organization
View and download the Local and State Government Structures tables.
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2002 Census of Governments – Organization
This 2002 Census of Governments, similar to those taken since 1957, covers three major subject fields-govt organization, public employment, and govt finances.
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1997 Census of Governments – Organization
This report contains the official counts of the number of state and local governments.
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1992 Census of Governments – Organization
This report, No. 1, contains the official counts of the number of State and local governments.
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1992 Census of Governments – Popularly Elected Officials
This report, Number 2, contains the number of popularly elected officials by type of government and type of office.
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1987 Census of Governments-Vol. 1 Government Units in 1987
This is a brief report designed to make available, as early as possible, preliminary information from the 1987 Census of Governments.
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1982 Census of Governments-Vol. 1 Governmental Organization
View and download tables on 1982 Census of Governments-Vol. 1 Governmental Organization.
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1977 Census of Governments-Vol.1 Governmental Units Preliminary Report
This is the first of a series of brief reports designed to make available, as early as possible, preliminary information from the 1977 Census of Governments.
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1962 Census of Governments-Vol. 1 Government Organization
View and downloads tables on the 1962 Census of Governments-Vol. 1 Government Organization.
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1957 Census of Governments-Vol. 1 No. 1 Governments in the U.S.
There were 102,328 government units in the United States in January 1957.
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