21,000,000
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The number of civilian employees in the Federal government increased greatly during the Great Depression. This helped to improve the population's access to government help.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 2.0 million Federal Employees, excluding the Post Office, making the U.S. government the largest employer in the U.S.
There are over currently over 2.5 Million central government employees in the US. The number of federal employees changes depending on the economy and cutbacks.
According to Factcheck.org, the correct number is 58,000; most of these were in the area of the Defense Department and Veterans Administration. Internet claims that the president added 200,000 federal employees are false or exaggerated. In fact, he has cut the number of federal employees.
He fired all tax collectors, cut the number of government employees and the number of US diplomats. In addition to that he shrank the military and rided the Sedition Act.
executive
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The exact number is unknown. However, civilian federal employees and their dependents living overseas were counted in the 1790 Census. This was crucial as private U.S. citizens who were not employed by the federal government were not counted. The U.S. Census is used for apportioning seats in the House of Representatives.
When Jefferson was president there really wasn’t any federal employment like we have today. The government has added services and offices since his presidency.
100,000
The greatest number of federal workers work for the Department of Defense. About 650,000 federal civilian employees work for the DoD.