Table 1
Total employee counts and Black worker shares for cabinet-level agencies, large independent agencies, and agency share of states' Black federal employees for select agencies
| Cabinet level agencies | Large independent agencies | Agency share of state’s Black federal employees (select agencies) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Total employees | Black worker share | Total employees | Black worker share | Department of Veterans Affairs | Departments of Armed Forces | Department of Defense | Department of Agriculture | Social Security Administration |
| Alabama | 35,956 | 32.5% | 5,337 | 42.7% | 36.6% | 31.5% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 13.0% |
| Alaska | 11,499 | 4.5% | 133 | 3.8% | 17.2% | 49.1% | 10.1% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Arizona | 33,293 | 7.4% | 1,069 | 9.1% | 50.3% | 20.0% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Arkansas | 13,645 | 21.9% | 612 | 29.2% | 63.7% | 14.8% | 0.7% | 6.4% | 4.1% |
| California | 138,462 | 10.3% | 11,634 | 12.3% | 39.9% | 25.6% | 5.6% | 2.0% | 5.9% |
| Colorado | 38,517 | 7.3% | 2,445 | 6.5% | 37.9% | 23.2% | 8.5% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Connecticut | 6,856 | 15.8% | 437 | 12.4% | 76.5% | 9.3% | 3.3% | 0.9% | 4.0% |
| Delaware | 3,769 | 30.4% | 209 | 36.4% | 53.1% | 17.5% | 3.2% | 7.3% | 3.9% |
| Florida | 88,368 | 21.4% | 6,655 | 19.3% | 8.1% | 7.2% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 0.9% |
| Georgia | 76,268 | 43.6% | 4,952 | 47.2% | 53.2% | 19.6% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 3.8% |
| Hawaii | 24,509 | 4.2% | 284 | 5.6% | 27.3% | 20.8% | 7.3% | 3.2% | 2.2% |
| Idaho | 10,751 | 1.2% | 232 | 1.7% | 13.6% | 59.2% | 17.4% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Illinois | 38,867 | 18.8% | 5,573 | 27.8% | 37.4% | 13.0% | 6.1% | 16.8% | 0.0% |
| Indiana | 23,482 | 14.5% | 988 | 16.0% | 49.1% | 11.6% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 11.8% |
| Iowa | 9,462 | 4.1% | 430 | 3.0% | 46.3% | 8.1% | 26.6% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
| Kansas | 16,592 | 9.8% | 1,211 | 9.0% | 61.4% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 15.4% | 2.0% |
| Kentucky | 22,486 | 14.7% | 940 | 8.9% | 45.1% | 24.3% | 8.4% | 3.5% | 1.3% |
| Louisiana | 18,460 | 37.3% | 997 | 43.6% | 31.8% | 27.9% | 9.3% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
| Maine | 12,446 | 1.0% | 253 | 0.0% | 48.6% | 15.3% | 2.2% | 12.1% | 4.0% |
| Maryland | 125,109 | 26.1% | 18,547 | 39.6% | 26.8% | 54.3% | 8.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Massachusetts | 23,096 | 9.8% | 2,548 | 5.8% | 7.4% | 13.2% | 8.5% | 3.1% | 12.0% |
| Michigan | 27,778 | 16.9% | 1,989 | 20.2% | 64.5% | 11.5% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Minnesota | 17,342 | 5.3% | 753 | 8.9% | 55.4% | 16.5% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 6.0% |
| Mississippi | 18,218 | 35.2% | 1,304 | 29.8% | 68.1% | 6.7% | 0.7% | 5.6% | 4.8% |
| Missouri | 32,823 | 21.5% | 4,326 | 24.4% | 43.5% | 25.5% | 2.6% | 8.7% | 3.4% |
| Montana | 11,108 | 0.7% | 224 | 0.0% | 38.2% | 4.8% | 1.5% | 5.6% | 7.0% |
| Nebraska | 10,135 | 5.4% | 266 | 2.3% | 27.4% | 22.6% | 0.0% | 19.0% | 0.0% |
| Nevada | 13,532 | 12.5% | 423 | 24.3% | 47.6% | 32.5% | 2.4% | 7.8% | 0.9% |
| New Hampshire | 4,877 | 1.9% | 298 | 1.7% | 60.2% | 16.3% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| New Jersey | 20,977 | 16.2% | 1,641 | 17.9% | 36.1% | 11.3% | 0.0% | 4.1% | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | 21,718 | 4.0% | 946 | 3.5% | 45.4% | 20.4% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| New York | 47,267 | 15.3% | 6,599 | 19.9% | 26.3% | 36.7% | 4.3% | 10.4% | 3.2% |
| North Carolina | 48,301 | 26.0% | 3,527 | 25.9% | 50.8% | 6.1% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 10.5% |
| North Dakota | 5,569 | 2.1% | 156 | 0.0% | 45.8% | 20.8% | 11.6% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| Ohio | 51,945 | 16.9% | 4,051 | 14.2% | 33.6% | 40.3% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 41,477 | 10.5% | 723 | 15.6% | 48.1% | 14.3% | 20.8% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Oregon | 20,253 | 2.4% | 671 | 3.4% | 27.9% | 48.2% | 9.2% | 1.0% | 1.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 59,615 | 16.4% | 6,912 | 18.1% | 52.3% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 1.8% |
| Rhode Island | 8,328 | 5.7% | 262 | 3.8% | 33.5% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 0.8% | 8.5% |
| South Carolina | 23,947 | 34.0% | 882 | 35.9% | 48.5% | 38.0% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| South Dakota | 8,788 | 1.5% | 148 | 0.0% | 46.5% | 26.7% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 2.8% |
| Tennessee | 31,156 | 35.0% | 1,375 | 25.1% | 35.9% | 9.9% | 4.6% | 19.1% | 0.0% |
| Texas | 118,401 | 24.2% | 11,825 | 25.0% | 36.1% | 8.8% | 1.9% | 4.9% | 2.1% |
| Utah | 33,523 | 1.7% | 408 | 2.9% | 40.4% | 17.7% | 7.9% | 2.1% | 3.2% |
| Vermont | 3,263 | 1.5% | 100 | 0.0% | 22.0% | 41.3% | 7.0% | 2.7% | 0.9% |
| Virginia | 139,244 | 26.3% | 7,394 | 20.6% | 34.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 16.0% | 0.0% |
| Washington | 55,947 | 5.4% | 2,487 | 8.8% | 12.6% | 46.0% | 21.3% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Washington D.C. | 125,754 | 28.0% | 28,320 | 32.7% | 32.7% | 33.4% | 9.9% | 1.6% | 4.1% |
| West Virginia | 16,726 | 4.9% | 549 | 7.8% | 58.7% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Wisconsin | 17,095 | 7.9% | 824 | 10.2% | 82.0% | 3.2% | 0.5% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Wyoming | 6,769 | 1.2% | 60 | 0.0% | 38.8% | 30.0% | 10.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% |
Notes: Shares represent Black alone, non-Hispanic individuals. Large independent agencies are agencies that employ more than 1,000 workers. Departments of Armed Forces includes the Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, and the Department of the Navy.
Source: Office of Personnel Management, FedScope - Federal Workforce Data, last updated September 2024. FedScope does not include the U.S. Postal Service in its data.
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