The U.S. Census Bureau has released three tables detailing the 2025 Government Organization counts, providing information on government units by state, local governments by type and state, and special district governments by function and state. Alongside these tables, the Bureau published the Organization Public Use File for State and Local Government Structures, a comprehensive database that covers U.S. state and local governments and their major agencies.
These data sets offer breakdowns by government type, state, population size, group, and function. The information includes detailed statistics on school systems such as independent and dependent districts.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau: “The Census of Governments, which includes the Government Organization counts, collects state and local government data every five years in years ending in ‘2’ and ‘7.’ The Organization Component of the Census of Governments provides the official count of active U.S. governments. Now, in addition to the Census of Governments product series, select tables will be published annually.”
The new tables are available at www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/government-organization/data/tables.html while public use files can be accessed at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gus/data/datasets.html.
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