STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT
Nebraska - Selected Years - 1965 to 2006
	Level of Government
Year	Local	State	Total
Fulltime Equivalent Employment ¹
1965	43,765	15,211	58,976
1970	51,028	22,815	73,843
1975	60,805	26,336	87,141
1976	60,327	25,773	86,100
1977	62,109	26,657	88,766
1978	64,304	28,116	92,420
1979	64,201	27,869	92,070
1980	64,000	28,000	92,000
1981	64,507	26,840	91,347
1982	62,229	27,388	89,617
1983	63,573	29,265	92,838
1984	61,345	29,255	90,600
1985 ²	56,433	26,166	82,599
1986	65,037	29,375	94,412
1987	66,841	29,696	96,537
1988	66,357	28,711	95,068
1989	67,262	29,141	96,403
1990	67,828	29,420	97,248
1991	68,769	29,450	98,219
1992	70,885	28,746	99,631
1993	71,000	29,158	100,158
1994	75,916	29,321	105,237
1995	76,267	29,609	105,876
1996 ³	--	--	--
1997	75,377	29,724	105,101
1998	77,821	29,176	106,997
1999	75,574	29,575	105,149
2000	77,828	29,797	107,625
2001	79,365	32,707	112,072
2002	80,774	33,155	113,929
2003	80,203	33,500	113,703
2004	81,105	33,662	114,767
2005	79,114	32,472	111,586
2006	84,592	32,904	117,496
Full- & Part-time Employment
Year	Total/Government	Full-time	Part-time	Total
1997	Total	92,439	34,635	127,074
	State	26,079	9,439	35,518
	Local	66,360	25,196	91,556
1998	Total	93,577	34,356	127,933
	State	25,602	9,157	34,759
	Local	67,975	25,199	93,174
1999	Total	92,051	37,854	129,905
	State	25,932	10,070	36,002
	Local	66,119	27,784	93,903
2000	Total	94,145	39,641	133,786
	State	26,025	9,827	35,852
	Local	68,120	29,814	97,934
2001	Total	97,700	39,205	136,905
	State	27,550	10,974	38,524
	Local	70,150	28,231	98,381
2002	Total	98,033	41,383	139,416
	State	28,071	10,859	38,930
	Local	69,962	30,254	100,486
2003	Total	98,208	43,734	141,942
	State	28,056	10,910	38,966
	Local	70,152	32,824	102,976
2004	Total	99,711	42,640	142,351
	State	28,190	10,872	39,062
	Local	71,521	31,768	103,289
2005	Total	95,917	44,295	140,212
	State	27,315	11,063	38,378
	Local	68,602	33,232	101,834
2006	Total	101,575	45,744	147,319
	State	27,663	11,018	38,681
	Local	73,912	34,726	108,638
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2007
¹ Full-time equivalent employees "refers to a computed statistic representing the number of full-time employees that could have been employed if t he reported number of hours worked by part-time employees had been worked by full-time employees" (Census of Governments).
² Number of full-time employees only; FTE totals not available for 1985.
³ The Bureau of the Census did not conduct a governments survey in 1996.
Last Updated:	3/5/07
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov