| State |
Population |
Total |
Federal |
State |
Local |
Politicians Per 10,000 citizens |
| United States |
327,167,434 |
512,658 |
534 |
17,628 |
493,830 |
20.6 |
| Alabama |
4,887,871 |
4,385 |
9 |
436 |
3 949 |
10.9 |
| Alaska |
737,438 |
1,929 |
3 |
255 |
1 674 |
35.1 |
| Arizona |
7,171,646 |
3,289 |
11 |
239 |
3,050 |
9 |
| Arkansas |
3,013,825 |
8,408 |
6 |
349 |
8,059 |
35.8 |
| California |
39,557,045 |
18,925 |
55 |
226 |
18 699 |
6.4 |
| Colorado |
5,695,564 |
8,605 |
9 |
280 |
8 325 |
26.1 |
| Connecticut |
3,572,665 |
9,147 |
7 |
333 |
8 814 |
27.8 |
| Delaware |
967,171 |
1,171 |
3 |
80 |
1 091 |
17.6 |
| District of Columbia |
702,455 |
348 |
0 |
– |
348 |
5.7 |
| Florida |
21,299,325 |
5,588 |
29 |
934 |
4,654 |
4.3 |
| Georgia |
10,519,475 |
6,529 |
16 |
465 |
6,064 |
10.1 |
| Hawaii |
1,420,491 |
183 |
4 |
91 |
92 |
1.7 |
| Idaho |
1,754,208 |
4,775 |
4 |
171 |
4,604 |
47.4 |
| Illinois |
12,741,080 |
42,336 |
20 |
623 |
41,713 |
37 |
| Indiana |
6,691,878 |
11,624 |
11 |
506 |
11,118 |
21 |
| Iowa |
3,156,145 |
16,479 |
6 |
319 |
16,160 |
59.4 |
| Kansas |
2,911,505 |
18,895 |
6 |
343 |
18,552 |
76.3 |
| Kentucky |
4,468,402 |
7,060 |
8 |
565 |
6,495 |
19.2 |
| Louisiana |
4,659,978 |
5,051 |
8 |
629 |
4,422 |
12 |
| Maine |
1,338,404 |
6,556 |
4 |
210 |
6,346 |
53.4 |
| Maryland |
6,042,718 |
2,123 |
10 |
356 |
1,767 |
4.4 |
| Massachusetts |
6,902,149 |
22,173 |
11 |
225 |
21,948 |
36.9 |
| Michigan |
9,995,915 |
18,704 |
16 |
652 |
18,052 |
20.1 |
| Minnesota |
5,611,179 |
18,870 |
10 |
623 |
18,247 |
43.3 |
| Mississippi |
2,986,530 |
4,754 |
6 |
296 |
4,458 |
18.5 |
| Missouri |
6,126,452 |
17,281 |
10 |
994 |
16,287 |
33.8 |
| Montana |
1,062,305 |
5,106 |
3 |
201 |
4 905 |
63.9 |
| Nebraska |
1,929,268 |
13,899 |
5 |
201 |
13 698 |
88.1 |
| Nevada |
3,034,392 |
1,218 |
6 |
141 |
1,077 |
10.1 |
| New Hampshire |
1,356,458 |
7,347 |
4 |
430 |
6 917 |
66.2 |
| New Jersey |
8,908,520 |
9,042 |
14 |
121 |
8 921 |
11.8 |
| New Mexico |
2,095,428 |
2,201 |
5 |
220 |
1 981 |
14.5 |
| New York |
19,542,209 |
25,932 |
29 |
950 |
24 982 |
14.4 |
| North Carolina |
10,383,620 |
5,820 |
15 |
593 |
5 227 |
8.8 |
| North Dakota |
760,077 |
15,482 |
3 |
205 |
15 277 |
242.3 |
| Ohio |
11,689,442 |
19,366 |
18 |
231 |
19 135 |
17.9 |
| Oklahoma |
3,943,079 |
8,989 |
7 |
362 |
8 627 |
28.6 |
| Oregon |
4,190,713 |
7,833 |
7 |
290 |
7 543 |
27.6 |
| Pennsylvania |
12,807,060 |
30,476 |
20 |
1 200 |
29 276 |
25.7 |
| Rhode Island |
1,057,315 |
1,138 |
4 |
155 |
983 |
11.3 |
| South Carolina |
5,084,127 |
3,943 |
9 |
195 |
3 748 |
11.3 |
| South Dakota |
882,235 |
9,684 |
3 |
155 |
9 529 |
139.1 |
| Tennessee |
6,770,010 |
6,950 |
11 |
321 |
6 629 |
14.3 |
| Texas |
28,701,845 |
27,628 |
38 |
815 |
26 813 |
16.3 |
| Utah |
3,161,105 |
2,711 |
6 |
200 |
2 511 |
15.7 |
| Vermont |
626,299 |
8,534 |
3 |
186 |
8 348 |
151.6 |
| Virginia |
8,517,685 |
3,104 |
13 |
143 |
2 961 |
5 |
| Washington |
7,535,591 |
7,724 |
12 |
537 |
7 187 |
15.9 |
| West Virginia |
1,805,832 |
2,772 |
5 |
205 |
2 567 |
15.5 |
| Wisconsin |
5,813,568 |
17,829 |
10 |
450 |
17,379 |
36.5 |
| Wyoming |
577,737 |
2,742 |
3 |
121 |
2,621 |
60.4 |
EDITOR'S NOTE: Hawaii has 1.7 elected officials per 10,000 citizens, fewest in USA -- this is largely because Hawaii has only 92 elected officials below the state level. The next lowest state, Rhode Island, has 983. If we had more lower-level elected officials, we would have more competitive legislative and congressional elections.
How many politicians are there in the USA? (Infographic)
from poliengine.com
Turning on your television it can feel like politicians are everywhere. But the politicians that dominate the news barely scratch the surface of how many politicians there are in the United States. There are almost 100,000 unique governments in the United States, all electing 1 or more people to oversee that government. From School Board to City Council to President, the numbers of elected officials can be dizzying, which is why we put together this infographic to look at all of them, and break down the numbers.
If you'd like to dig into the data sets, or see it broken down by state, scroll below the infographic to get tables and links to our data.
This data was collected from a number of sources, the main one being the 1992 Census of Governments which collected data on every elected official in the United States. We took appended this data from the National Conference of State Legislators and compared it to Jennifer Lawless's 2012 book Becoming a Candidate. Where possible we updated this data with more recent numbers, but the data on local governments from that time period is the best we have.
According to these data sources, there are 519,682 politicians across the United States. Of these, 535 are Federal politicians, 18,749 are State Politicians, and 500,396 are local politicians. Note that the state data is slightly lower than the totals, as we do not include territories in the table….
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