The Trump administration’s attacks on federal government workers will disproportionately harm veterans and their families. Nearly 900,000 civilian federal employees are either veterans, spouses of veterans, or spouses of active military, representing 30% of the entire federal government workforce.
Federal government employees are disproportionately likely to be veterans due to federal government hiring preferences. Table 1 shows that currently 758,300 civilian federal government workers are veterans, about 25% of federal employees based on January 2025 employment counts. Since there are about 7.3 million employed veterans, it follows that one out of every 10 employed veterans works for the federal government.
The federal government also employs nearly 250,000 spouses of veterans and spouses of active military. Together, the civilian federal government workforce consists of 895,900 veterans and spouses of veterans or active military. (Some federal government employed veterans are also spouses of veterans.)
The federal government employs 900,000 veterans and veteran spouses and military spouses: Civilian federal government employment in January 2025, by veteran status
| All federal employees | 3,024,000 |
| Veterans | 758,300 |
| Spouses of veterans or military | 244,500 |
| Veterans and spouses of veterans or military | 895,900 |
Notes: The count of “Veterans and spouses of veterans or military” is less than the sum of “Veterans” and “Spouses of veterans or military” because some veterans are also spouses of veterans or active military.
Source: Analysis of the American Community Survey, Current Employment Statistics, FedScope, and Geocorr.
Cuts to federal employment will affect veterans in every state. Table 2 shows that in five states—California, Florida, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia—Trump administration cuts to federal employment could affect more than 50,000 employed veterans and spouses of veterans. Even in the least populous states, more than 1,000 veterans and veteran spouses are at risk of losing their jobs. Table 3 shows federal worker employment counts by congressional district.
Civilian federal employment by state and veteran status
| State | Overall | Veterans | Veterans and spouses of veterans or military |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 61,900 | 18,600 | 21,900 |
| Alaska | 15,000 | 5,100 | 6,200 |
| Arizona | 63,800 | 18,000 | 21,100 |
| Arkansas | 20,100 | 4,100 | 5,000 |
| California | 255,600 | 58,200 | 66,100 |
| Colorado | 60,600 | 18,300 | 21,800 |
| Connecticut | 22,000 | 4,500 | 5,500 |
| Delaware | 9,200 | 2,600 | 3,400 |
| District of Columbia | 49,100 | 4,000 | 4,900 |
| Florida | 154,300 | 48,700 | 56,800 |
| Georgia | 106,500 | 31,000 | 36,500 |
| Hawaii | 29,400 | 9,900 | 11,900 |
| Idaho | 18,500 | 3,900 | 4,600 |
| Illinois | 89,700 | 17,600 | 20,900 |
| Indiana | 48,300 | 9,300 | 11,400 |
| Iowa | 21,900 | 5,400 | 6,400 |
| Kansas | 28,100 | 7,300 | 8,800 |
| Kentucky | 34,800 | 8,600 | 10,200 |
| Louisiana | 34,600 | 8,000 | 9,300 |
| Maine | 12,000 | 2,600 | 3,200 |
| Maryland | 225,400 | 48,400 | 58,100 |
| Massachusetts | 43,900 | 6,700 | 7,700 |
| Michigan | 54,300 | 11,100 | 13,600 |
| Minnesota | 31,700 | 5,700 | 7,100 |
| Mississippi | 30,100 | 7,900 | 9,500 |
| Missouri | 52,900 | 12,400 | 14,700 |
| Montana | 15,400 | 4,000 | 4,900 |
| Nebraska | 17,500 | 5,000 | 5,700 |
| Nevada | 27,800 | 8,500 | 10,300 |
| New Hampshire | 13,100 | 3,300 | 4,200 |
| New Jersey | 56,200 | 9,400 | 10,600 |
| New Mexico | 44,200 | 10,100 | 12,300 |
| New York | 129,400 | 15,200 | 18,300 |
| North Carolina | 84,900 | 27,700 | 33,200 |
| North Dakota | 9,200 | 2,800 | 3,300 |
| Ohio | 81,100 | 20,200 | 23,600 |
| Oklahoma | 60,100 | 13,500 | 16,700 |
| Oregon | 25,300 | 5,000 | 5,900 |
| Pennsylvania | 90,500 | 19,200 | 22,300 |
| Rhode Island | 11,900 | 2,400 | 2,500 |
| South Carolina | 43,200 | 13,300 | 15,500 |
| South Dakota | 10,500 | 2,500 | 3,100 |
| Tennessee | 66,600 | 17,300 | 20,600 |
| Texas | 249,000 | 74,500 | 87,100 |
| Utah | 35,200 | 7,500 | 8,700 |
| Vermont | 5,500 | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Virginia | 235,500 | 79,800 | 93,100 |
| Washington | 78,300 | 24,800 | 29,400 |
| West Virginia | 23,000 | 5,500 | 6,500 |
| Wisconsin | 28,900 | 5,500 | 7,000 |
| Wyoming | 8,100 | 2,400 | 2,800 |
Source: Analysis of the American Community Survey, Current Employment Statistics, FedScope, and Geocorr.
Civilian federal employment by congressional district and veteran status
| Congressional district | Overall | Veterans | Veterans and spouses of veterans or military |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska – 1 | 15,000 | 5,100 | 6,200 |
| Arizona – 1 | 4,300 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| Arizona – 2 | 11,300 | 1,500 | 2,100 |
| Arizona – 3 | 4,600 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Arizona – 4 | 4,700 | 1,500 | 1,600 |
| Arizona – 5 | 5,300 | 1,200 | 1,500 |
| Arizona – 6 | 10,200 | 3,900 | 4,400 |
| Arizona – 7 | 8,700 | 3,100 | 3,600 |
| Arizona – 8 | 5,600 | 1,400 | 1,700 |
| Arizona – 9 | 9,000 | 3,400 | 3,700 |
| Arkansas – 1 | 5,100 | 700 | 900 |
| Arkansas – 2 | 6,400 | 1,500 | 2,000 |
| Arkansas – 3 | 3,600 | – | – |
| Arkansas – 4 | 5,100 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| California – 1 | 6,500 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| California – 2 | 4,500 | 400 | 500 |
| California – 3 | 3,800 | 800 | 900 |
| California – 4 | 4,100 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| California – 5 | 4,800 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| California – 6 | 4,700 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| California – 7 | 6,200 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| California – 8 | 6,200 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| California – 9 | 4,900 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| California – 10 | 4,600 | 800 | 900 |
| California – 11 | 5,200 | 400 | 400 |
| California – 12 | 5,100 | 600 | 700 |
| California – 13 | 3,300 | 700 | 800 |
| California – 14 | 4,300 | 600 | 700 |
| California – 15 | 4,700 | 600 | 600 |
| California – 16 | 3,300 | 400 | 500 |
| California – 17 | 3,000 | 400 | 500 |
| California – 18 | 3,400 | 600 | 700 |
| California – 19 | 5,000 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| California – 20 | 9,100 | 2,600 | 2,900 |
| California – 21 | 4,500 | 700 | 800 |
| California – 22 | 2,600 | 700 | 800 |
| California – 23 | 7,900 | 2,900 | 3,300 |
| California – 24 | 5,400 | 900 | 1,000 |
| California – 25 | 5,300 | 1,400 | 1,500 |
| California – 26 | 6,900 | 2,100 | 2,500 |
| California – 27 | 6,300 | 1,400 | 1,700 |
| California – 28 | 4,900 | 400 | 400 |
| California – 29 | 3,900 | 300 | 400 |
| California – 30 | 3,600 | 400 | 500 |
| California – 31 | 2,900 | 400 | 400 |
| California – 32 | 3,000 | 300 | 300 |
| California – 33 | 3,400 | – | – |
| California – 34 | 2,600 | 300 | 300 |
| California – 35 | 2,600 | 500 | 500 |
| California – 36 | 3,100 | 500 | 500 |
| California – 37 | 5,700 | 600 | 700 |
| California – 38 | 3,400 | 400 | 400 |
| California – 39 | 3,200 | 700 | 800 |
| California – 40 | 3,100 | 500 | 500 |
| California – 41 | 4,700 | 1,900 | 2,000 |
| California – 42 | 4,600 | 600 | 800 |
| California – 43 | 5,300 | 700 | 800 |
| California – 44 | 3,800 | 600 | 700 |
| California – 45 | 4,600 | 500 | 600 |
| California – 46 | 4,500 | 700 | 700 |
| California – 47 | 2,600 | 400 | 500 |
| California – 48 | 10,100 | 4,700 | 5,200 |
| California – 49 | 4,400 | 2,000 | 2,300 |
| California – 50 | 7,400 | 2,500 | 2,700 |
| California – 51 | 9,900 | 4,300 | 4,600 |
| California – 52 | 12,600 | 5,400 | 6,300 |
| Colorado – 1 | 7,600 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| Colorado – 2 | 5,000 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Colorado – 3 | 7,000 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| Colorado – 4 | 6,500 | 2,200 | 2,600 |
| Colorado – 5 | 14,800 | 8,300 | 9,600 |
| Colorado – 6 | 7,600 | 1,800 | 2,200 |
| Colorado – 7 | 7,100 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| Colorado – 8 | 5,000 | – | – |
| Connecticut – 1 | 3,900 | 600 | 700 |
| Connecticut – 2 | 7,200 | 2,200 | 2,700 |
| Connecticut – 3 | 4,500 | 800 | 1,100 |
| Connecticut – 4 | 2,800 | – | – |
| Connecticut – 5 | 3,500 | 600 | 600 |
| Delaware – 1 | 9,200 | 2,600 | 3,400 |
| District of Columbia – 1 | 49,100 | 4,000 | 4,900 |
| Florida – 1 | 13,800 | 7,800 | 9,200 |
| Florida – 2 | 8,100 | 2,800 | 3,600 |
| Florida – 3 | 6,000 | 1,800 | 2,100 |
| Florida – 4 | 12,400 | 5,400 | 6,200 |
| Florida – 5 | 10,400 | 4,300 | 4,800 |
| Florida – 6 | 2,900 | 700 | 800 |
| Florida – 7 | 3,900 | – | – |
| Florida – 8 | 7,400 | 2,700 | 3,300 |
| Florida – 9 | 5,500 | 1,700 | 1,900 |
| Florida – 10 | 4,400 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Florida – 11 | 4,400 | – | – |
| Florida – 12 | 4,400 | – | – |
| Florida – 13 | 6,300 | 1,800 | 2,100 |
| Florida – 14 | 6,600 | 2,000 | 2,300 |
| Florida – 15 | 3,600 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| Florida – 16 | 6,100 | 2,800 | 3,200 |
| Florida – 17 | 3,600 | – | – |
| Florida – 18 | 3,000 | – | – |
| Florida – 19 | 3,200 | – | – |
| Florida – 20 | 6,300 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Florida – 21 | 4,500 | – | – |
| Florida – 22 | 2,400 | – | – |
| Florida – 23 | 3,100 | – | – |
| Florida – 24 | 4,500 | 600 | 700 |
| Florida – 25 | 6,200 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Florida – 26 | 2,300 | 500 | 600 |
| Florida – 27 | 4,200 | 1,200 | 1,400 |
| Florida – 28 | 5,000 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Hawaii – 1 | 19,500 | 6,500 | 7,800 |
| Hawaii – 2 | 9,800 | 3,400 | 4,100 |
| Idaho – 1 | 6,000 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| Idaho – 2 | 12,500 | 2,500 | 2,900 |
| Illinois – 1 | 6,300 | 800 | 900 |
| Illinois – 2 | 6,600 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Illinois – 3 | 3,400 | 500 | 700 |
| Illinois – 4 | 4,400 | 700 | 700 |
| Illinois – 5 | 5,100 | 900 | 900 |
| Illinois – 6 | 4,200 | 600 | 600 |
| Illinois – 7 | 9,500 | 2,000 | 2,200 |
| Illinois – 8 | 4,200 | 700 | 900 |
| Illinois – 9 | 3,600 | 500 | 500 |
| Illinois – 10 | 5,800 | 1,700 | 2,200 |
| Illinois – 11 | 4,300 | 800 | 900 |
| Illinois – 12 | 7,800 | 2,600 | 3,200 |
| Illinois – 13 | 6,400 | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| Illinois – 14 | 4,500 | 800 | 1,000 |
| Illinois – 15 | 4,500 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Illinois – 16 | 3,700 | 500 | 700 |
| Illinois – 17 | 5,600 | 700 | 1,000 |
| Indiana – 1 | 4,600 | – | – |
| Indiana – 2 | 2,700 | – | – |
| Indiana – 3 | 3,600 | – | – |
| Indiana – 4 | 5,700 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Indiana – 5 | 6,100 | – | – |
| Indiana – 6 | 5,200 | 1,400 | 2,000 |
| Indiana – 7 | 8,600 | 1,400 | 1,800 |
| Indiana – 8 | 5,900 | 1,000 | 1,300 |
| Indiana – 9 | 5,900 | 1,100 | 1,400 |
| Iowa – 1 | 7,300 | 1,800 | 2,000 |
| Iowa – 2 | 3,700 | – | – |
| Iowa – 3 | 5,800 | 1,800 | 2,100 |
| Iowa – 4 | 5,000 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Kansas – 1 | 5,600 | 1,600 | 2,000 |
| Kansas – 2 | 10,900 | 3,100 | 3,700 |
| Kansas – 3 | 5,400 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Kansas – 4 | 6,200 | 1,500 | 1,900 |
| Kentucky – 1 | 4,000 | 900 | 1,000 |
| Kentucky – 2 | 7,500 | 2,900 | 3,600 |
| Kentucky – 3 | 4,300 | – | – |
| Kentucky – 4 | 7,100 | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| Kentucky – 5 | 5,200 | 800 | 1,100 |
| Kentucky – 6 | 6,700 | 1,600 | 1,900 |
| Maine – 1 | 7,100 | 1,900 | 2,200 |
| Maine – 2 | 4,900 | 800 | 1,100 |
| Maryland – 1 | 16,200 | 4,500 | 5,400 |
| Maryland – 2 | 15,300 | 2,700 | 3,200 |
| Maryland – 3 | 30,200 | 8,300 | 9,700 |
| Maryland – 4 | 32,400 | 5,100 | 6,200 |
| Maryland – 5 | 53,400 | 16,300 | 20,100 |
| Maryland – 6 | 23,700 | 4,800 | 5,400 |
| Maryland – 7 | 13,200 | 2,000 | 2,400 |
| Maryland – 8 | 41,000 | 4,000 | 4,800 |
| Massachusetts – 1 | 4,900 | 700 | 800 |
| Massachusetts – 2 | 4,100 | 800 | 1,000 |
| Massachusetts – 3 | 5,800 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Massachusetts – 4 | 3,700 | 600 | 700 |
| Massachusetts – 5 | 5,400 | 900 | 900 |
| Massachusetts – 6 | 5,600 | 600 | 700 |
| Massachusetts – 7 | 4,400 | 500 | 600 |
| Massachusetts – 8 | 5,900 | 800 | 900 |
| Massachusetts – 9 | 4,200 | 800 | 900 |
| Michigan – 1 | 6,300 | 1,300 | 1,800 |
| Michigan – 2 | 4,700 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Michigan – 3 | 2,900 | – | – |
| Michigan – 4 | 3,200 | – | – |
| Michigan – 5 | 3,500 | 800 | 1,000 |
| Michigan – 6 | 4,300 | – | – |
| Michigan – 7 | 3,900 | – | – |
| Michigan – 8 | 3,400 | – | – |
| Michigan – 9 | 4,700 | 1,000 | 1,300 |
| Michigan – 10 | 4,900 | 1,100 | 1,400 |
| Michigan – 11 | 3,800 | – | – |
| Michigan – 12 | 4,100 | – | – |
| Michigan – 13 | 4,700 | 500 | 700 |
| Minnesota – 1 | 2,400 | – | – |
| Minnesota – 2 | 5,200 | – | – |
| Minnesota – 3 | 3,400 | – | – |
| Minnesota – 4 | 3,800 | – | – |
| Minnesota – 5 | 4,600 | – | – |
| Minnesota – 6 | 3,600 | – | – |
| Minnesota – 7 | 4,200 | 700 | 900 |
| Minnesota – 8 | 4,400 | 800 | 900 |
| Mississippi – 1 | 5,400 | 900 | 1,200 |
| Mississippi – 2 | 7,100 | 1,300 | 1,500 |
| Mississippi – 3 | 5,700 | 1,300 | 1,700 |
| Mississippi – 4 | 11,800 | 4,400 | 5,200 |
| Missouri – 1 | 9,300 | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Missouri – 2 | 4,100 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Missouri – 3 | 3,800 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Missouri – 4 | 9,200 | 3,100 | 3,600 |
| Missouri – 5 | 11,000 | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| Missouri – 6 | 6,300 | 1,700 | 1,900 |
| Missouri – 7 | 3,200 | – | – |
| Missouri – 8 | 6,100 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| Montana – 1 | 6,900 | 1,400 | 1,900 |
| Montana – 2 | 8,500 | 2,600 | 3,000 |
| Nebraska – 1 | 7,500 | 2,600 | 3,000 |
| Nebraska – 2 | 5,900 | 1,700 | 2,000 |
| Nebraska – 3 | 4,100 | 700 | 800 |
| Nevada – 1 | 6,200 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| Nevada – 2 | 7,300 | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| Nevada – 3 | 6,400 | 2,000 | 2,400 |
| Nevada – 4 | 7,900 | 2,800 | 3,400 |
| New Hampshire – 1 | 7,500 | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| New Hampshire – 2 | 5,600 | 1,300 | 1,700 |
| New Jersey – 1 | 7,100 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| New Jersey – 2 | 5,900 | 1,500 | 1,600 |
| New Jersey – 3 | 6,900 | 2,200 | 2,600 |
| New Jersey – 4 | 3,800 | 700 | 800 |
| New Jersey – 5 | 4,000 | – | – |
| New Jersey – 6 | 4,500 | 400 | 400 |
| New Jersey – 7 | 4,600 | 700 | 800 |
| New Jersey – 8 | 3,600 | – | – |
| New Jersey – 9 | 3,100 | 400 | 400 |
| New Jersey – 10 | 5,000 | 500 | 600 |
| New Jersey – 11 | 4,500 | 600 | 600 |
| New Jersey – 12 | 3,300 | – | – |
| New Mexico – 1 | 16,200 | 3,800 | 4,500 |
| New Mexico – 2 | 12,900 | 3,600 | 4,400 |
| New Mexico – 3 | 15,100 | 2,700 | 3,400 |
| North Dakota – 1 | 9,200 | 2,800 | 3,300 |
| Ohio – 1 | 6,500 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Ohio – 2 | 4,900 | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Ohio – 3 | 5,100 | 1,300 | 1,500 |
| Ohio – 4 | 2,600 | 700 | 800 |
| Ohio – 5 | 4,700 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Ohio – 6 | 3,800 | 700 | 900 |
| Ohio – 7 | 4,700 | 700 | 800 |
| Ohio – 8 | 7,500 | 1,400 | 1,800 |
| Ohio – 9 | 2,900 | – | – |
| Ohio – 10 | 15,300 | 5,800 | 6,600 |
| Ohio – 11 | 6,700 | 1,200 | 1,400 |
| Ohio – 12 | 4,200 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Ohio – 13 | 4,000 | – | – |
| Ohio – 14 | 3,800 | – | – |
| Ohio – 15 | 4,300 | 1,200 | 1,400 |
| Oklahoma – 1 | 6,000 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Oklahoma – 2 | 11,700 | 1,400 | 1,900 |
| Oklahoma – 3 | 9,600 | 2,100 | 2,600 |
| Oklahoma – 4 | 19,400 | 6,500 | 7,800 |
| Oklahoma – 5 | 13,400 | 2,700 | 3,300 |
| Oregon – 1 | 2,700 | 500 | 500 |
| Oregon – 2 | 5,400 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Oregon – 3 | 4,700 | 900 | 900 |
| Oregon – 4 | 5,600 | 1,200 | 1,400 |
| Oregon – 5 | 3,500 | 700 | 700 |
| Oregon – 6 | 3,400 | 800 | 1,000 |
| Pennsylvania – 1 | 3,600 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania – 2 | 6,200 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania – 3 | 7,200 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania – 4 | 4,200 | 700 | 900 |
| Pennsylvania – 5 | 5,600 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Pennsylvania – 6 | 4,200 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania – 7 | 3,000 | – | – |
| Pennsylvania – 8 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| Pennsylvania – 9 | 5,000 | 1,100 | 1,500 |
| Pennsylvania – 10 | 8,900 | 2,800 | 3,300 |
| Pennsylvania – 11 | 3,900 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Pennsylvania – 12 | 5,800 | 1,100 | 1,200 |
| Pennsylvania – 13 | 7,000 | 2,000 | 2,300 |
| Pennsylvania – 14 | 3,900 | 700 | 800 |
| Pennsylvania – 15 | 4,400 | 900 | 1,100 |
| Pennsylvania – 16 | 4,700 | 1,000 | 1,200 |
| Pennsylvania – 17 | 5,900 | 1,200 | 1,400 |
| Rhode Island – 1 | 6,000 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Rhode Island – 2 | 5,900 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| South Carolina – 1 | 10,600 | 4,200 | 4,900 |
| South Carolina – 2 | 11,600 | 3,500 | 4,000 |
| South Carolina – 3 | 3,800 | – | – |
| South Carolina – 4 | 3,700 | – | – |
| South Carolina – 5 | 4,300 | 1,300 | 1,600 |
| South Carolina – 6 | 6,300 | 2,000 | 2,400 |
| South Carolina – 7 | 2,900 | – | – |
| South Dakota – 1 | 10,500 | 2,500 | 3,100 |
| Tennessee – 1 | 6,600 | 1,400 | 1,800 |
| Tennessee – 2 | 7,300 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| Tennessee – 3 | 9,800 | 2,200 | 2,500 |
| Tennessee – 4 | 8,300 | 1,900 | 2,100 |
| Tennessee – 5 | 5,300 | 1,500 | 1,600 |
| Tennessee – 6 | 5,600 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| Tennessee – 7 | 9,400 | 4,300 | 5,100 |
| Tennessee – 8 | 5,000 | 1,400 | 1,700 |
| Tennessee – 9 | 9,400 | 1,800 | 2,600 |
| Texas – 1 | 6,800 | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| Texas – 2 | 5,200 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| Texas – 3 | 5,200 | 1,100 | 1,400 |
| Texas – 4 | 4,200 | 800 | 900 |
| Texas – 5 | 4,200 | 900 | 1,000 |
| Texas – 6 | 5,000 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| Texas – 7 | 3,300 | 300 | 400 |
| Texas – 8 | 3,400 | – | – |
| Texas – 9 | 5,200 | 600 | 900 |
| Texas – 10 | 5,000 | 900 | 1,000 |
| Texas – 11 | 10,200 | 4,700 | 5,800 |
| Texas – 12 | 9,000 | 3,100 | 3,600 |
| Texas – 13 | 9,700 | 3,300 | 4,000 |
| Texas – 14 | 5,000 | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Texas – 15 | 5,900 | 1,900 | 2,200 |
| Texas – 16 | 14,000 | 4,800 | 5,600 |
| Texas – 17 | 4,600 | 1,500 | 1,600 |
| Texas – 18 | 7,100 | 1,200 | 1,400 |
| Texas – 19 | 5,400 | 1,000 | 1,500 |
| Texas – 20 | 9,800 | 4,300 | 5,000 |
| Texas – 21 | 9,500 | 4,000 | 4,800 |
| Texas – 22 | 4,300 | 700 | 1,000 |
| Texas – 23 | 15,500 | 7,500 | 8,500 |
| Texas – 24 | 4,500 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| Texas – 25 | 8,300 | 1,700 | 2,000 |
| Texas – 26 | 4,800 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| Texas – 27 | 8,000 | 2,700 | 3,000 |
| Texas – 28 | 10,400 | 4,100 | 4,900 |
| Texas – 29 | 3,200 | 600 | 600 |
| Texas – 30 | 7,500 | 1,800 | 2,200 |
| Texas – 31 | 8,300 | 3,900 | 4,400 |
| Texas – 32 | 4,600 | 1,000 | 1,100 |
| Texas – 33 | 3,800 | 700 | 800 |
| Texas – 34 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 1,700 |
| Texas – 35 | 8,600 | 2,900 | 3,600 |
| Texas – 36 | 4,500 | 900 | 1,000 |
| Texas – 37 | 5,100 | – | – |
| Texas – 38 | 3,100 | 600 | 700 |
| Utah – 1 | 18,300 | 4,400 | 5,200 |
| Utah – 2 | 8,100 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| Utah – 3 | 4,400 | 700 | 800 |
| Utah – 4 | 4,300 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Vermont – 1 | 5,500 | 1,200 | 1,600 |
| Virginia – 1 | 13,100 | 5,800 | 6,400 |
| Virginia – 2 | 21,200 | 11,100 | 12,500 |
| Virginia – 3 | 20,500 | 9,100 | 10,500 |
| Virginia – 4 | 13,000 | 4,100 | 4,600 |
| Virginia – 5 | 7,500 | 2,000 | 2,200 |
| Virginia – 6 | 7,500 | 1,500 | 2,000 |
| Virginia – 7 | 38,400 | 17,300 | 19,800 |
| Virginia – 8 | 50,100 | 11,100 | 13,400 |
| Virginia – 9 | 4,800 | 1,000 | 1,300 |
| Virginia – 10 | 23,600 | 7,500 | 8,900 |
| Virginia – 11 | 35,800 | 8,200 | 10,000 |
| Washington – 1 | 3,500 | 800 | 1,000 |
| Washington – 2 | 5,500 | 1,500 | 1,800 |
| Washington – 3 | 7,000 | 1,900 | 2,300 |
| Washington – 4 | 9,600 | 1,900 | 2,400 |
| Washington – 5 | 8,400 | 2,500 | 3,000 |
| Washington – 6 | 18,700 | 6,800 | 8,000 |
| Washington – 7 | 4,100 | 800 | 900 |
| Washington – 8 | 5,500 | 1,700 | 1,900 |
| Washington – 9 | 6,400 | 1,500 | 1,600 |
| Washington – 10 | 9,700 | 4,800 | 5,800 |
| West Virginia – 1 | 7,100 | 2,200 | 2,500 |
| West Virginia – 2 | 15,800 | 3,300 | 4,000 |
| Wisconsin – 1 | 4,800 | – | – |
| Wisconsin – 2 | 4,000 | – | – |
| Wisconsin – 3 | 4,300 | 1,400 | 1,600 |
| Wisconsin – 4 | 2,900 | – | – |
| Wisconsin – 5 | 3,500 | – | – |
| Wisconsin – 6 | 2,400 | 300 | 400 |
| Wisconsin – 7 | 3,500 | 700 | 900 |
| Wisconsin – 8 | 3,600 | 400 | 600 |
| Wyoming – 1 | 8,100 | 2,400 | 2,800 |
Notes: Values marked “-” are unavailable because of sample size constraints or because their value is less than 100. Congressional Districts are for the 118th Congress; values for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, New York are omitted due to redistricting for the 119th Congress.
Source: Analysis of the American Community Survey, Current Employment Statistics, FedScope, and Geocorr.
Methodology
This analysis reweights the American Community Survey (ACS) public-use microdata to match external sources for the total counts of federal government employment and shares of veterans among federal workers. Without reweighting, the tabulations from the ACS would overreport the number of federal government workers and underreport the share of veterans in federal government employment.
First, I construct congressional district identifiers in the five-year 2019–2023 American Community Survey microdata provided by IPUMS-USA by allocating the public-use microdata area identifiers to congressional districts using the population allocation provided by Geocorr 2022. Then, I reweight the non-United States Postal Service (USPS) federal government sample to match the distribution of broad age, education, gender, veteran, and race categories in federal employment tabulations provided by FedScope. With these data, I calculate veteran and veteran spouse shares of federal employment within each congressional district and then multiply the shares by previously published estimates of total federal government employment by congressional district available here. The latter source of data are Census published tabulations from the 2023 ACS of federal government employment, uniformly scaled to match January 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates for total federal government employment. The tables suppress veteran counts when the ACS sample size for federal employment is less than 400, or when the weighted count itself is less than 100. All values are rounded to the nearest hundred.
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