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The Constitution divides the federal government into three branches to ensure a central government in which no individual or group gains too much control: Legislative – Makes laws (Congress) Executive – Carries out laws (President, Vice President, Cabinet) Judicial – Evaluates laws (Supreme Court and other courts)
Who we are. The United States of America (US) is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district of Washington, D.C., five major and various minor insular areas, as well as over 90,000 local governments, including counties, municipalities, townships, school districts, and special district governments.
Nearly 100 million Americans received some form of government assistance in 2019, according to a 2023 estimate from the Department of Health and Human Services. The federal government has assistance programs in place to support Americans who can’t afford food, housing, healthcare, and other needs. This is sometimes referred to as a social ...
As of the dates shown below, there were 23.7 million full-time and part-time employees of our Government, including: 4.0 million federal employees, of whom 8% (excluding armed forces) work part-time; 5.5 million state employees, of whom 29% work part-time; and. 14.2 million local government employees, of whom 23% work part-time.
As of September 2023, there were 2.95 million employees in the US federal workforce. Looking back to the 20th century, between January 1939 and January 1944, the federal workforce more than tripled in size. It reached 3.1 million in 1944 and then declined before increasing again in the 1950s.
Mr. Biden is the 46 th President of the US. Mr. Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1942, the first of four children to Joseph Sr. and Catherine Biden. Mr. Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that, together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), provides health coverage to more than 77.3 million Americans, including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. Medicaid is the single largest source of health coverage in the US.
Food insecurity rose among Black and Hispanic households, single-parent households, and households with children during the pandemic. More people also enrolled in government programs combating food insecurity compared to pre-pandemic years. The US government added extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the pandemic.
Combined government spending and revenue. In fiscal year 2020, federal, state, and local governments spent a combined $10.2 trillion. Governments received $6.6 trillion in revenue. USAFacts categorizes government budget data to allocate spending appropriately and to arrive at the estimate presented here.
An interactive, data-driven snapshot of the nation — based on topics often covered in the presidential State of the Union addresses. How USAFacts is harvesting government data to inform both citizens and lawmakers. USAFacts founder Steve Ballmer shares his aim to making government data accessible. Steve Ballmer Is Building a ‘Moneyball ...