4.5 million federal workers in the United States.
340 million citizens.
1.32% of citizens work for the *federal* government.
No State should be this large. https://i.nostr.build/xKPk.jpg
Now think about this: of the 350M citizens only 165M make up the labor force. This is working age, non-disabled people. The labor force participation rate is “reported” to be 62%. Roughly 102M people are working to support the other 248M. This also translates into about 4.6% of the workforce directly working for the government.