{"id":289883,"date":"2026-03-13T07:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=chart&#038;p=289883"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:25:04","slug":"how-much-have-certain-federal-departments-and-agencies-shrunk","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/how-much-have-certain-federal-departments-and-agencies-shrunk\/","title":{"rendered":"How much have certain federal departments and agencies shrunk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:420px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"c0303901-044c-4363-8a14-71359a908e79\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" 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class=\"cb__subtitle\">Headcount at Cabinet departments and larger independent agencies, as of \u2026<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-chart-builder-table__inner\" style=\"max-width: 420px !important; margin-bottom: 0; overflow: auto;\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table is-scroll-on-pc is-scroll-on-mobile chart-builder-data-table has-sans-serif-font-family has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout is-sticky-first-column\" style=\"min-width:640px\"><thead><tr><th style=\"vertical-align:bottom;line-height:1.1;width:40%;text-align:left\">Department\/Agency<\/th><th style=\"vertical-align:bottom;line-height:1.1;width:10%\">Group<\/th><th style=\"vertical-align:bottom;line-height:1.1;text-align:right\">Dec 2024<\/th><th style=\"vertical-align:bottom;line-height:1.1;text-align:right\">Dec 2025<\/th><th style=\"vertical-align:bottom;line-height:1.1;text-align:right\">% change<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Veterans Affairs<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">480075<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">451121<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-6.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Homeland Security<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">231337<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">227584<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-1.6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Army*<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">222831<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">198448<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-10.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Navy*<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">221918<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">205643<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-7.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Air Force*<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">173456<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">156678<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-9.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Defense<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">159983<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">146609<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-8.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Justice<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">117379<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">107415<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-8.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Treasury<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">117063<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">89881<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-23.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Health and Human Services<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">93035<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">75134<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-19.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Agriculture<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">91047<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">72049<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-20.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Interior<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">64082<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">56872<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-11.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Transportation<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">57462<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">53512<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-6.9%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Commerce<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">48804<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">42084<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-13.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Energy<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">17607<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">14955<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-15.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Labor<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">14504<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">12421<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-14.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">State<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">14485<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">11713<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-19.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Housing and Urban Development<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">8842<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">6299<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-28.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Education<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Dept<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">4273<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2453<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-42.6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Social Security Administration<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Agencies<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">57952<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">50718<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-12.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Agencies<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">17999<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">16869<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-6.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:40%;text-align:left\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/td><td style=\"width:10%\">Agencies<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">16990<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">14661<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">-13.7%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td 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