State and local public health workforces have shrunk

State figures are for full-time equivalent employees in state public health agencies excluding Kansas, New Jersey, Texas and Wyoming, which do not have comparable data. Local figures are for full-time equivalent employees of local health departments.
Source: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County and City Health Officials Graphic: Hannah Recht/KHN, Francois Duckett/AP
AP & KHN