1833: A "few hundred" [NYT, 1870] Home Page
Civil War: Peaks at about 7000.
1866: 2750
1870: 2200 - 1500.
1873: 1275
April 1874: 966
1891: 2500
1911: 4500
1914: 5000
February 1917: 7000
World War I: Peaks at about 20,000.
1921: 5000
1923: 3500
[These numbers come from the New York Times.]
1928-1942: The Depression Years
GIVb GIVa GIII GII GI Total
12/31/28:
451 155 2128
34/718 267 3753
6/30/29:
453 171 2164
51/695 287 3821
12/31/29:
475 152 1937
50/650 258 3522
6/30/30:
503 144 1593
51/507 205 3003
12/31/30:
543 142 1800
44/626 254 3409
6/30/31:
730 154 1727
59/537 397 3604
12/31/31:
780 165 2091
63/789 266 4154
6/30/32:
698 147 1847
82/640 291 3705
12/31/32:
726 136 1662
90/526 68/238* 3446
6/30/33:
712 132 2096
89/634 67/381 4111
12/31/33:
739 135 2081
65/656 87/278 4041
6/30/34:
845 142 2033
60/615 88/354 4137
12/31/34:
906 156 2305
82/758 87/285 4579
6/30/35:
970 187 2704
112/1041 92/268 5374
12/31/35:
1005 226 3317
98/1419 90/259 6414
6/30/36:
987 232 3512
91/1615 79/267 6883
12/31/36:
1027 239 4038
78/1819 101/265 7567
6/30/37:
1035 252 4137
82/1774 95/254 7629
12/31/37:
1142 259 4224
105/1673 207/240 7850
6/30/38:
1257 250 3554
97/1334 200/175 6876
12/31/38:
1425 242 3415
100/1317 219/162 6880
6/30/39:
1465 276 4517
136/1957 261/160 8772
12/31/39:
1548 303 5296
159/2081 334/157 9878
6/30/40:
1675 376 6640
188/2728 491/136 12234
12/31/40:
2153 544 9334
329/3672 731/125 16888
6/30/41:
2661 594 10909 416/4139
1200/123 20042
12/31/41:
3561 729 12985 627/5995
1921/102 25920
6/30/42
Missing
9/30/42:
5769 1629 21810 1724/12222
4341/54 47,549
Grade IVb: See below
Grade IVa: Supervisory
Grade III: Trade workers,
aka Mechanics
Grade II: Apprentices/Helpers,
etc.
*Laborers were originally
not part of the classified force. But from this
date on the Civil Service
Commission permitted hiring laborers as civil
service workers.
Grade I: Laborers (unclassified).
Grade IVb: 1929-1942
Sup. Cler. Mes. Draft. S/P/T Insp. Pol. Total
12/31/28:
56 200 12 100 51
32 451
6/30/29:
56 202 12 98
49 36
453
12/31/29:
57 207 14 110 51
36 475
6/30/30:
60 207 14 138 56
28 503
12/31/30:
61 211 13 173 57
28 543
6/30/31:
62 335 14 233 54
32 730
12/31/31:
60 301 14 259 114
32 780
6/30/32:
60 255 17 273 62
31 698
12/31/32:
65 247 23* 295 65
31 726
6/30/33:
69 238 23 288 63
31 712
12/31/33:
76 249 24 304 62
24 739
6/30/34:
76 287 29 347 78
28 845
12/31/34:
78 305 28 375 94
26 906
6/30/35:
81 317 31 416 98
27 970
12/31/35:
83 318 28 426 104
14 33 1004
6/30/36:
83 325 27 397 108
13 32 987
12/31/36:
84 335 29 422 105
20 32 1027
6/30/37:
85 343 34 408 118
16 31 1035
Sup. CAF. Cust. SubS/P/T S/P/T Total
9/30/37:
109 378 65 352
129 1033
12/31/37:
113 393 69 418
149 1142
6/30/38:
105 408 69 487
190 1257
12/31/38:
111 465 77 516
256 1425
6/30/39:
117 483 75 513
277 1465
12/31/39:
117 511 90 546
284 1548
6/30/40:
117 566 102 583
307 1675
12/31/40:
132 814 153 713
341 2153
6/30/41:
143 1134 225 683
476 2661
12/31/41:
187 1676 445 788
465 3561
6/30/42
Missing
9/30/42:
245 3077 782 1025 640
5769
* Includes elevator operators
from this date on.
Sup = Supervisors
S/P/T = Scientific,
Professional, and Technical
Sub = Subprofessional,
a new category in which most drafting personnel
were placed
Insp = Inspection
CAF = clerical/administrative/financial
One other category,
Telephone/Telegraph has no entries.
Source: "Quarterly
Report of Civil Force-Recapitulation."
Record Group 181;
National Archives, New York branch.
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Total Civilian force figures during
World War II:
31 December 1942: 58,062
30 June 1943: 68,800
30 September 1945: 56,034
31 December 1945: 48,705
Source: Navy Department. Office of Industrial Relation. Personnel Studies
and Statistics Branch, "Civilian Personnel of Naval Shore Establishments:
A Summary Report, 30 June 1938 - 31 December 1945" (Washington, 1946).
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1950: 10,000
Korean War: Peaks at about 20,000
1950s: 15,000 - 16,000
1960: 13,000
November 1964:
9600
[Source: NYT]
compiled by J Stobo ©