In 2020, there was the full-time equivalent of 331,407 state and local firefighters in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when there were 333,268 firefighters employed in the country.
Number of state and local firefighters in the United States from 2000 to 2020
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US Census Bureau. (May 12, 2021). Number of state and local firefighters in the United States from 2000 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/
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