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.
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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 August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Number of state and local firefighters in the United States from 2000 to 2020." Chart. May 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2021). Number of state and local firefighters in the United States from 2000 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Number of State and Local Firefighters in The United States from 2000 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Number of state and local firefighters in the United States from 2000 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of state and local firefighters in the United States from 2000 to 2020 [Graph], US Census Bureau, May 12, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/750838/number-of-state-and-local-firefighters-in-the-us/