List of Federal Departments

The Federal Government is broken down into fifteen departments, each of which consists of a number of sub-departments and organizational groups tasked with accomplishing the Department's overall goals.

This table lists the fifteen departments by total yearly outlay in billions (from highest to lowest), as well as number of employees and the year in which the department was established. Click on any department for more details.

Department Seal	Department Name	Budget	Employees	Creation Year
	Department of Health and Human Services	$879.2B	87,988	1953
	Department of Defense	$651.16B	3,000,000	1947
	Department of Labor	$137.97B	14,194	1913
	Department of Agriculture	$134.12B	85,417	1862
	Department of Veterans Affairs	$97.7B	426,104	1989
	Department of Interior	$90B	56,958	1849
	Department of Transportation	$73.2B	53,585	1966
	Department of Justice	$46.2B	117,047	1870
	Department of Education	$45.4B	4,227	1980
	Department of Housing and Urban Development	$40.53B	8,118	1965
	Department of Homeland Security	$40B	212,484	2002
	Department of Energy	$24.1B	14,698	1977
	Department of Treasury	$19.56B	96,868	1789
	Department of State	$16.39B	12,563	1789
	Department of Commerce	$15.77B	47,781	1903