Outline of the United States
Federal executive departments
Columns: Department | Creation | Order of succession | 2007 Budget in billions of dollars | Employees (2007)
State | 1789 | 1 | 9.96 | 30266 | Treasury | 1789 | 2 | 11.1 | 115897 | Defense | 1947 | 3 | 439.3 | 3000000 | Justice | 1870 | 4 | 23.4 | 112557 | Interior | 1849 | 5 | 10.7 | 71436 | Agriculture | 1889 | 6 | 77.6 | 109832 | Commerce | 1903 | 7 | 6.2 | 36000 | Labor | 1913 | 8 | 59.7 | 17347 | Health and Human Services | 1953 | 9 | 543.2 | 67000 | Housing and Urban Development | 1965 | 10 | 46.2 | 10600 | Transportation | 1966 | 11 | 58 | 58622 | Energy | 1977 | 12 | 21.5 | 116100 | Education | 1979 | 13 | 62.8 | 4487 | Veterans Affairs | 1989 | 14 | 73.2 | 235000 | Homeland Security | 2002 | 15 | 44.6 | 208000 | Total budget (fiscal year 2007): | Total budget (fiscal year 2007): | Total budget (fiscal year 2007): | 1523.42 | 4193144