With just hours to go before a government shutdown, Social Explorer takes a look at the government workers who might be sent home.

• According to the 2009 American Community Survey, there are 4,719,312 federal government employees around the nation, representing 3.4% of the workforce.
• In the Washington, DC, metro area, federal employees make up a whopping 16.3% of the workforce.
• The median income for full-time federal workers is $57,219 nationwide and $86,310 in the DC area.

Social Explorer users can learn more about federal and other workers by visiting the reports tab.