Federal government shutdown: Agencies with the most furloughs.

Federal government shutdown: Agencies with the most furloughs.

Who’s Been Most Shut Down by the Shutdown?

Which federal agencies are untouched, and which are ghost towns?

By Chris Kirk

Percent of Workers Furloughed, by Agency

NASA

97%

Housing and Urban Development

96%

Education

94%

EPA

94%

Commerce

87%

Smithsonian

84%

Labor

82%

Treasury

82%

Interior

81%

White House

74%

National Institutes of Health

73%

Small Business Administration

62%

Energy

61%

Health and Human Services

52%

Food and Drug Administration

45%

Transportation

33%

Defense

18%

Justice

16%

Homeland Security

14%

Veterans Affairs

4%

Securities and Exchange Commission

0%

The Federal Reserve

0%

United States Postal Service

0%

State Department

0%

Source: Washington Post

Congress’ failure to pass a budget has led to a federal government shutdown, but some offices are emptier than others on Tuesday because some federal workers are deemed too essential to stop working and certain agencies have independent sources of funding.

Hardest hit by the shutdown are NASA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Education, and the Environmental Protection Agency. These agencies and others have basically gone on life support, with nine out of 10 employees furloughed, according to the Washington Post.

The effect of the shutdown on the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of Defense is comparatively slight, with less than 20 percent of employees furloughed in each.

The Federal Reserve and the Postal Service will continue operating because they are self-funded agencies, and the State Department has the funding to operate normally and issue passports for a limited time.

For a full rundown of how the shutdown is impacting the services of each of these agencies, head to the Washington Post.

Correction, Oct. 1, 2013: This article originally understated the proportion of employees of the Department of Defense who have been furloughed. About 18 percent of the department's total employees have been furloughed, not 5 percent. This article also originally misstated that 91 percent of SEC employees have been furloughed. The SEC has the funds to continue running normally for a few more weeks.