Number of Federal Register Documents Published, 1976 to date


1	Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Ten Thousand Commandments
2	Number of Federal Register Documents Published
3	(1976 to date)
4		FINAL	"Significant"	PROPOSED	"Significant"			Final Rule	Average
5								Pages	pps. Per
6	Year	RULES	subset	RULES	subset	Other*	Total		final rule
7	76	7,401		3,875		27,223	38,499
8	77	7,031		4,188		28,381	39,600
9	78	7,001		4,550		28,705	40,256
10	79	7,611		5,824		29,211	42,646
11	80	7,745		5,347		33,670	46,762
12	81	6,481		3,862		30,090	40,433
13	82	6,288		3,729		28,621	38,638
14	83	6,049		3,907		27,580	37,536
15	84	5,154		3,350		26,047	34,551
16	85	4,843		3,381		22,833	31,057
17	86	4,589		3,185		21,546	29,320
18	87	4,581		3,423		22,052	30,056
19	88	4,697		3,240		22,047	29,984
20	89	4,714		3,194		22,218	30,126
21	90	4,334		3,041		22,999	30,374
22	91	4,416		3,099		23,427	30,942
23	92	4,155		3,170		24,063	31,388
24	93	4,369		3,207		24,017	31,593
25	94	4,867		3,372		23,669	31,908
26	95	4,713		3,339	222	23,133	31,185
27	96	4,937	309	3,208	252	24,485	32,630			90s avg proposed
28	97	4,584	267	2,881	226	26,260	33,725			3,164
29	98	4,899	242	3,042	264	26,313	34,254
30	99	4,684	232	3,281	335	26,074	34,039	20,201	4.3	2000-10 propsed avg
31	2000	4,313	290	2,636	254	24,976	31,925	24,482	5.7	2,662
32	2001	4,132	297	2,512	206	25,392	32,036	19,643	4.8
33	2002	4,167	282	2,638	306	26,250	33,055	19,233	4.6	90's avg finals
34	2003	4,148	335	2,538	314	25,168	31,854	22,670	5.5	4,596
35	2004	4,101	320	2,430	296	25,846	32,377	22,546	5.5
36	2005	3,943	257	2,257	197	26,020	32,220	23,041	5.8	2000-2009
37	2006	3,718	162	2,346	212	25,429	31,493	22,347	6	3,945
38	2007	3,595	180	2,308	308	24,784	30,687	22,771	6.3
39	2008	3,830	427	2,475	380	25,708	32,013	26,320	6.9	15 year tally
40	2009	3,503	371	2,044	330	25,218	30,765	20,782	5.9	66,840
41	2010	3,573	424	2,439	448	26,543	32,555	24,914	7
42	2011	3,807	422	2,898	483	26,296	33,001	26,274	6.9	historical tally "other":
43	2012	3,708	353	2,517	257	24,652	30,877	24,690	6.7	1,149,542
44	2013	3,659	331	2,594	316	24,517	30,770	26,417	7.2
45	2014	3,554	308	2,383	385	24,257	30,194	24,861	7	Since the CRA
46	2015	3,410	345	2,342	381	24,294	30,046	24,694	7.2	99,429
47	2016	3,853	486	2,419	380	24,912	31,184	38,652	10
48	2017	3,281	224	1,834	177	22,132	27,247	18,727	5.7	past 5 years
49	2018	3,368	201	2,098	292	22,349	27,815	18182	5.4	20,248
50	2019	2,964	261	2,131	379	22,181	27,276	20786	7
51	2020	3,038	463	1,993	348	20,784	25,815	33145	10.9	Avg. pps/rule overall
52	2021	4,429	386	1,780	278	17,170	6,209	23634	5.3	6.4
53	2022	3,168	265	2,044	267	n/a	5,212
54	2023*	2,380	221	1,680	286	n/a	4,060
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56	* = to date:		10/11/2023
57	Rules since 1993:					120,695
58	Rules since 1975:					217,785
59	"Other" since 1975					1,149,542
60	Compiled from the National Archives by CWCJr. Current-year total final rule and proposed rule counts, and all years'
61	significant rule tallies, from FederalRegister.gov online database, which fluctuates. Prior years' total final rules
62	come from National Archives compilations maintained under "Federal Register Statistics"
63	at https://www.federalregister.gov/reader-aids/understanding-the-federal-register
64	Note: "Other" documents are presidental documents, agency notices, corrections and the like.
65	n/a: not available at time of writing.
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