县级统计机构在国家统计体系中处于最前沿，它既是基层统计调查的组织者，又是调查的执行者，地位非常重要。但是目前县级统计工作正处于空前的困境之中。下面不妨来看看湖北黄梅县统计局的状况。 基层统计力量不断减少。计划经济时期，县一级的基层统计力量有四个方面军， County-level statistical agencies are at the forefront of the national statistical system. They are both the organizers of grass-roots statistical investigations and the performers of investigations. Their status is very important. However, statistical work at the county level is now in an unprecedented dilemma. Here may wish to look at the situation of Huangmei County Bureau of Statistics in Hubei. Grass-roots statistics continue to decline. In the planned economy period, the grass-roots statistics forces at the county level have four frontiers,