2000 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
Mississippi

Population (April, 2000) 2,844,658   


                                                                   Full-time
                                                   Total           Equivalent
                       Full-time                   March           Employment
                       Equivalent    CV            Payroll    CV   per 10,000
Function               Employment    (%)            ($)       (%)  Population

TOTAL. . . . . . . .      188,259   0.33       421,045,101   0.30      661.80
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        4,156   0.46         9,356,597   0.52       14.61
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        2,607   0.61         6,218,869   0.48        9.16
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        2,905   0.26         7,594,940   0.16       10.21
POLICE-ARREST. . . .        6,163   0.26        14,995,292   0.22       21.67
POLICE-OTHER . . . .        2,464   0.35         4,743,703   0.27        8.66
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .        3,074   0.10         7,644,710   0.09       10.81
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .           93   0.47           173,097   0.45        0.33
CORRECTION . . . . .        6,254   0.77        11,273,192   0.49       21.99
STREETS & HWYS . . .        8,617   0.20        16,665,483   0.22       30.29
AIRPORTS . . . . . .          138   0.35           343,869   0.95        0.49
WATER TRANSPORT. . .          127   0.23           340,335   0.13        0.45
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        3,777   0.66         7,527,788   0.42       13.28
HEALTH . . . . . . .        3,282   0.07         8,409,989   0.05       11.54
HOSPITALS. . . . . .       30,277   0.62        69,382,272   0.59      106.43
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .        1,001   0.00         2,611,793   0.00        3.52
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .        1,133   1.07         1,853,567   0.89        3.98
SEWERAGE . . . . . .          538   0.34         1,111,100   0.32        1.89
PARKS & RECREATION .        1,516   0.26         2,537,875   0.26        5.33
HOUSING & COMM DEV .        1,007   0.06         2,095,910   0.04        3.54
NATURAL RESOURCES. .        4,089   0.20         9,442,516   0.16       14.37
WATER SUPPLY . . . .        1,594   0.96         2,733,679   0.71        5.60
ELECTRIC POWER . . .          481   0.05         1,126,802   0.06        1.69
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .          309   2.15           685,523   2.07        1.09
TRANSIT. . . . . . .          139   0.00           239,112   0.00        0.49
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .       53,562   0.95       113,517,471   0.98      188.29
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .       17,705   0.64        25,709,085   0.56       62.24
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .        8,618   0.00        38,588,384   0.00       30.30
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .       14,886   0.00        36,557,772   0.00       52.33
OTHER ED -STATE. . .        1,651   0.00         4,499,735   0.00        5.80
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .          856   0.85         1,545,900   0.76        3.01
STATE LIQUOR STORES.          125   0.00           283,121   0.00        0.44
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.        5,115   0.31        11,235,620   0.18       17.98