LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
GEORGIA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 7486242   

                                Total
                              Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent      Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment        March

Total                          359584         324480      725536871
Financial Administration         6340           5968       13247234
Central Administration           5771           3940        9556007
Judicial & Legal                 7559           6566       16647757
Police Protection               20767          19630       46950003
  with Power of Arrest          16049          15676       39397182
  Other                          4718           3954        7552821
Fire Protection                  9859           8738       23382161
  Firefighters                   9328           8254       22423992
  Fire Other                      531            484         958169
Corrections                      6288           6211       14011156
Streets & Highways               7863           7757       14833079
Airports                          563            533        1379344
Water Transportation                5              5          13294
Public Welfare                    660            581        1053479
Health                          13753          11865       24164386
Hospitals                       43053          39477       95693268
Solid Waste Mgmt                 4733           4499        7924630
Sewage Disposal                  3052           3030        6858824
Parks & Recreation               5504           4408        8071355
Housing & Comm Dev               3590           3390        6734028
Natural Resources                 431            275         381696
Water Supply                     4977           4830       10611389
Electric Power                    746            743        2078222
Gas Supply                        416            415         897146
Transit                          4785           4538       12475969
Elem & Sec Total               195459         176369      387615833
  Instructional                137600         126062      315731962
  Other                         57859          50307       71883871
Higher Educ. Total               1728            802        2169087
  Instructional                   934            498        1687225
  Other                           794            304         481862
Libraries                        3021           2285        4753569
Other & Unallocable              8661           7625       14033955