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

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

Total                          131240         111465      276655759
Financial Administration         3353           3240        8709070
Central Administration           1038            921        2684367
Judicial & Legal                 1211           1184        5047795
Police Total                     2224           2210        6132491
  with Power of Arrest           1123           1123        3440783
  Other                          1101           1087        2691708
Corrections                     17369          17223       37637156
Streets & Highways               5945           5941        9243010
Airports                            0              0              0
Water Transportation              682            682        1729657
Public Welfare                   7623           7589       16133182
Health                           4893           4827       13462548
Hospitals                       13431          12859       28624853
Social Insurance Admin           1898           1870        4780992
Solid Waste Mgmt                    0              0              0
Sewage Disposal                     0              0              0
Parks & Recreation               3669           2702        4498494
Housing & Comm Dev                  0              0              0
Natural Resources                5832           5246       12563957
Water Supply                        0              0              0
Electric Power                      0              0              0
Gas Supply                          0              0              0
Transit                             0              0              0
Elem & Sec Total                    0              0              0
  Instructional                     0              0              0
  Other                             0              0              0
Higher Educ. Total              51023          35902      100112106
  Instructional                 18712          12304       55711603
  Other                         32311          23598       44400503
Other Education                  7003           5497       15940364
Libraries                           0              0              0
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              4046           3572        9355717