STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
ALABAMA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 4319154   

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

Total                          286728         256458      564271252
Financial Administration         6082           5869       13995323
Central Administration           4311           2846        6666684
Judicial & Legal                 4762           4341       11589048
Police Protection               12490          11852       29069509
  with Power of Arrest           9440           9281       24173386
  Other                          3050           2571        4896123
Fire Protection                  5384           4838       12328315
  Firefighters                   5168           4648       11911455
  Fire Other                      216            190         416860
Corrections                      6821           6761       15553781
Streets & Highways              11108          10934       21707153
Airports                          471            445         960871
Water Transportation              646            646        1415732
Public Welfare                   5370           5227       11629345
Health                          12065          11401       23951717
Hospitals                       37309          34562       74343590
Social Insurance Admin           1481           1446        3333748
Solid Waste Mgmt                 3639           3562        6028743
Sewage Disposal                  1230           1210        2716734
Parks & Recreation               5121           4124        6907077
Housing & Comm Dev               2575           2460        5382907
Natural Resources                2991           2742        6822652
Water Supply                     3533           3351        7494509
Electric Power                   1138           1130        3197134
Gas Supply                        858            843        2178803
Transit                           151            134         225454
Elem & Sec Total                99781          92029      188062392
  Instructional                 70064          65776      154728843
  Other                         29717          26253       33333549
Higher Educ. Total              43555          31405       81463156
  Instructional                 14685          10497       40497644
  Other                         28870          20908       40965512
Other Education                  4025           3423        9680403
Libraries                        1209            950        1712635
State Liquor Stores               653            653        1263930
Other & Unallocable              7969           7274       14589907