STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
ARIZONA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 4554966   

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

Total                          269039         226563      577933239
Financial Administration         7107           6988       17113206
Central Administration           4872           4497       13647830
Judicial & Legal                 8440           7891       21983257
Police Protection               14881          14702       47088345
  with Power of Arrest          10876          10849       36604506
  Other                          4005           3853       10483839
Fire Protection                  5701           4572       16265141
  Firefighters                   4928           3878       13990698
  Fire Other                      773            694        2274443
Corrections                     12335          12067       27422534
Streets & Highways               7192           7143       18595129
Airports                          947            931        2611797
Water Transportation                0              0              0
Public Welfare                   7717           7454       14872749
Health                           4782           4606       10205883
Hospitals                        5625           4047        8009787
Social Insurance Admin           2053           2017        4067791
Solid Waste Mgmt                 2017           1983        5388264
Sewage Disposal                  1263           1236        3326789
Parks & Recreation               5957           4000        8495484
Housing & Comm Dev                928            910        2603443
Natural Resources                3768           3349        8578955
Water Supply                     2878           2842        8702972
Electric Power                   4554           4510       20634873
Gas Supply                         18             18          43286
Transit                           122            106         298536
Elem & Sec Total                99803          86702      200056741
  Instructional                 63838          58194      151382236
  Other                         35965          28508       48674505
Higher Educ. Total              54072          33055       91128830
  Instructional                 18859          11117       41034440
  Other                         35213          21938       50094390
Other Education                  2972           2731        6127576
Libraries                        1935           1487        3320408
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              7100           6719       17343633