STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 CONNECTICUT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 3269858 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 188720 164112 564180093 Financial Administration 5181 4885 14771133 Central Administration 3619 3039 9832201 Judicial & Legal 3761 3729 12050969 Police Protection 10557 9762 39585643 with Power of Arrest 7893 7692 33915848 Other 2664 2070 5669795 Fire Protection 4908 4413 18085507 Firefighters 4529 4144 17300126 Fire Other 379 269 785381 Corrections 8158 8131 25666016 Streets & Highways 7584 7472 25887326 Airports 162 162 599120 Water Transportation 0 0 0 Public Welfare 7064 6622 20655236 Health 3812 3501 11416890 Hospitals 11453 10733 37800937 Social Insurance Admin 1050 1050 3275560 Solid Waste Mgmt 1176 1094 3618947 Sewage Disposal 1153 1119 3848605 Parks & Recreation 3906 2484 6659394 Housing & Comm Dev 1677 1511 4625858 Natural Resources 625 619 2076865 Water Supply 1070 1030 3587465 Electric Power 215 214 1013324 Gas Supply 33 33 138942 Transit 514 455 1332621 Elem & Sec Total 77991 69299 240396498 Instructional 58199 53207 204960523 Other 19792 16092 35435975 Higher Educ. Total 22053 13463 49721773 Instructional 7219 5049 22416847 Other 14834 8414 27304926 Other Education 2989 2903 8713567 Libraries 2280 1415 3571291 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 5729 4974 15248405