STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 528964    

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

Total                           47271          46246      177629245
Financial Administration          774            737        2500589
Central Administration            598            590        2127809
Judicial & Legal                 1808           1792        6284247
Police Protection                4425           4344       18023178
  with Power of Arrest           3658           3657       15921131
  Other                           767            687        2102047
Fire Protection                  1625           1625        6033292
  Firefighters                   1191           1191        4427088
  Fire Other                      434            434        1606204
Corrections                      3746           3749       14135430
Streets & Highways                546            546        1698842
Airports                            0              0              0
Water Transportation                0              0              0
Public Welfare                   1187           1187        3586445
Health                           1420           1387        4477788
Hospitals                        4034           4027       14133892
Social Insurance Admin              0              0              0
Solid Waste Mgmt                  389            389        1045092
Sewage Disposal                   577            577        2152245
Parks & Recreation                688            617        1628557
Housing & Comm Dev               1500           1500        4201065
Natural Resources                   0              0              0
Water Supply                      576            576        2147715
Electric Power                      0              0              0
Gas Supply                          0              0              0
Transit                          7907           7787       44444130
Elem & Sec Total                11054          10707       35001048
  Instructional                  6439           6242       25821904
  Other                          4615           4465        9179144
Higher Educ. Total                842            749        3055859
  Instructional                   454            424        2051254
  Other                           388            325        1004605
Other Education                     0              0              0
Libraries                         392            380        1116332
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              3183           2980        9835690