STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 GEORGIA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 7486242 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 490824 435945 1002192630 Financial Administration 9693 9208 21956304 Central Administration 6809 4861 12240374 Judicial & Legal 8770 7750 21695552 Police Protection 22991 21840 53082494 with Power of Arrest 17172 16799 42837965 Other 5819 5041 10244529 Fire Protection 9859 8738 23382161 Firefighters 9328 8254 22423992 Fire Other 531 484 958169 Corrections 23657 23434 51648312 Streets & Highways 13808 13698 24076089 Airports 563 533 1379344 Water Transportation 687 687 1742951 Public Welfare 8283 8170 17186661 Health 18646 16692 37626934 Hospitals 56484 52336 124318121 Social Insurance Admin 1898 1870 4780992 Solid Waste Mgmt 4733 4499 7924630 Sewage Disposal 3052 3030 6858824 Parks & Recreation 9173 7110 12569849 Housing & Comm Dev 3590 3390 6734028 Natural Resources 6263 5521 12945653 Water Supply 4977 4830 10611389 Electric Power 746 743 2078222 Gas Supply 416 415 897146 Transit 4785 4538 12475969 Elem & Sec Total 195459 176369 387615833 Instructional 137600 126062 315731962 Other 57859 50307 71883871 Higher Educ. Total 52751 36704 102281193 Instructional 19646 12802 57398828 Other 33105 23902 44882365 Other Education 7003 5497 15940364 Libraries 3021 2285 4753569 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 12707 11197 23389672