STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 KANSAS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 2594840 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 205965 162776 378889635 Financial Administration 6328 5195 10869861 Central Administration 6945 3032 7111969 Judicial & Legal 4030 3347 8691829 Police Protection 8526 7890 20816317 with Power of Arrest 5894 5651 16188132 Other 2632 2239 4628185 Fire Protection 4707 2524 7588689 Firefighters 4564 2416 7330791 Fire Other 143 108 257898 Corrections 5472 5346 13421309 Streets & Highways 9387 8891 19712242 Airports 218 211 508471 Water Transportation 10 10 28377 Public Welfare 2647 2460 5365132 Health 5081 4007 9503256 Hospitals 13193 11799 26747817 Social Insurance Admin 118 109 242321 Solid Waste Mgmt 1000 913 1740633 Sewage Disposal 1220 1114 2720537 Parks & Recreation 3578 2383 4771086 Housing & Comm Dev 917 677 1350053 Natural Resources 2330 1942 5037841 Water Supply 2308 1897 4841804 Electric Power 1283 1273 3314220 Gas Supply 47 47 114726 Transit 228 215 426992 Elem & Sec Total 79449 67096 148253700 Instructional 53808 47234 116430276 Other 25641 19862 31823424 Higher Educ. Total 37646 23772 60871760 Instructional 11236 7124 27648591 Other 26410 16648 33223169 Other Education 759 709 1693812 Libraries 1075 796 1472167 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 7463 5121 11672714