STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
MINNESOTA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 4685549   

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

Total                          334725         260244      750311909
Financial Administration         8772           7114       21781524
Central Administration          14126           5459       16188152
Judicial & Legal                 5870           5437       19014070
Police Protection               11008          10232       35845226
  with Power of Arrest           8055           7671       29345552
  Other                          2953           2561        6499674
Fire Protection                  6427           2212        8120019
  Firefighters                   6207           2082        7698025
  Fire Other                      220            130         421994
Corrections                      7909           7388       22821545
Streets & Highways              12600          11868       38276529
Airports                          533            519        1950547
Water Transportation               50             49         188307
Public Welfare                  13914          12827       34478995
Health                           6980           5703       16310266
Hospitals                       18640          15161       42367746
Social Insurance Admin           1214           1213        3998332
Solid Waste Mgmt                 1115            991        2669828
Sewage Disposal                  2474           2144        7234791
Parks & Recreation               8969           4658       12064201
Housing & Comm Dev               2398           2083        6155301
Natural Resources                4184           3674       10893827
Water Supply                     1691           1531        4782179
Electric Power                    881            836        2864408
Gas Supply                        145            145         474000
Transit                          2633           2384        7668485
Elem & Sec Total               130493         106536      288985381
  Instructional                 88876          76803      228357566
  Other                         41617          29733       60627815
Higher Educ. Total              51321          37539      109989377
  Instructional                 17037          11693       50772332
  Other                         34284          25846       59217045
Other Education                  1611           1583        5449306
Libraries                        3508           2250        5299029
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable             15259           8708       24440538