STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 7425183   

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

Total                          483148         415803      1009008817
Financial Administration         9178           8996        22043174
Central Administration           6984           5379        14171884
Judicial & Legal                 6434           6304        18999171
Police Protection               21697          20685        53127929
  with Power of Arrest          17070          16624        44376880
  Other                          4627           4061         8751049
Fire Protection                  6345           5825        15252098
  Firefighters                   5957           5457        14306777
  Fire Other                      388            368          945321
Corrections                     23471          23318        55202644
Streets & Highways              15868          15787        34504089
Airports                          732            666         1567074
Water Transportation              307            305          962412
Public Welfare                  15362          14578        30893830
Health                          18424          17090        41507970
Hospitals                       35380          33531        82752416
Social Insurance Admin           2557           2455         6139177
Solid Waste Mgmt                 5115           4771         8902673
Sewage Disposal                  3416           3361         7735707
Parks & Recreation               6980           4736         9141052
Housing & Comm Dev               2946           2846         6420866
Natural Resources                5826           5419        13381924
Water Supply                     3634           3527         7719654
Electric Power                   1207           1202         3323252
Gas Supply                        162            162          385595
Transit                           608            528          952172
Elem & Sec Total               185431         158996       376399393
  Instructional                133527         118288       309154830
  Other                         51904          40708        67244563
Higher Educ. Total              83826          56232       152278766
  Instructional                 36365          23818        80279346
  Other                         47461          32414        71999420
Other Education                  2942           2897         8421051
Libraries                        3092           2375         4626620
State Liquor Stores                 0              0               0
Other & Unallocable             15224          13832        32196224