STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 UNITED STATES TOTALS U.S. Population Estimate (July, 1997) 267636061 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 16732959 14214109 39411694146 Financial Administration 393712 360724 967575026 Central Administration 383691 250515 693951419 Judicial & Legal 366227 343343 1070534622 Police Protection 856136 798424 2644738216 with Power of Arrest 623009 602524 2159916970 Other 233127 195900 484821246 Fire Protection 355938 277152 989759103 Firefighters 329346 256374 929435722 Fire Other 26592 20778 60323381 Corrections 678533 648540 1775574157 Streets & Highways 548486 530577 1396191318 Airports 38200 36881 111468499 Water Transportation 13381 12837 40184301 Public Welfare 497918 474987 1172370213 Health 412161 377429 1014820175 Hospitals 1060009 984375 2603113990 Social Insurance Admin 96230 92777 258953964 Solid Waste Mgmt 114619 107922 271548878 Sewage Disposal 129180 123115 352715670 Parks & Recreation 330303 229762 494738140 Housing & Comm Dev 122574 115062 291681806 Natural Resources 205791 184269 495745600 Water Supply 164374 153549 435666178 Electric Power 79689 78605 301948859 Gas Supply 9850 9764 26491708 Transit 196786 190721 676280379 Elem & Sec Total 6408365 5520902 14712936489 Instructional 4320463 3865494 11666664057 Other 2087902 1655408 3046272432 Higher Educ. Total 2450998 1638427 4800452903 Instructional 869796 584162 2398270837 Other 1581202 1054265 2402182066 Other Education 99306 91169 259358958 Libraries 155797 109859 233648382 State Liquor Stores 9363 7167 16087461 Other & Unallocable 555342 465255 1303157732