STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
VIRGINIA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 6733996   

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

Total                          420293         358733      903851771
Financial Administration        10681          10118       26693365
Central Administration           6811           5574       16706946
Judicial & Legal                 6923           6387       19966267
Police Protection               17999          17397       50865824
  with Power of Arrest          13661          13518       42579691
  Other                          4338           3879        8286133
Fire Protection                  7260           7095       22344702
  Firefighters                   6637           6508       20621152
  Fire Other                      623            587        1723550
Corrections                     20185          19695       45002636
Streets & Highways              14592          13857       36169396
Airports                         1553           1463        5139699
Water Transportation              126            123         362897
Public Welfare                   9391           9035       22389574
Health                          11326          10338       28513587
Hospitals                       17086          15845       32316179
Social Insurance Admin           1551           1351        3502030
Solid Waste Mgmt                 4050           3846        8265558
Sewage Disposal                  4102           4012       10330468
Parks & Recreation              10615           6872       13948652
Housing & Comm Dev               2016           1967        5118300
Natural Resources                3687           3360        9111791
Water Supply                     3849           3747        9353748
Electric Power                    289            287         797236
Gas Supply                        341            340         675463
Transit                          1667           1362        2121960
Elem & Sec Total               179327         154078      372907438
  Instructional                121077         109486      298291467
  Other                         58250          44592       74615971
Higher Educ. Total              61892          40919      112025833
  Instructional                 22041          15441       62632121
  Other                         39851          25478       49393712
Other Education                  3122           2814        7905826
Libraries                        4770           3425        6982689
State Liquor Stores              1560           1146        2243436
Other & Unallocable             13522          12280       32090271