STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
FLORIDA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 14653945  

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

Total                          858474         730982      1855324059
Financial Administration        21285          20852        54594609
Central Administration          15544          14417        42191729
Judicial & Legal                24979          24637        71262042
Police Protection               53518          50411       157455704
  with Power of Arrest          34973          34423       121769063
  Other                         18545          15988        35686641
Fire Protection                 19055          18578        64721175
  Firefighters                  17107          16679        59186183
  Fire Other                     1948           1899         5534992
Corrections                     69536          51243       143858683
Streets & Highways              25427          25044        56649809
Airports                         2820           2799         8654639
Water Transportation              979            942         3066616
Public Welfare                  15048          14393        29449403
Health                          20274          19849        46441859
Hospitals                       52211          48578       129501698
Social Insurance Admin           4808           4795        12849128
Solid Waste Mgmt                 6990           6915        14804956
Sewage Disposal                  8546           8507        21361783
Parks & Recreation              21299          16187        31464224
Housing & Comm Dev               4667           4540        10990883
Natural Resources               12677          11683        30325845
Water Supply                    10002           9941        25761885
Electric Power                   5256           5235        18493276
Gas Supply                        607            603         1244659
Transit                          5945           5805        17243371
Elem & Sec Total               322358         265839       595381199
  Instructional                179859         147460       426584188
  Other                        142499         118379       168797011
Higher Educ. Total              97483          65007       181788262
  Instructional                 39533          23914        91033987
  Other                         57950          41093        90754275
Other Education                  2159           1945         5550975
Libraries                        5369           4609         9569679
State Liquor Stores                 0              0               0
Other & Unallocable             29632          27628        70645968