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                         12000351       10227429     27998605994
Financial Administration        221462         193799       503890918
Central Administration          323489         195945       537065493
Judicial & Legal                227553         208363       603617850
Police Protection               762191         706178      2338070835
  with Power of Arrest          566598         546501      1957404578
  Other                         195593         159677       380666257
Fire Protection                 355938         277152       989759103
  Firefighters                  329346         256374       929435722
  Fire Other                     26592          20778        60323381
Corrections                     220345         212885       592369224
Streets & Highways              296815         282860       718905485
Airports                         35371          34069       102534723
Water Transportation              8427           7949        25806609
Public Welfare                  273366         254125       611639928
Health                          242532         214824       554246182
Hospitals                       565136         515721      1363654533
Solid Waste Mgmt                113139         106463       266043247
Sewage Disposal                 127785         121726       348728609
Parks & Recreation              290716         195457       419677396
Housing & Comm Dev              122574         115062       291681806
Natural Resources                40359          34216        86289131
Water Supply                    163442         152619       433082380
Electric Power                   73896          72873       274444257
Gas Supply                        9850           9764        26491708
Transit                         177687         171918       596866921
Elem & Sec Total               6357918        5480206     14594309264
  Instructional                4286042        3836878     11572990847
  Other                        2071876        1643328      3021318417
Higher Educ. Total              486379         286180       806467051
  Instructional                 235529         129713       448861688
  Other                         250850         156467       357605363
Libraries                       155029         109243       232301583
Other & Unallocable             348952         267832       680661758