UNITED STATES
 
 
STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 2000
UNITED STATES TOTALS
 
Population (April, 2000) 281,940,906

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

Total                         4,877,420      4,082,694     13,279,135,982
Financial Administration        169,006        163,818        520,790,760
Central Administration           59,188         53,228        179,666,935
Judicial & Legal                157,814        153,637        587,383,498
Police Total                    103,133        101,265        379,630,163
  with Power of Arrest           61,772         61,282        256,511,562
  Other                          41,361         39,983        123,118,601
Corrections                     463,740        458,721      1,396,969,614
Streets & Highways              252,165        246,988        772,143,536
Airports                          3,128          3,037         11,623,851
Water Transportation              4,515          4,453         16,114,983
Public Welfare                  233,141        229,217        657,389,672
Health                          178,885        172,678        545,568,315
Hospitals                       431,134        409,906      1,201,247,051
Social Insurance Admin           93,945         91,184        292,434,400
Solid Waste Mgmt                  1,915          1,882          7,741,313
Sewage Disposal                   1,481          1,466          5,821,273
Parks & Recreation               38,556         33,237         84,806,398
Natural Resources               166,159        148,679        460,284,119
Water Supply                        863            844          3,213,674
Electric Power                    5,476          5,437         30,056,482
Transit                          29,395         28,589        123,977,448
Elem & Sec Total                 55,856         45,312        148,121,894
  Instructional                  39,885         33,826        120,567,523
  Other                          15,971         11,486         27,554,371
Higher Educ. Total            2,089,377      1,415,791      4,783,683,402
  Instructional                 676,570        471,506      2,263,991,261
  Other                       1,412,807        944,285      2,519,692,141
Other Education                 114,229        101,475        323,484,185
Libraries                           721            545          1,324,390
State Liquor Stores               8,697          7,122         17,066,584
Other & Unallocable             214,901        204,183        728,592,042