UNITED STATES STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 2002 UNITED STATES TOTALS Revised October 2004 Population (2002) 287,975,763 Total Employees Full-Time Total (Full-time + Equivalent March Function Part-time) Employment Payroll Total 5,074,694 4,227,836 14,843,176,796 Financial administration 173,482 168,327 580,072,564 Other government administration 61,464 55,185 199,931,487 Judicial and Legal 164,167 160,043 664,169,762 Police Total 106,462 104,371 428,950,705 Persons with power of arrest 63,873 63,373 287,986,662 Other employees 42,589 40,998 140,964,043 Correction 467,702 463,291 1,498,609,796 Highways 252,538 248,272 858,765,542 Air transportation 3,313 3,208 13,103,893 Water transport and canals 4,525 4,475 17,205,920 Public Welfare 244,589 241,217 742,060,068 Health 182,178 176,345 603,352,899 Hospitals 431,256 409,336 1,310,034,426 Social insurance administration 91,777 88,786 304,330,187 Solid waste management 1,880 1,844 8,190,888 Sewerage 2,023 2,009 9,404,280 Parks and recreation 41,740 36,245 97,970,621 Natural resources 168,126 152,530 505,073,582 Water supply 768 761 3,406,989 Electric power 3,907 3,882 21,122,227 Transit 33,329 32,421 148,676,826 Elem and Sec Ed Total 68,546 55,261 190,431,658 Instructional employees 46,907 39,450 150,926,866 Other employees 21,639 15,811 39,504,792 Higher Education Total 2,237,725 1,507,565 5,468,573,746 Instructional employees 720,019 495,039 2,519,453,593 Other employees 1,517,706 1,012,526 2,949,120,153 Other education 107,920 98,098 337,618,542 Libraries 746 602 1,466,116 State liquor stores 9,191 7,268 18,412,983 All other and unallocable 215,340 206,494 812,241,089