UNITED STATES STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 2004 UNITED STATES TOTALS Population Estimate (July 2004) 293,101,881 Total Employees Full-Time Total (Full-time + Equivalent March Function Part-time) Employment Payroll Total 5,041,143 4,187,648 15,477,521,408 Financial administration 172,855 167,793 602,997,403 Other government administration 58,491 53,194 202,075,088 Judicial and Legal 168,064 163,474 703,839,019 Police Total 104,687 102,951 440,785,980 Persons with power of arrest 62,577 61,986 295,226,183 Police - Other 42,110 40,965 145,559,797 Correction 464,691 460,368 1,553,829,405 Highways 244,022 239,638 851,455,957 Air transportation 3,402 3,299 14,522,368 Water transport and canals 4,774 4,746 20,125,300 Public Welfare 229,089 225,569 719,854,596 Health 180,009 174,301 625,781,421 Hospitals 423,626 399,170 1,352,922,944 Social insurance administration 92,755 89,557 314,893,720 Solid waste management 1,852 1,806 8,428,310 Sewerage 1,764 1,756 9,051,844 Parks and recreation 41,208 35,474 99,878,118 Housing and community developmen 0 0 0 Natural resources 161,512 146,799 509,307,535 Water supply 673 664 3,205,607 Electric power 4,042 4,026 22,599,524 Gas supply 0 0 0 Transit 33,744 32,958 159,953,404 Elem and Sec Ed Total 63,299 50,571 191,291,271 Elem & Sec Instructional 44,575 37,012 154,046,209 Elem & Sec - Other 18,724 13,559 37,245,062 Higher Education Total 2,273,638 1,532,627 5,897,810,576 Higher Ed Instructional 736,275 498,835 2,676,665,132 Higher Ed - Other 1,537,363 1,033,792 3,221,145,444 Other education 95,458 89,557 322,678,543 Libraries 722 573 1,583,734 State liquor stores 9,041 7,215 19,011,566 All other and unallocable 207,725 199,562 829,638,175