STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 ILLINOIS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 11895849 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 728089 600920 1791137117 Financial Administration 15429 13646 37203582 Central Administration 24419 11817 32213811 Judicial & Legal 16471 15996 48988308 Police Protection 46854 43424 172471383 with Power of Arrest 33927 32551 140791788 Other 12927 10873 31679595 Fire Protection 25017 15205 56529382 Firefighters 23115 14166 54176731 Fire Other 1902 1039 2352651 Corrections 23348 23219 68094853 Streets & Highways 21389 19212 61064054 Airports 2389 2313 7645180 Water Transportation 154 151 490697 Public Welfare 20441 19632 53267205 Health 11147 10247 28569539 Hospitals 31380 30181 88700794 Social Insurance Admin 3665 3489 10105495 Solid Waste Mgmt 4876 4768 18319379 Sewage Disposal 6645 6191 22720504 Parks & Recreation 26555 15651 35775743 Housing & Comm Dev 6629 6402 18158854 Natural Resources 6041 4916 12663841 Water Supply 7125 5928 19430416 Electric Power 1147 1140 4085229 Gas Supply 92 91 228837 Transit 17193 16627 54194503 Elem & Sec Total 264005 231046 666583577 Instructional 186963 171839 537881287 Other 77042 59207 128702290 Higher Educ. Total 110431 73394 206204789 Instructional 41271 26088 102617862 Other 69160 47306 103586927 Other Education 3025 3004 9340348 Libraries 11933 8047 15922022 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 20289 15183 42164792