STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 FLORIDA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 14653945 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 858474 730982 1855324059 Financial Administration 21285 20852 54594609 Central Administration 15544 14417 42191729 Judicial & Legal 24979 24637 71262042 Police Protection 53518 50411 157455704 with Power of Arrest 34973 34423 121769063 Other 18545 15988 35686641 Fire Protection 19055 18578 64721175 Firefighters 17107 16679 59186183 Fire Other 1948 1899 5534992 Corrections 69536 51243 143858683 Streets & Highways 25427 25044 56649809 Airports 2820 2799 8654639 Water Transportation 979 942 3066616 Public Welfare 15048 14393 29449403 Health 20274 19849 46441859 Hospitals 52211 48578 129501698 Social Insurance Admin 4808 4795 12849128 Solid Waste Mgmt 6990 6915 14804956 Sewage Disposal 8546 8507 21361783 Parks & Recreation 21299 16187 31464224 Housing & Comm Dev 4667 4540 10990883 Natural Resources 12677 11683 30325845 Water Supply 10002 9941 25761885 Electric Power 5256 5235 18493276 Gas Supply 607 603 1244659 Transit 5945 5805 17243371 Elem & Sec Total 322358 265839 595381199 Instructional 179859 147460 426584188 Other 142499 118379 168797011 Higher Educ. Total 97483 65007 181788262 Instructional 39533 23914 91033987 Other 57950 41093 90754275 Other Education 2159 1945 5550975 Libraries 5369 4609 9569679 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 29632 27628 70645968