2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
LOUISIANA

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 4,496,334

                                                                                                      Full-time
                                                                             Total                    Equivalent
                                         Full-time                           March                    Employment
                                         Equivalent           CV            Payroll            CV     per 10,000
Function                                 Employment           (%)             ($)              (%)    Population

Total                                       279,087          0.35        746,906,863          0.36        623.49
Financial administration                      5,517          1.91         15,473,403          2.04         12.33
Other government administration               4,935          3.92         13,586,489          2.36         11.02
Judicial and Legal                            7,582          2.29         21,001,179          1.46         16.94
Police with power of arrest                  12,263          1.99         34,198,513          0.85         27.40
Police - other                                4,221          2.71          9,193,796          3.08          9.43
Firefighters                                  4,567          1.66         13,851,600          1.34         10.20
Fire - other                                    192          5.50            459,203          5.42          0.43
Correction                                   13,796          0.64         37,639,458          0.26         30.82
Highways                                     10,977          0.78         27,145,175          0.66         24.52
Air transportation                              560          1.52          1,409,112          0.20          1.25
Water transport and canals                      697          0.00          2,295,068          0.03          1.56
Public Welfare                                5,812          0.10         15,529,060          0.02         12.98
Health                                        5,401          0.38         16,295,998          0.19         12.07
Hospitals                                    33,765          2.44        100,796,844          2.59         75.43
Social insurance administration                 988          0.00          2,752,611          0.00          2.21
Solid waste management                        1,264          1.26          2,406,742          1.16          2.82
Sewerage                                      2,418          2.73          5,882,581          2.31          5.40
Parks and recreation                          4,316          1.83          9,147,163          2.32          9.64
Housing and community developmen              1,130          0.00          2,450,125          0.00          2.52
Natural resources                             6,046          0.51         17,399,595          0.20         13.51
Water supply                                  2,678          2.56          6,633,043          2.74          5.98
Electric power                                  578          0.00          1,651,317          0.00          1.29
Gas supply                                      330         22.27            734,320         28.04          0.74
Transit                                       1,426          0.00          4,178,737          0.00          3.19
Elem & Sec Instructional                     73,801          0.09        204,494,040          0.75        164.87
Elem & Sec - Other                           32,219          0.43         50,908,170          2.08         71.98
Higher Ed Instructional                       9,929          0.00         50,022,853          0.00         22.18
Higher Ed - Other                            18,729          0.00         46,536,799          0.00         41.84
Other education                               3,447          0.00         10,807,543          0.00          7.70
Libraries                                     2,284          2.69          4,702,809          1.64          5.10
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     7,219          6.61         17,323,517          4.31         16.13