2004 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
LOUISIANA

Population Estimate (July 2004) 4,515,770

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

Total                                       282,311          0.54        771,825,929          0.54        625.17
Financial administration                      5,781          2.68         16,618,667          1.99         12.80
Other government administration               4,823          2.89         13,763,155          1.90         10.68
Judicial and Legal                            7,694          5.37         21,161,324          3.32         17.04
Persons with power of arrest                 12,292          0.95         35,272,528          1.42         27.22
Police - Other                                3,854          3.95          8,864,553          3.44          8.53
Firefighters                                  4,612          0.45         14,411,105          0.51         10.21
Fire - Other                                    197          4.45            490,901          3.03          0.44
Correction                                   13,438          0.69         37,507,049          0.41         29.76
Highways                                     10,504          1.70         27,771,893          0.93         23.26
Air transportation                              549          0.68          1,448,859          0.12          1.22
Water transport and canals                      703          0.72          2,325,007          0.22          1.56
Public Welfare                                5,561          0.14         14,939,007          0.13         12.31
Health                                        5,621          0.74         17,892,429          0.53         12.45
Hospitals                                    33,311          0.01        100,335,523          0.00         73.77
Social insurance administration               1,049          0.00          3,095,744          0.00          2.32
Solid waste management                          980          2.10          1,727,301          1.63          2.17
Sewerage                                      2,219          2.19          5,798,742          2.11          4.91
Parks and recreation                          4,313          2.62          9,288,889          1.28          9.55
Housing and community developmen              1,192          3.63          2,710,454          3.37          2.64
Natural resources                             6,088          0.68         18,273,424          0.58         13.48
Water supply                                  2,946          3.84          7,495,650          3.11          6.52
Electric power                                  576          2.44          1,806,652          1.70          1.28
Gas supply                                      497          0.00          1,145,870          0.38          1.10
Transit                                       1,435          0.00          4,305,732          0.00          3.18
Elem & Sec Instructional                     74,879          1.13        211,117,751          1.78        165.82
Elem & Sec  - Other                          34,397          3.36         52,760,688          3.99         76.17
Higher Ed Instructional                      10,208          0.00         52,952,940          0.00         22.61
Higher Ed - Other                            19,641          0.00         52,301,546          0.00         43.49
Other education                               3,370          0.00         11,006,516          0.00          7.46
Libraries                                     2,545          5.98          5,377,303          6.69          5.64
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     7,036          2.88         17,858,727          1.72         15.58