STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
LOUISIANA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 4351769   

                                Total
                              Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent      Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment        March

Total                          295152         264467      574702714
Financial Administration         5881           5753       11561461
Central Administration           5707           4595       10409692
Judicial & Legal                 6217           5694       13066412
Police Protection               13920          12884       29520137
  with Power of Arrest          10090           9677       23583529
  Other                          3830           3207        5936608
Fire Protection                  4481           4280       10461827
  Firefighters                   4286           4091       10055425
  Fire Other                      195            189         406402
Corrections                     11195          11073       22867558
Streets & Highways              10671          10587       20364631
Airports                          466            452         896695
Water Transportation              836            818        1894908
Public Welfare                   6482           6442       14592764
Health                           7148           6887       17673063
Hospitals                       35906          33673       74506911
Social Insurance Admin           1046           1003        2554588
Solid Waste Mgmt                 1533           1474        2061501
Sewage Disposal                  2128           2101        4327312
Parks & Recreation               5646           4472        7093247
Housing & Comm Dev               1381           1352        2480917
Natural Resources                6141           5581       12262080
Water Supply                     2884           2825        5395764
Electric Power                    615            607        1423410
Gas Supply                        275            274         518716
Transit                           349            341         863054
Elem & Sec Total               108789         100705      191361275
  Instructional                 74311          69162      150115970
  Other                         34478          31543       41245305
Higher Educ. Total              41794          28208       91771800
  Instructional                 13146          10006       54248811
  Other                         28648          18202       37522989
Other Education                  4195           3851        9440815
Libraries                        2126           1771        2702236
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              7340           6764       12629940