1998 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
Louisiana

              Population       4,368,967

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

TOTAL. . . . . . . .      272,267   0.48       607,693,782   0.57    623.2
  Function
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        5,459   2.25        12,008,717   1.62     12.5
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        4,793   4.29        10,806,031   2.41     11.0
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        6,375   1.40        14,955,369   0.96     14.6
POLICE-ARREST. . . .       11,146   2.12        28,099,830   1.73     25.5
POLICE-OTHER . . . .        3,500   2.02         6,727,046   1.55      8.0
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .        4,201   0.68        10,918,768   0.45      9.6
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .          231   7.69           538,845   3.92      0.5
CORRECTION . . . . .       11,527   0.43        24,428,993   0.71     26.4
STREETS & HWYS . . .       10,656   0.34        21,445,303   1.19     24.4
AIRPORTS . . . . . .          453   0.14           916,426   0.33      1.0
WATER TRANSPORT. . .          749   0.00         1,875,047   0.00      1.7
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        6,525   0.18        15,137,619   0.09     14.9
HEALTH . . . . . . .        6,786   0.11        16,264,132   0.06     15.5
HOSPITALS  . . . . .       34,920   0.80        82,860,525   1.41     79.9
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .        1,003   0.00         2,554,588   0.00      2.3
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .        1,519   3.76         2,153,601   4.35      3.5
SEWERAGE . . . . . .        2,194   1.18         4,708,683   2.20      5.0
PARKS & RECREATION .        4,426   1.01         7,209,609   0.59     10.1
HOUSING & COMM DEV .        1,422   1.60         2,644,547   0.86      3.3
NATURAL RESOURCES. .        5,656   0.03        12,509,075   0.02     12.9
WATER SUPPLY . . . .        3,057   3.77         5,950,255   2.17      7.0
ELECTRIC POWER . . .          648   0.94         1,560,368   1.21      1.5
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .          262   2.87           543,823   4.46      0.6
TRANSIT. . . . . . .        1,555   0.00         2,293,731   0.00      3.6
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .       69,267   0.57       168,025,968   0.50    158.5
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .       31,313   0.40        44,451,825   1.23     71.7
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .        9,930   0.00        43,534,423   0.00     22.7
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .       19,188   0.00        34,226,884   0.00     43.9
OTHER ED -STATE. . .        3,702   0.00         9,653,308   0.00      8.5
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .        1,885   1.41         2,905,937   1.96      4.3
STATE LIQUOR STORES.            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.        7,919   1.25        15,784,506   0.70     18.1