STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 NORTH DAKOTA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 640883 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 56021 36605 87771623 Financial Administration 2703 1299 2755000 Central Administration 6395 678 2007273 Judicial & Legal 874 706 1927170 Police Protection 1466 1390 3250370 with Power of Arrest 1140 1095 2699852 Other 326 295 550518 Fire Protection 941 330 928283 Firefighters 859 323 912821 Fire Other 82 7 15462 Corrections 654 608 1265161 Streets & Highways 2144 1880 4258030 Airports 111 74 188185 Water Transportation 0 0 0 Public Welfare 1320 1108 2123848 Health 1893 1571 3534212 Hospitals 1304 1163 2181118 Social Insurance Admin 423 405 939661 Solid Waste Mgmt 391 356 769328 Sewage Disposal 197 136 319136 Parks & Recreation 1964 855 1371620 Housing & Comm Dev 312 265 505544 Natural Resources 1862 1435 3051810 Water Supply 427 338 763684 Electric Power 8 8 18996 Gas Supply 0 0 0 Transit 53 44 97162 Elem & Sec Total 15583 13289 34219584 Instructional 10715 9868 28348810 Other 4868 3421 5870774 Higher Educ. Total 11311 6638 16735471 Instructional 3825 2432 8990101 Other 7486 4206 7745370 Other Education 362 329 716066 Libraries 240 122 223117 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 3083 1578 3621794