STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 OKLAHOMA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 3317091 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 232282 201550 408242424 Financial Administration 4952 4615 8890231 Central Administration 4411 3252 7067627 Judicial & Legal 3740 3401 8537919 Police Protection 10466 9887 23348461 with Power of Arrest 7410 7219 18285512 Other 3056 2668 5062949 Fire Protection 5303 3954 12354358 Firefighters 5106 3789 11971531 Fire Other 197 165 382827 Corrections 11675 11540 15695487 Streets & Highways 9497 9374 15692921 Airports 265 258 651856 Water Transportation 27 18 58268 Public Welfare 6362 6223 10746010 Health 5542 5201 10985069 Hospitals 16298 15161 32581153 Social Insurance Admin 1869 1794 3757813 Solid Waste Mgmt 1196 1163 2009450 Sewage Disposal 1225 1175 2314984 Parks & Recreation 4646 3833 6324934 Housing & Comm Dev 1097 970 1767290 Natural Resources 2040 1897 3711198 Water Supply 2957 2678 5235482 Electric Power 829 824 2345155 Gas Supply 29 29 54891 Transit 224 215 545612 Elem & Sec Total 92076 80887 162735971 Instructional 61886 55995 127080826 Other 30190 24892 35655145 Higher Educ. Total 36123 24787 53769549 Instructional 10481 7540 26524985 Other 25642 17247 27244564 Other Education 2253 2179 4919848 Libraries 1096 788 1325780 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 6084 5447 10815107