STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 IOWA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 2852423 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 207586 168531 425676621 Financial Administration 4134 3814 8795859 Central Administration 6341 2836 7002390 Judicial & Legal 3167 2996 9229401 Police Protection 7135 6520 18015981 with Power of Arrest 5166 4866 14436997 Other 1969 1654 3578984 Fire Protection 3490 1722 5151897 Firefighters 3356 1660 5006990 Fire Other 134 62 144907 Corrections 3463 3280 8991063 Streets & Highways 8526 8279 20558148 Airports 183 171 452884 Water Transportation 0 0 0 Public Welfare 4955 4613 11385154 Health 2900 2383 5136467 Hospitals 17826 16065 40161423 Social Insurance Admin 421 414 1305647 Solid Waste Mgmt 1041 871 1956060 Sewage Disposal 1430 1240 3221771 Parks & Recreation 2998 1752 3872167 Housing & Comm Dev 568 536 1370606 Natural Resources 3833 3149 8763014 Water Supply 1565 1321 3446431 Electric Power 796 775 2421859 Gas Supply 61 60 163699 Transit 888 755 1587145 Elem & Sec Total 80065 65441 148358096 Instructional 53640 46507 116290291 Other 26425 18934 32067805 Higher Educ. Total 41632 32017 95614475 Instructional 12101 9723 40610337 Other 29531 22294 55004138 Other Education 1204 1177 3246364 Libraries 2349 1365 2476330 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 6615 4979 12992290