2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ARKANSAS

Population (2000) 2,673,400   


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

TOTAL                     150,079              373,957,067             561.38
FINANCIAL ADMIN             3,899                9,399,203              14.58
CENTRAL ADMIN               2,525                6,289,761               9.44
JUDICIAL-LEGAL              2,963                8,079,438              11.08
POLICE-ARREST               5,725               15,396,772              21.41
POLICE-OTHER                1,923                4,009,300               7.19
FIREFIGHTERS                2,379                7,294,963               8.90
OTHER                          71                  143,035               0.27
CORRECTION                  6,086               13,001,895              22.77
STREETS & HWYS              7,364               17,995,119              27.55
AIRPORTS                      252                  533,571               0.94
WATER TRANSPORT                 9                   34,102               0.03
PUBLIC WELFARE              4,181                9,218,755              15.64
HEALTH                      4,869               12,043,329              18.21
HOSPITALS                   6,696               16,808,665              25.05
SOC INSUR ADMIN             1,035                3,009,204               3.87
SOLID WASTE MGMT            1,510                2,929,120               5.65
SEWERAGE                    1,103                2,886,789               4.13
PARKS & RECREATION          1,716                3,375,697               6.42
HOUSING & COMM DEV            986                2,004,456               3.69
NATURAL RESOURCES           2,128                5,229,310               7.96
WATER SUPPLY                1,923                4,747,849               7.19
ELECTRIC POWER                399                1,288,177               1.49
GAS SUPPLY                      4                    4,597               0.01
TRANSIT                       228                  571,468               0.85
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT          43,349              115,718,844             162.15
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         20,976               31,188,060              78.46
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT          6,404               32,993,248              23.95
HIGHER ED OTHER            12,058               28,474,970              45.10
OTHER ED - STATE            2,821                8,011,988              10.55
LOCAL LIBRARIES               753                1,356,620               2.82
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE         3,744                9,918,762              14.00