STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 TEXAS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 19439337 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 1239172 1112355 2609460401 Financial Administration 21836 21344 52137650 Central Administration 15134 13198 31598405 Judicial & Legal 21877 20828 55060778 Police Protection 58437 56182 152084962 with Power of Arrest 41821 41469 122503074 Other 16616 14713 29581888 Fire Protection 19702 18680 60175136 Firefighters 18159 17228 56528427 Fire Other 1543 1452 3646709 Corrections 64111 63549 131689765 Streets & Highways 32380 31962 67093600 Airports 4306 4255 9834165 Water Transportation 897 863 2701629 Public Welfare 25905 25484 51614583 Health 29850 28448 62646902 Hospitals 88277 84774 218912098 Social Insurance Admin 5972 5948 14374033 Solid Waste Mgmt 6317 6182 11803177 Sewage Disposal 10457 10306 22936680 Parks & Recreation 16770 14052 25460873 Housing & Comm Dev 6585 6015 11561163 Natural Resources 18519 16235 40724865 Water Supply 13601 13167 28976075 Electric Power 7618 7568 24665118 Gas Supply 1333 1332 3719033 Transit 10325 10006 31635448 Elem & Sec Total 566193 509047 1117204499 Instructional 389704 361184 894311160 Other 176489 147863 222893339 Higher Educ. Total 158380 111360 309917999 Instructional 58335 40083 164030603 Other 100045 71277 145887396 Other Education 4910 4802 11522980 Libraries 6250 5264 9757522 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 23230 21504 49651263