STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 COLORADO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 3892644 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 264790 212578 601724085 Financial Administration 5524 5277 15449247 Central Administration 12197 4656 12739012 Judicial & Legal 5647 5069 17028439 Police Protection 11750 11423 37110679 with Power of Arrest 8357 8290 29417083 Other 3393 3133 7693596 Fire Protection 4800 4157 15713548 Firefighters 4253 3778 14660059 Fire Other 547 379 1053489 Corrections 7581 7501 21618487 Streets & Highways 8273 8013 23129805 Airports 1168 1103 3645993 Water Transportation 0 0 0 Public Welfare 6721 6392 16297549 Health 4241 3418 9543686 Hospitals 13343 12043 31281884 Social Insurance Admin 998 886 3083553 Solid Waste Mgmt 694 648 1587002 Sewage Disposal 2374 2134 6463996 Parks & Recreation 9920 5980 13273166 Housing & Comm Dev 1716 1477 3967541 Natural Resources 2123 1863 6137966 Water Supply 4170 3807 11477040 Electric Power 1406 1398 5179563 Gas Supply 323 323 1090636 Transit 2631 2520 6678841 Elem & Sec Total 94858 78668 194834702 Instructional 64148 54549 150955667 Other 30710 24119 43879035 Higher Educ. Total 50992 34516 119665714 Instructional 19079 13357 63424408 Other 31913 21159 56241306 Other Education 1679 1346 4068978 Libraries 2860 1978 4363786 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 6801 5982 16293272