STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 MISSISSIPPI STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 2730501 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 196509 173591 341379797 Financial Administration 4009 3847 7450681 Central Administration 3450 2416 5283762 Judicial & Legal 3338 2853 6281223 Police Protection 8919 8073 15793125 with Power of Arrest 6212 5824 12270705 Other 2707 2249 3522420 Fire Protection 3627 3164 6788810 Firefighters 3483 3068 6607949 Fire Other 144 96 180861 Corrections 5534 5452 9378579 Streets & Highways 9186 8978 14948208 Airports 165 144 250566 Water Transportation 142 131 263458 Public Welfare 3810 3749 6651406 Health 3619 3474 7822782 Hospitals 28995 27080 56958372 Social Insurance Admin 1087 1080 2423770 Solid Waste Mgmt 1153 1073 1494152 Sewage Disposal 736 712 1224793 Parks & Recreation 1971 1301 1879003 Housing & Comm Dev 952 889 1695014 Natural Resources 4794 4200 8877160 Water Supply 1357 1288 2248970 Electric Power 543 531 1143169 Gas Supply 260 256 489635 Transit 137 127 187856 Elem & Sec Total 69365 62768 108209790 Instructional 47753 45435 87764730 Other 21612 17333 20445060 Higher Educ. Total 29938 21822 57795045 Instructional 12562 9511 33278847 Other 17376 12311 24516198 Other Education 1817 1794 4274671 Libraries 1269 862 1240777 State Liquor Stores 123 123 227121 Other & Unallocable 6213 5404 10097899