1999 Public Employment Data (Revised June 2001)
State and Local Governments
Mississippi

Population    2,768,619   


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

TOTAL. . . . . . . .      190,780   0.31       403,034,238   0.28      689.08
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        4,193   0.42         9,123,759   0.49       15.14
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        2,758   1.08         6,478,173   0.66        9.96
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        2,910   0.19         7,132,703   0.19       10.51
POLICE-ARREST. . . .        6,051   0.23        13,584,875   0.15       21.86
POLICE-OTHER . . . .        2,485   0.28         4,545,934   0.23        8.98
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .        3,020   0.12         7,008,615   0.10       10.91
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .           84   0.36           163,290   0.50        0.30
CORRECTION . . . . .        5,525   0.12        10,042,124   0.10       19.96
STREETS & HWYS . . .        8,727   0.12        16,214,395   0.18       31.52
AIRPORTS . . . . . .          133   0.07           326,367   0.64        0.48
WATER TRANSPORT. . .          130   0.22           326,699   0.13        0.47
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        3,920   0.76         7,344,787   0.46       14.16
HEALTH . . . . . . .        3,284   0.07         8,053,540   0.05       11.86
HOSPITALS. . . . . .       32,796   0.48        73,192,418   0.50      118.46
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .          999   0.00         2,470,375   0.00        3.61
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .        1,108   0.65         1,723,218   0.71        4.00
SEWERAGE . . . . . .          573   0.27         1,075,024   0.21        2.07
PARKS & RECREATION .        1,277   0.08         2,092,182   0.11        4.61
HOUSING & COMM DEV .          866   0.05         1,827,805   0.03        3.13
NATURAL RESOURCES. .        4,016   0.21         8,829,050   0.15       14.51
WATER SUPPLY . . . .        1,518   0.88         2,625,457   0.63        5.48
ELECTRIC POWER . . .          481   0.00         1,109,945   0.03        1.74
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .          320   2.35           616,351   2.06        1.16
TRANSIT. . . . . . .          126   0.00           219,441   0.00        0.46
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .       52,675   0.98       106,175,150   0.98      190.26
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .       19,156   0.50        25,576,091   0.42       69.19
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .        8,752   0.00        35,633,356   0.00       31.61
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .       14,731   0.00        33,425,011   0.00       53.21
OTHER ED -STATE. . .        1,612   0.00         4,118,541   0.00        5.82
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .          832   0.68         1,318,318   0.65        3.01
STATE LIQUOR STORES.          119   0.00           246,486   0.00        0.43
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.        5,603   0.19        10,414,758   0.14       20.24