FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY STATE: DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1998 1998 1996 STATE TOTAL TOTAL EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT TOTAL 2,706,420 2,688,271 ALABAMA 51,936 51,929 ALASKA 14,354 14,438 ARIZONA 43,229 40,233 ARKANSAS 20,579 19,906 CALIFORNIA 265,472 269,470 COLORADO 53,730 51,723 CONNECTICUT 22,986 22,272 DELAWARE 5,481 5,455 DIST. OF COLUMBIA 181,077 185,447 FLORIDA 115,605 111,740 GEORGIA 87,752 87,463 HAWAII 23,784 24,116 IDAHO 10,730 10,903 ILLINOIS 98,341 97,151 INDIANA 38,319 39,579 IOWA 19,921 19,792 KANSAS 25,479 25,445 KENTUCKY 31,090 33,960 LOUISIANA 34,805 33,992 MAINE 13,369 12,946 MARYLAND 130,889 125,624 MASSACHUSETTS 55,552 54,180 MICHIGAN 59,054 55,470 MINNESOTA 34,806 33,481 MISSISSIPPI 24,652 24,341 MISSOURI 56,837 57,706 MONTANA 11,296 11,226 NEBRASKA 15,487 15,276 NEVADA 12,909 11,956 NEW HAMPSHIRE 8,326 8,210 NEW JERSEY 64,519 67,599 NEW MEXICO 25,895 26,102 NEW YORK 139,425 138,897 NORTH CAROLINA 56,758 54,998 NORTH DAKOTA 7,664 7,632 OHIO 86,502 85,749 OKLAHOMA 42,529 42,383 OREGON 29,541 28,166 PENNSYLVANIA 112,680 112,235 RHODE ISLAND 11,178 10,851 SOUTH CAROLINA 27,052 26,499 SOUTH DAKOTA 9,593 9,635 TENNESSEE 52,402 51,504 TEXAS 174,561 171,697 UTAH 28,028 28,540 VERMONT 5,757 5,610 VIRGINIA 146,551 150,569 WASHINGTON 62,892 61,525 WEST VIRGINIA 18,299 17,693 WISCONSIN 30,557 28,834 WYOMING 6,190 6,123