2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
KENTUCKY

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 4,117,827

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

Total                                       227,902          0.95        621,162,006          0.74        557.24
Financial administration                      4,942          6.44         14,496,272          6.37         12.08
Other government administration               4,451          9.10         14,229,525          5.33         10.88
Judicial and Legal                            6,215          1.09         19,657,604          0.58         15.20
Police with power of arrest                   6,818          2.69         23,689,565          3.18         16.67
Police - other                                2,798          2.64          7,437,039          1.86          6.84
Firefighters                                  3,557          3.17         11,434,716          1.25          8.70
Fire - other                                    201          4.41            500,320          3.94          0.49
Correction                                    6,919          1.14         17,082,087          0.91         16.92
Highways                                      9,292          7.03         25,379,268          5.68         22.72
Air transportation                              691          0.00          2,580,433          0.00          1.69
Water transport and canals                       46          0.00            119,398          0.00          0.11
Public Welfare                                7,494          0.04         21,031,916          0.06         18.32
Health                                        7,038          2.03         19,045,329          2.03         17.21
Hospitals                                     9,954          0.00         28,703,761          0.00         24.34
Social insurance administration               1,175          0.00          3,472,268          0.00          2.87
Solid waste management                        1,741          2.81          3,658,724          1.78          4.26
Sewerage                                      1,729          4.01          5,739,074          1.13          4.23
Parks and recreation                          3,160          0.33          6,423,006          0.31          7.73
Housing and community developmen              1,107          6.67          3,243,259          4.02          2.71
Natural resources                             4,167          1.77         11,288,233          0.85         10.19
Water supply                                  3,051          2.24          8,933,925          2.36          7.46
Electric power                                  655          0.08          2,529,400          0.07          1.60
Gas supply                                      156          7.97            360,099          7.52          0.38
Transit                                         976          0.00          2,930,000          0.00          2.39
Elem & Sec Instructional                     62,385          2.53        177,614,173          1.65        152.54
Elem & Sec - Other                           37,321          4.55         58,019,791          5.09         91.25
Higher Ed Instructional                       9,690          0.00         47,692,174          0.00         23.69
Higher Ed - Other                            18,588          0.00         48,016,215          0.00         45.45
Other education                               4,408          0.00         15,104,290          0.00         10.78
Libraries                                     1,342          2.37          2,769,714          1.99          3.28
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     5,835          3.03         17,980,428          1.68         14.27