STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
TENNESSEE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 5368198   

                                Total
                              Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent      Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment        March

Total                          309662         276033      621990777
Financial Administration         6258           6046       14529017
Central Administration           5127           3904        8957786
Judicial & Legal                 5570           5243       14689263
Police Protection               15923          15294       38161699
  with Power of Arrest          11918          11716       30799567
  Other                          4005           3578        7362132
Fire Protection                  7028           6008       17168165
  Firefighters                   6670           5687       16269512
  Fire Other                      358            321         898653
Corrections                     11993          11906       24464770
Streets & Highways              11726          11634       21941836
Airports                          753            721        2076729
Water Transportation               13             11          28958
Public Welfare                   8323           8060       16752684
Health                           6355           6186       14585322
Hospitals                       24987          23745       53517441
Social Insurance Admin           1715           1631        3681680
Solid Waste Mgmt                 4466           4221        7458802
Sewage Disposal                  1790           1759        3528349
Parks & Recreation               5747           4973        7588820
Housing & Comm Dev               2764           2691        5825782
Natural Resources                3977           3665        8085554
Water Supply                     4259           4060        9602699
Electric Power                   4867           4816       15445446
Gas Supply                       1968           1947        5459859
Transit                           363            313         671813
Elem & Sec Total               116816         102304      218801505
  Instructional                 80839          73799      181824813
  Other                         35977          28505       36976692
Higher Educ. Total              45463          34324       85874896
  Instructional                 15662          12154       43978334
  Other                         29801          22170       41896562
Other Education                  1912           1830        4463783
Libraries                        1579           1335        2335753
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              7920           7406       16292366