LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
KENTUCKY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 3908124   

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

Total                          148174         134740      285460723
Financial Administration         1853           1677        3612195
Central Administration           3666           2362        4782587
Judicial & Legal                 1236           1118        2701109
Police Protection                6860           6455       15010607
  with Power of Arrest           5207           5074       12582019
  Other                          1653           1381        2428588
Fire Protection                  3602           3017        6590232
  Firefighters                   3412           2855        6249537
  Fire Other                      190            162         340695
Corrections                      2191           2083        3782326
Streets & Highways               2938           2889        5331259
Airports                          333            328         754602
Water Transportation               36             35          77543
Public Welfare                    815            682        1378468
Health                           4324           3931        7998885
Hospitals                        4949           4419        9156423
Solid Waste Mgmt                 1553           1489        2312595
Sewage Disposal                  1547           1539        4516978
Parks & Recreation               1339           1189        1798742
Housing & Comm Dev                910            876        1961467
Natural Resources                 416            172         239095
Water Supply                     2784           2586        5937996
Electric Power                    622            604        1835431
Gas Supply                        136            133         234477
Transit                           905            869        2325849
Elem & Sec Total               100086          92416      196458159
  Instructional                 66453          63381      157197217
  Other                         33633          29035       39260942
Higher Educ. Total                  0              0              0
  Instructional                     0              0              0
  Other                             0              0              0
Libraries                        1569           1175        1832684
Other & Unallocable              3504           2696        4831014