2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ARKANSAS

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 2,725,714

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

Total                                       153,382          0.69        394,037,314          0.46        566.77
Financial administration                      4,106          2.90         10,201,549          1.95         15.17
Other government administration               2,625          6.45          6,954,328          5.06          9.70
Judicial and Legal                            3,258          3.17          8,773,404          1.98         12.04
Police with power of arrest                   6,052          2.01         16,647,746          1.26         22.36
Police - other                                1,910          3.82          4,127,596          2.53          7.06
Firefighters                                  2,389          3.30          7,555,088          1.30          8.83
Fire - other                                     61          0.00            127,112          0.09          0.23
Correction                                    6,127          0.45         13,542,051          0.22         22.64
Highways                                      7,696          1.37         17,995,453          1.03         28.44
Air transportation                              255          1.01            561,404          0.78          0.94
Water transport and canals                        9          0.00             35,443          0.00          0.03
Public Welfare                                3,933          0.24          9,862,776          0.10         14.53
Health                                        4,972          0.10         12,962,359          0.12         18.37
Hospitals                                     6,753          0.56         17,568,221          0.11         24.95
Social insurance administration               1,124          0.00          3,211,143          0.00          4.15
Solid waste management                        1,538          4.81          3,025,741          3.26          5.68
Sewerage                                      1,097          3.01          3,136,500          3.22          4.05
Parks and recreation                          1,721          0.39          3,451,655          0.51          6.36
Housing and community developmen              1,078         13.04          2,414,283          9.53          3.98
Natural resources                             2,209          2.44          5,353,647          0.78          8.16
Water supply                                  1,835          8.58          4,916,268          6.80          6.78
Electric power                                  397          0.00          1,323,176          0.00          1.47
Gas supply                                       23         81.52             54,570         91.20          0.08
Transit                                         294          0.75            636,065          0.06          1.09
Elem & Sec Instructional                     44,082          1.96        123,004,026          1.19        162.89
Elem & Sec - Other                           21,287          2.04         31,691,054          2.65         78.66
Higher Ed Instructional                       6,685          0.00         33,786,478          0.00         24.70
Higher Ed - Other                            12,651          0.00         31,503,611          0.00         46.75
Other education                               2,689          0.00          7,901,083          0.00          9.94
Libraries                                       784          2.83          1,463,832          2.29          2.90
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     3,742          1.74         10,249,652          0.86         13.83