2004 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ARKANSAS

Population Estimate (July 2004) 2,752,629

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

Total                                       151,938          0.73        403,964,020          0.61        551.97
Financial administration                      4,123          2.70         10,481,614          1.97         14.98
Other government administration               2,472          4.75          6,922,116          4.56          8.98
Judicial and Legal                            3,057          2.58          7,684,152          1.51         11.11
Persons with power of arrest                  5,717          2.05         16,596,665          1.18         20.77
Police - Other                                1,836          2.02          3,932,769          1.84          6.67
Firefighters                                  2,431          2.12          7,852,433          1.28          8.83
Fire - Other                                     72          4.80            167,023          2.34          0.26
Correction                                    6,321          0.63         14,313,701          0.50         22.96
Highways                                      7,362          1.65         18,653,793          1.16         26.75
Air transportation                              251          3.58            632,121          0.84          0.91
Water transport and canals                        4          0.00             19,511          0.00          0.01
Public Welfare                                3,830          0.08          9,792,788          0.07         13.91
Health                                        4,932          0.51         13,286,036          0.23         17.92
Hospitals                                     5,858          0.00         15,884,694          0.00         21.28
Social insurance administration               1,023          0.00          3,058,678          0.00          3.72
Solid waste management                        1,358          8.92          2,969,482          5.49          4.93
Sewerage                                      1,075          9.20          3,056,400          5.69          3.91
Parks and recreation                          1,704          1.49          3,566,213          1.27          6.19
Housing and community developmen              1,011          4.73          2,410,796          4.03          3.67
Natural resources                             2,153          2.72          5,470,925          1.89          7.82
Water supply                                  2,395         12.28          6,091,950          9.40          8.70
Electric power                                  360          0.00          1,265,221          0.00          1.31
Gas supply                                        4          0.00              4,963          0.00          0.01
Transit                                         231          0.00            631,361          0.00          0.84
Elem & Sec Instructional                     44,365          1.90        127,021,913          1.11        161.17
Elem & Sec  - Other                          20,538          4.21         32,178,885          5.34         74.61
Higher Ed Instructional                       7,524          0.00         38,254,315          0.00         27.33
Higher Ed - Other                            13,381          0.00         34,354,909          0.00         48.61
Other education                               1,333          0.00          4,007,951          0.00          4.84
Libraries                                     1,416         43.44          2,772,620         43.09          5.14
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     3,801          2.46         10,628,022          1.97         13.81