2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ARKANSAS

Population Estimate (July 2005) 2,779,154

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

Total                                       160,115          1.49        442,448,653          0.95        576.13
Financial Administration                      4,155          3.90         11,305,517          2.68         14.95
Other Government Administration               2,892          6.74          8,377,958          7.46         10.41
Judicial and Legal                            3,273          3.74          8,925,164          4.44         11.78
Police Protection - Officers                  5,963          1.96         17,985,263          1.80         21.46
Police - Other                                2,128          4.09          4,771,679          2.98          7.66
Firefighters                                  2,726          5.12          8,927,750          3.12          9.81
Fire - Other                                    102         19.58            229,546         19.78          0.37
Correction                                    6,311          0.70         15,407,142          0.59         22.71
Highways                                      7,298          2.14         19,558,980          1.55         26.26
Air Transportation                              275          5.57            709,356          2.16          0.99
Water Transport & Terminals                       4          0.00             22,761          0.00          0.01
Public Welfare                                3,770          0.17         10,648,040          0.15         13.57
Health                                        5,018          0.73         14,704,003          0.42         18.06
Hospitals                                     5,902          0.00         16,776,927          0.00         21.24
Social Insurance Administration                 984          0.00          3,268,488          0.00          3.54
Solid Waste Management                        1,339          9.12          3,162,188          5.92          4.82
Sewerage                                      1,144          4.85          3,444,176          3.30          4.12
Parks and Recreation                          1,801          1.76          3,989,821          1.41          6.48
Housing & Community Development               1,085          3.90          2,550,611          2.93          3.90
Natural Resources                             2,039          3.49          5,837,612          2.37          7.34
Water Supply                                  2,327         12.47          6,248,957          8.96          8.37
Electric Power                                  367          0.00          1,313,751          0.00          1.32
Gas Supply                                        4          0.00              5,657          0.00          0.01
Transit                                         248          0.00            702,630          0.00          0.89
Elem & Sec Instructional                     46,526          4.78        143,034,077          2.82        167.41
Elem & Secondary - Other                     24,508          6.13         36,490,714          4.86         88.19
Higher Ed Instructional                       7,484          0.00         38,713,522          0.00         26.93
Higher Ed - Other                            13,785          0.00         36,260,493          0.00         49.60
Other Education                               1,345          0.00          4,452,933          0.00          4.84
Libraries                                     1,450         42.26          2,999,261         41.16          5.22
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                         3,862          2.80         11,623,676          2.24         13.90