2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
MISSISSIPPI

Population Estimate (July 2005) 2,921,088

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

Total                                       188,707          1.32        513,115,571          0.89        646.02
Financial Administration                      3,553          3.53          9,614,210          2.43         12.16
Other Government Administration               2,717          3.78          7,903,943          3.08          9.30
Judicial and Legal                            2,728          4.64          8,699,991          2.90          9.34
Police Protection - Officers                  6,211          2.76         17,481,365          2.65         21.26
Police - Other                                2,476          2.64          5,559,650          2.22          8.48
Firefighters                                  3,362          0.66          9,273,240          0.74         11.51
Fire - Other                                    121         13.08            320,312         12.72          0.41
Correction                                    5,526          2.13         12,632,730          1.63         18.92
Highways                                      8,248          2.31         17,970,921          1.86         28.24
Air Transportation                               90          2.55            338,504          6.03          0.31
Water Transport & Terminals                     156          0.00            467,466          0.00          0.53
Public Welfare                                2,984          0.48          6,405,906          0.45         10.22
Health                                        3,330          0.41          9,427,898          0.32         11.40
Hospitals                                    30,569          0.26         89,360,721          0.21        104.65
Social Insurance Administration               1,057          0.00          2,924,179          0.00          3.62
Solid Waste Management                        1,021          7.49          1,847,922          7.36          3.50
Sewerage                                        613          7.61          1,416,893          6.17          2.10
Parks and Recreation                          1,608          1.94          3,258,942          2.99          5.50
Housing & Community Development                 878          1.22          2,436,944          1.11          3.01
Natural Resources                             3,828          3.37          9,803,337          3.58         13.10
Water Supply                                  1,419          7.22          3,112,121          5.75          4.86
Electric Power                                  585          1.22          1,671,349          1.16          2.00
Gas Supply                                      225          0.00            548,784          0.00          0.77
Transit                                         132          3.60            255,935          0.00          0.45
Elem & Sec Instructional                     49,019          2.78        146,173,224          2.23        167.81
Elem & Secondary - Other                     24,313          7.79         39,708,650          6.88         83.23
Higher Ed Instructional                       8,993          0.00         44,098,810          0.00         30.79
Higher Ed - Other                            16,366          0.00         43,741,435          0.00         56.03
Other Education                               1,546          0.00          4,377,145          0.00          5.29
Libraries                                       835          5.23          1,473,885          5.53          2.86
Liquor Stores                                   115          0.00            274,723          0.00          0.39
Other and Unallocable                         4,083          1.64         10,534,436          1.18         13.98