50 State Staff Count- 1979 1988 1996 2003

	Size of State Legislative Staff: 1979, 1988, 1996, and 2003
	Permanent Staff				Session-Only Staff				Total Staff During Session
State	1979	1988	1996*	2003	1979	1988	1996	2003	1979	1988	1996*	2003
Alabama	200	339	316	422	170	77	98	74	370	416	414	496
Alaska	116	251	237	307	160	199	168	142	276	450	405	449
Arizona	280	323	472	631	310	97	95	51	590	420	567	682
Arkansas	230	250	292	339	140	126	164	154	370	376	456	493
California	1,760	2,865	2,506	2334	0	113	104	25	1,760	2,978	2,610	2,359
Colorado	173	189	213	209	110	60	47	176	283	249	260	385
Connecticut	225	400	446	393	200	202	177	146	425	602	623	539
Delaware	32	49	58	84	75	110	106	47	107	159	164	131
Florida	1,095	1,581	1,896	1650	240	193	277	153	1,335	1,774	2,173	1,803
Georgia	275	466	511	603	325	213	231	220	600	679	742	823
Hawaii	150	151	256	170	335	621	486	482	485	772	742	652
Idaho	55	51	61	75	120	107	94	108	175	158	155	183
Illinois	984	1,066	969	905	135	179	88	1	1,119	1,245	1,057	906
Indiana	138	171	183	228	170	132	143	79	308	303	326	307
Iowa	93	163	180	172	295	252	186	198	388	415	366	370
Kansas	126	117	121	100	240	270	242	240	366	387	363	340
Kentucky	135	216	317	386	200	246	266	242	335	462	583	628
Louisiana	327	360	419	688	155	171	105	51	482	531	524	739
Maine	46	138	133	156	108	49	47	34	154	187	180	190
Maryland	328	447	505	850	300	324	232	115	628	771	737	965
Massachusetts	595	782	850	935	0	0	0	0	595	782	850	935
Michigan	1,047	1,287	1,359	1153	0	2	45	0	1,047	1,289	1,404	1,153
Minnesota	420	602	638	602	221	202	203	82	641	804	841	684
Mississippi	130	124	132	150	91	63	48	45	221	187	180	195
Missouri	212	368	476	321	190	219	48	28	402	587	524	349
Montana	108	128	119	122	150	138	180	125	258	266	299	247
Nebraska	182	199	202	217	38	18	48	22	220	217	250	239
Nevada	85	115	170	230	120	151	320	268	205	266	490	498
New Hampshire	84	120	139	165	56	22	20	0	140	142	159	165
New Jersey	492	780	1,465	1206	90	134	49	59	582	914	1,514	1,265
New Mexico	40	49	49	145	222	320	491	503	262	369	540	648
New York	1,600	3,580	3,461	3077	1,500	577	438	351	3,100	4,157	3,899	3,428
North Carolina	90	118	168	290	300	367	296	339	390	485	464	629
North Dakota	26	31	31	32	100	161	141	92	126	192	172	124
Ohio	390	524	552	505	0	0	0	1	390	524	552	506
Oklahoma	101	171	260	302	225	223	155	131	326	394	415	433
Oregon	173	288	240	181	490	269	244	284	663	557	484	465
Pennsylvania	1,430	1,984	2,682	2947	0	28	20	0	1,430	2,012	2,702	2,947
Rhode Island	81	153	216	297	147	79	12	157	228	232	228	454
South Carolina	146	251	269	247	250	87	224	174	396	338	493	421
South Dakota	75	67	60	56	60	32	34	19	135	99	94	75
Tennessee	270	175	213	253	50	85	70	31	320	260	283	284
Texas	986	1,460	1,964	1745	500	349	456	523	1,486	1,809	2,420	2,268
Utah	71	86	111	108	111	103	114	73	182	189	225	181
Vermont	34	34	35	52	31	37	23	30	65	71	58	82
Virginia	306	191	468	410	275	432	355	272	581	623	823	682
Washington	370	582	535	561	550	467	367	265	920	1,049	902	826
West Virginia	124	126	158	195	270	255	198	215	394	381	356	410
Wisconsin	476	568	691	756	157	120	0	0	633	688	691	756
Wyoming	18	19	18	29	80	94	107	85	98	113	125	114
50 State Totals	16,930	24,555	27,822	28,067	10,062	8,775	8,062	6,912	26,992	33,330	35,884	34,979
*No data for Massachusetts in 1996 (estimate 850 based on trend)									NCSL November 2003

Last Updated on 5/6/2004

Size of State Legislative Staff: 1979, 1988, 1996, and 2003