The U.S. Census Bureau

Table 5. Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State

Fiscal Year: 1999-2000
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,209 16,833,698 13,916,706 2,916,992 6,292,329
     State 218 15,077,009 12,281,004 2,796,005 4,786,433
     Local 1,991 1,756,689 1,635,702 120,987 1,505,896
          County 145 512,866 462,962 49,904 220,036
          Municipality 1,617 1,068,587 1,015,566 53,021 1,101,872
          Township 156 32,353 29,567 2,786 18,788
          Special District 59 57,866 51,539 6,327 126,319
          School District 14 85,017 76,068 8,949 38,881
Alabama 15 247,766 219,524 28,242 80,954
Alaska 5 61,099 45,417 15,682 23,389
Arizona 7 314,261 227,713 86,548 73,993
Arkansas 40 121,109 108,341 12,768 38,369
California 62 1,824,276 1,556,598 267,678 834,076
Colorado 100 280,184 190,998 89,186 68,992
Connecticut 65 147,176 136,327 10,849 119,119
Delaware 6 40,134 39,506 628 31,061
District of Columbia 3 11,069 9,530 1,539 12,475
Florida 168 686,011 640,888 45,123 592,899
Georgia 32 564,254 382,177 182,077 98,399
Hawaii 1 232,297 229,191 3,106 28,715
Idaho 4 60,490 60,447 43 28,868
Illinois 377 851,240 618,286 232,954 280,496
Indiana 82 365,723 316,221 49,502 86,247
Iowa 12 251,931 160,515 91,416 71,184
Kansas 9 177,963 152,720 25,243 56,525
Kentucky 19 242,165 191,090 51,075 84,614
Louisiana 39 282,946 234,191 48,755 111,030
Maine 1 53,022 51,003 2,019 29,033
Maryland 13 266,507 222,205 44,302 108,690
Massachusetts 105 327,548 308,691 18,857 157,968
Michigan 141 448,224 424,267 23,957 233,051
Minnesota 181 450,674 292,782 157,892 119,069
Mississippi 4 259,919 152,834 107,085 53,946
Missouri 42 275,188 233,563 41,625 97,310
Montana 9 75,988 52,756 23,232 23,856
Nebraska 16 82,513 65,656 16,857 16,122
Nevada 2 86,510 80,897 5,613 22,694
New Hampshire 2 44,007 43,482 525 15,288
New Jersey 11 459,111 407,974 51,137 178,894
New Mexico 5 133,669 114,953 18,716 37,664
New York 24 1,196,615 1,111,152 85,463 665,000
North Carolina 10 494,158 437,204 56,954 142,374
North Dakota 13 104,333 100,022 4,311 10,098
Ohio 6 1,086,938 705,923 381,015 312,978
Oklahoma 13 161,983 152,743 9,240 68,803
Oregon 4 203,494 160,530 42,964 86,666
Pennsylvania 360 510,576 446,426 64,150 291,236
Rhode Island 14 38,914 38,855 59 23,829
South Carolina 7 354,271 216,893 137,378 69,541
South Dakota 6 44,739 35,283 9,456 15,498
Tennessee 19 226,467 225,689 778 95,204
Texas 50 1,279,606 1,167,390 112,216 263,000
Utah 6 113,955 96,450 17,505 29,235
Vermont 5 29,051 23,230 5,821 8,486
Virginia 14 440,579 355,376 85,203 119,456
Washington 31 323,665 298,457 25,208 109,201
West Virginia 41 80,548 66,043 14,505 29,966
Wisconsin 3 383,828 273,330 110,498 121,914
Wyoming 8 35,481 35,444 37 15,524
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: September 13,2001
Last revised: March 31 2004