The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 2000-2001
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,208 16,987,719 13,937,429 3,050,290 5,974,373
     State 220 15,210,686 12,283,791 2,926,895 4,952,929
     Local 1,988 1,777,033 1,653,638 123,395 1,021,444
          County 145 520,615 468,673 51,942 218,080
          Municipality 1,613 1,081,065 1,026,565 54,500 718,792
          Township 153 32,931 30,044 2,887 18,744
          Special District 63 58,056 51,369 6,687 26,400
          School District 14 84,366 76,987 7,379 39,428
Alabama 15 251,262 221,068 30,194 83,820
Alaska 5 61,643 45,802 15,841 24,850
Arizona 7 349,436 248,247 101,189 75,225
Arkansas 40 121,787 107,786 14,001 39,316
California 62 1,925,761 1,631,233 294,528 754,693
Colorado 97 286,366 195,872 90,494 72,351
Connecticut 65 149,871 138,316 11,555 72,574
Delaware 6 40,532 39,925 607 19,367
District of Columbia 7 11,286 10,615 671 14,156
Florida 168 718,475 661,674 56,801 217,265
Georgia 31 526,968 353,249 173,719 106,932
Hawaii 1 59,992 59,992 0 33,074
Idaho 4 68,470 62,170 6,300 23,366
Illinois 377 877,715 626,711 251,004 299,186
Indiana 82 255,508 241,925 13,583 86,936
Iowa 12 256,958 160,429 96,529 73,461
Kansas 9 183,625 154,547 29,078 56,670
Kentucky 19 254,429 194,955 59,474 88,172
Louisiana 40 285,641 232,237 53,404 113,249
Maine 1 54,199 51,908 2,291 29,566
Maryland 13 271,719 226,496 45,223 113,141
Massachusetts 104 342,336 321,838 20,498 159,796
Michigan 141 493,415 465,187 28,228 239,735
Minnesota 179 464,460 297,438 167,022 125,082
Mississippi 4 260,306 152,158 108,148 56,580
Missouri 42 306,872 263,903 42,969 107,294
Montana 9 78,531 53,082 25,449 27,115
Nebraska 16 82,836 65,678 17,158 25,229
Nevada 2 89,250 82,953 6,297 24,136
New Hampshire 2 48,545 47,892 653 15,469
New Jersey 11 481,526 432,418 49,108 184,928
New Mexico 5 136,921 116,287 20,634 40,542
New York 24 1,236,713 1,141,525 95,188 674,971
North Carolina 10 508,262 448,920 59,342 149,048
North Dakota 13 33,212 28,600 4,612 10,307
Ohio 6 1,113,943 728,592 385,351 320,576
Oklahoma 13 161,697 151,984 9,713 69,998
Oregon 4 212,045 165,557 46,488 86,059
Pennsylvania 357 521,581 457,204 64,377 292,310
Rhode Island 14 43,909 39,876 4,033 22,458
South Carolina 7 363,607 222,137 141,470 82,353
South Dakota 5 46,320 35,980 10,340 15,955
Tennessee 19 230,614 229,940 674 98,530
Texas 50 1,322,235 1,203,310 118,925 308,662
Utah 6 113,915 94,349 19,566 29,557
Vermont 5 29,623 23,445 6,178 8,554
Virginia 14 455,084 362,906 92,178 124,921
Washington 32 291,413 265,191 26,222 112,235
West Virginia 41 80,577 66,070 14,507 29,988
Wisconsin 3 386,633 273,388 113,245 119,333
Wyoming 8 39,531 34,302 5,229 15,114
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 20,2003
Last revised: March 31 2004