The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 2002-2003
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,657 17,649,702 14,248,692 3,401,010 6,448,030
     State 218 15,788,945 12,538,604 3,250,341 5,420,937
     Local 2,439 1,860,757 1,710,088 150,669 1,027,093
          County 163 531,233 476,890 54,343 227,849
          Municipality 1,752 1,147,762 1,072,054 75,708 708,405
          Township 402 39,494 35,218 4,276 20,765
          Special District 108 57,471 52,669 4,802 28,237
          School District 14 84,797 73,257 11,540 41,837
Alabama 12 254,706 228,999 25,707 91,666
Alaska 5 67,691 46,752 20,939 27,763
Arizona 6 367,274 242,051 125,223 84,591
Arkansas 36 126,372 110,136 16,236 42,248
California 59 2,108,033 1,738,852 369,181 881,733
Colorado 67 319,881 216,042 103,839 80,025
Connecticut 63 151,032 138,552 12,480 78,375
Delaware 6 41,244 40,164 1,080 20,813
District of Columbia 6 11,600 11,585 15 1,078
Florida 158 737,553 667,639 69,914 233,559
Georgia 31 523,981 380,452 143,529 116,901
Hawaii 1 66,442 62,292 4,150 31,389
Idaho 4 70,403 62,497 7,906 25,694
Illinois 371 891,141 628,799 262,342 325,963
Indiana 76 281,425 233,695 47,730 95,773
Iowa 12 204,701 165,094 39,607 79,264
Kansas 7 190,885 150,274 40,611 63,391
Kentucky 21 275,785 220,339 55,446 96,934
Louisiana 35 273,658 228,841 44,817 119,309
Maine 1 56,904 51,848 5,056 30,774
Maryland 13 279,945 232,053 47,892 119,567
Massachusetts 99 349,815 321,848 27,967 159,897
Michigan 140 487,439 455,647 31,792 254,881
Minnesota 146 490,179 295,815 194,364 133,173
Mississippi 3 268,288 155,590 112,698 60,131
Missouri 61 330,499 298,106 32,393 115,172
Montana 9 77,066 53,387 23,679 26,754
Nebraska 14 73,239 57,256 15,983 17,764
Nevada 2 85,311 77,610 7,701 27,312
New Hampshire 3 57,658 51,088 6,570 17,076
New Jersey 10 504,831 441,358 63,473 201,634
New Mexico 5 146,089 120,955 25,134 42,217
New York 15 1,307,680 1,179,672 128,008 685,237
North Carolina 10 536,457 455,647 80,810 163,392
North Dakota 12 34,370 28,755 5,615 11,258
Ohio 6 1,206,108 741,631 464,477 337,334
Oklahoma 12 159,863 149,166 10,697 74,491
Oregon 4 215,219 161,372 53,847 98,395
Pennsylvania 928 556,347 478,422 77,925 309,021
Rhode Island 12 37,459 33,462 3,997 24,027
South Carolina 6 349,909 219,181 130,728 93,203
South Dakota 4 48,542 36,119 12,423 16,937
Tennessee 16 256,057 233,381 22,676 102,476
Texas 49 1,385,442 1,246,053 139,389 355,031
Utah 6 118,113 94,833 23,280 31,982
Vermont 5 32,627 24,618 8,009 9,872
Virginia 14 457,240 367,749 89,491 135,483
Washington 27 261,114 230,964 30,150 117,933
West Virginia 41 80,412 65,948 14,464 29,903
Wisconsin 3 396,251 282,210 114,041 133,339
Wyoming 5 39,422 33,893 5,529 15,895
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: March 04,2005
Last revised: March 31 2005