The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 1998-1999
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,209 16,195,303 13,472,315 2,722,988 5,501,810
     State 213 14,335,604 11,757,108 2,578,496 4,522,178
     Local 1,996 1,859,699 1,715,207 144,492 979,632
          County 148 496,784 458,420 38,364 210,108
          Municipality 1,618 1,090,687 1,046,087 44,600 685,480
          Township 156 87,865 85,505 2,360 18,282
          Special District 60 102,463 50,778 51,685 27,928
          School District 14 81,900 74,417 7,483 37,834
Alabama 15 241,102 214,779 26,323 76,925
Alaska 5 58,873 43,503 15,370 21,773
Arizona 7 283,221 222,443 60,778 67,498
Arkansas 40 195,498 122,467 73,031 33,972
California 62 1,782,715 1,489,866 292,849 712,243
Colorado 100 265,184 193,270 71,914 59,332
Connecticut 65 195,524 184,409 11,115 68,707
Delaware 6 39,514 39,470 44 18,284
District of Columbia 3 11,666 11,641 25 12,366
Florida 168 685,593 640,810 44,783 199,461
Georgia 32 566,294 384,354 181,940 97,914
Hawaii 1 61,164 58,387 2,777 27,950
Idaho 4 59,351 59,306 45 21,864
Illinois 377 805,991 609,584 196,407 281,715
Indiana 82 301,168 246,709 54,459 56,396
Iowa 12 251,330 158,809 92,521 68,715
Kansas 9 173,807 151,629 22,178 54,449
Kentucky 19 230,453 186,340 44,113 77,669
Louisiana 39 279,431 230,962 48,469 112,369
Maine 1 51,624 49,765 1,859 28,509
Maryland 12 373,481 201,443 172,038 94,840
Massachusetts 104 307,762 291,217 16,545 155,205
Michigan 141 476,337 460,220 16,117 225,672
Minnesota 181 375,438 291,801 83,637 113,714
Mississippi 4 247,933 149,644 98,289 51,616
Missouri 42 290,857 255,045 35,812 95,027
Montana 9 72,825 51,728 21,097 23,676
Nebraska 16 78,447 64,940 13,507 14,849
Nevada 2 82,548 77,315 5,233 21,081
New Hampshire 2 44,299 43,695 604 14,420
New Jersey 11 439,312 410,811 28,501 175,026
New Mexico 5 118,572 112,444 6,128 35,747
New York 24 1,147,212 1,111,193 36,019 627,952
North Carolina 10 462,729 417,576 45,153 135,214
North Dakota 13 31,801 27,851 3,950 9,678
Ohio 6 1,052,095 686,926 365,169 304,758
Oklahoma 13 162,312 146,467 15,845 65,093
Oregon 4 195,865 156,144 39,721 84,235
Pennsylvania 360 492,179 436,884 55,295 276,157
Rhode Island 14 38,413 38,352 61 23,512
South Carolina 7 342,618 215,881 126,737 66,772
South Dakota 6 43,309 34,771 8,538 14,942
Tennessee 19 223,893 223,107 786 92,165
Texas 50 1,227,670 1,134,765 92,905 267,130
Utah 5 105,920 89,723 16,197 16,945
Vermont 5 28,301 23,492 4,809 8,352
Virginia 14 367,806 344,317 23,489 112,968
Washington 31 331,646 307,954 23,692 106,560
West Virginia 41 80,648 66,101 14,547 41,334
Wisconsin 3 374,984 267,487 107,497 114,947
Wyoming 8 38,588 34,518 4,070 14,112
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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