The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 1992-1993
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,213 13,272,069 11,768,078 1,503,991 4,469,644
     State 190 11,654,786 10,224,417 1,430,369 3,551,765
     Local 2,023 1,617,283 1,543,661 73,622 917,879
          County 147 446,409 422,915 23,494 172,268
          Municipality 1,646 1,011,284 969,168 42,116 676,167
          Township 154 28,354 26,479 1,875 16,089
          Special District 63 61,410 58,374 3,036 22,836
          School District 13 69,826 66,725 3,101 30,519
Alabama 15 197,872 197,748 124 53,691
Alaska 3 50,846 38,798 12,048 13,434
Arizona 6 193,542 171,730 21,812 53,959
Arkansas 40 135,737 116,622 19,115 25,989
California 62 1,500,680 1,339,921 160,759 604,904
Colorado 117 170,096 164,737 5,359 51,839
Connecticut 62 129,294 119,999 9,295 59,333
Delaware 4 34,654 34,177 477 15,860
District of Columbia 3 12,653 12,653 0 10,714
Florida 170 623,518 597,370 26,148 190,069
Georgia 31 333,247 290,429 42,818 72,279
Hawaii 1 59,518 57,467 2,051 25,892
Idaho 4 55,909 52,583 3,326 18,362
Illinois 376 646,194 563,422 82,772 232,817
Indiana 83 255,819 219,762 36,057 74,850
Iowa 5 157,610 135,160 22,450 54,970
Kansas 11 124,327 113,278 11,049 40,991
Kentucky 18 196,193 168,134 28,059 55,611
Louisiana 34 239,754 204,339 35,415 81,021
Maine 1 91,379 51,098 40,281 24,413
Maryland 13 220,667 192,720 27,947 78,517
Massachusetts 99 292,816 269,086 23,730 144,394
Michigan 142 485,938 463,542 22,396 178,974
Minnesota 189 303,715 257,883 45,832 86,667
Mississippi 2 798 705 93 462
Missouri 42 202,932 183,881 19,051 67,036
Montana 10 59,539 45,680 13,859 19,215
Nebraska 17 54,562 45,087 9,475 11,963
Nevada 3 100,592 60,173 40,419 12,575
New Hampshire 1 203 203 0 53
New Jersey 11 442,090 400,196 41,894 136,738
New Mexico 5 90,343 71,539 18,804 27,312
New York 24 1,162,669 1,090,926 71,743 549,774
North Carolina 10 411,903 353,092 58,811 101,436
North Dakota 12 27,966 25,851 2,115 8,296
Ohio 6 760,413 646,544 113,869 257,428
Oklahoma 12 153,887 140,202 13,685 52,189
Oregon 2 168,290 141,475 26,815 61,646
Pennsylvania 368 463,697 417,522 46,175 244,628
Rhode Island 10 10,146 10,145 1 3,097
South Carolina 5 317,439 200,253 117,186 50,077
South Dakota 8 37,903 33,647 4,256 12,005
Tennessee 15 212,868 204,298 8,570 66,559
Texas 54 946,267 860,407 85,860 203,882
Utah 4 110,777 110,777 0 20,531
Vermont 5 21,816 20,791 1,025 6,244
Virginia 14 366,054 312,418 53,636 89,683
Washington 34 283,168 282,955 213 110,849
West Virginia 39 1,841 1,811 30 1,408
Wisconsin 3 314,278 240,478 73,800 94,052
Wyoming 8 37,650 34,364 3,286 10,956
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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