The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 1996-1997
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,276 15,193,756 12,816,685 2,377,071 5,191,290
     State 212 13,502,159 11,210,405 2,291,754 4,253,036
     Local 2,064 1,691,597 1,606,280 85,317 938,254
          County 150 480,719 447,773 32,946 200,912
          Municipality 1,677 1,043,902 1,004,564 39,338 657,092
          Township 159 30,380 28,086 2,294 18,285
          Special District 62 58,038 54,305 3,733 25,238
          School District 16 78,558 71,552 7,006 36,727
Alabama 15 232,839 210,412 22,427 68,845
Alaska 4 53,525 45,579 7,946 16,515
Arizona 7 203,959 203,484 475 64,926
Arkansas 41 183,620 105,661 77,959 31,391
California 66 1,585,452 1,368,736 216,716 670,364
Colorado 119 240,921 174,817 66,104 60,873
Connecticut 66 132,597 122,890 9,707 66,203
Delaware 6 38,281 37,740 541 16,999
District of Columbia 3 13,321 13,321 0 10,574
Florida 170 675,753 638,072 37,681 180,234
Georgia 33 465,532 338,090 127,442 87,234
Hawaii 1 59,500 57,044 2,456 27,174
Idaho 4 65,092 57,295 7,797 21,474
Illinois 378 717,726 590,857 126,869 268,483
Indiana 85 290,283 239,790 50,493 82,396
Iowa 14 237,600 153,563 84,037 64,233
Kansas 11 162,871 144,755 18,116 51,334
Kentucky 19 217,078 177,264 39,814 69,012
Louisiana 40 262,456 226,357 36,099 99,213
Maine 1 98,860 47,494 51,366 27,309
Maryland 11 236,237 202,635 33,602 95,256
Massachusetts 107 385,566 288,708 96,858 157,004
Michigan 142 480,005 456,930 23,075 212,101
Minnesota 199 341,493 281,123 60,370 102,337
Mississippi 4 238,408 146,825 91,583 48,394
Missouri 42 264,419 239,127 25,292 87,732
Montana 12 69,043 50,833 18,210 22,690
Nebraska 19 81,243 65,952 15,291 13,931
Nevada 2 74,750 70,789 3,961 18,835
New Hampshire 2 44,923 41,253 3,670 13,149
New Jersey 11 436,827 401,893 34,934 160,223
New Mexico 5 122,123 107,682 14,441 32,973
New York 24 1,144,763 1,067,339 77,424 592,473
North Carolina 10 450,752 404,261 46,491 122,179
North Dakota 13 30,950 27,487 3,463 9,241
Ohio 6 904,725 674,816 229,909 288,049
Oklahoma 13 151,654 144,869 6,785 60,856
Oregon 2 186,565 150,614 35,951 71,519
Pennsylvania 372 482,511 431,530 50,981 265,443
Rhode Island 11 90,120 36,962 53,158 18,980
South Carolina 8 340,865 211,150 129,715 60,900
South Dakota 7 40,683 33,506 7,177 14,182
Tennessee 16 225,602 213,461 12,141 85,474
Texas 54 1,201,123 1,049,057 152,066 252,627
Utah 5 97,969 85,637 12,332 24,863
Vermont 5 25,085 21,873 3,212 7,350
Virginia 14 331,080 326,215 4,865 106,062
Washington 34 285,995 269,984 16,011 99,549
West Virginia 40 101,010 68,701 32,309 40,882
Wisconsin 3 352,025 258,299 93,726 108,119
Wyoming 8 37,976 33,953 4,023 13,131
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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