The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 1994-1995
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,284 14,734,774 12,524,520 2,210,254 4,978,881
     State 200 13,083,119 10,967,868 2,115,251 4,024,628
     Local 2,084 1,651,655 1,556,652 95,003 954,253
          County 150 462,106 435,221 26,885 182,337
          Municipality 1,686 1,025,759 969,001 56,758 697,227
          Township 159 28,391 26,426 1,965 17,049
          Special District 73 60,985 57,287 3,698 22,985
          School District 16 74,414 68,717 5,697 34,655
Alabama 15 325,460 207,164 118,296 72,902
Alaska 3 55,746 41,701 14,045 15,066
Arizona 6 216,360 183,174 33,186 57,185
Arkansas 40 143,838 106,935 36,903 27,830
California 66 1,536,960 1,344,714 192,246 663,978
Colorado 125 224,796 174,661 50,135 56,805
Connecticut 65 132,051 124,067 7,984 61,795
Delaware 4 36,511 35,982 529 16,225
District of Columbia 3 11,974 11,949 25 12,162
Florida 170 659,892 630,924 28,968 200,546
Georgia 33 439,493 327,486 112,007 82,405
Hawaii 1 60,687 58,498 2,189 28,756
Idaho 4 63,465 55,856 7,609 19,353
Illinois 378 686,307 581,281 105,026 278,628
Indiana 85 273,338 239,319 34,019 81,685
Iowa 15 227,016 150,452 76,564 61,234
Kansas 12 154,000 140,375 13,625 48,099
Kentucky 19 209,551 177,236 32,315 62,133
Louisiana 40 257,270 221,498 35,772 89,678
Maine 1 90,868 47,795 43,073 27,815
Maryland 10 232,880 199,519 33,361 83,593
Massachusetts 107 332,520 270,262 62,258 147,865
Michigan 142 484,399 464,615 19,784 196,389
Minnesota 199 321,367 272,522 48,845 93,716
Mississippi 4 232,070 140,835 91,235 41,983
Missouri 43 245,235 226,049 19,186 81,654
Montana 11 63,585 47,348 16,237 21,001
Nebraska 19 77,937 65,005 12,932 13,039
Nevada 3 68,739 65,780 2,959 16,576
New Hampshire 2 42,548 39,882 2,666 12,206
New Jersey 11 448,242 403,811 44,431 151,058
New Mexico 5 132,669 111,122 21,547 29,345
New York 24 1,153,280 1,038,526 114,754 579,293
North Carolina 10 425,028 375,014 50,014 111,270
North Dakota 12 29,387 26,096 3,291 8,836
Ohio 6 837,913 651,212 186,701 269,533
Oklahoma 13 151,151 144,486 6,665 57,905
Oregon 2 174,558 144,525 30,033 67,315
Pennsylvania 371 475,112 427,210 47,902 257,039
Rhode Island 11 40,593 36,309 4,284 19,836
South Carolina 6 301,213 193,117 108,096 56,139
South Dakota 8 40,404 34,531 5,873 12,987
Tennessee 17 215,110 205,350 9,760 80,128
Texas 55 1,135,138 1,030,657 104,481 229,283
Utah 4 93,808 93,808 0 22,609
Vermont 5 25,783 21,985 3,798 6,713
Virginia 14 379,813 316,307 63,506 96,779
Washington 34 274,938 262,067 12,871 94,871
West Virginia 40 117,753 68,020 49,733 42,534
Wisconsin 3 339,620 255,184 84,436 101,097
Wyoming 8 36,398 32,299 4,099 12,009
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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