The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 1995-1996
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,285 15,155,820 13,017,910 2,137,910 5,129,107
     State 203 13,169,683 11,121,324 2,048,359 4,166,221
     Local 2,082 1,986,137 1,896,586 89,551 962,886
          County 151 808,271 781,488 26,783 191,643
          Municipality 1,683 1,011,237 960,104 51,133 692,022
          Township 159 30,163 28,168 1,995 17,435
          Special District 73 60,537 56,636 3,901 25,705
          School District 16 75,929 70,190 5,739 36,081
Alabama 15 211,496 211,349 147 76,360
Alaska 3 45,459 37,518 7,941 15,865
Arizona 6 188,225 187,995 230 60,476
Arkansas 40 107,433 104,471 2,962 28,908
California 66 1,551,881 1,350,282 201,599 683,053
Colorado 122 240,902 179,558 61,344 58,776
Connecticut 65 134,860 127,255 7,605 62,629
Delaware 6 37,279 36,720 559 16,704
District of Columbia 3 11,974 11,949 25 12,162
Florida 170 665,545 632,741 32,804 212,676
Georgia 33 448,452 336,368 112,084 85,882
Hawaii 1 59,275 56,985 2,290 26,926
Idaho 4 64,642 56,847 7,795 19,985
Illinois 378 695,637 576,218 119,419 278,356
Indiana 88 272,137 231,888 40,249 80,070
Iowa 15 232,669 153,035 79,634 62,060
Kansas 11 159,320 143,936 15,384 49,485
Kentucky 19 216,926 180,787 36,139 65,139
Louisiana 40 258,562 223,415 35,147 95,854
Maine 1 98,860 47,494 51,366 29,020
Maryland 11 231,736 198,229 33,507 86,997
Massachusetts 107 345,397 283,180 62,217 148,746
Michigan 143 524,403 500,519 23,884 216,303
Minnesota 199 340,825 283,882 56,943 98,545
Mississippi 4 235,966 144,793 91,173 43,975
Missouri 42 256,187 232,754 23,433 84,192
Montana 11 63,873 48,119 15,754 21,486
Nebraska 19 79,819 65,524 14,295 13,198
Nevada 3 71,524 68,178 3,346 17,639
New Hampshire 2 42,772 39,102 3,670 12,574
New Jersey 11 442,677 401,914 40,763 155,717
New Mexico 5 132,463 109,998 22,465 29,632
New York 24 1,129,838 1,023,982 105,856 581,598
North Carolina 10 433,154 386,260 46,894 117,035
North Dakota 12 29,764 26,601 3,163 9,116
Ohio 6 873,707 666,194 207,513 280,661
Oklahoma 14 150,897 144,520 6,377 59,810
Oregon 2 180,970 148,261 32,709 69,154
Pennsylvania 371 829,639 779,766 49,873 260,263
Rhode Island 11 89,908 36,723 53,185 18,718
South Carolina 6 348,893 220,987 127,906 58,260
South Dakota 7 40,486 33,729 6,757 13,520
Tennessee 17 223,810 211,772 12,038 83,981
Texas 55 1,158,450 1,059,689 98,761 242,903
Utah 4 84,987 84,987 0 23,601
Vermont 5 25,803 21,982 3,821 6,723
Virginia 14 387,655 320,286 67,369 102,072
Washington 33 280,498 265,810 14,688 97,332
West Virginia 40 35,581 35,557 24 37,843
Wisconsin 3 347,043 256,131 90,912 104,287
Wyoming 8 35,561 31,670 3,891 12,840
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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